2022 Daily Tech News Show


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9			This is the Daily Tech News for... THursday April 7th, 2022. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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18	:01	TM	Let's start with a few tech things you should know...
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21		sl	The organizers of IFA Berlin announced that IFA 2022 will be an in-person event, taking place from September 2 to 6th. IFA last held a physical event in 2019.	https://www.xda-developers.com/ifa-2022-in-person-event-september/
22		tm	Samsung is one of the bigger canaries in the chip shortage coal mine, especially when it comes to mobile and memory. So keen watchers of the sector pay attention to its quarterly preliminary results. Here are the important takeaways. Samsung's revenue is up 17.8% and operating profit up 50.3% compared to the same time last year and the company says its mobile and chip business led growth, backed by strong Galaxy S22 sales. Global unit sales rose 20% on the year. Samsung also likely benefited from memory chip prices which have stayed strong due to data center demand. Samsung's Foundry sales also grew due to the chip shortage.	https://www.zdnet.com/article/samsung-profit-up-by-50-in-first-quarter-thanks-to-smartphone-and-chip-sales/
23		sl	Coinbase began testing support for India's digital payment system UPI last month. Coinbase officially launched support for UPI in its app, with users in India able to send money to and withdraw from their accounts using the UPI network. However, the National Payments Corporation of India said in a statement Thursday evening that it is not aware of any cryptocurrency exchange using UPI payments instruments.	https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/coinbase-upi-india/
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25		tm	India's Tata group is a truly giant company across multiple industries -- imagine if AT&T also operated salt mines and steel foundries. Tata is planning to introduce a super app to take on Jio Platforms, Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart. Tata Neu will include Grocer BigBasket, electronics store Croma, pharmacy service 1mg, fashion brand Cliq, Tata Play streaming, AirAsia and Starbucks. All this alongside Tata Pay, a UPI-enabled payments service that offers loans and insurance as well. As an incentive to use the app, the rewards programs of participants will be unified into NeuCoins, each equivalent to one rupee.	https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/07/indian-giant-tata-group-takes-on-jio-platforms-and-amazon-with-superapp-tata-neu/
26		sl	According to an internal memo seen by MacRumors, Apple expanded its repair program to now let customers get the FaceID system repaired on an iPhone X without replacing the entire device. Apple launched a repair program for the TrueDepth camera system last month, but it was initially limited to iPhone XS and newer devices.	https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/06/face-id-repairs-expanded-iphone-x/
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29		tm	We have two stories about some of the earliest steps towards building something that somebody someday might call the metaverse. Meta is developing potential in-app tokens that will serve as a virtual currency for Meta properties. You probably saw a headline that says employees call them Zuck Bucks. These don't appear to be a cryptocurrency, but rather a centrally controlled token similar to Roblox's Robux. The company is also investigating a kind of reputation token to be issued for valued contributions on Facebook. And Meta is also testing using NFTs as a way to validate membership in Facebook groups. A pilot too that including minting the NFTs on Facebook is expected mid-May. Meanwhile Epic is partnering with Lego to build a new family-friendly virtual space for kids. The two companies didn't announce any details except to promise they would protect the well-being, safety, and privacy of children and give all users, parents and children control over their digital experience. Which is kind of table stakes for any kid-focused announcement. But the creators of Fortnite teaming up with a company that makes building brick-based video games, seems like a fair competition to Roblox and Minecraft.
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37		sl	Nike announced it will open a Technology Center in West Midtown Atlanta in early 2023, and it's not waiting for the building to be done to get to work though, with employees working remotely until it's ready. It will host security professionals for the east coast of North America, and research how to use machine learning to improve shopping experiences. It will also expand Nike's work on what it calls a digital-first operation. Nike has been working to be "digital first" with things like being able to pay with an app in-store, and scan items to check stock. Nike has brought its tech to Foot Locker, becoming something of a retail platform provider as well-- though that only works for Nike products. Nike also operates a vending machine called Unlock Box that scans a QR code on Nike+ to give you free stuff, like Air Jordan pins, sunglasses and USB chargers. It also does ShoeCase, which lets you scan your app to participate in real-time raffles for a chance to buy limited edition shoes. The Atlanta Technology Center will be led by Dr. Mona-Lisa Pinkney who has been Nike's senior director of cybersecurity. Dr. Pinkney is also co-founder of the Black Employees in Technology Network (BEiT) and assists with the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS).	https://www.engadget.com/nike-technology-center-atlanta-130039247.html?src=rss
