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| TskTsk TikTok | |
| Number | 3477 |
| Broadcast Date | FEBRUARY 27, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 31:56 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang |
DeepMind creates a machine learning model to predict energy output up to 36 hours ahead of time, Samsung begins mass production of eUFS 3.0 512GB storage chips and Funcom signs up to produce games based on the “Dune” property.
Quick Hits
- Spotify launched in India on Android, iOS and the Web with premium plans priced at Rs 119 (US$1.67) per month. Free tier users in India can play any song on demand while most countries limit the free tier to shuffle. Some major artists like Ed Sheeran appear to be missing as Spotify is negotiating distribution contracts with Warner Brothers in India. Spotify faces competition from established music services from Apple, Google, Airtel Wynk and JioSaavn.
- A Russian Court convicted Ruslan Stoyanov, an executive at Kaspersky Labs, of treason and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. He was convicted alongside a Russian intelligence official. The men were arrested in 2016 in connection with a case about aiding the US FBI in 2016. Details of the court case have been classified.
- The US Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, will settle a case with Cure Encapsulations over accusations of making false claims about weight loss and paying a third party to post fake reviews on Amazon. The settlement will see Cure Encapsulations pay $50,000, inform Amazon which reviews were paid for, and email any customers who bought the pills with details of the FTC's allegations.
Top Stories
- Alphabet's DeepMind has created a machine learning model to predict energy output up to 36 hours ahead of time in order to optimize the use of wind power. Power generated by wind turbines is often wasted because of its unpredictability. So far DeepMind has tested the system on Google's wind farms.
- Bytedance's TikTok has been downloaded more than 240 million times in India adding 30 million users in the last month. While most think of TikTok as an app for teens to create videos, poltical-oriented posts in advance of Indian elections are getting tens of millions of views. Neither the BJP or Congress parties have officially joined TikTok. Still the rising tide of political videos can't compare with the 13 billion views for videos tagged #Bollywood. And some state ministers are calling for regulation or bans on the app.
- Meanwhile in the US, TikTok has agreed to pay $5.7 million to the US Federal Trade Commission to settle accusations that Musical.ly-- which was acquired by ByteDance and merged into Tik Tok-- did not get parental approval before signing up users younger than 13. Starting now, all Tik Tok users will need to verify their age, and the under 13-year-olds will then be directed to a separate in-app experience that prevents them from publishing videos to TikTok.
- Samsung has begun mass producing a 512GB smartphone storage chip with embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) 3.0 specifications. The new chip can deliver sequential read speed of 2,100MB per second and write speed of 410MB per second. That's about double the speed of the UFS 2.1 chips Samsung launched in January. Samsung plans to start manufacturing a 1TB model in the second half of the year.
- After a TechCrunch article exposed the issue, Tuesday, Apple has removed multiple apps that violate rule 4.3 in the App Store guidelines, which states you can’t release the same app multiple times with different app names, keywords, and descriptions. A TechCrunch report notes that VoIP apps specifically have been removed but also notes the rule applies to any categories also using this App Store optimization strategy. JPEG Labs has four different apps that each let you print photos in Walgreens or CVS stores which appear to be the same app. MailPix, which acquired PhotoBucket's printing app, seems to be another example.
- The Shadow Ghost game-streaming box won't replace your PC or console
- Blade Shadow Ghost turns your TV into a snappy cloud-gaming PC
- SHADOW GHOST GAME STREAMING BOX REVIEW
- Shadow hands-on preview — The Ghost to bring cloud gaming to your TV or laptops
- Shadow Ghost: Cloud-Based Gaming in Your Living Room
- The reviews came out of NDA today for the Shadow Ghost. It's a box you plug into your TV so you can take advantage of the $35 a month Shadow gaming PC streaming service. Shadow's streaming service works on almost any device so you could just plug a computer or even a tablet into the TV. But for $140 you can plug the Ghost instead. It's an upgrade over the Shadow Box by adding WiFi and removing a fan. Reviewers found it generally seems to work ok at 1080p and 60fps, though picture is compressed. 4K gets notably choppy. And WiFi makes lag problems worse. Some had Bluetooth connectivity issues especially because you have to set up Bluetooth connections before you launch the remote machine.
- Legendary Studios has signed a six year deal with Norwegian video game developer Funcom to produce “at least” three new games based on the Frank Herbert’s Dune IP. The games will target both PC and consoles with pre-production on an open-world multiplayer title rumored to already have started. The original Dune game released in 1992 was an RTS/Adventure game hybrid followed by Dune II, Dune 2000 a remake of Dune II, Emperor: Battle for Dune all RTS games and Frank Herbert’s Dune an adventure game based on SyFy's Dune miniseries.
- FedEx announced it will use short range delivery robots between its offices in Memphis as a trial towards wider use for FedEx delivery. FedEx says it is in talks with multiple retailers like AutoZone, Pizza Hut, and more.
- Meanwhile, Agility Robotics has unveiled a bipedal robot called Digit with four arms that it can use for balance, pushing doors and lifting boxes up to 40 pounds. LiDAR sensors help it navigate its surroundings and a control system helps it navigate cluttered rooms and stairs. Agility's CTO Jonathan Hurst told IEEE Spectrum its aimed at delivery, telepresence, and entertainment among other sectors. Agility Robotics will release pricing in mid-2019, with deliveries starting in Q1 2020.
Thing of the Day
- Amateur Traveler Chris Christensen is back to explain skip-lagging.
Mailbag
- Your conversation about Apple services spanning multiple platforms. You mentioned Apple Music ... but I wondered what you’d Think if apple decided to make iMessages cross platform? In my opinion, this would be the game changer. I don’t know how much, but i’d pay more for iCloud if it included windows and android.
- Sent by Brad
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