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Top News Stuff PS5 Tech Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8B1LNrBpqc&t=295s Pixel Camera lead leaves https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21257297/google-pixel-4-camera-marc-levoy-mario-queiroz-leaving https://blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription Wink Alternative: https://hubitat.com/ Hubitat Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbs9B0l79c How to get things that aren’t in stock (Switch, TP, etc) https://www.zoolert.com/ https://www.nowinstock.net/ Review Us! * Review BoT (https://beardsoftech.com/review) BoT is Everywhere * Website (https://www.beardsoftech.com/) * BoT on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1OaGevW7jTGRMh5RSicyAe?si=0M5sw9f2RkyqpBY5dD44dA) * BoT on Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Idfqmdi2fwjzz2mhhtmtvcn5yyy) * BoT on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beards-of-tech/id1230437505) * BoT on Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i4o?refid=stpr) * BoT on Twitch (https://go.twitch.tv/beardsoftech) * BoT on Twitter (https:

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Top News Stuff Zoom security concerns (https://www.tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes) Zoom Alternatives that we have personally used. This list is organized by feature-set and ease of use. The easier to use and safer, the better. Lower in the list are those that sacrifice security for features. Skype Jitsi FaceTime Google Duo Google Meet Zoom Discord HouseParty Facebook Messenger (please avoid this) https://meet.jit.si/ Review Us! * Review BoT (https://beardsoftech.com/review) BoT is Everywhere * Website (https://www.beardsoftech.com/) * BoT on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1OaGevW7jTGRMh5RSicyAe?si=0M5sw9f2RkyqpBY5dD44dA) * BoT on Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Idfqmdi2fwjzz2mhhtmtvcn5yyy) * BoT on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beards-of-tech/id1230437505) * BoT on Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i4o?refid=stpr) * BoT on Twitch (https://go.twitch.tv/beardsoftech) * BoT on Twitter (https://twitter.com/beardsoftech)

2019 Phone Buyer Guide What do you consider when purchasing a phone? - Battery? - Specs? - Security? - Camera? What kinds of phones are out there? When does one update? What features are necessary for you? Review Us! * Review BoT (https://beardsoftech.com/review) BoT is Everywhere * Website (https://www.beardsoftech.com/) * BoT on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1OaGevW7jTGRMh5RSicyAe?si=0M5sw9f2RkyqpBY5dD44dA) * BoT on Google Play (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Idfqmdi2fwjzz2mhhtmtvcn5yyy) * BoT on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beards-of-tech/id1230437505) * BoT on Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i4o?refid=stpr) * BoT on Twitch (https://go.twitch.tv/beardsoftech) * BoT on Twitter (https://twitter.com/beardsoftech)

Attendees Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin Top News Stuff *Database full of phone numbers from Facebook (https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/facebook-phone-numbers-exposed/) *Android 10 is out (https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/03/android-10-is-rolling-out-to-pixels-starting-today/) (https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/03/every-new-android-10-feature-detailed-changelog/) *Android 10 Bugs (https://bgr.com/2019/09/05/android-10-update-for-pixel-phones-sensors-bug-explained/) *Delete these Android Apps, they’re infected with Malware (https://www.digitaltrends.com/android/android-app-joker-malware/) *Pixel 4 Leaks (https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/10/pixel-4-leak-reddit-high-quality-video-photos/) *Apple said something (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/09/10/everything-apple-announced-september-2019/) Review Us! * Review BoT (https://beardsoftech.com/review) BoT is Everywhere * Website (https://www.beardsoftech.com/) * BoT on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1OaGevW7jTGRMh5RSicyAe?si

Attendees Wayne Ryan Thompson, Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Top News Stuff * Walmart sues Tesla over roof fires (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/after-seven-roof-fires-walmart-sues-tesla-over-solar-panel-flaws/) * Galaxy Note 10 gets rid of headphone jack is no longer courageous (https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-10) * No more Android Desserts (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/22/android-10/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds) * YouTube removes videos videos of robots fighting over “Animal Cruelty.” https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-robot-combat-videos-animal-cruelty-a9071576.html (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49452256) * First vape death in the US recorded in Illinois (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49452256) * Twitter shuts down 200k accounts for spreading disinformation about protests (https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-shuts-down-200000-chinese-propaganda-accounts-for-spreading-disinformation-about-hong-kong

Attendees Wayne Ryan Thompson, Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin Previously on Dragonball Z… * Talked about the Galaxy Fold * Jony Ive left Apple * Prime Day blues * XCloud Announced at e3 Top News Stuff * Amazon no longer selling Dash buttons (https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/01/amazon-stops-selling-stick-on-dash-buttons/) * Ninja moves to Mixer (https://www.polygon.com/fortnite/2019/8/2/20751800/ninja-mixer-stream-viewers-twitch-average-lollapalooza) * DARPA building a new open source voting system (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yw84q7/darpa-is-building-a-dollar10-million-open-source-secure-voting-system?utm_source=reddit.com) * Barr says Govt “Going dark” over lack of an encryption “Golden Key” (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/post-snowden-tech-became-more-secure-but-is-govt-really-at-risk-of-going-dark/) * Aint nobody getting $125 from Equifax (https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/refunds/equifax-data-breach-settlement) Review Us! * Review BoT (https://apple.co/2ykRweF) BoT is Ever

