Wed. 10/10 - Andy Rubin Can't Quit Smartphones

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🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Windows needed a do-over, Snapchat hopes its Originals will give it one too, Minecraft abandons Apple TV, and Andy Rubin can’t quit smartphones. Links: Microsoft begins re-releasing Windows 10 October update after fixing file deletion bug (The Verge) Snapchat becomes the mobile HBO with 12 daily scripted Original shows (TechCrunch) Snap Is ‘Quickly Running Out of Money,’ Analyst Says (Bloomberg) Google Photos adds automated sharing through ‘Live Albums,’ which can stream to Home Hub (TechCrunch) Apple's dream of making the Apple TV a gaming console just took a major hit (Business Insider) A China Veggie-Selling App May Be Worth $7 billion (Bloomberg) Android Creator Is Building an AI Phone That Texts People for You (Bloomberg) AT&T will launch a Netflix rival next year (CNBC) Where the next 10 million miles will take us (Waymo) 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, October 10th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.8	Today, Windows needed a do-over.
0:13.0	Snapchat hopes its originals will give it one as well.
0:17.0	Minecraft abandons Apple TV and Andy Rubin just can't quit smartphones. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:29.5	I missed covering this due to the two chock full of news days we've recently had but over
0:35.0	the weekend Microsoft briefly pulled the release of that Windows 10 October
0:39.8	2018 update because some users were complaining that their documents were
0:44.4	suddenly being deleted. Well Microsoft is re-releasing the update but only to
0:50.1	Windows insiders. Microsoft wants to make sure this will be fully fixed
0:55.5	before rolling out again to everybody.
0:58.0	Microsoft's John Cable told the verge, quote,
1:00.5	we have fully investigated all reports of data loss identified and fixed all known
1:04.6	issues in the update and conducted internal validation. We will carefully study
1:09.2	the results feedback and diagnostic data from our insiders before taking additional steps towards
1:14.2	re-releasing more broadly."
1:17.3	Files spontaneously disappearing seems to be a fairly big issue for an OS release to not have ironed out before shipping.
1:25.0	Not sure how that could have been missed.
1:28.0	The verge did some digging and apparently that same Windows insiders community
1:32.0	did flag some of these very issues before the release,
1:36.0	but Microsoft said they didn't have the proper tools for users to flag the severity of bugs
1:41.6	when reporting them.
1:42.6	Quote, we have added an ability for users to also provide an indication of impact and
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