No one at the White House knows WHO wants the DOJ to investigate Google, but it might be a future Executive Order from President Trump. Multiple courts are now ordering the FCC to turn over data regarding bogus comments during the repeal of Net Neutrality. Wireless carriers continue to target video streaming services while prices rise on “unlimited” data plans. China bans Twitch. Apple is now ranking your iPhone use and creating a ‘Trust Score’ based on your behavior, will that data be abused?
Also, it’s time to chat about my review strategy for the iPhone Xs as it’s on its way to my house now.
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Stories this week:
- Android turns 10! T-Mobile G1 released September 23, 2008!
- White House backtracks from executive order, using DOJ to investigate Google, Facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/22/white-house-distances-itself-reports-that-trump-could-target-facebook-google-twitter-with-new-executive-order/
- Google CEO responds “We do not bias our products…” https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/23/technology/sundar-pichai-google-memo/index.html
- Editorial “Why I’m Done With Chrome” https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
- Court Orders FCC to hand over data on bogus Net Neutrality comments https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180919/07473240669/court-orders-fcc-to-hand-over-data-bogus-net-neutrality-comments.shtml
- A different court ALSO orders FCC to hand over data on bogus Net Neutrality comments https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/did-russia-meddle-with-net-neutrality-comments-nyt-sues-fcc-to-find-out/
- FCC interferes with city and state governments over pricing for pole access in favor of telecoms https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/fcc-angers-cities-and-towns-with-2-billion-giveaway-to-wireless-carriers/
- Wireless carriers continue to target popular video services to throttle and charge consumers more https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjanw5/wireless-carriers-throttle-video-for-no-good-reason-researchers-find
- China blocks Twitch https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45600272
- Apple quietly adds ‘trust scores’ to rank user interactions on iPhones https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-trust-score-iphone-data-black-mirror-email-phone-fraud-a8546051.html?utm_source=reddit.com
- iOS 12 now includes hearing aid mode for AirPods https://www.inverse.com/article/49236-ios-12-live-listen-hearing-aid-feature
- SquareTrade delivers poor scores to iPhone Xs for durability and drop protection https://youtu.be/Qzf-eaugEtY
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