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Daily Tech Headlines – February 16, 2018
Google removes “view image” button from search, Intel helps with a more practical quantum computer chip, and an Australian cyborg researcher loses the use of his embedded transit pass.
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Today in Tech History – February 16, 2018
1880 – 30 engineers from eight states met in the New York editorial offices of the American Machinist to found the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history
1968 – The first-ever 911 call was placed by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite from Haleyville City Hall to US Rep. Tom Bevill at the city’s police station.
http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr/articles/feb%2016.pdf
1978 – After a particularly harsh January gave them plenty of time for programming, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess completed the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) in Chicago. It was the first BBS.
http://pcmuseum.tripod.com/bbs.htm
2016 – Magistrate Sheri Pym of the US District Court of Central California ordered Apple to assist the US FBI in cracking the password on an iPhone 5C. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Apple’s intent to resist the order writing, “Once created, the technique could be used over and over again, on any number of devices.” The FBI eventually accessed the data without Apple’s assistance.
http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2714001/SB-Shooter-Order-Compelling-Apple-Asst-iPhone.pdf
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DTNS 3221 – Apple Has Character Flaws
Twitter being streaming live local news broadcasts alongside its timeline. Will it work and will news coverage change to adapt to it? Plus reports of iOS 11’s interface crashing and researchers at MIT have developed a low powered high speed neural network chip.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- (01:00) Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-like side-channel attacks, dangles $250K | geekwire
- (01:15) Samsung’s updated Notebook 9 laptops will start at $1,200 | the verge
- (01:50) Stanford researchers develop new method for waking up small electronic devices | stanford
- (02:15) FCC Boss Ajit Pai’s Own Agency Is Investigating Him For Potential Corruption | motherboard
- More Top Stories
- (02:40) Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to apps and iMessages | the verge
- (04:50) HomePod leaves white ring stains on wood furniture, and Apple says it’s ‘not unusual’ | mercury news
- (07:40) Facebook’s two-factor authentication system auto-posts replies on your profile | the verge
- (09:40) Neural networks everywhere | mit news
- (13:05) Paytm Mall Takes Cues From Alibaba in Indian New Retail Experiment | bloomberg
- Discussion Story: (16:15)
- Message of the Day
- (24:35) Ross – LastPass Authenticator
- Ross – Chrome ad-blocking
- (24:35) Ross – LastPass Authenticator
- Today’s Contributor
Daily Tech Headlines – February 15, 2018
New Samsung Notebook 9s, Intel opens up its bounty program, super low power sensor communication.
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Today in Tech History – February 15, 2018
1897 – Ferdinand Braun published a paper in the journal Annalen der Physik und Chemie describing his “Braun tube”, the first cathode-ray oscilloscope, which paved the way for the modern CRT.
http://www.radarworld.org/history.pdf
1946 – A few days after its first public demonstration, the first practical all-digital computer, ENIAC was formally dedicated.
http://www.ushistory.org/more/eniac/public.htm
1995 – The FBI arrested Kevin Mitnick on charges of wire fraud and breaking into the computer systems of several major corporations.
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2012/02/feb-15-1995-mitnick-arrested/
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DTNS 3220 – Security vs Convenience
IBM produced a study showing consumers value security over convenience. Is this a trend, and if so will this lead to greater demands on companies to secure their online services? Plus Qualcomm has released its X24 LTE Modem and Snapchat rolls out analytics tools for its biggest creators.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:55) Crypto-currency craze ‘hinders search for alien life’ | bbc
- (01:20) Don’t use Huawei phones, say heads of FBI, CIA, and NSA | the verge
- (01:55) YouTube and Instagram face Russian bans | bbc
- (02:15) HTC smartphone president Chialin Chang has resigned | engadget
- More Top Stories
- (02:50) Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X24 modem will enable 2 Gbps LTE speeds | engadget
- (04:30) How Chrome’s built-in ad blocker will work when it goes live tomorrow | tech crunch
- (07:25) Facebook’s child-friendly texting app Messenger Kids arrives on Android | tech crunch
- (10:50) Magic Leap’s AR headsets will start at around $1,000 | engadget
- (13:55) Snapchat finally gives creators analytics | tech crunch
- Discussion Story: (16:50) Mobile OS Development
- Message of the Day
- (23:35) Chris – Home entry tech
- Today’s Contributor
Daily Tech Headlines – February 14, 2018
Snapchat offers new analytics to creators, Qualcomm’s X24 LTE modem claims 2gbps, Seti blames crypto mining for GPU shortage.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 207 – Black Mirror wrap-up, Altered Carbon, Counterpart
Brian’s got words about Altered Carbon, Counterpart gets a heart, and we round out the back-half of the new Black Mirror season.
00:58 – Altered Carbon (101-102, Brian’s take)
03:49 – Black Mirror (404 – Hang the DJ)
07:19 – Black Mirror (405 – Metalhead)
09:16 – Black Mirror (406 – Black Museum)
12:41 – Countertpart (104)
21:29 – Deadwood (108)
Today in Tech History – February 14, 2018
1924 – The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company merged with its subsidiary and took the subsidiary’s name, International Business Machines Corporation. Yes it was later shortened to IBM.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/reference/faq_0000001707.html
1989 – The Department of Defense put the NAVSTAR II-1 into orbit, the first of 24 satellites that would make up the global positioning system.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1989-013A
2005 – The domain name YouTube.com was registered. It would eventually become the dominant place to share videos on the Internet.
http://mashable.com/2010/02/14/youtube-birthday/
2011 – IBM’s Watson, a computer system, competed against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Watson cleaned up, winning $77,147 to Mr. Jennings’s $24,000 and Mr. Rutter’s $21,600.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/science/17jeopardy-watson.html?pagewanted=all
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