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Daily Tech Headlines – August 5, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 5th, 2016

You won’t believe what Facebook did to Clickbait, no GIFs at the Olympics, and Torrentz will always love you.

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Today in Tech History – August 5, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 5th, 2016

1858 – The west end of the first transatlantic cable was completed when the ship Niagara anchored at the Newfoundland coast having laid 1,016 miles of telegraph cable.

1914 – The American Traffic Signal Co. installed their first electric traffic light at East 105th street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.

1921 – The first radio broadcast of a baseball game happened on KDKA from Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. Harold W. Arlin announced the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies.

2011 – The Juno space probe launched on a mission to explore Jupiter.

2012 – The Mars Science Laboratory, known as the Curiosity Rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars in one of the most complicated automated landings ever, involving a sky crane.

2014 – Justin.TV announced its closure. It had started as a lifecasting channel for Justin Kan and spawned the massively successful Twitch video game streaming channel.

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DTNS 2825 – Clickbait is Gone. You won’t believe what happened next.

Daily Tech News Show / August 4th, 2016

Should you pay more or get a discount depending on how much info you share with your ISP? Comcast tells the FCC to leave pricing out of privacy protection regulations. Justin Young explains to Tom Merritt why that’s a good thing.

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 4, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 4th, 2016

US connections get faster, A CES intercom/video camera ships, Fantasy Sports gambling is no longer call gambling and is now legal.

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Today in Tech History – August 4, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 4th, 2016

1921 – The first facsimile was transmitted by radio across the Atlantic Ocean using the Belinograph invented by Edouard Belin. A message written by C. V. Van Anda, managing editor of The New York Times and addressed to the Matin in Paris, was sent in seven minutes.

1988 – A computer halted an engine test in preparation for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery. The flight would be the first since the Challenger explosion in 1986.

2007 – NASA’s Phoenix spaceship launched on its mission to survey the Martian Arctic in search of water, geological discoveries, and evidence of conditions for biological life.

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#264 – Will the Real Witcher Please Stand Up

Shows/ Sword and Laser / August 4th, 2016

We have an excellent conversation about great character names and revel in the news of rising print book sales. But the big question is, which Witcher is canon?

DTNS 2824 – iParent, uQuiet

Daily Tech News Show / August 3rd, 2016

A bus that drives over cars, video that lets you poke it and YouTube makes its Kids app ad-free. Is it OK to let kids use tablets? How young is too young? Peter Wells and Scott Johnson talk with Tom Merritt.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 131 (w/ Patrick Hester)

Cordkillers / August 3rd, 2016

Summer Movie Draft, Jason Bourne, Mr. Robot (204), Justified (303). With special guest Patrick Heston. Check out his show, Functional Nerds.

Patrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/atfmb

01:34 – Summer Movie Draft

04:20 – Stranger Things (Follow-up)

07:18 – Preacher (Follow-up)

08:12 – Jason Bourne

11:14 – Mr. Robot (204)

23:36 – Justified (303)

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Daily Tech Headlines – August 3, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / August 3rd, 2016

Telegram denies attack, Hololens available for anyone, a bus that drives over traffic.

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Today in Tech History – August 3, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / August 3rd, 2016

1811 – Elisha Otis was born. He invented a safety brake that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable broke. Thank him every time you get in an elevator.

1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus became the first watercraft to reach the geographic North Pole. Commanding Officer, Commander William R. Anderson, announced to his crew, “For the world, our country, and the Navy – the North Pole.”

1977 – Tandy Corp of Texas held a New York press conference to announce that it would manufacture the TRS-80.

1995 – John Romero released the first screenshots of Quake on the Internet. They were 320 x 200 TIFFs.

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