Compulang: Technology, Programming & Privacy

No more unlimited Google Photos storage: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/11/21560810/google-photos-unlimited-cap-free-uploads-15gb-ending

NASA + SpaceX launch 4 astronauts to ISS: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-spacex/one-heck-of-a-ride-spacex-launches-astronauts-into-space-idUSKBN27V0I3

YouTube down for 2 hours on the 12th: https://downdetector.com/status/youtube/news/347662-problems-at-youtube-2/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/11/21561764/youtube-down-outage-loading-videos

Also cancelling Rewind: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54931875

https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1326947861305696263

Zoom encryption debacle with the FTC: https://apnews.com/article/technology-9717b01b541a0cbad441f87bef89d871

What to expect from a computer science degree?

Pros:

• Work in a bunch of different programming paradigms
  
• Learn from researchers
  
• Have eyes on your code all the time, manual review, etc.
  
• Guided learning
  
• Certification!
  
• Work in areas you may not have thought to be interesting
  

Cons:

• Doesn't really prepare you for industry
  
• Often uses old or outdated technologies
  
• Expensive
  
• Time-consuming
  
• Doesn't necessarily give you the experience you need to land a good job
  

FreeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/

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First manned Virgin Hyperloop test "flight": https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54838982

Unlimited Chase Ultimate Rewards Points hack finally disclosed: https://chadscira.com/post/5fa269d46142ac544e013d6e/DISCLOSURE-Unlimited-Chase-Ultimate-Rewards-Points

Trump to lose Twitter protections: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-socialmedia/trump-will-lose-special-twitter-protections-in-january-idUSKBN27O0MQ

GitHub Source Code Leak: https://resynth1943.net/articles/github-source-code-leak/

Let's Encrypt cross-signed certificate expiring September 2021; Android update problem: https://letsencrypt.org/2020/11/06/own-two-feet.html

Please Unsubscribe: https://please-unsubscribe.com/

Twitter, Facebook censor NY Post: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-cites-hacked-materials-policy-to-justify-censorship-of-ny-post-hunter-biden-article/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54568785

Section 230: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/section-230-the-internet-law-politicians-love-to-hate-explained/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230#Platform_neutrality

Nvidia password cracking graphics card

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-is-very-good-at-cracking-passwords-and-thats-bad-news

Apple iPhone 12 and 12 Pro released: https://www.apple.com/iphone-12-pro/

Notably no longer coming with EarPods or a power adapter (power cable still included)

Hum into Google to find a song: https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-now-hum-into-google-search-and-it-will-find-the-song/

Nim 1.40 released: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/10/16/version-140-released.html

Dropbox converts to 100% remote work: https://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-letting-all-employees-work-from-home-permanently-2020-10

Amazon Eero Mesh Wi-Fi 6 routers for ISP's: https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-brings-eero-mesh-wi-fi-to-isps/

Privacy concerns (managed network)

Eero Secure: https://eero.com/eero-secure

Customs & Border Protection buying location data: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7wakg/cbp-dhs-location-data-venntel-apps

Huawei's HarmonyOS: https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3104176/harmony-os-everything-you-need-know-about-huaweis-android-alternative

Will be open-sourced: https://github.com/Awesome-HarmonyOS/HarmonyOS

Tesla QC issues (roof): https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-y-roof-fell-off-family-claims-quality-control-concern-2020-10

Plaintext onboarding emails: https://blog.palabra.io/great-onboarding-plain-text

French cafe owners arrested for not logging customer's internet traffic: https://www.zdnet.com/article/five-bar-and-cafe-owners-arrested-in-france-for-running-no-log-wifi-networks/

Webpack 5 released: https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/

Google shutting play store service fee loophole: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-plans-to-shut-the-loophole-that-lets-netflix-spotify-and-tinder-avoid-paying-its-30-app-tax/articleshow/78383294.cms

Designer makes bank on iOS icons: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54387339

MKBHD Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH66LWWluVE

EARN IT act passes committee 22-0 https://www.newsweek.com/senate-earn-it-act-encryption-privacy-aclu-human-rights-watch-eff-internet-freedoms-1515326

Introduced to House: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/urgent-earn-it-act-introduced-house-representatives

Social cooling website from Tijmen Schep: https://www.socialcooling.com/

Despite it being "Deafness awareness week," YouTube eliminated crowdsourced video captioning: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/youtube-celebrates-deaf-awareness-week-by-killing-crowd-sourced-captions/

Jet suit paramedic testing in the UK: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-54331994

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-54277123

TikTok ban delayed, Oracle deal might be approved after all: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/09/18/can-you-still-use-tiktok-and-wechat-heres-what-we-know-about-the-us-ban/#1ad2c0d3358c

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-24/tiktok-judge-tells-u-s-to-postpone-ban-or-file-brief-by-friday

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3103141/donald-trump-administration-files-legal-objection-tiktoks-efforts-halt

Windows XP source code leaked:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21455655/microsoft-windows-xp-source-code-leak

Coalition for app fairness (Spotify, Epic Games, Match Group, Protonmail)

https://appfairness.org/

Google Play store service fees are also 30%: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622?hl=en

https://protonmail.com/blog/coalition-for-app-fairness/

China's cryptocurrency

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54261382

DCEP is centralized: https://boxmining.com/dcep/#DCEP_is_a_Centralized_Currency

Amazon Luna (new game streaming service, competitor to Google's Stadia)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/54295762?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology&link_location=live-reporting-story

Fire in Huawei compound in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3103154/fire-huawei-compound-southern-china-leaves-three-dead

Swift programming language toolchain now available on Windows:

https://swift.org/blog/swift-on-windows/

Tweet from Craig Loewen about Linux GUI apps on WSL:

https://twitter.com/craigaloewen/status/1308452901266751488?s=19