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43		sl	Major League Baseball has been reluctant to let teams use technology to gain an advantage on the field. So it's a big step that MLB has approved the PitchCom system to let catchers send directions to their pitchers electronically. A catcher wears it on their forearm and can press one of 9 buttons to identify the pitch type and location, then the pitcher hears the call through a bone conduction listening device. The channels are encrypted, and teams can program various codewords assigned to words like "fastball" or "curveball" if they're really paranoid about someone overhearing it. The MLB is giving every team three transmitters, 10 receivers and a charging case for the system, which works in both Spanish and English. Teams can use one transmitter and up to five receivers at any time and can include three other fielders. These can only be used on the field during games — not in clubhouses, bullpens or dugouts. It's also optional. Players can stick with hand signs if they want to, but PitchCom is designed to minimize sign stealing.	https://www.engadget.com/mlb-pitchcom-electronic-pitch-calling-devices-sign-stealing-154734437.html?src=rss
44			--	https://apnews.com/article/mlb-technology-sports-business-new-york-fd612eb646abd609904877eee3211b8c
45			NOTES - PitchCom works with synthesized audio but the company is working on a visual version as well. - PitchCom is the creation of ProMystic, a modular technology company that typically caters to mentalists and magicians. - The Houston Astros were penalized for using a camera and banging a trash can to alert their batters to pitch types during their run to the 2017 World Series title. - Players have been accused of using fitness trackers, like FitBit, to steal signs by messaging each other over the fitbits or Apple watch - catcher has nine choices on his wristband device: “four seam high inside, curve hi middle, slider hi outside, change mid inside, sinker middle, cutter mid out, splitter low inside, knuckle lo middle, two seam low outside.” - thin band tucked inside a cap allows the audio to be heard	https://www.mlb.com/news/pitchcom-approved-for-use-in-2022-regular-season
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51	:20		SEGMENT D
52		tm	Lots of news related to Google today. First, Google Lens Multisearch has launched in beta in the US in English. The feature in Android and iOS Google apps, lets you use an image and words, to conduct a search. You take an image or import one in Lens, tap an "add to your search" button, then type your text. Demos of the feature focus on clothing shopping. Like a picture of a pink dress you like with the word purple to see if you can find that dress in that color. But other examples include a broken part and the phrase 'how to fix' or a picture of a manicure you like and the word tutorial. Multisearch doesn't work with all images yet -- so this is really a beta-- but the images and video it will work with will expand. Results will come from any platform Google can index, so not partner shopping sites or only YouTube videos.	https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/7/23014141/google-lens-multisearch-android-ios
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54			The Wall Street Journal reports that Google pulled a few dozen apps from the Play store on March 25th for harvesting data, including location, email and phone number, clipboard contents, and nearby devices' WiFi. It also could scan folders including WhatsApp downloads. The Journal says a Panamanian company called Measurement Systems wrote the code and paid developers to include it in their apps. The code was found in Muslim prayer apps, weather apps, highway speed trap detectors, QR code readers and more. The code was discovered and reported to Google in March by security researchers who co-founded AppCensus. While millions of phones still have the code installed in apps, the researchers say the SDK stopped collected data after the findings began to circulate. The Wall Street Journal found connections between Measurement Systems and a US government contractor called Vostrom in Sterling, Virginia, though Measurement Systems denied the connection.	https://www.wsj.com/articles/apps-with-hidden-data-harvesting-software-are-banned-by-google-11649261181
55			Google rolled out a privacy guide to help you figure out what all those privacy settings in Chrome mean. The Privacy Guide includes controls for cookies, history sync, Safe Browsing, and Make Searches and Browsing Better. XDA-Developers notes there is no page for DNS options, using phones as security keys, changing site permissions, and a few other things. Everyone on Chrome 100 will get the guide as a new menu option on the privacy and security tab of Chrome browser settings.	https://blog.google/products/chrome/take-step-step-guide-your-chrome-privacy-settings/
56				https://www.xda-developers.com/chrome-privacy-guide-rollout/
57			Google advised developers that starting on November 1, 2022, the Play Store will hide and block installation of apps that target an Android API more than two years behind the latest major Android release version. Google already requires new apps and app updates to target an Android API level within one year of the latest major Android OS version release, so this targets abandoned apps and those not actively maintained. Existing users of these older apps will still be able to re-install them and use them on any Android OS version the app supports.	https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/google-play-will-hide-and-block-downloads-for-outdated-apps-starting-later-this-year/
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59			It's time again for Teching While Black segment where Nica puts the spotlight on a black innovator or entreprenuer in the field of technology. -0- Nica, who are we highlighting this episode? -0- Today in Teching While Black focus is Mark Dean an Inventor and Computer Scientist -0- Hold BS, MS, & PhD in Electrical Engineering -0- Holds three of the IBM's nine original patents (for the PC), & over 40 patents over all -0- Chief Engineer at IBM of team that developed the original home computer -0- Co-develop the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) systems bus which allowed other devices to connect to a PC Responsible for developing the color PC monitor and first gigahertz chip -0- Former IBM Executive including CTO for IBM Middle East & Africa, Vice President of Almaden Research Center -0- 1st Black America IBM Fellow -0- Elected member into the National Academy of Engineering -0- Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame -0- WRAP
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