Podcaster Leo Laporte, the everywhere man

Thanks to Mark Milian of the LA Times for this great profile. (And giving Tony Wang his first big time photo credit!)

“Over a decade ago, Apple partnered with Intel to design and develop Thunderbolt, and today our customers enjoy the speed and flexibility it brings to every Mac. We remain committed to the future of Thunderbolt and will support it in Macs with Apple silicon,” commented an Apple spokesperson, in a statement to The Verge.

Android 11 Beta 2 Now Available for Pixel Phones! 8 July 2020

It’s a mid-week Android part – Google just released Android 11 Beta 2 for Pixel devices, including the Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 4. If you own one of those Pixel phones, you can get updated right away!

Uber launches on-demand grocery delivery in Latin America and Canada - The Verge 7 July 2020

Grocery delivery will be available through both Uber’s main app and its Uber Eats app. Customers will see food delivery available from local grocery stores and will be able to receive their orders “in as little as one to two hours,” according to Uber Eats head of product Daniel Danker. The service is available starting […]

Android Users Hit with 'Undeletable' Adware | Threatpost 7 July 2020

That’s according to research from Kaspersky, which found that 14.8 percent of its users who suffered such attacks were left with undeletable files. These range from trojans that can install and run apps without the user’s knowledge, to less threatening, but nevertheless intrusive, advertising apps.

Fraunhofer's VVC promises to reduce video file sizes by 50% to improve mobile network efficiency | VentureBeat 7 July 2020

Also known as H.266, VVC is Fraunhofer’s direct sequel to HEVC, the “high-efficiency video coding” standard that’s been in use since 2013. While HEVC was considered to be impressively adept for its time at cutting down video file sizes, VVC is being billed as a “quantum leap in coding efficiency,” reducing data requirements by “around […]

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