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DTNS Special – Human-Machine Teaming

Daily Tech News Show / July 28th, 2017

Steve Grobman, Senior VP and CTO for McAfee talks about using AI for what it does best and humans for what they do best to improve security and more.

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DTNS 3082 – Amazon Prime-ary Physician

Daily Tech News Show / July 27th, 2017

What is Amazon’s secret Healthcare “Skunk Works” all about? And can AMD’s budget Ryzen chips compete with Intel’s? Justin Robert Young and Paul Spain discuss in today’s show!

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 27, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 27th, 2017

Record earnings for Samsung, good news for Facebook and mixed bag for Twitter.

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Today in Tech History – July 27, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 27th, 2017

1949 – The first jet-powered airliner, the de Havilland Comet, made its first flight. Previously jet engines had only been used to power small fighter aircraft.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-jet-makes-test-flight

1981 – Microsoft bought the rights for QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) from Seattle Computer Products for $25,000.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/91202-ms-dos-is-30-years-old-today

1993 – Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1, completing its attempt to build an advanced 32-bit operating system from scratch.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history?SignedIn=1

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DTNS 3081 – In The Year 2021!

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2017

Google stops instant search, Apple partners for cochlear implants and why 2021 is predicted to be amazing.
With Rachel Metz, Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt

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News You Should Know
- (01:05) Kaspersky announced global launch of free antivirus software
- (01:20) Announced USB 3.2 spec could theoretically transfer data at 2GB/s
More Top Stories
- (02:20) Nucleus 7 is a surgically implanted hearing device controllable via iOS
- (05:30) Google will no longer show search results as you type
- (07:30) Google’s Android Auto added limited version of Waze
- (10:45) Apple to pay $506 million for violating WARF patent
- (13:20) Nintendo reported 16.21 billion yen profit
Discussion
- (15:25) The Tech World Is Convinced 2021 Is Going to Be the Best Year Ever -MIT Technology Review
Message of the Day
- (27:45) Johannes – Amazon Echo Dot as car accessory
- (32:00) Michael – biometric insecurity
- (32:55) Anonymous – 2015 OPM breach
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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 180

Cordkillers / July 26th, 2017

Preacher (204-205), Game of Thrones (702), Firefly (The Train Job), Summer Movie Draft.

00:46 – Summer Movie Draft
05:21 – Preacher (204-205)
16:13 – Game of Thrones (702)
26:34 – Firefly – The Train Job

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 26, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 26th, 2017

Goodbye Flash, Hello Kaspersky Free, and good news for Nintendo.

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Today in Tech History – July 26, 2017

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 26th, 2017

1989 – Cornell student Robert Tappan Morris became the first person indicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after releasing a worm on the Internet. Morris claimed his worm was just measuring the size of the Internet.
http://books.google.com/books?id=lB4PAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=july+26+1989+computer+fraud+and+abuse&source=bl&ots=3UIT1O0ZdL&sig=1DtUHSOAhBXD4MtmdrGpCs-LN4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YHC9U4PHB5HuoAS644CIBw&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=july%2026%201989%20computer%20fraud%20and%20abuse&f=false

1996 – Microsoft released Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 3.0, touting customization options like parental controls and the ability to handle shared applications and Web phone calls.

http://knowledgeway.org/news/96stories/new9607.html#ie3

2004 – Motorola announced that its next generation of cell phones would be iTunes-compatible. This first Apple phone, the Rokr, was not to meet with much success.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/07/26Motorola-and-Apple-Bring-iTunes-Music-Player-to-Motorolas-Next-Generation-Mobile-Phones.html

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DTNS 3080 – D I FLY

Daily Tech News Show / July 25th, 2017

Goodbye to Flash, Goodbye to self-driving cars in India, hello to Checking in and boarding a plane without talking to humans.

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News You Should Know
- (01:15) Google partners with Red Cross and FEMA to bring SOS Alerts feature
- (02:15) Microsoft Paint will remain in the Windows Store as a standalone download
More Top Stories
Discussion
- (15:00)
  - New Singapore air terminal automates departures with face recognition – Reuters
  - Delta passengers can now use their fingerprints as a boarding pass – The Verge
  - Skip the Security Line? How to Avoid Screening Hell at Airports and Stadiums – Fortune
  - How Eye Scans Could Be the Future of Airport Security – Fortune
  - China’s All-Seeing Surveillance State Is Reading Its Citizens’ Faces – The WSJ
  - China Is Using Facial Recognition to Nab Jaywalkers; Investors Get Interested
  - China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything – The WSJ
Message of the Day
- (23:45) Thor Christian – Implanted NFC chip
- (25:55) Oleg Kolupaev, PhD – DNA testing
  - How Do You Know When a DNA Test Is B.S.? – The Atlantic
- (28:45) Frank – electric car sounds
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Daily Tech Headlines – July 25, 2017

Daily Tech News Show / July 25th, 2017

Roomba wants to sell maps of your house, Microsoft Paint gets a reprieve, Check-in and board an airline without talking to a single person.

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