Episode 109: Meltdown and Spectre

With CES just getting started the big news this week has been the Meltdown and Spectre issues with computer processors. You probably don’t fully understand the issue, but guess what? We don’t either and not quite sure anyone does. Plenty of other good tech news and tips to be discussed as well.

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Show Notes:

• CES 2018 in Las Vegas (01:10)
• iPhone X OLED screen burn-in tests (04:05)
• Microsoft has stopped supporting Bitcoin transactions (07:25)
• Dave’s #Pro-Tip o’ the week: Removing web page clutter on iOS, Content Blocker+ (09:55)
• Palette Gear controls (15:50)
• Filld – Gas delivery to you (22:20)
• Apple Watch users reporting reboots in ICU (28:40)
• Everysecond.io website (30:35)
• Amazon has big plans for Alexa ads in 2018 (33:10)
• Meltdown and Spectre processor bugs Krebs on the chip flaws (36:25)
• The nasty surprises hackers in store for us in 2018 (45:10)
• The upside to our obsession with gadgets (47:50)
• Picks of the Week:
  • Dave: Bands in Town (51:35)
  • Nate: Vector podcast with Rene Ritchie (55:25)
    

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