Out of Commission

Major tech companies are working together to stop misinformation about COVID-19 from spreading, while elevating authoritative content on their platforms. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Allison Sheridan recently tried the Android smartphone to experience ecosystem. She shares her experiences with it and the problems with security updates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As enormity of COVID-19 begins to affect various parts of society how has big tech responding to the challenges of the outbreak. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How a diverse Infosec team can anticipate and dodge security risks. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe Link to the Show Notes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

COVID-19 has the potential to hammer home ISPs as companies and their employees consider telecommuting as an option over working from an office. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson, Joe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leaked iOS 14 code reveals clues about updates to the interface, plus hints about iPad Pro, iPhone 9, and AirTags refreshes. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja, Joe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Working from home at the request of your job? We've got some tips on how to secure your person PC setup when telecommuting into the office. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young, Joe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can you bring back obsolete and old tech from dead even after the manufacturer stops support or ceases to exist?  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nicole Lee  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Facebook's attempt at fact-checking political posts runs into a problem as various fact-checking partners contradict each other a recent POTUS comment. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New research from the University of Washington shows strong correlation between language skills, reasoning capability, and working memory as key indicators of coding ability beating out mathematical capability. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We get a wrap from this year's RSA conference from security-news website "The Parallax" founder and editor-in-chief Seth Rosenblatt. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Seth Rosenblatt, Joe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

More and more people are feeling unhappy. Is social media to blame or is just exposing older and more systemic social issues? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How are professional e-sports leagues dealing with the fallout from fears of COVID-19 and will their strategies be effective? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, Jenn Cutter  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Northrup-Grumman rescue satellite successfully linked up with the ailing Intelsat 901, Urban rolls-out its in-app language translation tool, and the Smithsonian published 2.8 million images, data and 3D models under the Open Access program. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some clever musicians are trying to place every melody under a Creative Common's License to bring an end to music copyright lawsuits regarding melodies they feel are stifling creativity. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.