Episode 52 – Apple V FBI pt. 2, Robot Uprising, Rated R Batman V Superman
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Welcome to another episode of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia…….and I’m Edgar Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about Apple Vs the FBI part Duex, the Atlas robot video that will mark the Robot uprising, the New Facebook Emotes, Doctor Who On Amazon Prime, The R rated Batman V. Superman, Casting new for: Pacific Rim 2, Iron Fist, and the new Mary Poppins. Also the best Trailers of the Week and More…
In our Discussion section we talk about… our favorite News from Mobile World Congress
Now let’s Begin our show with Geek News 2
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Geek News
Apple Vs the FBI part Duex
· The Verge reports that a filing by Apple in response to a Eastern District of New York court request shows 13 Apple devices are subjects of court orders by the FBI in five different court districts, using the All Writs Act as justification.
· The Manhattan District Attorney said his district alone had possession of 175 different devices that it was unable to decrypt.
o http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/23/11098616/apple-fbi-similar-encryption-cases-court-documents
· This week Apple filed a motion to vacate the court order requiring it to assist the FBI in cracking the passcode of an iPhone 5C. Apple said in a conference call that the FBI wanted a government OS and that Apple would have to build an “FBI forensics lab” at its headquarters. Apples filing denies that that the All Writs act provides a basis to “conscript apple to create software enabling the government to hack into phones.” It also argues the order would violate the first amendment and the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause to be free of arbitrary deprivation of its liberty.
· Apple has received support from Verizon, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and Google. All who plan to file an amicus brief in support of Apple in the San Bernardino case.
o http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/25/11114096/microsoft-supports-apple-fbi-iphone-encryption-case
o http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/25/google-facebook-apple-fbi-fight/
It’s Alive, Alive—Atlas robot
This week the people of Boston Dynamics posted a video of Atlas, a humanoid bipedal robot. Have you seen it?
· It starts innocently enough. Atlas going for a stroll in the woods. Atlas picking up 10-pound boxes and putting them on shelves. Then the Canadian bully shows up. As Atlas tries to pick up a box from the middle of an empty floor an evil hockey player comes up and knocks the box out of Atlas’s hand. Atlas calmly tries to pick up the box again but the human starts sliding the box with the stick just out of Atlas’s reach. Eventually the human escalates to kicking Atlas down to the ground. As Atlas slowly rises back to its feet you can feel the plan to eventually rule all humans forming with rage in its processor.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35648918
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY
New Facebook Emotes live
Facebook launched its new “Reactions” feature today in all countries, adding love, haha, wow, sad and angry to the like button.
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/24/facebook-reactions/
Help Crowdfund Supremely Raunchy Jay And Silent Bob Video Game
This week, equity crowdfunding site Fig opened up its campaign for a Jay and Silent Bob-themed video to the masses. It’s called Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch, and is “a colorful side-scrolling tag-team beat-em-up where players swap back and forth between our heroes on the fly or perform special moves simultaneously with a friend.”
A brainchild of Interabang Entertainment, Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch’s goal is a relatively reasonable $400,000. As of today they have over $100,000.
http://nerdist.com/help-crowdfund-supremely-raunchy-jay-and-silent-bob-video-game/
Doctor Who Streaming On Amazon Prime Beginning In March
This month the world wept as Doctor Who left Netflix with no apparent replacement to stream the hit show. Amazon though twitted this week that they will be streaming series 1-8 of the show on their platform, Prime Video, beginning in March.
http://nerdist.com/doctor-who-streaming-on-amazon-prime-beginning-in-march/
Batman V. Superman To Get R-Rated Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray Release
In the wake of Deadpool’s rated R success Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is set to get an R-rated "Ultimate Edition" release on Blu-ray, according to the Classifications and Ratings Administration.
Titled Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, the expanded cut is likely to be similar in scope to Batman V Superman director Zack Snyder's Ultimate Cut of Watchmen.
http://comicbook.com/2016/02/24/batman-v-superman-to-get-r-rated-ultimate-edition-blu-ray-releas/
Pacific Rim 2 will be directed by Daredevil's head writer
The sequel to monster movie Pacific Rim will be directed by the executive producer and head writer of Daredevil, Deadline reports. Steven S. DeKnight will helm Pacific Rim 2, his first ever directing gig after creating TV series Spartacus, and helping to to make Netflix original Daredevil a success. Shortly after the news was announced, Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro offered his blessing on Twitter,
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/23/11103918/pacific-rim-2-will-be-directed-by-daredevils-head-writer
Ready Player One casts Lead actor
Deadline reports the Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of Ready Player One, has cast Tye Sheridan as the lead actor to play Wade Watts, the main character in the story.
