TNT Shownotes #6 (2014)


1	TITLE: To Click is Human * 1147	CO-ANCHOR: Katie Benner

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6	Welcome to the show, I'm Mike Elgan.		BRIDGEURL LINK
7	[Anthony Nielsen]
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9	[Thing o' the day: The new reCAPTCHA]	http://www.wired.com/2014/12/google-one-click-recaptcha/
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16	Twitter announced new tools for reporting harassment, making it faster and easier to take action on abuse by Twitter trolls, haters, bullies, stalkers, racists, misogynists and creepy weirdos. The company also made their "blocking" feature a little more like actual blocking. Now, blocking a user not only prevents you from seeing their posts, they can't see yours either if they're logged in under the blocked account. The changes will gradually roll out the new feature this month. Twitter promised more such changes in the future.	https://blog.twitter.com/2014/building-a-safer-twitter
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24	The FBI seized 20 boxes of documents from the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters Monday as part of an investigation into the school's $1.3 billion iPad purchase for 27 schools. One possible concern is that the bidding process unfairly favored Apple over alternative brands of tablets or laptops.		http://online.wsj.com/articles/fbi-seizes-los-angeles-school-district-ipad-documents-1417558109
25	Caroline Porter covers education and other topics for The Wall Street Journal. Q: Why has the L.A. school district's iPad purchase been so controversial? Q: What is this "Common Core Technology Project"? Q: I understand the districted plans to re-do the bidding process? Isn't it too late? Q: Is Apple being accused of any wrong-doing? Q: Was the security the school's or Apple's?	Caroline Porter Reporter, The Wall Street Journal @carolineporter
26	* District has voted to redo the bidding process * Part of the "Common Core Technology Project" * nation’s second-largest school district * Former superintendent John Deasy pushed the program * Students defeated security software installed by the district * Teachers confused
27	Caroline Porter * wsj.com * @carolineporter
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29	Three former Skype staffers are rolling out today a direct competitor to Skype. It's a new messaging service called Wire that combines audio calls, messaging and other features. The company claims new technology that improve call quality, as well as features that enable the creation of groups of people who share common interests. It also enables the direct posting of SoundCloud and YouTube files. Wire is available free for iOS and Android starting today.	wire.com	http://online.wsj.com/articles/former-skype-staffers-unveil-messaging-app-1417583042
30	Doug MacMillan is a Tech reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Q: Can you tell us more about what Wire can do? Q: How can the succeed against such a crowded and intensely competitive field of competitors? Q: How does this SoundCloud and YouTube support work? Q: What's their business model?	Doug MacMillan Tech reporter, The Wall Street Journal @dmac1
31	* Competes with Snapchat, TangoMe, Kik, Skype, Line, WeChat, WhatsApp, others * The company plans to earn money by selling add-ons * promises to never sell targeted advertising * non-compete?
32	Doug MacMillan * wsj.com * @dmac1
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34	Sony Pictures is still struggling to recover eight days after being massively attacked by hackers who may be working for the North Korean government in retaliation for a comedy. The attack involved both massive data theft, followed by malware that wiped computers' hard drives and boot records. The damage was so severe, employees were given new computers, according to Reuters. An internal memo from the studio's co-chiefs said that a large amount of confidential data was stolen, including both personnel data and business documents. The site Fusion reported today on the release of 26 large archives posted to a public Pastebin file, some of which have since been removed and none of which have been verified as authentic. The files include a spreadsheet listing the names, birth dates, and social security numbers of 3,803 Sony Pictures employees, including all of the company’s top executives. Another spreadsheet appears to show the Sony Pictures payroll, including salaries. Another lists employees fired or laid off this year, including the reasons for their terminations. And yet another details company performance reviews.	Sony Passwords (Screengrabs)	http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/03/us-sony-cybersecurity-investigation-idUSKCN0JG27B20141203 http://fusion.net/story/30850/more-from-the-sony-pictures-hack-budgets-layoffs-hr-scripts-and-3800-social-security-numbers/
35		Sony posted signs in corp offices (DO Not Log In)
36	* It's the first major attack on a U.S. company to use a highly destructive class of malicious software that shuts down networks. * The attack affected only Windows machines.
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39	Intel plans to work with global eyewear giant Luxottica to make smart glasses. Luxottica is an Italian company that controls more than 80% of the world's prescription and sunglass brands. The first products from their collaboration are expected next year.	http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2014/12/03/intel-and-luxottica-group-announce-multiyear-collaboration-for-wearable-tech
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67	We told you back in February about an innovative phone from Russia called the YotaPhone, which was announced then as a phone with a regular screen on the front and an e-paper touch screen on the back. Well now it's coming to Russia and Europe, according to the Russian government propaganda news site called "Sputnik." The YotaPhone 2 is now slated to launch in Europe WHEN for just over $600 unlocked. Yota promises to release the phone in Asia-Pacific, Canada and Latin America starting in early 2015, and they haven't mentioned any possible US release. The company also announced plans to open a flagship store in London today. * * *	Yota Phone 2 Prototype Video	http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/02/after-10-months-the-yotaphone-2-gets-a-launch-date-december-for-europe-worldwide-next-year/ http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20141202/1015419414.html
68	Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a 30-year-old man named Soheil Arabi. His crime was saying the wrong thing on Facebook. According to reports, Arabi created eight different Facebook pages under fake names, and on those pages insulted the prophet Mohammed. Human rights organizations are calling for his death sentence to be lifted, but his lawyer says there's no way for him to be pardoned. * * *	1 of the facebook pages he posted to!	https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/12/02/iran-death-sentence-facebook-posts
69	We told you in late October about a new Verizon news site called SugarString. At the time, the most interesting part of the story was that the site banned stories on spying by US spy agencies but not foreign ones, and also stories about net neutrality. After going silent for three weeks, Verizon is now quietly shutting down the site. * * *		http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizons-Tech-News-Website-Sugarstring-Quietly-Dies-131629
70	New York Public Library will start letting library visitors "check out" portable wireless Internet hubs for free, just like they check out books, according to an exclusive in The Wall Street Journal. The program will offer about 10 thousand WiFi units through multiple branches of the library system in New York City. The program is funded partly with a one million dollar donation by Google. * * *		http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-public-library-expands-free-wi-fi-program-1417489781
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