Week in Review for the Week of 1/18/21 – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Researchers can detect COVID-19 with smartwatches, Google experiments limiting news links in Australia, and LG is considering an exit from the smartphone business.

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Getting Quantum with Kiki – DTNS 3952

We examine the China’s construction of a quantum communication network how it might impact the wider world.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Dr. Kiki Sanford, Roger Chang, Joe

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Alphabet Deflates Loon – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Alphabet announces the shutdown of its Loon subsidiery, Facebook refers the suspension of President Trump’s account to the independent Oversight Board, and Twitter’s Bluesky publishes a report on the decentralized web.

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The Only Way To Win Is Not Play – DTNS 3951

Amazon chief executive of worldwide consumer business, Dave Clark, sent a letter to the US President, offering to help reach the goal of vaccinating 100 million people against COVID-19 in 100 days. Can Amazon really help with the deployment of vaccines across the country and should the country take them up on their offer?

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

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Google reaches agreement on framework to pay French publishers for content snippets – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Google and APIG reach an agreement on a framework to set up licensing terms with French publishers on content snippets, Malwarebytes breached by the same attackers that hit SolarWinds, and Ford is sharing vehicle safety data with other car manufacturers.

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Netflix Will Soon Pay for Itself – DTNS 3950

The European Commission fined Valve and the game publishers Focus Home, ZeniMax, Koch Media, Capcom, and Bandai Namco a combined 7.8 million Euros for geo-blocking roughly 100 PC games, preventing them from being played outside certain EU countries and breaking EU’s Digital Single Market rules.

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

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LG Considering Sale, Withdrawal or Downsizing Phone Business – DTH

DTH-6-150x150LG’s CEO said the company is considering selling, withdrawing or downsizing its phone business, Brave is the first browser to integrate IPFS, and Facebook’s AI-driven image captioning system gets a big upgrade.

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