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DTNS 3262 – Tech is All Ears
We examine the latest trends in the hearables category of assistive technology. Plus ZTE has been a denied the ability to export sensitive technology and how Welsh police convicted 11 people using fingerprints taken from a WhatsApp pic.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
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Show Notes
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- Quick Hits
- (00:55) Indian ride-hailing firm Ola to add 10,000 electric three-wheelers to fleet | reuters
- (01:10) Russia Blocks Telegram, Forcing Kremlin to Switch Service | bloomberg
- (01:35) Sony’s Xperia XZ2 Premium has a 4K display and cameras built for ‘extreme’ low-light shooting | the verge
- More Top Stories
- (02:30) Russia accused of global net hack attacks | bbc
- (04:30) Commerce Blocks China’s ZTE From Exporting Tech From U.S. | bloomberg
- (07:35) Who’s most ready for 5G? China, not the US, leads all | cnet
- (10:00) WhatsApp photo drug dealer caught by ‘groundbreaking’ work | bbc
- (12:05) Samsung’s Galaxy J2 Pro Phone Can’t Access the Internet | pc world
- Discussion Story (16:30)
- Thing of the Day
- Messages of the Day
- (24:25) Oleg – Telegram in Russia
- Today’s Contributors
Daily Tech Headlines – April 16, 2018
Sony has a new premium phone and e-reader, Sega has a new mini game console and ZTE loses right to export from the US.
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Today in Tech History – April 16, 2018
1959 – The programming language LISP had its first public presentation. Created by John McCarthy, LISP offered programmers flexibility in organization.
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/April/16/
1971 – Abhay Bhushan proposed FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in RFC 114.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc114
1976 – The Helios-B deep-space probe made what was then the closest controlled approach to the Sun at 43 million km or within 0.3 AU.
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM64967ESD_index_0.html
Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.
Today in Tech History – April 15, 2018
1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest artists, inventors and engineers in history, was born near the Tuscan town of Vinci.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/da_vinci_leonardo.shtml
1892 – The Edison General Electric Company and the Thomson-Houston Company merged to form the General Electric Company, manufacturer of dynamos and electric lights.
http://www.ge.com/innovation/timeline/eras/inspiration_to_industry.html
http://edison.rutgers.edu/list.htm
1977 – The first West Coast Computer Faire took place in Palo Alto, California. The star of the show would turn out to be the Apple II. The computer featured a built-in keyboard, 16 kilobytes of memory, BASIC, and eight expansion slots all for $1,300.
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/April/15/
Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.
Today in Tech History – April 14, 2018
1894 – Alfred Tate, a former Edison associate, and the Holland Brothers, opened a public Kinetoscope in New York City at 1155 Broadway, on the corner of 27th Street. It was the first commercial motion picture house.
1956 – Ampex demonstrated the VRX-1000 videotape recorder at the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters Convention in Chicago. It was the first successful commercial videotape recorder.
http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2006/06/article_0003.html
1996 – Jennifer Kaye Ringley hooked up a camera in her dorm room at Dickinson College and set it to upload a picture every three minutes as an experiment. The JenniCam would eventually reach 4 million hits per day at its peak.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/04/0414jennicam-launches/
Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.
DTNS 3261 – iPhone Security is a Gray Area
Motherboard reports local law enforcement agencies around the US have purchased a brute force unlocker, GrayKey, to access locked iPhones. How does this software work, what does this mean for privacy on Smartphones, and what other options do users have to secure their phones?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Shannon Morse.
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Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme!
Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo!
Thanks to Anthony Lemos of Ritual Misery for the expanded show notes!
Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit
Show Notes
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- Quick Hits
- (01:15) Facebook users aren’t changing their privacy settings, despite uproar | engadget
- (01:30) AMD Ryzen 2nd Gen Details: Four CPUs, Pre-Order Today, Reviews on the 19th | anandtech
- More Top Stories
- (02:05) Some Android phone makers are reportedly lying about the security updates on their smartphones | business insider
- The Android ecosystem contains a hidden patch gap | security research labs
- (04:20) Gmail’s new design will include a ‘Confidential Mode’ | the verge
- (06:25) Web apps are only getting better | the verge
- (09:30) Russia to block Telegram app over encryption | bbc
- (12:00) Comcast is bundling Netflix into cable packages | engadget
- (02:05) Some Android phone makers are reportedly lying about the security updates on their smartphones | business insider
- Discussion Story (14:45)
- Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show | motherboard
- GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns | malwarebytes
- What is GrayKey and How to Protect Your iPhone from Hackers and Malicious Activity? | tenorshare
- Shannon Morse on Twitter
- Mysterious $15,000 ‘GrayKey’ Promises To Unlock iPhone X For The Feds | Forbes
- iPhone unlockers set a dangerous precedent for abuse, says security expert | securitybriefasia
- Thing of the Day
- Messages of the Day
- (25:15) Matt – Cashless gift purchases
- (27:20) Armando – Rare Earth Recycling
- Today’s Contributors
- Watch Shannon Morse‘s TekThing on Hak5 and support it on Patreon
- Get Len Peralta‘s “Observation Tool” at his store or by supporting his Patreon
#321 – What is Camp? Baby Don’t Yurt Me
We are SO excited to be nominated for the Hugos! Thank you! Also the return of the Expanse and why Amazon will spend $1 billion on a Middle Earth show.
Daily Tech Headlines – April 13, 2018
AMD launches 4 new desktop Ryzen 2nd-gen processors, Telegram faces ban in Russia and Motherboard reports police agencies using iPhone cracking box called GrayKey.
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Show Notes
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Today in Tech History – April 13, 2018
1960 – The United States launched Navy Transit 1-B. It demonstrated the first engine restart in space and more famously the feasibility of using satellites as navigational aids, proving systems like GPS would work.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1960-003B
1970 – The crew of Apollo 13 heard a sharp bang and vibration followed by a warning light. Jack Swigert radioed back the famous words “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
https://www.nasa.gov/content/mission-control-houston-april-13-1970/
1974 – Western Union, NASA and Hughes Aircraft, teamed up to launch the United States’ first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. The system relayed data, voice, video, and fax transmissions to the continental US., Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Virgin islands.
https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/satcomhistory.html
2000 – Heavy metal band Metallica launched a lawsuit against Napster for enabling thievery and copyright infringement. It was the beginning of the end for Napster and all music piracy. Well, at least for Napster.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/metallica-sue-napster-for-copyright-infringement-20000413
Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.