Facebook and Musical.ly still commissioning content, ESPN combines all its numbers into one, and Viacom tries the anti-sports angle. With special guest Fraser Cain.
DTNS 3035 – CensorBook
East Texas’ patent dominance may end, AI and quadcopters help stop poaching in parts of Africa, and where the line between Facebook and Publishers begins and ends.
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Daily Tech Headlines – May 22, 2017
Guardian outs Facebook moderation policies, Ford fires its CEO, EU will have antitrust decisions on Google in a few months.
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Today in Tech History – May 22, 2017
1973 – Bob Metcalfe of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center wrote a memo on an IBM selectric typewriter, outlining how to connect personal computers to a shared printer. Metcalfe says “If Ethernet was invented in any one memo, by any one person, or on any one day, this was it.”
1980 – Namco released an arcade game called Puck-Man. When it was released in the US in October the name was altered to Pac-Man.
1990 – Microsoft released Windows 3.0. It featured big improvements in interface and multitasking. It’s Control Panel feature caught the eye of Apple which sued, and lost.
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DFP #33 – Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 1 & 2
The wait is finally over. Twin Peaks, season 3 begins with parts 1 & 2. Hear Tom and Ron’s immediate reactions as they attempt to make sense of the world of Twin Peaks, 25 years later.
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DFP #32 – Books and Season 3 Speculation
Ron and Tom plus special guests discuss the books and other ancillary material in the Twin Peaks universe, and make their best guesses about season 3 *before* it begins.
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Today in Tech History – May 21, 2017
1937 – North Pole-1 became the first scientific research station to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean. The Soviet Union established it about 20 km from the North Pole. It operated for 9 months, and travelled 2,850 kilometres.
1952 – IBM announced the Model 701, the first computer designed for scientific calculation. The 701 used electrostatic storage tube memory and kept information on magnetic tape. It sold much better than expected with 19 governments and large companies snapping them up.
2010 – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched a solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would test out the performance of solar sails, and make a Venus flyby later in the year.
2013 – Microsoft announced its newest game console, the Xbox One at a press conference in Redmond, Washington.
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Today in Tech History – May 20, 2017
1875 – 17 nations (including the US) signed the ‘Convention du Mètre’ in Paris, France, establishing the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
1891 – The first public demonstration of a prototype Kinetoscope was given at Edison’s laboratory, for approximately 150 members of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs. The New York Sun reported on the demonstration.
1958 – Robert Baumann obtained a patent for a satellite. (US. No. 2,835,548). The patent stipulated the government could use the technology without having to pay royalties.
1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope sent its first light image back to Earth, taken with the wide field/planetary camera.
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DTNS 3034a – Anything you 😱 can and will be used against you
A decryption tool for WannaCry, a judge rules emojis convey intent, and Medium’s approach to audio as a perk for paying subscribers.
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Daily Tech Headlines – 5/19/2017
US votes to consider overturning net neutrality guidelines, Leaked pics of a new Microsoft Surface Pro, and Apple’s payment dispute with WeChat.
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