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Until this week, the only late-night comedian who ventured to explain the importance of the Apple ( AAPL )-FBI battle over smartphone encryption was Seth Meyers of NBC’s “ Late Night .” On Sunday, John Oliver weighed in on the controversy with a funny and informative bit on his HBO show “ Last Week Tonight .” He presented both sides of the case before showing a comical ad his show made for Apple in the company’s signature style. On Tuesday, Apple and the Justice Department will face off in a federal court in Riverside, Calif., over whether the government can compel Apple to hack its iPhone security protections for a criminal investigation. Meanwhile, comedian Remy made a music video parodying the Apple-FBI legal battle to the tune of “ Hotline Bling” by Drake. His version, called “ iPhone Bling ,” was done for Reason magazine. The case also was the subject of online comics by the Joy of Tech and the Onion . America’s late-night comics found other tech industry subjects to mock in addition to the Apple-FBI case. Those targets included Amazon.com ( AMZN ), Facebook ( FB ) and Spotify. What follows are recent jokes from Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. Fallon: Selena Gomez just became the most-followed person on Instagram with almost 70 million followers. When reached for comment, Kim Kardashian said, “I can’t get any more naked, guys. I’ve shown you everything I got.” Fallon: Spotify released a birthing playlist with songs to help women in labor. It includes artists such as John Legend. I guess ladies are like, “Hey, his music got into me this mess. Might as well get me out of this mess.” Fallon: And this is just crazy here. I saw that some researchers at Stanford University have made tiny robots that are modeled after bugs, and found that six of them could actually move a car weighing almost two tons. While two REAL New York cockroaches can actually flip the car over and set it on fire. “Come on – let’s go mug a delivery guy!” Fallon: Amazon just filed a patent for technology that allows customers to “pay by selfie,” where customers can verify purchases by taking a selfie. In related news, the Kardashians just went bankrupt. (That’s all it took!) Conan: It’s come out that Kim Kardashian has paid off Kanye West’s $53 million debt with proceeds from her video game. In case you’re unfamiliar, Kim’s video game is named “Call of Booty.” Conan: A private space company founded by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos plans to send humans into space by next year. Or if they sign up for Amazon Prime, by Tuesday. Kimmel: Facebook has reportedly patented software that recognizes new slang words when they’re posted. The software stores the words in what they call a social glossary while they’re current, then removes the words once they’re no longer popular. I wish Facebook would spend less time with stuff like cataloging new slang and more time trying to stop the monsters who keep inviting me to like their homemade jewelry page. Colbert: Amazon’s got this new voice-activated home assistant gadget called the Echo. You just talk to the Echo, and it tells you the weather or sports scores or controls the lighting or climate in your house. Now, the Echo is always listening, but it only activates when you say its name: Alexa. It’s a pretty name, much prettier than the earlier name, the privacy-destroyer Spy-Mike 5000. Scalper1 News
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