Episode 239
Digital Handcuffs
June 29th, 2021
56 mins 21 secs
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Mix has a new release, The Linux Foundation is working on an open voice network, the Baltimore PD surveillance plane has been shut down by a judge, and we share what we know about Windows 11,
-- During The Show --
00:45 Cost of RTL 308? - Philip
02:40 Networking Help - Jordan
- New DHCP lease also triggers a fresh ARP entry
05:00 Help Leaving Gmail - Lucas
- Use a IMAP + Email Client (like Thunderbird) to sync your mail, then use the email client to export a mbox file
07:55 Reflections on Ep 226 - Bhikhu
09:20 Pick of the Week
- Allows you to turn any website/webapp into desktop app
- Web Catalog
12:00 Gadget of the Week
Thank you Brett
16:00 Mixxx
- MIXX 2.3.0 released
- True DJ software
- New multithreaded analysis
- More accurate key detection
- New default "LateNight" skin
- Improvements for Rekordbox and Serato users
- Opus and HE-AAC codecs added for recording/streaming
- New out-of-the-box support for hardware controllers
- Improvements for existing hardware controller support
- MIXX Release Notes
24:00 Blender
- Blender partners with Canonical to provide support
- Canonical agrees to build and maintain their own Blender Services Organization
- Some of the revenue goes back to Blender
- Blender Article
29:00 LF Open Voice Network
- Dedicated to advancing open standards in AI-enabled voice assistance systems
- Initially Focused on:
- Standards Development
- Industry Value and Awareness
- Advocacy (Regulatory, Data Privacy)
- Linux Foundation Press Release
34:45 Air Tracking
- Arial Surveillance deemed 4th Amendment violation
- Key point - they did not require a warrant to search the data
- Reason Article
38:40 Would you pay for Privacy Search Engine?
- Free for 3 months, 4.95/month after that
- Neeva
- Fast Company Article
41:25 Windows 11 - What We Know
- Free Upgrade for Windows 7 Pro and 10 users
- Only supported on 8th Gen Intel and newer
- Android app support added
- Android apps will be distributed through Microsoft and Amazon stores
- Home Addition requires internet and MS online account
- Mandatory TPM 2.0 chip
- TPMs have unique keys burned in, which allows for increased DRM
- TPMs protect the computer, not you the owner
- Microsoft will force online accounts for all versions eventually
- Commonsware Article
- Verge Article
- Secret Club Article
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