MoviePass declared bankruptcy

Now available on your smart speaker and wherever you get your podcasts Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Play  |  iHeart Radio It's Thursday, January 30, 2020. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. OK, who had 2020 in the MoviePass-death pool? Everyone? I guess the good news is that even though this movie theater subscription business (and its parent company) is going belly up, the concept has spread to others in the industry. Whether it’s AMC’s Stubs A-List or Alamo Drafthouse’s Season Pass, it’s easier and cheaper to be a frequent moviegoer, if that’s your thing. As for MoviePass, well, we’ll always have the summer of 2018. -- Richard (View in browser.) The opposite of a delay? Tesla moves the Model Y release date up to 'spring 2020' Thanks to a quick turnaround in building its Shanghai Gigafactory, which was completed in just 10 months, Tesla can now focus on ramping up production of its new crossover SUV, the Model Y, at its existing production plant in Fremont, California. The Ys, which were expected to begin shipping in fall 2020 are now slated for delivery by the end of Q1 instead. We’ll have to update the lyric. UPS deals increase its use of electric and self-driving trucks Get ready for a couple of variants on the usual brown delivery vehicles. UPS is making an investment in UK technology company Arrival, which includes an order for 10,000 electric trucks. The plan is to deploy them across Europe and the US over the next four years. Separately, it also announced a pilot with Waymo to have that company’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica vans shuttle cargo from UPS stores to its processing hub in the metro Phoenix area. Fox’s upconverted 4K stream is a great excuse to upgrade. The best pre-Super Bowl deals for 4K TVs and streaming If you’ve been holding off on the purchase of a(nother) 4K TV, then Fox’s plan to provide a 4K feed of Super Bowl LIV is a pretty strong argument for upgrading. Even if it’s really a 1080p HDR stream that’s upconverted, it will still be better than the standard 720p version you’d otherwise have to live with. You will need the right equipment, however, and I have some suggestions, with everything from a Fire TV 4K Stick to an 85-inch Sony TV that’s practically a bargain if you just think about the price per square inch. Sponsored Content by Stack Commerce 5 unique products to help you learn a new language Just add talent. What to buy if you want to start producing music at home If you follow Terrence O’Brien’s instructions carefully, then you too can make a Grammy-winning album in your bedroom.  See everything. Google Earth adds views of outer space on mobile Now, when you zoom all the way out on Google Earth’s app for mobile devices, you’ll see an accurate representation of the Milky Way. Google says adding stars to Earth is part of its efforts to make the program look as realistic as possible, which is why it also previously added animated clouds to show weather patterns around the world. But wait, there's more... 1. The Nintendo Switch has passed the SNES in lifetime sales 2. NASA is fixing a Voyager 2 snag from 11.5 billion miles away 3. Netflix is turning manga and anime 'One Piece' into a live-action series 4. Lab-grown heart muscles transplanted into a human for the first time 5. Google's 3D scans recreate historical sites threatened by climate change 6. Lawsuits claim Amazon, Apple and more are streaming unlicensed music 7. Roku's speakers can finally turn into a surround sound system

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Facebook prepares to send two billion privacy reminders

