Blocking Me Softly From His Tweets – DTNS 4129

A Swiss Federal Institute of Technology robotics engineering student Ken Pillonel stuffed a USB-C port that can transfer data as well as charge into an iPhone X. A San Francisco court orders Tesla to pay $136.9 million to a former contract employee who alleged discrimination and hostile work environment, and Microsoft and Nvidia created the Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation model or MT-NLP which they call the “most powerful monolithic transformer language model trained to date”.

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GM and LG reach deal over costs of battery recall – DTH

DTH-6-150x150LG will cover majority of costs for GM’s Bolt EV battery recall, the SEC is communicating with Facebook whistleblower’s lawyers, and Waze teams up with Headspace for a more chill commute.

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Cordkillers 379 – Janeway Murdered Tupac! (w/ Brian Dunaway)

HBO gets a surprise hit in their Soprano’s sequel. Are franchise expansions a resilient tactic or just a lucky shot? Timothee Chalamet tries to be a sexy, young Willy Wonka? All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Brian Dunaway.

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Facebook Working on “Take a Break” Feature For Teens on Instagram – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Facebook’s Nick Clegg announced the company’s plans to “nudge” teenagers away from harmful content, Google will reportedly offer a Pixel Pass service bundle, and Apple will appeal in its lawsuit with Epic.

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Sunday Science Supplement for October 10, 2021 – DTH

DTH-6-150x150This week, Dr. Nicole Ackermans looks at changes Google is making to Maps, Search, and other apps to inform users of the climate impact.

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Week in Review for the Week of 10/04/21 – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Facebook provided details on the cause of the October 4th outage, Twitch’s source code and creator payouts leaked, and William Shatner gets set for space.

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Don’t Glue It; Screw It! – DTNS 4128

Microsoft has now agreed to let independent third-party study the impact of making Microsoft devices easier to repair. Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer offers an invitation to Apple to help them implement RCS on the iPhone. CNET’s Brian Cooley notes that Michelin and GM plan to have airless tires available for street use as early as 2024.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos

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#421 – N0T4U2?

Some things aren’t for everybody, like our current read NOS4A2, or the new Game of Thrones trailer. But don’t worry, there are plenty of other great things to read like the British Fantasy Award winners and more!

La causa de la caída de Facebook – NTX

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¿Qué causó la caída de los servicios de Facebook? Se filtra información de Twitch en 4Chan, el Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de China publica las primeras directrices éticas para inteligencias artificiales y William Shatner, el mismísimo Capitán Kirk, será la persona de mayor edad en viajar al espacio.

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Microsoft Agrees to Study on Device Repairability – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Microsoft agrees to an independent third-party study to look at the impact of making its devices easier to repair, Apple reportedly working on using the iPhone to replace a car’s entire infotainment stack, and YouTube expands live captioning for videos.

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