2019 Daily Tech News Show


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3			Coming up on DTNS Samsung shuts down its China phone plant, people are getting faster at typing on mobile and Microsoft gets back into phones	It @beat
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6			This is the Daily Tech News for Oct 2nd, 2019. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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16		tm	Samsung has shut down its last phone factory in China, citing domestic competition from Chinese brands, rising labor costs and a slowing worldwide phone market. Samsung has expanded its smartphone production to countries like India and Vietnam. Sony also announced it will close its Beijing smartphone plant and only make phones in Thailand.	https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-china/samsung-ends-mobile-phone-production-in-china-idUSKBN1WH0LR?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews
17		scott	Google announced Action Blocks, a to let you create shortcuts for multi-step tasks, using Google Assistant. Google is promoting Action Blocks as an accessibility feature for people with cognitive disabilities like advanced dementia, autism or Down syndrome. To get Action Blocks, you need to be part of Google's trusted tester program.	https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/02/google-announces-action-blocks-a-new-accessibility-tool-for-creating-mobile-shortcuts/
18		tm	Intel announced a refresh to to its high-end Skylake i9 processors. Cascade Lake processors at reduced prices are coming in November. As an example the skylake $1979 Core i9-9980XE will be replaced by the Cascade lake 10980XE for $979 with an increase of turbo mode from 4.5 to 4.8 GHZ. The Core i9-10900 X increases base clock speed from 3.5 to 3.7 GHz and drops the price from $989 to $590. Quoted prices from Intel were for 1,000-unit orders not single-chip retail.	https://www.anandtech.com/show/14925/intel-cascade-lakex-for-hedt-18-cores-for-under-1000
19		scott	The Wall Street Journal has sources who say the companies that make up the Libra Association will meet in Washington, DC Thursday. The Journal's sources say Visa and Mastercard are reconsidering involvement. Bloomberg's sources say PayPal and Stripe are also undecided. Facebook's David Marcus said on Twitter he was not aware of any comapnies' plans to "not step up."	https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-libra/visa-mastercard-reconsider-backing-facebooks-libra-wsj-idUSKBN1WG4YD?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews
20		tm	Instagram is rolling out its Restrict tool to all users. To restrict a user, you swipe left on a comment or go to the user's profile page or the privacy tab in Instagram settings. A restricted users comments will remain visible to them but will not show up for anyone else on your posts unless approved by you. DMs from restricted users go the Message Request Inbox without notification and without the sender knowing if you've read it or not.	https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/02/instagram-restrict-anti-bullying-tool-launch/
21		scott	Apple announced it will update iOS later this year to let third-party messaging apps work with Siri by default. Right now only iOS's own messaging apps work by default meaning users have to specify apps like WhatsApp if they want to send a message that way. The update will default to send messages to the app used most frequently.	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/apple-to-loosen-reins-on-outside-messaging-phone-apps-via-siri
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23	:34	SCOTT	Google added a password checkup feature to its password manager in Chrome and Android. The feature was previously available as an extension. It checks passwords against known breaches and alerts users if it finds a match, as well as encouraging users against reusing passwords or using weak passwords. Data is encrypted and cannot be seen by Google and the warnings it generates are local to your machine.	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20892854/google-password-checkup-hack-detection-now-available
24	:36	also SCOTT	Google also launched incognito mode for Maps. When you use Google Maps in incognito mode your activity will not be saved to your Google account or used for personalization. Google is also adding auto-delete options to your YouTube history that can be set for deletion every 3 or 18 months. And Google Assistant will now respond to voice commands to "delete the last thing I said to you" and "delete everything I said to you last week."	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20894682/google-announces-three-new-ways-to-hide-your-personal-activity-from-google
25	:38	tm	Scientists from universities in Finland, the UK and Switzerland presented a study Wednesday showing that people type about 70% as fast on mobile devices as they do on physical QWERTY keyboards. 37,000 volunteers across 160 countries took typing tests to assess speed and accuracy. mobile typing averaged around 36 words per minute while physical typing ranged between 35-65 words per minute. People who used two thumbs achieved the fastest mobile typing speeds and 74% of participants used two thumbs to type. Autocorrects increased typing speeds but word prediction did not because of the time taken choosing a word. Users aged 10-19 typed an average of 10 words per minute faster than those in their 40s.	https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/health/typing-texting-speed-research-scli-intl-wellness/index.html
