Summary: <p>Tesla blames robots for their recent setbacks, Russia starts to block Telegram, Pandora discovers Podcasts, and a new design is coming to Gmail.</p> <p>Plus the fascinating audio isolation AI Google's developed, and leaked memos!</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://las.ting.com">Ting</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://las.ting.com">Take $25 off a device, or earn $25 in service credits if you bring a compatible one!</a> Promo Code: Visit LAS.ting.com</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a title="Elon Musk says ‘humans are underrated,’ calls Tesla’s ‘excessive automation’ a ‘mistake’ | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/13/elon-musk-says-humans-are-underrated-calls-teslas-excessive-automation-a-mistake/">Elon Musk says ‘humans are underrated,’ calls Tesla’s ‘excessive automation’ a ‘mistake’ | TechCrunch</a> — In a rare mea culpa for the mercurial billionaire, Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged that the company has been too reliant on robots for production.</li> <li> <a title="Russia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keys" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/16/russia-starts-blocking-telegram-for-failing-to-turn-over-encryption-keys/">Russia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keys</a> — The Russian state telecommunication regulator has began blocking Telegram as expected.</li> <li><a title="Pandora's CEO is doubling down on podcasts" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/09/pandoras-ceo-is-doubling-down-on-podcasts/">Pandora's CEO is doubling down on podcasts</a></li> <li> <a title="In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information - Bloomberg" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-13/apple-warns-employees-to-stop-leaking-information-to-media">In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information - Bloomberg</a> — Company memo says it found 29 ‘leakers’ last year, 12 arrested </li> <li> <a title="'GrayKey' iPhone Unlocking Box Seeing Wide Adoption Among Law Enforcement" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/12/graykey-iphone-unlocking-box-adoption/">'GrayKey' iPhone Unlocking Box Seeing Wide Adoption Among Law Enforcement</a> — Motherboard found that regional police forces like the Maryland State Police, the Indiana State Police, and the Miami-Dade County Police have purchased or are soon purchasing GrayKey technology</li> <li> <a title="Gmail’s new design will include a ‘Confidential Mode’" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/4/13/17233504/gmail-design-confidential-mode-feature">Gmail’s new design will include a ‘Confidential Mode’</a> — Gmail on the web is getting a big update in the coming weeks with a new design and features, but Google is also introducing a new Confidential Mode. </li> <li> <a title="Google works out a fascinating, slightly scary way for AI to isolate voices in a crowd" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/google-works-out-a-fascinating-slightly-scary-way-for-ai-to-isolate-voices-in-a-crowd/">Google works out a fascinating, slightly scary way for AI to isolate voices in a crowd</a> — Google researchers have developed a deep-learning system designed to help computers better identify and isolate individual voices within a noisy environment.</li> </ul>
