Goodbye Shannara, hello The Blade Itself TV show? Also Moby Dick and Philip K Dick have different problems, and what the monster in Frankenstein might truly represent.
Daily Tech Headlines – January 19, 2018
Softbank invests in Uber, Google fixes cast WiFi issues, Cape Town maps water savers to combat drought.
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DTNS 3201 – Now You’re Playing with Power. Cardboard power!
Cryptocurrencies nose dive to just 50% of their 2017 value as governments crackdown. Google’s Project Fi caps data bills at $60/month. Amazon shortlists the 20 cities its considering for its 2nd North American HQ.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang
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- Quick Hits
- (00:50) Softbank is now Uber’s biggest shareholder
- (01:20) Apple Confirms Fix is Coming Next Week for Malicious Link That Freezes Messages App | macrumors
- (01:50) Intel admits Spectre patch problems also affect newer Core chips | engadget
- (02:20) Microsoft puts Minecraft boss in charge of Xbox games | the verge
- More Top Stories
- (02:45) Nintendo Announces Nintendo Labo, A Wild New Experiment For Switch | kotaku
- (10:05) This week’s Bitcoin crash was all about fraud and regulation | the verge
- (14:35) Spotify Has New Plan to Take on Radio and Reinvent Podcasts | bloomberg
- (18:50) Tide Pod challenge: YouTube blocks videos after poisoning fears | bbc
- (21:35) Google’s Project Fi now caps data bills at $60 | tech crunch
- (24:15) Amazon reveals top 20 city candidates for its second HQ | the verge
- Message of the Day
- (27:10) Andy – Daily Tech Headlines on a Google Home
- Today’s Contributors
- Friend of the show Wil Harris is fundraising for Campaign Against Living Miserably, a charity that encourages men to get help with their mental health.
Daily Tech Headlines – January 18, 2018
Intel has more Spectre problems, Apple will give you more options when your battery gets old, and Nintendo has cool cardboard attachments for the Switch.
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DTNS 3200a – Sorry Dave, I Can’t Comprehend That
Blizzard’s Overwatch League attracts 10 million viewers in its first week. What should come next? TWiT sues Twitter over breach of contract and YouTube will begin manually reviewing videos in the Google Preferred premium ad program to assuage client fears over their ads appearing over inappropriate videos.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang
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Daily Tech Headlines – January 17, 2018
China leads app usage growth, OnePlus shuts down credit card payments, Microsoft expands Surface Book 2 country availability.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 203 – Black Mirror (401-403), Deadwood (105) (w/ Derrick Chen)
We get back to high-tech horror with the first half of the new Black Mirror season. Plus Deadwood and the home stretch of the Winter Movie Draft. With special guest Derrick Chen.
01:14 – Winter Movie Draft
03:41 – Black Mirror (USS Callister)
10:46 – Black Mirror (Arkangel)
14:37 – Black Mirror (Crocodile)
20:54 – Deadwood (105)
DTNS 3199 – Can We Have an Alert for the Alert?
Was Hawaii mistakenly put on a ballistic missile alert by bad User Interface design? Can a push by Democrats in the Senate to Reinstate Open Internet Guidelines? And a Canadian man has been arrested for disrupting Twitch streams.
Starring Tom Merrit, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson and Roger Chang
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- Quick Hits
- (01:05) Exclusive: U.S. lawmakers urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei | reuters
- (01:20) Half of US Senate supports reversing FCC’s net neutrality ruling, but it still won’t be overturned | the verge
- (01:45) Microsoft is shutting down its free upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on Jan. 16 | pc world
- (02:05) Google to expand cloud infrastructure with new regions, submarine cables | reuters
- More Top Stories
- (02:35) Galaxy S9 / S9+ release schedule | evan blass
- (04:50) Confirmed issue with Google Chromecast and Google Home causes temporarily Wifi drops around the world | myce
- (06:35) Netflix ‘still exploring’ possibility of Nintendo Switch app | polygon
- (09:00) Twitch spamming suspect charged in Canada | bbc
- (12:45) A Google app that matches your face to artwork is wildly popular. It’s also raising privacy concerns. | the washington post
- Discussion Story (16:20)
- Thing of the Day
- (25:00) Tech In Travel Minute
- Message of the Day
- (26:50) Bruce – Facebook algorithm
- Today’s Contributors
- Friend of the show Wil Harris is fundraising for Campaign Against Living Miserably, a charity that encourages men to get help with their mental health.
Daily Tech Headlines – January 16, 2018
Google undersea cables, Facebook news test, free satellite Internet.
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Cordkillers 203 – If This Then TiVo
Hulu tries to shape up, but what is its future? TiVo gets voice connected. With special guest Derrick Chen.