Sony reveals key specs for their upcoming PlayStation 5 game console including 8K resolution, faster CPU, and SSD storage. What does this reveal say about where Sony wants to be in gaming and more importantly where it might be weakest.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
Breaking down all the Disney+ and Star Wars news, T-Mobile’s TV service is unveiled, and Netflix…on radio? With special guest Richard Gunther.
Next week on Spoilerin’ Time: Game of Thrones continues on, more Barry season 1, and The Office (UK) series 2!
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Voice Assistant feedeback! You share your thoughts on voice assistants with us. Microsoft is developing its own earbuds. And Microsoft warns that malicious actors could have viewed non-corporate Outlook email accounts.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
We talk about artificial intelligence a lot these days and I see several reactions in the audience. Some people think it’s ALL hype. Some people think it’s just a fancy word for algorithm. And some people just want to understand what it is.
Here to help us with that is
Karen Hao, artificial intelligence reporter at MIT Technology Review and host of the newsletter The Algorithm.
This week, Tom and Molly take a step back from total pop culture predictive domination to discuss cats in movies, UwU, small cans, a great Instagram account, and problematic biohacking.
Patrick Norton is back with his picks of top affordable headphones plus a review of the Qobuz music streaming service.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Patrick Norton.
Bloomberg revealed that Amazon has staff members who “review” recordings from Amazon Voice Services in order to improve responses. This raises a host of questions especially around privacy and anonymity. How can users be sure there voice assistants aren’t listening in to their conversations?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
So many great books are nominated for Hugos. Independent Bookstore Day is coming up and the proper pronunciation of Riyria! and we kick off our impressions of the refreshing and comfy feelings we’re getting from the thoroughly enjoyable Theft of Swords.
Amazon execs have stated their GO stores will accept cash payments to address discrimination concerns. How will it work and does it conflict with the purpose of the cashier-less stores?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
The Office (UK) fails to impress, Brian’s playing catch-up with Barry season 1, and Shazam!: is it good!? With special guests Merrill Barr and James Grime.
Next week on Spoilerin’ Time: more Barry S1 and Game of Thrones is back!
01:15 – Summer Movie Draft update
06:48 – The Office UK (104)
16:32 – Barry (101-104)
22:45 – Shazam!
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