Last weekend we changed servers for the script that feeds Daily Tech Headlines to the Amazon Echo. Alex, who wrote the script made the appropriate changes and Dan who runs the server signed off.

However Amazon returned an error saying the feed was not current. As anyone who subscribes to the podcast knows, there is current content, so somehow it wasn’t getting to the new script.

Alexa and Dan found a couple things they thought it might be and tweaked them then resubmitted. Alex even tested the feed to see if it worked and it did on Amazon’s Echo simulator. But we got the same error. By this time it was Wednesday so Thursday Alex submitted a ticket with Amazon asking for them to review and tell us what they saw as wrong since everything looked OK on our end. I also emailed my contact on the Echo team who helped us get set up in the first place.

We have not yet heard back from Amazon. As soon as we do we hope we can figure it out and get Daily Tech Headlines working again. Our deepest apologies for the disruption.

Tom

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Uber gets shut down in London, Wal-Mart wants to deliver groceries right to your refrigerator and why enterprise seems so bad at security.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Keith Townsend and Len Peralta.

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• News You Should Know
  • 4K iTunes Content Limited to Streaming Only… | MacRumors
  • T-Mobile, Sprint close to agreeing on deal terms | Reuters
• More Top Stories
  • Uber loses its license to operate in London | TechCrunch
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise…Plan…Job Cuts | Bloomberg
  • PUBG creators are unhappy with Fortnite: Battle Royale… | Polygon
    • Patrick Beja’s tweets
  • iPhone 8, 8 Plus draw fewer Apple fans… | cnet
  • Walmart partners with smart lock maker August… | TechCrunch
• Discussion
  • Corporate IT vs security breeches
• Messages of the Day
  • Non-plane uses for noise cancelling headphones
  • Chris, Bob – Headphone Google Assistants
• Today’s Contributors
  • Find Sarah Lane on Twitter: @sarahlane
  • Keith Townsend

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Uber banned in London, Facebook sends data to US Congress, a catch in Apple’s free 4K upgrade offer.

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Why Google bought part of HTC, why Bose wants the Google Assistant in headphones and why everyone is mad at big tech companies.
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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Waymo wants billions from Uber, new Bose + Google integration headphones, Bill Gates has regrets.

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Drone delivery cranks up in Switzerland, Nest back with new products and whether we want pro sports like eSports leagues. Overwatch League anyone?
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Scott Johnson

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:00) Apple admits to Apple Watch LTE problems just before it ships | The Verge
  • (01:30) Motorola’s Moto X4 is Project Fi’s first Android One smartphone | The Verge
  • (02:00) Microsoft opens pre-orders for standard Xbox One X | engadget
  • (02:15) Toshiba Finally Makes It Official With $18 Billion Sale to Bain Capital | Fortune
• More Top Stories
  • (02:45) Amazon working on Alexa-powered smart glasses, says report | The Verge
  • (06:05) Google Is Close to Buying HTC Assets to Bolster Hardware | Bloomberg
  • (11:10) Nest launches a new $349 smart outdoor security camera | TechCrunch
    • Nest introduces Hello, its first video doorbell | engadget
    • Nest’s home security system costs $499… | The Verge
  • (13:55) The first…drone delivery network…starting next month | The Verge
  • (17:00) The music business is growing again… | recode
• Discussion
  • (22:50) Overwatch League
    • …Overwatch league will…debut in January | The Verge
    • …Overwatch League welcomes…teams for inaugural season | Blizzard
    • Blizzard unveils plans for new e-sports arena… | The Verge
    • Blizzard announces… teams and owners… | The Verge
    • Blizzard…locks in…$20 million Overwatch League spots | ESPN
    • Overwatch League…to begin January 10th | engadget
    • …Overwatch League welcomes London…team | Blizzard
• Messages of the Day
  • (35:20) Alastair – The EFF/EME/W3C story
• Today’s Contributors
  • Scott Johnson