Well Don't Just Stand There

Apple is challenged by the FBI to weaken the security of the San Bernardino shooter's iPhones, but it could set a dangerous precident for both privacy and security for all Apple customers going forward. And on the VR and AR front everyone throws the kitchen sink into changing your reality with big expensive goggles.

I give my numerical review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, discuss the implications of the FAA's Drone Registration rules, Netflix rolls out new compression algorithms to deliver more entertainment with less bandwidth, Dating sites get hacked (no a different one), someone develops metal that is 99% air by volume, and CISA comes back with a vengeance in the latest Congressional Budget Bill.

Elon Musk and several Silicon Valley big shots set aside a Billion dollars for public AI research, The University of Washington cracks into the lucrative field of Virtual Tom Hanks, Paris Climate talks reach an actual resolution, and acting gets an auto-tune boost from Disney Research Labs.

NASA announces the discover of flowing water on Mars, Amazon announces delivering-packages-as-a-service, Twitter considers cutting loose its 140 character limit, Apple makes $25 Billion off the Enterprise, and Blackberry announces an Android phone... also news: Blackberry still exists.

The ethics of ad blocking now that iOS 9 has unleashed ad blocking apps on the world, VW risks up to $18 Billion in fines for deceiving the EPA with its software, and Facebook rolls back its 2011 promise to not track you with the like buttons that you DON'T click.

Episode 6 - Apple aims at Productivity with the iPad Pro, but the chip inside may be more important... Android gets scared into monthly updates, the DOJ wrongfully accuses a Professor, Stripe becomes the middleman for mobile commerce, and your Twitter feed could be making you more creative (if you curate it right).

Episode 5 - Special short Labor day episode where we still manage to discuss Stingray devices needing Federal warrants, Fiat-Chrysler recalling 8k cars for hacking risk, a Drone crash at the US Open, and Uber eyeing the delivery market.

Episode 4 - Facebook gets into the virtual assistant game with "M" a new feature of Messenger, Textio tells companies what demographics their job posts actually entice, Uber hires security researchers to beef up their self driving car program, and finally Instagram gets wide and vertical with its images and videos.

Episode 3 - My favorite security researcher Samy Kamkar unveils yet another car hack affecting BMW, Mercedes and Chrysler's Uconnect app, AT&T is revealed as the NSA's strongest partner over the last decade, and there is trouble at Amazon revolving around working conditions.

Episode 2 - The Pentagon was hacked by Russians and thats bad news for several reasons, Defcon unveils a device called RollJam that exploits vulnerabilities in remote keys, Google restructures into Alphabet, and E-sports makes more money than you or I would expect.