Wrecked By Tech

On this week's episode we catch you up on the three most important things we missed over the holidays, plus a number of developments and crazy products from CES. We're back and more tangent-y than ever. TWENTY EIGHTEEN!

Links:

• This 65-inch OLED TV rolls up like a giant newspaper | The Verge
• LG 88-Inch 8K OLED TV - Hands On at CES 2018 | YouTube
• HTC VIVE Raises The Bar For Premium VR With New VIVE PRO Upgrade And Wireless VIVE Adaptor | VIVE Blog
• Facebook reportedly plans to launch Portal video chat device for $499 in May | VentureBeat
• I tried the first phone with an in-display fingerprint sensor | The Verge
• SanDisk announces 1TB USB-C flash drive, says world’s smallest | 9to5Mac
• Razer Project Linda - Ultraportable Laptop Powered by Razer Phone | Razer
• Kodak announces its own cryptocurrency and watches stock price skyrocket | The Verge
• Graphite and Its Awesome Properties | ElectroBOOM | YouTube

In this week's episode (minus Riley), the guys talk about a possibly precedent-setting case for pirates in Canada; a fake mobile version of Cuphead; Bell's attempt to circumvent CRTC rules about unlocking phones; Twitter's attempt to crack down on hateful, violent, or abusive content.

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Links:

• Hollywood Is Setting Up a Legal ‘Machine’ to Sue Pirates In Canada | Motherboard
• Court File No. T-662-16 | CIPPIC
• Apple let a fake $5 Cuphead game into the App Store | The Verge
• Bell says CRTC promise of free phone unlocking doesn't apply to everyone | CBC News
• Twitter starts enforcing new policies on violence, abuse, and hateful conduct | The Verge
• Sibilant Snakelikes | Github
• No, a Guy Didn't Scam $1 Million by Selling Chuck E. Cheese Tokens as Bitcoins | Gizmodo
• Plexamp, Plex’s spin on the classic Winamp player, is the first project from new incubator Plex Labs | TechCrunch
• Rainbrow Is a New iPhone X Game You Control With Your Eyebrows | Mac Rumors
• ‘The Office’ Revival at NBC Featuring Old, New Cast — 2018-19 Season | TVLine

In this week's show, Dan and Riley (Marc is sick) talk about group texting, messaging apps, and fragmentation frustrations; Canada's wireless rates are still among the highest in the world; a former Facebook employee apologizing for ruining the world (and Facebook's response to him); Twitter's fun new feature; iPhones slowing down because of battery problem.

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Links:

• Canadians still paying some of the highest wireless rates in the world: ISED | Mobilesyrup
• Former Facebook exec says social network is 'destroying how society works' | Mobilesyrup
• Facebook responds to former exec's claim that social network is 'destroying how society works' | Mobilesyrup
• Twitter officially recognizes tweetstorms with a new threads feature | The Verge
• PSA: iPhone slow? Try replacing your battery! : iphone | Reddit
• iMac Pro | Apple Canada
• Apple confirms it has acquired Shazam | The Verge
• Lyft has officially launched in Toronto and the GTA | Mobilesyrup
• Amazon announces Alexa will be available in Canada in December | Globalnews.ca
• Android 8.0 Oreo is only installed on 0.5 precent of Android devices | Mobilesyrup
• Canadian Netflix user watched Lord of the Rings film 361 times in a year | Mobilesyrup
• Uber accidentally charges Toronto customer over $18,000 for 21 minute ride | Mobilesyrup

In this week's episode we talk net neutrality in Canada; Apple's latest software oops; Facebook's new Messenger app for children; CBC's new streaming app; Neil Young's catalogue, which is being released for free on — you guessed it — a streaming app; and Instagram's effort to combat animal abuse with pop-up messages during search.

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Links:

• Canada's largest media companies reportedly form 'Internet Piracy Review Agency' to end Net Neutrality | Mobilesyrup
• iPhone crashing on Dec. 2? Here's the fix! | iMore
• Facebook launches a version of Messenger for young children | The Verge
• CBC to launch subscription service for $4.99 | Mobilesyrup
• Canadians can now enjoy Neil Young's high quality streaming archive | Mobilesyrup
• Instagram aims to combat animal abuse with new alert system | Mobilesyrup
• This genius streamed a pay-per-view UFC match by pretending to play it | The Verge
• Canadian-developed Rave lets you watch Netflix with friends remotely | Mobilesyrup
• Tesla's record-breaking lithium ion battery is now live in South Australia | Mobilesyrup
• Microsoft Edge is now available on Android and iOS | Mobilesyrup
• Amazon patents self-destructing drone tech for use in emergencies | Mobilesyrup

On this week's show, we talk about Apple's embarrassing security goof (and how to fix it); the Canadian government's release of its own open-source malware spotting tool; the Canadian launch of Facebook Fundraising; Waze's latest update, and Dan's new toys.

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Links:

• Canada's Spy Agency Releases New Cyber Security Software | WhatsYourTech
• Assemblyline | Communications Security Establishment
• Facebook launches personal fundraising feature in Canada | Mobilesyrup
• Waze Introduces Carpool, Motorcycle and Handsfree Features | Techvibes
• Jim Beam enters the smart home biz with automated whiskey decanter | Mobilesyrup
• Apple says Qualcomm's processors infringe on battery life patents | Mobilesyrup
• Here’s everything you need to know about Canada’s unlocking fee ban | Mobilesyrup

This week we talk about the Tesla event; the trivia app nobody heard of — until the CEO went bonkers; net neutrality in the US and how it could affect Canada; and Uber's latest difficulty.

