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| Work-Bot Balance | |
| Number | 3627 |
| Broadcast Date | SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 29:02 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang |
A recent report by the British government makes the case that more not less automation is needed to create new jobs to provide work for the population. How does this counter-intuitive mindset change how we prepare people for work in the future?
Quick Hits
- Reuters sources say ByteDance, makers of TikTok app, posted revenue of 50-60 billion yuan ($7 billion to $8.4 billion) in the first half of 2019 and looks to be profitable in the second half. Most revenue reportedly comes from China-focused products like the news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, and the domestic version of TikTok, Douyin. The company also recently launched a search engine, a work efficiency app called Lark, and plans to launch a music streaming app.
- Amazon announced that YouTube TV is now available on the Fire TV platform. The streaming service can be accessed on Fire TV sticks and set top boxes, as well as “Fire TV Edition” smart TVs, although Amazon notes first-generation Fire TV Stick or Fire TV are not compatible.
- Apple released iOS and iPad OS updates to the iOS and iPadOS 13.1.1 software that was released on Friday. The iOS and iPadOS 13.1.2 updates are available on all eligible devices over-the-air in the Settings app, and include bug fixes for several issues, including problems with the camera, iCloud backup, and the flashlight.
Top Stories
- Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Facebook will reportedly pay 40-50 publishers for content shown in Facebook's news tab, which is expected to launch by the end of the year. It's expected to feature headlines and links from about 200 publications. Facebook is still in content negotiations with publishers over how much content and access would be granted in the news section. Fees are reportedly in the $2-$3 million a year for national publications, with a three year contract.
- HP's Spectre x360 13 2-in1 still has glossy edges and one USB-C port but is also slightly smaller, and uses Windows Precision drivers for the trackpad instead of Synaptics. It has a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio, and the world's smallest Windows Hello-enabled IR webcam. You can choose an OLED 4K screen, and a new Display Control lets you switch between color gamuts. It features Intel's 10th Gen Ice Lake quad-core processor and Iris Plus graphics and claims to last 22 hours on a charge. It arrives in October starting at $1099.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that the US House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Google on September 13th inquiring about the company's plans to adopt the DNS-over-HTTPS protocol or DOH in Chrome. Since DOH passes DNS data over an encrypted connection, the letter states the committee is worried this would give Google an "unfair advantage by denying access to users’ data” by cable and wireless companies. According to a Google spokesperson, “Google has no plans to centralize or change people’s DNS providers to Google by default. Any claim that we are trying to become the centralized encrypted DNS provider is inaccurate.” Google is expected to begin testing DOH rollout in Chrome next month. Mozilla started testing it on Firefox in March 2018.
- Wired's Adrienne So has a roundup of the Best Tech and Accessories for your dog. The Best Pet Camera is the PetCube Bites 2, has an app, 1080p camera, 160-degree viewing angle, night vision and zoom AND the ability to dispense a treat remotely. $249 plus a monthly fee if you want pet detection and smart alerts. Whistle Go is listed as the best fitness tracker. For $100 you can track by GPS, set fitness goals for activity based on breed, age, and size and it has a night light. Ms. So recommends the Jioobit pet tracker if you just want to know where they are. The SpotOn Virtual fence costs $1500 and can use sock alerts or sound alerts to warn the dog it's near the boundary line. Those are the techies on the list with number 10, Best Toy, being, a stick.
- Linus Torvalds approved a new Linux kernel lockdown security feature, which when enabled will restrict some kernel functionality from even root users. The feature comes with two modes, integrity, which disables kernel features that let a userland process modify the running kernel, and confidentiality, which disables features that extract confidential information from the kernel. The feature will ship as a Linux Security Module as part of Linux kernel 5.4, and be disabled by default.
Discussion
- Future of work: UK’s problem is not too many robots but too few, MPs say
- UK economy has 'too few robots', warn MPs
- What if robots don’t take all the jobs
- The robots are coming? Not enough of them in some cases...
- The Future of Jobs Report 2018
- South Korea Unemployment Rate
- Automation and the future of work
Mailbag
- Dang 13.1.2 is out. Supposedly fixes shortcuts on the Homepod so that makes me happy.
- Sent by jnamadan
- Is this where we remind ourselves that they should've skipped 13 and went to 14 instead?
- Sent by scwleung
- Nah though it's unfortunate it's in the state that it is. Will be interesting if things slow down to typical cadence in a week or two when the hardware is tied to the software release, they paint themselves into a corner as the hardware is the money maker.
- Sent by jnamadan
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