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*[http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-consumer-safety-agency-plans-recall-of-samsung-phone-1473968157 U.S. Consumer Safety Agency Recalls Samsung Galaxy Note 7] | *[http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-consumer-safety-agency-plans-recall-of-samsung-phone-1473968157 U.S. Consumer Safety Agency Recalls Samsung Galaxy Note 7] | ||
::On Thursday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a formal recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7. The commission recommended users stop using Note 7s purchased before September 15th, and could request a new Galaxy Note 7 with a different battery, a refund, or a new replacement device | ::On Thursday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a formal recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7. The commission recommended users stop using Note 7s purchased before September 15th, and could request a new Galaxy Note 7 with a different battery, a refund, or a new replacement device. The CPSC reported that Samsung received reports of 92 instances of batteries overheating, 26 reports of burns, and 55 instances of property damage in the US. According to Samsung, [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160915006560/en/Samsung-Announces-Availability-Replacement-Note7-Devices-Part replacement Note 7s will start arriving in US retail outlets on September 21st.] Recode reports as of Thursday evening, [http://www.recode.net/2016/9/15/12935122/130000-galaxy-note-7-returned only about 130,000 Note 7 devices have been returned as part of the recall, less than 15% sold.] | ||
*[http://fortune.com/2016/09/16/samsung-galaxy-recall-china/ The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall Spreads Late to China] | *[http://fortune.com/2016/09/16/samsung-galaxy-recall-china/ The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall Spreads Late to China] | ||
::Samsung faces criticism for a slow response to regulators in formalizing recalls. Customers and retailers in China were angry when the country was not included in the original recall announcement September 2nd. Samsung says only 1,858 Note 7s in China had the faulty battery and not all of them needed to be recalled. | ::Samsung faces criticism for a slow response to regulators in formalizing recalls. Customers and retailers in China were angry when the country was not included in the original recall announcement September 2nd. Samsung says only 1,858 Note 7s in China had the faulty battery and not all of them needed to be recalled. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:43, 20 September 2016
| Daily Tech Headlines – September 16, 2016 | |
| Number | 72 |
| Broadcast Date | SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 8:29 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
What Apple put in place of the headphone jack in iPhone 7, SwiftKey gets smarter, News organizations sue FBI over iPhone hack info.
Headlines
- On Thursday the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a formal recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7. The commission recommended users stop using Note 7s purchased before September 15th, and could request a new Galaxy Note 7 with a different battery, a refund, or a new replacement device. The CPSC reported that Samsung received reports of 92 instances of batteries overheating, 26 reports of burns, and 55 instances of property damage in the US. According to Samsung, replacement Note 7s will start arriving in US retail outlets on September 21st. Recode reports as of Thursday evening, only about 130,000 Note 7 devices have been returned as part of the recall, less than 15% sold.
- Samsung faces criticism for a slow response to regulators in formalizing recalls. Customers and retailers in China were angry when the country was not included in the original recall announcement September 2nd. Samsung says only 1,858 Note 7s in China had the faulty battery and not all of them needed to be recalled.
- iFixit iPhone 7 teardown reveals exactly what replaced the headphone jack, Intel inside, & much more
- iFixit has issued its teardown of the iPhone 7 Plus. The space once occupied by the headphone jack assembly is taken up by the Taptic engine and a plastic bumper likely part of the water resistance feature. The 7 Plus has a 2915mAh battery, larger than the 6 Plus's 2750mAh battery. iFixit also found 3 GB of LPDDR4 RAM. 9to5 Mac notes ChipWorks teardown found an Intel modem, transceivers and power management ICs.
- Deadspin reported Thursday that searches in Apple's iMessage GIF engine for terms like huge could sometimes return explicit images. Gizmodo reported Apple began blocking certain search terms to combat the results while working to remove the explicit results.
