Beards of Tech

Episode 21

1 OCTOBER 2017 / Webcast

Attendees

Matt Slavin, Kyle Fisher, Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski, Ryan Thompson

Agenda

Equifax Coverage

First Half

New GPS Chips provide almost 17x more accuracy to location to appear in 2018

Smartphones

Equifax Hires Identity Theft Company to profit from hack week before disclosing breach

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/30/equifax-breach-shows-signs-of-possible-state-sponsored-hack/

Bill Gates now uses an Android Phone.

Discussion on the death of windows phone.

Space X Mars 2022 Space X World Travel

Another Article of Space X World Travel

Second Half - Amazon Event

Amazon Event 27Sep

New Echo

Is this too many Amazon Products? Who will win in the Smart Home department? Amazon, Samsung, Google, Apple?

Amazon’s large diversity of echo enabled tech

I40 plug Notes

All episode music produced by Jeff Budzinski:

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Welcome to Episode 20 of the podcast. In this episode we have more information about the Equifax breach, and some Google leaks!

First Half

Google takes 2000 of HTCs 4000 engineers to join them on their hardware team to develop new products for 1.1 billion. Google also gets access to HTCs patents in this deal
https://www.blog.google/topics/hardware/google-signs-agreement-htc-continuing-our-big-bet-hardware/

Safari on iOS 11 blocks cross site tracking that advertisers were doing to keep track of where you were going on the web. Advertisers are not happy
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ios-11-rolls-out-today-with-safari-anti-tracking-heres-why-advertisers-hate-it/

Equifax Saga Continues

NYT asking for the removal of Equifax
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/opinion/get-rid-of-equifax.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

https://twitter.com/thesquashSH/status/910512164938665984

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/experian-site-can-give-anyone-your-credit-freeze-pin/

Break

Second Half

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/18/pi-can-wirelessly-charge-your-phone-from-a-short-distance/

Google Leaks

PixelBook

http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixelbook-chromebook-price-release-date/

Pixel XL

http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixel-2-xl-exclusive/

http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixel-2-kinda-blue-price/

Google Home Mini

http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-home-mini-exclusive/

Updated Daydream View

Welcome back to our show! A little late this week but good all the same. In this episode we discuss the latest from Apple's event, confirming all of the leaks and the huge Equifax breach and the show that's been. More to follow as it develops.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/07/jaguar-land-rover-electric-hybrid-cars-2020

https://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-claims-he-invented-email-just-lost-his-bogu-1801008908

The Guy Who Claims He Invented Email Just Lost His Bogus Lawsuit

Equifax debacle

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/09/10/0128214/techcrunch-equifax-hack-checking-web-site-is-returning-random-results

143 million people affected

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/why-the-equifax-breach-is-very-possibly-the-worst-leak-of-personal-info-ever/

BREAK

APPLE

Apple TV, Apple Watch Series 3, new iPhones

August 25th 2017, Episode 17

FIRST HALF 00:00:00

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-selfdriving/u-s-house-unanimously-approves-sweeping-self-driving-car-measure-idUSKCN1BH2B2

Self driving cars will be expedited

Essential phone shares user emails

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/30/16226028/essential-customer-email-drivers-license-phishing

https://gizmodo.com/yes-google-uses-its-power-to-quash-ideas-it-doesn-t-li-1798646437

Headline is highly inflammatory

BREAK 00:46:30

SECOND HALF 00:47:46

Apple teasing iOS10 users with notifications hinting at iOS11 features

https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/06/apple-promoting-ios-11-features-ios-10/

What to expect from Apple Sept 12 event

https://www.cnet.com/news/what-to-expect-apple-september-12-event-iphone-apple-watch-homepod/

New iPhone rumored to start at $999, as high as $1199 for maxed out model

https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/05/iphone-8-edition-price/

END 01:45:04

August 25th 2017, Episode 17

FIRST HALF 00:00:00

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-man-fights-back-after-dealer-remotely-disables-car-over-200-fee-1.4265588

Burger King launches WhopperCoin crypto-cash in Russia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41082388

UBER’S NEW CEO.

https://stratechery.com/2017/ubers-new-ceo/

Google's ARCore is the answer to Apple’s ARKit.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/29/16219696/google-arcore-augmented-reality-platform-announce-release-pixel-samsung

BREAK 00:32:00

SECOND HALF 00:33:20

AR vs VR

The difference between the two

What it will do to society

Which one will go mainstream first?

What about AR?

Which will lead?

