News for the New Year (Patreon)

Level1 News January 1 2019: Rally Round the Family With A Pocket Full of Phones Patron Ed.

2:19 - Google wins dismissal of facial recognition lawsuit over biometric privacy act 3:33 - Google hit with FTC complaint over 'inappropriate' kids apps 5:50 - SpaceX launches Air Force's most powerful GPS satellite ever built 7:34 - Congress approves act that opens US government data to the public 10:28 - Trump signs legislation to back quantum computing with $1.2 billion 12:14 - LinkedIn Co-Founder Apologizes for Deception in Alabama Senate Race 15:40 - Top Amazon boss privately advised US government on web portal worth billions to tech firm 18:24 - Hospital prices are about to go public 21:28 - Domain Registrar Can be Held Liable for Pirate Site, Court Rules 23:15 - Appeals Court Hands ReDigi Another Loss; Says Reselling Mp3s Violates Copyright Law 25:15 - UK now has systems to combat drones 27:06 - Chinese companies rally around Huawei after CFO arrest 28:48 - Beijing turns to facial recognition to combat public housing abuses 31:00 - Chinese schools are using ‘smart uniforms’ to track their students’ locations 33:38 - India Wants Platforms Like Facebook, Google, WhatsApp, And Twitter To Take Down "Unlawful" Content And Break Encryption 35:34 - India Curbs Power of Amazon and Walmart to Sell Products Online 38:10 - No more paperwork: Estonia edges toward digital government 40:32 - Google erases Kurdistan from maps in compliance with Turkish govt 42:13 - YouTube Apparently Just Did Something Totally Insane on Twitter. (Here's What Happened When People Complained) 44:18 - Facebook's Secret Censorship Manual Exposed as Platform Takes Down Video About Israel Terrorizing Palestinians 47:36 - Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's 2018: We've changed, we promise 51:41 - CenturyLink internet has been restored, with latency issues lingering 53:23 - Netflix permanently pulls iTunes billing for new users 54:39 - Elon Musk Says Pedophile Accusation Against British Man Was Protected Speech 56:54 - Amazon’s R&D spending is poised to top the GDP of Iceland 58:36 - Apple will reportedly start assembling its premium iPhone models in India 59:40 - ATT's first 5G speed tests look uninspiring 1:01:48 - iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data 1:03:08 - Intel Vows Better Communication With Partners About CPU Shortage 1:03:53 - Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, banked a $3 billion profit in 2018 1:08:25 - Source: Google will launch the Pixel 3 and 3 XL "Lite" on Verizon in spring 2019 1:09:05 - Faraday Future had the worst year possible for an EV startup 1:11:28 - New York police to use drone for first time at New Year's Eve party 1:13:22 - Samsung's 2019 Smart TVs Can Remotely Access Your PCs And Smartphones 1:15:35 - Fake Amazon Alexa Setup App Climbs Its Way To Apple's App Store Charts 1:16:51 - Hot tub hack reveals washed-up security protection 1:19:20 - Microsoft's emergency Internet Explorer patch renders some Lenovo laptops unbootable 1:20:31 - Hacker steals 10 years worth of data from San Diego school district 1:21:58 - Users report losing Bitcoin in clever hack of Electrum wallets 1:23:29 - FTC Warns Netflix Users About Email Phishing Scam 1:24:29 - Julia Reda – In January, the EU starts running Bug Bounties on Free and Open Source Software 1:26:55 - AI invents New Year fireworks names that sound more like the end of humanity 1:28:17 - Toyota Wants to Put a Robot in Every Home and Make It Your Pal 1:30:09 - Machine learning makes mono soundtrack more immersive 1:31:36 - Tesla expands employee testing of its upgraded Autopilot hardware 1:33:05 - Sex Robots Will Be Able To 'Feel' Human Touch With New Technology 1:34:18 - A Christmas menu dreamed up by a robot 1:36:25 - AI Automatically Sorts Cancer Cells 1:37:12 - Forget Go, Google helps AI learn to book flights on the Web 1:38:53 - Google Chrome's new UI is ugly, and people are very angry 1:39:42 - Most people give up New Year's Resolutions by January 12, study claims 1:40:51 - Random: Man Uses Disguised NES Zapper To Rob A Bank 1:42:24 - Japan announces withdrawal from International Whaling Commission, to resume commercial whaling 1:45:00 - 'Selfie wrist' an emerging hazard of digital age, doctor warns 1:45:23 - Nazareth Court Sends Youth to Psychiatric Detention over ‘Fortnite’ Addiction 1:47:22 - Fortnite was 2018’s most important social network 1:48:14 - ‘PUBG’ Radar Hack Ban Wave Sparks Esports Cheating Controversy 1:50:46 - Sky in Queens Turns Bright Blue Amid Reports of Fire at Con Ed Substation 1:52:01 - Dead musicians are touring again, as holograms. It's tricky — technologically and legally 1:55:14 - TSA to deploy more floppy-ear dogs because they're less scary than pointy-ear dogs