Welcome to episode 76 of the EdTech Situation Room from December 6, 2017, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wes Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the viability of antivirus software on client computers and the prospects for brain implants (mind-computer interfaces) as described by a current neurosurgeon. Additional topics included Windows 10 ARM laptops, the public health risks posed by Facebook and Google, digital distractions, and Amazon Prime video finally coming to AppleTV. Google-related topics included the current spat over selling products on Amazon.com, which is leading to the blocking of YouTube on Amazon streaming devices, YouTube’s redoubled efforts to address child exploitation online, and the need for AI / machine learning consultants to help companies utilize these technologies to support their business practices. The prospects for privacy in the United State being further eroded by a Supreme Court case focusing on the need for a warrant for cell phone location data and the best selling products during CyberMonday rounded out the show. Geeks of the week included Android battery management strategies, the Windows re-imaging tool Ninite, a science fiction book written by a neuroscientist, and Amazon’s new “Transcribe” service for audio and video files stored on the Amazon Cloud. Please check out all our shownotes (including articles we did not have time to address in this week’s show) on http://edtechSR.com/links and follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/edtechSR for updates.
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- Security Guidelines for Congressional Campaigns (TechSolidarity, November 2017)
- The Surgeon Who Wants to Connect You to the Internet with a Brain Implant (MIT Technology Review, 30 Nov 2017)
- NeuroLutions
- Neuralink
- Secrets of the Brain (National Geographic, February 2014)
- These are the first Windows 10 ARM laptops (The Verge, 5 December 2017)
- Qualcomm Is Building Awesome Windows PCs Out Of Smartphone Parts (Wired, 5 December 2017)
- How Facebook and Google threaten public health – and democracy (The Guardian, 11 Nov 2017)
- Digital Distractions by Jason Neiffer (Classroom 2.0 Live, 11 Feb 2017)
- Amazon Prime Video comes to Apple TV, finally (The Verge, 6 December 2017)
- ‘We could build something revolutionary’: how tech set underground music free (The Guardian, 22 November 2017)
- Google Lashes Out at Amazon by Blocking YouTube (Fortune Magazine, 5 Dec 2017)
- Here’s What YouTube Is Doing To Stop Its Child Exploitation Problem (BuzzFeed News, 4 Dec 2017)
- Google, Amazon Find Not Everyone Is Ready for Artificial Intelligence (Wired, 1 Dec 2017)
- The US could be on the verge of dismantling digital privacy as we know it (Quartz, 29 Nov 2017)
- Chromecast & Samsung tablets among best-selling items on record Cyber Monday (9 to 5 Google; 28 November 2017)
- Jason’s Geeks of the Week: Take Control of your Android Battery! and Ninite
- Wes’ Geeks of the Week: RedDevil 4: A Novel by Eric C. Leuthardt and Amazon Transcribe is a sophisticated transcription service for AWS (TechCrunch, 29 Nov 2017)
