Twitter being streaming live local news broadcasts alongside its timeline. Will it work and will news coverage change to adapt to it? Plus reports of iOS 11’s interface crashing and researchers at MIT have developed a low powered high speed neural network chip.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- (01:00) Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-like side-channel attacks, dangles $250K | geekwire
- (01:15) Samsung’s updated Notebook 9 laptops will start at $1,200 | the verge
- (01:50) Stanford researchers develop new method for waking up small electronic devices | stanford
- (02:15) FCC Boss Ajit Pai’s Own Agency Is Investigating Him For Potential Corruption | motherboard
- More Top Stories
- (02:40) Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to apps and iMessages | the verge
- (04:50) HomePod leaves white ring stains on wood furniture, and Apple says it’s ‘not unusual’ | mercury news
- (07:40) Facebook’s two-factor authentication system auto-posts replies on your profile | the verge
- (09:40) Neural networks everywhere | mit news
- (13:05) Paytm Mall Takes Cues From Alibaba in Indian New Retail Experiment | bloomberg
- Discussion Story: (16:15)
- Message of the Day
- (24:35) Ross – LastPass Authenticator
- Ross – Chrome ad-blocking
- (24:35) Ross – LastPass Authenticator
- Today’s Contributor
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