Friday 1 December 2017

The Morning After: Who needs a dual-screen phone?

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It's Friday, December 01, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

As this week wraps up, we have updates in the Apple vs. Qualcomm squabble, plus some important news for cryptocurrency traders who use Coinbase.

Are two screens better than one?

ZTE Axon M review

We don’t see enough phones with exciting gimmicks, but fortunately, ZTE is trying to make the dual-screen dream happen with its new Axon. It brings a pair of 5.2-inch screens in a folding design; however, Chris Velazco wasn’t too impressed with their quality. While they were great for reading with the Kindle app, they didn’t make a big enough difference with video or multitasking and drove up the price on this $725 device.

Not that boring.

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. to bid on Chicago airport transit link

Chicago is planning a new airport link between O’Hare Airport and downtown, so naturally, Elon Musk’s tunneling company wants in. A high-speed option could cut travel time from 45 minutes to just 20, but first The Boring Co. will need to get the bid.

Get your filings in order.

Coinbase must share users’ cryptocurrency data with the IRS

After a year-long battle, a California judge decided that Coinbase has to share information about its users with the feds. The data sharing affects every user who has bought, sold, sent or received more than $20,000 through their accounts in a single year between 2013 and 2015 -- which Coinbase estimates to be 14,355 individuals. The company will have to turn over the user’s name, date of birth, address and taxpayer ID, plus records of all account activity.

Crush the ‘gram.

Toyota FT-AC concept

Toyota’s FT-AC (Future Toyota Adventure Concept) isn’t just an AWD crossover ready to go offroad -- it’s also your ticket to social media stardom. That’s thanks to detachable infrared cameras on the side mirrors that can upload video to the cloud via its built-in hotspot. It’s just a concept, so we’re unlikely to see this version on or off the streets, but it is an indicator of features Toyota is considering.

Double the fun.

Google Home can now do two things at the same time

Now you can tell your smart speaker to do things like the bump the temperature in your kids’ room and start playing Slayer’s ‘South of Heaven’ in there as a lullaby.

Treat yourself (or someone else).

The best TVs and media streamers to give as gifts

Unless the person on your list already owns a smart TV, media streamers are almost fool proof as far as gift ideas go, and they’re reasonably affordable, too. We put several in our holiday gift guide, including the Apple TV 4K at the high end and the Roku Ultra, which is nearly half the price.

But wait, there's more...

1. Qualcomm hopes to ban Apple's iPhone X sales with new lawsuit

2. Blue Apron co-founder steps down as CEO

3. Lego AR-Studio puts virtual dragons in your physical sets

4. Best Buy claims Google Home Max will be on sale December 11th

5. Google releases an AI camera kit for Raspberry Pi

6. Project Redspace imagines an office-car for megacity traffic

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Thursday 30 November 2017

Editor's Pick: Major Players Roll Up Sleeves to Solve Open Source Licensing Problems

Major Players Roll Up Sleeves to Solve Open Source Licensing Problems

John P. Mello Jr. Nov 30, 2017 11:18 AM PT
	Four big tech players this week moved to improve their handling of open source software licensing violations. Red Hat, Google, Facebook and IBM said they would apply error standards in GNU GPLv3 to all of their open source licensing, even licenses granted under older GPL agreements. "This will make everything consistent with GPLv3," said IP attorney Lawrence Rosen. [More...]

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New AWS Platform Promises Fast AR, VR, 3D Development
AWS has announced Amazon Sumerian, a new Web-based platform to help developers quickly design and deploy VR, AR and 3D applications. The platform lets developers build realistic VR, AR or 3D environments, populate them with animated characters and 3D objects, and create scripts to determine how they interact with users of a particular application and with each other. [More...]

MacOS High Sierra Flaw Creates High Anxiety
Apple has released a security update to fix a serious flaw revealed via Twitter. The patch is available for macOS High Sierra 10.13.1. macOS 10.12.6 and earlier versions aren't affected. "This morning, as of 8 a.m., the update is available for download, and, starting later today, it will be immediately automatically installed on all systems running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.1," Apple said. [More...]

