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Latest revision as of 08:38, 24 June 2014
| Droness are OP, please nerf | |
| Number | 2261 |
| Broadcast Date | June 20, 2014 |
| Episode Length | 46:31 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Darren Kitchen |
Darren Kitchen is on the show to talk about the US House’s restrictions on surveillance by the NSA, the National Park Service’s restrictions on drones, and why Saturn might be the best place to take a quadcopter. Plus Len Peralta is here to illustrate the show!
Guests
Headlines
- People familiar with the matter are BACK! Remember yesterday’s Reuters rumors about an Apple iWatch? Well the Wall Street Journal has even RUMORY Rumors that say the non-existent unannounced watch will have 10 sensors including ones to track health and fitness and come in multiple screen sizes. Now those are just statements from unidentified sources, however, somebody willing to go ON the record was KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo who said, “watches are fashion accessories.”
- TechCrunch reports three Georgia Tech students claim to have hacked the Yo app. That’s the app that searches your contacts for other people that have the Yo app and then allows you to send each other messages that say Yo both outloud and in text. The GT students emailed TechCrunch details on their ability to get any Yo phone number, spoof Yos, spam users and send notifications with any text. Yo founder Or Arbel says some of the security issues have been fixed and they are working on the others.
- TechCrunch reports Path is separating out a messaging app called Path Talk from the main Path app. Path Talk has ambient status updates that let friends know things like when you’re traveling, nearby, and or have a low battery. Path also bought TalkTo and will roll its features into PathTalk soon. TalkTo lets you text businesses and provides the backend communication over the phone for businesses that don’t take texts.
- The Next Web reminds us the Microsoft Surface Pro 3’s i5 processor version goes on sale in the US and Canada today starting at $799. The i3 and i7 models will follow on August 1.
- As a side note The Verge passes on Paul Thurott of WinSuperSite’s discovery that the Surface Pro 3 user guide has references to a Surface Mini. A lot of people expected a smaller Surface to be unveiled at the announcement on May 20.
- CNET reports that search results for music on Android phones now returns links to launch music apps where you can listen to that music. Android detects which apps you have installed and offers you links to launch them. This only works for Google Play, iHeart Radio, Rdio, Spotify, TuneIn, or YouTube. It also only works in the US but Google plans to expand to other countries and other services.
News From You
- The TechCrunch story that the US House of Representatives passed an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill, placing limits on on how the NSA can gain access to communication, including email, online browsing, and chat histories. The amendment received bipartisan support, passing 293-123. It must also be approved by the US Senate.
- Submitted by tekkyn00b
- The Verge article that the FCC has issued its largest fine in history, $34.9 million, to CTS Technology, a Chinese company that has been selling hundreds of models of signal jammers, which are against the law in the US. The jammers could block radio communications including cell phone, WiFi, Bluetooth, satellite radio and GPS, sometimes up to half a mile away. CTS must stop selling and marketing the jammers to US customers and hand over information about who bought them.
- Submitted by ssnapier
- ComputerWorld about the passing of another print tech magazine. June 23 will be the last dead tree edition of Computerworld. Computerworld’s website will continue and get a redesign later this summer. A new tablet version of the magazine will launch August 1.
- Submitted by tm204
- The Ars Technica report that Johns Hopkins University professor Matt Green asked one of the developers of TrueCrypt for permission to fork the existing code to start a new independent version. TrueCrypt’s developers ceased work on the project at the end of May. One of the developers responded to Green, “I don’t feel that forking truecrypt would be a good idea, a complete rewrite was something we wanted to do for a while. I believe that starting from scratch wouldn’t require much more work than actually learning and understanding all of truecrypt’s current codebase.”
- Submitted by metalfreak
Plug of the day
Discussion
- U.S. national parks move to ban drones from their skies
- NASA considers sending quadcopter drone to look for life on Titan
- NASA sees Titan's potential for studying prebiotic chemistry
- Titan Aerial Daughtercraft
- Success! Cassini flies by Titan, collects intel on mysterious lakes
Calendar
- Diane Von Furstenberg Launches 13 New Ladies’ Frames & Shades for Google Glass
- Future Stores: Merging The Digital And Physical Retail Environment
Pick of the day
- Learn a language for free. Forever.
- Submitted by Tom
Alternative Awesome Titles
“No drones in parks. DRONES IN SPAAAAACE!“
“Drones Are OP Please Nerf”
“I was offered a griffen, so I’m going with the horde.“
“Yodor“
“That drone is after my picnic basket!“
“Full NASA Regalia”
“Parks and Drone Limitations“
“Is that a hodor mini?”
“So I married a drone“
“Park Your Drone”
“Hodorcrypt”
“This is a drone-free park“
YouTube
Links
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