Samsung unveils a new smartphone camera sensor that offers up to 108 megapixels of resolution. The US Navy announced it will revert destroyers from touchscreens to mechanical throttle and helm control system over the next 18-24 months, DARPA showed off an open-source secure voting machine with chips designed as open hardware with no proprietary components. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 12, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3593
Chris Ashley from the SMR Podcast chats with Tom about Amazon's cooperation with Police on promoting Ring doorbell video sharing, how that might feed into Amazon's imperfect Recognition facial recognition system and what we need to do to make this work better for all of us. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20756555/amazon-ring-police-security-camera-footage-warrant-privacy-surveillance https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/29/20746156/amazons-ring-law-enforcement-partnerships https://www.vice.com/en_...
Aug 11, 2019•24 min
We talk with Tonya M. Evans, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Director, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law Certificate Program at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law about Libra, its misconceptions, why it's not truly a cryptocurrency and what the future may hold for it. What are in your view the main misconceptions about Libra? What in your view are the main problems/challenges for Libra What would the reception of Libra be if Facebook wasn't involved? Could somethin...
Aug 10, 2019•25 min
We take a look at the National Broadband Networks that the governments of Australia and New Zealand rolled out and what others can learn from their successes and mistakes. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Raj Deut, Len Peralta Using a Screen Reader? Click he Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 09, 2019•34 min•Ep. 3592
IFixit reports that if anyone but Apple replaces a battery in the iPhone XR, XS, or XS Max, a "service" message displays saying the phone is "unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple battery. At Black Hat, Researchers from security firm Checkpoint demonstrated an exploit of WhatsApp that would let an attacker alter text in a quoted message to change what a person appeared to write. Early results from a study by Apple, Eli Lilly and Evidation Health found that data from an iPhone, an Appl...
Aug 08, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3591
We pick apart Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 announcement; the good, the bad and the interesting. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 07, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3590
Google pledges that 100 percent of all shipments going to or from customers will be carbon neutral by 2020 and 100% of "Made by Google" products will include recycled materials and will maximize recycled content whenever possible starting 2022. Is this a PR gimmick or the start of larger trend in tech companies approach to environmental sustainability? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 06, 2019•33 min•Ep. 3589
Cloudflare terminated DDoS protection services to the forum website 8chan as of August 5th after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Other companies including Volitility have also done the same. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 05, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3588
What the heck is WiFi 6 and why do you need it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 03, 2019•14 min
Are expectations for what consumers are willing to pay for new streaming services too high? Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 02, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3587
A team of academics say artificial intelligence system should be recognized as the inventor of two ideas patented on its behalf. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 01, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3586
Apple reported revenue of $53.8 billion, up 1 percent year over year despite revenue declines in Europe and China, a team led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang at UCSF, has developed a brain-computer interface that could decode words and phrases in real time and Samsung announces the 10.5-inch Super AMOLED Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 tablet with a Snapdragon 855 processor, 15 hours battery life, and an S Pen that charges wirelessly. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See ...
Jul 31, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3585
Capital One announced Monday that customer data including 140,000 SSN and 80,000 bank account numbers were accessed by an intruder. How did the hack occur and what steps should have been taken to prevent the breach in the first place? Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 30, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3584
Researchers at Harvard and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created the Giant Language Model Test Room to identify whether a piece of text was generated by a language model algorithm aka Machine Learning, The NYTs reports sources say Amazon is exploring creating a grocery store chain separate from Whole Foods, and scientists at UC San Diego have created a contact lens, controlled by eye movements, that can zoom in if you blink twice. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Jul 29, 2019•29 min•Ep. 3583
Crickets were served as a promo item for TBS's upcoming Snowpiercer TV show at this year's San Diego Comic Con. Find out what they taste like and more importantly how technology is making them a serious alternative to traditional protein sources. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Erin Carson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 26, 2019•30 min•Ep. 3582
Chris Wetherell told BuzzFeed he regrets building the retweet button for Twitter. He led the team that made it in 2009. US presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is suing Google for $50 million after her campaign was suspended from buying ads for six hours following a debate in June. And the Anti-Defamation League published a new report that found 74% of adults who play games online have experienced some form of harassment. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young. Hosted...
Jul 25, 2019•33 min•Ep. 3581
The US DOJ is investigating Amazon for anti-trust behavior. Is there a case for the investigation and what does it mean for other tech giants? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 24, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3580
On July 16th Oakland formally banned the use of facial recognition technology becoming the 3rd US city to do so. Is this the start of a pushback against the technology and what are the concerns people have over the use of the technology in public? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Shannon Morse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 23, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3579
Microsoft will invest $1 billion into OpenAI, a report alleges Huawei helped build North Korea's cellphone network, ByteDance will open data-centers in India to assuage privacy concerns, NY Times reporter works as a DoorDash delivery revealing the company still keeps tips from drivers. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 22, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3578
Patrick Norton tells us why its the time to upgrade if you're interested in bringing up your PC up to spec for gaming or editing videos. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Norton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 19, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3577
Netflix's latest financial reports shows the company's first lost net subscriber loss. What's behind the poor showing and diminishing audience? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 18, 2019•30 min•Ep. 3576
Elon Musk wants to improve the interface between humans and computers with Neuralink. What exactly is he looking to do and how will people benefit? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 17, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3576
With Libra in the crosshairs of American politicians we examine what was and what wasn't said at Libra's Senate hearings. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 16, 2019•33 min•Ep. 3574
Huawei news roundup as U.S. firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in two-four weeks, Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of US workers, and Huawei will invest $3.1 billion in Italy. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 15, 2019•30 min•Ep. 3573
Tom talks with professor Josh Lepawsky about what the real situation with e-waste is and why the professor thinks people should look at the factory, not just the landfill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2019•33 min
Can fertility apps and tracks really work or are they just a gimmick to pad out feature lists? Plus Amazon workers planning a strike and academics discover away to leak data using the LED lights on a keyboard. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nicole Lee, and Len Peralta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 12, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3572
Amazon plans on retraining 100,000 US employees by 2025, France approves a 3% tax on digital companies making 750 million euros of revenue, and Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project press release gets Twitter Bot’ed. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 11, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3571
Nintendo confirms a sub-$200 portable version of the Switch game console called the “Switch-Lite”. What do you give up in this smaller cheaper form factor and is it designed to appeal to existing owners or new ones as well? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 10, 2019•32 min•Ep. 3570
Patrick discusses how the shift to game streaming, passes and cross platform controller compatibility will disrupt video-gaming industry. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 09, 2019•31 min•Ep. 3569
How do you get people to accept lab grown meat and is the fear just a matter of incorrect marketing? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Blair Bazdarich. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 08, 2019•30 min•Ep. 3568
