GrokIt!: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

013119WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

The Iphone FaceTime bug was discovered by a 14 year old high school kid:

http://ktar.com/story/2417848/tucson-high-schooler-accidentally-discovered-apples-facetime-bug/

Leave a comment!

dmac

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

012919WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Another reason not to have an Iphone:

https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/28/facetime-bug-hear-audio/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/tech/facetime-bug-how-to-deactivate-scli-intl/index.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

Friday, January 25, 2019

012519WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Interesting tidbits from the tech world:

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18196135/google-deepmind-ai-starcraft-2-victory

https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/01/24/samsung-s10-crypto-blockchain-ethereum/

https://slate.com/technology/2019/01/fortnite-video-games-money-laundering-scams.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

012319WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Let's teach coding to kindergarteners--what?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2019/01/16/why-kindergartners-need-learn-code/zXbj39Jvhra7IYHRMbatyI/story.html

What do you think?

Leave a comment

dmac

Friday, January 18, 2019

01/18/19WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Like your steak and pork chops? How about just eating bugs!

https://www.wired.com/story/if-edible-insects-are-the-future-we-should-talk-about-poop/

Leave a comment!

dmac

Thursday, January 17, 2019

011719WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Fornite hacked!

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/16/fortnite-security-flaw-epic-games-unreal-tournament/

Leave a comment!

dmac

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

011519WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

It's CES time. Check it out at:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/events/intel-ces.html?cid=sem43700040155792039&intel_term=ces+2019&campaign_name=2019_q1_gmc_us_mbe_search_ces_+Gen+-+CES+-+Exact&gclid=Cj0KCQiAg_HhBRDNARIsAGHLV5132G8mPqt3n27zpb4GiXweufW0_o5sI8aXlLjJ-iHPobci1Pc2ItoaAs1-EALw_wcB

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dmac

Friday, January 11, 2019

011119WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Teens aren't getting their driver's licence. Look at the stats:

https://www.wired.com/story/teen-driving-numbers/

Leave a comment and tell me why not?

dmac

Thursday, January 10, 2019

011019WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Today is my father's birthday, he's 89 years old. Look up and answer the following questions:

What year was he born?
Name one thing that happened the year he was born?
Name one famous person who also celebrates his birthday or even his birth year?

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

010919WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Here it is, my new smartphone, the only one to replace my windows phone:

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/flexpai-smartphone-price-specs,news-29017.html

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/07/royole-flexpai-hands-on/

What makes it so great? Should I buy it?

Leave a comment!

dmac

Monday, January 7, 2019

010719WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

How do video games affect you?

https://video.wired.com/watch/tech-effects-how-video-games-impact-you

Leave a comment!

dmac

Friday, January 4, 2019

010419WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Want to make some coin? Build a video game!

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-go-made-nearly-800-million-in-2018-report/1100-6464155/

https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/03/pokemon-go-creator-niantic-raises-190-million-in-a-funding-round-it-doesnt-need/

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dmac

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

010219WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

It all started with cave paintings and looks like that's where it's ending up. It looks like the end of the written word:

https://www.wired.com/story/children-emoji-language-learning/

http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html

Leave a comment in emoji!

dmac