Episode 26: Careening Phone Vulnerable Water Sun

In this episode we talk about:

• GM's driverless, steering wheel-less, and pedel-less autonomous vehicle.
• iOS is heading to be bigger than the worldwide movie market.
• iPhone will soon give you a choice between slowing down or risking an overheated phone.
• Facebook is launching a home video chat device.
• Google bought a startup that can make your entire mobile device screen into a giant speaker.
• Samsung is working on a phone with a screen on both sides.
• Qualcomm joins the other companies with processor vulnerabilities while a new vulnerability is discovered in AMD processors.
• A small handheld device can tell you if the water you're about to drink is safe.
• A new skin sticker will tell you when you have had enough sun.

Plus two great tech recommendations.

Links:

• Look, Ma, No Steering Wheel Or Pedals In GM's Robo-Taxi, Coming In 2019
• iOS App Store will be bigger than entire worldwide movie industry sometime this year | 9to5Mac
• iPhone Battery: Next update will let you disable intentional slowdown - Jan. 18, 2018
• EXCLUSIVE: Facebook Dives into Home Device Market with Video Chat Product Named "Portal" on Cheddar
• Google quietly bought a UK startup that turns your screen into a speaker - The Verge
• Samsung is working on a phone with screens on both sides — here are three futuristic ideas
• Qualcomm joins Intel, Apple, Arm, AMD in confirming its CPUs suffer hack bugs, too • The Register
• A new stack-based overflow vulnerability discovered in AMD CPUsSecurity Affairs
• Lishtot’s TestDrop tells you whether water is safe to drink without even touching it
• Skin sticker lets you know when you've had enough sun