Tech News Weekly (Video HI)

Stephen Hall from 9to5Google talks about the Pixel burn-in problem. Brian Russell Davis from Axiom88 talks about a project that uses data science to detect how often an Uber driver runs a red light. Steve Gibson from Security Now warns about the upcoming Reaper botnet storm. And Kurt Wagner from ReCode discusses why Twitter is banning some ads. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guests: Stephen Hall, Brian Russell Davis, Steve Gibson, and Kurt Wagner Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Mathy Vanhoef discovered the KRACK wifi vulnerability and details some of the misconceptions of the hack. Sara Wachter-Boettcher, author of the book Technically Wrong, discusses the ways that technology has alienated groups of people. Megabots co-founder Matt Oerhlein shares his thoughts on the first ever Megabots robot duel. Sherif Hanna from Qualcomm dispells some of the common misconceptions around 5G technology and when consumers might finally see it. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guests: Mathy Vanhoef, Sara Wachter-Boettcher, and Sherif Hanna Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Facebook's Oculus Connect conference is underway in San Jose California, and Father Robert Ballecer joins us to talk about the Oculus Go, Dash UI, the Rift Bundle, Project Santa Cruz and the other products he saw there. Plus, what's next for Oculus and the enterprise. Jason Snell from Six Colors tries to answer some of the questions about the future of an Apple streaming service. Will you be able to get it on an Android device? And Mike Murphy from Quartz discusses Replika, a chat app that helps you create a digital you. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guests: Jason Snell, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Mike Murphy Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Evan Blass from VentureBeat talks about the new Pixel phones announced at the Made By Google event. Katie Kelly from AltSpaceVR joins us to discuss their purchase by Microsoft. Tony Romm of ReCode explains why Twitter and Facebook are going before US lawmakers and why Snapchat isn't. Ryan Hoover from ProductHunt shows off his favorite ARKit apps. Plus the headlines about Netflix pricing, Microsoft Edge on iOS and Android, Amazon's new delivery service, and the Yahoo hack. Host: Megan Morrone Guests: Katie Kelly, Evan Blass, Tony Romm, and Ryan Hoover Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Watch the teaser for Tech News Weekly hosted by Jason Howell and Megan Morrone. This new show brings you interviews from tech journalists who make or break the top stories of the week. Megan and Jason give you more context and perspective, with an in-depth look at the fast-paced world of technology and how it is changing our lives. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Security firm Duo showed its research at the Ekoparty security conference that demonstrates how the firmware on a large number of Macs isn't getting any updates, either due to a lack of updates being offered by Apple, or due to a silently failing update procedure.Sources tell TechCrunch that Google is working on a home assistant with a touch screen, like the Amazon Show. This would explain why they cut off Amazon's access to YouTube this week.Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that it has signed a contract to bring the world's largest lithium ion battery to South Australia with a 100-day deadline, lest the battery be completely free.Also at the International Astronautical Congress, Musk announced his grand plans to get to mars in giant reusable space ships...in the next five years.Plus, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica is here to talk about his SNES, Cuphead, and Loot. 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.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea just bought TaskRabbit, the San Francisco-based on-demand company that finds you someone to help you do stuff, like for example, assemble your Ikea furniture. According to a press release, TaskRabbit will continue to work as an independent company. TaskRabbit operates in the US and in London, and has been around for nearly a decade. The biggest question I have about this sale is, why buy furniture that needs to be put together if you're going to pay for someone to put it together? Just buy furniture that's already put together.YouTube is making some changes that affect creators on the Patreon crowd funding platform. Going forward, those creators are being asked to join YouTube's Partners Program in an effort to battle abusive and inappropriate content on the video site. However, many of these creators aren't very happy with the new request because YouTube's policy states that creators can't apply until they reach 10,000 public channel views which might not harm creators who already have a healthy following, but will make it hard for up and comers to gain traction by linking out externally to their own Patreon destinations.FCC Chairman Ajit Pi says Apple should flip the switch on the iPhone's FM radio, especially if the company cares about people's safety in natural disasters. The Federal Communications Commission says the radios that are already present in iPhones could have helped millions of people access lifesaving radio information in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma. Samsung, LG, Motorola, and HTC all sell smartphones with unlocked radios, but critics of Apple's choice say they don't unlock theirs because they don't want people to have free access to the radio, so that we'll pay for services like Apple Music. 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.

Google no longer lets you watch YouTube videos on your Amazon Echo Show. We read Apple's White Paper on privacy and FaceID. Signal says you don't have to sacrifice privacy to be social. ReCode reports that Facebook, Google, and now Twitter have all been asked to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in November. Plus, everything Amazon announced at their secret press event today. 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 CEO of Equifax is retiring, effective immediately. Richard Smith is the latest executive of the hacked credit-reporting giant step down nearly a month after the company announced that a hack exposed the personal information of 143 million people.Dyson working on an Electric Vehicle to launch publicly by 2020. James Dyson, founder of the company, wrote an email to his employees, revealing the plan that is already underway, employing a team of 400 people to get the motor running.According to a study by Visier Inc., women and men both struggle equally to get jobs in tech when they're over 40. According to the report, the average tech worker is 38 years old, compared to the average non-tech worker who is 43 years old and this is a result of systemic ageism in the tech hiring practices.Plus, Atari's next console is really expensive for what it is, Twitter doubles its character limit, and we go hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. 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.

