Attendees
Wayne Ryan Thompson, Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs

Top News Stuff

• Walmart sues Tesla over roof fires
• Galaxy Note 10 gets rid of headphone jack is no longer courageous
• No more Android Desserts
• YouTube removes videos videos of robots fighting over “Animal Cruelty.” https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-robot-combat-videos-animal-cruelty-a9071576.html
• First vape death in the US recorded in Illinois
• Twitter shuts down 200k accounts for spreading disinformation about protests
• Unlike Twitter and Facebook, Google refuses to call out China

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Previously on Dragonball Z…

• Talked about the Galaxy Fold
• Jony Ive left Apple
• Prime Day blues
• XCloud Announced at e3

Top News Stuff

• Amazon no longer selling Dash buttons
• Ninja moves to Mixer
• DARPA building a new open source voting system
• Barr says Govt “Going dark” over lack of an encryption “Golden Key”
• Aint nobody getting $125 from Equifax

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Ep. 87 - Crescat barba E pluribus unum

24Jul2019
Attendees
Ervin Lukacs, Wayne Ryan Thompson, Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Kyle Fisher

Top News Stuff we missed

Galaxy Fold[ed]
https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-fold/

Huawei
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/22/government-delays-decision-on-whether-to-restrict-huawei-5g

Johnny Ive Leaving Apple
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761736/jony-ive-apple-leave-iphone-chief-design-officer-lovefrom-company-quit

Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18527206/google-pixel-3a-xl-phone-announcement-price-release-date-io-2019

San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202602/san-francisco-facial-recognition-ban-proposal

Amazon workers plan to strike during Prime Day
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696154/amazon-prime-day-2019-strike-warehouse-workers-inhumane-conditions-the-rate-productivity

Microsoft announces Stadia Competitor XCloud at E3
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/13/18677970/microsoft-xcloud-google-stadia-cloud-gaming-hands-on-e3-2019

https://www.beardsoftech.com/

Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeph?

Discussions

YouTube de-monetizing videos for comments - interesting angle on why it might be a good thing from Linus’ WAN Show

What's in the News?

MWC Highlights
Huawei Mate X foldable phone
https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/25/huaweis-debuts-2600-foldable-mate-x-hits-new-smartphone-price-record
HoloLens 2
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-hololens-2-brings-even-more-vr-power
Nokia 9 PureView
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/3071716/nokia-9-review-hands-on
Xperia 1
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/25/sony-xperia-1-4k-hdr-oled-display/
LG G8 ThinQ
https://9to5google.com/2019/02/25/lg-g8-thinq-hands-on/
USB C gets even more confusing
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/usb-3-2-is-going-to-make-the-current-usb-branding-even-worse/
Microsoft stands strong with military contracts after employee pushback
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/tech/augmented-reality-microsoft-us-military/
The lives of people who look at the crappy parts of the internet
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona

Ep. 85 - Oopsies unFOLD
05Feb2019
Attendees
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Discussions

Free Talk Section
The Verge did an oopsie
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1033108-the-verge-how-we-built-a-copyright-strike/

What's in the News?
OpenAI holds onto research longer to discuss ramifications of releasing extremely convincing AI
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1034001-the-pen-is-more-dangerous-than-the-sword-telsa-founded-openai-refuses-to-release-text-generating-ai-system-due-to-how-convincing-it-is/
Lawsuit filed for insider trading for apple’s lawyer who was supposed to prevent employees from insider trading
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/sec-files-insider-trading-lawsuit-against-former-apple-lawyer.html
Press F to pay respects for Opportunity
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/opportunity-did-not-answer-nasas-final-call-and-its-now-gone-to-us/
You can now run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi 3
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-arm-raspberry-pi-3-installer,38604.html
Amazon Backs out of HQ2 in Queens
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.html

Hot Takes
Samsung Event - Future of smartphones
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/20/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-s10-event-recap/

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Ep. 84 - Energizer is probably drunk

05Feb2019

Attendees

Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Kyle Fisher

Free Talk Section

Apple follows AT&Ts dumb lead
https://9to5mac.com/2019/02/05/5g-e-expaliner-iphone-ipad-ios-12-2/

What's in the News?

