As Android as Pie
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| As Android as Pie | |
| Number | 3340 |
| Broadcast Date | AUGUST 6, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 31:46 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Lamarr Wilson |
A virus hits chip-maker TMSC causing delays of iPhone shipments. Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and Apple have removed episodes of Alex Jones’s InfoWars for violating rules against harassment, hate speech, and child endangerment. And Movie Pass says it won’t raise prices after all.
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Quick Hits
- Analytics company Mixpanel included Facebook's in-app browsing in its latest data report to see how Facebook's mobile browsing compared to Chrome, Safari, Opera and other browsers. On average across all U.S. states, Safari claims 58.06% of mobile browser market share, Chrome has 32.48%, and Facebook has 8.82%.
- OpenAI Five took on Dota 2 semi-pros again and the humans finally won a match. The AI played Dota 2 against players ranked in the 99.95th percentile in the world. Against former Dota 2 professionals and casters Merlini, Fogged, Cap and Blitz OpenAI Five won the first two games but lost the last one after the humans let the audience pick the team's five heroes. The OpenAI hopes to beat a team of top Dota 2 pros at the International which starts August 20.
- AMD announced the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX featuring 32 cores, 64 threads and a 3 GHz base clock speed that can be boosted to 4.2 GHz for $1799 shipping August 13th. There's also the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX coming in October with 24 cores and 48 threads for $1299. Two other Ryzen Threadripper CPU releases were announced. The 16-core Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and the 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen Threadripper 2920X at $649 the cheapest 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper announced so far.
Top Stories
- MoviePass announced it will not raise its prices after all. Its plan will stay at $10 a month but starting August 15 it will have a limit of three movies a month with a $5 discount for movies beyond the first three. Peak pricing, and ticket stub verification are also going away. MoviePass says 85% of its users see three or fewer movies a month.
- Google has released Android 9 Pie. Yes Android P stands for Pie, and it's rolling out to Pixel phones first. Pie includes an updated material design look, new notification panel, reworked recent apps screen and support for gesture controls and devices with notches. Android's Digital Wellbeing features now go into beta for Android 9 Pie users. Google says that devices that were part of the Android P beta program (including Sony, Xiaomi, HMD Global, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, and Essential) and "qualifying" Android One devices should have the update by the end of autumn.
- Apple said Monday it had removed five of six podcasts from Infowars host Alex Jones for violation of hate speech policies. All episodes were removed for all five shows. Facebook also removed four of Jones' pages for consistently uploading content in breach of its guidelines. Spotify completely removed the Alex Jones Show from its service Monday as well for hateful content and YouTube suspended the verified Alex Jones Channel for violating community guidelines. No company attributed the removal to concerns over fake news.
- Microsoft briefly hosted a page announcing it had joined Movies Anywhere. That would mean movies from participating studios could be bought on the Microsoft store and viewed on other platforms and vice versa. iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, and FandagoNOW are the current partners and movies from Disney, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros are included. No word on why Microsoft pulled down the announcement.
- Chip-maker TSMC, which makes parts for the iPhone, said 80% of its fabrication tools were affected by a virus Friday. The company has since restored the tools and expects a full recovery. A mistake during software installation for a new tool led to the virus spreading through TSMC's network. TSMC advised the breach will delay some shipments and reduce revenue by about 3% for the quarter.
- The Wall Street Journal reports Facebook is asking banks to share customers’ card transactions, shopping habits, and checking account balances to offer new financial services. Facebook says they're not, "actively asking financial services companies for financial transaction data." Instead they say they're talking to banks about offering services through Messenger like checking account balances or offering fraud alerts. PayPal, Citi in Singapore, and American Express in the United States already offer these kinds of services through Facebook. Facebook says it won’t use data for targeted advertisements and will not share it with third parties.
Pick of the Day
- Chris Christensen is back to talk about robots at the airport!
- Submitted by Chris Christensen
Mailbag
- I was diagnosed with autism later in life despite being “high functioning” after a life altering mental health breakdown a little over a year ago & losing my job. This rare late in life diagnosis explained the reason why I had problems with social norms as well in relationships whether: strangers in life, platonic, familial, or romantic. Having this technology can save a lot of pain for those with autism, their families, and neurotypicals around them by helping them progressively improve various skills in these 4 areas of life and allow those on the spectrum to live more fulfilling lives.
-Dating : appropriate ages; respecting boundaries; teaching consent; non verbal communication & appropriate clarification
-Friendship: when and when not to share secrets; gossip; proper use of social media/texting; appropriate activities; male vs female friendships
-legal: Obey police if they are afraid of you & show hands, but never let them search without a warrant; always ask for a lawyer if you go to a police station unless you’re a victim; show them your ID card;
-school/systems: How to interact with a fellow student vs. teacher vs. dean/other administration…. Appropriate vernacular and chain of command when trying to get an exception.
These are just some thoughts I had when I looked up the article and what I hope they could do with it in the future not just for children, but for all those with autism of all ages of all degrees. - Sent by Joseph in Chicago
- I was diagnosed with autism later in life despite being “high functioning” after a life altering mental health breakdown a little over a year ago & losing my job. This rare late in life diagnosis explained the reason why I had problems with social norms as well in relationships whether: strangers in life, platonic, familial, or romantic. Having this technology can save a lot of pain for those with autism, their families, and neurotypicals around them by helping them progressively improve various skills in these 4 areas of life and allow those on the spectrum to live more fulfilling lives.
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