What is Dark May Never Light – DTNS 3524

The latest episode of Game of Thrones elicited controversy for being too dark by viewers to see what was happening. We go over what fans can do to correctly see the action on screen. Plus the latest inductees into the Video Game Hall of Fame and man swallows an AirPod bud and passes it through his body completely intact and functioning.

Starring Tom Merritt, Ashley Esqueda, Len Peralta and Roger Chang.

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Verizon Looking For A Tumblr Buyr – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Verizon is trying to find a buyer for Tumblr, Spotify launches voice-enabled ads, and Dish lost 259,000 subscribers.

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#352 – The Sword Conspiracy

To Gene Wolfe! Thank you for Shadow and Claw and Pringles. Plus, William Gibson’s Alien 3, what you need to know before reading The Martian Chronicles, and our final thoughts on the vast conspiracies that make up Theft of Swords.

Moderation in Moderation – DTNS 3523

A Techdirt article makes the argument that content moderation of online platforms is totally broken and how the impact is affecting online discourse.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young.

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Russian “Sovereign Internet” Bill Signed – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill to create a “sovereign internet” in the country, the FCC revises broadband adoption figures after discovering a data error, and structural changes at Facebook may be part of its settlement with the FTC.

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Slackluster – DTNS 3522

A Vox/Recode story reveals that team collaboration software like Slack, Teams and Workplace are reducing the productive output of workers instead of improving it. We explore the reasons and discuss the discrepancy between technology’s promise of a productivity enabler and the real-world outcome.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 265 – Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones (803), The Office (UK) (202)

We breakdown the biggest battle sequence of all time in Game of Thrones. Plus, the biggest superhero film yet in Avengers: Endgame. All that and The Office (UK) too! With special guest Anthony Lemos.
Next week: we’re caught up on Barry and Game of Thrones soldiers on.

01:07 – Summer Movie Draft update

04:10 – Game of Thrones (803)

24:34 – Avengers: Endgame

58:11 – The Office (UK) (202)

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New VR headsets from Oculus and Valve – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Facebook announces new things for Instagram, Oculus and Facebook itself, Apple earnings not as bad as expected and India is the new Fintech investment darling of Asia.Face

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Current Geek 213: A Little Peanut Oil

Parrots are weird in Brazil. There’s more Clockwork coming. Star Trek animated series comes into focus. Keeping brains alive! Lord and Miller are cooking up rad stuff for Sony Pictures. Transporters and how they will work! And more!

The F8 of Privacy – DTNS 3521

We breakdown all of the important news from today’s Facebook’s F8 conference. Plus we discuss Uber and Lyft’s decision to stop accepting new drivers and chew over quarterly numbers from Samsung and Alphabet.

Starring Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang

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