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

TESLA MODEL S P100D

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

News

Hackers Use Google’s Ad Network To Spread “Fake Login” Malware

Intel expects USB Type-C could help kill the 3.5mm audio jack

Suspected spycraft, not hacktivism, swirls around alleged NSA hack

NPR Website To Get Rid Of Comments

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: New Space Black iPhone 7 shots emerge

Rumor: Apple to ship 10.5-inch iPad Pro in 2017, introduce AMOLED iPad in 2018

256GB Storage Rumor Gaining Steam as iPhone 7 Launch Approaches

New Report Confirms ‘iPhone 7’ and ‘iPhone 7 Plus’ Names, Effectively Ending ‘iPhone 7 Pro’ Rumors

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HP’s new Omen gaming PCs include a cube-shaped desktop

A Thermophotovoltaic Cell That Can Generate Electricity Even in the Dark

8 things you need to know about Duo, Google’s new video chat app

The Next Metal Gear Is a 4-Player Zombie Survival Game

Weird Science

New NASA data confirms July 2016 was the hottest month on record

DEFCON recap!

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News

FCC loses its bid to protect city-run broadband

Flash and Chrome

Vulnerable vibrator: Security researchers find flaw in connected toy

Don’t click on that: Google updates email warnings

Use the internet? This Linux flaw could open you up to attack

Bite of the Apple

Report: Thinner MacBook Pros to have touchscreen function keys, TouchID, more

Apple’s Notebook Shipments Rise 30% on Strength of New 12-Inch Retina MacBook

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Netflix releases FAST Speed Test app for iOS, Android

Futurama search engine: Morbotron.com

Soylent’s New Creation Is Coffee and Breakfast in a Bottle

The White House’s New Facebook Messenger Bot Makes It Easy To Send A Message To Obama

Samsung’s massive 32TB SSD includes cutting-edge 3D chip technology

Weird Science

Humans may have taken different path into Americas than thought

Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science’s most famous hoaxes

News

Broadband industry tries again to kill net neutrality and Title II

Intel issues a full recall over Basis Peak fitness watches that may burn you

Why Does Using a Period in a Text Message Make You Sound Insincere or Angry?

Bite of the Apple

3GB of RAM Again Rumored for Next iPhone, Likely 5.5-Inch Model Only

Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple

MacBook Air With USB-C Again Rumored, Launch Timeframe Unclear

Rumor: Apple to release next-gen iPhone on Friday, September 16th, “iPhone 6SE” name in the running

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New Gear VR Headset Gets USB-C and a Wider Field of View

VOLCANO GRILL

Create your own backyard geodesic dome with these super affordable DIY kits

Dropbox Paper, now in open beta, lets teams collaborate in the cloud

RetroPie allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi into a retro-gaming machine

Nintendo is bringing back the NES — only a little smaller.

A Weird New Segway Is Finally Making Hoverboards Legit

Why eat meat when you can eat a veggie burger that bleeds?

New solar-powered machine converts urine into beer

Weird Science

Goodbye, Philae: Rosetta’s comet lander lost forever

Dolly’s Clones Are Living Long, Healthy Lives

News

Here’s What We Know About Russia and the DNC Hack

Why Does Using a Period in a Text Message Make You Sound Insincere or Angry?

Bite of the Apple

MacBook Air With USB-C Again Rumored, Launch Timeframe Unclear

Snowden designs device to warn when an iPhone is ratting out users

Rumor: Apple to release next-gen iPhone on Friday, September 16th, “iPhone 6SE” name in the running

Try Buy or Fry

Retropie – Retro gaming on Raspberry Pi

Why eat meat when you can eat a veggie burger that bleeds?

A Weird New Segway Is Finally Making Hoverboards Legit

New solar-powered machine converts urine into beer

After delays, Lenovo finally ships its first OLED laptop

Weird Science

The Myth of Human Adult Neurogenesis?

Dolly’s Clones Are Living Long, Healthy Lives

Goodbye, Philae: Rosetta’s comet lander lost forever

Technology Bytes will be preempted on Wednesday, July 20 so that KPFT can bring you coverage of the Republican National Convention.