If it’s September, Apple has a new iPhone to sell you. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss this year’s crop of gear, along with news from FitBit, Amazon and GoPro. And, as election season looms closer, J.D. has some advice and links for those who see misinformation on social-media sites and want to stop it from spreading. Buckle up for Episode 287, y’all!
Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’ s Show
- The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Big Screens That Are a Delight to Use (The New York Times)
- Apple Watch Series 4 Review: A Big Step for Wearable Gadgets (The New York Times)
- Fitbit Launches Fitbit Care, A Powerful New Enterprise Health Platform for Wellness and Prevention and Disease Management (FitBit Investor News)
- Another Victim of the Magecart Assault Emerges: Newegg (RiskIQ)
- Expanding Emergency Location Service in Android to the U.S. (Google Keyword blog)
- Code in iOS 12.1 beta hints at Memoji syncing over iCloud, references ‘iPad2018Fall’ (AppleInsider)
- Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS (Google blog)
- Twitter Lets Users Switch to a Chronological Feed (Search Engine Journal)
- The 14 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise hardware event (The Verge)
- Amazon Said to Plan Up to 3,000 Cashierless Stores by 2021 (Bloomberg)
- GoPro’s Hero 7 Black sets a new bar for video stabilization (The Verge)
- Official YouTube Blog: Gaming gets a new home on YouTube (YouTube blog)
- Introducing PlayStation Classic, with 20 Pre-Loaded Games (PlayStation.Blog)
Help Stomp Out Fake News
- How do I mark a post as false news? (Facebook Help)
- Report violations (Twitter)
- Report inappropriate content (YouTube)
- Statistics & Facts about Fake News (Statista)
- Inside Facebook’s Election ‘War Room’ (The New York Times)
- If You See Disinformation Ahead of the Midterms, We Want to Hear From You (The New York Times)
- Facebook’s attempts to fight fake news seem to be working. (Twitter’s? Not so much.) (Nieman Lab)