Apple revokes facebook cafeteria online services
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/31/apple-facebook-campus-permissions-revoked-teens-access-data-iphone-app

Google gets the hammer too
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate

Nintendo proves that nothing digital lasts forever
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjm5kw/nintendo-makes-it-clear-that-piracy-is-the-only-way-to-preserve-video-game-history?utm_source=reddit.com

Firefox bans autoplay
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/firefox-to-block-noisy-autoplaying-video-in-next-release/

Energizer is drunbk
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18207313/energizer-avenir-pop-up-camera-foldable-screens-mwc
https://light.co/camera

Hot Takes

Google checks if your passwords are compromised
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/google-password-checkup-cross-account-protection/

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29Jan2019

Attendees

Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs

Discussions

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Free Talk Section

Matts Hackintosh is working (with a little help from ervin)
Windows gonna Windows https://www.tonymacx86.com/ https://hackintosher.com/ https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/

Whats in the News?

Apple Facetime Bug
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202120/apple-facetime-eavesdrop-flaw-bug-testing-privacy
Apple Revenue Up in everything but iPhone
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/01/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/
Report says water is wet, and Netflix would lose subs if it went Hulu on their customers
http://www.netimperative.com/2019/01/netflix-would-lose-57-of-their-subscribers-if-they-added-commercials/
Hulu drops prices to combat Netflix hike
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18193539/hulu-price-change-subscription-ads-live-tv-2019
Not a normal news week without input from Zucc
https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-thinks-you-dont-trust-facebook-because-1832040327

Hot Takes

The importance of two-factor Authentication
https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/27/two-factor-authentication/

Does your favorite app support Two factor Auth? Find out!

https://twofactorauth.org/

https://authy.com/

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Ep. 82 - Voice of the People

17Jan2019

Attendees

Matt Slavin

Volkswagen to prep $50 billion attack against Tesla
https://wccftech.com/vw-readying-a-50-billion-technology-shift-to-do-direct-battle-with-tesla/

Microsoft begins work making chrome better
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128661/microsoft-chromium-project-chrome-support-windows

Alexa gets more helpful for Amazon Music subscribers
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/amazon-music-customers-can-now-talk-to-alexa-more-naturally/

Google Assistant gets better with news curation
https://www.blog.google/products/news/collaborating-future-audio-news-assistant/

Turns out Voice is important in tech
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/7-things-to-think-about-voice/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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Ep. 81 - Sometimes It’s Vaporware

07Jan2019

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18171013/lg-rollable-tv-oled-4k-tv-features-photos-video-release-ces-2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18169939/google-assistant-billion-devices-feature-phones-ces-2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172740/htc-vive-cosmos-vr-headset-announce-ces-2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172421/harley-davidson-livewire-electric-motorcycle-price-ces-2019
https://mashable.com/article/why-apple-airplay-2-support-lg-samsung-vizio/#N3oCxuWNaiqH
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/6/18168793/samsungs-75-inch-microled-4k-tv-pitcure-quality-ces-2019
https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/nvidia-rtx-2060-review-benchmarks-founders-edition
https://www.xda-developers.com/kodi-blocked-sony-android-tv/
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/04/att-starts-rolling-out-updates-with-fake-5g-evolution-icon-just-as-promised/

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Ep. 80 - Year in Review

02Jan2019

Attendees

Matt Slavin,  Ervin Lukacs

First Segment - Top Articles of the 2018 (chronologically, Matt’s Picks)

Boring Company Flamethrower (Jan 28th, Ep. 36)
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/elon-musks-boring-co-flamethrower-is-real-500-and-up-for-pre-order/

