Like Clippy in a Microsoft Teams background, El Kaiser and J.D. are back after a somewhat inadvertent hiatus! The new season of Pop Tech Jam kicks off with El Kaiser’s thoughts on the most recent Suicide Squad reboot/remake/reimagining and includes J.D.’s usual roundup of technology and nerd news headlines — plus some tips for tidying your phone’s home screen and making the most of shortcut menus and widgets. Join us here on PTJ 356!
- The Suicide Squad (2021 trailer)
- T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked (VICE Motherboard)
- U.S. Will Investigate Tesla’s Autopilot System Over Crashes With Emergency Vehicles (The New York Times)
- Galaxy Unpacked 2021 (Samsung)
- App Store Law Would Be a Direct Hit on Apple and Google (Bloomberg)
- Microsoft Teams: Now you can invite Clippy to your next meeting (ZDNet)
- Apple Readies New iPhones With Pro-Focused Camera, Video Updates (Bloomberg)
- iPhone 13: Everything we know so far (Macworld)
- Is Windows 11 the beginning of the end for Skype? (BBC News)
- The Incredible Disappearing Return-to-Office Plans (Bloomberg)
- Google planning Silicon Valley campus, hardware lab (CNBC)
- Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money (Reuters)
- Amazon resumes mask mandate in warehouses amid rising Covid cases (CNBC)
- When Amazon Customers Leave Negative Reviews, Some Sellers Hunt Them Down (The Wall Street Journal)
- Here’s How Amazon Third-Party Sellers Reportedly Hound Customers Who Leave Bad Reviews (Gizmodo)
- Expanded Protections for Children (Apple)
- Apple FAQ on Expanded Protections for Children (Apple PDF)
- Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Initiatives, and the Slippery Slope (Daring Fireball)
- Apple defends new photo scanning child protection tech (BBC News)
- Giving kids and teens a safer experience online (Google Keyword blog)
- Google to Increase Privacy for Teenagers in Search and on YouTube (The New York Times)
- Roku to release 23 more Quibi shows on Aug. 13 (CNET)
- Safety brief: Don’t hide a WWII-era Panther tank in your basement (Task & Purpose)
- Take Control of Your Home Screen (The New York Times)