Twitter credentials leaked, Larry Page backs flying cars, Teslas get cheaper.
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Today in Tech History – June 9, 2016
1902 – Joe Horn and Frank Hardart opened the first US Automat at 818 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. The waiterless restaurant charged a nickel for most dishes.
1931 – Robert Goddard received a patent for rocket-fueled aircraft design (US. No. 1,809,271). Sadly we do not have a lot of rocket-planes in operation.
1986 – The Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center opened to support the National Science Foundation’s NSFNET, which linked five supercomputer centers. NSFNET would eventually allow commercial uses and transition to the open Internet.
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DTNS 2780 – Stop Driving on My Lawn!
Another study shows talking on a cell phone hands-free makes you a worse driver. So why do we keep doing it anyway? Lamarr Wilson and Tom Merritt put down their phones for a minute and discuss.
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[TEST] Daily Tech Headlines – June 8, 2016
A scale for your heart, a quadcopter that carries people and Yahoo sells more of itself.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 123
Summer Movie Draft, Game of Thrones (606, 607), Preacher (Pilot), Daredevil (206-209) Justified (207, 208).
00:58 – Summer Movie Draft
04:52 – Game of Thrones (606, 607)
18:32 – Preacher (Pilot)
24:06 – Daredevil (206-209)
26:27 – Justified (207, 208)
Today in Tech History – June 8, 2016
1637 – Rene Descartes published “Discourse on the Method for Guiding One’s Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences”, which formed the basis of the modern scientific method. It’s also the source of the quote “I think, therefore I am.”
1949 – George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. The book still affects notions of privacy and inspired the iconic Apple commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer.
1955 – Tim Berners-Lee was born in London. He grew up to develop the World Wide Web.
2008 – Apple announced Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
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#257 – Shakespeare Was A Genre Writer
You may be surprised to learn Gillian Anderson’s role in American Gods. You may be surprised that China did not previously have official SciFi awards. But you should not be surprised at all to think of Shakespeare as an SFF author.
DTNS 2779 – Will It Bend?
Do we want rollable bendable screens for our phones and tablets? As the prospect becomes more realistic Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt talk about what rollable bendable screens might be good for.
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Today in Tech History – June 7, 2016
1954 – Computer science hero Alan Turing died. His death was ruled a suicide from eating an apple containing cyanide. Turing formulated the famous Turing test and broke code at Bletchley park during World War II.
1975 – Sony introduced the Betamax video recorder for sale. It would lose the format war to VHS but find a niche in broadcast production.
1980 – The first US solar power plant was dedicated at the Natural Bridge National Monument, Utah.
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Cordkillers 123 – Netflix Don’t Sell Shoes (w/ Iyaz Akhtar)
Jeff Bezos explains why Amazon and Netflix aren’t competing, but Google and Apple TOTALLY are. Europe lets Netflix roam. TiVo may Bolt right out of the hardware business. With special guest Iyaz Akhtar.