Chocolate Almond Podcast Episode 4
Podcast Topics 9-14-17
Apple Keynote
● Apple watch 3
○ Water proof
○ Makes calls by itself
○ New upgraded design
○ Costs 399 with cellular and 329 without
● Apple TV
○ Now supports 4K and HDR
○ Updated interface
○ Costs 149
● iPhone 8 (7s)
○ Look almost exactly like the 7 and 7plus respectively
○ Have some beefed up internals like a new A11 bionic chip for faster processing and better camera sensor
○ Portrait mode has newer lighting options
○ Starting at 699 for iPhone 8 and 799 for the plus both at 64GB
● iPhone X
○ Full edge to edge display with a “super retina OLED” display packing 458 pixels per inch
○ Got rid of the home button and instead uses gestures. Swipe up to go home, down from the top middle for notifications and down from the top right to get to control center
○ Starts at 999…*chokes*
○ Introduced face ID thanks to its new dot projector that maps your face so people can't get in using a photo of you. Also animojis
○ http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/12/technology/gadgets/apple-iphone-event/index.html
● Pixel 2 gets press conference announcement
○ October 4th is the date of the press conference in which the pixel 2 will be revealed
○ Everyone is waiting to see what Google will do to compete with the iPhone
○ The phone will most likely be available for pre order the phone the day after
○ http://bgr.com/2017/09/14/pixel-2-release-date-event-date/
● Digital blackface
○ An article on the BBC was posted by a contributor named Victoria princewill talking about digital blackface
○ Princewell said that animated gifs used to express emotion and reactions are mainly comprised of black people
○ Princewell claims that this is a form of mocking demeaning stereotypes and exaggerated black peoples features and their expressions
○ She also mentions white people using black skinned emojis as a form of cultural appropriation
○ Princewell claims “we aren't here to make you look more sassy or sexy” “let us decide how we want to be perceived”
○ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rt.com/document/59944347fc7e939e138b4569/amp/399794-digital-blackface-bbc-emoji
● Martin Shkreli Jailed for Seeking a Hair From Hillary Clinton
○ Was sentenced to jail and had his bail revoked, due to Facebook posts that he made; “Will pay $5,000 per hair obtained from Hillary Clinton” and “$5,000 but the hair has to include a follicle. Do not assault anyone for any reason ever (LOLIBERALS)”
○ Due to Shkreli’s past trends of harassment and threats, Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto determined that the posts could be seen as a true threat.
○ Shkreli’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman claims that the posts were supposed to be satirical and that Shkreli’s post only showed “immaturity, satire, a warped sense of humor.”
○ The judge disagreed and Shkreli will most likely not be released unless his lawyers can prove that he cannot pose a threat, because his post was seen as “a solicitation to assault in exchange for money that is not protected by the First Amendment”
● Equifax Update
○ IF YOU ARE AN ADULT IN THE US PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6z0bEpVpM&feature=share
○ Apparently Equifax was aware of the hack six weeks before they went public with the information, and heads of the company sold significant portions of their stocks before the info went public.
○ In Argentina, Equifax reportedly used “admin” as the username and password for their employee web portal, which contained employee and customer info.
○ Having access to this, according to Brian Krebs, potentially allowed “anyone could theoretically impersonate an employee by simply reading their username and password off the site, or even add themselves as a new "employee" to the database”
○ Also, the data was not at all encrypted, so it would be simple to obtain.
○ Equifax has taken down the portal and stated that this was not linked to the hacks in the U.S.
