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PTJ 351: Going Places

March 30, 2021 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

After several weeks of unexpected hiatus, El Kaiser and JD return to catch up on the Justice League Snyder cut, NFTs, eco-friendly map directions, NASA’s Mars helicopter — and a whole bunch of Bluetooth headphones. Spin up Episode 351 right here!

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (HBO Max)
The Bloody Second Act of ‘Invincible’ and Robert Kirkman (The Ringer)
Redefining what a map can be with new information and AI (Google Keyword blog)
Google is making some big upgrades to directions in Google Maps (The Verge)
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is back in its all-online format (Apple)
WWDC 2021 (Apple)
Contentious Union Vote at Amazon Heads to a Count (The New York Times)
There’s Something Fishy About Amazon’s Anti-Union Twitter Army (Gizmodo)
Boston Dynamics introduces ‘Stretch’, new warehouse worker robot (Reuters)
SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials (Associated Press)
Exclusive: Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency (Reuters)
Exclusive: PayPal launches crypto checkout service (Reuters)
Buy This NFT Column on the Blockchain! (The New York Times)
Another SpaceX spaceship prototype explodes, joining Starship graveyard in Texas after ‘exciting’ test (Click Orlando)
NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight (NASA)
Mars Helicopter tech demo (NASA)
Paris’s Louvre Museum just put its entire collection online (Time Out)

El Kaiser’s Headphone Mega-Roundup

(Hopefully) Helpful Hint, Episode Links, Podcast

PTJ 294: Location, Location, Location

December 10, 2018 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

Of course, your apps are tracking you! El Kaiser told you that years ago, but The New York Times now fills in the details. J.D. rounds up the headlines from the past two weeks for discussion and also offers a (Hopefully) helpful Hint about recording your family’s history in audio and video this holiday season. Pull up a chair and join us for PTJ 294!

Links to News Stories on This Week’s Show

Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret (The New York Times)
Community Standards (Facebook)
Facebook’s Sexual Solicitation Policy is a Honeypot for Trolls (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
A better, more positive Tumblr (Tumblr)
Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th (The Verge)
AlphaFold: Using AI for scientific discovery (DeepMind)
Microsoft Putting Edge on Chromium Will Fundamentally Change the Web (Motherboard)
Justice Dept. investigating millions of fake anti-net neutrality comments: report (TheHill)
China bans many iPhone models in Qualcomm patent dispute (Axios)
Kuo: ‘All-new design’ AirPods in 2020, wireless charging model in first quarter 2019 (9to5Mac)
Apple Will Wait Until at Least 2020 to Release a 5G iPhone (Bloomberg)
Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? (The New York Times)
Google acquires India-focused app Where is My Train (Android Authority)
EU questioning companies about Google’s search practices: report (TheHill)
Marriott Hacking Exposes Data of Up to 500 Million Guests (The New York Times)
AT&T details its streaming service plans as it weighs a sale of its Hulu stake (TechCrunch)
E Ink’s new digital paper lets you draw with almost no lag (The Next Web)
The U.S. Army Has A New Plan To Recruit Gamers (Kotaku)
Nasa’s Voyager 2 probe ‘leaves the Solar System’ (BBC News)

(Hopefully) Helpful Hint

Record and Share Your Family History in 5 Steps (The New York Times)
10 Types of Microphones (HowStuffWorks)
StoryCorps apps
Oral History Interviews (The American Folklife Center)
Conducting Oral Histories with Family Members (UCLA Library)

Episode Links, Podcast

PTJ 264: Now Departing

February 25, 2018 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

Going . . . going . . . gone. Twitter finally swooped into action and chopped off thousands of bot accounts and other automatons that were violating its rules. SpaceX fired off another rocket and the repeal of the Net Neutrality rules landed on the Federal Register —which means an open Internet could be gone by April 23. El Kaiser and J.D. hash out the news and also discuss using a Chromebook as a laptop, so hop aboard Episode 264!

Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Show

Twitter bot purge prompts backlash (BBC News)
Automation and the use of multiple accounts (Twitter blog)
Inside Twitter’s Bot Purge (The Daily Beast)
AT&T Drives Path to Nationwide Mobile 5G With Multi-Gigabit Speeds (AT&T Newsroom)
SpaceX PAZ mission (SpaceX)
Mr. Steven Will Catch SpaceX Gear (Live Science)
SpaceX misses catching Falcon 9 rocket fairing with a giant net on a big ship (TechCrunch)
Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphone images leaked by MWC app (BBC News)
Restoring Internet Freedom (Federal Register)
FCC publishes net neutrality repeal, but debate goes on (San Francisco Chronicle)
Apple Plans Upgrades to Popular AirPods Headphones (Bloomberg)
Apple rushes out fix to Telugu letter text bomb bug (BBC News)
Latest Intel Security News: Updated Firmware (Intel Newsroom)
More than a movie, ‘Black Panther’ is a movement (CNN)
Black Panther (Box Office Mojo)
Atlanta airport is now offering flights to Wakanda — sort of (CNN)

Chromebook Living

Using Microsoft Apps on a Chromebook (The New York Times)
Set up your printer (Google Chromebook Help)
Set up your printer with Google Cloud Print (Google Cloud Print)
Print with Google Cloud Print (Google Cloud Print)
Cloud-ready printers (Google)
HP Printers Compatible With Google Cloud Print (HP Support)
HP Printers: Printing From a Chromebook (HP Support)
Google Support videos (YouTube)

Episode Links, Podcast

PTJ 216: So Long, 2016!

December 21, 2016 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

After a tumultuous 12 months in tech, culture and politics, this annus horribilis (as many found it) is finally on the way out the door. On this last episode of the year, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss the week’s tech news before exploring the highlights, lowlights and other notable events of 2016. Thanks for listening this year, Jammers, and we’ll be back in 2017!

Links to This Week’s Stories

CES 2017 rumor roundup (TrustedReviews.com)
Smart Living: Consumer expectations for smart home technology (Consumer Technology Association)
Brick-and-mortar is out, brick-and-mobile is in (Consumer Technology Association)
ASUS releases CES 2017 ZenFone video teaser, new phone (phoneArena.com)
Samsung claims sleek new laptops are lightest on market, at just 1.8lbs (Ars Technica)
New Galaxy S8 leak highlights Samsung’s big decision (Forbes)
How Apple alienated Mac loyalists (Bloomberg)
Apple extends discounts on USB-C adapters and accessories until March 31 (MacRumors)
Apple AirPods teardown (iFixit)
AirPods teardown reveals charging case may have been cause of delay (MacRumors)
Apple’s Tim Cook assures employees that it is committed to the Mac and that ‘great desktops’ are coming (TechCrunch)
LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak (Venturebeat)
Yahoo says 1 billion user accounts were hacked (The New York Times)
Airbnb is building a flight-booking tool (Bloomberg)
Amazon Fire tablets updated with kids’ reading app, Amazon Rapids, and a more powerful Alexa (TechCrunch)
Building Jarvis (Mark Zuckerberg)
Introducing group video chat in Messenger (Facebook Newsroom)
Minecraft for Apple TV released (Minecraft.net)

Episode Links, Podcast

PTJ 215: Death Patches and Death Stars

December 15, 2016 J.D. Biersdorfer Leave a comment

If you’re still clinging to a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 — even though the highly flammable device has been officially recalled — Samsung is coming for you with a phone-bricking update in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, the bacon emoji has arrives in iOS 10.2, Netflix is getting all up in the virtual reality and you can now use Dropbox from your Xbox. Also in this week’s episode, El Kaiser presents his Tech Term of 2016 and J.D. has a (Hopefully) Helpful Hint on replacing your smartphone battery. Just press Play!

Links to This Week’s News Stories

Apple AirPods are now available (Apple)
Google scaled back self-driving car ambitions (The Information)
Google is no longer developing its own self-driving car: report (The Verge)
Google said to plan ride-sharing service with Fiat Chrysler (Bloomberg)
Slack calls: Now with 100% more video (Slack blog)
Happy Holidays! (Snap Inc.)
Samsung announced that it will cripple remaining Note 7 phones beginning December 19 (BGR)
Carriers announce the exact dates they plan to kill your Galaxy Note 7 (BGR)
Apple releases iOS 10.2 w/ new emoji, Messages effects, US-only TV app, wallpapers, more (9to5Mac)
Check out every single new emoji in iOS 10.2 (Macworld)
Long after its iOS debut, Google’s Gboard keyboard finally comes to Android i
Netflix VR for Daydream is now available on the Play Store (Android Police)
Netflix and HBO launch virtual reality apps on Google Play (BGR)
Instagram brings live video broadcasts to all U.S. users (TechCrunch)
Introducing Live 360 (Facebook Media blog)
Dropbox for Xbox: View and share from the biggest screen in your house (Dropbox blog)
No, many Bothans did not die in Rogue One: We have all failed Mon Mothma and the Star Wars canon (inverse.com)
Apple is a dongle company (ExtremeTech)

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