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| Paul Allen Shreds | |
| Number | 3216 |
| Broadcast Date | FEBRUARY 8, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 32:30 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Justin Robert Young |
The source code for iBoot a core component of iOS 9 was posted on GitHub. Apple issues a DMCA take-down notice. What are the implications for iPhone security? Police in China are testing sunglasses with built-in facial recognition technology in train stations. Amazon has added Whole Foods to its Prime Now delivery service to residents in Austin, Dallas, Virginia Beach, and Cincinnati.
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Quick Hits
- Microsoft BUILD will happen in Seattle from May 7-9, overlapping with Google I/O which runs May 8-10 in San Francisco. Registration for Build will open on February 15. Google is holding ticket drawings for I/O on the 15th and February 22nd.
- Qualcomm's board unanimously rejected Broadcom's revised buyout offer. The board said the offer materially undervalues Qualcomm. Qualcomm also said it has offered to meet with Broadcom to see if it can address the deficiencies. By the way, we previously mistakenly said Broadcom was in the midst acquiring NXP but it's Qualcomm that is acquiring NXP.
- Intel has shipped new code to PC partners to fix Spectre vulnerabilities for Skylake-based Core or Core M processors. Solutions for Haswell and Broadwell chips are expected "in the coming days."
- John Perry Barlow, a founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, died Wednesday at the age of 71. EFF executive director Cindy Cohn shared the news in a blog post. Barlow founded the EFF in 1990 with Mitch Kapor and John Gilmore.
- While Europe still investigates Google for antitrust, The Competition Commission of India decided Google abused its dominance in online search advertising markets, indulging in search bias. Google has 60 days to pay a 1.36 billion rupee fine, equivalent to about $21 million.
Top Stories
- Twitter just had its first profitable quarter after going public 4 years ago. The company's 2017 Q4 brought in $91 million, after losing $167 million in the same quarter the year prior. Other good news - Twitter's revenue grew to $732 million, up 2% from $717 million this time in 2016. Monthly users grew by 4% year over year, though flat since Q3, staying at 330 million total. Monthly users declined in the US, falling from 69 million to 68 million.
- Source code for iBoot, a core component of the iPhone’s operating system was posted on GitHub which could help hackers find vulnerabilities in iOS and make jailbreaks easier. Apple says the code is three years old. It appears to be largely from iOS 9, but with some portions still used with iOS 11. Apple filed a DMCA takedown notice and the code has been removed from GitHub.
- According to reports from local media in China, police are testing sunglasses with built-in facial recognition at train stations in Zhengzhou, where they’ll be used to scan travelers during the upcoming Lunar New Year migration. The sunglasses are controlled by a connected mobile unit and sell for 3,999 yuan, or $636 (with facial recognition costing extra). LLVision which makes the glasses says they’re able to recognize individuals from a pre-loaded database of 10,000 suspects in just 100 milliseconds, but says accuracy levels in real-life usage may vary due to “environmental noise.”
- Amazon has added Whole Foods grocery delivery its Prime Now delivery service, allowing Prime customers to order select items and get them delivered within two hours, if you live in certain parts of Austin, Dallas, Virginia Beach, or Cincinnati. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon plans to expand the service to other markets, but no word on a timeline.
- WhatsApp began testing a new payments feature in India that will let people send money to each other though it excludes merchant accounts. The new feature takes advantage of India's Unified Payments Interface and is supported by a large number of banks. This puts WhatsApp in competition with Google's Tez and Tencent's Hike and the popular Paytm which has gone from just being payments to also include messaging. India is WhatsApp’s largest market with over 200 million users active daily users. WhatsApp will let users know when the Payments feature is more widely available.
- Twitch updated its Community Guidelines to say that any hateful conduct will result in immediate indefinite suspension. Twitch will also take into account off-site actions when enforcing its harassment and hateful content guidelines. Victims of such harassment would need to bring it to Twitch's attention. But the idea is that if someone harasses a Twitch user off Twitch to avoid enforcement they might get suspended on Twitch anyway. Twitch also says its moderators will pay more attention to the context and intent of words, not just the words used. The changes go into effect on Monday, February 19 at 9 AM PT.
Pick of the Day
- Vulture published an interview with Quincy Jones that became the new hot thing on social media but also as Justin Robert Young pointed out to us contains a few choice tidbits on tech titans.
- Remarking how people didn't know Woodstock would end up being so iconic he said "Those festivals ain’t my thing. Elon Musk keeps trying to get me to go to Burning Man. No thank you."
- When asked if there were any rock musicians he thought were good, Jones mentioned Cream then said "But you know who sings and plays just like Hendrix?
Who?
Paul Allen
Stop it. The Microsoft guy?
Yeah, man. I went on a trip on his yacht, and he had David Crosby, Joe Walsh, Sean Lennon — all those crazy motherf**s. Then on the last two days, Stevie Wonder came on with his band and made Paul come up and play with him — he’s good, man. - And finally: Do you see a future for the music business?
There isn’t a music business anymore! If these people had paid attention to Shawn Fanning 20 years ago, we wouldn’t be in this mess. But the music business is still too full of these old-school bean counters. You can’t be like that. You can’t be one of these back-in-my-day people.
- Vulture published an interview with Quincy Jones that became the new hot thing on social media but also as Justin Robert Young pointed out to us contains a few choice tidbits on tech titans.
Mailbag
- Patrick did a great job covering a LOT of facts about audio in a short period of time, I'm sure there will be those who disagree with some facts, and since DTNS often revisits topics based on user feedback, I hope you can work out a way he could reply to folks who might have questions or other info.
Would be great if DTNS Labs could have him (and others) on for an in depth look into good quality audio. I'd also like to know what he thinks about consumer audio products that have been "THX certified." - Sent by Ron
- Patrick did a great job covering a LOT of facts about audio in a short period of time, I'm sure there will be those who disagree with some facts, and since DTNS often revisits topics based on user feedback, I hope you can work out a way he could reply to folks who might have questions or other info.
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| Preceded by: "You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yeti" |
Paul Allen Shreds |
Followed by: "Self-Settling Lawsuit" |