Episode 83 - Facebook Cures, Jumani Outbreak
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Welcome to episode 83 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia……I’m Edgar Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about the Yahoo data breach, the Zuckerberg plan to cure diseases, the first Jumanji sequel photos, and much much more..
Now let’s Begin our show with Geek News
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Geek News
We begin with…
Yahoo Data Hack
Yahoo reported Thursday that data on 500 million user accounts was accessed without authorization in 2014. Yahoo believes it was a state-sponsored actor. Yahoo says the data accessed may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and hashed passwords but may not have included unprotected passwords, payment card data or bank account information. Yahoo began sending affected users an email starting at 11:30 AM Pacific this morning. It also will ask those who haven't updated passwords since 2014 to do so. https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/22/yahoo-confirms-state-sponsored-attacker-stole-personal-data-of-at-least-500-million-users/?ncid=rss
Facebook Cures What Ails You
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This week on Facebook Live, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Chan announced a new initiative “cure, prevent, or manage all diseases”.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will work in three ways: bring scientists and engineers together; build tools to “empower” people around the world; and promote a “movement” to fund science globally. The new venture will receive $3 billion in funds over the next decade.
The first major project is a $600 million investment in something called the Biohub, a new research center at UC San Francisco. Scientists from Stanford and UC Berkeley will also work on the Biohub, which will initially focus on two projects: the Cell Atlas, which will examine the cells that make up our major organs, and the Infectious Disease Initiative, which will delve into treatments for conditions like HIV and Zika.
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-royalty-reveal-master-plan-to-cure-all-diseas-1786907780
GoPro Karma
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GoPro announced it's new Karma drone with fold-up wings a backup and three-axis camera stabilization for $799 or $999 with the new Hero5 Session and $1099 with the new Hero 5 Black. GoPro is selling this as an all in one adventure capturing solution by allowing the user to remove the stabilizer from the drone and use it as a handheld camera stabilizer.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/19/gopro-karma/
CW App Lets You Stream Anywhere
Starting next week, The CW is introducing a new app that will allow viewers to watch their favorite CW shows anywhere, no log-in, and no cable verification required. Also, it’s free.
New Spawn Film in Works
In an interview with Tiffany Smith on AMC’s Geeking Out (via ComicBook.com), McFarlane himself revealed that he is almost done writing the new film. “I’ve finished the script, and I’m in the process of editing. It’s 183 pages, and [producers] usually like 120. I still think it’s going to end up being about 140 because I’m putting in details for myself,” he said. Considering that most superhero movies run well over two hours nowadays, I am not surprised.
http://nerdist.com/todd-mcfarlane-confirms-a-new-spawn-movie-is-in-the-works/
First look at the cast of Jumanji sequel
This week on Instagram, Kevin Hart put the first photo of the cast of the Jumanji sequel. The photo shows Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart looking like “jungle explorers”. There has been some controversy over the sexualized appearance of Gillan but overall the photo has left many wondering what direction the film is taking.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-jumanji-photo-is-here-and-everyone-looks-like-1786843194
Punisher Vs Ghost Rider?
At the red carpet event for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiere, Marvel Television Producer Jeph Loeb hinted at the possibility of The Punisher showing up later this season to face off against Ghost Rider.
Dark Tower TV adaptation
Ever since Ron Howard started pushing for an adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower, there was a plan to include a companion TV series. MRC and Sony Pictures have already committed to financing a full season of between 10 and 13 episodes. The series will be based on King's Wizard and Glass, which provides an epic backstory that focuses on a younger version of gunslinger Roland Deschain and his early tribulations. Idris Elba is set reprise his role as an older Roland. The Dark Tower series will start shooting in 2017 and it will most likely premiere it in 2018.
Power Rangers Casting
This summer Power Rangers director Dean Israelite confirmed that the Power Rangers’ original robot helper, Alpha 5, will be in the big screen reboot of the ’90s TV series. This week, the film’s producers revealed that Saturday Night Live veteran Bill Hader is lending his voice to Alpha 5.
http://nerdist.com/power-rangers-reboot-casts-bill-hader-as-alpha-5/
Ghost in the Shell Mini Trailers released
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Paramount Pictures has released 5 mini trailers that give fans their first look at the live action Ghost in the Shell movie. Even though eat mini trailer is only 5-10 seconds long, it’s still interesting to see Scarlett Johansson as Major Motoko Kusanagi.
https://youtu.be/vWDBpTB6T0Q?list=PLVjwdZylAT2m2nfBKVXeCupsbV3PGmRVU
https://kotaku.com/first-trailers-for-the-ghost-in-the-shell-movie-1786929996
That’s it for the show
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For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
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Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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