Samsung’s Notable Note release, Blizzard reaches out with Hearthstone and Iceland’s drone-delivered hamburgers.

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• News You Should Know
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 8 arriving Sept 15 for ~$900
  • Apple rumored to host event on Sept 12
  • US DoJ narrows request of Dreamhost user data
  • San Francisco airport installing electrochromatic glass
• More Top Stories
  • Google Express dropping fees, partnering with Walmart
  • Apple will test autonomous shuttle on its corporate campus
    • Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions… – New York Times
  • Robot shipments to China jumped 27% in 2016
  • Blizzard presents 6-minute animated Hearthstone short
  • Flytrex begins delivery-via-drone trials in Iceland
• Discussion
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 8
    • Samsung makes the Galaxy Note8 Official – Ars Technica
    • Samsung is offering Galaxy Note 7 owners a discount… – The Verge
    • Galaxy Note 8 hands-on: Enough to make you forget the Note 7 – engadget
    • The Galaxy Note 8’s dual camera rivals the iPhone 7 Plus – engadget
    • Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 packs a giant display and a smarter pen – engadget
    • Samsung’s Note 8 has a 6.3-inch screen and an £869 price tag – engadget
    • The Galaxy Note 8 vs. the Note 7: What’s changed? – engadget
    • The Galaxy Note 8 vs. the competition: More than just a stylus – engadget
    • Here’s what the Galaxy Note 8 will cost at AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint – The Verge
    • Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8 customers get free in-home visits from HelloTech – The Verge
    • Samsung confirms it’s working on a smart speaker – The Verge
• Breaking News
  • FTC allows Amazon, Whole Foods deal to proceed – CNBC
• Thing of the Day
  • DTNS Facebook Group
• Message of the Day
  • Ali Smith – Mozilla Servo, Quantum CSS
  • Anonymous – Impending CDN trouble?

Scott Johnson

The scoop on Crash Plan getting out of home backups and what the heck an ICO or Initial Coin Offering is.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:15) Google launched Chrome Enterprise
  • (01:55) SNES Classic up for pre-order
  • (02:30) DJI Spark UAVs stop flying Sept 1st without firmware update
• More Top Stories
  • (03:20) CrashPlan shutting down consumer backup service
    • HashBackup
    • Rclone
    • IDrive
    • The Best Online Backup Services of 2017 – PCMag
  • (05:15) Google planning new Chromebook and Home devices
    • Google app 7.10 reveals that ‘Bisto’ are headphones… – 9to5google
  • (07:25) Verizon splits ‘Unlimited’ plan
  • (11:10) eMarketer estimates 12-17 yo Facebook use to drop
    • Let’s face reality: US Teens engage with iMessage… – Giuseppe Stuto
  • (15:25) IBM announced consortium to explore blockchain use
• Discussion
  • (20:05) Estonia joins Russia and China by creating its own cryptocurrency
    • What is an ICO… – FX Empire
    • Golem
    • ICOrating
    • Initial coin offerings have raised $1.2 billion… – CNBC
• Thing of the Day
  • (00:00) DTNS Facebook Group
• Message of the Day
  • (33:35) Travis (mechagobbler) – autonomous weaponized robots
  • (34:30) Rich Stroffolino – the Cloud

Patrick Beja

Alex Van de Sande

Android Oreo is official, AI experts warn against autonomous lethal weapons, and what steam engines and computers have in common.

