Tech News Weekly (Video)

Uber's board of directors voted unanimously for Dara Khosrowshahi, longstanding CEO of Expedia, to be its new CEO. Former CEO Travis Kalanick said in a statement that he wishes Dara well, saying that casting his vote was "a big moment for me and I couldn't be happier to pass the torch to such an inspiring leader."

Microsoft and Amazon struck a partnership that will allow Cortana and the Amazon Echo to work together in perfect digital assistant harmony. The collaboration will allow users to access Amazon Voice Services via Cortana on Windows 10 PCs when it launches later this year.

Samsung unveiled the new Gear Sport, a sportier iteration of the successful Gear S3 smartwatch, with a round 1.2" display, Bixby integration, and a rotating bezel for navigation through the Tizen operating system.

Plus, Essential botches its customer support communication in a big way, the comment period for the dismantling of Net Neutrality rules is ending, and Paul Warner from InMoment discusses how Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods could affect employees of both companies.

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Hurricane Harvey help on Twitter, Google Docs, Reddit, and more.

711 million email addresses are sending out malware.

Ahead of Apple's expected September hardware event, Apple is apparently working overtime trying to secure deals with Hollywood studios to bring 4K UHD video content to iTunes. An updated Apple TV is expected at the event that will support 4K ultra high definition video content, and Apple wants to offer movies that support that format later this year at the $19.99 price point.

You might have seen the New York Post headline announcing that the NYPD had to replace 36 thousand useless smart phones because they're Windows Phones. While its all fun and games to make fun of Windows Phones, the truth is that this isn't another story of your tax dollars going down the toilet. The NYPD responded to the New York Post saying that they acquired the phones at no cost with an option of moving off the hardware in two years, also at no cost.

Plus, Russell Holly from iMore and VRHeads is here to discuss the AR arms race between Google's new ARCore and Apple's ARKit.

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Uber's replacement for CEO Travis Kalanik, according to Recode's sources, is likely to be Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia since 2005 whose grown that property from $2.1 billion in 2005 to $8.7 billion in 2016. A letter sent to Expedia employees by Expedia chair Barry Diller confirms that Dara has been asked to do so, but that nothing is finalized yet.

Fitbit has a new smartwatch, the $300 Ionic. It's water resistant up to 50 meters and includes built-in GPS and heart rate monitoring. The company also announced new 4130 flyer in-ear wireless headphones to use with the device on your runs.

Microsoft is revealing more details on its upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update that will officially usher in the era of the company's Mixed Reality efforts. Microsoft announced a new entry-level tier for its Windows Mixed Reality platform that bypasses the need for high-end graphics cards to power the experience. Microsoft also announced a partnership with Steam VR meaning access to a wide variety of titles from Steam that can be found on competing VR platforms.

We also talk about Apple's Fall Event and Amazon cutting prices at Whole Foods. Plus, Jeremiah Lindemann, public interest technology fellow at New America joins us to talk about how he's using data to map the Opioiod crisis to help solve it.

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Guest: Jeremiah Lindemann

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The Samsung verdict is in. A South Korean Court has sentenced chairman Jay Y Lee to five years in prison.

Marcus Hutchins, the 23 year old security researcher charged with developing malware to steal banking passwords, has raised over $150,000 dollars to help pay for his legal fees. Now, Buzzfeed reports that his lawyer is refunding all of the donations because so many of them were made with fraudulent credit cards.

Also, We discuss a $700 Smart Lock for your Mansion.

Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica reviews the week in gaming, including Destiny 2, 90's Shooters, and QuakeCon.

Plus, we talk about Kashmir Hill's story on Facebook's creepy PYMK (People You Might Know) feature.

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Amazon is on the cusp of owning Whole Foods, the premium grocery chain that it is purchasing for $13.7 billion dollars. The deal is expected to close next Monday. Amazon says shoppers will see "lower prices on a selection of best-selling staples across the stores."

The New York Times is here to confirm that the premium iPhone model that will debut at the unannounced hardware event next month will be priced right around the $999 mark. That gets you a larger screened device with minimal bezel design, facial recognition security, and wireless magnetic charging capability.

Evan Blass says the date for the next big Google hardware event will be October 5th, and we'll see the new lineup of Pixel devices that come packing an updated but as-yet-unreleased Snapdragon 836 processor. No word yet on what that improved processor will bring in terms of performance to the next generation of Pixel phones.

