Google Watermarks for AI Images; Apple Experiments With 3D Printing for Apple Watches; Pixel 8 Will Get More OS Updates; Air Force Looks to Build Fleet of AI-Controlled Drones

Before ChatGPT and all the rest, there was already a problem with deepfakes, which keep getting better all the time. Now, the Google DeepMind team is releasing a new tool. It’s called SynthID, and it’s designed to essentially watermark an AI-generated image in a way that is imperceptible to the human eye but easily caught by a dedicated AI detection tool. The watermark is embedded in the pixels of the image, but it doesn’t alter the image itself in any noticeable way. “It doesn’t change the image, the quality of the image, or the experience of it. It’s robust to various transformations — cropping, resizing, all of the things that you might do to try and get around normal, traditional, simple watermarks.” Google’s team says they will keep working on it to stay a step ahead of deepfake improvements. 

Apple is using 3D printers to build the chassis for some upcoming Apple Watch 9 models. That’s the word from Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. The 3D building process uses less material than is needed for CNC manufacturing, and it is faster to boot. Apple is able to print a device’s outline at close to its actual shape using a powdered substance. A second process uses heat and pressure to squeeze the material into a substance that feels like steel, and it is then refined with milling. Apple may start 3D printing titanium devices as soon as next year…like the Watch Ultra.

Google is finally going to cave and push out more OS updates to the Pixel phones starting with the Pixel 8. 9to5google.com notes that they have only been promising 3 years of updates…talk about planned obsolescence! Samsung started offering 4 years last year. Apple still supports 2015 phone models…that’s 8 years of support for security updates! Reports say that Google will shoot for matching or nearly matching Apple, and doing 7-8 years, which will give them a selling point over Samsung. I trade phones every 2-3 years, but a lot of people like to hold on to theirs for longer….both for expense reasons and because they just like their older phone and don’t see the need for the latest zoomy features. A gold star for Google…on this, anyway!

The Pentagon has announced a program to build out a fleet of AI Controlled drones. Engadget.com reports that they will be based on the EQ-58A Valkyrie unscrewed aircraft. The Air Force pays $143 million and $75 million each for the F-22 and F-35 fighters, but the Valkyrie drones cost a comparatively cheap $3 million each. The Air Force is asking for $6 billion to build a fleet of the AI-powered drones. The Pentagon was quoted as saying “Any Air Force drone [will be] designed to allow commanders and operators to exercise appropriate levels of human judgment over the use of force.” Buckle up, here we go! How long until an army of robots on the ground and these AI drones in the air fighting wars without humans directly involved? 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Apple Announces Sept. Date; Amazon Raises Minimum Free Ship Amount for Non-Prime; YouTube Violaters Can Take Class to Clear Record; WhatsApp Launches Native macOS App

Wanderlust is the signature cryptic name for Apple’s September event, and we have a date now…it’s September 12. Macrumors.com reports that we can log on at 10am Pacific to catch the event for the new iPhone 15 series, Apple Watch Series 9, and all the other things Apple will be hyping to get all of us to say ‘Shut up and take my money!’ The event will emanate from the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus. It is expected that everything will be prerecorded, as it has been the last several years. Besides the stream on Apple’s website, you can catch all the excitement…well, hype, anyway…on YouTube and also on the Apple TV app. 

Amazon is testing out goosing the amount for free shipping for non-prime users from $25 to $35. According to geekwire.com, it’s another way the online giant is looking to shave costs and increase revenue. Free shipping for non-Prime users had been $35 before, but they dropped back to $25 to compete with Walmart. Of course for those of us that pay the princely $139 a year for Prime, shipping will remain free, and you will continue to get other perks like use of Amazon’s streaming content. No word on when the price hike will be fully in effect, but expect it to be soon.

WhatsApp has launched a new native app for macOS. Users can download it from WhatsApp’s website, according to Mark Zuckerberg, who posted about it on his Facebook account. The app will allow users to participate in video calls with up to 8 people and audio calls with up to 32 people. Zuck said in the post “The app is redesigned to be familiar to Mac users, helping you get more done faster when using WhatsApp on a large screen. You can now share files by easily dragging and dropping into a chat, and can view more of your chat history.” WhatsApp had announced a Windows client with similar features back in March.

