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- Episode 87: Don't call it a comeback
Ep. 87 - Crescat barba E pluribus unum
24Jul2019
AttendeesErvin Lukacs, Wayne Ryan Thompson, Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Kyle FisherTop News Stuff we missed
Galaxy Fold[ed]
https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-fold/Huawei
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/22/government-delays-decision-on-whether-to-restrict-huawei-5gJohnny Ive Leaving Apple
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761736/jony-ive-apple-leave-iphone-chief-design-officer-lovefrom-company-quitGoogle Pixel 3a and 3a XL
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18527206/google-pixel-3a-xl-phone-announcement-price-release-date-io-2019San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202602/san-francisco-facial-recognition-ban-proposalAmazon workers plan to strike during Prime Day
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696154/amazon-prime-day-2019-strike-warehouse-workers-inhumane-conditions-the-rate-productivityMicrosoft announces Stadia Competitor XCloud at E3
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/13/18677970/microsoft-xcloud-google-stadia-cloud-gaming-hands-on-e3-2019https://www.beardsoftech.com/
1 hr 58 min - Episode 86: Taking out the nets trash
Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeph?
Discussions
YouTube de-monetizing videos for comments - interesting angle on why it might be a good thing from Linus’ WAN Show
What's in the News?
MWC Highlights
Huawei Mate X foldable phonehttps://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/25/huaweis-debuts-2600-foldable-mate-x-hits-new-smartphone-price-recordHoloLens 2https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-hololens-2-brings-even-more-vr-powerNokia 9 PureViewhttps://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/3071716/nokia-9-review-hands-onXperia 1https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/25/sony-xperia-1-4k-hdr-oled-display/LG G8 ThinQhttps://9to5google.com/2019/02/25/lg-g8-thinq-hands-on/USB C gets even more confusinghttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/usb-3-2-is-going-to-make-the-current-usb-branding-even-worse/Microsoft stands strong with military contracts after employee pushbackhttps://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/tech/augmented-reality-microsoft-us-military/The lives of people who look at the crappy parts of the internethttps://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona1 hr 6 min - Taking out the Net’s TrashEp. 86 - Taking out the Net’s Trash26Feb2019AttendeesMatt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeph?DiscussionsYouTube de-monetizing videos for comments - interesting angle on why it might be a good thing from Linus’ WAN ShowWhat's in the News?MWC HighlightsHuawei Mate X foldable phonehttps://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/25/huaweis-debuts-2600-foldable-mate-x-hits-new-smartphone-price-recordHoloLens 2https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-hololens-2-brings-even-more-vr-powerNokia 9 PureViewhttps://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/3071716/nokia-9-review-hands-onXperia 1https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/25/sony-xperia-1-4k-hdr-oled-display/LG G8 ThinQhttps://9to5google.com/2019/02/25/lg-g8-thinq-hands-on/USB C gets even more confusinghttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/usb-3-2-is-going-to-make-the-current-usb-branding-even-worse/Microsoft stands strong with military contracts after employee pushbackhttps://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/tech/augmented-reality-microsoft-us-military/The lives of people who look at the crappy parts of the internethttps://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizonaReview Us!Review I4ONotes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.I4O on SpotifyI4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter1 hr 6 min
- Ep. 85 - Oopsies unFOLDEp. 85 - Oopsies unFOLD05Feb2019AttendeesMatt Slavin, Ervin LukacsFree Talk SectionThe Verge did an oopsiehttps://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1033108-the-verge-how-we-built-a-copyright-strike/What's in the News?OpenAI holds onto research longer to discuss ramifications of releasing extremely convincing AIhttps://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1034001-the-pen-is-more-dangerous-than-the-sword-telsa-founded-openai-refuses-to-release-text-generating-ai-system-due-to-how-convincing-it-is/Lawsuit filed for insider trading for apple’s lawyer who was supposed to prevent employees from insider tradinghttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/sec-files-insider-trading-lawsuit-against-former-apple-lawyer.htmlPress F to pay respects for Opportunityhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/opportunity-did-not-answer-nasas-final-call-and-its-now-gone-to-us/You can now run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi 3https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-arm-raspberry-pi-3-installer,38604.htmlAmazon Backs out of HQ2 in Queenshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.htmlhttps://www.blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/investing-13-billion-2019/Hot TakesSamsung Event - Future of smartphoneshttps://www.engadget.com/2019/02/20/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-s10-event-recap/Review Us!Review I4ONotes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.I4O on SpotifyI4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter1 hr 17 min
- Episode 85: Oopsies unFOLD
Ep. 85 - Oopsies unFOLD
05Feb2019AttendeesMatt Slavin, Ervin LukacsDiscussions
Free Talk Section
The Verge did an oopsiehttps://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1033108-the-verge-how-we-built-a-copyright-strike/What's in the News?