- Microsoft's Swiftkey announced a major overhaul to its predictive mobile keyboard, which will now offer suggestions based on artificial neural networking. The company claims this will allow better predictive suggestions, as it considers the meaning of words not just word order. Swiftkey claims this is the first time neural networks will deploy locally on a device, not relying on a server backend for processing. The update is available for Android users in the US and the UK.
- MacRumors reports several users on Twitter posted a question from an Apple research survey that read "Do you ever use the headphone port on your MacBook Pro with Retina Display?" Apple has also been asking about battery life and the use of other ports like the SD card slot. While leaked images of a new MacBook Pro shell included a headphone port, the question has some people thinking Apple is at least considering getting rid of the headphone jack on its laptops.
- The Associated Press, Vice Media and Gannett (owner of USA Today) have joined in a lawsuit against the US FBI to force it to make public the details of the business transaction that led to the cracking of an iPhone 5C in San Bernardino. The FBI has so far declined to release details under Freedom of Information Act requests. The suit does not require the FBI to reveal the method.
- 18 organizations, including Google, Facebook, the World Federation of Advertisers and the Interactive Advertising Bureau announced the formation of The Coalition for Better Ads at Dmexco in Cologne, Germany Thursday. The group aims to create global online advertising standards, based on direct consumer research. The coalition is a response to the growth in ad blocking. Ads will be scored based on page load time, tracking pixels and type of creative and participating members will not run ads that fail to meet a certain threshold.
- The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has determined Apple's iTunes unit in Japan has not been paying a withholding tax on earnings transferred from Japan to its unit in Ireland. The Bureau has ordered Apple to pay 12 billion yen (US$118 million) in tax.
- Intel raised its quarterly revenue forecast for the first time since Q2 2014 based on better than expected PC sales. Shipments of PCs in Q2 fell less than expected in the US according to IDC. Intel expects Q3 revenue to be $15.6 billion up from a previous forecast of $14.9 billion.
- In a blog post, Sony announced that HBO and Cinemax will soon be available on the Playstation Vue TV service. Each channel will be available for $15/month unbundled. The company also announced HBO Now will come to the PS4 and PS3. Sony committed to launching both offerings before the October 2nd premiere of Westworld.
- Tuesday, Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor ordered ISPs to block websites Pornhub and Youporn. Pornhub claimed on Twitter that its .ru website was not blocked in the country.
- A London court Friday approved the extradition of 32-year-old Lauri Love to the US to face charges of a series of hacks of state computers in 2012 and 2013. Love has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome but judge Nina Tempia found US prison estate medical facilities satisfactory. The decision must be ratified by the Home Secretary and Love's lawyers are expected to appeal arguing he should be tried in Britain. The 2012 extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon was blocked by then Home Secretary and current Prime Minister Theresa May.
- Thursday, T-Mobile CEO John Legere tweeted that the company's subscribers should avoid upgrading iPhones to iOS 10. The new OS was causing devices on T-Mobile's network to lose connection, requiring a restart to regain network access. Late Thursday night, Apple released an update to resolve the issue.
- Oracle announced it earned $0.55 per share in the company's Q1 2017 with revenue of $8.6 billion. Analysts had expected earnings per share of $0.58 and revenue of $8.7 billion. The company's cloud software and cloud platform division showed 77% growth year over year, with revenue of $798 million, while its cloud infrastructure unit had revenue of $969 million for the year at a smaller but still impressive 59% growth on the year. These results did not fully offset declines in their larger businesses, which saw respective decreases of 11% and 12% in new software licenses and hardware for the year.
- Unreported in Oracle's earnings for the quarter, the company reached a settlement with the state of Oregon on 6 lawsuits. The lawsuits originate from Oracle's operation of the Cover Oregon health exchange website, which was shutdown in the spring of 2014. The settlement is valued at $100 million, with Oracle providing $25 million in cash to cover the state's legal fees, a 6-year product and service license agreement to modernize state IT systems, and a $10 million contribution to the state's technology education program. The state initially paid Oracle $240 million to create the Cover Oregon exchange.
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