July | 2017 | POP | TECH

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is coming back for a 40th-anniversary run, but a couple of old standbys are getting boxed up for the software attic. El Kaiser and J.D. take a stroll through the week’s headlines and talk later about Google Street View — and how those who love it can make their own outdoor 360-images. Punch that Play button and come on along!

Links to Stories on This Week’s Episode

EU increases pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter over user terms (Reuters)
Alphabet adds to cash pile despite higher costs, antitrust fine (Reuters)
iPhone 8 launch date: Expect hint in Apple’s earnings call next week (Business Insider)
Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor for implementing DNNs (Microsoft Research blog)
“Perverse” malware infecting hundreds of Macs remained undetected for years (Ars Technica)
Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the ‘smart’ home (Reuters)
NASA invites you to become a citizen scientist during US total solar eclipse (GLOBE.gov)
GLOBE Observer app
Helping people in a crisis (Google blog)
Flash & the future of interactive content (Adobe Conversations blog)
Microsoft Paint’s days may be numbered (The New York Times)
MS Paint is here to stay (Windows blog)
Google Street View
Google Street View apps
Finding a map’s date on Google Street View (The New York Times)
Pedro Rafael Rosado’s Instagram feed
J.D. Biersdorfer’s Instagram feed
Wandering Livestock on Instagram

After a two-week hiatus, El Kaiser and J.D. are back with the tech news of the week — including Amazon’s latest experiments for making money and Google Glass finally finding a home of sorts. And how about that Doctor Who announcement last weekend, eh? Oh, and if you have to ride the New York City subway system, do we have a tip for you!

Introducing Jodie Whittaker: The Thirteenth Doctor (BBC)
Netflix spending spree spurs subscriber growth of 5 million in second quarter (Reuters)
Amazon wants to plan your dinner (Axios)
Amazon launches Spark, a shoppable feed of stories and photos aimed at Prime members (TechCrunch)
Alexa on your phone is now hands-free: HTC U11 takes Amazon Alexa on the go (HTC blog)
Inside the massive siren social network spam botnet (ZeroFOX)
Porn spam botnet has evil Twitter twin (Krebs on Security)
UK plans age verification for porn websites from 2018 (BBC)
Work smarter and stay connected with the new LinkedIn app for Windows 10 (LinkedIn blog)
Google Maps has started showing a travel time graph for directions (Android Police)
Atari’s new Ataribox console will be like an NES Classic (The Verge)
A new chapter for Glass (Google Project X)

(Hopefully) Helpful Hint

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Pop Tech Jam is still on hiatus. We plan to return with our usual tech news and sass next week.

In the meantime, enjoy this tweet from the Tower of London’s official Ravenmaster.

The Pringles are mine, mine,mine. pic.twitter.com/yrClcbN3lo

— Ravenmaster (@ravenmaster1) July 11, 2017

EVERYONE LOVES PRINGLES!

It’s almost like we needed the Justice League to come sort things out with all the disruptions erupting all over the technology scene this week. So, you ask, what happened? Yet another ransomware attack spread rapidly worldwide, the European Commission got all up in Google’s business on an antitrust charge, and Walmart had a slapfight with Amazon over the cloud. Meanwhile, Twitter and some of its pals are teaming up to fight the spread of violent extremism, Facebook wants to do TV and Apple’s getting ready to chuck a bunch of old apps off the iOS 11 wagon. But on the bright side, we’ve now had J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series with us for 20 years now. Come hang with El Kaiser and J.D. as they try to make sense of the week here on Episode 240 of Pop Tech Jam!

Links to Stories on This Week’s Episode

Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (Twitter)
Zack Snyder steps down from Justice League after daughter’s death, Joss Whedon takes helm (EW.com)
New cyberattack spreads from Russia to Britain (The New York Times)
UK Parliament cuts email access after cyberattack (SecurityWeek)
Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service (European Commission)
The European Commission decision on online shopping: the other side of the story (Google)
Amazon accuses Walmart of bullying in cloud computing clash (BBC News)
Uber founder Travis Kalanick resigns as C.E.O. (The New York Times)
Justin Caldbeck takes indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital (Axios)
Facebook is going Hollywood, seeking scripted TV programming (The Wall Street Journal)
Public iOS 11 beta now available — here’s how to get it (BetaNews)
Repair is the new green (iFixit)
Zillow sends cease and desist letter to McMansion Hell, the architectural criticism blog we need right now (Gizmodo)
Cash ‘lives on’ after 50 years of ATMs (BBC News)
The man who really invented the cash machine (BBC News)
Harry Potter: How the boy wizard enchanted the world (BBC News)

Welcome to the 64-Bit World

The end of the road for some apps (The New York Times)
Photographers, beware of upcoming macOS transition issues (PetaPixel)

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