OpenAI holds onto research longer to discuss ramifications of releasing extremely convincing AIhttps://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1034001-the-pen-is-more-dangerous-than-the-sword-telsa-founded-openai-refuses-to-release-text-generating-ai-system-due-to-how-convincing-it-is/Lawsuit filed for insider trading for apple’s lawyer who was supposed to prevent employees from insider tradinghttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/sec-files-insider-trading-lawsuit-against-former-apple-lawyer.htmlPress F to pay respects for Opportunityhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/opportunity-did-not-answer-nasas-final-call-and-its-now-gone-to-us/You can now run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi 3https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-arm-raspberry-pi-3-installer,38604.htmlAmazon Backs out of HQ2 in Queenshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/nyregion/amazon-hq2-queens.htmlHot Takes
Samsung Event - Future of smartphoneshttps://www.engadget.com/2019/02/20/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-s10-event-recap/Review Us!
Review I4ONotes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.I4O on SpotifyI4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter1 hr 17 min - Episode 84: Energizer is probably drunk
Ep. 84 - Energizer is probably drunk
05Feb2019
Attendees
Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Kyle Fisher
Free Talk Section
- Apple follows AT&Ts dumb lead
- https://9to5mac.com/2019/02/05/5g-e-expaliner-iphone-ipad-ios-12-2/
What's in the News?
- Apple revokes facebook cafeteria online services
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/31/apple-facebook-campus-permissions-revoked-teens-access-data-iphone-app
Google gets the hammer too- https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate
Nintendo proves that nothing digital lasts forever- https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjm5kw/nintendo-makes-it-clear-that-piracy-is-the-only-way-to-preserve-video-game-history?utm_source=reddit.com
Firefox bans autoplay- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/firefox-to-block-noisy-autoplaying-video-in-next-release/
Energizer is drunbk- https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18207313/energizer-avenir-pop-up-camera-foldable-screens-mwc
https://light.co/cameraHot Takes
- Google checks if your passwords are compromised
- https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/google-password-checkup-cross-account-protection/
Review Us!- Review I4O
Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.- I4O on Spotify
I4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter1 hr 24 min - Episode 83: The most Windows Sunday ever
29Jan2019
Attendees
Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs
Discussions
- https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/
Free Talk Section
- Matts Hackintosh is working (with a little help from ervin)
- Windows gonna Windows
https://www.tonymacx86.com/https://hackintosher.com/https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/Whats in the News?
- Apple Facetime Bug
- https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202120/apple-facetime-eavesdrop-flaw-bug-testing-privacy
Apple Revenue Up in everything but iPhone- https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/01/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/
Report says water is wet, and Netflix would lose subs if it went Hulu on their customers- http://www.netimperative.com/2019/01/netflix-would-lose-57-of-their-subscribers-if-they-added-commercials/
Hulu drops prices to combat Netflix hike- https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18193539/hulu-price-change-subscription-ads-live-tv-2019
Not a normal news week without input from Zucc- https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-thinks-you-dont-trust-facebook-because-1832040327
Hot Takes
- The importance of two-factor Authentication
- https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/27/two-factor-authentication/
Does your favorite app support Two factor Auth? Find out!
https://twofactorauth.org/
https://authy.com/
Review Us!
