We talk with author Daniel H. Wilson about his book, Clockwork Dynasty and why we might not need to fear the robots.
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DTNS 3091 – Flash Point
Intel bets big on self-driving cars, esports might go Olympic and some myths about the death of Flash busted.
With Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt
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- News You Should Know
- More Top Stories
- (03:40) Tencent and Amazon invested in Essential PH-1 Phone
- (04:40) Disney plans to launch ESPN, Disney/Pixar streaming services
- (10:10) Intel will build fleet of 100 level 4 autonomous cars
- (11:05) 2024 Olympics may include competitive video games
- (13:55) Sony developed educational record blockchain
- Discussion
- (16:00) Animation and Flash in this golden age of televised animated
- Message of the Day
- (27:25) Joe the Pilot – pilot shortage
- (29:00) Mike – organ donation
It’s Spoilerin’ Time 182 – The Dark Tower, Rick and Morty (303), Preacher (207), Game of Thrones (704)
The Dark Tower, Rick and Morty (303), Preacher (207), Game of Thrones (704), Firefly (“Shindig”).
01:00 – Summer Movie Draft
03:25 – The Dark Tower
13:44 – Rick and Morty (303)
17:12 – Preacher (207)
22:17 – Game of Thrones (704)
37:04 – Firefly – “Shindig”
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DTNS 3090 – Trender’s Game
Google fires an engineer, France and Germany team up on US tech company tax avoidance, and why we overestimate progress in two years and underestimate ten. With Patrick Beja and Tom Merritt.
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- Breaking News
- News You Should Know
- More Top Stories
- Google fires engineer who criticized diversity policies
- Fired Google memo writer draws jeers, cheers and a job offer – Reuters
- Google has fired the employee who penned a controversial memo on women and tech – recode
- Exclusive: Here’s The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google – Gizmodo
- The Most Common Error in Media Coverage of the Google Memo – The Atlantic
- The Google Memo: Four Scientists Respond – Quillette
- France, Germany among countries closing tax loopholes
- Ming-Chi Kuo updates iPhone release expectations
- Google Pixel 2 leaks allege curved glass, dual flash
- HBO attackers release more internal data, 3-day deadline
- Google fires engineer who criticized diversity policies
- Discussion
- We tend to tend to over estimate what can be achieved in 2 years and underestimate what can be done in 10
- Message of the Day
- Rolando – Mailvelope
Cordkillers 182 – Traceable Hot Sausage (w/ Mikey Neumann)
Netflix buys a comic publisher, CBS goes international with its streaming service, and we have Khan-concerns. With special guest Mikey Neumann
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DTNS 3089 – Netflix Opens A Can of Kick-Ass
AI improves sleep tests, innovation slowly arrives for breast pumps and the latest on the arrest of Marcus Hutchins, AKA malwaretech. Plus a listener asks a tough question about self-driving cars and organ donations.
With Veronica Belmont, Roger Chang, and Tom Merritt
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Current Geek 139: Better Khan Saul
Facebooks AI robots get shut down. WoW gold vs the Bolivar. Rick and Morty get their sauce. A second new Trek show. Biking for Netflix. The worth of redted stuff! Self Driving Cars and who owns them.
DTNS 3088 – Left To Their Phone Devices
Great news for hearing aid tech, not so great news for teens and smart phones.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Len Peralta.
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- News You Should Know
- More Top Stories
- (03:05) Lenovo switching to stock Android starting with K8 Note
- (03:55) Coinbase will support Bitcoin fork BitCoin Cash by Jan 1
- (06:25) Facebook translating 4.5 billion messages daily using Caffe2
- (08:00) US Senate passed bill to allow hearing aid purchase without prescription
- (11:50) Columbia Engineering design hearing aid with AI to focus hearing
- Discussion
- (14:10) Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – the Atlantic
- Message of the Day
- (03:15) Robert – Apple ‘scrambling’
Len Peralta’s “The iGen”
DTNS 3087 – Ransomware Savior Arrested
The man who stopped the WannaCry arrested arrested on accusations of building a banking trojan, how to USB charge safely, and Facebook’s fight against falsity.
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#301 – Long Days and Pleasant Nights
Hot Pie has a bakery! Ready Player One has a trailer! The Rook has a TV show! This episode has a final word on butterscotch! And the man in black has a gunslinger following him!
