Beards of Tech

Episode 2!

This one is a bit longer than the last one. Almost 2 hours!

Show Notes:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170512/12095837350/fcc-temporarily-stops-taking-net-neutrality-comments-so-fcc-can-reflect.shtml
Stop taking comments through FCC site so they can “reflect”

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/global-ransomware-attack,news-25079.html
The ransomware, variably called WanaCryptor 2.0, WannaCry, WCry or WCrypt, seemed to be using an exploit that was developed years ago by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and revealed publicly in a data dump last month.

https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/05/11/hp-is-shipping-audio-drivers-with-a-built-in-keylogger/
HP ships Elite, EliteBook, and ZBook laptops with an audio driver file that logs all keystrokes

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/09/microsoft-homehub-to-turn-windows-10-pcs-into-amazon-echo-competitors.html
New MS Win10 feature, the HomeHub, is set to enable smart home functionality similar to that of the Echo and Google Home, just with Cortana.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-snap-future-20170511-story.html
Can Snap’s stock make a comeback like Facebooks?

https://www.recode.net/2017/5/9/15564148/robots-jobs-employment-invest-first-quarter-sales?utm_campaign=recode.social&utm_medium=social&utm_content=recode&utm_source=facebook
Robots are coming in full force to western manufacturing, and people are not doing much to reform how business and global economies work. This could cause problems down the line for the masses who’s job might be taken by machinery.

Welcome to the latest episode! We're still working through the audio processes but to those who join back with us on this one we hope you are enjoying the ride as much as we are. Ervin's out this week and we are joined by Kyle for his debut on the show.Coalition for Better Ads:https://www.betterads.org/standards/If you want to support the fight for net neutrality, donate to these links below:https://www.eff.org/ https://www.freepress.net/ https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ https://www.publicknowledge.org/ https://demandprogress.org/ Additionally, you can set them as your charity on... https://smile.amazon.com/ Write to your House Representative and senators: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state ...and the FCC https://www.fcc.gov/about/contact You can add a comment to the repeal here: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) Also, a URL you can use thanks to John Oliver www.gofccyourself.com

Hey all! In this episode we test the waters of the podcasting universe with some hot topics going on in the tech world.

Industry 4.0, as defined by Wikipedia, is the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things and cloud computing.

We felt that encompasses all that is happening today in the tech world, and has the most direct impact on our daily lives as ordinary consumers.

Thanks for joining us on this ride, and enjoy the pilot episode of our main show!