Goodbye Shannara, hello The Blade Itself TV show? Also Moby Dick and Philip K Dick have different problems, and what the monster in Frankenstein might truly represent.
Daily Tech Headlines – January 19, 2018
Softbank invests in Uber, Google fixes cast WiFi issues, Cape Town maps water savers to combat drought.
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Today in Tech History – January 19, 2018
1883 -The first electric lighting system using overhead wires went into service in Roselle, New Jersey.
http://www.boroughofroselle.com/History/
1983 – Apple released the Lisa, the second commercial computer with a graphical user interface (after the Xerox Star). It only cost $9,995 too!
http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/19/happy-birthday-lisa/
1986 – Brain became the first computer virus released into the wild. It was a boot sector virus transmitted by floppy disks. The Farooq Alvi Brothers of Lahore, Pakistan created the virus.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/pc_virus_at_20/
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DTNS 3201 – Now You’re Playing with Power. Cardboard power!
Cryptocurrencies nose dive to just 50% of their 2017 value as governments crackdown. Google’s Project Fi caps data bills at $60/month. Amazon shortlists the 20 cities its considering for its 2nd North American HQ.
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- Quick Hits
- (00:50) Softbank is now Uber’s biggest shareholder
- (01:20) Apple Confirms Fix is Coming Next Week for Malicious Link That Freezes Messages App | macrumors
- (01:50) Intel admits Spectre patch problems also affect newer Core chips | engadget
- (02:20) Microsoft puts Minecraft boss in charge of Xbox games | the verge
- More Top Stories
- (02:45) Nintendo Announces Nintendo Labo, A Wild New Experiment For Switch | kotaku
- (10:05) This week’s Bitcoin crash was all about fraud and regulation | the verge
- (14:35) Spotify Has New Plan to Take on Radio and Reinvent Podcasts | bloomberg
- (18:50) Tide Pod challenge: YouTube blocks videos after poisoning fears | bbc
- (21:35) Google’s Project Fi now caps data bills at $60 | tech crunch
- (24:15) Amazon reveals top 20 city candidates for its second HQ | the verge
- Message of the Day
- (27:10) Andy – Daily Tech Headlines on a Google Home
- Today’s Contributors
- Friend of the show Wil Harris is fundraising for Campaign Against Living Miserably, a charity that encourages men to get help with their mental health.
Daily Tech Headlines – January 18, 2018
Intel has more Spectre problems, Apple will give you more options when your battery gets old, and Nintendo has cool cardboard attachments for the Switch.
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Today in Tech History – January 18, 2018
1902 – Nikola Tesla filed a patent application for wireless energy transmission. The patent was granted 12 years later. We’re still waiting for the kinks to get worked out.
http://www.tfcbooks.com/patents/1119732.htm
1903 – The first two-way transatlantic communication, and first wireless telegram was sent between North America and Europe. US President Teddy Roosevelt and King Edward VII. They wrote to each other how awesome the wireless telegraph was.
http://www.nps.gov/caco/forteachers/upload/Marconi.pdf
2012 – Many websites, led by Reddit, Wikipedia and others, conducted an Internet “blackout” to protest the US SOPA/PIPA bills.
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DTNS 3200a – Sorry Dave, I Can’t Comprehend That
Blizzard’s Overwatch League attracts 10 million viewers in its first week. What should come next? TWiT sues Twitter over breach of contract and YouTube will begin manually reviewing videos in the Google Preferred premium ad program to assuage client fears over their ads appearing over inappropriate videos.
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Daily Tech Headlines – January 17, 2018
China leads app usage growth, OnePlus shuts down credit card payments, Microsoft expands Surface Book 2 country availability.
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 203 – Black Mirror (401-403), Deadwood (105) (w/ Derrick Chen)
We get back to high-tech horror with the first half of the new Black Mirror season. Plus Deadwood and the home stretch of the Winter Movie Draft. With special guest Derrick Chen.
01:14 – Winter Movie Draft
03:41 – Black Mirror (USS Callister)
10:46 – Black Mirror (Arkangel)
14:37 – Black Mirror (Crocodile)
20:54 – Deadwood (105)
Today in Tech History – January 17, 2018
1871 – Andrew S. Hallidie received a patent for an “endless wire rope way” which he would put into practice as the cable car system in San Francisco, California.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_cablecar_1.html
1882 – Thomas Edison received a patent for adding a carbon microphone to the telephone. The patent described finely divided conducting material, like carbon, between metal cups mounted on arms that attached to the mouthpiece diaphragm.
http://edison.rutgers.edu/patents/00252442.PDF
1928 – Anatol M. Josepho received a the first US patent for a fully automatic photographic film developing machine. The Photomaton better known as a PhotoBooth in the US still survives as an app and in dark corners of subway stations.
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