A preview peep of the new Android P operating system has arrived for developers and Microsoft is adding an “S” mode to the next version of Windows 10. El Kaiser and J.D. also discuss other letters in the news this week, including SEC and OMG, as in “OMG, why is the Amazon Alexa laughing by itself???” You can hear all this and more (including a discussion of software vs. treeware for news consumption) on this week’s episode of Pop Tech Jam!
Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Episode
- Previewing Android P (Android Developers Blog)
- Android P Features and APIs (Android Developers Blog)
- Android P DP1: New nav bar button enables app rotation even w/ auto-rotate disabled (9to5Google)
- Windows 10 in S Mode coming soon to all editions of Windows 10 (Windows Experience Blog)
- AI Platform for Windows Developers (Windows Developer Blog)
- Researchers Bypassed Windows Password Locks With Cortana Voice Commands (Motherboard)
- Snap is laying off about 100 engineers (CNBC)
- Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digital Assets (SEC.gov)
- Amazon launches a low-cost version of Prime for Medicaid recipients (TechCrunch)
- Amazon Alexa devices are creepily laughing at their owners for no reason (Consequence of Sound)
Consuming News
- For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned. (The New York Times)
- The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption by Clay Johnson (O’Reilly Media)
