We’re excited for TV with Henry Cavill as Geralt, and maybe even some Witchlands! Plus our initial non-spoilery impressions of this month’s book, Slan.
Google Inbox Days Numbered? -DTH
Apple announces iPhone Xs, Xs Max, XR, and Apple Watch Series 4, Brave browser files GDPR complaint against Google, Ant Financial denies Equifax poaching claims.
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DTNS 3366 – Anyone for XS?
Apple’s latest announcement revealed a new slate of iPhones, Watches and features and we knock our heads together to break it all down for you.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 235 – The Good Place (101-205), Better Call Saul (404-405), Deadwood (311)
We examine the trolley problem and The Good Place’s “The Trolley Problem.” Plus, we put Mike’s interviews through the ringer from Better Call Saul and the penultimate Deadwood!
00:41 – Summer Movie Draft update
02:24 – The Good Place (101-205)
17:25 – Better Call Saul (404-405)
31:51 – Deadwood (311)
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EU Approves Link Tax and Upload Filter – DTH
The European Union takes the next step to passing a new Copyright Directive, Plex pulls the plug on Plex Cloud and Apple reveals new smartphone names.
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CurrentGeek 185: Stay awhile, and render!
E! gets the people’s choice awards! Goats prefer it if you smile. A kangaroo was where it is not usually. Diablo show coming to Netflix? 100 years old and still mathematically correct. ForeCast, Best Things and your emails!
Today in Tech History – – September 11, 2018
1928 – Radio station WGY of General Electric made the first simulcast in Schenectady, New York. A play called “The Queen’s Messenger” had its audio broadcast over radio with the picture in sync over television at same time.
http://eyesofageneration.com/cameras-page/ge-cameras/
1985 – ISEE-3, renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE), flew through the gas tail of comet P/Giacobini-Zinner.
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/isee3.html
1998 – The US Congress released the contents of the Starr report on the Internet. The report led to the impeachment, but not the removal, of President Clinton. The websites that hosted the report were slammed with traffic.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/11/starr.report/
Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.
Today in Tech History – – September 11, 2018
1928 – Radio station WGY of General Electric made the first simulcast in Schenectady, New York. A play called “The Queen’s Messenger” had its audio broadcast over radio with the picture in sync over television at same time.
http://eyesofageneration.com/cameras-page/ge-cameras/
1985 – ISEE-3, renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE), flew through the gas tail of comet P/Giacobini-Zinner.
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/isee3.html
1998 – The US Congress released the contents of the Starr report on the Internet. The report led to the impeachment, but not the removal, of President Clinton. The websites that hosted the report were slammed with traffic.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/09/11/starr.report/
Read Tom’s science fiction and other fiction books at Merritt’s Books site.
DTNS 3365 – Somewhere Beyond the Sea Roomba
India’s Aadhaar ID system’s databased has been compromised via a software patch. Tinder makes its “Top Picks” curated match service available worldwide. The Ocean Cleanup Project started towing System 001 to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” to begin field trials of the apparatus and evaluate its effectiveness at cleaning plastic garbage from the ocean.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
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Arizona Probes Google Over Location Tracking – DTH
Apple will stream 9/12 event on Twitter, India’s Aadhaar database compromised by software patch, Impossible Aerospace launches US-1 drone.
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