Another company in charge of protecting our valuable personal information reports that they've been hacked. Deloitte, dedicated to auditing, risk management and tax related services, says a cyberattack has exposed some customer information including passwords and personal emails from the company's blue chip clients.Microsoft says its new programming language for quantum computers should be out by the end of the year after working on the technology for more than a decade. MIcrosoft will include support for the new language in Visual Studio before 2018.It's macOS High Sierra day and you should install it where you can for no other reason than it will now let you stop autoplaying audio in Safari. If you upgrade you'll also have access to the new Apple File System with an advanced architecture that is supposed to make your computer more responsive and more secure.Plus, macOS High Sierra already has a zero day. Levi's pricey Project Jackquard commuter jacket is hitting the hangers and Sarah Frier from Bloomberg interviewed Mark Zuckerberg about this particularly challenging moment in time for Facebook and politics. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Sarah Frier Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Uber lost its license to operating in London, with the city's transport regulator issuing a statement saying that the company was unfit to hold a private hire operator licence.Intel's Project Alloy "merged reality" reference design headset, which was to offer inside-out and completely wireless tracking, is off the table. Intel cited a lack of interest from its partners, but does say it will continue to invest in other aspects of AR and VR technology.Walmart announced a new home delivery program for dropping off groceries directly into customers' homes. Walmart will work with August Smart Locks to make it easy for delivery people to get into the home and put the groceries away in the fridge.Plus, HP is near another reduction in its workforce, Megan gets to unbox her new iPhone 8+, and Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica explains why the new horror movie called "Friend Request" is scarier than Facebook 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.

Another beautiful iPhone, another iFixit Teardown. Joining us to talk a little bit about the preparation for the teardown of the iPhone 8s, the new Apple Watch, and the new Apple TV is Kelsea Weber from iFixit (a sponsor of TWiT). We talk about how and why they do tear-downs and how sometimes there will be blood.Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and more have been filling the news for weeks. It's hard to sit back in our comfortable living rooms reading tweets and wondering what we can do about it. But it's also pretty easy to get fooled by scams when we want to help. Brooke Binkowski, managing editor of Snopes.com, joins us to help.Tomorrow my iPhone 8 arrives and just in time Geoffrey Fowler, tech columnist from The Wall Street Journal, says I shouldn't have ordered it. He writes that with so many iPhone choices this fall, the iPhone 8 is the best model...to avoid. Why, Geoffrey, Why?Plus, what is Google buying from HTC and what are they going to do with it? Host: Megan Morrone Guests: Kelsea Weber, Geoffrey Fowler, and Brooke Binkowski Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

The Apple Watch Series 3 reviews are out and many are reporting significant connectivity issues related to the device's LTE capability. Apple says it is exploring a software fix.Nest unveiled a family of new security focused devices, including the Nest Secure system that includes a hub for all of its devices to connect to. The package includes an alarm system, Nest Detect for monitoring portals in the home, and the Nest Tag for tracking items throughout the home.Facebook CTO Sheryl Sanberg says the company is tightening its enforcement processes to make sure ad targeting terms don't violate Facebook's community standards. Sandberg also promised that Facebook would add more human review to their automated processes to track potential abuses of the Facebook ads system.Also, Amazon is working on a face computer, Equifax is even more inept than it already was, and Ryan Whitwam from Android Police discusses Google's rumored bid to buy out HTC's smartphone division. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: Ryan Whitwam Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Google's entire lineup of new hardware devices leaked by Droid Life all in one day. The for-profit online education program Udacity is now offering new nanodegrees in the study of self-driving cars and flying cars. CNBC released a new report saying that Sprint and T-Mobile might be near an agreement that could be announced in as few as two weeks. Plus, James Martin, Senior Photographer CNET, shows off the camera on the new iPhone 8 Plus. Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell Guest: James Martin Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today.Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Bloomberg's sources say that Apple is planning to release a new version of the Apple Watch this year with cellular connectivity and is expected to be showcased along with Apple's big iPhone announcement sometime this Fall.Google is developing a new feature for publishers that's similar to Snapchat's Discover feature, called Stamp. It uses Google's AMP to deliver swipe-based stories created by publishers and surface in Google search.LinkedIn is developing a new feature to connect its users in a fashion that's similar to Tinder. Users can swipe through people in their area, from their alma mater, or within their LinkedIn network. If both parties are interested, a connection is made.Plus, Coinbase is getting in on Bitcoin Cash after all, more leaks of the new Google Pixel phone, and Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica shares his review of the Dark Tower film. Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards 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.