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Daily Tech Headlines – January 10, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 10th, 2018

Microsoft advises on Spectre patch performance, Wi-Fi Alliance works on WPA3, and Vivo scans fingerprints under the screen.

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DTNS 3195 – CES 2018: How do You Say Sit in Japanese?

Daily Tech News Show / January 9th, 2018

It’s Tuesday at CES 2018. We analyze the keynotes from Ford, Samsung and Intel, and comb through a blizzard of product announcements for the most interesting of the lot.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Allison Sheridan, and Patrick Norton.

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Quick Hits
- (01:05) Microsoft reveals how Spectre updates can slow your PC down | the verge
- (01:30) Microsoft halts AMD Meltdown and Spectre patches after reports of unbootable PCs | the verge
- (01:30) Facebook’s rumored Echo Show competitor will be called Portal and cost $499 | the verge
- (01:50) Oculus Go is built by Xiaomi and has a Snapdragon 821 processor | the verge
- (02:10) Oculus Go is built by Xiaomi and has a Snapdragon 821 processor | the verge
- (02:25) “Political pressure” reportedly kills Huawei/AT&T smartphone deal | ars technica
- (02:40) Dell’s XPS 15 gets the 2-in-1 treatment, plus Radeon RX Vega graphics | ars technica
  - Dell’s new XPS 15 2-in-1 has a ‘maglev’ keyboard | the verge
  - Dell’s new PCs will display incoming phone calls and text messages from iOS and Android | the verge
- (03:15) I tried the first phone with an in-display fingerprint sensor | the verge
- (03:40) WPA3 is coming this year to enhance Wi-Fi router security
More Top Stories
- (04:25) Google launches smart displays with JBL, Lenovo, LG and Sony | tech crunch
  - Google brings its Assistant to Android Auto | tech crunch
  - Google launches a new directory to help you discover Assistant actions | tech crunch
- (06:25) Toyota and Lexus vehicles will add Amazon Alexa this year | the verge
- (07:45) Razer’s Project Linda imagines a laptop dock for the Razer Phone | the verge
  - Razer moves into wireless power, debuts HyperFlux mouse and pad | tech crunch
- (10:40) Google and Lenovo’s standalone VR headset will ship by mid-2018 | the verge
  - Lenovo’s Mirage Camera streams 180-degree VR video to YouTube | the verge
- (13:40) Sony’s new Aibo robot just melted the hearts of a room full of jaded tech bloggers | tech crunch
  - Sony’s 2018 4K TVs keep the focus on OLED, HDR and Android | engadget
  - Sony launches a bunch of new headphones and adds Google Assistant functionality to the line | tech crunch
Discussion Story
- (16:05) Intel
  - Intel announces ‘major breakthrough’ in quantum computing chip | zd net
  - Intel CEO: Meltdown and Spectre patches will come to 90%+ of chips in the next week | tech crunch
  - Intel launches motion capture studio in LA to bring cinematic VR to Hollywood studios | tech crunch
  - Intel is making a big bet on autonomous driving in 2018 | engadget
  - Intel’s Mobileye will have 2 million cars on roads building HD maps in 2018 | tech crunch
- (21:10) Samsung
  - Samsung’s CES 2018 press conference in 12 minutes | engadget
  - Samsung profit guidance disappoints, memory outlook cloudy | reuters
  - The 4 biggest announcements from Samsung’s CES 2018 keynote | bgr
  - Samsung Electronics unveils driverless car parts, infotainment platform | reuters
  - Samsung gets into digital whiteboards with the $2700 Flip | tech crunch
  - Samsung goes all in with IoT via SmartThings, including Gear smartwatches | zd net
- (25:00) Ford
  - Ford taps Postmates for edge in self-driving delivery race | reuters
  - Ford taps Qualcomm to ensure cars can talk to everything else | tech crunch
  - Ford and Autonomic are building a smart city cloud platform | tech crunch
  - Ford will begin testing self-driving cars in a new city in 2018 | tech crunch
  - Ford plans to develop a connected car open-source platform | the verge
- Elsewhere at CES
  - (29:05) EARGO MAX
Message of the Day
- (32:45) Chris – Modular video walls
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- Allison Sheridan
- Patrick Norton
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Daily Tech Headlines – January 9, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 9th, 2018

Telegram to launch a cryptocurrency, AT&T backs out of a deal with Huawei, and crowdsourced PDAs.