Plus, Owen JJ Stone joins in to discuss HTC as it mulls selling off its virtual reality business, Google's new tool for those who search about depression, the SpaceX spacesuit is shown for the first time, artificial intelligence produced an album, and Kentucky Fried Chicken is using the Oculus Rift for training employees.

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The Note 8 is here and it will cost you some serious cabbage.

Attention Walmart customers, you can now buy stuff with your Google Home. Google Home has partnered with Walmart to compete against Amazon in the race to buy stuff with your voice. Starting in September, hundreds of thousands of Walmart products will be available to purchase using your Google Home device.

DJI announced that it is issuing a firmware update for its new series of Spark drones to address a small number of incidents where the drone suddenly turned off and fell from the sky.

And Happy Birthday Hashtag! We discuss the invention of the hashtag, not by Twitter, but by Chris Messina.

• Vidya Narayanan from UrbanAMA joins us to talk about connecting with people to ask questions about anything.

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We all know by now, contrary to logic, that unlimited rarely truly means no limits. Case in point is Verizon's announcement that those currently unlimited plans will have three different types of unlimited to choose from, each carrying their own unique limits of course. Not only do unlimited customers have to choose one of these plans, they have a days notice to do so.

Medium has been working towards new ways for publishers on its platform to get paid. One new method takes the idea of likes and turns them into Claps that act as a tipping mechanism.

The popular iPhone weather app AccuWeather is sending location information to a data monetization firm, even when you tell the app not to track you. Security research Will Strafach discovered the behavior and Zack Whittaker from ZDNET confirmed that AccuWeather is sending specific geodata to a third party company called RevealMobile.

Cloud backup service CrashPlan announced that it's shutting down its home subscription service.

And born out of a shortage of sign language interpretors in Belgium, Project Aslan, short for Antwerps Sign Language Actuating Node, is a 3D printed robotic hand that can translate written text as well as spoken language into sign language on the fly.

Sarah Jeong, Senior Writer at The Verge joins us to talk about how history, not science, is to blame for sexism in the tech industry.

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Google's next operating system will be called Android Oreo 8.0. The Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Pixel, and Pixel XL builds have entered carrier testing, but with less than 15 percent of Android users on the current build, it might be a while until you get the update.

A hacker by the name of Xerub reportedly obtained the full decryption key for Apple's Secure Enclave Processor, the co-processor on iOS devices that handles Touch ID transactions. The firmware code is posted for anyone to get at on GitHub, and could lead to Touch ID hacks, and other attacks that benefit from that decryption.

Even with the big Android news today, we still have time to slip one iPhone rumor into the news mix today. As we've talked about, Touch ID might be going the way of the dodo, with the newest iPhone featuring a 3D face scanner instead. The newest news is that The Korea Herald says that the iPhone 8's 3D face scanner will be able to scan your face "in a millionth of a second."

Plus, HTC drops the price of the Vive, Microsoft announced the Xbox One Minecraft Edition, and Ant Pruitt from Tech Republic shares his tips on professional looking drone videography.

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Google is set to release the next version of Android, as well as finally sharing with the world what tasty dessert it chose to represent Android O.

iOS 11 beta 6, released earlier this week, includes a feature that lets users disable touch ID by tapping the lock button five times quickly. Beta testers are calling the feature a "cop button" because it forces you to enter a passcode to unlock the device once it's activated.

Bloomberg reports that Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures could partner with Apple and Comcast to offer digital rentals of films just a few weeks after they debut in theaters. Studios and digital distributors seem close to a deal, but theater chains are not pleased.

Also, Essential reviews are pouring in, Chuck E. Cheese's robots are going away, and Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica talks about the retro gaming trend.

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More tech leaders are speaking out against President Donald Trump's response to the racist violence in Charlottesville and donating to non-profits.

If you've ever wanted to wander around inside stranger's homes, now you can with Google Earth.

Nokia's new bothie phone is a 5.3" smartphone with the top of the line Snapdragon 835 processor, 4 gigs of RAM, a 13 megapixel dual-camera array, and a new camera mode with a name that might give you nightmares.

Plus, Kerry Davis from Engadget's "The Future, IRL" tells us about a new robot farmer that lets you pick your lettuce.

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