- Review I4O
Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.- I4O on Spotify
I4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter1 hr 10 min - Episode 82: Voice of the People
Ep. 82 - Voice of the People
17Jan2019
Attendees
Matt Slavin
- Volkswagen to prep $50 billion attack against Tesla
- https://wccftech.com/vw-readying-a-50-billion-technology-shift-to-do-direct-battle-with-tesla/
Microsoft begins work making chrome better- https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128661/microsoft-chromium-project-chrome-support-windows
Alexa gets more helpful for Amazon Music subscribers- https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/amazon-music-customers-can-now-talk-to-alexa-more-naturally/
Google Assistant gets better with news curation- https://www.blog.google/products/news/collaborating-future-audio-news-assistant/
Turns out Voice is important in tech- https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/7-things-to-think-about-voice/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29
Review Us!- Review I4O
Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.- I4O on Spotify
I4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter37 min - Episode 81: Sometimes It’s Vaporware
Ep. 81 - Sometimes It’s Vaporware
07Jan2019
Attendees
Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs
- https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18171013/lg-rollable-tv-oled-4k-tv-features-photos-video-release-ces-2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18169939/google-assistant-billion-devices-feature-phones-ces-2019https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172740/htc-vive-cosmos-vr-headset-announce-ces-2019https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172421/harley-davidson-livewire-electric-motorcycle-price-ces-2019https://mashable.com/article/why-apple-airplay-2-support-lg-samsung-vizio/#N3oCxuWNaiqHhttps://www.theverge.com/2019/1/6/18168793/samsungs-75-inch-microled-4k-tv-pitcure-quality-ces-2019https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/nvidia-rtx-2060-review-benchmarks-founders-editionhttps://www.xda-developers.com/kodi-blocked-sony-android-tv/https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/04/att-starts-rolling-out-updates-with-fake-5g-evolution-icon-just-as-promised/Review Us!- Review I4O
Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.- I4O on Spotify
I4O on PodbeanI4O on Google PlayI4O on iTunesI4O on StitcherI4O on TwitchI4O on FacebookI4O on Twitter1 hr 37 min - Episode 80: Year in Review
Ep. 80 - Year in Review
02Jan2019
Attendees
Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs
First Segment - Top Articles of the 2018 (chronologically, Matt’s Picks)
- Boring Company Flamethrower (Jan 28th, Ep. 36)
- https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/elon-musks-boring-co-flamethrower-is-real-500-and-up-for-pre-order/
Starman Launched into space (Feb 6th, Ep. 38)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster
We didnt put an article in the notes, but it happened and its the titleAjit Pai receives the NRA Courage award for saving the internet (25Feb Ep. 40)- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/
Drunk Man Accidentally takes $1600 Uber from WV to Jersey ( 04Mar Ep. 41)- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/drunk-man-accidentally-takes-1600-uber-from-west-virginia-to-new-jersey/
Episode 43 - Cambridge Analytica, Rihanna tanking Snap Stock, and Uber Autonomous accident (busy episode, 19Mar)- Episode 49 celebrated 1 year of podcast (Apr 29th)
- Google I/O 2018 brought Smart Compose, Duplex, Adaptive Battery, and first update via Project Treble, Google Photos Colorization, etc. (09May, Ep 50)
Great Conversation about Workplace burnout (26Jun, Ep 56)People were shoving MacBook i9 laptops into the freezer (22Jul, Ep 60)- https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/
Bitconnect de-listed from final crypto-exchange (12Aug, Ep 63)- https://www.ccn.com/dead-coin-walking-bitconnect-set-to-be-delisted-from-last-crypto-exchange/
Alex Jones Suspended Permanently from Twitter (12Sep, Ep 67)- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html
Apple Event (17Sep, Ep 68)Episode 70 - I’m reading this JeffGoogle Event (08Oct, Ep 71) RIP Google +Cards Against humanity 99% off sale (27Nov, Ep 76)- https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/23/18109070/cards-against-humanity-black-friday-99-percent-off-sale-cars-diamonds
Second Segment
Best tech of 2018 (Ervin | Matt)
Smartphone pick -
- Pixel 3s Camera | iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max | Pocophone F1OnePlus 6T | OnePlus 6TGame Console Pick -
- Souljaboy game pad | Souljaboy game pad
PS4 Pro | Nintendo SwitchNintendo Switch | PS4 ProHome tech pick -
- iPad Pro | iPad Pro
Apple Watch Series 4 | Google HomeLenovo Smart Display | TCL Televisions1 hr 43 min
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