The Space Race is back on — and Elon Musk’s own cherry-red Tesla Roadster is the pace car of the 21st century, having been shot into orbit around the sun by its owner. This week, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss the SpaceX test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6th, 2018; check out the video below if you missed the Roadster-flinging launch. Elsewhere in the show, El Kaiser shares his opinion about the idea of R-rated a Star Wars movie and J.D. offers tips on how to find online streaming videos with overdubbed audio descriptions for the blind and those with limited vision. For all this — plus a roundup of the week’s tech news — just blast off Episode 262!
Links to Stories on This Week’s Show
- Falcon Heavy, in a Roar of Thunder, Carries SpaceX’s Ambition Into Orbit (The New York Times)
- Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster and Starman Leave Earth Forever in This Final Photo (Space.com)
- ‘Consumer Reports’: Samsung, Roku Smart TVs may be vulnerable to hackers (USA Today)
- YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm Favors Conspiracy Videos (New York magazine)
- Thirty-six Defendants Indicted for Alleged Roles in Transnational Criminal Organization Responsible for More than $530 Million in Losses from Cybercrimes (United States Department of Justice)
- Instagram tests resharing of others’ posts to your Story (TechCrunch)
- Snap shares surge after app redesign sparks user growth (Reuters)
- Cortana for iOS comes to iPad with native design (Windows Central)
- Apple says iPhone 8 and X have ‘hardware updates’ that address battery issues (The Verge)
- Google developing a game streaming service codenamed ‘Yeti’ with console hardware (9to5Google)
- Google Online Security Blog: Vulnerability Reward Program: 2017 Year in Review (Google Security blog)
- John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Technology + Accessibility
- Finding Videos With Audio Descriptions (The New York Times)
- The Audio Description Project: Streaming Video (American Council for the Blind)
- Microsoft accessibility
- Make Your PC Easier to Use (Microsoft)
- Accessibility at Apple
- Use Accessibility features on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (Apple)
- Accessibility Features on the Mac (Apple)
- Google Accessibility
- Android Accessibility Help (Google)