Ep. 87 - Crescat barba E pluribus unum 24Jul2019 Attendees Ervin Lukacs, Wayne Ryan Thompson, Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Kyle Fisher Top News Stuff we missed Galaxy Fold[ed] https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-fold/ Huawei https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/22/government-delays-decision-on-whether-to-restrict-huawei-5g Johnny Ive Leaving Apple https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761736/jony-ive-apple-leave-iphone-chief-design-officer-lovefrom-company-quit Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18527206/google-pixel-3a-xl-phone-announcement-price-release-date-io-2019 San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202602/san-francisco-facial-recognition-ban-proposal Amazon workers plan to strike during Prime Day https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696154/amazon-prime-day-2019-strike-warehouse-workers-inhumane-conditions-the-rate-productivity Microsoft announces Stadia Competitor XCloud at E3 http

Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeph? Discussions YouTube de-monetizing videos for comments - interesting angle on why it might be a good thing from Linus’ WAN Show What's in the News? MWC Highlights Huawei Mate X foldable phone https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/25/huaweis-debuts-2600-foldable-mate-x-hits-new-smartphone-price-record HoloLens 2 https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-hololens-2-brings-even-more-vr-power Nokia 9 PureView https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/3071716/nokia-9-review-hands-on Xperia 1 https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/25/sony-xperia-1-4k-hdr-oled-display/ LG G8 ThinQ https://9to5google.com/2019/02/25/lg-g8-thinq-hands-on/ USB C gets even more confusing https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/usb-3-2-is-going-to-make-the-current-usb-branding-even-worse/ Microsoft stands strong with military contracts after employee pushback https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/25/tech/augmented-reality-microsoft-us-military/ The lives of people who look at the crappy parts of the internet https:/

Ep. 85 - Oopsies unFOLD 05Feb2019 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Discussions Free Talk Section The Verge did an oopsie https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1033108-the-verge-how-we-built-a-copyright-strike/ What's in the News? OpenAI holds onto research longer to discuss ramifications of releasing extremely convincing AI https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1034001-the-pen-is-more-dangerous-than-the-sword-telsa-founded-openai-refuses-to-release-text-generating-ai-system-due-to-how-convincing-it-is/ Lawsuit filed for insider trading for apple’s lawyer who was supposed to prevent employees from insider trading https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/sec-files-insider-trading-lawsuit-against-former-apple-lawyer.html Press F to pay respects for Opportunity https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/opportunity-did-not-answer-nasas-final-call-and-its-now-gone-to-us/ You can now run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi 3 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-arm-raspberry-pi-3-installer,38604.html Amazon Backs out of HQ2

Ep. 84 - Energizer is probably drunk 05Feb2019 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Kyle Fisher Free Talk Section Apple follows AT&Ts dumb leadhttps://9to5mac.com/2019/02/05/5g-e-expaliner-iphone-ipad-ios-12-2/ What's in the News? Apple revokes facebook cafeteria online serviceshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/31/apple-facebook-campus-permissions-revoked-teens-access-data-iphone-app Google gets the hammer toohttps://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate Nintendo proves that nothing digital lasts foreverhttps://motherboard.vice.com/enus/article/wjm5kw/nintendo-makes-it-clear-that-piracy-is-the-only-way-to-preserve-video-game-history?utmsource=reddit.com Firefox bans autoplayhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/firefox-to-block-noisy-autoplaying-video-in-next-release/ Energizer is drunbkhttps://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18207313/energizer-avenir-pop-up-camera-foldable-screens-mwc https://light.co/camera Hot Takes Google checks if your

29Jan2019 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Discussions https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/ Free Talk Section Matts Hackintosh is working (with a little help from ervin)Windows gonna Windows https://www.tonymacx86.com/ https://hackintosher.com/ https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ Whats in the News? Apple Facetime Bughttps://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202120/apple-facetime-eavesdrop-flaw-bug-testing-privacy Apple Revenue Up in everything but iPhonehttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/01/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/ Report says water is wet, and Netflix would lose subs if it went Hulu on their customershttp://www.netimperative.com/2019/01/netflix-would-lose-57-of-their-subscribers-if-they-added-commercials/ Hulu drops prices to combat Netflix hikehttps://www.theverge.com/2019/1/23/18193539/hulu-price-change-subscription-ads-live-tv-2019 Not a normal news week without input from Zucchttps://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-thinks-you-dont-trust-facebook-because-1832040327 Hot Takes The importance of

