An AI to detect Alzheimer’s early, A brief occurence of PS4 and Xbox cross-platform play, and would you rather your websites showed you ads or mined bitcoin with your computer?

Featuring Tom Merrit, Veronica Belmont, and Roger Chang.

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Patrick gives us the lowdown on what processors to put in our PCs, Google declatres a kind of war on autoplay and Facebook opens a 4th front for AI research in Montreal.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Patrick Norton, and Len Peralta.

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• News You Should Know
  • (02:35) Unified autoplay | Chromium Blog
  • (06:00) Facebook’s New Lab Bolsters Montreal’s…AI | Fast Company
  • (10:05) Google in talks to invest in Lyft | Axios
    • Alphabet Considers…Investment of…$1 Billion | Bloomberg
  • (12:35) China’s Southeast Asia obsession continues… | Tech In Asia
  • (16:15) Amazon waves goodbye to…one-click… | engadget
• Discussion
  • (19:10) PC Perspective Hardware Leaderboard | PC Perspective
• Messages of the Day
  • (30:10) Matt Bertolini – Equifax software patch process
  • (31:30) Anonymous – Equifax downsizing
  • (32:30) BigJim – Tech In Trade
  • (33:30) Rob – Apple two-factor authentication
  • (34:25) Matt Stevens – Managing older iOS devices
• Today’s Contributors
  • Watch Patrick Norton‘s TekThing on Hak5 and support it on Patreon
  • Len Peralta’s “FaceID Not Working“

Liverpool embraces digital currency, YouTube faces backlash on censorship, and what you need to do about Equifax.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Justin Robert Young.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:20) October 4th is new Pixel day… | Android Police
    • LG-Made Google Pixel XL 2 Hits FCC! | Droid-Life
  • (02:35) Snapchat adds 3D Bitmoji to its [AR] features | engadget
  • (04:20) YouTube Pulls North Korean State TV Videos | WSJ
    • Youtube…Bans Award-Winning Animated Short | Cartoon Brew
  • (08:05) Face ID will have a quick-disable feature | circuit breaker
  • (10:00) The Liverpool app that sidesteps the banks | BBC
• Discussion
  • (15:15) What to do about Equifax | DTNS Patreon
    • …two-month-old bug led to massive…breach | Ars Technica
    • Ayuda! (Help!) Equifax Has My Data! | Krebs on Security
    • FTC probes Equifax; top Democrat likens it to Enron | Reuters
    • Equifax blames breach on a server flaw… | engadget
    • Equifax CEO to testify to Congress… | Reuters
    • How to freeze your credit after a data breach | The Verge
    • Recovering from Identity Theft | FTC
    • Credit Freeze FAQs | FTC
    • Cybersecurity Incident & …Consumer Information | Equifax
    • Equifax waives credit freeze fees… | engadget
    • Report identity theft and get a recovery plan | FTC
• Messages of the Day
  • (30:40) Neil – App Store removal from iTunes
  • (33:15) Petie – Google Authenticator
• Today’s Contributors
  • Justin Robert Young

A burger-flipping robot and the truth behind power grid concerns.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson and Bob Schultz.

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Apple’s new phones, watch and OTT TV device, plus Samsung promises a bendable Galaxy Note phone next year.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja

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• News You Should Know
  • (02:15) Apple updates mobile line up
  • (02:45) MacOS High Sierra release set for 25 September
• More Top Stories
  • (02:55) BlueBorne can attack Bluetooth devices without user input
  • (05:25) Samsung announced plans for bendable display phone in 2018
  • (07:30) Equifax breach lawsuits begin
    • Chatbot lets you sue Equifax…without a lawyer | The Verge
    • Equifax…will waive credit freeze fees for 30 days | TechCrunch
  • (08:45) Nintendo updates production schedule of NES/SNES Classics
• Discussion
  • (11:40) Apple Press Event details
    • New Apple Watch announced with LTE
    • Apple’s watchOS 4 due out September 19th with better heart rate monitoring
    • New Apple TV 4K announced, launches September 22nd for $179
    • Apple will sell 4K movies for same price as HD
    • iPhone 8 and 8 Plus announced with wireless charging, True Tone display, A11 Bionic processor
    • The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus start at $699 and $799, and are available on September 22nd
    • iPhone X announced with edge-to-edge screen, Face ID, and no home button
    • Apple announces Animoji, animated emoji for iPhone X
    • iPhone X will unlock with facial recognition instead of home button

Patrick Beja

Is it the press’s job to help Apple keep its secrets? Do leaks ahead of events spoil them for you? Plus Xiaomi tries to steal a little announcement thunder.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Veronica Belmont.

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