$5 Million For Change
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| $5 Million For Change | |
| Number | 3205 |
| Broadcast Date | JANUARY 24, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 31:31 |
| Hosts | Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Scott Johnson |
AT&T takes out full page ads in the Washington Post and NY Times urging Congress to pass a Net Neutrality law. Critics content the effort is hypocritical and in fact would enshrine anti-net neutrality behavior into law. YouTube is pushing for a nicer, kinder YouTube, but is that what YouTube really wants?
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Quick Hits
- AMD announced it'll integrate its semi-custom silicon unit, which designs chips for game consoles and other devices, into their larger graphics business, the Radeon Technologies Group. The semi-custom unit was previously part of the Enterprise and Embedded group, and will now report to Senior Vice President Mike Rayfield.
- The European Commission announced a 997 million euro fine against Qualcomm for anti-competitive behavior. The fine stems from a 2015 investigation into Qualcomm reportedly offering lower licensing payments to Apple in exchange for exclusively use their modem chipsets from 2011 through 2016. The fine represents 4.9 percent of Qualcomm’s 2017 turnover.
- Apple released Security Update 2018-001, which patches Meltdown vulnerabilities for macOS High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan. Patches to Spectre are not specifically mentioned in the release notes, but the update does include patches to speculative execution vulnerabilities.
- This year’s Google I/O developer conference is set for May 8th - 10th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
Top Stories
- Stripe is ending support for bitcoin payments on April 23 citing the cryptocurrency’s volatility and long transaction times, among other things. A decision likely to anger the easily provoked crypto-fans. Stripe started taking bitcoin back in 2014, after the coin first topped $1,000 and people really started taking it seriously. The company insists that it remains optimistic about the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
- Apple released the first iOS 11.3 developer beta with new features for iPhone and iPad. A free public beta version will be available in the future. Among the new features, Apple previewed iOS 11.3 with ability to turn off throttling of older iPhones in Settings, which is turned on by default. Also new Animoji, and business chat in Messages.
- Google announced a new version of G Suite designed for universities and other large educational institutions called G Suite Enterprise for Education. The new offering gives organizations an advanced security center for threat detection, mobile device management, and the ability to host Hangout calls with up to 50 participants, on top of the usual G Suite web apps. G Suite Enterprise for Education costs $4 per user per month.
- AT&T is calling on Congress for a national net neutrality law. The company bought a series of full-page ads Wednesday in major newspapers like the Washington Post and the NY Times, with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson proposing an “Internet Bill of Rights” that could help guarantee an open Internet, not just with telecom and cable companies, but also tech companies like Google and Facebook. Many states are also moving to pass their own net neutrality rules to replace the federal regulations passed by the FCC in December. Critics allege that ATT's push is conveniently silent on paid prioritization and including companies like Facebook and Google is an attempt to muddy the debate by conflating Net Neutrality with online privacy concerns.
- Facebook confirmed it acquired Confirm.io, a startup with an API to verify government-issued identification cards. The company launched in 2015 and uses mobile biometrics and facial recognition to confirm ID card information. Confirm.io announced plans to wind down current authentication software offerings.
- Meg Whitman has a new job - CEO of a new venture backed by Jeffrey Katzenberg focused on short-form premium content customized for mobile. Whitman announced last November that she was stepping down as CEO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, though will remain on its board of directors. She starts her new role on March 1, based in Los Angeles, headquarters for Katzenberg’s holding company, WndrCo.
Discussion
- YouTube's Support for Musicians Comes With a Catch
- YouTube to Invest $5 Million This Year in Creators Who Promote ‘Empathy and Understanding’
Mailbag
- One thing I'd like to mention about "just walking out and pay" that we should worry about is when prices are marked incorrectly. One thing I love about "self-checkout" is discovering how often prices are miss-marked. Get ready for a pricing game when we no longer have a visual reference of prices before we pay for things. Companies will double-down on the lazy-card and expect us not to put up a fight when we realize we were over-charged. Or, it could be an opportunity to fix issues like this through the UI, though... I'm not sure if I'd expect companies work hard to do that.
- Sent by Dano Manion
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