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Dan is away this week, but in the meantime Marc and Riley talk about Freedom Mobile's huge Black Friday deal; Amazon Cash in Canada; Lyft's first venture out of the US and into Canada; a "digital pill" that knows when you took it and what the dosage was; and Bose crowdfunding earbuds on Indiegogo.

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Links:

• All of Freedom Mobile's phones are currently $0 down -- depending on plan | Mobilesyrup
• Amazon Cash Comes to Canada | Techvibes
• Lyft to begin first international operations in Toronto | The Globe and Mail
• The FDA has approved the first digital pill | The Verge
• Bose Sleepbuds can silence snores and barking dogs | The Verge
• Microsoft now supports game gifting on Xbox One | The Verge
• SNES Classic will be available at select Toys "R" Us on November 18th | Mobilesyrup

Marc's away for this episode, but in the meantime Dan and Riley talk about Twitter's new character limit, a Winnipeg school trustee who wants to change cell phone search and seizure rules in her division, Apple's face data going to developers, more Pixel 2 XL issues, the Razer phone, the next OnePlus phone, Snap Inc's current issues, and Facebook's proposed solution to revenge porn.

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Links:

• Winnipeg School Division trustee proposes revising school board smartphone search and seizure policy | Mobilesyrup
• Razer Phone announced: huge bezels, no headphone jack, and more | The Verge
• Apple will share face mapping data from the iPhone X with third-party app developers | The Verge
• Google is apparently shipping some Pixel 2 XLs without operating system | The Verge
• Google updates Pixel 2 XL with new ‘saturated’ color display option and other bug fixes | The Verge
• OnePlus 5T will be announced on November 16th | The Verge
• Snap’s stock price plummets after weak earnings | The Verge
• Snap lost nearly $40 million on unsold Spectacles | The Verge
• Snap says it's going to start paying top creators | The Verge
• Facebook’s unorthodox new revenge porn defense is to upload nudes to Facebook | The Verge
• Apple to rollout fix for autocorrect bug within a week for beta users | Mobilesyrup
• Apple has finally won $120 million from Samsung patent battle | The Verge
• Israeli company sues Apple for dual lens camera patent infringement | The Verge
• Ambitious augmented reality earbud startup Doppler Labs shuts down | The Verge
• Tesla will unveil its electric semi-truck on November 16th | Mobilesyrup

On this week's show, we talk about Amazon Echo in Canada; Essential's price drop (probably due to its poor sales); major screen complaints about the Google Pixel 2 XL, and why that makes Riley sad; Amazon's HQ2 RFP; and the potential for Susan Fowler's explosive blog post as a movie.

Speed round

Links:

• Amazon files Echo Look and meal kit-related trademark in Canada | Mobilesyrup
• The Essential Phone now costs $499, $200 less than the original price | The Verge
• Analyst: Essential Phone has only sold around 5,000 units through Sprint | Mobilesyrup
• The Pixel 2 XL would be the best phone if its screen wasn’t so awful | The Verge
• Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in is real, Google 'actively investigating' the problem | Android Central
• Amazon’s HQ2 Proposal Attracted 238 Separate Bids | Techvibes
• Alexa visits Winnipeg | YouTube
• Uber’s sexual harassment problem will be the subject of a movie | The Verge
• Google parent-company Alphabet invests $1 billion in Lyft | Mobilesyrup
• Google to reward researchers for exposing Play Store app vulnerabilities | Mobilesyrup
• Xplornet acquires Manitoban fixed-wireless broadband provider NetSet | Mobilesyrup
• The fad is over: Snap as 'hundreds of thousands' of unsold Spectacles | Mobilesyrup
• This map shows how few self-driving cars are actually on the road today | The Verge

On this week's show, we talk about a major WiFi vulnerability that affects pretty much everything, and what it means for device security; a game about AI that's more philosophy than game (and also just a ton of fun); and Netflix's plans to bring their content to 50% original by next year.

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Links:

• Wi-Fi security has been breached, say researchers | The Verge
• 41 percent of Android phones are vulnerable to 'devastating' Wi-Fi attack | The Verge
• Microsoft has already fixed the Wi-Fi attack vulnerability | The Verge
• Everything you need to know about KRACK, the WPA2 Wi-Fi vulnerability | Android Central
• A game about AI making paperclips is the most addictive you’ll play today | The Verge
• Paperclips: A cautionary tale about AI
• Netflix plans to spend $8 billion to make its library 50 percent original by 2018 | The Verge
• Facebook now lets you order food without leaving Facebook | The Verge
• Steve Wozniak launches Woz U: An online software development school | Techaeris
• Facebook to reveal Canadian election integrity effort on October 19 | Mobilesyrup
• Tesla fires hundreds of workers even as Model 3 production ramps up | The Verge
• tbh has a new home | tbh
• Cancel that shipment: Canada shouldn't pursue Amazon's second headquarters | Mobilesyrup
• Humble Bundle just got acquired by IGN | SlashGear