Sony Pictures Networks India plans to merge with Zee Entertainment to form India’s second largest entertainment network, LG announces the DualUp monitor with a unique 16:18 aspect ratio, and Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Honor tease phone releases on Weibo.
What is Web3 and why is there controversy about it among the tech industry leaders? Who is Matt Mullenweg and why could he be the antidote to walled gardens and closed ecosystems? ETH Zurich released the results of a 15 month large-scale study into phishing attacks.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe
Boeing and Airbus call on the US government to delay the rollout of 5G, OBS found evidence TikTok’s Live Studio Windows app violates the GPL license, and Tesla’s holiday software update includes Sonic the Hedgehog.
The new Spider-Man makes bank, the YouTube-Disney dispute is resolved, and a post-Super Bowl Fresh Prince on Peacock. All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Merrill Barr.
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Researchers at MIT discover that machine learning is experiencing convergent evolution similar to the human the brain without anyone programming it to do so. TikTok is launching the delivery-only TikTok Kitchen in partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts with about 300 restaurants across the US at launch. Telegram is working on a way to hide sensitive content in a chat by hiding message text behind a fuzzy pixelated placeholder, with a small eye icon next to it. And what are the dangers of autonomous weapons systems and how do you define that danger?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.
Analysts estimate chipmakers will increase spending on fabs and equipment 34% on the year to $152 billion, researchers train brain cells to play Pong faster than AI, and Apple will reportedly launch a lower-cost monitor.
Dr. Nicole Ackermans looks at the new imagining possibilities from Space X’s 28th rocket launch, which put NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer into space.