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Daily Tech Headlines – July 15, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / July 15th, 2016

BitTorrent Now launches on Apple, Ford makes better robots, and a robot for herding cattle.

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Today in Tech History – July 15, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 15th, 2016

1928 – The Polish Cipher Bureau picked up enciphered radio signals from the German Reicswehr for the first time. The messages were encoded with Germany’s ENIGMA machine. Cracking the EMIGMA during World War II brought together some of the finest minds in computer science at Bletchley Park in England.

1983 – Nintendo released the Family Computer or Famicom, along with Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Popeye cartridges. It would later be released in the US as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES.

2003 – AOL Time Warner disbanded the Netscape browser development team. In conjunction, Mozilla created the Mozilla Foundation giving the project its first independent legal existence.

2006 – After a few months being used internally at Odeo, the Twttr service launched for public use. They later added some vowels and spun Twitter out as its own company.

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DTNS 2809 – Autopilot: Enjoy Responsibly

Daily Tech News Show / July 14th, 2016

Should Tesla change the name of Autopilot? Would that make it safer? Tom Merritt and Justin Young discuss.

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 14, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / July 14th, 2016

Google gets a third European antitrust investigation, Microsoft wins case over Irish data, and Nest launches an outdoor camera.

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Today in Tech History – July 14, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 14th, 2016

1867 – Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time at Merstham Quarry, Surrey.

1918 – Computer pioneer and MIT professor Jay Forrester was born on a cattle ranch in Climax, Nebraska. With Robert Everett, Forrester led one of the most important early computer projects, the Whirlwind, and developed and founded the field of system dynamics.

1965 – Mariner 4 flew by Mars, taking 21 full pictures, the first close-up photos of another planet returned from space.

2015 – The New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto after traveling for nine and a half years and three billion miles. It was the last of the nine planets to be approached by a probe, though Pluto had been reclassified as a dwarf planet after New Horizons had launched.

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DTNS 2808 – The Computer Broad and Abusive Act

Daily Tech News Show / July 13th, 2016

Could you go to prison for visiting a website? For sharing a password? The answer is maybe. Tom Merritt talks with Scott Johnson about the vagaries of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

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Daily Tech Headlines – July 13, 2016

Daily Tech News Show / July 13th, 2016

Pokémon Go hits Germany and one town in Korea, Google isn’t giving up on Spaces, and SheepView comes to the Faroe Islands.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 128

Cordkillers / July 13th, 2016

Summer Movie Draft, Mr. Robot (201), Preacher (106, 107), Justified (213). With special guest Mikey Neumann. Check out his Twitter and Movies with Mikey.

00:49 – Summer Movie Draft

05:24 – Mr. Robot (201)

12:02 – Preacher (106, 107)

20:45 – Justified (213)

28:27 – Walking Dead Theory

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Today in Tech History – July 13, 2016

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 13th, 2016

1919 – The British airship R34 finished the first airship roundtrip journey across the Atlantic from Scotland to Mineola, Long Island and back to Norfolk, England after 182 hours of flight.

1973 – Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of the Nixon tapes to the US Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in. Always make back-ups, unless you want to remain President.

1977 – Lightning struck a Consolidated Edison substation on the Hudson River, tripping two circuit breakers and setting off a chain of events that resulted in a massive power failure. The entire city of New York was blacked out.

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#262 – G. Derek Adams Breaks The Rules, And You Win!

Shows/ Sword and Laser / July 12th, 2016

G. Derek Adams, author of Asteroid Made of Dragons, knows his title is over the top. He meant it that way, and it’s part of the genius of his stories. Find out which rules he breaks, why, and how it made for a wonderful cast of characters in a fascinating world.