Agree to Disagree on a Degree's Pedigree
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| Agree to Disagree on a Degree's Pedigree | |
| Number | 3351 |
| Broadcast Date | AUGUST 21, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 33:48 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Patrick Beja |
Top tech companies are looking to hire experience over formal education, Netflix wants to escape the Apple’s cut on subscriptions, and Microsoft cracks down on Russian bots.
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Quick Hits
- Tinder announced Tinder U, exclusively for college students. Users must have a .edu email address and be geolocated on a college campus to participate. The service will roll out to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US.
- Google is redesigning the Google Fit app for Android and the Fit section of the Wear OS app for iOS. Google says it used recommendations from the American Heart Association and the World Health Organization to create two new rings users will be encouraged to close. Move minutes tracks all kinds of movement beyond just steps and "heart points" tracks activities that raise the heart rate from brisk walking to gym workouts.
- BBC reports that the District of Kannur in India's southern state of Kerala is holding classes to teach children about fake news on WhatsApp. The The top official in the district, Mir Mohammed Ali, told the BBC they decided to teach children because their parent appear to believe everything they see on a phone is true.
Top Stories
- HTC announced its adapter to make the Vive VR headset wireless will be available for preorder Sept. 5 for $300, shipping Sept. 24. If you have a Vive Pro, you'll need a $60 compatibility pack as well, which includes a connection cable, foam padding and attachment device. A sensor plugs into your PC's PCI-e card slot which broadcasts to the adapter, which HTC says should get 2.5 hours on a charge.VR gamers looking to cut the cord with their PC will be able to preorder it from Sept. 5.
- Facebook has been testing assigning users a reputation score of zero to one over the past year. The score is one measurement among thousands that Facebook uses to evaluate reports of problematic content. For example, if a user continually reports stories as false that do not turn out to be false, that users reliability score would be lower and reports from that user weigh less in deciding whether to have third party fact checkers review a post.
- Microsoft, acting on a court order, gained control of six domains created by a group called variously, Fancy Bear, Strontium or APT28. The group created fake versions of three US Senate sites, Microsoft's Office 365 site and the sites of the International Republican Institute and the Hudson Institute. The sites attempted to spear phish users, getting them to enter usernames and passwords in order to steal them. IRI and Hudson have been critical of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the government was unaware of the groups and did, "not know what this interference entails."
- Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Debby Wu have sources who say Apple will release a new low-cost laptop and a pro upgrade to the Mac mini later this year. The laptop would supposedly have a 13-inch retina display and be an entry-level option as well as an option for schools. The Mac Mini will supposedly have new storage and processor options at a higher price.
- Netflix told TechCrunch it is “testing the iTunes payment method” in 33 countries. Specifically, until September 30, some new or lapsed subscribers in selected markets across Europe, Latin America and Asia will be directed to the Netflix's website to renew their subscription, rather than renew it through iTunes. The test started with 10 countries in June, then expanded to 33 August 2 and plans to run that test until September 30. Back in May, Netflix stopped taking payments through Google Play.
Discussion
Mailbag
- CRAAAIIIGGG!!! has thoughts on Friday's ep with guest Shannon Morse
you mentioned that DeepMind is working with Google on using neural networks to control data center cooling. I work on that project!! 😄 This project was piloted at one of the Iowa data centers and is being implemented worldwide. It is really interesting to see that as the AI becomes more efficient at operating the cooling system, we need to keep a closer eye on it because it tries to figure out how to save even more energy, but sometimes that is detrimental to the equipment so we have to reign it in and tell it essentially that it is potentially damaging equipment and can you please not do that. To address Shannon's comment about security, it is a valid question and is mainly addressed by the "two-factor" system, in which the actions are compared against constraints that are programmed locally and cannot be overwritten remotely, due to hardware design.
- CRAAAIIIGGG!!! has thoughts on Friday's ep with guest Shannon Morse
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