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2016
03.23

Technology Bytes Links – Mar 23, 2016

News

A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case

Password-stealing Instagram client returns to Apple, Google stores

Apple gets short-term win, but new mysterious FBI unlocking method looms

Silicon Valley Mourns Andy Grove, a Titan of Tech

FBI Enlists Israeli Firm Cellebrite to Unlock Shooter’s iPhone

ISPs have built huge data systems to track you with, report says

Microsoft adds macros lockdown feature in Office 2016 in response to increasing attacks

 

Bite of the Apple

Think Different, Apple: Scrap The “Special Events”

References to 2016 12-Inch MacBook Spotted in OS X System Image Utility

Rumor: Apple working on “ultra-thin” 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air notebooks for second quarter

 

Try Buy or Fry

9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone SE both have 2GB of RAM

CUBE MOBILE PROJECTOR

IPHONE SE

How to watch the live unveil of the Tesla Model 3 on March 31st

Screening Room

Ruckus Bike

 

Weird Science

This is what an exploding star looks like (for real)

2016
03.17

Podcast For March 16, 2016

2016
03.16

Technology Bytes Links – Mar 16, 2016

Top Story

Untrustworthy Robots

 

Other News

Microsoft will allow Xbox gamers to play against PS4 and PC players

Instagram Will Become More Like Facebook, With Algorithmic Feed

New York Times, BBC and others inadvertently serve up dangerous ads

College goes on lockdown after Star Wars toy mistaken for a gun

Tennessee kills muni-broadband expansion bill after AT&T opposition

 

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: iPhone 7 Plus could incorporate 256GB SanDisk NAND flash memory chip

Apple wants to “loop you in” at its March 21 press event

‘AceDeceiver’ iOS Trojan Spotted in China, Bypasses Apple’s DRM Mechanism

Evidence begins to point towards Energous’ development of long-range wireless charging technology for upcoming iPhone models

 

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Nike’s Back to the Future Self-Lacing Shoe, the HyperAdapt 1.0, Is Finally Here

WD PiDrive 314GB

Universal Windows Apps coming to Xbox One this summer

Radeon Pro Duo mashes two Fury GPUs together for 16 teraflops of performance

 

Weird Science

New tyrannosaur bridges gap from medium to monstrous

Playing with building blocks for metamaterial design

2016
03.10

Podcast For March 9, 2016

2016
03.09

Technology Bytes Links – Mar 09, 2016

News

Google tries to get jump on Apple with early release of new Android — sort of

IRS shuts down identity security tool for taxpayers due to security problems

Secret court approves classified rule change on how FBI can use NSA data

New MIT Code Makes Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster in Any Browser

Time to Give Up on Flickr, Everybody

 

Bite of the Apple

Early iPhone 7 Case Has No Headphone Jack and Stereo Speaker Cutouts

5.8-Inch iPhone With OLED Display Rumored for Launch in 2017 or 2018

Apple Liquidmetal patent imagines iOS home button use

 

Try Buy or Fry

The Popslate 2 Is an E-Ink iPhone Case That May Actually Make Sense

Google is offering $150 off a Pixel C—just $349 for Google’s latest tablet

Project Fi drops invite program, offers $150 off a Nexus 5X with service

Free virtual fossils for everyone

 

Weird Science

Chernobyl Is Getting More Radioactive

New techniques regrow lens, cornea tissue

2016
03.03

Podcast For March 2, 2016

Special guest in the studio tonight.
Long time listener and friend of the show, David.
David is completely blind and shares his experience and insight into overcoming this obstacle to work in the tech field.
Good information and good humor all around.

2016
03.02

Technology Bytes Links – Mar 02, 2016

News

DisplayPort 1.4 to Use ‘Lossless’ Compression for Higher-Quality 8K Video Over USB-C

The Apple-FBI Encryption Hearing Was Unexpectedly Hostile to the FBI Director

Android Nerds Are Freaking Out Over Rumors That Google Is Killing the App Drawer 

Latest attack against TLS shows the pitfalls of intentionally weakening encryption

Intel outlines a plan to get back in line with Moore’s Law

Has Donald Trump Ever Used a Computer?

 

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: 9.7-inch iPad Pro to feature 12 megapixel rear camera

Largely undetected Mac malware suggests disgraced HackingTeam has returned

 

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MORGAN EV3

LA COLOMBE DRAFT LATTE

 

Weird Science

FRBs: Mystery repeating radio signals discovered emanating from unknown cosmic source

2016
02.25

Podcast For February 24, 2016

2016
02.24

Technology Bytes Links – Feb 24, 2016

News

Facebook Signals It’s All-In On VR

The latest DNS bug is terrifying, widespread, and reveals deep flaws in Internet security

Justice Department looking to have Apple help extract data from 12 additional iPhones

Apple: We tried to help FBI terror probe, but someone changed iCloud password

Windows 10 lock screen ads begin with Rise of the Tomb Raider push

Asus lawsuit puts entire industry on notice over shoddy router security

 

Bite of the Apple

Siri Coming to the Mac Menu Bar in OS X 10.12 Later This Year

Design Drawings Suggest iPhone 5se Will Look Almost Identical to iPhone 5s

Latest iOS 9.3 Beta Unbricks iPhones Affected by ‘January 1, 1970’ Date Bug

 

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Yahoo is Now Officially For Sale!

‘Passive Wi-Fi’ researchers promise to cut Wi-Fi power by 10,000x

http://gizmodo.com/the-six-stages-of-facebook-reaction-grief-1761086520

Vizio and Google Will Reportedly Build TVs With Chromecast Baked In

Marshall’s wireless headphones rock all night (and day) long

 

Weird Science

Earth May Be a 1-in-700-Quintillion Kind of Place

SpaceX’s booster will likely crash, but it’s trying a landing anyway [Updated]

2016
02.18

Podcast For February 17, 2016