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Cordkillers 202 – B.E.S. – Brushwood Electronics Shenanigans

Cordkillers / January 9th, 2018

The circuses of internet and terrestrial content. C.E.S. product announcements. Animaniacs, David Letterman, Runaways, and Game of Thrones will all return! With special guest Roberto Villegas ( http://cosmicradio.tv )

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Today in Tech History – January 9, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 9th, 2018

1901 – The first application for a patent for Meccano was submitted. Known at first as “Mechanics Made Easy,” this invention of Frank Hornby became a worldwide success and is sold in the US under the name “Erector Set”

http://www.nzmeccano.com/Outfitsmme.php

1992 – Apple CEO John Sculley coined the term Personal Digital Assistants, or PDAs, and indicated Apple would get into the business of making them later that year.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/REMARKS+BY+JOHN+SCULLEY,+CHAIRMAN+AND+CEO,+APPLE+COMPUTER+INC.+AT…-a011685610
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/comp.sys.mac.announce/oqfX2Jp6gWw/UaF11YI9tRkJ

2001 – Apple introduced iTunes for the Macintosh, featuring CD ripping, digital music organizing, and Internet radio.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/01/09Apple-Introduces-iTunes-Worlds-Best-and-Easiest-To-Use-Jukebox-Software.html

2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced an iPod, an Internet device and a phone all in one. It was called the iPhone and would go on sale later that summer. It was pretty popular at the time.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09Apple-Reinvents-the-Phone-with-iPhone.html

Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.

DTNS 3194 – CES 2018: Another Pixel in The Wall

Daily Tech News Show / January 8th, 2018

Amazon brings voice to Windows and Microsoft might be OK with that, Nvidia has a big gaming display and more AI firepower and there’s inflatable smart hip protection and so much more.
With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Peter Wells, and Paul Spain.

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Today in Tech History – January 8, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 8th, 2018

1889 – Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electronic tabulating machine. His Tabulating Machine Company would go on to merge with three others and be called International Business Machines, known today as IBM.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=iPNEAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/hollerith.html

1973 – Less than a month after the last manned Moon mission, Apollo 17, the USSR launched space mission Luna 21 carrying lunar rover Lunakhod 2.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunarussr.html

1982 – The United States vs. AT&T settlement was finalized with AT&T agreeing to divest itself of local exchanges in exchange for being allowed to start AT&T Computer Systems. Like Voltron, the behemoth would eventually reassemble.
http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/hearings/single_firm/docs/218697.htm

1986 – “The Mentor” wrote “The Conscience of a Hacker” writing “This is our world now.” It was published on Phrack and is often referred to as the Hacker Manifesto.
http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html

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Daily Tech Headlines – January 8, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 8th, 2018

Sprint CEO joins Uber’s Board, Samsung and LG get their smart fridge on, and Tivo announces its Next-Gen Platform.

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Today in Tech History – January 7, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 7th, 2018

1714 – Henry Mill patented a machine for transcribing letters “one after another, as in writing.” Sadly, he died before he perfected the first typewriter.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/modelb/modelb_history.html

1839 – Louis Daguerre made the first announcement of his photographic system at the Académie des Sciences in Paris, though details were not presented until August of that year.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm

1954 – In New York at IBM headquarters, IBM and Georgetown University showed off their joint project on machine translation. More than 60 sentences were translated from Russian to English using eight grammar rules.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_translator.html

2003 – Apple released the public beta of its new browser, called Safari.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/01/07Apple-Unveils-Safari.html

2016 – the 49th Mersenne prime was discovered by Dr. Curtis Cooper at the University of Central Missouri as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. It was written as 2^74,207,281-1.
http://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M74207281

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DTNS LABS – GAMES – Big Games of 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 6th, 2018

In this episode, we discuss the big games you can exepect and look forwrd to in 2018:
Monster Hunter World (Jan 26, PS4, XBO, Win)
Dragon Ball Fighter Z (Jan 26, PS4, XBO, Win)
Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom (Mar 23, PS4, Win)
A Way Out (Mar 23, PS4, XBO, Win)
Far Cry 5 (Mar 27, PS4, XBO, Win)
Wargroove (TBA Q1/Q2, Switch, XBO, Win)
Kingdom Hearts III (TBA, PS4, XBO)
Red Dead Redemption 2 (TBA Q2, PS4, XBO)
Anthem (Q3, PS4, XBO, Win)
Crackdown 3 (Q2, XBO, PC)
Sea of Thieves (Mar 20, XBO, PC)
State of Decay 2 (2018, XBO, PC)
God of War (TBA Q1, PS4)
Detroit: Become Human (Q2, PS4)
Days Gone (TBA Q1/Q2, PS4)
Spider-Man (TBA Q1/Q2, PS4)

With Patrick Beja and Scott Johnson.

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