Apple Event To Be Held March 25th

Apple Event To Be Held March 25th

Chris Brandt

Apple’s first big event of 2019 will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater at the Apple Campus on March 25th. The rumors are that there will be a big announcements around Apple’s subscription services offerings. There have been talks in the works for a long time around Apple offering a streaming video subscriptions service in addition to magazine subscriptions. While there have been initial complaints about the oversized cut that Apple intends to take, it still remains to be seen wha the model will be.

So Much For Drinking The Blood Of The Young, Try Sucking The Marrow From Their Bones

So Much For Drinking The Blood Of The Young, Try Sucking The Marrow From Their Bones

Chris Brandt
Medicine, Snake Oil, Lifestyle

Well, for those of you chasing the fountain of youth by getting transfusions of the blood of the young, the FDA has just shut you down. Ambrosia the clinic that has been topping up the elderly, was shut down by the FDA who labeled it a “dangerous scam.”

But don’t despair! If you are looking to find ways to satisfy your gruesome quest for youth, there is bone marrow. Hannah Osborne over at Newsweek is reporting:

Google Ends Forced Arbitration

Google Ends Forced Arbitration

Chris Brandt
Lifestyle, Ethics, law, Workplace

Forced arbitration has been a sticking point with me for some time. It is an increasingly common practice in many companies to force their workers to sign binding arbitration agreements.

Companies say that this is to reduce the overwhelming costs of litigation (what the heck are you doing to get sued that much), but the real reason is that it tips things heavily in favor of the company who chooses the arbitrator and manages the process.

SpaceX To Deploy 1 Million Satellite Uplinks

SpaceX To Deploy 1 Million Satellite Uplinks

Chris Brandt
Networking, Space

SpaceX has been talking about their desire to build a space-based array of satellites to bring affordable broadband to the planet. This array of low-earth orbit satellites would orbit as low as 208 miles to provide for reduced latency (pesky physics y’all). Now their subsidiary company, SpaceX Services has reached out to the FCC to get approval to deploy up to a million of earth-based uplinks. Always working at break-neck pace, SpaceX says they could have this service up and running by 2020. Check out more at extremetech.com

New Mac Trojan Disguised As EXE File

New Mac Trojan Disguised As EXE File

Chris Brandt
Vulnerability, Security

Trend Micro is reporting on a a Trojan that is disguised as a Windows executable. It is built with the Mono framework built into the file, so it can execute the EXE code. Normally Windows executable files will not run on a mac, so some of the built in safeguards are bypassed by this method of delivery, “This routine evades Gatekeeper because EXE is not checked by this software, bypassing the code signature check and verification since the technology only checks native Mac files.”

Marie Kondo Your Digital House

Marie Kondo Your Digital House

Chris Brandt
Lifestyle

Over the years, I have searched for good ways to optimize my time. I went down the path of Inbox Zero and OmniFocus. I have eliminated most social media from my diet, but there still seems to be constant interruptions from technology. I am always reminding my kids to limit their screen time, but when I use Apple’s handy new Screentime tool, I am far worse than my kids who seem to be immersed in their screens constantly.

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