AR Core vs Tango

Difference

Tango= Dedotated hardware

END 01:03:52

All episode music produced by Jeff Budzinski:

https://soundcloud.com/freh

Check out Kyle's wrestling podcast, On Air With Keenan & Kyle!

http://onairwithkeenan.podomatic.com

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/waynerthompson

Instagram: wayneryan21

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August 25th, Episode Sweet 16

FIRST HALF 00:00:00

Sonos states not accepting new privacy policy could cause your speakers to stop functioning.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/sonos-accept-new-privacy-policy-speakers-cease-to-function/

Accuweather shares location via router communications to approximate location even when the setting is turned off.
https://medium.com/@chronic_9612/advisory-accuweather-ios-app-sends-location-information-to-data-monetization-firm-83327c6a4870

Verizon Throttling video on their mobile plans to as low as 480p
https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/22/verizon-unlimited-video-throttling/

Cloudflare not censoring hate groups online
https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/

BREAK 01:03:16

SECOND HALF 00:00:00

SpaceX’s unveils working new spacesuits

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/23/elon-musk-shares-first-photo-of-spacexs-new-spacesuit/

Amazon to cut prices on Whole Foods “Staple foods” on Monday

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/news/companies/amazon-whole-foods/index.html

Project Treble, the biggest thing you won’t see from the updates.

http://bgr.com/2017/08/23/google-pixel-android-oreo-update-project-treble/

FIRST HALF 00:00:00

Sprint Essential Phone

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/17/16161264/sprint-essential-phone-preorders-start-discount

Essential Phone Review

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/18/16165040/essential-phone-review-android-andy-rubin

Google Android O, August 21st 2017

https://9to5google.com/2017/08/18/google-android-o-tease-august-21-event/

Google Home to Make Phone Calls

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/16/16155846/google-home-phone-call-feature-how-to-use

Google Home, Free Spotify Account Support

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/18/16166868/google-home-support-free-spotify-accounts

BREAK 00:37:23

SECOND HALF 00:38:46

iOS 11, Touch ID, “Cop Button”

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/a27803/ios-11-touch-id-cop-button/

Smart Deadbolt Not So Smart

https://www.cnet.com/news/smart-deadbolt-maker-accidentally-locks-out-its-customers/

Solar Eclipse, Document Plant/Animal Behavior

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/18/16168198/solar-eclipse-2017-plant-animal-behavior-life-inaturalist-science-app

Instagram, Reply Stickers

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/17/16162500/instagram-story-update-reply-stickers-dm

END XX:XX:XX

All episode music produced by Jeff Budzinski:

https://soundcloud.com/freh

Check out Kyle's wrestling podcast, On Air With Keenan & Kyle!

FIRST HALF 00:00:00

Facebook Watch

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/9/16122026/facebook-watch-video-tab-original-programming

The FCC wants to classify mobile broadband by establishing standard speeds - "The document lists 10 megabits per second (10Mbps) as the standard download speed, and 1Mbps for uploads.”

https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/fcc-wants-mobile-broadband-speed-standard/

Ikea Smart Bulbs

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/10/16124854/ikea-smart-bulbs-tradfr-homekit-alexa-google-home

BREAK 00:31:27

SECOND HALF 00:32:47

HBO Bounty

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/10/16128056/hbo-offered-250k-bug-bounty-to-hackers-report

Silent song Climbing iTunes charts

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/10/silent-10-minute-song-itunes-car-stereo-trick/?sr_source=Twitter

AMD 16 Core  Threadripper Ryzen

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/10/amd-s-beastly-16-core-ryzen-threadripper-cpu-is-available-today/

END 01:13:18

All episode music produced by Jeff Budzinski:

https://soundcloud.com/freh

Check out Kyle's wrestling podcast, On Air With Keenan & Kyle!

http://onairwithkeenan.podomatic.com

Enjoy the photography of Ryan Thompson:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/waynerthompson

Instagram: wayneryan21

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Topics for discussion

http://www.zdnet.com/article/exclusive-roomba-ceo-responds-to-spying-story/
Roomba CEO respond’s about the Vacuum selling maps of your house

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/29/us_voting_machines_hacking/
Hackers at DEFCON 2017 break into voting machines within minutes

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/07/31/0011223/a-robot-at-defcon-cracked-a-safe-within-30-minutes
Robot at DEF CON cracks safe in less than 30mins

BREAK

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/31/16069960/tesla-model-3-not-luxury-car-options-model-s
Model 3 Released last week

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/3/16087628/apple-e-waste-environmental-standards-ieee-right-to-repair
Important discussions on the right to repair

All episode music produced by Jeff Budzinski:

https://soundcloud.com/freh

Check out Kyle's wrestling podcast, On Air With Keenan & Kyle!

http://onairwithkeenan.podomatic.com

Enjoy the photography of Ryan Thompson:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/waynerthompson

Instagram: wayneryan21

Access Industry 4.0 on multiple mediums:

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