Cortana teams up with Alexa, iPhone may dump the home button and an inconcenient pacemaker firmware upgrade. With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here!

Google’s ARCore and the state of augmented reality, plus Apple’s fight for 4K and Enterprise success. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here!

Uber gets a new CEO, Microsoft shows off VR products, Amazon’s brave new grocery world. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (01:05) Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal expect Sep 12th iPhone 8 event (02:10) NYPD scrapping Windows phones for iPhones (03:35) Munich students win SpaceX competition with 201 mph pod More Top Stories (04:20) Uber expected to name Expedia CEO as new boss Uber’s New CEO May Get at Least $200 Million… – Bloomberg (07:35) Microsoft makes many mixed reality announcements at IFA (11:55) Fitbit announces new smartwatch Fitbit Ionic and Fitbit Flyer… – Pocket-lint (16:25) Amazon cuts Whole Foods stores by up to 43 percent (21:10) Sarahah scrutinized for collecting user data Tesla’s … electric truck aims for 200 to 300 miles… – Reuters Thing of the Day (25:45) Tech In Travel Minute Discussion Mailbag Monday (27:35) Ward Oatway – Bitcoin mine construction (29:05) Joe – Just in Time Training (30:45) Anon – Tesla Semi (32:55) anotherJmartin – self-driving car maintenance (34:20) Ethen – Quadcopters (34:45) Jeff Steinhauer – Games to learn programming

Pepper the robot becomes a Buddhist priest, self-driving trucks hit the roads and whether Just in Time Learning from YouTube is good bad or otherwise. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (01:30) Apple posts note to developers supporting U.S. sanctions (02:40) Updated Apple TV rumored to support 4K and HDR More Top Stories (03:50) Head of Samsung guilty of embezzlement and bribery (06:15) Amazon opened up influencer program to YouTubers (09:15) Johns Hopkins proposes using quadcopters to explore Titan (11:20) Robot demonstrates funeral rites at funerary industry expo (16:20) UK approves semi-automated truck envoy trials in 2018 Tesla’s … electric truck aims for 200 to 300 miles… – Reuters Discussion (19:00) Bruce – Just In Time Learning Thing of the Day DTNS Facebook Group Message of the Day (30:05) Derrick – Amazon ads Get Len Peralta‘s “Just In Time” at his store or by supporting his Patreon Watch Shannon Morse‘s TekThing on Hak5 and support it on Patreon

Apple’s phone price gamble, HTC might sell off Vive and Facebook’s hardware challenges. With Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (01:25) New Pixel phone announcement rumored for October 5th (02:25) Judge will supervise Dreamhost user data turnover More Top Stories (03:35) Next flagship iPhone rumored to cost $999 (06:45) HTC considering sale of Vive VR business (10:55) Amazon will offer Prime discounts at Whole Foods (16:50) India’s Supreme Court rules in favor of citizen’s privacy (20:20) NY judge issues judgement in favor of fair use Discussion (23:55) Andrew Bosworth has taken over Facebook’s Building 8 Facebook is putting a top exec in charge… – Business Insider ‘Not a random idea factory’… – Business Insider Facebook Is Working on a Video Chat Device – Bloomberg Facebook is working on futuristic smart glasses… – Business Insider Thing of the Day (35:00) After On Podcast, Episode 4: Andy Hessel | Synthetic Biology Message of the Day (35:55) Martin – Movie Pass (36:25) Stefan – Computer accessibility request Justin Robert Young

Samsung’s Notable Note release, Blizzard reaches out with Hearthstone and Iceland’s drone-delivered hamburgers. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know Samsung Galaxy Note 8 arriving Sept 15 for ~$900 Apple rumored to host event on Sept 12 US DoJ narrows request of Dreamhost user data San Francisco airport installing electrochromatic glass More Top Stories Google Express dropping fees, partnering with Walmart Apple will test autonomous shuttle on its corporate campus Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions… – New York Times Robot shipments to China jumped 27% in 2016 Blizzard presents 6-minute animated Hearthstone short Flytrex begins delivery-via-drone trials in Iceland Discussion Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Samsung makes the Galaxy Note8 Official – Ars Technica Samsung is offering Galaxy Note 7 owners a discount… – The Verge Galaxy Note 8 hands-on: Enough to make you forget the Note 7 – engadget The Galaxy Note 8’s dual camera rivals the iPhone 7 Plus – engadget Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 packs a giant display and a smarter pen – engadget Samsung’s Note 8 has a 6.3-inch screen and an £869 price tag – engadget The Galaxy Note 8 vs. the Note 7: What’s changed? – engadget The Galaxy Note 8 vs. the competition: More than just a stylus – engadget Here’s what the Galaxy Note 8 will cost at AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint – The Verge Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8 customers get free in-home visits from HelloTech – The Verge Samsung confirms it’s working on a smart speaker – The Verge Breaking News FTC allows Amazon, Whole Foods deal to proceed – CNBC Thing of the Day DTNS Facebook Group Message of the Day Ali Smith – Mozilla Servo, Quantum CSS Anonymous – Impending CDN trouble? Scott Johnson

