It’s Spoilerin’ Time 230 – Mission Impossible: Fallout, Preacher (306), Deadwood (306)

Cordkillers/ Shows / August 1st, 2018

We talk about the hottest new Mission Impossible film. Plus, Preacher keeps us on our toes and Deadwood gives us an uncomfortable moment.

00:59 – Summer Movie Draft update

04:28 – Mission Impossible: Fallout

15:50 – Preacher (306)

23:32 – Deadwood (306)

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Google Search May Go Back to China – DTH

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / August 1st, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500Facebook is adding a way to tell how much time you spend on the app, the smartphone market slows but not for Huawei, and Google may return to China.

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CurrentGeek 180: Movie Passed

Current Geek/ Shows / July 31st, 2018
Nasa digitized a lot of audio for you and me. Lucasfilm confirms they will put Leia in episode 9. There are 45,000 year old worms among us. Netflix is making Locke and Key a thing. MoviePass might pass soon. Scott is rediscovering level 1 in WoW, and Tom loved MI:6. We will soon have trash bins that sort everything and keep all the good stuff in spools, and more!

Today in Tech History – – July 31, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 31st, 2018

1910 – Dr. Hawley Crippen was arrested when the boat he was on docked in Quebec. He was the first person to be caught as a result of a wireless telegraph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10802059

1971 – Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first humans to take a drive on the Moon in the lunar rover.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/surface_opp/

1976 – NASA issued a press release describing one photo taken by Viking 1 on Mars as resembling “a human head.” Conspiracy theories about the face on Mars still run today, though close-up pictures from the Mars Express mission have debunked most of them.

http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Mars_Express/SEM09F8LURE_0.html

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DTNS 3336 – VPN Virtual Pigeon Network

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 31st, 2018

Samsung’s growth slows weighed down by low Galaxy S9 sales while Huawei posted a 15% increase in revenue. How OpenAI is improving robotic hands work. Yahoo Finance is planning on launching its own full-day live video stream network by the end of the year.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang.

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Uber Shuts Down Self-Driving Truck Unit – DTH

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 31st, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500WhatsApp now supports group voice and video calling, Yahoo Finance may launch live streaming network, Logitech buys Blue Microphones.

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Today in Tech History – – July 30, 2018

Today in Tech History/ Writing / July 30th, 2018

1889 – Vladimir Zworykin was born in Russia. He would go on to earn the title “Father of Television” (one of several called that) for his work on the iconoscope and the kinescope. He worked on television for RCA.

http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/July/30/

1898 – The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed a magazine advertisement in Scientific American calling on readers to “dispense with a horse.” It’s the earliest known automobile ad.

https://www.wired.com/2009/07/dayintech-0730/

1971 – The Apollo 15 mission landed the first lunar rover onto the moon.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo15/index.html

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DTNS 3335 – We Fix the Internet

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 30th, 2018

Twitter will work with two university professors to understand the Internet “echo chamber”. A UK parliamentary committee calls for action to “build resilience against misinformation and disinformation into our democratic system”. How do we go about “fixing” the internet and ensure that misinformation is NOT passed along as objective fact?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.

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Spanish Taxi Protests – DTH

Daily Tech News Show/ Shows / July 30th, 2018

DTH_CoverArt_1500x1500DJI Mavic models show up in a catalog, Spanish taxi drivers engage in ride-hailing protest and Twitter hires professors to help make the platform better.

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