We are SO excited to be nominated for the Hugos! Thank you! Also the return of the Expanse and why Amazon will spend $1 billion on a Middle Earth show.
Daily Tech Headlines – April 13, 2018
AMD launches 4 new desktop Ryzen 2nd-gen processors, Telegram faces ban in Russia and Motherboard reports police agencies using iPhone cracking box called GrayKey.
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Today in Tech History – April 13, 2018
1960 – The United States launched Navy Transit 1-B. It demonstrated the first engine restart in space and more famously the feasibility of using satellites as navigational aids, proving systems like GPS would work.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1960-003B
1970 – The crew of Apollo 13 heard a sharp bang and vibration followed by a warning light. Jack Swigert radioed back the famous words “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
https://www.nasa.gov/content/mission-control-houston-april-13-1970/
1974 – Western Union, NASA and Hughes Aircraft, teamed up to launch the United States’ first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. The system relayed data, voice, video, and fax transmissions to the continental US., Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Virgin islands.
https://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/satcomhistory.html
2000 – Heavy metal band Metallica launched a lawsuit against Napster for enabling thievery and copyright infringement. It was the beginning of the end for Napster and all music piracy. Well, at least for Napster.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/metallica-sue-napster-for-copyright-infringement-20000413
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DTNS 3260 – R(are)e(arth)cycling
ESPN launches ESPN + a new $5/month sports streaming video service, Uber will begin performing annual criminal background checks on its drivers and the UK reveals its first major Cyber Attack target was IS.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:45) Global PC Shipments Remain Stagnant; HP Holds On to Top Spot | bloomberg
- (01:10) Amazon Key, Ring doorbells may become your new smart home BFFs | cnet
- (01:30) Exclusive: Walmart close to buying majority of India’s Flipkart | reuters
- (01:45)Apple’s Stumbling HomePod Isn’t the Hot Seller It Wanted | bloomberg
- More Top Stories
- (02:25) Disney kicks off its streaming future today with ESPN+ | the verge
- (05:40) U.K. Reveals Its First Major Cyber-Attack Was Against IS | bloomberg
- (08:55) Snap is testing commerce with Snapchat Discover publishers | digiday
- (12:05) Tesla is no longer working with NTSB in fatal Model X crash investigation | tech crunch
- (16:00) ‘Urban mining’ in South Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech | reuters
- (19:55) Uber to up its background checks for drivers | ap news
- Thing of the Day
- Messages of the Day
- (23:40) Norm – Cashless Society
- (26:25) MissMusicTeacher – Zuckerberg and the Senate
- Today’s Contributor
Daily Tech Headlines – April 12 2018
Apple HomePod sales disappoint, ESPN+ launches, Uber steps up safety measures for riders.
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Today in Tech History – April 12, 2018
1961 – Yuri Gagarin of the USSR made a 108-minute orbital flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, becoming the first human in space.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html
1981 – Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen crewed the first launch of a Space Shuttle on mission STS-1. During the mission the space shuttle Columbia used an HP-41 calculator to calculate the exact angle at which they needed to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/index.html
http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/April/12/
1994 – Immigration Lawyers Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel intentionally posted to more than 6,000 Usenet discussion groups about their green card services. It is considered the first occurrence of commercial spam.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst/XRLnYe0_zK8/l5eFCesyeEcJ
http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/04/0412canter-siegel-usenet-spam/
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DTNS 3260 – Application Programming Infuriating
Some companies build their business model on leveraging the APIs of another company’s connected platform allowing both business to benefit. But what happens when a connected platform changes its rules on how others can leverage its platform? Plus the FTC says void warranty stickers might be illegal and Zuckerberg faces another day of Senate hearings.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
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- Quick Hits
- (01:00) Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service | bloomberg
- (01:25) FDA approves AI-powered software to detect diabetic retinopathy | engadget
- (01:45)Apple Must Pay $502.6 Million to VirnetX, Federal Jury Rules | bloomberg
- (02:20) Google to launch new Gmail design in the coming weeks | the verge
- More Top Stories
- (02:45) Ransomware Asks You to Play PUBG | pc world
- (05:00) Uber gets into car rentals and public transit | tech crunch
- (07:45) FTC Staff Warns Companies that It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on the Use of Specified Parts or Services | ftc
- (11:55) Facebook: Cambridge Analytica data had private messages | bbc
- (14:35) The 5 biggest takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the Senate | the verge
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- (24:00) Yaniv – YouTube Transcription Service
- (24:45) Drew – Cashless Troubles
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 215 – Legion (201), Deadwood (204)
Legion’s back with a heady premiere and Deadwood has us feeling deja vu. Plus, A Quiet Place had it’s first weekend in the Movie Draft update.
00:31 – Summer Movie Draft update
04:44 – Legion (201)
17:28 – Deadwood (204)
Daily Tech Headlines – April 11, 2018
Spotify might tweak its free tier, Qualcomm has new machine learning chips for IoT and Uber gets into car rentals and public transportation.
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Today in Tech History – April 11, 2018
1936 – German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse filed for a patent for the automatic execution of calculations, and described combination memory, an early form of programmable memory. Zuse was working on what would become Germany’s first computer, the Z-1.
1957 – The Ryan X-13 Vertijet took off from Edwards Air Force base flew for a few minutes and landed. The significant part of the short flight was that it took off and landed vertically, becoming the first jet capable of doing so.
http://www.whiteeagleaerospace.com/ryan-x-13-vertijet/
1970 – The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched from Kennedy Space Center. The second-stage inboard engine shut down early but orbital insertion was achieved. However the problems were not over.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_13/overview/
2012 – Pebble launched its smartwatch Kickstarter. It would become successful and lead to the resurgence of interest in smartwatches.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android
2017 – Microsoft officially ended support for Windows Vista on the same day it launched its Windows 10 Creators update.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/11/15241580/microsoft-windows-vista-end-of-support
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