A recent report by the Brookings Institution finds 25% of US workers have high exposure to jobs that will be automated. While the US Bureau of Labor Statistics says the effects of automation will be felt unevenly with women and minorities taking a higher burden. Will higher education supply the necessary skills to compete in the future workplace or does there need to be shift in how we view jobs and labor?
Starring Sarah Lane, Kiki Sanford, Roger Chang and Erin Carson.
Facebook plans on unifying the messaging infrastructure in Instagram, FB Messenger and What’s App. DeepMind’s AlphaStar AI was finally defeated in StarCraft II after defeating 10 other players. MIT’s MediaLab found Amazon’s Rekognition software misidentified the faces of darker complexioned and female faces at a higher rate than those of lighter skinned men.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Robb Dunewood.
Google is pondering changes to Chrome to make it more effective against malicious extensions but at the expense of breaking 3rd party ad-blockers. Who and whom would this affect the most and will this mean Chrome users will see more ads if the changes are implemented?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
A trio of new smartphones from LG, Xiaomi, and Meizu introduce new and novel concepts to the market segment. Are they the path forward for smartphone design in world where better cameras and larger screens aren’t enough?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young explain the process of self-producing an album online.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood.
Facebook launches Community Actions, Google hit with a GDPR fine, and WhatsApp limits forwards for all users.
Food tech was big part of this years CES. So we asked Engadget’s Nicole Lee about the latest trends from the food tech space.
Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Nicole Lee, and Len Peralta
Tim Cook urges the US government to pass comprehensive privacy regulation in an Op-Ed piece in Time magazine. We examine his argument and debate its merits.
Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
We’ve come to assume that one voice assistant technology will eventually dominate the consumer landscape. But what if that doesn’t occur and what would the repercussions or benefits of market where no one company has a unassailable lead over its competitors?
As broadcast networks enter an already crowded streaming video market what will the future of television look like and how will it benefit consumers?
