Gotta Patch ‘Em All
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| Gotta Patch ‘Em All | |
| Number | 2807 |
| Broadcast Date | JULY 12, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 42:03 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Patrick Beja, Lamarr Wilson |
Why the heck is Pokémon go so popular and how long will it last? Lamarr Wilson Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt discuss that and whether it’s illegal to share a Netflix password in the US now.
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Top Stories
- Later this month Google will roll out Google Play Family Library, which lets up to six people share apps videos and books in one Google Play account. Now some more top stories.
- Google has reached an agreement with UK carrier Three to join Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cellular as the networks powering the Project Fi MVNO wireless service. Project Fi will now also offer the fastest coverage available when its subscribers travel internationally. Previously travelers were limited to 2G. Project Fi is $20 a month for unlimited calls and texts and $10 a month per GB of data with refunds for unused amounts. The service only works with select Android phones.
- Oculus announced it has filled all its preorders and now can ship new Rift orders within 2-4 business days. It's in stock at Amazon, and coming to Microsoft and Best Buy as well. No news on the Oculus Touch controller other than it is still expected this year. Oculus also announced its developers conference, Oculus Connect, will take place October 5th through 7th in San Jose, California. Applications for the conference will open August 2nd at oculusconnect.com.
- Is it illegal in the US to share your Netflix password now? On July 5 the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that after leaving executive search firm Korn/Ferry, David Nosal violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when he asked an employee still at the firm to give him her password so he could access records from the company. The majority opinion states “This appeal is not about password sharing” and dismiss concerns as “hypotheticals about the dire consequences of criminalizing password sharing.” However the dissenting judge writes “This case is about password sharing," and will make millions into "unwitting federal criminals." So in the end what he law does is leave the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act up for interpretation and the subject of future litigation.
- Submitted by macwinuxit
- The US Federal Trade Commission has settled with Warner Brothers over claims the company paid YouTube influencers for video game coverage without disclosing the payments to viewers. For example, PewDiePie was paid to cover Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. Warner Bros. had required one tweet or Facebook post and videos that could not show the game in a negative light. Warner Bros. must not fail to disclose similar deals in the future.
- Submitted by lokirobert
- Researchers from the University of California Berkeley and Georgetown University have developed voice commands that cannot be heard by humans but can be understood by phones. The commands are delivered in a low pitch and hidden in background noise. The attempts worked best with Google's assistant as opposed to Apple's Siri. The effectiveness depends on the room, the quality of the speaker and the distance between the speaker and the phone, so it is difficult to execute in the real world. The researchers will present their paper at the Usenix Security Symposium in August.
- ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reports Microsoft announced it will make Windows 10 Enterprise E3 available as a subscription for $7 per user per month. Per device licensing will continue to be available as well. Microsoft also announced "Surface as a Service" allowing businesses to lease Surface devices along with Office 365 and Windows 10. The new program will launch initially with ALSO, a European cloud solutions provider.
- Magic Leap Chief Executive Rony Abovits told an audience at the Fortune Magazine conference in Aspen that Magic Leap has hired 600 employees and is close to starting production of its first mixed reality products. Abovitz also said Magic Leap will open a developer lab in the San Francisco area. He said consumer applications will come first but the company is already investigating business and medical uses. So to be clear, Magic Leap announced today it's still close to doing something publicly but it hasn't yet.
Discussion
- Pokémon Go's creators say they didn't mean to spy on Google accounts
- Pokemon Go could crash and burn this way
- The poor get poorer, the rich get Pokémon
- Pokemon Go clone tops app charts in China
- Pokemon Go out of control? Here's how to kick the habit
- Pokemon Go firm fixes 'full Google access' error
- Cops warn Pokémon Go players: Please don’t trespass to catch ‘em all
- Why did Google get rid of the company behind Pokémon Go?
Messages
- Hello Tom,
I understand that everyone is totally excited about Pokemon GO, and this PSA may not apply to most people, though you may want to study the research on attention and multitasking.
If you’re out and playing Pokemon GO, and you have noticed blind individuals in your neighborhood or downtown areas, please look up from your device regularly to avoid hurting yourself or another person, or getting a cane tangled between your legs.
Be aware of your surroundings, considerate, and show compassion to others while you’re having fun capturing Pokemon. Please pass this along to the kids you know as well.
Thanks! - Sent by William Madison of blindinsight.com
- Hello Tom,
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