Buzzfeed sells a hot plate, YouTube Red folding into itself and Self Driving car talk takes Washington.

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Steve Grobman, Senior VP and CTO for McAfee talks about using AI for what it does best and humans for what they do best to improve security and more.

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What is Amazon’s secret Healthcare “Skunk Works” all about? And can AMD’s budget Ryzen chips compete with Intel’s? Justin Robert Young and Paul Spain discuss in today’s show!

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Record earnings for Samsung, good news for Facebook and mixed bag for Twitter.

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Google stops instant search, Apple partners for cochlear implants and why 2021 is predicted to be amazing.
With Rachel Metz, Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:05) Kaspersky announced global launch of free antivirus software
  • (01:20) Announced USB 3.2 spec could theoretically transfer data at 2GB/s
• More Top Stories
  • (02:20) Nucleus 7 is a surgically implanted hearing device controllable via iOS
  • (05:30) Google will no longer show search results as you type
  • (07:30) Google’s Android Auto added limited version of Waze
  • (10:45) Apple to pay $506 million for violating WARF patent
  • (13:20) Nintendo reported 16.21 billion yen profit
• Discussion
  • (15:25) The Tech World Is Convinced 2021 Is Going to Be the Best Year Ever -MIT Technology Review
• Message of the Day
  • (27:45) Johannes – Amazon Echo Dot as car accessory
  • (32:00) Michael – biometric insecurity
  • (32:55) Anonymous – 2015 OPM breach
• Diamondclub.tv Survey

Goodbye Flash, Hello Kaspersky Free, and good news for Nintendo.

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Goodbye to Flash, Goodbye to self-driving cars in India, hello to Checking in and boarding a plane without talking to humans.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:15) Google partners with Red Cross and FEMA to bring SOS Alerts feature
  • (02:15) Microsoft Paint will remain in the Windows Store as a standalone download
• More Top Stories
  • (03:25) Adobe ending Flash updates and distribution in 2020
  • (04:25) iRobot wants to sell mapping data to third parties
  • (06:20) Motorola announces new 5.5-inch Z2 Force Edition phone
  • (09:45) Congress invites technology company CEOs to testify on Net Neutrality
  • (11:55) India’s transport minister admonishes driverless cars
• Discussion
  • (15:00)
    • New Singapore air terminal automates departures with face recognition – Reuters
    • Delta passengers can now use their fingerprints as a boarding pass – The Verge
    • Skip the Security Line? How to Avoid Screening Hell at Airports and Stadiums – Fortune
    • How Eye Scans Could Be the Future of Airport Security – Fortune
    • China’s All-Seeing Surveillance State Is Reading Its Citizens’ Faces – The WSJ
    • China Is Using Facial Recognition to Nab Jaywalkers; Investors Get Interested
    • China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything – The WSJ
• Message of the Day
  • (23:45) Thor Christian – Implanted NFC chip
  • (25:55) Oleg Kolupaev, PhD – DNA testing
    • How Do You Know When a DNA Test Is B.S.? – The Atlantic
  • (28:45) Frank – electric car sounds
• Diamondclub.tv Survey

Roomba wants to sell maps of your house, Microsoft Paint gets a reprieve, Check-in and board an airline without talking to a single person.

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A DNA app store opens, autonomous cargo shipping about to hit the seas, and Microsoft Paint nears its end.
With Veronica Belmont, Roger Chang, and Tom Merritt.

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• News You Should Know
  • (00:55) Ride-hailing company Grab receives $2B to defeat Uber in Southeast Asia
  • (01:35) Sundar Pichai appointed to Alphabet board of directors
  • (02:20) Samsung sets sights on 25% of chip manufacturing within 5 years
  • (02:50) US FTC looking into Amazon’s discount advertising practices
• More Top Stories
  • (03:30) Microsoft adding AI chip to next Hololens AR headset
  • (04:45) Microsoft lists original application as deprecated in Fall Creator’s Update
  • (06:10) China’s BingoBox operating more than 12 unmanned convenience stores
  • (07:55) Cargo ship Yara Birkeland will be fully autonomous in 2020
    • Tech in Trade
  • (12:00) Three Square Market offering employees NFC implantation
• Discussion
  • (15:10) A DNA App Store Is Here, but Proceed with Caution – Technology Review
    • Helix
    • What is Exome+? – Helix Support
    • 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: DNA App Store – MIT Technology Review
    • When Even Genome Sequencing Doesn’t Give a Diagnosis – MIT Technology Review
    • Exome – Wikipedia, Genotyping – Wikipedia
    • What is the difference between genotyping and sequencing? – 23andMe Customer Care
    • Understand your genetics to live healthier, longer – Veritas
• Tech in Travel Minute
  • (25:40) Hyperloop Sleeper Car
• Message of the Day
  • (28:05) Mike – Home-Assistant.io
  • (29:05) Anthony – Eclipse Safari
  • (29:30) Dwayne – Windows 10 migration

Microsoft announces AI chip for AR, Didi funds Grab to fight Uber, SNES Classic preorders a mess.

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