Speakin’ of Speakers – DTNS 3609

We take a gander at all the news highlights from this year’s IFA.

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

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YouTube fined for Child Privacy Violation – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500YouTube fined for child privacy violations, Acer and Asus have loads of new gear announced at IFA, and Amazon wants you to pay by hand.

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Current Geek 229: Who Blinks First

How about healing metal. Also you can’t take star wars stuff on planes. That Mandalorian trailer is rad. Sony v Disney on Spider-Man. He-Man getting a renewed life! Matrix 4 is now happening. Personal hover bots, and lots more!

Deep Mind Craft – DTNS 3608

Researchers at Facebook are developing a virtual assistant to help Minecraft players letting users type in requests in natural language to an in-game avatar and the assistant will carry out requests if it can. How does this change machine learning and how can players benefit?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang.

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Deep Sleep Tracking Coming to Apple Watch? – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Samsung may launch second foldable device in 2020, Firefox 69 now available for desktop and Android users, Facebook tests Like count removal in News Feed.

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iOS Hacking Websites Also Targeted Android and Windows – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500The websites reported by Google’s Project Zero as installing malware on iOS devices also targeted Windows and Android, US tariffs on China go into effect on some tech goods, and the face swapping app Zao blows up in China.

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Week in Review for the Week of 8/26/19 – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Australia announces it will establish a framework to block online extremist content during crisis events, Fitbit unveils the Versa 2 smartwatch, and Facebook changes the rules for political ads.

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Doesn’t Work With Nest – DTNS 3607

Google catches a major iOS exploit in the wild, MacBook pros BANNED from airplanes worldwide, and Richard Gunther helps us understand what works with Nest. If anything.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Richard Gunther, Len Peralta, and Amos.

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Security Researchers Find iOS Malware That Installs By Visiting a Website – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Security researchers at Google publish details on websites that install malware on iOS devices, Windows is testing a redesign of tablet mode in Windows 10, and Didi Chuxing plans to launch self-driving car service in Shanghai.

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Current Geek 228: Seven Samurai

Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I’m Scott Johnson and he’s Tom Merritt.

And this week we’re talking about the movie, Seven Samurai.