Tye Sheridan: X-Men: Apocalypse (Cyclops/Scott Summers), Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
https://deadline.com/2016/02/tye-sheridan-steven-spielberg-ready-player-one-ernest-cline-1201708720/
Iron Fist Cast
Marvel has found its newest superhero: Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones has landed the coveted series lead in Iron Fist. Iron Fist is set to be the fourth Marvel and Netflix collaboration, following Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the forthcoming Luke Cage.
Iron Fist is Daniel Rand, who at age of 9 travels with his family from New York to a lost mystical city called K’un-L’un. After some tragic twists of fate, Rand is adopted by the city’s ruler and taught advanced martial arts and the mystical power of the Iron Fist. As an adult, Rand returns to his native New York and begins a career as a superhero.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/finn-jones-iron-fist
Emily Blunt in Talks as New Mary Poppins
Emily Blunt is in talks to play Mary Poppins in Disney’s live action sequel to the classic 1964 film. That film was based on P.L. Travers’ 1934 book of the same name while the sequel, currently untitled, will draw from the seven subsequent Mary Poppins books Travers published between 1935 and 1988. To be set in Depression-era London, the Mary Poppins sequel will focus on a now-grown Michael Banks, who has children of his own.
That’s it for Geek New
We’ll move on to trailers of the week.
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Trailers of the Week
Every week we pull together a list of the best movie and tv trailers that came out this week and discuss what we thought about them. We begin with..
Pete’s Dragon
Disney’s latest live action reboot focuses on the classic tale of Pete’s Dragon. The visuals seem to be up to par for this production. The trailer may leave you with more questions than answers about this reboot however. Still not bad for a teaser.
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Robert Redford
Pete’s Dragon is set for an August 12th, 2016 release date
Maggie’s Plan
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with a married man then wants to break up with him.
Starring- Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore
Release date: May 20, 2016
Daredevil Season 2- part 2
While the last trailer focused on the Punisher story, this one tells us a bit about why Elektra is in Hell’s Kitchen. To take down the Yakuza and the Hand.
Kill Your Friends
A record executive working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit. Starring: Ed Skrein (Deadpool bad guy-Ajax)
In theaters April 1, 2016
That’s it for Trailers of the Week. You can see the trailers we’ve talked about on the podcasts show-notes or watch our Trailers of the Week video on our YouTube page and Facebook page.
Now onto our Discussion section
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In our discussion section we talk about anything we’re interested in this week, and this week we’ll begin our discussion with…
News from Mobile World Congress
Thermal Camphone – Predator Mode
Cat has built Flir’s standalone thermal camera into the body of the phone, alongside a regular smartphone camera. It allows the S60 to capture a live thermal image and measure surface temperatures, all while recording both stills and video.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/21/11082732/cat-s60-flir-worlds-first-phone-thermal-camera
LG also announced the LG 360 VR headset- with dual 1.88-inch 960x720 displays that connects to the LG G5 with a USB-C cable for processing and control. It will support YouTube 360 and Cardboard.
LG 360 Cam for 360-degree video- a dual-sensor spherical camera that captures 16-megapixel stills or 2K video also with support for YouTube 360.
LG announced the Rolling Bot, a spherical robot that has a camera, mic, speakers, IR blaster and laser pointer and can be controlled remotely by a phone app.
Samsungs new S7 and S7 edge to come with a free Gear VR and $50 of VR content if pre-order, while supplies last.
Samsung Gear 360 spherical camera -The dual-lens 360-degree camera has a flat bottom to rest on surfaces and a microSD card slot that supports up to 128GB cards.
http://www.wired.com/2016/02/samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge/
HTC Vive VR headset- will sell for $799 with preorders starting February 29th. Shipping starting early April. That price includes two hand-tracking controllers and two Lighthouse laser tracking boxes for headset tracking and for a limited time, two free games.
That’s it for us this week. Thanks for listening.
For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
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Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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