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Thu. 02/21 - YouTube's Ad Problem (Again) and Galaxy Reactions

Tech Brew Ride Home

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Tech News, News, Technology

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🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Take-aways from all the hands-on reports with the new Samsung Galaxy S10 phones, hands-OFF reports about the Galaxy Fold, Apple teams up with Goldman Sachs on a new credit card, YouTube faces yet another scandal running ads on horrible content, and a look at how law enforcement grabbing location data from Google using "reverse location search warrants." Sponsors: DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Castro Podcast App Links: Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ hands-on (Engadget)  You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s Galaxy S10 to do whatever you want (The Verge)   The Galaxy Fold makes no sense as a consumer device yet (The Verge)  Apple, Goldman Sachs Team Up on Credit Card Paired With iPhone (Wall Street Journal) Nestle, Disney Pull YouTube Ads, Joining Furor Over Child Videos (Bloomberg)  On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight (Wired UK) Youtube is Facilitating the Sexual Exploitation of Children, and it's Being Monetized (2019) (Matt Watson, YouTube)  YouTube terminates more than 400 channels following child exploitation controversy (The Verge) Close Enough (Slate/Future Tense) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Thursday, February 21st, 2019.

0:07.7

I'm Chris Higgins in for Brian McCullough.

0:10.3

Today, Hansong reports with the new Samsung Galaxy S-10 phones, hands-off reports with the Galaxy

0:17.3

Fold, Apple teams up with Goldman Sachs and a new credit card. YouTube faces another scandal running ads on horrible, horrible content.

0:27.0

And a look at how police are grabbing location data using reverse location search warrants.

0:33.0

Take out your pocket constitution and let's get into it.

0:37.6

The first hands-on reports with Samsung's new Galaxy lineup are in and the reviews are solid. The theme seems to be a good year

0:44.4

over year evolution and enough variety in the lineup to meet different needs.

0:48.0

Here's a roundup of six key things we learned from all the hands-on reviews.

0:53.0

Number one, the Bixby button is still there, but you can reprogram it to launch other

0:57.8

apps, including, you know, Google Assistant.

1:01.4

You can reassign either the single or double press of that button to open any

1:04.8

app you want. Whichever pressing style you don't reassign remains the Bixby Activator.

1:11.1

While we're at it, Bixby now understands a few more languages including Spanish, German, Italian, and finally British English.

1:19.0

Number two, the screens live up to the HDR 10-plus hype.

1:23.7

These are displays capable of showing 10-bit color,

1:26.2

and according to hands-on reports, they look awesome.

1:29.8

Number 3, the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner under the front glass of the S10 and S10 plus feels futuristic, and it works well, although it does require a little more training than you might be used to.

1:41.0

On the S10E, the sensor is on a side button, side button but hey at least it's not on the back right and yes

1:46.4

facial recognition is still there if you want that. Number four the triple camera

1:51.7

setup on the high-end S10 models takes awesome pictures, but perhaps more interesting is video stabilization.

1:58.0

Samsung is using that ultra wide sensor, which happens to be 16 megapixel

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