Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Thursday, September 6th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today, the 2014 Sony Hacker gets charged, Lift beats Uber to the scooter punch,

Why Roblocks is the biggest thing since Minecraft,

Spotify plays chicken with the music industry, and let's play another round of Apple

event rumor bingo. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Whole bunch of odds and ends today. First, remember that Sony hack back in 2014? Sony's computer systems were hacked, data was wiped, confidential emails about movie and TV productions

were made public, executives were forced to resign and that Seth Brogan James Franco movie,

which kind of really wasn't that funny, was pulled from theaters. Well, the a accusing Park Jim Joke of Hacking on behalf of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau,

the Military Intelligence Agency that is reportedly responsible for North Korea's cyber capabilities.

The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on Park as well as the Cho-Sun Expo joint venture

a state-owned firm Park was previously employed by. The sanctions will allow

the U.S. to seize assets and prohibit Americans from transacting with this pair.

This is actually the first time hacking charges have officially been brought against

an accused North Korean spy. The Scooter Wars have officially been joined, beating Uber to the Punch,

Lift, launched a fully branded fleet of 350 official lift e-scooters in Denver today. The

scooters cost $1 to unlock and 15 cents per each minute of riding, though you

will get a discount if you start or end your ride near public transit hubs.

Notably this won't be a 24 hour operation the scooters will only be available to rent from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Lift has coordinated fully. to rent from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Lift has coordinated fully with Denver's Public Works Agency,

which awarded permits to lift for both e-bikes and e-scooters,

but it's only the scooters that are involved in this initial rollout.

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