Tech News Today 1535

Scott Hanselman joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss how access to the world's information might be dampening our curiosity to explore. Also, Pinterest acquires Fleksy and it might have something to do with AI, because that's what social networks do nowadays. Game Developer Barbie gets another shot, and this time she can actually code. Meerkat might be on the cusp of releasing its next product, a video chat app called Houseparty. Plus, Facebook envisions a day when video and images dominate the experience, and words disappear.

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• Pinterest acqui-hires team behind smart keyboard app Fleksy
• Facebook is predicting the end of the written word
• Apple will require HTTPS connections for iOS apps by the end of 2016
• Apple to neutralize Adobe Flash in next version of Safari
• Meerkat has secretly been testing a new video chat app
• White House Visit - Foster Care and Technology Hackathon
• Is technology killing curiosity?
• Think of Us
• Game Developer Barbie Can Actually Code!
• Help make Computer Engineer Barbie better!
• Robot escapes testing grounds, disturbs traffic in Russia (VIDEO)