Locus Award finalists! Great supplementary material for the Martian Chronicles! Why we need utopias! AI Whisky! ALL THAT AND MORE! Sorry. We’re really excited about this episode. We hope you will be too.
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To The Translatotron! – DTNS 3532
San Francisco bans the use of facial recognition technology by the city, Google releases Rivet an app with more than 2000 free books, and Netflix will host a panel “Bringing Your Favorite Shows to Life: Developing Netflix Originals into Video Games.” at this year’s E3.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
It’s Spoilerin’ Time 267 – Game of Thrones (805), The Office (UK) (204)
Game of Thrones’s penultimate episode leaves us conflicted and sore, but we’re ready for a finale. And a weak The Office (UK) as we round the corner on series 2. Plus, a Movie Draft update and a spoiler-y email about Avengers: Endgame. With special guest Brian Ibbott.
Next week on Spoilerin’ Time: Game of Thrones’s BIG finale!
00:29 – Summer Movie Draft update
04:33 – Triage (Avengers: Endgame)
09:02 – Game of Thrones (805)
33:22 – The Office (UK) (204)
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Isn’t That Just A Laptop? – DTNS 3531
HP and Lenovo have introduced some new twists to the old laptop form factor. Are these the next logical step in laptop design?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang
Cordkillers 267 – Nobody Does Worse Trailers Than Netflix (w/ Brian Ibbott)
Watchmen on HBO, Disney’s next 8 years of movies, and NBC hinting at a new service. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Brian Ibbott.
Next week on Spoilerin’ Time: Game of Thrones’s BIG finale!
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iSue Apple – DTNS 3530
Apple loses case to stop an antitrust against the company from moving ahead. What exactly the Supreme Court rule on and what does it mean for the antitrust case against the company?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang
Sports and a Wine Glass – It’s a Thing 61
This week, we had a good old fashioned It’s a Thing Sportstacular. Tom has thoughts on hockey, Molly thinks Soccer on US television is finally a thing, and they discuss if a sport from long ago in a galaxy far, far away can make it to the Olympics. Plus is the universal wine glass a thing?
RFID, Is it Secret? Is It Safe? – DTNS Special
How much should we worry about RFID? Should we get an RFID-blocking wallet? Should we not use it at all?
Turn Slow and Move a Lot of Air – DTNS 3529
Why is that shiny new uber-slim laptop you just bought seem slower than your 3-year old machine its replacing? Plus Lyft is trialling longer-term car rentals and Uber goes public.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang.
Facebook’s Ex Wants A Break Up – DTNS 3528
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for government to breakup Facebook. Is this a turning point in the struggle to regulate large tech firms, and what if any political will is there to see this implemented?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
