Today in Tech History – – July 9, 2018

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

1941 – British cryptologists including Alan Turing broke the code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the eastern front.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enigma-key-broken

1971 – Marc Andreessen was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He would grow up to develop the Netscape browser, which powered the explosion of the Web in the late 1990s.

http://www.biography.com/people/marc-andreessen-9542208

1979 – Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter, coming within 570,000 kilometers of the planet.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/history/70s/Voyager2_1979.htm

1982 – Disney released the movie Tron, which used the most extensive computer-generated graphics and special effects to that time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/

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DTNS 3320 – AI Chips, Can’t Stop With Just One

Daily Tech News Show / July 9th, 2018

As the demand for AI processing takes off chip makers are scrambling for a piece of the action. We take a look at the various offerings and approaches on the market or in development.

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

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Xiaomi opens down in its Hong Kong IPO – DTH

Daily Tech News Show / July 9th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Timehop discloses major security breach, Uber invests in scooter company Lime, Apple Music closes in on Spotify numbers in the US.

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Today in Tech History – – July 8, 2018

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

1908 – Charles Urban demonstrated Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion-picture process, at a scientific meeting in Paris attended by Auguste and Louis Lumière.

http://books.google.com/books?id=JGoLZrIqa_wC&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=july+8+1908+kinemacolor&source=bl&ots=txw5pg8N-G&sig=BXNkiUCZrOEpNgbV01fq80SiEwM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iwGnU6KlFoTZoATB_4KQBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=july%208%201908%20kinemacolor&f=false

1946 – The University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering began a summer school course on computing that inspired the EDSAC, BINAC, and, many other similar computers.

http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200208/history.cfm

2011 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on the final Space Shuttle mission.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/space-shuttle-atlantis-final-flight-launches-florida-struggling/story?id=14024251#.T87MB9VYvmI

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Today in Tech History – – July 7, 2018

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

1752 – Joseph Marie Jacquard was born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor created the first programmable power loom and the cards he used to program it would be adapted by Herman Hollerith and others for programming the first computers.

http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/July/7/

1936 – Henry F. Phillips received patents for a new kind of screw and the screwdriver used with it. Endless numbers of computer cases have been held together by it since.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=MINJAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1981 – The first solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, flew 163 miles from Corneille-en-Verin Airport north of Paris across the English Channel to Manston Royal Air Force Base south of London, staying aloft 5 hours and 23 minutes.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-054-DFRC.html

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Today in Tech History – – July 6, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 6th, 2018

1920 – A US Navy F5L seaplane took off from Hampton Roads, Virginia, using a radio compass for the first time. The pilots located and flew to the Battleship Ohio about 94 miles offshore.

http://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/july-6.html

1947 – The AK-47 went into production in the Soviet Union– the name stands for Automatic rifle Kalashnikov model of 1947.

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/07/dayintech_0706/

1996 – AOL settled lawsuits in California that accused the company of misleading subscribers about monthly service charges.

https://books.google.com/books?id=8xSECwAAQBAJ&pg=SA4-PA51&lpg=SA4-PA51&dq=july+6+1996+aol&source=bl&ots=-Ld1WBM_Ej&sig=8Vk_JNskkjnxx4VFjboW80Ip_3Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBgPSH-PHbAhVEwlQKHcYrBqMQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=july%206%201996%20aol&f=false

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DTNS 3319 – Stop Infringing Yourself

Daily Tech News Show / July 6th, 2018

As third-party encryption plug-ins face new scrutiny we discuss the wider implications of internet and connected technologies entering a mass-market phase where consumers want a set and forget it type of experience when it comes to security.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Shannon Morse.

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Samsung Slows Down – DTH

Daily Tech News Show / July 6th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Samsung sales slow, Tinder gets loopy and a blind robot that can walk just fine.

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DTNS 3318 – You NUMTOT, You!

Daily Tech News Show / July 5th, 2018

After a recent spate of violence instigated via WhatsApp the Indian government is asking the app maker for help in cracking down on irresponsible messaging blamed for inflaming tensions. But what can WhatsApp really do and what civic and legal responsibilities do messaging platforms aren’t used to incite violence.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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