Techguy.org’s Mike Cermak Interview, Computer and Technology Correspondent

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Today’s Topics Include:

Disney Asks for 65% ticket sales and mandatory 4 Week run in it’s largest Theatres

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/11/disney-makes-a-bigger-ask-of-theaters-than-ever-before-with-the-last-jedi/

 

Microsoft Hololens Certified As Safety Glasses (Further proof Microsoft is not focused on consumer for AR any time soon)

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/01/microsoft-hololens-hard-hat-european-expansion/

 

Amazon AR Shopping For Household Items, Might be useful?

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/01/amazon-ar-view-shopping/

 

Russia Outlaws VPN in Russia, discuss use of VPN and could something like this happen in the US?

http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-law-outlawing-use-of-vpns-comes-into-effect-in-russia-2017-11

 

Nvidia Creates fake celebrity photos, photo-realistic. Implications of being able to create real fake photos.

https://qz.com/1115353/new-research-from-nvidia-shows-that-the-era-of-easily-faked-ai-generated-photos-is-quickly-emerging/

 

Microsoft Patents way to put 3.5mm jack in smaller phones, should the standard stay a standard?

http://pocketnow.com/2017/10/30/microsoft-patents-3-5mm-headphone-jack

 

CryptoShuffler Stole $150,000 by Replacing Bitcoin Wallet IDs in PC Clipboards

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptoshuffler-stole-150-000-by-replacing-bitcoin-wallet-ids-in-pc-clipboards/

 

SpaceX lands the 13th Falcon 9 rocket of the year in flames

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16570874/spacex-falcon-9-watch-koreasat-launch

 

Microsoft director installs Chrome during demonstration… because Edge wasn’t working

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/79qb1k/microsofts_director_installing_google_chrome_in/

 

Dell forgot to renew the domain name for their backup service

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/26/dell_forgot_to_renew_pc_data_recovery_services_domain/