Daily Tech Headlines – June 24, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple stops making Thunderbolt displays, YouTube jumps into live streaming, Let’s Encrypt comes under trademark assault.

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DTNS 2793 POST SHOW

On the live stream we keep streaming and recording even after the show is over. You can watch this on YouTube, in the video podcast or find the full MP3 in the patreon treasure chest. Today’s conversation kicked off a full blown continuation on the debate over self-driving cars and the ethics of whether they should protect the passenger at all costs or act to save the most amount of people whether they are passengers or not. We clipped out that conversation and provide it here as a bonus track.

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DTNS 2793 – The Car-bayashi Maru

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comSelf-driving cars have a no-win choice. And US President Barack Obama told Bloomberg he might become a silicon valley venture capitalist after his term is over. Justin Young and Tom Merritt discuss whether this is a horrible idea.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 23, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Google fiber buys its way into apartments, Opera says it’s better on battery than Edge, and a new way to treat superbugs.

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DTNS 2792 – We the E-People

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comShould robots be considered people? Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt discuss a proposed resolution in Europe to make working robots electronic persons.

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Daily Tech Headlines – June 22, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Elon Musk sells himself to himself, Apple opens the kimono– err Kernel on iOS 10 and why Microsoft loves the Linux.

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DTNS 2791 – Better Safe Harbor Than Sorry

Logo by Mustafa Anabtawi thepolarcat.comDo we need copyright law to be even stronger? The music industry says so as they get tough in negotiations with YouTube. Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt discuss how these two heavyweights crush the rest of our rights.

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Daily Tech Headlines, June 21, 2016

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Twitter dives into video, Drones get new rules int he US, and intrigue in the leadership of SoftBank and its mostly Sprint’s fault.

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