Apple Pay London Express Transit is coming, and Transport for London confirmed it on Twitter.
GCHQ Officials' Encryption-Bypassing Idea Criticised in Letter Signed by Apple
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and WhatsApp signed an open letter criticizing proposals to bypass encryption made by GCHQ officials.
Sneak Peek of Cloudflare Warp VPN Shows Split Tunneling
Cloudflare Warp VPN is a new service the company announced back in April. Currently there is a waiting list, but Andrew got his hands on some screenshots.
Splinternet, WWDC Wishes – TMO Daily Observations 2019-05-30
Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont for a discussion of walled-off sections of the internet and a look ahead at WWDC.
Apple Shares Two WWDC 2019 Developer Stories
Apple shared two WWDC 2019 developer stories, one from a first-time attendee, and the other on his 17th visit.
IBM Sells Technology to a Dictatorship...Again
IBM is no stranger to selling stuff to dictators. First it was the Nazis, now it’s the United Arab Emirates.
But even as [facial recognition] technology comes under more scrutiny in the United States, tech giants such as IBM, and China’s Hikvision and Huawei, are marketing biometric surveillance systems in the UAE, where citizens have fewer options to push back. The UAE has used cellphone hacking software to spy on hundreds of dissidents, journalists, and suspected criminals, and has invested heavily in surveillance technology, according to human rights groups and international media reports.
The Fake Nancy Pelosi Video and Facebook's Immunity
There has been lots of controversy and discussion about a video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi circulating online. It to show Speaker Pelosi as apparently unwell, or drunk. It was false, edited to look like that. YouTube chose to take the video off its platform but Facebook did not. In her recent New York Times column, Kara Swisher blasted the social media giant’s decision.
The only thing the incident shows is how expert Facebook has become at blurring the lines between simple mistakes and deliberate deception, thereby abrogating its responsibility as the key distributor of news on the planet. Would a broadcast network air this? Never. Would a newspaper publish it? Not without serious repercussions. Would a marketing campaign like this ever pass muster? False advertising. No other media could get away with spreading anything like this because they lack the immunity protection that Facebook and other tech companies enjoy under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Monitor the Quality and Safety of the Air You Breathe Wherever You Go with AtmoTube Plus: $79.99
We have a deal on a device called AtmoTube Plus that monitors the quality and safety of the air—and it’s small enough to clip on to your belt or purse. It measures real-time air pollution caused by harmful gases and a wide range of Volatile Organic compounds (VOCs) like acetone, methanol, benzene, ethanol, toluene, xylene, and formaldehyde. It also measures atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity. It communicates with your iPhone (or Android device) via Bluetooth 5.0. You can get this device through our deal for $79.99.
The Splinternet is Growing Bigger
The splinternet, also known as cyberbalkanization, refers to how governments split the World Wide Web into national internets.
It’s not just authoritarian countries trying to bend the global web to national values. The same social media companies that gave rise to unrest in the Middle East have come under fire in the West for allowing their services to be used to promote hatred and terrorism. In response, England and Australia have recently passed laws demanding tech firms provide easier access to web users’ communications.
Sometimes I think that in the future there will be no internet. There won’t be a web browser, there will just be apps that are easier to censor and control.
NBC News Now Offers Free News For Cordcutters
NBC News Now is a new streaming service from NBC that offers free news to cordcutters. It’s available on iOS and tvOS.
NBC News Now will air live programming between 3PM and 11PM Eastern through both the web as well as the NBC News apps on mobile devices as well as Apple TV, Fire TV and Roku. It’ll offer an ad-supported mix of live programming (both on-the-hour segments and breaking news) as well as pre-recorded features and interviews.