PTJ 232: Love and Rocket




POP | TECH | JAM show

Summary: Love is all around as the unofficial 2017 Geek Summer Movie Season gets ready to roll next week with the arrival of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in theaters ‚ with Wonder Woman, King Arthur, and another Spider-Man right behind.  After a stomp through the week’s tech headlines (including the hunt to shoot down fake news and drones you can fly with your head) El Kaiser and J.D. discuss some of the most anticipated films on the way over the next few months.<br><br> Ooga-chaka-ooga-ooga!<br> Links to Stories in This Week’s News Segment<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/04/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-launches-wikitribune-news-by-the-people-and-for-the-people/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a large-scale attempt to combat fake news</a> (Nieman Lab)<br> * <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/25/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-to-fight-fake-news-with-new-wikitribune-site" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site</a> (The Guardian)<br> * <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/our-latest-quality-improvements-search/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Our latest quality improvements for Search</a> (Google blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/technology/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Uber’s C.E.O. plays with fire</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tim-cook-threatened-to-pull-uber-from-app-store-privacy-iphone-kalanick/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tim Cook reportedly threatened to pull Uber from App Store</a> (CNet)<br> * <a href="http://blog.unroll.me/we-can-do-better/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">We can do better</a> (Unroll.me)<br> * <a href="http://blog.hipchat.com/2017/04/24/hipchat-security-notice/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HipChat security notice</a> (HipChat blog)<br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39693751" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube restores ‘wrongly blocked’ LGBT video</a>s (BBC News)<br> * <a href="https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2017/04/an-update-on-restricted-mode.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> (YouTube Creators blog)</a><br> * <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/24/djis-new-fpv-goggles-let-you-control-your-drone-with-head-movements/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">DJI’s new FPV goggles let you control your drone with head movements</a> (TechCrunch)<br> * <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/cassini-completes-final-and-fateful-titan-flyby" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cassini completes final — and fateful — Titan flyby</a> (NASA)<br> * <a href="https://blog.linkedin.com/2017/april/24/the-power-of-linkedins-500-million-community" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The power of LinkedIn’s 500 million member community</a> (LinkedIn blog)<br> * <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/popular-antivirus-program-mistakenly-ids-windows-threat-creating-chaos-n750521" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Popular antivirus program mistakenly IDs Windows as threat, creating chaos</a> (NBC News)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/marissa-mayer-will-make-186-million-on-yahoos-sale-to-verizon.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marissa Mayer will make $186 Million on Yahoo’s sale to Verizon</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37307825" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Computer pioneer Harry Huskey dies aged 101</a> (BBC News)<br> * <a href="https://www.nerdmuch."></a>