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Apple announced last month that it would bring graphic chip development in house, giving its deal with Imagination Technologies only two more years. Now, Imagination announced plans to sell off two of its businesses, as well as starting a dispute process with Apple to keep the deal alive.Iain Thomson at the Register says that over the past few months, hackers have used vulnerabilities in the Signaling System Number Seven Protocol or SS7 to empty the bank accounts of some Germans. And before you say, "they should have turned on 2-factor!" They did. SS7 is part of how cell phones communicate with each other and the hole allows very sophisticated cyber criminals to grab the 2-factor codes in transit.SpaceX has a plans to send internet-beaming satellites into orbit starting in 2019 ahead of lighting up its network in 2024. The plan would put 4,425 satellites into low-earth orbit by way of Falcon 9 rockets and would provide high-speed low latency internet to earth without costly infrastructure build-out.Our guest today is Patrick Tucker, tech editor at Defense One, who talks about what email metadata has to do with last year's presidential election in the United States. We also look at what Apple's billion dollar US manufacturing fund means for people and for robots. Plus, why Snapchat might have better luck at original content than YouTube. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Patrick Tucker Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Facebook plans to hire 3,000 additional people to review reports of people publicly hurting themselves (and others) and then posting it on Facebook. The community operations team around the world already includes 4,500 reviewers of the millions of reports the company gets every week. It was unclear from Zuckerberg's post whether the reviewers would be Facebook employees or contract workers.Hulu is getting into the Live content game with Hulu Live TV, a new paid service tier that brings 60 live channels for $39.99 per month with 50 hours of cloud DVR, with the option to add premium channels like Showtime for an extra monthly fee of $8.99. An additional monthly fee of $19.99 adds 200 hours of cloud DVR storage, commercial skipping, and unlimited screens when connected at the home.Ars Technica says that Microsoft's Edge browser and Bing search are set as unchangeable defaults in Microsoft's new Windows 10 S operating system. According to the official FAQ for Windows 10 S, you are more than welcome to download another browser that might be available from the Windows Store, but you can never make it your default.Plus, a phishing email that looks and acts like a Google Doc invite tricked many folks online, Slack is rolling out new features to improve its cross-channel search capabilities, Augmented Reality glasses that can map the path for bikers is coming soon, and Dave Gershgorn from Quartz takes a closer look at Microsoft's new Head of Research, Eric Horvitz. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Dave Gershgorn Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Microsoft held its anticipated Education event this morning, where they showed off a new streamlined version of their OS, Windows 10 S for education. Microsoft also revealed the Surface Laptop, a $999 touchscreen laptop with a striking design, and Windows 10 S pre-installed.Other Microsoft announcements today include an update to Teams, also designed for students with emoji, stickers, and GIFs. Plus, the Minecraft Education Edition will now include Code Builder that works with existing education platforms like Tynker and ScratchX.T-mobile was the big winner in last month's spectrum auction, and has now unveiled what it plans to do with it. T-mobile plans to use that spectrum to become the first major nationwide 5G network, with a focus on improving its reach as opposed to faster speeds.We also discuss Apple's earnings, the humans who make Google's machine magic work, and more partners for Twitter's new media network. Plus, a new gadget for those of you who still haven't thrown away your mixtapes. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Annalee Newitz Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

In a newly signed executive order, President Donald Trump says he plans to establish and American Technology Council to transform and modernize information technology, but it was unclear how he planned to do this. Twitter struck a deal with Bloomberg to put together a new service that will bring original news to Twitter, streamed 24/7 starting this Fall. It will feature original content brought in from Bloomberg's worldwide bureaus, mixed with curated video content from Twitter users. Samsung is getting into the self-driving car business. According to the Verge, the South Korean giant is testing its driverless car tech in Hyundais. Like Apple and perhaps Google, Samsung isn't expected to build its own cars, just the autonomous tech inside them. Plus, Amazon announces the end of Underground Actually Free, someone scraped Tinder profiles for facial recognition, someone leaked the next season of Orange is the New Black and it won't hurt Netflix one bit, and Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica discusses a leaked document that shows how Facebook is analyzing the emotions of its teen users and passing that information on to advertisers. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

