It’s been a loooong campaign and Election Day is just a few weeks away. If you want to beat the crowds, J.D. has a (Hopefully) Helpful Hint on how to see if your state allows early voting — and what you need to bring to the polls. Meanwhile El Kaiser has a few new headphones to inspect. In the week’s tech news Google checks facts and flights, Samsung is still scrambling to douse the Galaxy Note 7 fires, Facebook Messenger has some suggestions for your online discourse and there is a squadron of Taunting Drones buzzing drivers south of the border. Want to find out more? Just press Play.
Headphone Review Models
• Status Audio CB-1 Closed Black Studio Monitors
• thinksound On2 Monitor Series
Links to This Week’s News Stories
- Labeling fact-check articles in Google News (Google blog)
- Google Flights will now tell you when fares will increase, help you find cheaper tickets (TechCrunch)
- Netflix subscriptions boom around world, shares jump 20 percent (Reuters)
- 40 percent now say they won’t buy another Samsung phone (CNET)
- Apple could benefit from Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco (Digital Trends)
- Samsung setting up Note 7 exchange booths at airports around the world (The Consumerist)
- DOT bans all Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones from airplanes (Transporation.gov)
- Survey: Google Pixel takes a bite out of Samsung’s declining consumer base (BrandingBrand.com)
- FTC says it may be unable to regulate Comcast, Google, and Verizon (Ars Technica)
- Facebook Messenger suggests what to talk about with “Conversation Topics” feature (TechCrunch)
- Hands on with Amazon’s Spotify competitor (Fast Company)
- Amazon launches all-new Prime Photos experience with Family Vault (Amazon)
- NASA space station cargo launches from Virginia on Orbital ATK resupply mission (NASA)
- Juno Jupiter probe’s final engine burn delayed by glitch (Space.com)
- Uber’s ad-toting drones are heckling drivers stuck in traffic (MIT Technology Review)
