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| Privacy Badger Don't Care About Tracking Cookies | |
| Number | 2708 |
| Broadcast Date | MARCH 10, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 47:24 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Justin Robert Young, Brian Brushwood |
Opera builds ad blocking into its browser. Justin Young and Tom Merritt fire up the old ad blocking debate and why it’s NOT about blocking ads.
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Headlines
- Apple sent out invites to select press for an announcement at its corporate campus in Cupertino on Monday, March 21st at 10 AM Pacific. The invite to the press conference read “Let us loop you in.” Judge Pym’s hearing regarding Apple’s objection to a court order compelling the company to assist the FBI happens Tuesday March 22nd.
- A new developer version of the Opera browser includes built-in ad blocking. The feature also shows how much faster pages load without ads. And Opera claims it can load pages 40% faster that ad-blocking plugins. Opera’s SVP of engineering, told Fortune the company does not intend to sell white listing to publishers but will leave that under user control.
- Sonos CEO John MacFarlane wrote blog post announcing Sonos would have to let some employees go, while describing his view for the company’s future. One is unsurprisingly to get better at helping customers manage their music services. The other is to figure out, “how best to bring voice-enabled music experiences into the home.” MacFarlane acknowledged Amazon’s Echo as the inspiration.
- Nest announced two new features for its smart thermostat. The first uses your smartphone to tell if you're home, rather than relying on people walking by the thermostat itself. The second allows for up to 10 users on one account. Fortunes Stacy Higginbotham points out this is a change from the traditional practice of identifying a single person and their device.
- YouTube Gaming announced it’s iOS and Android apps are now available in Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Australia. The app also got some change, removing the sidebar for a simplified homepage and adding a Live tab. The Android app gets a pop-out player for watching video while using other apps as well as adding in DVR and 60fps playback support.
- EVE online now includes the Project Discovery minigame. In between space flights you can help classify proteins to help scientists understand their role in the human body. Participants earn in-game rewards like ISK currency and loyalty points. You don’t even have to be a paying EVE subscriber to play the minigame.
- Submitted by mechagobbler
- Engadget reports Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has signed a deal with the government of Slovakia to investigate building a Hyperloop route linking Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest, a 135-mile distance. The Vienna link would take 8 minutes and the Budapest line ten. A possible line from Bratislava to Košice will also be explored. HTT is planning a five-mile test loop in Quay Valley California.
- Phys.org reports Wikipedia announced Thursday it’s collaborating with researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology to develop a crowdsourced open source speech engine. The idea is to make Wikipedia more accessible to people with visual impairments. The project will start with Swedish, English and Arabic by September then move on to all other of the 280 supported languages.
- DeepMind’s Alpha Go Machine learning program defeated 18-time Go champion Lee Se-dol in game two of their five game series. Lee said, “I am speechless.” Game three takes place at 4AM GMT Saturday. Current reigning Go world champion Ke Jie of China, expected to be AlphaGo’s next opponent, said he underestimated AlphaGo but still believes he could defeat it.
Discussion
- Introducing native ad-blocking feature for faster browsing
- Another Browser Gets Built-In Ad Blocking
- Ad-blockers are a Mafia-style 'protection racket' – UK's Minister of Fun
Pick of the Day
- I too have enjoyed the router talk. We recently installed 3 access points from open mesh at my business.
They start at $75 dollars and you can setup multiple ssid's for guest network etc. cloud managed and automatically restart themselves, and seamlessly transfer as you walk from room to room.
We have had virtually no downtime with these unlike our previous access points from netgear.
Thanks for your ongoing great shows! - Submitted by Sam in Oregon
- I too have enjoyed the router talk. We recently installed 3 access points from open mesh at my business.
Messages
- Hi DTNS Crew,
Regarding your discussion about Space Ports on Wednesday's show, I would like to draw your attention to The Gateway Spaceport Foundation (http://gatewayspaceport.com/the-foundation/about-us/)
John Blincow comes from a long line of visionary aeronautical thinkers and has been working on space tourism for the past 3 years. Yes, the field is in its infancy, but many smart people are making steps in the right direction (the one that leads to the MOOOOOOONNNN!!!)
Love the show, though, - Sent by Cash Nexus
- Hi DTNS Crew,
- HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP... I was right... we're moving down that road...
http://www.americanshipper.com/Main/ASD/ATSG_to_provide_20_cargo_planes_for_Amazon_63281.aspx
OK - so what does this mean? This means that Amazon can now move freight (inter US) with this network of aircraft OR they (if they have an Air Cargo forwarder (with proper licensing)) can move the freight internationally. This is another step that Amazon is taking that makes a lot of sense if you look at it from the logistics side. The only caveat is, because Amazon doesn't have forwarding licenses, they are not able to sell space on these aircraft - which is why I think we're going to see an acquisition on this probably no later than July. They want to be able to hedge their bets and bring more capacity to lower their costs.
Personally, I'm really impressed with what they are doing. If they really do keep moving this way you're going to see a new competition model occur in the retail market as others will need to follow suite to stay competitive... but that's just my two cents...
<> - Sent by BigJim
- HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP... I was right... we're moving down that road...
- The discussion in episode 2703 about six flags adding gear VR headsets to some roller coasters reminds me of something Disney did more than 10 years ago. I went to the one in Chicago it was inside a skyscraper and very much VR centric from. A VR Lightsaber style game to 6 man battle mech simulations. It was rather forward looking. The reason I bring this up though is they had one where you used some simple 3D design software to design your own roller coaster then you would wait in line to get in a 2 person max drum with a screen inside to simulate the motion riding the roller coaster you designed. While really cool this venture did not pan out for Disney but maybe now we are approaching a point that something like it can be viable in our own homes with upcoming VR gear.
Keep up the great work on the show. - Sent by Matthew S.
- The discussion in episode 2703 about six flags adding gear VR headsets to some roller coasters reminds me of something Disney did more than 10 years ago. I went to the one in Chicago it was inside a skyscraper and very much VR centric from. A VR Lightsaber style game to 6 man battle mech simulations. It was rather forward looking. The reason I bring this up though is they had one where you used some simple 3D design software to design your own roller coaster then you would wait in line to get in a 2 person max drum with a screen inside to simulate the motion riding the roller coaster you designed. While really cool this venture did not pan out for Disney but maybe now we are approaching a point that something like it can be viable in our own homes with upcoming VR gear.
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