Ep. 82 - Voice of the People   17Jan2019 Attendees Matt Slavin Volkswagen to prep $50 billion attack against Teslahttps://wccftech.com/vw-readying-a-50-billion-technology-shift-to-do-direct-battle-with-tesla/ Microsoft begins work making chrome betterhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128661/microsoft-chromium-project-chrome-support-windows Alexa gets more helpful for Amazon Music subscribershttps://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/amazon-music-customers-can-now-talk-to-alexa-more-naturally/ Google Assistant gets better with news curationhttps://www.blog.google/products/news/collaborating-future-audio-news-assistant/ Turns out Voice is important in techhttps://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/7-things-to-think-about-voice/?utmsource=feedburner&utmmedium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 Review Us! Review I4O Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. I4O on Spotify I4O on Podbean I4O on Google Play I4O on iTunes I4O on Stitcher I4O on Twitch I4O on Facebook I4O on Twitter

Ep. 81 - Sometimes It’s Vaporware   07Jan2019 Attendees Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin,  Ervin Lukacs https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18171013/lg-rollable-tv-oled-4k-tv-features-photos-video-release-ces-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18169939/google-assistant-billion-devices-feature-phones-ces-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172740/htc-vive-cosmos-vr-headset-announce-ces-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172421/harley-davidson-livewire-electric-motorcycle-price-ces-2019 https://mashable.com/article/why-apple-airplay-2-support-lg-samsung-vizio/#N3oCxuWNaiqH https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/6/18168793/samsungs-75-inch-microled-4k-tv-pitcure-quality-ces-2019 https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/nvidia-rtx-2060-review-benchmarks-founders-edition https://www.xda-developers.com/kodi-blocked-sony-android-tv/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/04/att-starts-rolling-out-updates-with-fake-5g-evolution-icon-just-as-promised/   Review Us! Review I4O Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. I4O on Spotif

Ep. 80 - Year in Review   02Jan2019 Attendees Matt Slavin,  Ervin Lukacs   First Segment - Top Articles of the 2018 (chronologically, Matt’s Picks) Boring Company Flamethrower (Jan 28th, Ep. 36)https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/elon-musks-boring-co-flamethrower-is-real-500-and-up-for-pre-order/ Starman Launched into space (Feb 6th, Ep. 38) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElonMusk%27sTesla_Roadster We didnt put an article in the notes, but it happened and its the title Ajit Pai receives the NRA Courage award for saving the internet (25Feb Ep. 40)https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/ Drunk Man Accidentally takes $1600 Uber from WV to Jersey ( 04Mar Ep. 41)https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/drunk-man-accidentally-takes-1600-uber-from-west-virginia-to-new-jersey/ Episode 43 - Cambridge Analytica, Rihanna tanking Snap Stock, and Uber Autonomous accident (busy episode, 19Mar)   Episode 49 celebrated 1 year of podcast (Apr 29th)   Google

Ep. 79 - Zoox, Not Zoosk   23Dec2018 Attendees Matt Slavin,  Ervin Lukacs Bendgate 2.0https://www.thurrott.com/apple/195842/apple-continues-to-defend-bent-ipad-pro-design https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/22/18152161/apple-dan-riccio-email-ipad-pro-2018-bending Drone shuts down airport in UKhttps://techcrunch.com/2018/12/21/uk-airport-restarts-some-flights-after-drone-shutdown-chaos/ Self Driving car company, Zoox, gets Cali Permit for transporting peoplehttps://techcrunch.com/2018/12/21/self-driving-car-startup-zoox-gets-permit-to-transport-passengers-in-california/ Man sues feds after being detained by airport security for not unlocking his phonehttps://arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1429891 Never talk to the policehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE Australia’s Anti-Encryption lawhttps://techcrunch.com/2018/12/05/australia-rushes-its-dangerous-anti-encryption-bill-into-parliament/   Review Us! Review I4O Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. I4O on Spotify I4O on Podbean I4O on Google Play I4O on

Ep. 78 - Old Men Yell At Clouds 2 12Dec2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs, Ryan Thompson? Location Data for Salehttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html Better Podcast Trackinghttps://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/podcast-industry-aims-to-better-track-listeners-through-new-analytics-tech-called-rad/ Samsung is removing the headphone jack finallyhttps://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/12/11/18135722/galaxy-s10-headphone-jack-samsung-a8s Android Trojan sends $1000 through Paypalhttps://9to5google.com/2018/12/11/android-trojan-paypal-accessibility/ Google to shut down Google+ 4 months earlierhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers   Old Men don’t get the internet part 2 Sundar Pichai had to remind Congress that google doesn’t make iPhoneshttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/11/18136377/google-sundar-pichai-steve-king-hearing-granddaughter-iphone-android-notification Sundar Pichai had to explain wh