The National Security Agency is ending its warrant-less wiretapping program that targeted American communications that in any way mentioned the names of foreigners currently under surveillance. The NSA issued a statement saying it will end the program, as well as delete the majority of upstream data generated from it.The voice of the Amazon Echo is getting more human. The company says new Speech Synthesis Markup Language or SSLM will allow developers to create skills that feature whispering, bleeping out swear words, spelling out words, speaking at different volumes or rates, and more. So, it's only a matter of time before the robot steals our jobs.Facebook is riddled with video content that has been lifted and republished from the original sources. New updates to Facebook's Rights Manager will now allows rights holders to "claim ad earnings" from those videos, routing revenue generated from a video to them instead of into the pockets of the pirater.Our Sorry Not Sorry segment is back, this time we discuss whether Wired magazine still has cultural relevance.Plus we'll tell you more about the self-driving Lexus that Apple is using to test its self-driving software and a robot that can build a house out of spray foam. And finally, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica joins us to chat about Einstein, Mario Kart, and big budget VR. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Sam Machkovech Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

The newly launched Google Assistant SDK will let developers tap into the AI power of Google Assistant from their own prototype hardware. It's currently a Developer Preview though, so anyone interested in commercializing hardware based on the SDK will still need to arrange that with Google first.Recode reports that Apple might be creating its own Venmo competitor, that will let iPhone users transfer or pay money directly to other people from the phone. There's no word yet on when exactly this feature might come to the iPhone.Anthony Levandowski, the head of the self driving group at Uber, is stepping aside as the Waymo lawsuit alleging his theft of 14,000 files comes barreling toward him. Eric Meyhofer will lead the team, and Levandoswki told his employees to avoid including him on any communications related to Lidar ahead of the hearing next week.Plus Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Samsung reporting their earnings and we'll tell you what you need to know. Plus, the eternal question -- why aren't more smart watches built with flashlights? Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Changes are coming to government oversight of net neutrality rules that were approved two years ago. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced a new plan that signals a move away from those rules, and towards self regulation by the industry itself.Instagram now has 700 million active monthly users, gaining 100 million in the last quarter. The photo sharing site is experiencing meteoric growth having doubled its user base in the last year.Twitter may be showing signs of new life. The company announced its quarterly earnings and revealed its best quarter for user growth in two years, with nine million new users in Q1.We also investigate robot rage, Amazon's new camera that will take photos of you while you're getting dressed, and whether or not you can own a color. Plus, Alex Kantrowitz from Buzzfeed is here to tell us why we should fear the AI winter. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Alex Kantrowitz Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

If you live in the Phoenix area you can now apply to be part of a self-driving car testing program from Waymo, which was formerly Google's driverless car program and is now under the Alphabet umbrella. Testers have access to a driverless car with a test driver whenever they want, wherever they are within an area twice the size of San Francisco.Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, is tackling that pesky thing called fake news by creating Wikitribune, a crowdfunded news publication with content chosen, fact checked, and written up by unpaid community members and journalists Uber says they'll be taking ride-hailing to the skies by 2020. That's when the company says they'll have their first public demo of a fleet of electric planes that you can hail with an app.We also discuss how Netflix is getting its content to China and how the TED conference is being overrun by robots. Plus, Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land joins us to talk about Google's Project Owl that aims to clean up problematic search results. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Danny Sullivan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

SlingStudio is a new production hub aimed at video producers looking to up their game on Facebook Live and YouTube Live. The hub can accept 10 video feeds from wired and wireless cameras and smartphones, and allows for real time video switching from an iPad. Lyrebird is new software that claims to be able to recreate anyone's voice with just one minute of audio tape. You can also design your own voice and Lyrebirds GPU clusters will generate 1000 sentences in less than half a second for real-time voice generation. Google unveiled the new Yi Halo, its next Jump VR camera, at NAB that is built with 16 Yi Technology action cameras mounted spherically as well as an additional upward facing camera. The camera rig will release this Summer for $17,000. We also talk about DJI's new Goggles that will let you control a drone or the drone's camera. And congratulations to astronaut Peggy Whitson for 534 days in space. Plus, Iain Thomson is here to tell us why one company is heartbroken that we found it was selling the contents of our email account to Uber. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Apple's self-driving car technology can control the steering, acceleration, braking, lane changing and u-turning of Lexus SUVs. We learned this from a Business Insider report based on a public records request for Apple's driverless car testing in California. In its testing so far, Apple is using Logitech steering wheels and pedals.Tesla is recalling 53 thousand cars over an issue with the parking break. The company issued the voluntary global recall on certain Model S and Model X vehicles built between February and October 2016.Microsoft is working on a Chromebook competitor -- a line of laptops that runs nothing but web-based applications, while also offering the option of touch screens and digital pens. The laptops are being geared for schools and those looking for low-cost laptops. Microsoft is expected to offer more details on its Chromebook competitors in May.Former Attorney General Eric Holder says he needs more time to investigate Uber's toxic culture, and Apple made two strategic hires to boost its satellite efforts and we make some conjectures about what that means for the company. Also, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica is here to talk Facebook VR, Rick & Morty, and Starcraft. Host: Megan Morrone Guests: Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Sam Machkovech Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

