The first of Veronica’s weekly-ish roundup of bot news.
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California has become the 18th state to propose “Right to Repair” legislation. What are the implications and does the consumer really benefit? Plus Waymo has started a pilot program to test autonomous semi-truck technology in Atlanta, and Twitter is working on way for users to verify themselves.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Brian Brushwood.
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MIT researchers discover false news travels faster and farther on Twitter than factual news, Amazon explains why Alexa has been uttering creepy laughs, and Flippy the burger flipping robot gets turned off.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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Can unplugging yourself from 24 hour online news feeds and social media make you a less stressed and better informed person? Plus the Dig Once bill is shaping up to become law, making it cheaper and faster to roll out fiber optics, and Amazon has admitted its voice assistant randomly laughs.
Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang.
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A date for the Summer Movie Draft and a slight change of pace for Counterpart.
00:44 – The Summer Movie Draft is coming up! We’re looking at drafting on March 20th on Night Attack. More info soon!
03:20 – Counterpart (107)
13:29 – Deadwood (111)
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Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. This month we take on “Sunset Blvd”! I’m Scott Johnson and he’s Tom Merritt!
Popular dating app Bumble says No to firearms in profile pictures, the EU is worried about clocks losing time, and the author of a controversial MIT paper estimating the low wages of ride hailing drivers fires back at critics.
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MoviePass flexes its muscles, Apple buys potential, and War Games is back in a new way. With special guest Daniel O’Brien
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MoviePass flexes its muscles, Apple buys potential, and War Games is back in a new way. With special guest Daniel O’Brien
The Summer Movie Draft is coming up! We’re looking at drafting on March 20th on Night Attack. More info soon!
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Twitch rolls out new conduct and behavior rules for streamers. Is this a step in the right direction to cleaning up the streaming platform or a heavy handed response to a complex issue? Plus an AI burger flipper starts work grilling patties for the public and a Facebook survey contains a suggestive question regarding illegal behavior.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
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