Apple might buy minerals directly from miners, Qualcomm shows off VR/AR headset reference design, Android P may do more to stop camera misuse.

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Is the tide of Fake News too great to overcome and where will its effects lead society? Plus Qualcomm raised its bid to buy NXP Semiconductors and a warning that Twitter bots with ties to the Russian government are using the Parkland shooting to sow discord on American social media.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.

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• Quick Hits
  • (00:50) Snapchat adds GIF stickers via Giphy, plus new Friends and Discover screen tabs | tech crunch
  • (01:05) Bitcoin Rises as South Korea Talks ‘Active’ Support for Trading | bloomberg
    • Bitcoin Rises as South Korea Talks ‘Active’ Support for Trading | bloomberg
  • (01:40)  Samsung’s new SSD is industry’s biggest at 30TB | cnet
• More Top Stories
  • (02:30) Say goodbye to Android Pay and hello to Google Pay | tech crunch
  • (04:20) Qualcomm deals blow to Broadcom’s bid with sweetened NXP deal | reuters
  • (06:40) Eric Lundgren, ‘e-waste’ recycling innovator, faces prison for trying to extend life span of PCs | washington post
  • (10:55) Swype pioneered a new way to type on smartphones—now it’s dead | ars technica
  • (13:20) Russian bots debate US gun control laws | bbc
• Discussion Story: (15:00) Aviv Ovadya
  • He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He’s Worried About An Information Apocalypse. | buzzfeed
  • We Are Truly F**ked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now | motherboard
  • Face2Face: Real-time Face Capture and Reenactment of RGB Videos | Matthias Niessner
  • Synthesizing Obama: Learning Lip Sync from Audio | washington university
  • Lyrebird claims it can recreate any voice using just one minute of sample audio | the verge
• Message of the Day
  • (25:05) David – Robonaut
• Today’s Contributors
  • Patrick Beja

Nuance ends Swype keyboard development, Elon Musk’s Boring Project gets new approval in Washington DC, is Spotify making its own speaker?

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Facebook uses postcards to verify political ads, Salon tries cryptomining for monetization, and Twitter for Mac is no more.

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James Thatcher from Tech in Trade helps us understand the challenges Amazon would have if they wanted to become UPS, FedEx and others.

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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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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
    • Paytm Mall introduces Alibaba’s new retail model in India, to bring online experience in stores | india today
• Discussion Story: (16:15)
  • Twitter’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Live Stream Was Part Of A New Initiative | buzzfeed
  • Twitter will broadcast local TV news to avoid misinformation | engadget
• Message of the Day
  • (24:35) Ross – LastPass Authenticator
    • Ross – Chrome ad-blocking
• Today’s Contributor
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New Samsung Notebook 9s, Intel opens up its bounty program, super low power sensor communication.

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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
    • Facebook Funded Most of the Experts Who Vetted Messenger Kids | wired
  • (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
  • Consumers prefer security over convenience for the first time ever, IBM Security report finds | techrepublic
• Message of the Day
  • (23:35) Chris – Home entry tech
• Today’s Contributor
  • Scott Johnson

Snapchat offers new analytics to creators, Qualcomm’s X24 LTE modem claims 2gbps, Seti blames crypto mining for GPU shortage.

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