If you ever took a course to clear your driving record…maybe to keep your insurance from going through the roof, this will sound familiar. YouTube has announced that Starting today, creators will now have the option of taking an educational training course when they receive a warning. When completed, YouTube will lift the warning from the creator’s channel as long as they don’t violate the same policy for 90 days. TechCrunch.com reports that The company says this new policy came about because creators told YouTube they wanted more resources to better understand the rules.YouTube also said it will now issue individual warnings depending on the specific policy violated instead of one warning for the lifetime of the creator’s channel. That will give them more opportunities to remove warnings before they turn into strikes. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Google Flights Now Tells Cheapest Booking Times; Door Dash Launches AI-Powered Voice Ordering; New iPad Pro & Keyboard in 2024; Apple Could Pass Samsung as Largest Smartphone Brand

Talk about some news you can use! Google Flights already lets you know whether current prices are low, typical, or high…but now you can catch when the cheapest time to book is. 9to5google.com reports that the app will tell you quote “when prices have typically been lowest to book your chosen dates and destination.” It will also let you know how long by date the cheapest price will stay that way. The new feature is rolling out this week. 

DoorDash is launching an AI powered voice ordering tech that will allow restaurants to answer all the calls they receive. Techcrunch.com says the tech will also provide customers with curated recommendations to complement their meal. According to the 2023 Restaurant Online Ordering Trends Report, up to 50% of calls have been going unanswered, which means less revenue for restaurants. Apparently DoorDash will even offer multiple languages with no missed calls or long wait times. TechCrunch does note that live agents will be available to jump in and support customers at any time…with some of the goofs AI has made, that might be a crucial feature.

New, more powerful iPad Pro models should be hitting the web and stores in 2024, along with a new Magic Keyboard. This according to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg in his Power On newsletter. There will be 2 models…an 11 incher and a 13 inch display, and both will switch to OLED tech for the screens. They will also be powered by the M3 chip, for a big boost in power…it will be the first big update for iPad Pros since 2018. Look for a new Magic Keyboard, too, which will hold the screen at a useable angle, and that will feature a bigger trackpad…more similar in size to the ones on the MacBook. Nothing firm on the date, but spring or early summer looks likely. 

Apple has always run a strong #2 behind Samsung in the smartphone wars. Now, in a report from noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, he notes that Samsung’s smartphone shipments have been cut to 220 million units this year. That said, if Apple keeps its orders for the new iPhone 15 line unchanged for the second semester, the iPhone shipments are expected to reach 220–225 million units in 2023, surpassing Samsung as the largest smartphone brand. With Apple’s outlook being optimistic for 2024, with a shipment target of 250 million units, Ming-Chi Kuo sees a 5-10% YoY increase. He also notes that Samsung’s internal view of 2024 market demand is “still conservative,” so it could also make Cupertino the largest smartphone brand next year.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

YouTube Tests ‘Search by Humming;’ Musk Bummed By Shoddy Cybertrucks; T-Mobile Will Cut 7% of Workforce; Scientists Strengthen Concrete 30%-With Coffee Grounds!

YouTube is testing a new search feature…are you ready for this…powered by humming! According to mashable.com,  the platform announced this week it will be testing a new app feature on Android phones that allows users to search for a song by humming or recording it for more than three seconds. That sure would have been handy when I was a rock and roll DJ, and people would just sing you a few notes, and expect us to figure out the song. Only a few users are seeing the feature so far. If you see it, once you’ve hummed or recorded the song you’re looking for and the track is identified, the app will surface related “official music content, user-generated videos, and/or Shorts.” This should be a popular feature if they release it to everybody. A lot of people like a good hummer…

Elon Musk has griped on his social media platform about lousy build quality for the Cybertruck. Arstechnica.com reports that this was just after Musk quote: “drove the production candidate Cybertruck at Tesla Giga Texas.” Elon said “Due to the nature of Cybertruck, which is made of bright metal with mostly straight edges, any dimensional variation shows up like a sore thumb.” Of course, it was his idea to build the ugly beast out of what everyone in the auto business knows is a difficult material to work with. The brushed stainless steel in the old Deloreans showed everything. Musk wants 10 micron accuracy…which he says is achieved in things ranging from Legos to soda cans. 

