đ€§ Good morning! And a get well soon to our podcast host Adam Doud, who is fighting off a cold and has no voice. Which means Sam Moore has the job today and tomorrow, which means an early wakeup, so we thank Sam. (Mind you, if only this happened on last Friday's pod... the singing...)
Scientific American has its annual deep dive into the top 10 emerging technologies of 2019, picking out a variety of potentially useful game-changers that are on the edge of becoming mainstream.Â
The list shows 10 technologies in a mix of states:
Hereâs the full list -- five are health or medical-related, four are related to environment and energy:
Obviously, the potential of technologies like #4 could result in major changes to our health, especially as we age, while #3 showed me new insight into a field I didnât know a lot about.
I like the sound of #6:Â
And #9 sounds medical, but itâs actually more about transitioning from storing data on circuitry and magnetic tape, all of which cannot last beyond decades, to DNA, which has been found to be stable for hundreds of thousands of years.
Hereâs what it could mean, picking out a few points:Â
đč Google, Samsung patch Android camera flaw which allowed apps to spy on users, so update your apps people (Android Authority).
đ Xiaomi is offering earthquake detection in MIUI 11, and I thought maybe this was on-the-phone technology but itâs just in conjunction with a disaster warning thing. But still! (Android Authority).
đ Redmi K30 might trump Google, OnePlus in refresh rate stakes (Android Authority).
đ» Appleâs 16-inch MacBook Pro has a mysterious new âlid angle sensor,â and now itâs time to speculate: Privacy? FaceID related? Or just Apple seeing if youâve caused damaged by overextending the display backwards breaking the hinge/internal cables? (MacRumors).
đ The Morning Showâs executive producers felt like early reviews were an âattack on Appleâ (Recode). (That doesnât sound like the internet at all!?)
đ€·ââïž Conde Nast CEO says âthe jury is outâ on Apple News+: âI hope Apple News Plus is wildly successful. Whether itâs good for publishers like us or not is to be determined.â (Variety).
đ Disneyâs head of streaming services explains what happened when Disney+ crashed on launch: sheer unprecedented demand (The Verge).
đ Star Trek 4 is back on, this time from the maker of Legion and Fargo (Gizmodo).
đź Xbox One update puts a bit more peer pressure on you to buy the games your friends are playing (Engadget).
đŠ Angry Birds has somehow been around for 10 years and to celebrate theyâve cooked up a âVenting Machineâ, where you can let it all out. New York, Times Square, tomorrow only (Engadget).
đ Solar win: Using AI to control mirrors has resulted in generating unprecedented thermal levels that reach extreme highs not reached by previous setups, company backed by Bill Gates (CNN Business).
đȘ Cloud kitchens, those restaurants that just serve deliveries, being tried in India (TechCrunch)
đ Renault CEO isnât worried about autonomous cars killing sales, echoes the view that cars will be used more, and lifespans will shorten to perpetuate demand (Fortune). We wrote about this exact thing from Ford back in August.
đȘ Police can keep Ring camera video forever and share with whomever theyâd like, Amazon tells senator. Mind you, police still have to ask users for permission to access the video but the videos can be from months ago, and more than 12 hours long, which is offputting (Washington Post).
đź A therapeutic tuning fork: why is Marie Kondo selling the worldâs most unnecessary item? (The Guardian). Excuse me while I shout: Marie Kondo!! How could you!!! What a heel turn.
đ€ âRedditors who moved into a "tiny house" during the craze a while back, how's it going now?â (r/askreddit).
'Meth. We're On It.': South Dakota's new anti-meth campaign went viral over the last day or two, which is exactly what South Dakota wanted as it fights a growing addiction problem.
But it is a little weird to see these positive-sounding reviews:
Cheers, Tristan Rayner, Senior Editor.
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