After a discussion about the stirring audio mix used to back the film Dunkirk, El Kaiser and J.D. make a lot of noise about this week’s technology news — including new government regulation around the world. However, if it all gets to be too much, perhaps a nice friendly drone will deliver a tureen of soup right to your door. Settle in and listen away to Episode 243!
Links to Stories Mentioned on This Week’s Show
- iPhone 8 infrared face detection and general device design revealed in HomePod firmware (MacRumors)
- Microsoft targets Google and Apple in schools with ‘Surface Plus’ hardware subscription program (GeekWire)
- Microsoft sunsets if Word Flow keyboard for iOS, encourages users to try Swiftkey (OnMSFT)
- Gboard for iPhone adds drawing, Maps and YouTube (Google blog)
- Google Image Search gets more like Pinterest by connecting you to recipes, products and more (TechCrunch)
- Putin signs controversial law tightening Internet restrictions (Radio Free Europe)
- Apple removes VPN apps from the App Store in China (TechCrunch)
- The chiefs of Facebook, Google and other tech giants aren’t committing to testify to the U.S. Congress on net neutrality (Recode)
- U.S. senators to introduce bill to secure ‘internet of things’ (Reuters)
- EPIC files FTC complaint to stop Google from tracking in-store purchases (Electronic Privacy Information Center)
- Spotify crosses 60M paid subscribers as it prepares to go public later this year (9to5Mac)
- Facebook is working on a video chat device (Bloomberg)
- Linden Lab launches open beta for social VR platform Sansar (VentureBeat)
- Hackers threaten ‘Game of Thrones,’ as HBO confirms cyberattack (The New York Times)
- The flying kettle (European Space Agency)
Film Audio Discussion