T-Mobile is laying off some 7% of its workforce, about 5,000 employees. The provider says it is mostly in corporate roles, as it ‘streamlines its operating model and structure.’ CEO Mike Sievert said the impacted roles are “primarily duplicative to other roles, or may be aligned to systems or processes that are changing, or may not fit with our current company priorities.” Geekwire.com says the CEO also whined about increasing customer acquisition and retention costs. This is just after bragging about their best 2nd parter postpaid phone net adds in 8 years, and lowest churn in the industry for the first time ever. T-Mobile also bought back some $3.5 billion in common stock 2nd quarter, so they really have plenty of cash. Will service get better? Ha…what do you think?

Some scientists at a University in Australia have discovered that coffee grounds can be used as a silica substitute in concrete production…and when done to the right proportions, you get concrete that is 30% stronger than sand alone! Engadget.com reports that it isn’t as simple as just dumping the right amount of coffee grounds into the concrete mix…first they do what they call ‘pyrolyzing’ the grounds…heating them to exactly 662 degrees Fahrenheit. (I know that sounds like a kooky temperature, but it’s 350 Celsius.) It seems like a win-win…a lot less coffee grounds in landfills, less sand used to make concrete, and stronger concrete to boot! 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Sony Portable-PlayStation Portal; iPhone 15 Pro Max May Be Delayed; Google Aims to Offer AI Security Enhancements; Twitch Tests TikTok Style Feed

Sony is going to launch their portable PlayStation later this year. The PlayStation Portal handheld will stream PS5 games over Wi-Fi, and will sport an 8 inch LCD screen running at 1080 pixel resolution and at 60 feet per second. Theverge.com reports that the Playstation Portal should be priced at $199.99. The unit has controllers attached to each side that look very much like the PS5 DualSense controllers. In an interesting twist, the device won’t work with Sony’s upcoming cloud streaming for PS5 games. the PlayStation Portal is really a way to stream PS5 games you already have installed on your own PS5 onto a handheld for remote play. You’ll need an internet connection capable of at least 5Mbps, and Sony is recommending 15Mbps for the best experience.

It won’t be the first time, but it looks like Apple’s top line iPhone Pro Max will be delayed 3-4 weeks beyond the on sale date for the rest of the line. According to 9to5mac.com,  Sony will not be able to provide the image sensor used by the iPhone 15 Pro Max in time for it to ship alongside the other new models. The Pro Max is thought to be getting a periscope zoom lens that will give much greater optical zoom. The present model has a 3 power zoom, and the periscope may have 6 to 10. Optical zoom is cleaner than the electronic zoom, which is virtually useless if you are filming something like fast moving sports activities. The optical zoom will catch those moments without any smearing. Most Apple watchers expect Cupertino to show off the new phones and apple Watches on September 12, with all but the Pro Max being delivered or available by September 22nd. 

Google has announced several security-related enhancements to Google Workspace and Gmail and Drive that will use AI to automate certain tasks. Techcrunch.com says the features will probably be released by late this year and early 2024. Google is enhancing its so-called zero trust model. It will use AI to support this model, which it describes as “a cloud security model designed to secure modern organizations by removing implicit trust and enforcing strict identity authentication and authorization. Under zero trust, every user, device, and component is considered untrusted at all times, regardless of whether they are inside or outside of an organization’s network.” Google will be adding data loss prevention controls to Gmail…so admins can keep users from inadvertently attaching sensitive data…that could avoid some embarrassing moments. Again, the AI assisted features are in development, so don’t expect any of them until late this year at the earliest. 

Twitch is experimenting with a feature that shows clips in a new vertically-scrolling feed it calls the ‘discovery feed.’ Theverge.com reports that the feed is rolling out to select users. Twitch joins companies like Spotify, Amazon, and Reddit in introducing a TikTok-like format. The streaming company announced the discovery feed in July as one of a few forthcoming new features involving clips, including the ability to directly export clips to TikTok. Twitch also announced in July that they intend to bring stories to the platform. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Threads Launches Desktop Version; Great Pixel Security Feature, Base Galaxy S24 Rumored to Have Larger Battery; Twitter Change to ‘X’-Big Drop in App Store Downloads

We just reported yesterday that Meta would release a web based version for your desktop this week, and here it is…it dropped this morning. Techcrunch.com reports that the rollout is in progress, and you will be able topmost, view your feed, and interact with posts form the desktop..but won’t be able to edit your profile or send a thread over to Instagram Direct Messages yet. A lot of tech watchers think the web app will be a game changer for the upstart Twitter replacement wannabe. 

