Apple updates iPads, MySpace loses your media, and where your online money really goes.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang.
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Fetch Me the Cicerone – It’s a Thing 53
Tom’s out at SXSW and found some interesting things to talk about in Austin bars. He and Molly discuss trusting a beer sommelier, cool vending machines in the US, the phenomenon of Topo Chico, and matte car paint.
World Culture on the Skids
We stand with New Zealand – DTNS 3489
After a tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ questions are raised about social media’s ability and responsibility to curtail the spread of disturbing livestream video.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, and Patrick Norton.
Monopsonizing Attention Spans – DTNS 3488
Wired posts an article where the author argues Amazon isn’t anti-competitive because its a monopoly but because its a monopsony. What does that mean and what can regulators do about it?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young.
#348 – Book Battle Royale
We review the final four books in our Mad March Tournament. Plus lots of great new award-winners and nominees to fill your to-read list and our continuing thoughts on our re-read of Harry Potter.
Creative Commons Sense – DTNS 3487
An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the spirit of Creative Commons or an abuse of it?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson.
What’s Wrong With WWW? – DTNS 3486
On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter identifying three current problems of web misuse and how to fix them.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
Breaking Up a Corporation is Hard to Do – DTNS 3485
UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn.
Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
Cordkillers 258 – Hey, Real Quikster…
Cobra Kai is coming back, Game of Thrones trailer, and a 10 year retrospective.
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