Facebook Announces Smart Display – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Facebook’s Portal offers video calling, Intel announces 9th-gen processors and Microsoft promises to recover deleted files from a faulty Windows 10 update.

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MVGB 2 – Cross Platforming

DTNS Labs LogoIn this episode, we discuss:
Sony enables cross platform with other consoles, Oculus announces the Oculus Quest, and the games of October.

With Patrick Beja (@NotPatrick) and Scott Johnson (@ScottJohnson).

 

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DTNS 3383 – Pro Apple, Not Anti-Repair

An Apple memo regarding showing certain mac models must pass Apple diagnostics for certain repairs to be completed raises concerns that the company is trying to block 3rd parties from repairing Macintosh computers.

Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, and Roger Chang.

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Apple, Amazon, SuperMicro deny hardware hack – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Everyone denies Bloomberg’s story is accurate but Bloomberg follows up with allegations of software hacks on Supermicro cards. Plus, Samsung’s forecast is looking rosy.

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DTNS 3382 – China’s Tiny Hack Into Big Data

A report by Bloomberg alleges that server hardware sold by Supermicro had surveillance chips installed by Chinese authorities at the factory with the intent to spy. Dutch agents uncover a Russian GRU operation trying to hack the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) right as the organization was about to report its findings in the UK poisoning case.

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

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Report: Chinese Spies Used Supermicron Servers To Spy on US Tech Companies – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500US Senate passes new civilian drone regulation, Google acquires Onward chatbot AI service, Nintendo working on a new Switch?

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DTNS 3381 – Cloud Farms

Microsoft throws down the gauntlet and reveals its Surface headphones. With Apple and Google already selling their own wireless headphones/earbuds are we about to witness the opening of a new front in the war between tech ecosystems?

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

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 238 – The Good Place (301), Better Call Saul (408), Dirk Gently’s HDA (101)

The Good Place is back, Better Call Saul is testing our patience, and the first episode of our new library show: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. And the first update of the Winter Movie Draft 2018!

00:35 – Winter Movie Draft first update

09:19 – The Good Place (301)

14:31 – Better Call Saul (408)

31:49 – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (101)

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Microsoft Announces Surface Headphones – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Among its new laptops, Microsoft gets intot he noise-canceling headphones game, Facebook says it doesn’t think 3rd-party logins were affected by attack and WiFi versions get new names.

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CurrentGeek 188: Breaking Bart Simpson

Welcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to go back and watch the pilot episode of an old classic/geeky TV show and talk about how it differed from the rest of the series and what we remember about the show in general! I’m Scott Johnson, he’s Tom Merritt, and this week, we’re talking about The Simpsons