Google has a little-touted feature in their new Pixel phones that ought to be picked up by all other Android makers and Apple as well. According to bgr.com, it is called Binary Transparency. The feature was originally announced back in 2021, and is exclusive to Pixels right now.  It is a complement to the existing Android Verified Boot feature, that ensures that software on your device comes from a genuine source. The Pixel Binary Transparency tool is a public cryptographic log that will record all metadata about Pixel factor images, Google explains. Pixel users can then use this to mathematically prove that their software is genuine. The idea of the feature is to make it incredibly difficult to insert malicious code and not get caught. A little peace of mind for you from ‘The Google.’

A new rumor says that Samsung’s base Galaxy S24 will be getting a bigger battery. while it will still be smaller can the S24+ or even the S23 Ultra, bigger batteries and longer battery life are always a big selling point for smartphones. 9to5google.com says the next base model will rock a 4,000 mAh battery. Samsung has actually cut battery size as recently as the S22 and 23…after making some tweaks to the phones to make them more efficient. Expect the S24 series to be rolled out in late January or early February of next year. 

Elon Musk’s name change from Twitter to ‘X’ has apparently caused a huge drop in downloads of the app from Apple’s App Store. Mashable.com notes that Seufert looked at the rankings and between July 27th…right before the change on the 31st, to August 15th, the app dropped from 35th to 54th in rankings. WhatsApp and TikTok showed little change, and Meta’s new Threads got into the top 10.

A non-tech note: I am wearing a SAG-AFTRA ON STRIKE hat in solidarity with members who are picketing today down at Netflix in Los Gatos. Since a) I’m working, and b) I’m not on strike because the broadcast contract is still in force, I wanted to support my brothers and sisters. Some independent producers have already agreed to the SAG-AFTRA interim agreement and are back to work. Here’s hoping the big studios will take the hint, and agree to a reasonable deal.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now. 

Threads May Get Web App This Week; YouTube Explores Music AI-Ways to Pay Labels and Creators; IBM Study-40% of Workers Need to ‘Reskill’ in Next 3 Years Due to AI; Cruise Told to Cut Fleet by 50% in San Francisco

Meta’s answer to what used to be Twitter, Threads, may get one of its two most requested features this week…a web version. Engadget.com reports that Instagram head Adam Mosseri said last week “It’s a little bit buggy right now, you don’t want it just yet. As soon as it is ready we will share it with everybody else.” Threads just added the ability to set notifications and view posts in chronological order. Users hope the other most requested feature…the ability to search posts…not just search for accounts…will be getting into user hands soon, too.

YouTube is getting together with record labels, working on fashioning rules for how AI generated music will work on its platform. According to theverge.com, this includes details concerning monetization opportunities for both companies and creators. In a note, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said “Generative AI systems may amplify current challenges like trademark and copyright abuse, misinformation, spam, and more, but AI can also be used to identify this sort of content, and we’ll continue to invest in the AI-powered technology that helps us protect our community of viewers, creators, artists and songwriters.” YouTube didn’t offer any further details about how it all would work.

IBM has just released a report analyzing how the emergence of AI is affecting company business models, and finds that 40% of workers will have to ‘reskill’ in the next 3 years. Zdnet.com says that amounts to a gigantic 1.4 billion out of the 3.4 billion people in the worldwide work force. The report found that 87% of executives expect generative AI to augment roles rather than replace them. Or at least that’s what they are saying. A warning in the report for employees….quote: “AI won’t replace people—but people who use AI will replace people who don’t,” said IBM in the report.

