Google catches a major iOS exploit in the wild, MacBook pros BANNED from airplanes worldwide, and Richard Gunther helps us understand what works with Nest. If anything.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Richard Gunther, Len Peralta, and Amos
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Wednesday, Nicole Lee posted shares her thoughts on the $149 handheld game system, Playdate. A quirky homage to old school handheld gaming consoles.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nicole Lee, Roger Chang.
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The Hugos have come and gone, and they were awesome. Audible’s in trouble for speech-to-text. But they’re right, it’s an accessibility issue. Also, the publishers are right, it’s a copyright issue! Tell it to the judge, both of you! Plus, we kick off our September pick, Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse.
Apple looks to address complaints around how it tests and improves the voice recognition abilities of Siri by letting users opt-in. Does this go far enough and is it something other companies will want to replicate?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang.
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Justin Robert Young is in studio and we give the first episode of the new Danny McBride HBO series, “The Righteous Gemstones,” a shot. Plus, Daniel Radcliffe on Extras and two episodes of Preacher. With special guest Justin Robert Young.
Next week, we are taking a week off from Cordkillers and It’s Spoilerin’ Time due to Labor Day in the US. See you in two weeks!
In two weeks: The Righteous Gemstones (102-103), Preacher (406-407), Extras (204)
00:34 – Summer Movie Draft update
06:14 – The Righteous Gemstones (101)
14:14 – Extras (203)
21:29 – Preacher (404-405)
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Voice assistants have been criticized for gender and racial bias due to the fact that they’re predominantly developed by white males in western-based tech companies. Mozilla wants to solve this and created “Common Voice” in 2017, a tool that crowdsources voices as a dataset to diversify AI and represent the global population.
Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang, and Amos
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A tidal wave of news from D23. Plus, trailer for the Breaking Bad sequel film, The Matrix is coming back, and a price for AppleTV+? All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Justin Robert Young.
Next week, we are taking a week off from Cordkillers and It’s Spoilerin’ Time due to Labor Day in the US. See you in two weeks!
This week on Spoilerin’ Time: The Righteous Gemstones (101), Extras (203), Preacher (404-405)
In two weeks: The Righteous Gemstones (102-103), Preacher (406-407), Extras (204)
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CNET’s Patrick Holland posted an impassioned plea Sunday titled “Apple needs to fix the iPhone 11’s buttons so accidental screenshots go away. What other changes would folks like to see Apple fix on the iPhone 11.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang
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No regular show this week, so we though we’d share a classic flashback episode in the feed. It may have been six years ago, but Tom and Molly are getting the dirt on Vacuum Cleaner culture. This may be the first time they declared a thing part of a larger culture. Enjoy!
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More than 5.3 million accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. states are posted online, DoorDash unveiled its updated tipping policy, with all drivers now receiving 100% of tips placed through its app, and Denmark will review 10,700 court cases dating back to 2012, to see if flawed cellphone evidence was used for convictions.
Starring Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, and Anthony Lemos.
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