This week on Supercharged we’re talking about so many Google things, better antibiotics, and porn verification in the UK. We’re also answering your questions about Windows on a Mac, productivity porn, and breaking into your daughter’s phone.

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• UK porn laws might mean ID checks with the post officeThe UK's plans to introduce mandatory age checks for viewing pornography online could involve verifying users' identities via third parties such as banks, mobile operators, credit agencies, or even the post office. The country's Conservative party pledged to introduce such age checks earlier this year, and following their recent re-election, discussions have reportedly begun between the technology industry and the government over ways to implement the checks.
• WHO outlines global plan to tackle growing resistance to antibioticsThe World Health Organization (WHO) is marshaling resources to fight the growing threat of antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance. Earlier this week, member states of the United Nations gave unanimous support to a plan to fight what the WHO calls a "serious threat to global public health." The plan's objectives include better control over the use of existing antibiotics, tracking how resistance is developing and supporting investment into new drugs. Countries are expected to have national action plans addressing these points in place by 2017.
• Twitter brings live-streaming app Periscope to AndroidPeriscope, the promising live-streaming app owned by Twitter, arrives on Android today. Like its cousin on iOS, which debuted two months ago to the day, Periscope for Android lets you watch and record broadcasts from your mobile device. Reaching 1 million users in its first 10 days, Periscope has so far proven a hit with celebrities and media personalities, but is also being used for acts of citizen journalism and pirating pay-per-views.
• Microsoft announces Cortana for iOS and AndroidMicrosoft is officially confirming today that it’s bringing Cortana to iOS and Android. The software giant is planning to release separate apps for each mobile operating system to enable its digital assistant to run outside of Windows. Microsoft is only providing an early look at those apps today, but the company notes that you’ll be able to make the same queries and ask the same questions using Cortana across Windows, iOS, or Android. The Cortana companion will be available for Android in late June and iOS later this year.
• New iOS Bug Crashing iPhones Simply by Receiving a Text Message (Includes Fix)A new bug has been discovered in the Messages app, allowing a string of characters sent to a person via iMessage or SMS to crash an iPhone and cause the Messages app to crash after being opened. The bug, which requires a specific string of symbols and Arabic characters to be sent, was first noticed on reddit earlier this afternoon and has been spreading around the Internet since then.
• All the Important Stuff Google Announced at I/O 2015Today, Google kicked off its I/O conference with the traditional keynote full of new product announcements. Here are some of the most interesting things Google announced today.
• Thorin's Porn Cave Story/TweetYou can listen to it!
• Snow White design languageThe Snow White design language was an industrial design language developed by Hartmut Esslinger's Frog Design. Used by Apple Computer from 1984 to 1990, the scheme has vertical and horizontal stripes for decoration, ventilation, and the illusion that the computer enclosure is smaller than it actually is.
• Retrocomputing: Why were most early PC towers beige?Interested more in an explanation of the decision-making at the time. There are many other muted colors that would have fit fine in offices.
• Dutch man predicts 8.8 magnitude earthquake will hit California ThursdayIn a video posted to YouTube and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people, Frank Hoogerbeets predicts the planets will align Thursday and at 4 p.m. PT, an 8.8+ magnitude earthquake will rattle the western shore of the United States.

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