After a fire truck hit a Cruise vehicle last Thursday, the California DMV has asked the company to cut its robo-taxi fleet in San Francisco in half. The Fire truck was in the oncoming lane, red light and siren when it hit the cruise vehicle in the intersection…the Cruise vehicle didn’t yield as required by law. Techcrunch.com reports that DMV is investigating quote: ‘recent concerning incidents.’ Cruise will be allowed no more than 50 driverless cars during the day and 150 at night until the investigation is complete.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Lenovo Answer to the Steam Deck; Microsoft Will Close Xbox 360 Store Next Summer; No Apple Leather iPhone 15 Cases; Netflix Will Unload DVDs When Closing Mail Service

Lenovo is working on its own portable gaming system called the Legion Pro. It is aimed at the Steam Deck market. Now, some pics have leaked, and it apparently will have a feature lacked by the Steam Deck…detachable controllers like the Nintendo Switch. There has been a previous device with removables…that was the crowd-funded OneXplayer…but it hasn’t gotten a foothold in the mass market. According to arstechnica.com, the Legion Pro has a wide kickstand, so you can set up the screen when you take off the controllers for game play that way. The Legion Pro has two USB-C ports, at least in the prototype in the pictures that leaked. The screen is an 8 inch diagonal one…that is an inch larger than the Steam Deck from Valve, and the ROG systems. No word on release date, price, or battery life as yet. 

Microsoft plans to shutter the Xbox 360 store in July of next year. Theverge.com notes that while you won’t be able to buy new content after that, Xbox 360 digital games you already have will continue to be playable. Microsoft is also removing the Movies and TV app from Xbox 360…so TV and movie content won’t be viewable on the Xbox 360 after July 29th, 2024. Xbox network services will be unaffected, so owners will still be able to play online multiplayer or transfer games to a different Xbox 360 or even an Xbox One or Series S/X. 

There is a rumor out that Apple won’t be offering official leather cases for the iPhone 15 lineup. No one knows why for sure, but speculation is that Cupertino plans to introduce a new premium case material to take the place of leather. 9to5mac.com says they have heard the rumor from multiple sources. It may be a move to show good faith in reducing their carbon footprint. If you love leather though, nomadgoods.com offers gorgeous Horween leather cases as well as Apple Watch straps, and key fobs that hold your Air Tags. I have used their products…and this is a freebie…they aren’t paying me a dime to say so. If you don’t love leather, or want the sustainability patina, then go with another high end material…or hey…a cheap, crummy plastic case…it’s up to you!

Those few subscribers to Netflix that still get DVDs through the mail are going to get a bonus of sorts as the streamer closes down its mail service. Theverge.com reports that they will send up to 10 extra discs to subscribers in the last batch. Subscribers just have to click the link included in one email by August 29th to opt in. Mail service ends September 29th. Netflix says it will choose the discs based on movies listed in the users’ film queues. Amazingly, Netflix actually wants the old DVDs back…and all other discs by October 27th. You’d think they would be happy to get them out of inventory so they didn’t have to store them…or waste them. Maybe it’s a tax thing.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

YouTube Cracking Down on Fake Med Advice Videos; Google-New Improvements to Bard; Apple Expands in India; X Apparently Throttled Competitor Links

In what can only be characterized as a good thing, YouTube announced that it’s cracking down on medical misinformation by removing videos that go against its policies, including those recommending “harmful or ineffective” cancer treatments and “cures.” The video platform is making its medical misinformation policy more robust, having already added new rules to ensure abortion safety last month. According to zdnet.com, YouTube will follow a framework targeting videos that showcase prevention, treatment, and denial of different health ailments based on unproven, harmful, and ineffective methods. It’s also taking down videos that directly contradict health authorities on topics prone to misinformation, like cancer, Covid-19, and vaccines. As we note at the end of the next story, please don’t follow medical advice from Doctor YouTube or Doctor Google! 

Google has been unveiling changes and features for their generative AI over the past few months, in an effort to catch up with OpenAI’s tech. Now, the New York Times reports that one of the capabilities Google wants to give Bard  is the ability to give advice about issues users face in their lives. Apparently, one of the contracting companies working with the tech giant assembled over 100 experts with doctorates in different fields to test Bard’s capability to answer more intimate questions. This will be anywhere from interesting to catastrophic in my opinion. Getting relationship advice from an AI chatbot seems pretty foolish right off the bat…but after the system rolls in advice from itself and other chatbots, I can’t imagine the terrible advice you may be getting. Google is also working on getting Bard up to speed on tutoring…but even Google warns in the help pages against using the chatbot’s advice and relying on its responses “as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.” 

