Facebook makes original videos, Malicious DNA, and why the hype around the Sarahah app?
With Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Justin R Young

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• News You Should Know
  • (01:40) Kaspersky withdraws antitrust complaint against Microsoft
  • (02:10) Deep Mind and Blizzard release AI toolkit for Starcraft II
  • (02:50) Twitch launches full version of desktop client
  • (03:05) Early Uber investor alleges fraud against founder Travis Kalanick
• More Top Stories
  • (03:50) Facebook rolls out new version of video section called Watch
  • (06:55) Consumer Reports no longer ‘recommends’ Surface laptops
  • (12:50) University of Washington scientists embed computer hack in DNA
  • (15:15) NBC shutting down Seeso comedy streaming service
  • (19:55) US FCC is poised to re-evaluate broadband deployment terms
• Discussion
  • (25:55) Sarahah is an anonymous messaging app that’s gone viral: Everything to know about this – The Indian Express
    • Sarahah: Why everyone is talking about the ‘honesty first’ secret messaging app – The Telegraph
• Thing of the Day
  • (34:40) Roger Reviews Threadrippers
    • The ongoing testing of Intel’s X299 and i9-7900X – PC Gamer
    • AMD Threadripper 1950X review: Better than Intel in almost every way – Ars Technica
    • The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 1920X Review: CPUs on Steroids – AnandTech
• Message of the Day
  • (38:45) Glen – university blockchain usage
  • (40:00) That Charlie Dude – blockchain transcripts

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Facebook Launches Original Video Shows, Kaspersky withdraws antitrust complaint against Microsoft, Consumer Reports withdraws recommendations for Surface laptops and tablets.

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Intel bets big on self-driving cars, esports might go Olympic and some myths about the death of Flash busted.
With Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt

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• News You Should Know
  • (00:55) US ITC will investigate Apple’s alleged Qualcomm patent infringement
  • (01:20) Valve announced card-based video game
  • (01:55) Intel will stream 8th-gen Core announcement
  • (02:10) Anker released Echo Dot competitor Genie
• More Top Stories
  • (03:40) Tencent and Amazon invested in Essential PH-1 Phone
  • (04:40) Disney plans to launch ESPN, Disney/Pixar streaming services
  • (10:10) Intel will build fleet of 100 level 4 autonomous cars
  • (11:05) 2024 Olympics may include competitive video games
  • (13:55) Sony developed educational record blockchain
• Discussion
  • (16:00) Animation and Flash in this golden age of televised animated
    • List of Flash animated television series – Wikipedia
    • Toon Boom
    • Moho (Anime Studio)
    • OpenToonz
    • Dragonframe
    • Maya
      • Maya Free for Students
    • Blender
• Message of the Day
  • (27:25) Joe the Pilot – pilot shortage
  • (29:00) Mike – organ donation

Disney buys BAMTech will end Netflix deal, Apple to launch three iPhones at once in September, Archive.org blocked in India.

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Google fires an engineer, France and Germany team up on US tech company tax avoidance, and why we overestimate progress in two years and underestimate ten. With Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt.

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• Breaking News
  •  Disney will acquire majority ownership of BAMTech
• News You Should Know
  •  Uber plans to close Xchange Leasing program
  •  Spotify arrives on XBox One
• More Top Stories
  •  Google fires engineer who criticized diversity policies
    • Fired Google memo writer draws jeers, cheers and a job offer – Reuters
    • Google has fired the employee who penned a controversial memo on women and tech – recode
    • Exclusive: Here’s The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google – Gizmodo
    • The Most Common Error in Media Coverage of the Google Memo – The Atlantic
    • The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond – Quillette
  •  France, Germany among countries closing tax loopholes
  •  Ming-Chi Kuo updates iPhone release expectations
  •  Google Pixel 2 leaks allege curved glass, dual flash
  •  HBO attackers release more internal data, 3-day deadline
• Discussion
  •  We tend to tend to over estimate what can be achieved in 2 years and underestimate what can be done in 10
• Message of the Day
  •  Rolando – Mailvelope

Google fires engineer who wrote critical memo, Intel announced 18-core consumer processor, IBM’s big advance in deep learning.

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