The director got me to go down an alley to talk to a dude in trench coat. How was *your* Saturday?
Source: Wired
This is one of the minor dangers of owning an Amazon Echo. Most anyone can activate the device by just saying the wake word including Cartman. And in the season opener of South Park, that’s exactly what happened. Watch. South Park messing with Alexa #SouthPark #Alexa pic.twitter.com/4qtJkwQJ6R — Moritz Wittmann (@MoritzWittmann) September 14, 2017 If someone watched that episode… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Need to save that text message for proof in a friendly dispute? Something more salubrious? Here’s how to back up all the text messages on your phone.
Source: Wired
To get some answers, I hopped on the phone with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi. We went through a bunch of the common concerns in rapid fire fashion, and I’ve also been asking around and listening to Apple folks who have been using the feature over long periods. Hopefully we can clear up some of the FUD about it.
Making Face ID
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Source: TechCrunch
American Vandal takes the investigative approach of shows like Making a Murderer and applies it to something a little less serious — not a murder, but the spraypainting of dicks on teachers’ cars at a fictional California high school. Yes, it’s a Netflix parody of a Netflix show (among other things). The snake eats its own tail! American Vandaal was created by Tony Yacenda… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
A fire ecologist explains why this summer’s wildfires are so dramatic.
Source: Wired
Following a similar report about Facebook, BuzzFeed News says it was able to launch an ad campaign on Google targeting phrases like “Zionists control the world.”
Source: CNET
With the power of a larger laptop in a chunky but compact chassis, the Alienware 15 is ready to rout.
Source: CNET
Entrepreneur First (EF), the company builder and “talent first” investor, has just held Demo Day for its eighth London cohort, seeing 14 newly-formed startups pitch their wares onstage to investors, press and other actors in the European tech scene. What’s particularly interesting about EF is that it backs individuals “pre-team, pre-idea” — meaning that, as… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
It’s Shanon Cook’s last show, so we take a trip down memory lane with our favorite music from the 90s.
Source: CNET