The iPhone 15 is now being produced in India, and that marks the first time that plants there have made the latest iPhone model as the same time of China. Appleinsider.com notes that older models of iPhone have been made by Foxconn for several years intuit country…both to reduce reliance on China as a single source, and to dodge Indian import fees. Now, 7% of iPhone production is coming from India. Last year, the plants there didn’t build current models until some 6 to 9 months after phones started flowing out of China. Now, they lag by just weeks. It is thought that Apple is seeking parity with China, and would like to increase latest-model iPhone production in India substantially from the 7% figure currently.  

In an unsurprising, childish action, X…the app formerly known as Twitter, apparently has delayed loading of Links to sites of competitors and others disliked by Elon Musk. Theverge.com reports that the New York Times was taking extra long to load starting on August 4th. Other sites that had a delay in loading sites from links included Meta, Bluesky, and Substack. The Washington Post tested some links, and found that while these were slow, Fox News, YouTube, Mastodon, and even the Post loaded fine. Yoel Roth, X’s former head of trust and safety, noted on Bluesky  that “This is one of those things that seems too crazy to be true, even for Twitter, until you see it inexplicably take 5 seconds for Chrome to receive 650 bytes of data.” When queried, X sent an auto reply message saying ‘We’ll get back to you soon.’

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.

Google Working on an Apple-Like Continuity Feature; Ford BlueCruise-at a Price; News Organizations Push for AI Regulation; Amazon Hardware Boss Retiring

A great feature which I use constantly is Apple’s Continuity…it allows you to start a task on for example your phone, then pick right up on your Mac laptop or iPad. Now, according to znet.com, Google is working on a similar feature that will include call switching from one device to another, internet sharing that will let you set up a personal hot spot and have all devices connect, and likely but not announced…easy file transfer…which is not only an Apple thing but also like the Nearby Share feature for Windows. An all-device clipboard feature is apparently also part of the Google feature set for Android. Google may go Apple one better, too. They may allow transfer from one phone to another…Apple won’t let you transfer a call to another iPhone. No timeline is out, but it looks like it will be soon, as some screenshots are already floating around. 

Most car makers have brought out driver assist features that are quite good…not ‘full-self driving,’ as Tesla calls their system…which is a huge exaggeration…but quite good, especially for highway driving. Now, Ford has announced that it is opening up availability of its BlueCruise hands-free driving tech…for a price. Engadget.com reports that previously a customer had to order the option at purchase. Now, the service will be included as standard in supported vehicles. The catch? Oh, of course there is one. BlueCruise at purchase is $2100 for the first 3 years, and annual subscriptions are $800 a year or else $75 a month! Ford does offer a 90 day free trial. They expect to install BlueCruise on 500,000 vehicles in the 2024 model year. 

A number of the world’s largest media organizations have assembled to call for greater transparency in regard to the training of generative AI models. In an open letter to policymakers published yesterday, they ask to be involved in creating standards for the use of artificial intelligence, especially as it relates to intellectual property rights. Thenextweb.com notes that among the organizations behind the letter is the European Publishers’ Council (EPC), European Pressphoto Agency, Gannett | USA TODAY Network, Getty Images, National Press Photographers Association, National Writers Union, News Media Alliance, The Associated Press, and the Authors Guild.

Amazon’s Senior VP of devices and services…that’s the Alexa gadgets…Dave Limp…is retiring in the next few months after 13 years at the company. Theverge.com reports that a successor will be announced in the next few weeks. Although Amazon has sold lots of Echo devices, those sales have tapered off, and Amazon announced last fall that that division would have some layoffs. Limp just said he is leaving because “it’s time.” He added “I have been doing a version of this job (building and shipping consumer electronics) on and off for 30+ years. I love it, but I also want look into the future through a different lens. I am not sure what that future is right now, with the notable exception that it won’t be in the consumer electronics space.” Amazon hosts its fall devices and services event September 20th, and he will be there.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.