China’s Max Headroom – DTNS 3406

World’s first AI newscaster makes it debut with Chinese state broadcaster Xinhua News Agency. We debate is performance and decide if its something human news anchors need to be worried about.

Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.

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Tesla Names Robyn Denholm Company Board Chair – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Alexa app now available to all Windows 10 users, Facebook starts selling Portal and Portal Plus smart displays, Ford to buy electric scooter startup Spin.

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DTNS 3405 – Walk This Way

China is deploying surveillance software that recognizes people by the way they walk and their body shape. How will this shape security and privacy of the masses in years to come?

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

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MVGB 3 – Slow Paced Cowboys

MVGBIn this episode, we discuss:
Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Call of Duty Black Ops IIII
The games of November
Console manufacturers results (and more)
The Diablo series comes to mobile

With Patrick Beja (@NotPatrick) and Scott Johnson (@ScottJohnson).

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 243 – The Good Place (306), Dirk Gently HDA (106)

The Good Place flips our script and Dirk Gently is vulnerable! Sorry, we didn’t get to the rest of Bodyguard. It was too good. No show next week due to Veteran’s Day!

00:33 – Winter Movie Draft update

05:04 – The Good Place (306) – A Fractured Inheritance

12:59 – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (106)

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Identification by the Way You Walk – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Qualcomm loses an important case, Xiaomi has wireless ear buds, Unsend Facebook Messages.

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The Young and the Restful – DTNS 3404

An Oxford study has cast doubt on the effects of screen time and children’s sleep behavior. What does this mean for parents, educators and kids?

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

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Today in Tech History – – November 6, 2018

1928 – The New York Times began flashing headlines outside its offices in Times Square using an electronic sign that wrapped around the 4th floor called the Motograph News Bulletin.

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4400674/Motograph-News-Bulletin-debuts-in-New-York-City–November-6–1928

1935 – Edwin Armstrong presented his paper “A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation” to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, braving the skepticism of AT&T’s John Renshaw Carson who wrote previously that FM radio had no particular advantages over AM.

http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/pdf/armstrong_fm.pdf

1980 – Microsoft signed a contract with IBM to create an operating system for the new IBM PC. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer had convinced the heritage tech company that the two were not only talented enough to pull it off, but that they should be paid a royalty on the software.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Fedn-75MkBoC&pg=PT2&lpg=PT2&dq=november+6+1980+microsoft+IBM&source=bl&ots=OoyHRBm3FL&sig=mS5a–_vRypSzsF_GjCO0u81hAM&hl=en#v=onepage&q=november%206%201980%20microsoft%20IBM&f=false

2014 – Amazon announced a smart speaker called the Amazon Echo with a voice-activated assistant called Alexa. It cost $199 but was available for $99 to Amazon Prime members who had to ask for an invite to purchase one.

https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/06/amazon-echo/

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Facebook Blocks Accounts Ahead of Midterms – DTH

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Russia passes law to identify messenger app users, Bird launches e-scooter business in London, Barnes & Noble announces new Nook tablet.

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