We are SO excited to be nominated for the Hugos! Thank you! Also the return of the Expanse and why Amazon will spend $1 billion on a Middle Earth show.
Daily Tech Headlines – April 13, 2018
AMD launches 4 new desktop Ryzen 2nd-gen processors, Telegram faces ban in Russia and Motherboard reports police agencies using iPhone cracking box called GrayKey.
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DTNS 3260 – R(are)e(arth)cycling
ESPN launches ESPN + a new $5/month sports streaming video service, Uber will begin performing annual criminal background checks on its drivers and the UK reveals its first major Cyber Attack target was IS.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:45) Global PC Shipments Remain Stagnant; HP Holds On to Top Spot | bloomberg
- (01:10) Amazon Key, Ring doorbells may become your new smart home BFFs | cnet
- (01:30) Exclusive: Walmart close to buying majority of India’s Flipkart | reuters
- (01:45)Apple’s Stumbling HomePod Isn’t the Hot Seller It Wanted | bloomberg
- More Top Stories
- (02:25) Disney kicks off its streaming future today with ESPN+ | the verge
- (05:40) U.K. Reveals Its First Major Cyber-Attack Was Against IS | bloomberg
- (08:55) Snap is testing commerce with Snapchat Discover publishers | digiday
- (12:05) Tesla is no longer working with NTSB in fatal Model X crash investigation | tech crunch
- (16:00) ‘Urban mining’ in South Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech | reuters
- (19:55) Uber to up its background checks for drivers | ap news
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- Messages of the Day
- (23:40) Norm – Cashless Society
- (26:25) MissMusicTeacher – Zuckerberg and the Senate
- Today’s Contributor
Daily Tech Headlines – April 12 2018
Apple HomePod sales disappoint, ESPN+ launches, Uber steps up safety measures for riders.
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DTNS 3260 – Application Programming Infuriating
Some companies build their business model on leveraging the APIs of another company’s connected platform allowing both business to benefit. But what happens when a connected platform changes its rules on how others can leverage its platform? Plus the FTC says void warranty stickers might be illegal and Zuckerberg faces another day of Senate hearings.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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- Quick Hits
- (01:00) Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service | bloomberg
- (01:25) FDA approves AI-powered software to detect diabetic retinopathy | engadget
- (01:45)Apple Must Pay $502.6 Million to VirnetX, Federal Jury Rules | bloomberg
- (02:20) Google to launch new Gmail design in the coming weeks | the verge
- More Top Stories
- (02:45) Ransomware Asks You to Play PUBG | pc world
- (05:00) Uber gets into car rentals and public transit | tech crunch
- (07:45) FTC Staff Warns Companies that It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on the Use of Specified Parts or Services | ftc
- (11:55) Facebook: Cambridge Analytica data had private messages | bbc
- (14:35) The 5 biggest takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the Senate | the verge
- Discussion Story (16:40)
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- Messages of the Day
- (24:00) Yaniv – YouTube Transcription Service
- (24:45) Drew – Cashless Troubles
- Today’s Contributor
It’s Spoilerin’ Time 215 – Legion (201), Deadwood (204)
Legion’s back with a heady premiere and Deadwood has us feeling deja vu. Plus, A Quiet Place had it’s first weekend in the Movie Draft update.
00:31 – Summer Movie Draft update
04:44 – Legion (201)
17:28 – Deadwood (204)
Daily Tech Headlines – April 11, 2018
Spotify might tweak its free tier, Qualcomm has new machine learning chips for IoT and Uber gets into car rentals and public transportation.
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DTNS 3258a – Ban ¢ash movement
As countries like Sweden push for cashless payments it seems the future of currency is electronic payments but is this a necessarily a good thing? Plus Facebook CEO Zuckerberg gets a grilling on Capital Hill and the W3C and FIDO Alliance announce WebAuthn, a password-free open standard supported by the latest version of Firefox.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:50) LG’s flagship G7 will launch in May | engadget
- (01:35) Google Home and Home Mini are now available in India | the verge
- (02:05)Bots in the Twittersphere | pew research center
- (02:45) Walmart taps Postmates for grocery delivery service
- More Top Stories
- (03:20) Update: Facebook rolls out $40K user data abuse bounty ahead of Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony | tech crunch
- (06:05) Chrome and Firefox will support a new standard for password-free logins | the verge
- (07:45) First look at Instagram Nametags, its clone of Snapchat QR codes | tech crunch
- (09:30) Westworld trolls Reddit with spoiler video | bbc
- (11:55) Google launches an improved speech-to-text service for developers | tech crunch
- Discussion Story (14:55)
- The Swedes rebelling against a cashless society | bbc
- Going Cashless? Bad for Tax Cheats, Privacy, Poor | bloomberg
- Sweden’s March Toward a Cashless Society | bloomberg
- Megan McArdle: The downside of a cashless society | national post
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- (27:15) David – Piling on Facebook
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Daily Tech Headlines – April 10, 2018
Facebook announces data abuse bounty program, Walmart to use Postmates for grocery delivery, Vevo YouTube account hacked.
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Cordkillers 215 – CordConsenters (w/ Nicole Lee)
HBO intentionally spoiling Westworld, YouTube Kids going hand-picked, and 3D ticket sales tank. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Nicole Lee ( http://twitter.com/nicole )