Amazon Preorders Theaters

Amazon Preorders Theaters
Number	3348
Broadcast Date	AUGUST 16, 2018
Episode Length	30:47
Hosts	Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane
Guests	Justin Robert Young

Amazon has set its sights on buying Landmark theaters. What does this mean for the movie industry and will this push its rivals to pursue similar deals?

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• Justin Robert Young
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Quick Hits

• U.S. investor sues AT&T for $224 million over loss of cryptocurrency

Cyptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Wednesday against AT&T over alleged fraud and gross negligence over theft of tokens from his personal account. Terpin claims that on January 7, 2018, the tokens were stolen through a “digital identity theft” of his cellphone account, and that AT&T was his service provider. The three million stolen tokens were worth $23.8 million, according to Terpin, who is also seeking $200 million in punitive damages.

• Google Firebase adds in-app messaging, JIRA integration, new reports and more

Firebase, which Google acquired four years ago, is rolling out updates including in-app messaging customization, notifications, predictions and Google Analytics. Developers who use Atlassian’s JIRA will also have integration tools through Firebase. Crashlytics data, which Google acquired from Twitter in 2017 can also be exported to BigQuery to be analyzed. Firebase Cloud Messaging and the Firebase Console’s Project Overview page have gottan design updates as well.

• Intel adds more power to its 8th-generation NUC mini-PCs

Intel just launched its next wave of NUCs, with 28 watt 8th-gen Intel CPUs and Iris Plus 655 graphics plus 4 USB 3 ports, one USB-C, an HDMI 2.0a and a pair of SATA 6.0 Gbps ports. Both versions support M.2 SSDs but the larger one also supports 2.5-inch SATA SSDs. You can get Core-i3, i5 or i7 versions, ranging from $299 to $499. Keep in mind NUCs don't come with RAM, storage or an OS.

• China is the fastest growing smart speaker market

Canalys reports Global shipments of smart speakers rose 187 percent year-over-year last quarter with China accounting for 52-percent of worldwide growth. Alibaba and Xiaomi accounting for 17.7 and 12.2 percent, respectively. Overall Google leads the way with Amazon second.

Top Stories

• Twitter company email addresses why it’s #BreakingMyTwitter

Twitter sent a company email stating that technical and business constraints have led them to shut down legacy APIs. The email said the User Streams and Site Streams APIs were still in a beta state after 9 years. Twitterrific noted that the changes mean it will no longer be able to stream tweets, send push notifications or update the today view. New tweets and DMs will be delayed by a couple minutes.

• Melbourne teen hacked into Apple's secure computer network, court told

A teenager in Melbourne AUS who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after Apple turned him into the FBI. The Children’s Court heard on Thursday that he had downloaded 90gb of secure files and accessed customer accounts. A raid on his family home last year uncovered a barrage hacking files and instructions all saved in a folder titled “hacky hack hack.”

• Preorders open for the GLAS thermostat by Johnson Controls

Maybe it's just me but I feel like WAY more things talked about at CES this year are actually shipping. Take Johnson's GLAS thermostat with Cortana built in. In the US you can now preorder GLAS for $319. That makes it the most expensive smart thermostat on the market, beating out the Ecobee4 by $70. And for that money you not only get Cortana built in b ut supposed compatibility with Amazon and Google Assistant as well.

• Reddit sleuth identifies car part, leading to hit-and-run arrest

Police in Washington State made an arrest in a fatal hit-and-run case after a part of a car headlight originally posted to Twitter was identified by a Reddit user. The photograph was shared in the sub-Reddit "WhatIsThisThing", which is dedicated to identifying obscure objects, plants and animals. That led to the following line being written on the official BBC website "Jeff, who goes by the user name /u/JeffsNuts, responded to the post, identifying the black piece of metal as a section of a "Chevy Silverado headlamp bezel". Jeff used to be a Maryland State vehicle inspector. On August 14, Washington State Police trooper Johanna Batiste posted to Twitter that "detectives made an arrest" after "Reddit users identify a photographed broken car part."

• Sony's PSVR still going strong as sales hit 3 million

Sony announced that it has sold 3 million PlayStation VR headsets as of the end of last month. At the end of 2017, Sony had sold 2 million units, meaning it sold another million in just the last eight months. Sony shipped 21.9 million PSVR games and experiences. The PSVR has 340 games now available. Sony also said the best-selling VR game to date is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (which came in a bundle) followed by PlayStation VR Worlds, Rec Room and Resident Evil 7 biohazard.

Discussion

• Amazon in Running to Acquire Landmark Movie Chain
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. - Wikipedia
• U.S. Eyes the End of the Film Distribution System That Rules Hollywood

Mailbag

I know you talk about tech and accessibility especially when it comes to the disabled pretty often. I was at a friends house and his roommate was using Alexa. However he is blind. I for one am kinda spooked about the whole Alexa concept but thought nit was really cool to see someone blind using it and thought it was the perfect use case. Tech put to an excellent and appropriate use. Just my thought. Your show rocks and listen as often as I can. Take care and keep on podcasting.

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Amazon Preorders Theaters

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