Facebook’s CPO and VP of WhatApp Leave the Company – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Facebook announces the departures of executives named Chris, Tesla unveils the Model Y, and Mt. Gox’s Mark Karpeles is guilt of data manipulation.

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Current Geek 206: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Monopsonizing Attention Spans – DTNS 3488

Wired posts an article where the author argues Amazon isn’t anti-competitive because its a monopoly but because its a monopsony. What does that mean and what can regulators do about it?

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

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#348 – Book Battle Royale

We review the final four books in our Mad March Tournament. Plus lots of great new award-winners and nominees to fill your to-read list and our continuing thoughts on our re-read of Harry Potter.

Report: Facebook Investigated Over Data Deals – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple announces WWDC dates, HTC readies Viveport Infinity, Huawei pleads not guilty in US federal court.

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Creative Commons Sense – DTNS 3487

An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the spirit of Creative Commons or an abuse of it?

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Spotify Complains to EU about Apple – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Spotify files a legal complaint in Europe about Apple’s App Store rules, Apple hurries to sign TV deals before its March 25 announcement, IBM takes heat for using Creative Commons-licensed Flickr images.

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What’s Wrong With WWW? – DTNS 3486

On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter identifying three current problems of web misuse and how to fix them.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.

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Mozilla Launches Encrypted File Transfer Service Firefox Send – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple announces March 25 event, Amazon officially owns Eero, US warns Germany over Huawei 5G.

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Breaking Up a Corporation is Hard to Do – DTNS 3485

UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn.

Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.

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