A Notch is Not a Feature

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A Notch is Not a Feature
Number 3232
Broadcast Date MARCH 5, 2018
Episode Length 30:10
Hosts Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane
Guests Lamarr Wilson

Twitch rolls out new conduct and behavior rules for streamers. Is this a step in the right direction to cleaning up the streaming platform or a heavy handed response to a complex issue? Plus, an AI burger flipper starts work grilling patties for the public and a Facebook survey contains a suggestive question regarding illegal behavior.

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Quick Hits

The New York Times sources say Google is selling restaurant review service Zagat to online restaurant reviewer The Infatuation. The sources say The Infatuation will continue its curated reviews and keep Zagat as a separate brand.
Facebook has been testing allowing publishers to use a red "BREAKING" tag on news once a day and up to 5 times a month. The tag goes away after 15 minutes to 6 hours. Facebook is expanding the test to 50 additional publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia.
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun told the Wall Street Journal that the company plans to start selling phones in the US by the end of 2018 or early 2019. It has partnerships with US retailers for selling its accessories, like headphones. Xiaomi is also considering an IPO later this year.

Top Stories

An AI-enabled robot has begun making hamburgers for public consumption at Caliburger in Pasadena, California. Miso Robotics has been testing the robot at the location and plans to bring it to 50 of Caliburger's international locations. The robot, called Flippy, costs $60,000 with a 20-percent recurring annual maintenance fee.
Sources tell Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Debby Wu that Apple's working on Apple-branded noise-canceling over-ear headphones closer to the models it already offers under the Beats brand. Apple is said to be trying to launch the headphones before the end of the year, but hit development problems that could end the project altogether. Meanwhile, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo repeated expectations for new iPhones and AirPods coming from Apple this year, but for the first time mentioned a new cheaper MacBook Air as well... expected this spring.
The Guardian reported that in one of its user surveys, Facebook asked a question about how to handle a private message in which an adult man asks a 14 year old girl for sexual pictures. That practice is unambiguously illegal and Facebook has policies prohibiting it. Guy Rosen, VP of product at Facebook tweeted that the question should not have been part of the survey.
The Verge's Vlad Savov was among the many attendees at Mobile World Congress last week who noticed how many Android phones were adding notches for cameras and sensors similar to the iPhone's. Except that the notch does not usually do facial recognition and the OS is often not adapted to account for the space. The Asus Zenfone 5 for instance touted it's notch as being "26% smaller than Fruit Phone X" but it still has a bezel at the bottom. Leaks of the LG G7 also show a notch. Leaks of the Huawei P20 also look like they have a notch but still with a bezel at the bottom as well.
Our own Patron's slack was on this early but now The Next Web talked to the creator of OpenCat, an open source robotic cat design created by Rongzhong Li, assistant professor at Wake Forest University. Li says he started making a pan/tilt camera for Raspberry Pi but the two infrared lights by the camera reminded him of a cat. So it became a robot cat. It's a serious advance in quadruped movement, a long-standing challenge. He has two models, a smaller one that runs on Arduino and the larger Raspberry Pi model which he intends to target at the consumer market. Li told TNW, I don’t have to ensure the robot humbly responds to human instructions every time. People may think, ‘Well… she hears me but just doesn’t care. Like my cat.'” You can find the project under the GPL3+ license at https://www.hackster.io/petoi/opencat-845129

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Pick of the Day

Let's check in with Chris Christensen for a home tech trip for travelers!
Submitted by Chris Christensen

Mailbag

Hey Tech Newsies,

First of all, I'll leave this here:
http://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/your-private-driver-so-how-much-money-can-you-really-make-driving-for-uber/

Secondly, I wanted to respond to Brian's question about why people continue to do this when the wages are so low. Well, what I've found is that those who stick with the gig for more than six months are either entrepreneurs who've figured out the system enough to make a decent profit, part-timers who are just doing it for spare change (so the low wages aren't a big deal) or unskilled laborers who can't make ends meet through traditional employment. That last group in particular may be somewhat trapped in the gig because they're trying to pay off an inflated car lease or rental in addition to their living expenses, so they're putting in 80-plus hours weekly hoping for a lucky break to make enough to put food on the table.

P.S.: Oh yeah, Tom was right, I'm driving on a very part-time basis currently.
Sent by Sekani


Lamarr noticed there's a tech Fair going on in LA March 8 at The Reef.

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