IBM makes a 300 TB tape drive, Amazon Echo gets hacked to listen to everything and filmmaker Jon Schiefer tells us his views on DRM, crowdfunding and more. With Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson and Jon Schiefer. 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!

Our experiences with Augmented Reality plus updates and clarifications on the Bitcoin fork. With Tom Merritt, Patrick Beja and Rob Reid. 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!

Do we want AIs to make up their own languages? Plus, the coming Bitcoin fork and the budget Australian robot that won Amazon’s competition. 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 (01:20) Microsoft stops development of iOS keyboard WordFlow (01:40) HBO attackers stole data including upcoming programming (02:10) iPhone 4 and 4S users permitted to file class action claim against Apple More Top Stories (03:10) AMD’s RX Vega graphics cards will launch on August 14th (03:50) Apple HomePod firmware references infrared face detection (06:15) 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge won by Australian robot “Cartman” (07:20) Honolulu fines pedestrians using phone while crossing street (09:45) BitCoin blockchain to fork with creation of “BitCoin Cash” Discussion (13:40) AI is developing its own languages AI Is Inventing Languages Humans Can’t Understand. Should We Stop It? – Fast Company Facebook kills AI that invented its own language because English was slow – PC Gamer Your Private Driver (24:50) More Days of Change Message of the Day (25:20) Renard – Amazon hub (27:35) Ross – bio-hacking

BBC Three is streaming of Elite League Series One. Is this a sign that traditional broadcasters see the value in eSports? USB 3.2 is coming and its twice as fast. Amazon has new solution for delivering packages to Apartments. Join Roger, Len and Jenn Cutter as we discuss. 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 (01:50) Tesla will livestream first 30 Model 3 deliveries (03:10) Sony raises prices of Playstation Plus in Europe (04:35) Amazon reported 77% earnings drop in 2nd Quarter More Top Stories (05:35) Amazon rolling out delivery locker system for apartment builings (08:10) Virtual Reality social network AltspaceVR closing down (12:05) iRobot backtracks on the sale of mapping data of customers’ homes (14:20) CustomPlay sues Apple over 15-second playback feature (18:00) USB 3.2 update will bring 20 Gbps bandwidth Discussion (20:55) BBC Three broadcasting weekly esports BBC Three to stream six weeks of Gfinity esports coverage – Engadget ELEAGUE Reveals Elite Competitors for CS:GO Premier 2017 – Turner.com ESPNU and Disney XD to air Smash at Evo, Street Fighter on ESPN2 – ESPN Watch The International LIVE – GINX.tv http://www.tbs.com/sports/eleague Message of the Day (00:00) Martin Rojas – YouTube Red and Google Play merger Len Peralta’s “Streaming eSports”

What is Amazon’s secret Healthcare “Skunk Works” all about? And can AMD’s budget Ryzen chips compete with Intel’s? Justin Robert Young and Paul Spain discuss in today’s show! MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here 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 (01:10) WhatsApp hits one billion daily users (02:00) BuzzFeed releasing smart a “precision smart cooktop” More Top Stories (03:25) Amazon starting secret team dedicated to healthcare (04:30) US House of Congress sends autonomous car bill to full vote (08:05) Google Play will merge with YouTube Red to create new streaming service (12:40) Sling TV hosts its first Pay-Per-View event (17:10) AMD Ryzen 3 processors now shipping Ryzen 3 is scaled down Ryzen 5 Ryzen 3 scores well vs Core i3 in multi-threaded applications Discussion (20:40) Amazon’s Secret Health Tech Team Amazon has a secret health tech team called 1492 working on medical records, virtual doc visits – CNBC Amazon has set its sights on healthcare tech with a stealth lab it calls ‘1492’ – Business Insider CNBC: Secret team at Amazon is working on health care projects – Engadget Message of the Day (28:35) Nick – airport facial recognition

Google stops instant search, Apple partners for cochlear implants and why 2021 is predicted to be amazing. With Rachel Metz, Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt 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) Kaspersky announced global launch of free antivirus software (01:20) Announced USB 3.2 spec could theoretically transfer data at 2GB/s More Top Stories (02:20) Nucleus 7 is a surgically implanted hearing device controllable via iOS (05:30) Google will no longer show search results as you type (07:30) Google’s Android Auto added limited version of Waze (10:45) Apple to pay $506 million for violating WARF patent (13:20) Nintendo reported 16.21 billion yen profit Discussion (15:25) The Tech World Is Convinced 2021 Is Going to Be the Best Year Ever -MIT Technology Review Message of the Day (27:45) Johannes – Amazon Echo Dot as car accessory (32:00) Michael – biometric insecurity (32:55) Anonymous – 2015 OPM breach Diamondclub.tv Survey

