Weekly News - February 4, 2019 (Patreon)

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2:15 - A new net neutrality bill is headed to Congress 4:23 - FCC struggles to convince judge that broadband isn’t “telecommunications” 6:52 - Prisons Are Building Databases of Inmates' Voice Prints 8:51 - Authorities shut down xDedic marketplace for buying hacked servers 10:15 - Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison 11:27 - The digital drug: Internet addiction spawns U.S. treatment programs 12:59 - Huawei Criminal Charges Filed Against Chinese Company By US 15:53 - Secrecy Reigns as NERC Fines Utilities $10M citing Serious Cyber Risks 17:15 - Canada's Bell Tried To Have VPNs Banned During NAFTA Negotiations 19:38 - Foxconn says it will build Wisconsin factory after all, citing conversation with Trump 20:23 - Apple will reportedly store Russian user data locally, possibly decrypt on request 21:42 - New Site Exposes How Apple Censors Apps in China 22:38 - Mobile Apps: Chinese apps seek excessive information from Indian consumers 24:00 - Apple Worker Charged With Secrets Theft for China Robocar Firm 26:22 - Amazon and Flipkart face uncertainty as India readies new rules for foreign ecommerce companies 28:39 - Mozilla COO contacts European Commission voicing concerns about Facebook's lack of ad transparency 30:04 - Exclusive: UAE used cyber super-weapon to spy on iPhones of foes 32:37 - Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices 35:12 - South Korea rules pre-installed phone bloatware must be deletable 36:27 - Apple removes Siri team lead as part of AI strategy shift 38:03 - Robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga: Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line 40:45 - Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals Directly into Speech 42:32 - A step closer to self-aware machines 43:56 - Report: Americans got 26.3 billion robocalls last year, up 46 percent from 2017 45:27 - Siri Gets Much Smarter as Apple's Investments Pay Off 47:11 - Automated background checks are deciding who’s fit for a home 50:13 - Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials' properties 51:24 - Four-Legged Walking Robot Is Smaller Than an Ant's Face 52:48 - At Alibaba's futuristic hotel, robots deliver towels and mix cocktails 54:23 - iRobot unveils Terra, a Roomba lawn mower 57:51 - Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones 59:40 - Apple says it’s banning Facebook’s research app that collects users’ personal information 1:01:47 - Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps 1:03:16 - Apple Plans Gaming Subscription Service 1:04:28 - Intel's interim CEO Bob Swan gets the job permanently 1:06:56 - One Of The Biggest At-Home DNA Testing Companies Is Working With The FBI 1:08:11 - Amazon job applications doubled after it raised its minimum wage to $15 1:09:46 - Netflix, Amazon, and Hollywood studios shut down maker of “free TV” box 1:11:36 - Xbox One consoles are down (Update: they're back) 1:12:33 - Cord cutting: Netflix has more 'certified fresh' movies than Amazon 1:14:30 - DirecTV Now Lost a Staggering 14% of Its Users in Q4 1:15:35 - AT&T’s Mega Mergers Are Going Poorly, And You’re Footing the Bill 1:16:35 - Elon Musk Makes All Tesla Patents Public To Save Earth 1:19:02 - Spotify reportedly in “advanced stages” of acquiring podcast company for $230M 1:20:57 - The Intel Xeon W-3175X Review: 28 Unlocked Cores, $2999 1:22:57 - Unsecured MongoDB databases expose Kremlin's backdoor into Russian businesses 1:24:23 - Google Play apps with more than 4.3 million downloads stole pics and pushed porn ads 1:26:57 - Firefox will soon warn users of software that performs MitM attacks 1:28:43 - Apple Says It Will Fix The FaceTime Bug That Allows You To Access Someone's iPhone Camera And Microphone Before They Pick Up 1:29:31 - Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts 1:30:53 - New security flaw impacts 5G, 4G, and 3G telephony protocols 1:32:03 - India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers 1:34:13 - Google Chrome to get warnings for 'lookalike URLs' 1:35:53 - Singapore HIV registry data leaked online in health breach 1:37:46 - Security firm identifies hacker behind Collection 1 leak, as Collection 2-5 become public 1:41:26 - Razer Goes Pink For Valentines Day With New Blade Stealth Quartz And More 1:43:30 - Graphic Design Criticism as a Spectator Sport 1:46:10 - Google cleans up Gmail app with an all-white redesign 1:47:21 - YouTube is experimenting with ways to tackle people weaponizing dislikes 1:49:23 - RackaRacka Claims YouTube Is Breaking Its Own Content Policies And Community Guidelines With New Original ‘Wayne' 1:51:12 - YouTube Strikes Now Being Used as Scammers' Extortion Tool 1:52:16 - Google+ reveals shutdown timeline for consumers — and it's coming fast