Beards Of Tech

Ep. 77 - Top Level Subdoma.in 06Dec2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Tumblr to ban all adult content on Dec 17thhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/3/18123752/tumblr-adult-content-porn-ban-date-explicit-changes-why-safe-mode DuckDuckGo finds google personalized results despite users being logged out or in. incognito modehttps://betanews.com/2018/12/04/duckduckgo-study-google-search-personalization/ Microsoft to rebuild Edge to run Chromiumhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/6/18128648/microsoft-edge-chrome-chromium-browser-changes white house to end renewable/EV subsidies https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-autos-idUSKBN1O22D4?utm_source=reddit.com Giuliani Twitter failhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18127063/rudy-giuliani-twitter-bias-accusation-hyperlinked-text-president-trump Sundar Pichai to testify in court on Dec 11thhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/12/4/18125609/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-congress-house-hearing-dragonfly Review Us! Review I4O Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. I4O on Spot

Ep. 76 - Oh, the Humanity 27Nov2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs, Kyle Fisher Agenda Google Fi coming to iPhones/Samsung/OnePlus?https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/11/27/18114662/google-project-fi-apple-iphone-samsung-oneplus-rumor Insight Lands on marshttps://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/8xp8wg/nasas-insight-lander-is-already-snapping-amazing-pictures-of-mars Google Pixel Slate reviews are mixed https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/11/27/googles-pixel-slate-is-a-hard-first-step-to-realizing-chrome-oss-bright-future/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/27/google-pixel-slate-review/ https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/11/27/18113447/google-pixel-slate-review-tablet-chrome-os-android-chromebook-slapdash Facebook treatment of black people https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114610/facebook-discrimination-mark-luckie-black-employees-hr An open letter from Google Employees to Google to stop efforts to create a censored search engine for Chinahttps://medium.com/@googlersa

Ep. 75 -Amazon HQ2: Electric Boogaloo 14Nov2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs Agenda   Cloudflare rolls out its DNS services to mobile devices https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/11/cloudflare-privacy-dns-service-ios-android/ Four units of measurement are about to be re-evaluated https://phys.org/news/2018-11-base-metric.html Google’s Night Sight is incredible, and backwards compatible! https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/14/18092660/google-night-sight-review-pixel-2-3-camera-photos-image-quality Waymo to launch paid driverless taxi service https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/13/18091024/waymo-commercial-driverless-taxi-service-december-2018-public-launch T2 Chip to prevent certain repairs on recent Macs https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/12/18077166/apple-macbook-air-mac-mini-t2-chip-security-repair-replacement-tool Amazon strikes deal with Apple to sell new iPhones and iPads https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/9/18079340/amazon-apple-iphone-ipad-watch-beats-deal-selling-products-online Amazon Selects

Ep. 74 - Folding Under Pressure 08Nov2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Kyle Fisher Agenda Sprint is throttling Skypehttp://fortune.com/2018/11/08/sprint-throttling-skype-service/ Robyn Denholm to take over as Tesla Chairhttps://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/11/tesla-replaces-elon-musk-as-chair-hell-stay-ceo/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/tesla-chairwoman-robyn-denholm.html Google Maps is testing Crash and Speed Trap reportinghttps://www.engadget.com/2018/11/07/google-maps-collision-speed-trap-reports-test-waze/ Samsung’s weird Foldable phone is weirdhttps://techcrunch.com/2018/11/07/samsung-folding-phone/ They’re also adding notcheshttps://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/11/7/18073054/samsung-notch-display-phones-coming Disney’s Netflix Rival is cominghttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/disneys-new-netflix-rival-will-be-called-disney-plus-and-launch-late-2019.html 5G Broadband is also on its wayhttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46127712   Review Us! Review I4O Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc. I4O on Spotify I