New AI Tool Distinguishes Between What Customers Say and What They Mean
Genesys on Monday unveiled a new integration between its customer management solution, Genesys PureCloud, and Amazon Lex at the annual AWS re:Invent conference. The integration will help businesses build and maintain conversational IVR flows that route callers more efficiently, by using artificial intelligence to recognize not only what consumers are saying, but also their intent. [More...]

Snapchat Draws Bright Line Between 'Social' and 'Media'
Snap aims to combat fake news on Snapchat by separating content from professional creators from postings by friends and family. Stories and Chats from friends will appear on the left side of the camera, while Stories from content creators, publishers and other members of the community will appear on the right side. Snapchat aims to disentangle "social" from "media," noted Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. [More...]

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The Morning After: The LA Auto show and Super Mario cereal

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It's Thursday, November 30, 2017.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.

It’s a great time to update your Mac (seriously, do that ASAP), and we have a flood of car news out of the LA Auto Show.

Update immediately.

Apple fixed that nasty macOS security flaw

Within 24 hours of the world learning that getting root-level access on any Mac running High Sierra, Apple delivered a patch that closes the security hole. That doesn’t change the fact that the gap happened (or that some random poster on their support forums knew about it more than a week ago), but it does mean many people have an update they need to install -- right now. We’ll be here when you get back.

Who pushed that button?

Meet the Twitter contractor who turned off Donald Trump’s account

Remember earlier this month when @realDonaldTrump disappeared for a few minutes? TechCrunch spoke to the person who apparently made that happen on his last day of work as a contractor. Bahtiyar Duysak has since returned to Germany but said that he worked in customer support with the Trust & Safety division when a report came in about Trump’s account. He “put things in motion” for the deactivation but called it a mistake and said he didn’t expect it to go through.

May contain mushrooms.

Prepare yourself for ‘Super Mario’ cereal

Kellogg’s and Nintendo have teamed up to ensure there’s no escape from its latest Mario game -- not even in the supermarket. A Super Mario cereal is coming.

More range, less roof.

BMW debuts its i8 Roadster for top-down green driving

For 2019, BMW will update its i8 line with a convertible. Under the hood, its three-engine hybrid setup (two electric, one three-cylinder turbocharged) has also been tweaked to add 12 horsepower, while maintaining the equivalent of 70MPG.

$188,400.

Porsche’s 680HP hybrid is a sports car disguised as a station wagon

Once you get past the brute strength and Porsche styling, the Panamera is still an actual hybrid. It has an impressive pure-electric range of 30 miles powered by a 14.1kWh battery pack, plus a 192MPH top speed.

For many, the future of internet.

Verizon will launch 5G home internet access in 2018

Verizon’s 5G wireless will soon become a reality... if not quite the way you might expect. Big Red has announced it's launching residential 5G broadband (that is, fixed-in-place wireless) in three to five markets, starting in the second half of 2018. Most details aren’t nailed down at this point, but the rollout will begin in Sacramento, California.

It's no shock that Verizon is showing its cards so early. The carrier is in fierce competition with AT&T, which has also been trialing 5G and hopes to deploy it nationwide by the end of 2018.

The site will hold up to 12,000 people when it’s done.

Microsoft's Redmond HQ is getting a multi-billion dollar makeover

You’ve seen Apple’s jaw-dropping spaceship campus, and cities nationwide are lining up to be Amazon’s second home, but now it’s time for Microsoft to renovate. Over the next five-to-seven years, the company will construct 18 new buildings, add 6.7 million square feet of renovated workspace, and pump $150 million into transportation improvements and recreational facilities alone.

It actually does respond to voice commands.

Jim Beam’s smart decanter will pour you a shot when you ask

In a bid for Domino’s Pizza’s crown for most tangential tech PR stunt, Jim Beam has announced a shot-pouring smart decanter that will answer all your questions… about bourbon.

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Wednesday 29 November 2017

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