Technology Bytes Links – Aug 24, 2016
News
When Will Your Phone Get Android Nougat? It Might Be a While
People will lie to robots to avoid hurting their feelings
Italian earthquake victims asked to disable WiFi passwords
Google is using artificial intelligence to compress images better than JPEG
Google Fiber flips the switch on super-fast internet in Salt Lake City
This Android botnet relies on Twitter for its commands
Bite of the Apple
Report: Battery concerns will keep LTE out of the next Apple Watch
Growing Number of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Devices Affected by Insidious ‘Touch Disease’
Rumor: Apple to include curved OLED screen in high-end 2017 iPhone
macOS Sierra Code Confirms Thunderbolt 3 and 10Gb/s USB 3.1 Transfer Speeds in Future Macs
Fake ‘iPhone 6 SE’ Packaging Surfaces Online
Try Buy or Fry
Scoop’ might be Samsung’s itty-bitty Amazon Echo competitor
Ingenious Power Tool Uses Machine Vision to Make Perfect Cuts
Visa-powered payment ring is now available to everyone
LEATHERMAN TREAD WEARABLE MULTI-TOOL
Weird Science
Test for Damp Ground at Mars’ Seasonal Streaks Finds None, Reports NASA JPL
How Life Could Survive on the Newly Discovered Exoplanet Proxima B