Ep. 73 - If You’re Reading This, It’s Past My Bedtime 29Oct2018 Attendees Jeff Budzinski, Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Agenda NASA Fixes Hubble Gyroscope by Cycling Power https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/24/nasa-hubble-gyroscope-fix/ Electric Cars Get Higher Speed Limit in Austria https://electrek.co/2018/10/29/electric-cars-higher-speed-limit-than-gas-cars-ev-incentive-austria/ Apple Bans Bloomberg from iPad Event https://www.cultofmac.com/585868/apple-bars-bloomberg-from-ipad-event-as-payback-for-spy-chip-story/ Double the Notches, Double the Fun for Pixel 3 https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/29/hilarious-pixel-3-xl-bug-adds-second-notch-side-screen/ Google Locks Out Third-Party Qi Chargers https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/drm-for-chargers-google-pixel-3-locks-fast-qi-charging-to-its-own-79-stand/ Ninja’s NYE Special https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/18030602/fortnite-ninja-tyler-blevins-new-york-city-times-square-new-years-eve-red-bull-event IBM Acquires Red Hat https://arstechnica.com/informatio

Ep. 72 - Pixel Me Not Pink 16Oct2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Google Event Rounduphttps://www.theverge.com/2018/10/9/17938340/google-pixel-3-event-news-recap-highlights-2018 Paul Allen Died of Cancer at 65https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html 2019 May Be the Year of Website Hackshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/around-62-of-all-internet-sites-will-run-an-unsupported-php-version-in-10-weeks/ Google's Inbox begins to prepare for shutdownhttps://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/16/inbox-v1-78-begins-preparation-shutdown-removes-option-disable-gmail-notifications-apk-teardown/ Google Solves Antitrust Issues in Europe by Charging Licensing Fees in Europe for Androidhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/10/16/17984074/google-eu-android-licensing-bundle-chrome-search 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. 71 - Hold My Beer 08Oct2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Verizon humble-bragging about saving lives after throttling firefighters https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/after-throttling-firefighters-verizon-praises-itself-for-saving-lives/ SpaceX Bringing that loud to the West Coast, AND LANDING IT TOO https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/spacex-will-attempt-to-make-a-historic-west-coast-landing-sunday-night/ Your Monday doesn’t suck as much as NASA’s https://motherboard.vice.com/enus/article/mbdxxb/hubble-space-telescope-in-sleep-mode-after-gyro-failure?utmsource=reddit.com America doesn’t cut it for kids anymore https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/the-atlantic-americas-grip-on-childrens-entertainment-is-coming-to-an-end-because-of-youtube-165005.html “Siri, I’m being pulled over.” https://www.businessinsider.com/ios-12-shortcut-uses-iphone-to-record-police-during-traffic-stop-2018-10?utm_source=reddit.com Apple says no way to chinese microchips https://w

Episode 70 02Oct2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs, Kyle Fisher Agenda Microsoft Surface Event https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/2/17929822/microsoft-surface-event-2018-highlights-news-recap-surface-laptop-pro Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/02/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-for-all-us-employees.html Elon Musk to remain CEO https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/29/sec-settles-charges-with-teslas-elon-musk-will-remain-as-ceo.html Tesla deliveries double in one quarter https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/02/tesla-deliveries-double-led-by-model-3-surge/ Tesla Autopilot Version 9 https://electrek.co/2018/09/27/tesla-autopilot-version-9-mad-max-mode-navigate/ Google Event Rumor Roundup https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/what-to-expect-from-google-october-event-2018/ Best Buy accidentally sells third generation Chromecast before its released https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/29/17917818/google-chromecast-third-gen-best-buy-accidental-leak Facebook is using your 2FA for ads https:

Episode 69 - It’s Been a Fortnite 26Sep2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Kyle Fisher Agenda Sony to roll back Cross-Play statements starting with Fortnitehttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45653520 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/sonys-walled-garden-cracks-open-cross-console-play-comes-to-ps4/ Instagram Founders step downhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/9/25/17903556/instagram-founders-quit-kevin-systrom-mike-krieger-facebook https://www.recode.net/2018/9/24/17899342/instagram-cofounders-depart-kevin-systrom-mike-krieger MacOS Mojave is the bees kneeshttps://www.theverge.com/2018/9/24/17896252/mac-os-mojave-review-updates-dark-mode-new-features https://arstechnica.com/features/2018/09/macos-10-14-mojave-the-ars-technica-review/ Amazon opens brick and mortar store of only 4-star and up productshttps://www.theverge.com/2018/9/26/17907520/amazon-4-star-retail-store-new-york-soho Qualcomm sues Apple for stolen technologyhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/apple-stole-qualcomm-chip-secrets

