Monday 2 September 2019

Editor's Pick: Calling BS on Clueless Predictions by Musk and Ma

Calling BS on Clueless Predictions by Musk and Ma

Rob Enderle
Sep 2, 2019 5:03 AM PT

Elon Musk and Jack Ma floated some radical ideas last week. Two of the most powerful men in the world, both have invested heavily in AI. Ma, who is the Alibaba Group cofounder and a huge advocate for the 12-hour a day six-day Chinese work week in tech, indicated that he believed AI would reduce the work week from 72 hours, where it now is in China, to 12 hours -- that is, three 4-hour workdays. [More...]

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Calling BS on Clueless Predictions by Musk and Ma
Autonomous Vehicle Development Fuels Industry Angst
Verizon Steps Up Fight Against Rampant Robocalls
Drauger OS Makes a Capable Linux Game Console Platform
Instagram May Roll Out App for 'Real Friends' Sharing

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Calling BS on Clueless Predictions by Musk and Ma

Elon Musk and Jack Ma floated some radical ideas last week. Two of the
most powerful men in the world, both have invested heavily in AI. Ma,
who is the Alibaba Group cofounder and a huge advocate for the 12-hour a
day six-day Chinese work week in tech, indicated that he believed AI
would reduce the work week from 72 hours, where it now is in China, to
12 hours -- that is, three 4-hour workdays.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86218.html

Autonomous Vehicle Development Fuels Industry Angst

In the Internet of Things -- or the "Intelligence of Things," which is a
more apt description -- the automotive segment has become a leading
center of innovation. Only healthcare offers the same ability to
leverage advances in sensors, processing, connectivity and artificial
intelligence technology to advance an industry while simultaneously
improving society.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86217.html

Verizon Steps Up Fight Against Rampant Robocalls

Verizon, the No. 1 mobile carrier in the United States, this week
introduced a free version of its robocall-blocking app, which will be
standard on all new Android devices. The company further announced that
it will auto-enroll eligible Android users to its Call Filter service
and block what are seen as "high-risk" calls. This includes calls from
numbers that have been reported as fraudulent.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86215.html

Drauger OS Makes a Capable Linux Game Console Platform

Drauger OS is a relatively new Linux distro for users with a penchant
for games. Several design elements make this Linux gaming platform
different from typical distributions that merely pack digital titles.
However, it lacks a few productivity tools that otherwise would make it
a daily computing driver out of the box. This is a distro targeting game
players who want good desktop performance.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86210.html

Instagram May Roll Out App for 'Real Friends' Sharing

A new application may be in the works that allows Instagram users to
share real-time information with their closest friends. Called
"Threads," the app allows users to set up automatic sharing with their
closest Instagram buddies of such information as location, movement and
battery life, as well as text, video and photo messages generated using
Instagram's tools.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86213.html

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It's Monday, September 02, 2019.

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Welcome to your Monday morning! It’s the first week of those tech tariffs, and while you might not feel the effect right now, you might in the future. This week’s Bad Password outlines how the Apple Card may not be as private as you think, and we give our verdict on the smaller Galaxy Note 10.

This week, we’ll be reporting live from Europe’s big tech show, IFA 2019, where there’ll be news from Samsung, Sony and a whole range of PC and phone makers. There will probably be some silly tech, too.

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Tariffs hit Apple and other tech companies

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Beside ‘core’ consumer tech companies, the tariffs will also affect components including cameras, flash storage, optical discs (like Blu-ray and DVD) and lithium-ion batteries. A further wave of tariffs affecting prices for phones, laptops, consoles and other tech is due on December 15th, unless something suddenly changes.

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The spiritual sequel to 2015’s Until Dawn, a playable slasher horror flick, has landed across PS4, Xbox and PC. Man of Medan is the first instalment of a proposed series called The Dark Pictures Anthology, which is being released on multiple platforms and published by Bandai Namco, rather than long-time partner Sony. But it’s a shaky start...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 review: The right size at the wrong price

The Galaxy Note 10 squeezes a 6.3-inch screen into a phone that’s about the same size as an iPhone XS. And it’s much easier to use with one hand than any other entry in the Note line.

The Note 10 is largely the same as the 10+. That means the same powerful performance and basically the same cameras. But, it does make tradeoffs to shave off those millimeters: Most notably it has a lower-res screen, less RAM and Samsung ditched the microSD slot. Sadly, the price didn’t get the same treatment and remains as huge as ever.

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