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I don’t like bezel-less designs for phones. They’re pretty, but I don’t think they’re very practical. Lately, I’ve also run into a problem. No borders makes holding a phone AND playing a game VERY problematic. I like gaming on my phone, but not when my thumbs cramp after 10 minutes. How are you folks doing this?
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Get your tech week started off right!
Google loses “Right to Forget” case in the UK. Facebook extensively tracks non-users through cookies. Pentagon issues advisory on Russian trolls increasing activity. Sony unveils XPERIA XZ2 Premium. Will Sprint and T-Mobile FINALLY tie the knot?
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Stories this week:
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Snapchat returns to chronological view. China ranks citizens on a public social media score. Homeland Security looks to create a journalist data base, and apparently using Facebook raises your cortisol and stress levels.
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Stories this week:
Snapchat revives chronological feed https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/08/s…
China ranks citizens with “social credit” system http://www.businessinsider.com/china-…
Homeland Security to compile list of journalists and bloggers https://biglawbusiness.com/homeland-s…
Shell Oil predicted climate change dangers in 1980’s https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu…
Ajit Pai’s ties to Sinclair to be investigated by FCC http://fortune.com/2018/02/18/ajit-pa…
Anti-Net Neutrality Congress Woman Marsha Blackburn falling behind in Senate race polls https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/ar…
Using Facebook raises your cortisol (stress) levels https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1…
Get your week started off right with a tasty tech podcast!
Comcast throttles Paypal and Steam? What does the White House have to say about video game violence? California fights for your Right to Repair! The FCC is sued again, and Mayors are fighting for Net Neutrality!
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Continue reading “#SGGQA 030: Net Neutrality Fights Back, Trump on Video Games, and California Right to Repair – Monday Tech Chat”
NO MORE NOTCHES! I don’t care that I CAN get used to a uni-brow cutting into my phone screen. I SHOULDN’T HAVE to get used to a screen cut out. As the iPhone X has sold relatively well, how can we stop copycat manufacturers from forcing us all to adopt a TERRIBLE selfie camera adaption?
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Microtransactions RETURN to Star Wars Battlefront 2: I TOLD YOU SO! Gasp. Shock. Actually, I think many fans of gaming and Star Wars could have predicted this.Especially with EA missing their conservative sales forecast, it was inevitable that some kind of monetization mechanic would be employed. LET’S COMPLAIN!
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YouTube changed the requirements for monetizing a new channel, and the numbers don’t look great for new content creators. With many producers complaining about videos being demonetized, what can we do to help support smaller content creators? I’m trying to build a small “feeder” community to discover new producers.
I hope you’ll help me support new and smaller producers by sharing, linking, and upvoting over at r/GlowingRectangles.
Official YouTube Creator Blog Announcement
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Meltdown! Kaiser! Spectre! How bad are these security threats? How much will they slowdown YOUR PC? We’ve got more info on these issues, and links to press releases and industry analysis. Buckle up folks! 2018 is off to a rocky start for the entire computing industry!
Intel press release acknowledging the issue.
Google press release detailing affected products.
AMD press release explaining why AMD CPU’s aren’t affected the same way.
ARM official response to exploit on mobile processors.
Continue reading “Intel Kernel Security: Meltdown, Spectre, Kaiser – What you need to know!”