48: Darsana Prime Prep

Today on the show :

2.39M – 2.22M Hacks – Resistance win Global Hack Challenge and the POC’s for the anomaly have picked the reward, LOYALTY – Opposite Faction portal hack output will decrease 50% and same Faction portal output will increase 20%.
Dunraven Foundation #15 – Klue’s audio makes an appearance
AMA Answers are out
- Q3 & Q4 Event Announcements are coming soon
- Capsule renaming was a typo
Ingress Prime Insights
- Scot Frank, Product Manager at Niantic posted about what’s going on with development
- Top priorities is reaching feature parity (portal submissions, Scoring
- Other big projects this year: Transition to a new server
Niantic Sued by angry homeowners: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/2/15/18226604/niantic-pokemon-go-lawsuit-changes-settlement-private-property-pokestop-gym
- Niantic will remove portals within 15 days
- Remove any stops within 40 meters of that location (hacking range)
- Maintain a DB of these locations and not allow new portals to be created
- Park Authorities will be able to tell Niantic to stop portals while park is closed
- This is binding for 3 years and still has to be approved by a judge.
- If more than 10 people show up at a raid, a message will warn players to be courteous to others
POGO article: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/afmife/the_ingress_lv12_in_2_months_solo_guide/
http://pogo-news.net/2019/01/14/the-ingress-lv12-in-2-months-solo-guide/