China's Tiny Hack Into Big Data

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China's Tiny Hack Into Big Data
Number 3382
Broadcast Date OCTOBER 4, 2018
Episode Length 31:27
Hosts Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane
Guests Justin Robert Young

A report by Bloomberg alleges that server hardware sold by Supermicro had surveillance chips installed by Chinese authorities at the factory with the intent to spy. Dutch agents uncover a Russian GRU operation trying to hack the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) right as the organization was about to report its findings in the UK poisoning case.

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Quick Hits

The 6.4" LG V40 ThinQ smartphone is available for preorder now for $900+; and has five cameras but also runs Android 8.1 Oreo instead of the newer Android 9 Pie. And LG's new Watch W7 has mechanical hands so the watch works even if the battery dies. The W7 goes on sale on October 14th for $449.
HMD Global officially announced the Nokia 7.1 will head to Europe and the US. Its 5.84-inch LCD screen supports HDR10 and HDR upscaling. It will get Android 9 Pie by November and is an Android Enterprise recommended phone. It's up for preorder Friday shipping October 28. Pricing starts at $349/319 Euros.
Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime has stepped down as President after 27 years. World of Warcraft executive producer J. Allen Brack is the new President. Morhaime will stick around as a strategic advisor.

Top Stories

Nintendo’s working on a new Switch console to be released in 2019, sources tell the The Wall Street Journal. The new consolse may have an updated screen but other details are thin at this time. No word on a price for the updated Switch, which reportedly could arrive as early as next summer.
Dell announced the Alienware m15 laptop, which is 4.7-pounds, a slimmer top and side bezels around its 15.6-inch display, narrow edges hugging the keyboard, and a new honeycomb speaker bar that sits right below the hinges. Users can choose from an FHD or 4K display panel, and the laptop will support up to Core i5 and i7 processors, Nvidia 1060 or 1070 Max-Q graphics, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 1TB SSD drive or dual drives with PCIe and SSD combinations. Dell estimates that the device's 90Wh battery will last up to 17 hours on a single charge. October 25 availability, starting at $1,099.
Andrea Stocco and colleagues at the University of Washington have developed the first brain-to-brain network that call Brainnet. An EEG registers brain frequency in three participants and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS induces electrical activity in one of the three participants. The two senders see a tetris-like game and can "send" a signal to rotate or not by moving a cursor to the right hand side of their screen. The cursor is moved right by staring at a 15Hz LED which causes the brain to emit that frequency. The receiver can only see the top half of the screen The signals are sent to the recievers brain by TMS which causes a phosphene to appear in their vision which tells them to rotate.
Yahoo has launched Yahoo Together, the messaging app for friends and family previously codenamed Squirrel. Together can organize group chats by topic and send reminders about upcoming events. The app is live today worldwide on Android and iOS.
Some Amazon employees have complained that despite the hourly wages being raised, they are losing stock awards and bonuses. Amazon stock trades at near $2,000 a share and employees got two shares upon being hired and one option a year. In addition to raising its lowest hourly rate to $15 an hour, Amazon is replacing stock awards with a direct stock purchase plan. Amazon is also ending its variable compensation pay program that added monthly bonuses based on performance. Amazon told CNBC, “We can confirm that all hourly Operations and Customer Service employees will see an increase in their total compensation as a result of this announcement."

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Michael from Texas chimes in our discussion yesterday about Kindle use. He emails:

I used to use my Kindle, until my boss wanted me to read something for work that I KNEW would take me forever to READ. So, I bought the book on Audible. I haven't touched my Kindle in months, but I've listened to A LOT of audio books in the past year during my commute and road trips.

Like Scott said, though, I found the Kindle much easier on my eyes than a standard tablet, phone, etc. AND it was much less distraction-prone!

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