Amazon and Facebook Shutdown Seattle-Area Offices Due to COVID-19 – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Amazon and Facebook shutdown offices around Seattle following confirmed COVID-19 cases, Oppo announces the Find X2 Pro phone, and security researchers find that a patched vulnerability to the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine can still be exploited.

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Broken Facts Machine – DTNS 3732

Facebook’s attempt at fact-checking political posts runs into a problem as various fact-checking partners contradict each other a recent POTUS comment.

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

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TCL Demos Tri-fold and Rolling Phone Prototypes – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500TCL demoed a working tri-fold smartphone and demoed a rolling concept phone, GM’s new Ultium can get 400 miles on a charge, and the security startup Corellium shows Android running on iOS.

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Reasoning>Math = Coder – DTNS 3731

New research from the University of Washington shows strong correlation between language skills, reasoning capability, and working memory as key indicators of coding ability beating out mathematical capability.

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

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 302 – Better Call Saul (502), Locke & Key (103-104), The Outsider (109), The New Pope (107), The Larry Sanders Show (218-301)

Better Call Saul divides the room with the intro this week. Locke & Key is pulling us in and The Outsider’s penultimate episode has us questioning. With special guest Bill Meeks.

This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: Better Call Saul (502), Locke & Key (103-104), The Outsider (109), The New Pope (107), The Larry Sanders Show (218-301)
Next week: Better Call Saul (503), Locke & Key (105-106), The Outsider (110), The New Pope (108), The Larry Sanders Show (302-303)

00:54 – Better Call Saul (502)
13:32 – Locke & Key (103-104)
22:45 – The Outsider (109)
33:09 – The New Pope (107)
38:33 – The Larry Sanders Show (218-301) (“New York or L.A.” and “Montana”)

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Google Assistant Now Reads Webpages – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google launches its webpage-reading feature, Twitter tests disappearing posts and Hangouts and Teams offer free upgrades for people working from home.

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The Security Spoon – DTNS 3730

We get a wrap from this year’s RSA conference from security-news website “The Parallax” founder and editor-in-chief Seth Rosenblatt.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Seth Rosenblatt, Joe

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Facebook And Twitter Pull Out Of SXSW – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500US tech jobs growing disproportionately, Amazon ramps up same-day deliveries, OnePlus plans 5G robot snowball fight.

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Cordkillers 302 – America’s Next Bob Iger (w/ Bill Meeks)

Iger is out, AT&T TV now (not AT&T TV Now) nationwide, and new original anime series. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Bill Meeks.

This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: Better Call Saul (502), Locke & Key (103-104), The Outsider (109), The New Pope (107), The Larry Sanders Show (218-301)
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