If you missed the show from Friday (01/20/2017) or just want to review it again, we’ve got it edited and posted to our YouTube channel!
On this episode we go over some of the recent random news with our awesome IRC chat!
S7 update downgrades display default to FullHD instead of 4k:
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-display-defaults-full-hd-after-nougat-update
Uber pays out:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/19/uber-settlement-20-million-drivers-earnings/
Google VR Paint app open sourcing:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/19/googles-vr-art-app-is-open-source-and-ready-to-get-weird/
Making a bootable USB with Rufus:
http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/20/create-bootable-usb-drives-with-rufus/
But RMPrep is better at it:
http://www.rmprepusb.com/
Samsung’s excuse for the Note 7:
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/20/14334376/samsung-note-7-flaw-batteries-wsj-report
Measuring Magnet Strength:
Making Robots:
Program with Robot Operating System for Smooth Servo Movement
NASA shows what landing on pluto could have been:
https://gizmodo.com/glorious-new-nasa-video-imagines-a-landing-on-pluto-1791419562
Checking out what makes Saturn’s Rings:
https://gizmodo.com/cassini-just-gave-us-a-rare-look-at-saturns-wavemaker-m-1791421197
Bacon Toaster:
https://gizmodo.com/a-toaster-just-for-bacon-will-make-every-meal-so-much-b-1791420285
CPU Review:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2017/01/19/intel_kaby_lake_i77700k_cpu_delid_relid_results
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M0YDS2A/?tag=hardfocom-20
Zuckerburg forcing friends out of homes:
Is that how a cpu is supposed to go on?:
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-7870K-Radeon-Graphics-AD787KXDJCSBX/dp/B01CO2JDLI
Miguel Ferrers passes:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/miguel-ferrers-albert-rosenfield-will-always-be-the-bes-1791403103
Kymco updating scooter:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/19/kymco-smart-scooter/
Block sounds in Chrome windows:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/silent-site-sound-blocker/hkbdhiphllimobjnfeeekaogfibmdgfe
Biking through portals:
https://sploid.gizmodo.com/biking-through-portals-like-this-would-be-so-freaking-s-1791404062
Legend of Zelda on switch what’s happening:
http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/18/14308524/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-switch-and-wii-u-differences-explained
Building automated door lock with Raspberry Pi:
https://lifehacker.com/build-your-own-smartphone-connected-door-lock-with-a-ra-1791424901
Northern Lights from a plane window:
https://sploid.gizmodo.com/seeing-the-northern-lights-at-35-000-feet-is-the-best-r-1791423034
Minimal keyboard:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Vortex/CORE/
Graphene Superconductor:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/20/researchers-make-a-graphene-superconductor/
St Louis Public Libraries hit with Ransomware:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-locks-down-public-libraries-at-all-locations-across-saint-louis/
Make a whistle from a can lid:
https://lifehacker.com/turn-a-soup-can-lid-into-an-emergency-whistle-1791140975
Now that’s a belt buckle:
https://gizmodo.com/be-a-fashionable-macgyver-with-a-multi-tool-hidden-in-y-1791431839
Avalanche in Italy:
https://gizmodo.com/ten-survivors-found-alive-at-italian-hotel-following-de-1791427954
Symantec and bad certificates:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2017/01/already-on-probation-symantec-issues-more-illegit-https-certificates/
Dash buttons going to Amazon’s home page:
http://www.recode.net/2017/1/20/14333220/amazon-virtual-dash-buttons-one-click-purchase
Krebs tracks down hackers that launched attack against his site:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/19/krebs-pinpoints-the-likely-author-of-the-mirai-botnet/
Driving in Australia:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/19/3-killed-20-hurt-after-car-strikes-pedestrians-in-melbourne.html
Super Mario Lego:
https://sploid.gizmodo.com/the-only-thing-missing-from-this-delightful-lego-versio-1791336288
Vaping still good in National Parks:
https://gizmodo.com/government-abruptly-kills-proposed-vaping-ban-in-nation-1791333531
Searching Google when offline:
Apples won’t go brown:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/18/non-browning-gmo-apple-slices-go-on-sale-next-month/
Cool synthesizer:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/18/teenage-engineering-pocket-operator-po-32/
Ransomware going after big data:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/database-ransom-attacks-hit-couchdb-and-hadoop-servers/
E-cig explodes cause people are cheap when getting products:
https://gizmodo.com/man-loses-seven-teeth-after-e-cigarette-explodes-in-his-1791293954
Surface Studio Review:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11050/the-microsoft-surface-studio-review
What’s the stove drawer for:
https://skillet.lifehacker.com/that-drawer-under-your-stove-isnt-actually-for-storage-1791262060
Record your web session:
http://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/17/webrecorder/
CIA shares lots of declassified docs:
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-cia-just-dumped-12-million-declassified-documents-o-1791297143
Cool Coffee table:
https://lifehacker.com/build-an-interactive-coffee-table-that-lights-up-plays-1791301428
AT&T turns off 2g:
http://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/17/att-shuts-down-2g-network/
Evolution of the US Dollar:
https://sploid.gizmodo.com/check-out-the-evolution-of-the-us-dollar-bill-1791313067
College admin demands $200k to give up password:
https://gizmodo.com/for-profit-college-says-fired-admin-demanded-200-000-t-1791315343
We’ll be back on the air tomorrow (01/23/2017) at 8am EST! Join us at http://www.foolishtechshow.com to join our live chat and talk with us directly!
