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Where is technology journalism failing the reader, and what should a revamped tech coverage look like? Plus Nintendo sues another rom site and Qualcomm unveils a new 5G antenna module that could be the solution to 5G signal interference.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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Fast 5G antennas from Qualcomm, High-res lowl-light camera sensor from Sony and the world’s fastest Hyperloop pod.
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1933 – Wiley Post returned to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes after leaving, becoming the fastest person to circumnavigate the Earth by air and the first to do it solo.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wiley-post-flies-solo-around-the-world
1962 – The first Mariner space probe to Venus had to be destroyed shortly after lift-off because of “improper operation of the Atlas airborne beacon equipment.” The error was caused by a missing overbar in the program that must have disappeared during hand transcription.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A16F63C59137B93C1AB178CD85F468685F9
1997 – Apple announced OS 8 for Macintosh computers. It added easier Internet integration and a 3D look to the OS.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/sep97/applesep97.html
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Corn in your car and your mouth, immigration, argumentation, the tilapia conspiracy.
1975 – Xerox announced its withdrawal from computer mainframe manufacturing. The company did indicate it would continue activities in other computer-related businesses like computer disk drives, serial printers, and apparently giving away secrets to companies like Apple and Microsoft.
http://www.navy.mil/SUBMIT/display.asp?story_id=57218
2002 – WorldCom filed for the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US history. It was the number two long-distance phone company, at a time when that still meant something. It would end up changing its name back to MCI, and its remains exists as Verizon’s business division.
http://money.cnn.com/2002/07/19/news/worldcom_bankruptcy/
2011 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 15, ending the US space shuttle missions.
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1960 – In a first for missiles, a Polaris A1 test vehicle was successfully launched from the USS George Washington submarine off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/underseawarfaremagazine/Issues/Archives/issue_55/StratDeter.html
1969 – In a first for humans, Neil Armstrong and Edwin A. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. successfully landed the Lunar Module “Eagle” on the surface of the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission and became the first humans to ever set foot on Earth’s satellite.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
1976 – In a first for robots, the Viking 1 lander successfully set down on on Mars in the Chryse Planitia and performed its mission.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html
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How is an upstart wireless broadband provider beating an incumbent cable broadband provider? We find out as Patrick Norton shares his experience with his new internet provider. Plus are tariffs really going to increase the price of popular gadgets? We unpack the news and drill through the FUD.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Patrick Norton.
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BY DAILY TECH HEADLINES
Big companies want to make it easier for you to swicth services like photo or calendar, Apple, Fitbit, and Sonos may fall under new Tariffs, and WhatsApp limits forwarding.
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