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| Google Minus Google + | |
| Number | 3384 |
| Broadcast Date | OCTOBER 9, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 30:41 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Patrick Beja |
We share our analysis on all the new and updated products announced at the Made by Google event in NYC this morning. Plus we examine how well they stack up to their Apple, Samsung and Amazon competitors.
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Quick Hits
- Apple may announce new 2018 iPad Pro models, new Macs, and possibly more this month, and sources tell 9to5Mac that the new iPads will have a USB-C port to output 4K HDR video to external displays.
- Microsoft has paused the rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 Fall update after widespread reports of people losing files. Microsoft has promised to help people recover the deleted files tweeting that people should call the Microsoft support line at 1-800-Microsoft.
- Instagram says two-factor authentication from apps like Authy or Google Authenticator is now live for all users. Previously only the less secure text-based second factor was available for Instagram users.
Top Stories
- Sony president Kenichiro Yoshida says that the company is working on a new PlayStation. Yoshida told the Financial Times, “At this point, what I can say is it’s necessary to have a next-generation hardware." He did not call it the “PlayStation 5.”
- Google announced plans to shut down the consumer version of Google+ after a previously undisclosed security flaw was reported by the Wall Street Journal. Google's Project Strobe discovered in March that a flaw in Google Plus's API dating back to 2015 could allow a developer to see profile data marked private, --that's names, email addresses, birth dates, gender, profile photos, places lived, occupation, and relationship status -- for up to 496,951Google+ users. Google had no evidence that anyone else knew of the flaw or had exploited it, though the company destroys most Google+ logs after two weeks in order to protect privacy. Google says it chose not to go public with the information because it didn't meet the thresholds of being able to accurately identify affected users, show evidence of misuse, or recommend actions that developers or users could take. Bloomberg reports Johannes Caspar, data protection commissioner in Hamburg, Germany, said his agency has started investigating the matter and Ireland's Privacy Authority says it will as well.
- Security expert Yossi Appleboum, co-chief executive officer for US telecom company Sepio Systems, has provided documents, analysis and other evidence to Bloombnerg BusinessWeek showing that Suopermicro motherboards found in an unnamed US telecomn's data center had modified ethernet connectors that enabled back door access. This is a different mod than the hidden processor alleged to have been added to Supermicro motherboards in a report last week. These ethernet-modified motherboards were supposedly altered at a factory in Guangzhou. Appleboum previously worked in the technology unit of the Israeli Army Intelligence Corps. He said he has seen similar manipulations of different vendors' computer hardware made by contractors in China, not just products from Supermicro. Supermicro denies any knowledge of this new allegation as well saying it “still [has] no knowledge of any unauthorized components.” Meanwhile, security researcher Joe Fitzpatrick, who is one of the few named sources in Bloomberg's original story about a Chinese supply chain hardware hack, told the podcast Risky Business he felt uneasy about Bloomberg's story. Fitzpatrick says the story fits closely to a theoretical scenario he described to Bloomberg's Jordan Robertson. Fitzpatrick also notes there are easier ways to obtain back door access.
- Facebook announced two models of a smart display called Portal. The display is powered by Amazon Voice Services, though users say Hey Portal to activate it. It can play music from Spotify and Pandora, videos from Facebook Watch, and make voice and video calls over Faecbook Messenger. It doesn't use facial recognition but it can zoom in on people during video calls, with software that runs locally. It doesn't save data and Messenger calls are encrypted as usual, though not end to end. Price is $199 for a 10-inch 720p screen and a Portal Plus costs $349 with a 15.6-inch swiveling 1080p screen and upgraded audio. Both are available for order now, shipping in November.
Discussion
- The Google Home Hub will put Assistant up against Amazon’s Echo Show
- Google announces its first tablet in three years, the Pixel Slate
- Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL announced with bigger screens and best cameras yet
- Google announces successor to Pixel 2, the new Pixel 3 smartphone
Pick of the Day
- Want to book a flight with Instagram? Well Easy Jet just might have the answer. Chris Christensen explains.
- Submitted by Chris Christensen
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