Wed. 09/18 – New Messages, New Headsets

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Messages between Android and iOS are about to be encrypted. A new XR headset from HTC and new Spectacles from Snap. A big movie studio has signed up to use AI. Neuralink has implants for blindness. And why I’m kinda NOT gonna do a review roundup of the new iPhones. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme Links: RCS texts on the iPhone aren’t encrypted now, but that could change (The Verge) Here’s how green bubbles are getting upgraded in iOS (The Verge) HTC Vive's Focus Vision is a $999 stab at high-end VR and mixed reality (Engadget) Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR (The Verge) Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes (NYTimes) Lionsgate, Studio Behind ‘John Wick,’ Signs Deal With AI Startup Runway (WSJ) Musk's Neuralink gets FDA's breakthrough device tag for 'Blindsight' implant (Reuters) Apple iPhone 16 Pro review: small camera update, big difference (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, September 18th,
0:07.0	2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Messages between Android and iOS are about to be encrypted. A new XR headset from HTC and new spectacles from
0:16.2	Snap. A big movie studio has signed up to use AI. Neurrelink has implants for blindness and why I'm kind of not going to do a review roundup of the new
0:26.2	iPhones.
0:27.2	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. The GSM Association plans to enable end to end
0:36.0	encryption on messages between Android and iOS.
0:39.4	Google is working to bring cross-platform E2E to RCS chats, quote,
0:46.0	as soon as possible, quoting the verge.
0:49.0	In the announcement, G.S.M.A.
0:50.6	Technical Director, Tom Van Pelt said the next milestone for RCS Universal
0:54.6	profile is the quote first deployment of standardized interoperable messaging
0:58.8	encryption between different computing platforms. The move would help bridge
1:02.2	a major gap in interoperability, especially now
1:05.0	that Apple's on board with RCS. On Monday, Apple's iOS 18 update replaced SMS with
1:11.2	RCS messaging for text sent to users on Android.
1:15.0	While the change doesn't get rid of the green bubbles, it will finally allow cross-platform
1:19.0	users to share high-res media, as well as see read receipts and typing indicators. But Apple's implementation
1:25.3	of RCS is missing one key feature and end encryption. Currently not all
1:30.0	RCS providers offer end to end encryption.
1:33.1	Google Messages is one of the exceptions
1:35.0	as it started enabling E2ee by default
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