2019 Daily Tech News Show


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6			This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday Oct 22nd, 2019. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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15		sl	Sources tell CNBC that SoftBank is in advanced talks to take control of work space company WeWork, which would value WeWork between $7.5 billion and $8 billion, and give Softbank up to 70% or more control of the company. Last month, WeWork canceled its plans to go public after its IPO prospectus in August revealed a $900 million loss in the first six months of 2019. The company was reportedly going to lay off 2,000 people, or about 13% of its staff as of last week.	https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/21/softbank-to-take-control-of-wework-sources.html
16		pb	The European Data Protection Supervisor or EDPS- has found " serious concerns over the compliance of the relevant contractual terms with data protection rules and the role of Microsoft as a processor for EU institutions using its products and services." Microsoft said it, "will soon announce contractual changes that will address concerns such as those raised by the EDPS."	https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/21/eu-contracts-with-microsoft-raising-serious-data-concerns-says-watchdog/
17		tm	Last month a leaked paper from Google indicated the company's quantum computer had achieved quantum supremacy, meaning it could perform a calculation-- in this case q technique for determining random numbers-- in a reasonable amount of time, that a classical computer could not. However IBM researchers have proposed a method in which a classical computer could achieve that calculation in a practical amount of time. IBM's method would require using hard drive space in addition to RAM and other optimizations to perform the calculation in 2.5 days, rather than the 10,000 years Google's method would have required.	https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614604/quantum-supremacy-from-google-not-so-fast-says-ibm/
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19	:33	pb	New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced that 31 more US attorneys general have joined her investigation into Facebook, bringing the total to 47, including James. The investigation seeks “to determine whether Facebook’s actions may have endangered consumer data, reduced the quality of consumers’ choices, or increased the price of advertising.”	https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/22/new-yorks-facebook-antitrust-investigation-now-has-46-other-attorneys-general-onboard/
20	:36	sl	Google announced its AI chatbot Google Duplex will launch in New Zealand as part of a limited test to confirm holiday hours for a handful of local businesses, making this the first time Duplex has expanded outside of the U.S., Google says businesses participating in the test will receive an automated call from Google asking to confirm their hours for the upcoming Labor Day public holiday on October 28. Those times will then be automatically be updated on Maps and Search.	https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/21/google-pilots-duplex-in-new-zealand-brings-booking-to-maps-and-search/
21	:38	tm	Mozilla launched Firefox 70 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. new social tracking protection blocks cross-site tracking cookies from sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. A Privacy protections report shows users how many trackers, fingerprints and crypto miners it has blocked. Firefox's password management service, Lockwise now has a password generator and works with Firefox Monitor to alert you if one of your accounts may have been involved in a breach. The green lock icon is now gray and insecure http and ftp connections show a red crosscut logo. Firefox 70 also strips path information from the HTTP referrer sent to trackers. On the performance side, Webrender is rolling out for Windows running on integrated Intel graphics, and Compositor updates on macOS should speed things up and reduce power consumption.	https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/22/mozilla-firefox-70/
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23	:42	pb	Google Fi connects to three LTE providers, Sprint, T-Mobile and US Cellular, depending which one it thinks is fastest. Up until now, it had to disconnect briefly to switch. Starting with the Pixel 4, A new feature called "Dual Connect" will let Google Fi make the switch without the disconnect, claiming you could watch a video during the switch and not see a blip. Google uses Dual SIM Dual Standby -- aka DSDS-- to have two connections happen at once, both to Google FI. So you'll need a physical Fi SIM card along with the eSIM in your Pixel 4. The feature will roll out to Pixel 4s over the next few weeks and eventually come to other Fi-compatible phones.	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/google-fi-will-soon-connect-you-to-two-lte-networks-at-once/
24	:45	sl	Verizon will give all new and existing Verizon Wireless customers, new Fios customers and new 5G Home Internet customers a year of Disney+ for free when the service launches on November 12th. Disney+ is $6.99 a month on its own, with TV shows and movies from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars and more.	https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/22/verizon-will-offer-customers-a-year-of-disney-for-free.html
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31	:49		How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative	https://www.zdnet.com/article/goodbye-google-why-and-how-to-take-back-your-privacy/
32			Ed Bott at ZDNet has an article up called "How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative." I thought it would be fun to look over Ed's suggestions and maybe make a few of our own. Mobile OS: Apple. (There are a few others but none of them easy to find or use) Browser; Edge (Chromium) because of simple tracking protection. Search: DuckDuckGo (Uses Bing results combined with others) Google Voice: Line2 $10 per month. Gmail: Outlook.com (Intermedia hosted Exchange and Office 365) Suite, Google Drive: Office 365, Dropbox, Box, Intermedia SecuriSync Google Photos: Apple or Microsoft... Maps: Apple YouTube: ???
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41			Chris Christensen aka the Amateur Traveler is back with a handy app to help you find your next scooter rental	amateurtraveler.com
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47			Johannes on Tom wondering why Amazon does not vet updates to Alex’s Skills or says clearly that they do it now. The situation is a little more complicated: Alexa Skills are made up out of two parts: the voice model, so called intents and utterances. These are stored on Amazons Servers and every change to them is vetted. They are necessary for Alexa to understand what you are saying and figure out where to route your request. The other part of the skill is the actual backend that handles the request coming in from Alexa. That part is stored on your servers, which could be on AWS, but they don’t have to be. Think of it as a Webservice. It has a defined interface that Alexa will trigger, but you can change the logic behind it at any time without anyone knowing. I‘m not saying that that is a good thing or defending Amazon. But in the current Setup and the way Skills currently work Amazon can not detect nor vet changes to the Webservice. We run some of the biggest Alexa Skills in Germany. So if you need more input or have questions, feel free to hit me up.	<-- Hold for tomorrow
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49			Gouthaman on Patreon regarding Tom's differential privacy special ep: My girlfriend is in grad school and was telling me about a class where they learnt about k-anonymity, because I listened to this episode, I was able to engage in a meaningful conversation and come off looking impressive. As always, thank you for what you do. :)
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