Episode 68 17Sep2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Quick Stories iOS 12, watchOS 5, tvOS 12, Homepod 12 Available Todayhttps://9to5mac.com/2018/09/17/ios-12-features-2/ Apple is discontinuing the X, the 6S, and the SEhttps://www.businessinsider.com/apple-discontinues-the-iphone-x-iphone-6s-and-iphone-se-2018-9?utmsource=reddit.com Airpower RIP 2017-2017https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/09/reports-apple-airpower-still-overheating-may-be-doomed-to-failure/ Ajit Pai said some stuffhttps://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8x7nzx/ajit-pai-calls-california-net-neutrality-law-radical-and-illegal Article 13https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17849868/eu-internet-copyright-reform-article-11-13-approved SpaceX signed first private passenger for lunar round triphttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/SpaceX-Signed-First-Private-Passenger-Moon-493261841.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/18/spacex-japan-billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-first-tourist-to-fly-to-moon.html Pronounced Yūsaku Maezawa   Agenda Notes - Pl

Episode 67 12Sep2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Quick Stories Twitter suspends Alex Jones’ account permanentlyhttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html Inbox by Gmail going away March 2019https://www.fastcompany.com/90235559/inbox-googles-playground-for-email-innovation-is-going-bye-bye https://www.process.st/inbox-vs-gmail/ OnePlus 6T to have a in screen fingerprint reader and come to T-Mobile in the UShttps://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/173768/oneplus-6t-to-have-an-in-screen-fingerprint-reader https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/165995/report-oneplus-6t-launch-t-mobile https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-in-display-fingerprint-scanner/ Google Photos API https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/09/11/google-launches-google-photos-partner-program/   Agenda Microsoft interrupting installs of Chrome and Firefox for Edge adshttps://betanews.com/2018/09/12/microsoft-interrupting-chrome-firefox-installations-to-promote-edge-windows-10/ Imposte

Episode 66 02Sep2018 Attendees Ervin Lukacs, Jeff Budzinski Quick Stories IFA 2018 https://www.techradar.com/news/ifa-2018 Google Assistant Bilingual Support https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/30/17798096/the-google-assistant-can-understand-two-languages-at-once iOS 12 Beta Update Popup https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/31/apples-new-ios-12-beta-fixes-the-annoying-please-update-bug/ Agenda Google and Mastercard Deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-and-mastercard-cut-a-secret-ad-deal-to-track-retail-sales Apple September 15th Event Announced and Leaks https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/30/apple-september-12-iphone-event-invites/ https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/30/2018-iphone-xs-design-larger-version-gold-exclusive/ https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/30/exclusive-apple-watch-series-4/ California Net Neutrality https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/31/17805892/california-sb822-net-neutrality-law-vote NN and Seniors https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/att-backed-robocalls-tell-seniors-net-neutr

Episode 65 26Aug2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Verizon’s throttling interrupted Firefighting services https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttled-fire-departments-unlimited-data-during-calif-wildfire/ California state assembly plans to hear this casehttps://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/23/california-state-assembly-plans-hearing-on-verizon-throttling-of-firefighters-data/ Net Neutrality Stuff https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/twenty-two-states-ask-u-s-appeals-court-to-reinstate-net-neutrality-rules-idUSKCN1L605W http://www.govtech.com/policy/California-Net-Neutrality-Bill-Advances-Amid-Industry-Criticism.html Fortnite and Google https://mashable.com/2018/08/25/google-epic-games-fortnite-android-app-exploit/ T Mobile Breach https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/8/24/17776836/tmobile-hack-data-breach-personal-information-two-million-customers Europe to ban Halogen Light bulbs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/23/europe-to-ban-halogen-lightbu