The scoop on Crash Plan getting out of home backups and what the heck an ICO or Initial Coin Offering is. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (01:15) Google launched Chrome Enterprise (01:55) SNES Classic up for pre-order (02:30) DJI Spark UAVs stop flying Sept 1st without firmware update More Top Stories (03:20) CrashPlan shutting down consumer backup service HashBackup Rclone IDrive The Best Online Backup Services of 2017 – PCMag (05:15) Google planning new Chromebook and Home devices Google app 7.10 reveals that ‘Bisto’ are headphones… – 9to5google (07:25) Verizon splits ‘Unlimited’ plan (11:10) eMarketer estimates 12-17 yo Facebook use to drop Let’s face reality: US Teens engage with iMessage… – Giuseppe Stuto (15:25) IBM announced consortium to explore blockchain use Discussion (20:05) Estonia joins Russia and China by creating its own cryptocurrency What is an ICO… – FX Empire Golem ICOrating Initial coin offerings have raised $1.2 billion… – CNBC Thing of the Day (00:00) DTNS Facebook Group Message of the Day (33:35) Travis (mechagobbler) – autonomous weaponized robots (34:30) Rich Stroffolino – the Cloud Patrick Beja Alex Van de Sande

Android Oreo is official, AI experts warn against autonomous lethal weapons, and what steam engines and computers have in common. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (00:55) NuTonomy’s CEO hopes to launch autonomous car service by mid-2018 (01:15) Vote for new Uber CEO expected within two weeks (01:35) Vive VR headset priced dropped to $599 More Top Stories (02:10) Android 8.0 is called ‘Oreo’ (04:05) Intel announced updated U-series mobile processors (06:40) Xbox One X available for pre-order (07:50) United Nations urged to prevent arms race of autonomous weapons AN OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS… – Future of Life Institute (12:50) Nielson reports on listenership of music apps and radio Discussion (16:25) Why didn’t electricity immediately change manufacturing? – BBC News Thing of the Day (28:15) Amateur Traveler with a tip for tech in Rome

Chinese Cyber-court, ATT&T’s big loss, and mining the Deep and the Dark Web. With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Shannon Morse and Len Peralta. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (01:15) Asus launches 6 new ZenFone 4 models (02:10) iOS Public Beta option disables touch ID in emergencies (02:55) China opens Hangzhou Internet Court for Internet-related crimes (03:50) Instagram allows photo and video replies More Top Stories (04:20) Apple and Comcast rumored to be in talks with movie studios (06:35) Google will livestream launch of Android O on August 21st (08:10) The Verge’s Vlad Savov celebrates LG’s V30 (10:45) EFF’s Executive Director condemns tech companies’ overreach Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression – EFF (12:25) AT&T loses court fight regarding utility pole access Discussion (14:25) Dark Web Data A dark data startup you haven’t heard… – Tech In Asia Dark analytics: Illuminating opportunities… – Deloitte University Press Quantta Analytics The WWW Virtual Library Thing of the Day DTNS Facebook Group Message of the Day (23:40) Kenji – Verizon Up rewards program Len Peralta’s “Devouring the Deep Web”

A Dashboard for privacy management, self-healing phone screens, and due process for websites. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon. Thank you! Big thanks to Dan Lueders for the headlines music and Martin Bell for the opening theme! Big thanks to Mustafa A. from thepolarcat.com for the logo! Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the subreddit Show Notes To read the show notes in a separate page click here! News You Should Know (01:45) Nielson Esports will create valuation, investment, and audience reports (02:20) Alibaba reports profits up 96%, revenue up 56% (03:10) Google Maps adding “Questions and Answers” feature More Top Stories (03:40) Essential Phone now available for order in U.S. Essential Phone will receive Android updates for 2 yrs (05:55) PlusPrivacy is an open source privacy management tool for social networks (10:20) Motorola publishes screen self-repair patent (12:35) Google adds voice calling to Google Home (16:20) Zinc-air batteries quintuple the charge of lithium ion batteries Discussion (19:20) CloudFlare CEO canceled account of neo-Nazi site …says his Daily Stormer takedown was “arbitrary” and “dangerous” – Ars Technica Why We Terminated Daily Stormer – CloudFlare Blog The Daily Stormer just lost the most important company… – The Verge Tech companies are rushing to ban hate groups… – The Verge Thing of the Day (34:10) After On: Cindy Cohn executive director of the EFF Message of the Day (34:30) SGT_fudd – MoviePass warning How MoviePass will defy AMC to get you into theaters – cnet