Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I’m Scott Johnson and he’s Tom Merritt.
And this week we’re talking about the movie, Taxi Driver
Capital 100M Records Stolen – DTNS 3584
Capital One announced Monday that customer data including 140,000 SSN and 80,000 bank account numbers were accessed by an intruder. How did the hack occur and what steps should have been taken to prevent the breach in the first place?
Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse and Roger Chang.
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Capital One Hack Exposes Data on 100M Credit Applicants – DTH
Huawei reports strong revenue despite political uncertainty, Sony and LG smartphone sales disappoint, Uber lays off 400 employees.
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Cordkillers 277 – HBOMG I’m Confused (w/ Jason Howell)
What is HBO Max? More TV channels are going dark than ever before. The Hitchhiker’s Guide coming to Hulu! All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Jason Howell.
This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: The Boys (Season 1), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Extras (106). Next week: Extras (201).
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AI recognise AI – DTNS 3583
Researchers at Harvard and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created the Giant Language Model Test Room to identify whether a piece of text was generated by a language model algorithm aka Machine Learning, The NYTs reports sources say Amazon is exploring creating a grocery store chain separate from Whole Foods, and scientists at UC San Diego have created a contact lens, controlled by eye movements, that can zoom in if you blink twice.
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Apple Reportedly to Release Three 5G iPhones in 2020 – DTH
Apple will reportedly release three 5G iPhones in 2020, a consortium of tech companies petition the US FCC for a new Very Low Power Wi-Fi category, and ByteDance confirms it is developing a phone.
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Travel Special – EMW 377
The effect of heat, zoos, snow parks in the summer, crowds grew because of the internet, effects of travel.
Week in Review for the Week of 07/22/19 – DTH
The US FTC reaches settlements with Facebook and Equifax, the US FCC approves the Sprint – T-Mobile merger, and the Galaxy Fold goes back on sale this September.
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Crickets, the Next Super Food – DTNS 3562
Crickets were served as a promo item for TBS’s upcoming Snowpiercer TV show at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Find out what they taste like and more importantly how technology is making them a serious alternative to traditional protein sources.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Erin Carson.
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The US DOJ Approves the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger – DTH
The US Department of Justice approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, the Senate Intelligence Committee releases its report of election interference, plus earnings reports from Amazon, Alphabet, Twitter, and Intel.
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