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• News You Should Know
  • (00:55) NuTonomy’s CEO hopes to launch autonomous car service by mid-2018
  • (01:15) Vote for new Uber CEO expected within two weeks
  • (01:35) Vive VR headset priced dropped to $599
• More Top Stories
  • (02:10) Android 8.0 is called ‘Oreo’
  • (04:05) Intel announced updated U-series mobile processors
  • (06:40) Xbox One X available for pre-order
  • (07:50) United Nations urged to prevent arms race of autonomous weapons
    • AN OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS… – Future of Life Institute
  • (12:50) Nielson reports on listenership of music apps and radio
• Discussion
  • (16:25) Why didn’t electricity immediately change manufacturing? – BBC News
• Thing of the Day
  • (28:15) Amateur Traveler with a tip for tech in Rome

Chinese Cyber-court, ATT&T’s big loss, and mining the Deep and the Dark Web.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Shannon Morse and Len Peralta.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:15) Asus launches 6 new ZenFone 4 models
  • (02:10) iOS Public Beta option disables touch ID in emergencies
  • (02:55) China opens Hangzhou Internet Court for Internet-related crimes
  • (03:50) Instagram allows photo and video replies
• More Top Stories
  • (04:20) Apple and Comcast rumored to be in talks with movie studios
  • (06:35) Google will livestream launch of Android O on August 21st
  • (08:10) The Verge’s Vlad Savov celebrates LG’s V30
  • (10:45) EFF’s Executive Director condemns tech companies’ overreach
    • Fighting Neo-Nazis and the Future of Free Expression – EFF
  • (12:25) AT&T loses court fight regarding utility pole access
• Discussion
  • (14:25) Dark Web Data
    • A dark data startup you haven’t heard… – Tech In Asia
    • Dark analytics: Illuminating opportunities… – Deloitte University Press
    • Quantta Analytics
    • The WWW Virtual Library
• Thing of the Day
  • DTNS Facebook Group
• Message of the Day
  • (23:40) Kenji – Verizon Up rewards program

Len Peralta’s “Devouring the Deep Web”

A Dashboard for privacy management, self-healing phone screens, and due process for websites.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:45) Nielson Esports will create valuation, investment, and audience reports
  • (02:20) Alibaba reports profits up 96%, revenue up 56%
  • (03:10) Google Maps adding “Questions and Answers” feature
• More Top Stories
  • (03:40) Essential Phone now available for order in U.S.
    • Essential Phone will receive Android updates for 2 yrs
  • (05:55) PlusPrivacy is an open source privacy management tool for social networks
  • (10:20) Motorola publishes screen self-repair patent
  • (12:35) Google adds voice calling to Google Home
  • (16:20) Zinc-air batteries quintuple the charge of lithium ion batteries
• Discussion
  • (19:20) CloudFlare CEO canceled account of neo-Nazi site
    • …says his Daily Stormer takedown was “arbitrary” and “dangerous” – Ars Technica
    • Why We Terminated Daily Stormer – CloudFlare Blog
    • The Daily Stormer just lost the most important company… – The Verge
    • Tech companies are rushing to ban hate groups… – The Verge
• Thing of the Day
  • (34:10) After On: Cindy Cohn executive director of the EFF
• Message of the Day
  • (34:30) SGT_fudd – MoviePass warning
    • How MoviePass will defy AMC to get you into theaters – cnet

In-theater movies for $10 a month. Plus Microsoft’s Glider and Apple’s big TV bet.

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:10) Amazon expands plan to pay Voice Services skill developers
  • (02:00) Amazon launching Echo in India
• More Top Stories
  • (02:45) Apple original content budget may reach $1 billion
  • (08:40) Essential phone shipping within a week
  • (10:05) Microsoft completed autonomous glider tests
  • (11:50) Google Allo comes to desktops paired with Android
  • (14:55) Tech companies weigh in on Carpenter vs U.S.
• Discussion
  • (19:15) MoviePass lowered subscription to $10 per month
    • MoviePass threatened with lawsuit… – The Verge
    • Neflix Co-Founder’s Crazy Plan… – Bloomberg
• Thing of the Day
  • (27:20) Frederik – Reply All podcast
• Message of the Day
  • (28:35) Pushpak Ravitej – renting farm equipment in India
    • Land laws across India
  • (30:35) Anonymous from Hak5 – LockState RemoteLocks update