DTNS 3215 – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yeti

High-resolution audio raised its profile at CES 2018, but what exactly is it and is it helping to spur new interest in the audiophile lifestyle? Plus Google is planning a streaming gaming service called Project Yeti and Deepfake videos get the ban hammer from PornHub and Twitter.

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

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Daily Tech Headlines – February 7, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Snapchat has good earnings, Pornhub bans AI-based Fake videos, and Alphabet hires a new ISP head.

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Today in Tech History – February 7, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1817 – The first public gas streetlight in the US was lit in Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Market and Lemon streets.

http://monumentcity.net/2010/02/18/monument-to-the-first-gas-street-lamp-in-america/

1915 – The first completely successful tests of the wireless telephone from a moving train were conducted on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Spoken messages were clearly heard 26 miles from Lounsberry to Binghamton, NY.

http://books.google.com/books?id=9mNMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA648&lpg=PA648&dq=lackawanna+railroad+wireless+february+7+1915&source=bl&ots=nq8K3PVm_f&sig=joNVzIMVQHzYmBFC4940bwY3WeA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AIotT7aWLqOSiQKBiZXLCg&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

1984 – Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered spacewalks.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0207.html

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DTNS 3214 – Google Promises a Chicken in Every Phone

In light of Apple’s decision to pull the Telegram app we talk with Brett Rounsaville about his experience developing for the App Store. Plus we examine all the Home Pod reviews and a French court has ruled that drivers are not allowed to touch their smartphones unless parked in designated spot with the engine off.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Brett Rounsaville.

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Daily Tech Headlines – February 6, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Apple HomePod reviews are mixed, tablet sales decline for 13th straight quarter, France cracks down on smartphones while driving.

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Today in Tech History – February 6, 2018

Today in Tech History logo1957 – MIT introduced the cryotron, the first practical demonstration of superconductivity, invented by Dudley Allen Buck. The Cryotron paved the way for the integrated circuit which used semiconductivity.

http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201202/physicshistory.cfm

1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for miniaturized electronic circuits, the first patent for what we now call integrated circuits.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=O89pAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

1971 – Apollo 14’s Lunar Module lifted off from the moon returning astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell to the Command Module. Shepard had made extra history by becoming the first human to hit a golf ball on the moon.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/as14/a14sum.htm

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DTNS 3213 – Tech Creator’s Remorse

A group of former Google and Facebook employees have banded together to fight what they see are the ill effects of technology on the human condition. Will this put them at odds with their former employers and industry they helped build? Plus Apple, Cisco and Allianz are teaming up to offer cyber insurance to business that use equipment from both companies and Google will 3rd party developers access the Visual Core processor in the Pixel 2 smartphone.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Roger Chang.

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DTNS LABS – Mailbag – The mailbag opens

DTNS Labs LogoIt’s the first a of a series of regular dips into the DTNS feedback with Sarah Lane! She reads both your questions and answers from the audience.

Can you answer a question read on the show? Send us an email to feedback@dailytechnewsshow.com

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