Tech News from October 1992 – DTNS 3435

The DTNS gang go back in time to Oct 1992 to debate the wonders of the nascent consumer CD-ROM technologies.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Rich Stroffolino

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Week in Review for the Week of 12/17/18 – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google cleans up Play Store reviews, the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian social media influence on the US Presidential election, and Facebook provides user information to tech companies without permission.

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Glitter Busted – DTNS 3434

Walmart gets patent to develop a technology to listen in to worker customer conversations, the Indian government authorizes 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt data on any computer, and that glitter bomb designed to nab parcel thieves was staged.

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Current Geek 198: My Homie Chromie

Scientists at MIT have taken peptides from a South American wasp’s venom to create a medicine that kills bacteria but not human cells. It’s official. Microsoft will rebuild the Edge browser to run on Chromium and use the Blink and V8 JavaScript engines. The Large Hadron Collider is shutting down for two years for upgrades. Netflix confirmed to the LA times it is testing an instant replay feature. And our recaps of what we loved in 2018!

Apple Promotes Siri/AI Head to Exec Team – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple’s AI chief gets a promotion, Blind anonymous network not so anonymous, Multiple countries accuse China of breaking hacking pledge.

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Escape from Planet Facebook – DTNS 3433

Motherboard’s Jason Koebler writes a piece suggesting that Facebook be replaced with personal website. Is this simple act the only real alternative to Facebook or is it an too good to be true fix to a very complicated problem?

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

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Apple Say iPad Pro Curves Aren’t A Defect – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Drones shut down Gatwick Airport, Qualcomm is granted updated ban against Apple in Germany, NASA reports new data breach.

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AI’s Face Value – DTNS 3432

AI image generation has now advanced to the point where the ability to discern between them and actual images is difficult. What new pathways will this technology lead and is society ready for it?

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

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 248 – Counterpart (202), Dirk Gently HDA (203)

Counterpart shows us the other side and Dirk Gently charms us over. Our final Spoilerin’ Time of the year!

00:45 – Winter Movie Draft update

06:25 – Counterpart (202)

12:39 – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (203)

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