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33	:42		Microsoft announced new hardware in their Surface line of products at a press conference in New York Wednesday. The last of the announcements was a surprise re-entry into the phone market. The Surface Duo is a dual-screen foldable Android phone with two 5.6-inch displays. It arrives by the holidays 2020. Microsoft did not announce more details.	https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/02/microsoft-just-announced-a-dual-screen-surface-phone/
34			The Surface Neo is a dual screen tablet with two 9-inch screens that runs Windows 10X, a version of Windows optimized for dual screen devices that runs Win32 apps in a container. Each side is 5.6mm thick and can rotate 360 degrees for different configurations. Features a custom Intel Lakefield processor, referred to as a “hybrid” processor, with an “11th Gen” graphics engine to control both screens. A Bluetooth keyboard attachment was demonstrated that sits on top of one screen partway, leaving the rest of that screen to be used as a trackpad. Windows 10X launches an app in the screen in which it's invoked and can span apps across two screens. It will also work with new surface pen that can attach to the back. Surface Neo will be available for the holidays in 2020.	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20887395/microsoft-surface-neo-dual-screen-concept-design-windows-10x
35			Make any phone Microsoft - Install Office and Outlook, Microsoft’s launcher, and connect it up to OneDrive. - Samsung has Microsoft's "Your Phone" built in at the system level - makes more sense than Galaxy Fold of Android's support for dual screen devices. Satya Nadella told Wired's Lauren Goode "The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us"	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20895328/microsoft-surface-duo-google-play-services-apps-android-browser-mobile
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38	:48		The Surface Laptop 3 adds a USB-C port. It keeps the 3:2 aspect ratio and 1.3mmm keyboard travel but made the trackpad 20 percent larger. The 13.5-inch model has a quad-core 10th gen Intel Core processor and the 15-inch version adds an option for an AMD Ryzen Surface Edition. Both models have options for a machined aluminum finish or alcantara fabric and both have removable hard drives. The Surface Laptop 3 starts at $999 for the 13.5-inch and $1199 for the 15-inch for preorder now, shipping October 22.	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20892144/microsoft-surface-laptop-3-usb-c-features-price-specs-release-date
39			--	https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/218080/surface-laptop-3-launches-with-new-15-inch-variant-amd-processors-metal-finish
40			Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 7. It's still a 12.3-inch convertible with a kickstand and detachable keyboard cover and stylus. The Surface Pro 7 now builds in a microphone array optimized to capture voice and comes with USB-C. The big improvement is in the internals with Core i3, i5 and i7 options and up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 1TB SSD. That maneas the battery life drops from 13.5 to 10.5 hours.The Surface Pro 7 starts at $749 preordering now shipping October 22.	https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/02/microsofts-new-surface-pro-7-finally-has-usb-c-ships-on-october-22/
41			--	https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/218086/surface-pro-7-launches-with-upgraded-internals-promises-laptop-class-performance
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43	:51		Microsoft announced the Arm-based Surface Pro X laptop with a custom chipset called the SQ1, developed in partnership with Qualcomm. The SQ1 chipset is based on Qualcomm's existing Snapdragon 8CX laptop chip with LTE Advanced, alongside an integrated AI accelerator and 2 teraflops of graphics performance. It runs Windows 10 for Arm. The Surface Pro X comes with 2 USB-C ports as well. It's 5.3mm and weighs 774 grams (1.69 pounds) with a 13-inch PixelSense display with 2880x1920 resolution at 267 ppi. The Pro X is available for Preorder at $999 shipping November 5.	https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/02/microsoft-launches-the-arm-based-surface-pro-x/
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45			The Surface Slim Pen charges wirelessly when slotted into the Surface Pro X Type Cover keyboard. It can do inline edits in Word, including crossing out words to delete. You can also use inking to add comments in Office documents, and write over cells in Excel to update numbers. Adobe will support Creative Cloud apps to work with the Pen. The Slim Pen will be sold separately for $144.99.	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20885340/microsoft-surface-slim-pen-rechargeable-battery-wireless-neo-pro-x-excel
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47	:56		The Surface Earbuds are designed to work with Microsoft Office by featuring Powerpoint slide forwarding, voice transcription and live translation in 60 languages. They offer one click pairing with Microsoft devices and work with Spotify on Android for quick music playback. They promise 24 hours of battery life. Surface Earbuds are coming later this year for $249.	https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/2/20891534/microsoft-surface-earbuds-buds-true-wireless-features-price-release-date
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