Episode 26: Careening Phone Vulnerable Water Sun




Tech Talk Y'all show

Summary: <p>In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li>GM's driverless, steering wheel-less, and pedel-less autonomous vehicle.</li> <li>iOS is heading to be bigger than the worldwide movie market.</li> <li>iPhone will soon give you a choice between slowing down or risking an overheated phone.</li> <li>Facebook is launching a home video chat device.</li> <li>Google bought a startup that can make your entire mobile device screen into a giant speaker.</li> <li>Samsung is working on a phone with a screen on both sides.</li> <li>Qualcomm joins the other companies with processor vulnerabilities while a new vulnerability is discovered in AMD processors.</li> <li>A small handheld device can tell you if the water you're about to drink is safe.</li> <li>A new skin sticker will tell you when you have had enough sun.</li> </ul> <p>Plus two great tech recommendations.</p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Look, Ma, No Steering Wheel Or Pedals In GM's Robo-Taxi, Coming In 2019" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2018/01/12/look-ma-no-steering-wheel-or-pedals-in-gms-robo-taxi-coming-in-2019/#1762a49c3d82">Look, Ma, No Steering Wheel Or Pedals In GM's Robo-Taxi, Coming In 2019</a></li> <li><a title="iOS App Store will be bigger than entire worldwide movie industry sometime this year | 9to5Mac" rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/15/app-store-value/">iOS App Store will be bigger than entire worldwide movie industry sometime this year | 9to5Mac</a></li> <li><a title="iPhone Battery: Next update will let you disable intentional slowdown - Jan. 18, 2018" rel="nofollow" href="http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/18/technology/tim-cook-iphone-battery-opt-out/index.html">iPhone Battery: Next update will let you disable intentional slowdown - Jan. 18, 2018</a></li> <li><a title='EXCLUSIVE: Facebook Dives into Home Device Market with Video Chat Product Named "Portal" on Cheddar' rel="nofollow" href="https://cheddar.com/videos/exclusive-facebook-dives-into-home-device-market-with-video-chat-product-named-portal">EXCLUSIVE: Facebook Dives into Home Device Market with Video Chat Product Named "Portal" on Cheddar</a></li> <li><a title="Google quietly bought a UK startup that turns your screen into a speaker - The Verge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/11/16877904/google-redux-acquisition-speaker-screen-vibrations">Google quietly bought a UK startup that turns your screen into a speaker - The Verge</a></li> <li><a title="Samsung is working on a phone with screens on both sides — here are three futuristic ideas" rel="nofollow" href="https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-samsung-is-working-on-a-phone-with-scre/f-b3bba6d5de%2Fbusinessinsider.com">Samsung is working on a phone with screens on both sides — here are three futuristic ideas</a></li> <li><a title="Qualcomm joins Intel, Apple, Arm, AMD in confirming its CPUs suffer hack bugs, too • The Register" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/06/qualcomm_processor_security_vulnerabilities/">Qualcomm joins Intel, Apple, Arm, AMD in confirming its CPUs suffer hack bugs, too • The Register</a></li> <li><a title="A new stack-based overflow vulnerability discovered in AMD CPUsSecurity Affairs" rel="nofollow" href="https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/67448/hacking/67448.html">A new stack-based overflow vulnerability discovered in AMD CPUsSecurity Affairs</a></li> <li><a title="Lishtot’s TestDrop tells you whether water is safe to drink without even touching it" rel="nofollow" href="https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-lishtots-testdrop-tells-you-whether-wat/f-79ce544ae7%2Ftechcrunch.com">Lishtot’s TestDrop tells you whether water is safe to drink without even touching it</a></li> <li><a title="Skin sticker lets you know when you've had enough sun" rel="nofollow" href="https://newatlas.com/logicink-uv/52978/">Skin sticker lets you know when you've had enough sun</a></li> <li><a title="6 Apps That Save Your Money While You Barely Lift A Finger | HuffPost" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/apps-that-save-invest_us_5a5537c9e4b03417e873069d">6 Apps That Save Your Money While You Barely Lift A Finger | HuffPost</a></li> <li><a title="Monica - personal relationship manager" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.monicahq.com/">Monica - personal relationship manager</a></li> </ul>