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Daily Tech Headlines – January 23, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 23rd, 2018

Apple announces the HomePod date, Snap moves beyond the app, and Twitter’s COO leaves.

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Today in Tech History – January 23, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 23rd, 2018

Today in Tech History logo 1896 – Wilhelm Roentgen spoke to the Würzburg Physical Medical Society where he demonstrated X-rays by photographing the hand of session chair Dr. Albert von Kolliker, a famous anatomist.

http://www.emory.edu/X-RAYS/century_06.htm

1960 – With a crew of two, the bathyscaphe Trieste, descended 10,911 meters in the Pacific Ocean into Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench near Guam, the deepest known point in the oceans.

http://geology.com/records/bathyscaphe-trieste.shtml

2003 – Earth lost communication with space probe Pioneer 10 which was 12 billion-kilometers from Earth.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/history/pioneer.html

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Cordkillers 204 – Amazon’s Master Stroke (w/ Nicole Lee)

Cordkillers / January 23rd, 2018

Piracy as a business model for a feature film, Netflix conquers the world, and Movie Pass’s evil genius. With special guest Nicole Lee.

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DTNS 3203 – Amazon Go is Checking You Out

Daily Tech News Show / January 22nd, 2018

Amazon Go opens in downtown Seattle. Is the future of grocery shopping here? Montana’s governor signs an executive order to preserve Net Neutrality. US Childcare research suggests parents should not limit screen time but rather ensure its creative not passive time.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Veronica Belmont and Roger Chang

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Quick Hits
- (00:55) FACEBOOK’S LATEST FIX FOR FAKE NEWS: ASK USERS WHAT THEY TRUST | wired
  - Facebook admits social media is bad for democracy, sometimes | cnet
  - Facebook admits what we all know: that social media can be bad for democracy | the verge
- (01:20) Microsoft challenges Chromebooks with $189 Windows 10 laptops for schools | the verge
- (01:50) Intel tells users to stop deploying buggy Spectre patch, citing technical issues | the verge
- (02:15) Netflix is now worth more than $100B | tech crunch
More Top Stories
- (02:50) Nokia removes the cardiac-tracking feature that made its smart scale different | the verge
- (05:55) Amazon Go, a high-tech version of a 7-Eleven, will finally open on Monday — with no checkout lines and no cashiers | recode
  - Some thoughts on Amazon Go Retail | om
- (12:20) Montana governor signs executive order to keep net neutrality in the state | the verge
- (15:30) Uber Eats acquires Ando, the food delivery startup from David Chang that makes its own food | tech crunch
- (18:50) Consensus view now appears to be to guide children’s screen-time, not limit it | 9to5mac
- (24:20) You could soon be manufacturing your own drugs—thanks to 3D printing | science mag
Thing of the Day
- (28:15) Tech In Travel Minute
Message of the Day
- (30:55) Erik – How It’s Made (DTNS Edition)
Today’s Contributor
- Veronica Belmont
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 22, 2018

Daily Tech News Show / January 22nd, 2018

Amazon gets rid of checkout clerks, Microsoft has cheap laptops for schools and Facebook has more thoughts on news.

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Today in Tech History – January 22, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 22nd, 2018

Today in Tech History logo 1939 – John Dunning’s Cyclotron split the uranium atom for the first time at Columbia University in New York City. And the Manhattan Project was on.

http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~ff/pupin.html

1968 – Apollo 5 lifted off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1968-007A

1984 – Apple aired the famous “1984” commercial for the Apple Macintosh, directed by Ridley Scott.

http://newsdesk.si.edu/snapshot/apple-classic-macintosh-personal-computer

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East Meets West 363 – The President’s First Year

East Meets West/ Shows / January 21st, 2018

We talk about what has actually been accomplished by the US government in the first year.

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Today in Tech History – January 21, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 21st, 2018

Today in Tech History logo 1957 – NBC taped and broadcast President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s second inauguration address, further popularizing the taping of video.

http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/program/student_work/2003fall/03f_1800_martin_a3.pdf

1981 – The first DeLorean DMC-12 sports car rolled off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. This one made no use of gigawatts in any way.

http://time.com/4180894/delorean-history/

2004 – The Mars Rover Spirit abruptly stopped transmitting. Apparently too many files had been written to the flash memory and it went into fault mode.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20040121a.html

2015 – Microsoft announced more details about Windows 10, the Microsoft Surface Hub, an 84-inch 4K whiteboard TV, and Windows Holographic. Using HoloStudio and HoloLens, Windows Holographic promised to bring holograms into everyday use.

http://www.cnet.com/news/the-top-moments-from-microsofts-windows-10-event/#ftag=CAD590a51e

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Today in Tech History – January 20, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / January 20th, 2018

Today in Tech History logo 1929 -The movie In Old Arizona was released. It was the first full-length talking motion picture in the US to be filmed outdoors.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020018/

1934 – Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., the photographic and electronics company known today as Fujifilm, was founded in Tokyo, Japan.
http://www.fujifilmholdings.com/en/about/factsheet/index.html

1981 – The inauguration of US President Ronald Reagan became the world’s first broadcast to feature live teletext subtitles for the hearing impaired.

http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/12081a.htm

2017 – The inauguration of US President Donald Trump became the most widely-streamed news event to that time. According to Akamai. live video streaming of the inauguration peaked at 8.7 Tbps at 12:04 ET during the opening of President Trump’s speech. At its peak, 4.6 million concurrent viewers watched the inauguration.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/23/trumps-inauguration-broke-live-video-streaming-records/

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DTNS 3202 – Making Animation More Nimble

Daily Tech News Show / January 19th, 2018

Is it possible to run an on-demand computing operation like animation and VFX into the cloud? We talk to CTO of Nimble Collective Rob DeMilo to find out. Plus Amazon is raising its Prime membership prices, How to turn off Instagram’s new feature, and researchers uncover a malware phishing operation in Lebanon aimed at Windows and Android users.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rob DeMillo, and Roger Chang

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Quick Hits
- (01:30) LG patents a folding phone that morphs into a tablet | the verge
- (01:50) U.S. CFTC sues three virtual currency operators for fraud | reuters
  - SEC says bitcoin funds raise ‘investor protection issues’ | reuters
- (02:20) Amazon brings voice control to its Alexa app for Android, with iOS coming soon | tech crunch
- (02:35) Italy’s anti-trust opens probe into Apple, Samsung phone complaints | reuters
More Top Stories
- (03:10) Instagram just added a new feature you might want to turn off — here’s how | business insider
- (05:40) Amazon is raising the price of its monthly Prime membership from $10.99 to $12.99 | the verge
- (07:55) OnePlus says up to 40,000 customers affected in credit card breach | engadget
- (09:50) Smartphone Spying Op Targeted Thousands With Malware, Phishing | pc world
- (13:50) Cape Town’s map of water usage aims to limit water usage by residents | iafrikan
Discussion (17:00)
- Blade Shadow heads to the US to slay your PC | cnet
- NIMBLE COLLECTIVE BRINGS YOU AN ANIMATION STUDIO THROUGH YOUR BROWSER | nimble collective
Message of the Day
- (26:50) Rich – Nintendo Switch Labo
- (27:50) Kaylee – “Labo”
Today’s Contributors
- Rob DeMilo
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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.