Summary: After a two-week summer vacation, El Kaiser and J.D. return to the studio to catch up on the week’s technology news: Facebook ‘fesses up to a chunk of Russian ad buys during the election, Amazon looks to expand its corporate footprint, researchers have discovered a way to hack most of the popular voice-activated assistant programs by sonic frequency — and the headlines just keep on coming. El Kaiser also previews two new pieces of gear from <a href="https://www.macsales.com/">OWC</a> and <a href="https://www.anker.com/">Anker</a> for ultrabookers who need to pack their own USB ports and J.D. reports on a couple of scams gaining steam around the Internet. Summer’s over, folks! We’re back to work here on Episode 246!<br> Links to Stories Mentioned in This Week’s Episode<br> <br> * <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/09/information-operations-update/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">An Update On Information Operations On Facebook</a> (Facebook Newsroom)<br> * <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/facebook-says-it-sold-political-ads-to-russian-company-during-2016-election/2017/09/06/32f01fd2-931e-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html?utm_term=.3cb92429b58d" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Russian firm tied to pro-Kremlin propaganda advertised on Facebook during election</a> (The Washington Post)<br> * <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/09/06/instagram-stories-on-facebook-test/#xPuWMaJcSiqr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook is now using Instagram to push Stories on more people </a>(Mashable)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-05/facebook-said-to-offer-hundreds-of-millions-for-music-rights" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Offers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Music Rights</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-06/apple-is-said-to-reach-music-deal-with-warner-sony-pact-next" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Reaches Music Deal With Warner, Eyes Sony Pact</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2017/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Event on September 12</a> (Apple)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/technology/personaltech/samsung-galaxy-note-8.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8: The Best Screen, for a Hefty Price</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2017/amazon-build-second-hq-outside-seattle-seeks-proposals-cities-5b-campus-50k-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Amazon to build second HQ in North America, seeks proposals from cities for $5B campus with up to 50K jobs, ‘full equal’ to Seattle operations</a> (GeekWire)<br> * <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/09/06/john-deere-blue-river-acquisition/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">John Deere is Paying $305 Million for Blue River Technology</a> (Fortune.com)<br> * <a href="https://www.fastcodesign.com/90139019/a-simple-design-flaw-makes-it-astoundingly-easy-to-hack-siri-and-alexa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">A Simple Design Flaw Makes It Astoundingly Easy To Hack Siri And Alexa</a> (Fast Company Design)<br> * <a href="https://endchan.xyz/.media/50cf379143925a3926298f881d3c19ab-applicationpdf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DolphinAttack: Inaudible Voice Commands</a> (Academic paper)<br> * <a href="https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2017/09/youtube-live-faster-easier-and-more.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">YouTube Live: faster, easier and more accessible</a> (YouTube Creator blog)<br> * <a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/09/05/urgent-daca-legislation-economic-imperative-humanitarian-necessity/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Urgent DACA legislation is both an economic imperative and humanitarian necessity</a> (Microsoft on the Issues)<br>