Starman Launched into space (Feb 6th, Ep. 38)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster
We didnt put an article in the notes, but it happened and its the title

Ajit Pai receives the NRA Courage award for saving the internet (25Feb Ep. 40)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/

Drunk Man Accidentally takes $1600 Uber from WV to Jersey ( 04Mar Ep. 41)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/drunk-man-accidentally-takes-1600-uber-from-west-virginia-to-new-jersey/

Episode 43 - Cambridge Analytica, Rihanna tanking Snap Stock, and Uber Autonomous accident (busy episode, 19Mar)

Episode 49 celebrated 1 year of podcast (Apr 29th)

Google I/O 2018 brought Smart Compose, Duplex, Adaptive Battery, and first update via Project Treble, Google Photos Colorization, etc. (09May, Ep 50) Great Conversation about Workplace burnout (26Jun, Ep 56) People were shoving MacBook i9 laptops into the freezer (22Jul, Ep 60)
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/
Bitconnect de-listed from final crypto-exchange (12Aug, Ep 63)
https://www.ccn.com/dead-coin-walking-bitconnect-set-to-be-delisted-from-last-crypto-exchange/
Alex Jones Suspended Permanently from Twitter (12Sep, Ep 67)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html
Apple Event (17Sep, Ep 68) Episode 70 - I’m reading this Jeff Google Event (08Oct, Ep 71) RIP Google + Cards Against humanity 99% off sale (27Nov, Ep 76)
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/23/18109070/cards-against-humanity-black-friday-99-percent-off-sale-cars-diamonds

Second Segment

Best tech of 2018 (Ervin | Matt)

Smartphone pick -

Pixel 3s Camera | iPhone XS iPhone XS Max | Pocophone F1 OnePlus 6T | OnePlus 6T

Game Console Pick -

Souljaboy game pad | Souljaboy game pad PS4 Pro | Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch | PS4 Pro

Home tech pick -

iPad Pro | iPad Pro Apple Watch Series 4 | Google Home Lenovo Smart Display | TCL Televisions

Ep. 79 - Zoox, Not Zoosk

23Dec2018

Attendees

Matt Slavin,  Ervin Lukacs

Bendgate 2.0
https://www.thurrott.com/apple/195842/apple-continues-to-defend-bent-ipad-pro-design https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/22/18152161/apple-dan-riccio-email-ipad-pro-2018-bending
Drone shuts down airport in UK
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/21/uk-airport-restarts-some-flights-after-drone-shutdown-chaos/
Self Driving car company, Zoox, gets Cali Permit for transporting people
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/21/self-driving-car-startup-zoox-gets-permit-to-transport-passengers-in-california/
Man sues feds after being detained by airport security for not unlocking his phone
https://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1429891 Never talk to the police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
Australia’s Anti-Encryption law
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/05/australia-rushes-its-dangerous-anti-encryption-bill-into-parliament/

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Ep. 78 - Old Men Yell At Clouds 2

12Dec2018

Attendees

Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs, Ryan Thompson?

Location Data for Sale
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
Better Podcast Tracking
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/podcast-industry-aims-to-better-track-listeners-through-new-analytics-tech-called-rad/
Samsung is removing the headphone jack finally
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/11/18135722/galaxy-s10-headphone-jack-samsung-a8s
Android Trojan sends $1000 through Paypal
https://9to5google.com/2018/12/11/android-trojan-paypal-accessibility/
Google to shut down Google+ 4 months earlier
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers

Old Men don’t get the internet part 2

Sundar Pichai had to remind Congress that google doesn’t make iPhones
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/11/18136377/google-sundar-pichai-steve-king-hearing-granddaughter-iphone-android-notification
Sundar Pichai had to explain why Googling ‘idiot’ brings up photos of Trump
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/11/18136114/trump-idiot-image-search-result-sundar-pichai-google-congress-testimony
Generic Coverage
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/12/18138036/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-house-judiciary-committee-congress-testify

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