PTJ 264: Now Departing




POP | TECH | JAM show

Summary: Going . . . going . . . gone. Twitter finally swooped into action and chopped off thousands of bot accounts and other automatons that were violating its rules. SpaceX fired off another rocket and the repeal of the Net Neutrality rules landed on the Federal Register —which means an open Internet could be gone by April 23. El Kaiser and J.D. hash out the news and also discuss using a Chromebook as a laptop, so hop aboard Episode 264!<br> Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Show<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43144717" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter bot purge prompts backlash </a>(BBC News)<br> * <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/developer/en_us/topics/tips/2018/automation-and-the-use-of-multiple-accounts.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Automation and the use of multiple accounts</a> (Twitter blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-twitters-bot-purge" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Inside Twitter’s Bot Purge</a> (The Daily Beast)<br> * <a href="http://about.att.com/story/multigigabit_mobile_5g.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">AT&amp;T Drives Path to Nationwide Mobile 5G With Multi-Gigabit Speeds</a> (AT&amp;T Newsroom)<br> * <a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2018/02/22/paz-mission" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SpaceX PAZ mission</a> (SpaceX)<br> * <a href="https://www.livescience.com/61814-mr-steven-will-catch-spacex-gear.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mr. Steven Will Catch SpaceX Gear</a> (Live Science)<br> * <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/22/spacex-misses-catching-falcon-9-rocket-fairing-with-a-giant-net-on-a-big-ship/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SpaceX misses catching Falcon 9 rocket fairing with a giant net on a big ship</a> (TechCrunch)<br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43141847" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphone images leaked by MWC app</a> (BBC News)<br> * <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/22/2018-03464/restoring-internet-freedom" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Restoring Internet Freedom</a> (Federal Register)<br> * <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/FCC-publishes-net-neutrality-repeal-in-Federal-12633694.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FCC publishes net neutrality repeal, but debate goes on</a> (San Francisco Chronicle)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-22/apple-is-said-to-plan-upgrades-to-popular-airpods-headphones" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Plans Upgrades to Popular AirPods Headphones</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43127179" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple rushes out fix to Telugu letter text bomb bug</a> (BBC News)<br> * <a href="https://newsroom.intel.com/news/latest-intel-security-news-updated-firmware-available/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Latest Intel Security News: Updated Firmware</a> (Intel Newsroom)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/entertainment/black-panther-movie-movement/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">More than a movie, ‘Black Panther’ is a movement</a> (CNN)<br> * <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel2017b.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Black Panther</a> (Box Office Mojo)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/entertainment/atl-airport-flight-to-wakanda-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Atlanta airport is now offering flights to Wakanda — sort of</a> (CNN)<br> <br> Chromebook Living<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/technology/personaltech/microsoft-office-chromebook.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Using Microsoft Apps on a Chromebook</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/7225252?"></a>