This Week in Tech 783

Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap 

• Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 20, Z Fold 2, Watch 3, Buds Live, and more
• DEFCON / Black Hat 2020: What if they held a security conference and nobody came?
• Snapdragon flaw makes half of all Android phones hackable
• We learned to hack any satellite at Black Hat 2020. Here's how!
• Tencent taught us how to hack printers at Black Hat
• Smart light bulbs are mini servers that anyone can hack
• Jackpotting ATMS, reverse engineering a Tesla battery, and more
• Bitcoin hacks take over YouTube
• Phil Schiller replaced by Greg Joswiak at Apple
• Why Tim Cook is the best CEO Apple has ever had
• The final Intel iMac is the best computer Apple has ever made
• Garmin paid $10 million to pay off their ransomware hackers
• Tik Tok is the best new artform of the generation
• What is China doing with Tik Tok to manipulate us?
• Trump declares a national emergency, banning Bytedance as of September 15th - Tik Tok, WeChat, and Tencent all affected
• Who will buy Tik Tok? Microsoft and Twitter are in the running; who else?
• How will China repay us for banning ByteDance?
• US offers $10 million bounties for hackers trying to affect US elections
• Intel hacked - but that's the least of their worries.
• Google has been "accidentally" listening to everything you say and will use that in their ADT merger
• Google lost money for the first time ever this quarter
• YouTubers turning to subscriptions for revenue
• What year did you start watching more things online than on TV?
• Rene Ritchie thinks you should read Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
• How Lexy Savvides got her start
• RIP Frances Allen, one of IBM's greatest programmers of all time
• Black Girls Code wants more women of color to join the tech industry
• Taking Boston Dynamic's Spot robot for a walk in San Francisco
• Want an Analogue Pocket? Here's how to get one!
• Flying cars are finally legal to drive, but only in one US state

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Links

• Everything Samsung announced at Unpacked: Note 20, Galaxy Watch 3 and more
• This Week in Enterprise Tech
• Galaxy Note 20 Ultra ongoing review: Everything good and not-so-good so far
• Galaxy Z Fold 2's hinge lets it do something only one other foldable phone can do
• Galaxy Z Fold 2: Samsung goes all in on foldable phones
• Galaxy Buds Live stay in my ears better than AirPods, but noise canceling needs some work
• Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs
• How malware started a Bitcoin hack that YouTube just can’t keep up with
• Blackhat Talk: "Hacking Public Opinion"
• Satellite Hacking for Fun and Profit!
• Phil Schiller advances to Apple Fellow - Apple
• Greg Joswiak replaces Phil Schiller as head of Apple marketing
• How Tim Cook Made Apple His Own - WSJ
• As Apple Nears $2 Trillion, Its Share of S&P 500 Hits Milestone
• New Apple iMac: Hands-on with a 27-inch work-from-home beast
• New iMac (2020) Review
• Google posts first lost in its history
• Trump will prohibit transactions with Bytedance beginning September 20 in apparent TikTok ban - The Verge
• Microsoft has confirmed discussions to buy TikTok's operations in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
• Twitter, TikTok Have Held Preliminary Talks About Possible Combination - WSJ
• Trump Demand for Cut of TikTok Deal Reignites Anger in China
• TikTok To Sue Trump Administration On President's Executive Order Ban : NPR
• Remembering Frances E. Allen | IBM Research Blog
• I told you 2020 was the future: New Hampshire is first state to allow flying cars on the road
• Black Girls Code wants to diversify the tech industry. Here's why it's important
• I walked Spot, the Boston Dynamics robot dog, remotely -- and only crashed once
• Analogue Pocket Preorders Sell Out Immediately, Leaving Many Disappointed
• Analogue Pocket on Ebay