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Reflecting On 2018: The Year In Technology

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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees in April, after Facebook said personal information about 87 million users might have been improperly shared with Crimson Hexagon. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees in April, after Facebook said personal information about 87 million users might have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. (Alex Brandon/AP)

We review the major stories of 2018 from the technology sector.

Highlights include Amazon's choice of two locations for its highly-anticipated HQ2, the overnight deployment of electric scooters in Cambridge and Somerville, new proposed regulations for Airbnb and other short term rental platforms, and a very bad year for Facebook.

Guest

Callum Borchers, WBUR Bostonomix reporter. He tweets @callumborchers.

This segment aired on December 27, 2018.

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