MasterCard is working on a fingerprint sensor that's built into your physical credit or debit card and will work with the chip to verify your in-person purchases.The Google Assistant built into the Google Home speaker can now recognize multiple different voices and deliver a specific info to the person it recognizes - like plane flight info and calendar entries. Up to six different voices can be recognized by a Google Home speaker, but each voice still has to be tied to a different Google Account.Toyota and others have invested $45 million in a company called Getaround, which people are calling the AirBnb for cars. You can use an app to reserve, locate, pay for and even unlock a stranger's car so you can drive it for a while.We also discuss Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's investment choices and the ethics of Instagram influencers. Plus, Rolfe Winkler from The Wall Street Journal is here to tell us how one security company chose to show its clients information in live demos and we talk about Elon Musk's new startup that wants to fuse your brain with AI so we no longer need to talk to share our thoughts. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Nathan Olivarez-Giles Guest: Rolfe Winkler Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Day two of Facebook's F8 developer conference in San Jose kicked off with a company keynote presentation that's focused on futuristic technologies that are at least a few years off. Facebook's Building 8 division says its hoping to develop sensor technology that uses your skin to send signals to your brain and theorizing that electrodes in your brain will eventually let you type by thinking rather than moving your fingers around.People familiar with the matter have told Eurogamer that Nintendo plans to launch an S-NES mini this year, which could explain why they chose to break the hearts of millions by discontinuing the NES mini. The rumored console will likely be called the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo is already in the process of developing it.Google is looking for 10,000 people to volunteer for a study that is mixing tech, science, and health. If you volunteer, you'd be agreeing to share your generic data with the company as it attempts to map out what a healthy human is made up of.Those $350 dollar Bose headphones you're listening to, might be listening to you and sharing your habits without your consent. Plus, Quincy Larson from FreeCodeCamp joins us to really explain what it takes to learn to code. And we mourn the loss of the to-do app Wunderlist that Microsoft is murdering. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Facebook is holding its annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, where they launched the beta version of Facebook Spaces, its way of merging its efforts in the social realm with its efforts in Virtual Reality.David Marcus, the head of Facebook Messaging says the company's aim is to become the Yellow Pages of bots. Translation bots to help refugees, homework bots to help kids learn, and medical bots that help diagnose that persistent itch you've been experiencing.The NDA has lifted and many sites are publishing their reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. The consensus is that the Infinity display is the best display many have ever seen on a smartphone and the size is unexpectedly slim even with the larger screen sizes thanks to the near bezel-less display.We also talk about how former Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer is spending his spare 10 million dollar in cash and we cover all the latest rumors about the next iPhone. Plus, the Electronic Frontier Foundation looked into the state of online privacy in public schools. Find out what they found. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Over the weekend a man posted a minute long video of himself murdering Robert Godwin Sr, who appeared to have no relation to the murderer. The video remained on Facebook for hours before being taken down. A representative from Facebook says they know they need to do better. Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) struck an agreement with Google in an antitrust case from 2015. The ruling imposes a fine of $7.8 million and new rules require Google to loosen its exclusive placement of apps on Android devices, including allowing users to select a competing search engine during setup. Tesla just slashed prices on its Model S. The 75 kilowatt-hour version will get a price cut of $7,500, which means it will start at $69,500, which is still $1,500 more than the price of the previous entry-level Model S Tesla that is now discontinued. Plus, Roaches might be hiding inside your PS4 (sorry), Uber might be forced to add tipping to its app in NY, training autonomous vehicle AI with Grand Theft Auto, and Katie Benner from The New York Times talks about how Airbnb is facing major challenges to its business thanks to the American Hotel industry. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Katie Benner Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Uber has shared its revenue growth with Bloomberg, showing net revenue of $6.5 billion in 2016, with net losses at $2.8 billion. Uber says it doubled its gross bookings to $20 billion dollars.According to a notice on the California DMV website, Apple has applied for and received approval to test self-driving car technology on public roads. The permit covers three vehicles, all 2015 Lexus RX540h, and six drivers.The ShadowBrokers unleashed a new collection of NSA tools and this time, Microsoft PCs are squarely in the crosshairs. One tool in particular is called Fuzzbench, and some researchers call it "god mode for Microsoft computers."A group of female Marines says Facebook is not doing enough to combat revenge porn. The Switch is selling like crazy and there might be a mini Switch in our future. Plus, Laura Northrup from the Consumerist is here to talk about how apps to help you save money make their money. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Laura Northup Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.