Episode 64 20Aug2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda Netflix experimenting with ads Twitch is not experimenting Giphy is staying relevant Teen stores hacked Apple data in a folder called 'hacky hack hack’ Analysts warn flash storage is on the verge of a price crash Nvidia RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080ti launch event (1 of 2) Nvidia RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080ti launch event (2 of 2) 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

Episode 63 - “What the Fax” 12Aug2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Agenda FCC admits it was never actually hacked Samsung announces the new Galaxy Note 9 Pixel 3 Leaks Spotify might let users skip all ads Google Play store informs users it does not carry Fortnite Old fax machines are being targeted by hackers Bitconnect set to be de-listed from final Coin Exchange   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

Episode 62 - “One Trillion Flamethrowers” 05Aug2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs Revisit Boring Company Not-A-Flamethrower pickup event Agenda Google Maps Fortnite for android bypassing Google Play Store to avoid fees Venezuela Maduro Drone Assassination Attempt Facebook Dating Apple becomes first Trillion Dollar Company ever Tesla is dumping Nvidia for its own in-house chips Motorola makes first 5G phone Tesla Gigafactory   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

Episode 61 - "Netflix and Panic" 29Jul2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski Revisit Macbook 2018 i9 Throttle Patch Agenda Senate Wants Emergency Messages to Appear in Streaming Services GSK/23andMe Partnership: DNA for Clinical Research Treatments Waymo/Walmart Partnership to Drive Customers to Get Groceries Facebook Stock in Freefall Because Everyone Already Uses It Zuckerberg Lost $15 Billion in One Day Facebook Loses $123 Billion in Value ASUS ROG Gaming Phone   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  

Episode 60 - “Powered by Unicorn Farts” 22Jul2018 Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs Agenda 15 inch 2018 Macbooks i9 chips are severely throttled due to thermal issues Facebook doubles down on Holocaust denier’s with “sincere beliefs” “If someone gets fired for the data abuse, it should be me” - Zuckerberg Something good to come out of the FCC? ‘One Touch Make Ready’ EU Google Fine Response Farting Unicorns 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

Episode 59 15Jul2018/ Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs Agenda New Business   Amazon owns 50% of US commerce https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/13/amazons-share-of-the-us-e-commerce-market-is-now-49-or-5-of-all-retail-spend/ New proposal in the UK to require all homes to be capable of charging EV cars https://www.techspot.com/news/75410-uk-require-all-new-homes-have-electric-vehicle.html Samsung unveiled its new 3.5ghz system https://www.samsungcentral.com/2018/07/15/samsung-unveiled-its-3-5-gigahertz-band-5g-operating-equipment-system/ Dubai to begin construction of world’s largest vertical farm https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/dubai-vertical-farm-emirates-catering/index.html Tesla lands deal to build a factory in China https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-china/tesla-to-open-plant-in-shanghai-with-annual-capacity-of-500000-cars-local-media-idUSKBN1K01HL Elon Musk / Thai rescue controversy http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-on-thailand-cave-rescue-somethings-messed-up-if-this-is-not-a-good

Episode 58 - First SSL, Then the Moon! 08-Jul-2018/Webcast Attendees Matt Slavin, Jeff Budzinski, Ervin Lukacs Agenda Twitter Suspends 70 Million Accounts HTC Lays off 1500 Employees Apple Music Surpasses Spotify Virgin Galactic plans to launch customers to space from a future Italian spaceport Despite Chrome’s pending “mark of shame,” 3 major news sites aren’t HTTPS Newsweek, Time, and Fox remain vulnerable to injection, man-in-middle attacks. Google's Gmail controversy is everything people hate about Silicon Valley Where to Find i4o Podbean: http://industryfouroh.podbean.com/ Google Play: Industry 4.0 iTunes: Industry 4.0 Stitcher: I4O Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/industryfouroh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/industryfouroh Twitter: https://twitter.com/industryfouroh