Now available on your smart speaker and wherever you get your podcasts Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Play  |  iHeart Radio It's Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. January is the time of new beginnings, resolutions, health kicks and the rest. So, as the month comes to a close, Facebook is asking two billion users to check their privacy settings. I can already feel the hope and ambition draining away. I come across Facebook users in a two main flavors: the die-hard opt-outs, who keep their page for the sake of communication, but don’t login, don’t get notifications; and the power users very much fighting the good fight with awkward uncles and aggressive school acquaintances in comments across the network. I’m somewhere in the middle, logging in occasionally on my PC to check any mentions or pictures tagged. I don’t have the app on my phone, I don’t get emails about Facebook, but I’m active about once a month. (Recently I’ve been getting a lot of spammy friend requests from strangers -- not sure why.) So who is this privacy setting reminder for? If you use Facebook almost every day, you could sidestep the privacy reminder -- just another notification. If you rarely sign in, will this reminder still be there? The social network has recently offered some other beneficial tools. Its Off-Facebook Activity tool is now available, giving a summary of data from third-party sites (used to show you ads) and, more usefully, the option to nix that data. After a decade when the tide of popular opinion turned against Facebook (Cambridge Analytica, slack rules on political ads, your parents joined), it’s hoping for a better ten years. -- Mat (View in browser.) Cutting-edge display, slightly outdated specs. This may be Samsung's foldable Galaxy Z Flip Now we’ve had the Galaxy S20 leaks, on to ruining the party for Samsung’s next foldable. WinFuture has obtained images and specs for what's believed to be the Galaxy Z Flip, which is rumored to have a 6.7-inch folding display with more protective Ultra Thin Glass instead of plastic. There’s also a hole for the 10-megapixel front camera. On the back, you'd have a 1-inch always-on display for notifications and such, and only two cameras. The Z Flip may run on a slightly older Snapdragon 855 Plus processor instead of the 865 expected in the Galaxy S20 family. Rumors suggest it could all cost $1,500. It should last up to 60 years. Dyson hopes you'll throw down $650 for its Morph lamp that mimics candlelight Like the Lightcycle lamp released last year, Dyson’s new Lightcycle Morph has the ability to automatically adjust based on your local daylight. It also has three axes to allow it to rotate into different positions and the ability to emulate candlelight, but you'll have to shell out a minimum of $650 for this updated version. Slack and Teams should watch their backs. Google is reportedly launching a new messaging app Stop us if you’ve heard this one before -- Google is reportedly launching a new messaging service. According to The Information, this one is targeting businesses, and in a truly shocking turn, instead of building from scratch, it will apparently try to merge existing services like Hangouts Chat, Hangouts Meet, Gmail and Google Drive. Maybe they’ll call it Gchat? Sponsored Content by Stack Commerce 5 unique products to help you learn a new language Apparently they don’t have rent control in Viridian City. Pokémon Home costs three times more than the service it replaces One month of the Premium subscription to Pokémon Home will set you back $3 every 30 days. Nintendo also plans to offer quarterly and annual subscription options, in which case you'll need to pay either $5 every three months or $16 per year. That is a significant increase from the cost of Pokémon Bank -- that 3DS-exclusive service currently costs $5 annually. Incredible autofocus performance for a budget camera Review: Sony A6100 camera  When it comes to new cameras, it's not all full-frame models. Sony’s APS-C cameras are still hugely popular -- and the company knows how to make ‘em. But the A6100 is a big upgrade over 2014’s A6000. You now get a much improved autofocus system with intelligent face- and eye-tracking, along with 4K 30 fps video. Sony has also improved the color science and low-light capabilities, so photos are sharp and color accurate, even in dimly lit environments. The drawbacks are bad rolling shutter, a low-resolution EVF and, as usual, a poor menu system. Read up on Steve Dent’s full review. But wait, there's more... 1. Get ready to eat bugs if you want to live beyond 2050 2. MIDI 2.0 overhauls the music interface for the first time in 35 years 3. Tesla offers free charging to China's EV owners due to coronavirus outbreak 4. iOS 13.3.1 update offers more control over iPhone 11 location tracking 5. Audio-Technica ATH-CK3TW review: Decent, affordable true wireless earbuds 6. Dehydrated food goes from hiking to haute cuisine 7. 'Journey to the Savage Planet' is a funnier take on space exploration

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Editor's Pick: COPRA May Be Coming, and It's Not Too Soon to Prepare

COPRA May Be Coming, and It's Not Too Soon to Prepare

Brad M. Elbein & Beth A. Fulkerson Jan 28, 2020 4:00 AM PT
	All eyes are on the West Coast as California reins in the unfettered collection, use and sale of the personal data consumers share as part of the bargain for "free" online services. For years this bargain has been explained in privacy policies that few people read, because there is not a lot of negotiating in the personal data market. The CCPA gives consumers revolutionary rights. [More...]

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Could Ads Become Potent Weapons Against Streaming Piracy? Though it no longer grabs many headlines, video piracy remains a major issue for pay-TV services, according to consumer research firm Parks Associates. If just 10 percent of pay-TV subscribers should discontinue paying for services by 2023, the loss in revenue to operators could approach $6 billion, according to the firm's report, "Video Piracy: Ecosystem, Risks, and Impact." [More...]

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Grabbing the Cybersecurity and Privacy Problems by the Horns: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 3 Cybersecurity and privacy threats aren't confined to the tech world. They've cast their pall on the world in general. Computer viruses, malware and data leaks have become commonplace, personal privacy has become a bad joke, and cyberwar looms like a virtual mushroom cloud. What sometimes gets lost in the gloom are the many ways security professionals have been working to shore up cyberdefenses. [More...]

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