Goodbye to Flash, Goodbye to self-driving cars in India, hello to Checking in and boarding a plane without talking to humans. 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 partners with Red Cross and FEMA to bring SOS Alerts feature (02:15) Microsoft Paint will remain in the Windows Store as a standalone download More Top Stories (03:25) Adobe ending Flash updates and distribution in 2020 (04:25) iRobot wants to sell mapping data to third parties (06:20) Motorola announces new 5.5-inch Z2 Force Edition phone (09:45) Congress invites technology company CEOs to testify on Net Neutrality (11:55) India’s transport minister admonishes driverless cars Discussion (15:00) New Singapore air terminal automates departures with face recognition – Reuters Delta passengers can now use their fingerprints as a boarding pass – The Verge Skip the Security Line? How to Avoid Screening Hell at Airports and Stadiums – Fortune How Eye Scans Could Be the Future of Airport Security – Fortune China’s All-Seeing Surveillance State Is Reading Its Citizens’ Faces – The WSJ China Is Using Facial Recognition to Nab Jaywalkers; Investors Get Interested China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything – The WSJ Message of the Day (23:45) Thor Christian – Implanted NFC chip (25:55) Oleg Kolupaev, PhD – DNA testing How Do You Know When a DNA Test Is B.S.? – The Atlantic (28:45) Frank – electric car sounds Diamondclub.tv Survey

A DNA app store opens, autonomous cargo shipping about to hit the seas, and Microsoft Paint nears its end. With Veronica Belmont, Roger Chang, and Tom Merritt. 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) Ride-hailing company Grab receives $2B to defeat Uber in Southeast Asia (01:35) Sundar Pichai appointed to Alphabet board of directors (02:20) Samsung sets sights on 25% of chip manufacturing within 5 years (02:50) US FTC looking into Amazon’s discount advertising practices More Top Stories (03:30) Microsoft adding AI chip to next Hololens AR headset (04:45) Microsoft lists original application as deprecated in Fall Creator’s Update (06:10) China’s BingoBox operating more than 12 unmanned convenience stores (07:55) Cargo ship Yara Birkeland will be fully autonomous in 2020 Tech in Trade (12:00) Three Square Market offering employees NFC implantation Discussion (15:10) A DNA App Store Is Here, but Proceed with Caution – Technology Review Helix What is Exome+? – Helix Support 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: DNA App Store – MIT Technology Review When Even Genome Sequencing Doesn’t Give a Diagnosis – MIT Technology Review Exome – Wikipedia, Genotyping – Wikipedia What is the difference between genotyping and sequencing? – 23andMe Customer Care Understand your genetics to live healthier, longer – Veritas Tech in Travel Minute (25:40) Hyperloop Sleeper Car Message of the Day (28:05) Mike – Home-Assistant.io (29:05) Anthony – Eclipse Safari (29:30) Dwayne – Windows 10 migration

Lyft wants to make its own autonomous car parts, Verizon gets caught throttling video, and an Indian company revolutionizing robots in warehouses. With Shannon Morse, Tom Merritt 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 (01:50) Essential Phone available ‘in a few weeks’ (02:55) Samsung sent invites to August 23rd event (03:40) Google will roll ‘feed’ service to mobile site but not desktop (04:10) Elon Musk expects formal approvals to break ground later this year More Top Stories (04:55) Lyft expects majority of its rides will be autonomous by 2021 (07:00) Nintendo files graphical trademarks in European Union (08:50) Verizon testing video stream optimization cap at 10Mbps (11:15) Office 365 revenue tops traditional Office licensing (13:55) Delta using fingerprint as boarding pass at Reagan National airport Discussion (17:00) Indian robots are marching into the world’s warehouses Robot wars: Amazon has Kiva, Alibaba has Geek+, and there’s GreyOrange for the rest – Tech In Asia Meet the robots making Amazon even faster – CNET News (video) Message of the Day (25:05) John Clayton – Experience with Ecobee (26:40) Gábor – Hungarian perspective on Net Neutrality Len Peralta’s “A Gray/Orange Love Story”

Microsoft builds Cortana into a thermostat, Rwanda uses low power networking to stop poachers, and Elon Musk promises more things. With Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt 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 (01:10) OnePlus rolling out 911 reboot patch (01:40) Twitter quantifies increase in anti-abuse actions More Top Stories (02:40) Europol confirms AlphaBay and Hansa dark Web marketplace takedowns (04:20) Intel reportedly shut down wearables effort, shifted to augmented reality (07:40) iOS and Android patched against Broadcom WiFi chip vulnerability (10:35) Akagera National Park can monitor animals, visitors in real time (14:30) Elon Musk claims “verbal govt approval” to build NYC-DC Hyperloop Discussion (18:50) Microsoft unveils a Cortana-powered thermostat Ecobee is building Alexa into its thermostats and light switches – TechCrunch Third parties … key to Amazon’s smart home domination plans – TechCrunch Action News – The Game of Television News Password Managers for Newbies – DTNS WEEKLY TECH UPDATE 07/20/2017