Winter Movie Draft, The Expanse (201-202), The Young Pope (103-104), Justified (504).
00:41 – Winter Movie Draft
03:56 – The Expanse (201-202)
14:41 – The Young Pope (103-104)
20:00 – Justified (504)
Daily Tech Headlines – February 8, 2017
Facebook provides more help in disasters, Microsoft defends against patent trolls, Google Brain learns to zoom and enhance.
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Today in Tech History – February 8, 2017
1971 – 10 years after the SEC suggested automation could solve the problem of fragmentation in over-the-counter stocks, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations or NASDAQ index began trading, the world’s first electronic stock market.
1996 – The US Congress passed the Communications Decency Act, part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In part, it attempted to hold website operators responsible for anyone younger than 18 seeing porn on the Internet. That provision was later struck down by the Supreme Court, however Section 230 which provides safe harbor to service providers is still in force.
1996 – John Perry Barlow posted “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” written in Davos, Switzerland. He foresaw a “civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.”
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DFP #12 – Laura’s Secret Diary
High drama in Twin Peaks this week with a cowboy judge, some heroin, a Japanese businessman, a beauty pageant and lots of thunder.
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DTNS 2962 – Safer Internet Day Tips Your Friends Will Ignore
Twitter announces three new methods to counteract “low-quality posts” and abuse. Plus Safer Internet Day tips to share with your friends.
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Daily Tech Headlines – February 7, 2017
Twitter gets safer, YouTube goes live and Vizio pays a fine for snooping on its users.
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Today in Tech History – February 7, 2017
1817 – The first public gas streetlight in the US was lit in Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Market and Lemon streets.
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.
1984 – Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered spacewalks.
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Cordkillers 156 – Please Pretend You Have Cable
Which streaming services are too expensive, why Comcast charges extra for a Roku app, and who didn’t watch the Super Bowl.
#281 – Worldbuilding Through Pinterest
Bradley Beaulieu is on the show to talk about the second book in “The Song of the Shattered Sands” series called “With Blood Upon the Sand” coming February 7th. We also find out what a Pinterest board can do to build a better world!
DTNS 2961 – Zero Roadblocks for Zero-rating
As the FCC drops objections to zero-rating, what will it mean for you as a user? Cheaper data? Fewer competing services? Both? Plus Uber’s bid for flying cars and the declining wages of ride-hailing companies.
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