I Got 99 Qualms but Intel Ain’t One
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| I Got 99 Qualms but Intel Ain’t One | |
| Number | 3237 |
| Broadcast Date | MARCH 12, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 29:24 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Patrick Norton |
We try to untangle the triangle of Broadcom, Intel and Qualcomm. Plus, a city that wants to issue bonds in cryptocurrency and a company that wants to 3D print cheap concrete houses.
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Quick Hits
- Microsoft announced Monday that its Slack competitor, Microsoft Teams, is now used by 200,000 organizations in 181 markets and 39 languages, up from 50,000 when it launched out of preview a year ago. New features on deck for Teams this year include cloud recording with auto-transcription, Cortana integration, and mobile sharing during meetings. Slack had 6 million daily active users, 2 million of whom are paying customers, as of September 2017.
- Kaspersky Lab has discovered state-sponsored malware nicknamed Slingshot that targets MikroTik routers. It stores its files in an encrypted virtual file system and shuts down components when forensic tools are active. Slingshot can capture keyboard strokes, network traffic, passwords and screenshots. Almost 100 individuals, government outfits and institutions are known to be infected. MikroTik has a patch out to fix it.
- A Reddit user received a pairing notification for Android Wear using the term "Wear OS," which could point to Google rebranding the name, at least in Android P Developer Preview and the latest beta, 12.5. The notification was generated by Google Play services that uses the Nearby feature to see if devices are close by that can be paired.
Top Stories
- Apple is acquiring digital newsstand app Texture, formerly known as Next Issue, which gives readers access to around 200 magazines for a $9.99 monthly fee. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software & Services, said in a statement, “We are committed to quality journalism from trusted sources and allowing magazines to keep producing beautifully designed and engaging stories for users.” Texture will continue development on apps for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire and Windows 8 and 10 and Apple will buy the full company, including employees.
- Austin-based startup ICON announced plans to print a 650-square-foot house made of cement, using large 3D robots. ICON says the homes would cost $10,000 and aims to bring that price down to $4,000. ICON plans to build 100 of its houses in El Salvador sometime in 2019.
- The McFly project announced it is setting up infrastructure for Vertical Takeoff and Landing taxis in Nairobi, Kenya. McFly has plans to offer the service in 23 cities worldwide. The company will use its own McFly token on the ethereum blockchain for handling payments. The ICO is live with phase 1.2 of the token launch expected in April, however, no prototype or working model of the McFly urban flying taxi is currently available.
- Berkeley, California city council member Ben Bartlett is proposing using cryptocurrency to handle municipal bonds. Bartlett calls it an Initial Community Offering, but believes that block-chain based smart contracts could cut out cost and red tape when issuing bonds, especially for smaller projects. Bartlett is working with startup Neighborly and mayor Jesse Arregúin on proposals coming in May.
- The US FCC says Swarm Technologies launched four small internet satellites in January without authorization. The satellites were part of the Indian Space Agency's launch on January 12, but no operator was identified on the cargo list. Swarm was founded by former Google aerospace engineer Sara Spangelo and developer Benjamin Longmier who sold his previous company to Apple. The four satellites are part of Swarm's SpaceBees plans for a space-based low-cost internet network. Their launch plans had been rejected because the small satellites are difficult to track risking catastrophic collision with other objects.
Discussion
- Singapore-based Broadcom to redomicile to U.S. by April 3
- President Trump halts Broadcom takeover of Qualcomm
- Broadcom Shares Surge on Reports That Intel Is Considering an Acquisition
Mailbag
- When it comes to the Right To Repair bill I'm all for it. I run a small computer repair shop, but I've always thought people should be able to fix their broken stuff. The vast majority of my clients are older people who don't want to deal with doing the repair themselves either because they can't or it's not worth their time and they prefer to have someone take care of it for them. I also deal with a good number of people who can't afford to get new computers or cell phones every year or so and replacing a broken screen or hinge is a more cost effective solution. So for a lot of these people, being able to fix their computer needs to be a viable option.
And it's funny you brought up cars in the discussion, I like to compare computers to cars for many reasons (for instance when they both work right, both are easy to use by just about anyone) so think of it this way, cars haven't stopped innovating even though you can take a car to any corner garage for repairs and maintenance, why would computer or cell phones be any different. So anyone who claims that giving owners the right to repair a product themselves or have their devices repaired by third parties is, in my opinion, wrong. - Sent by Anon
- When it comes to the Right To Repair bill I'm all for it. I run a small computer repair shop, but I've always thought people should be able to fix their broken stuff. The vast majority of my clients are older people who don't want to deal with doing the repair themselves either because they can't or it's not worth their time and they prefer to have someone take care of it for them. I also deal with a good number of people who can't afford to get new computers or cell phones every year or so and replacing a broken screen or hinge is a more cost effective solution. So for a lot of these people, being able to fix their computer needs to be a viable option.
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