DTNS 3276 – Feel the Disturbance in the AR Force?

With Disney updating its Star Wars: Jedi Challenges lightsaber duel AR game to allow multiplayer we’d figured its time to examine the current state of the VR/AR consumer market. Plus Germany techsite heise.de reports 8 new Spectre-like vulnerabilities were found in Intel’s processors and national security and defense website Defense One reports the use of drones by criminals to keep tabs on law enforcement.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Nicole Lee.

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DTNS 3275 – Amazon Has Body Image Issues

Amazon wants to shake up the apparel business by having customers 3D scan their body so they can get a more exact fit when selecting clothes from the Amazon Store. Will this force traditional retailers to follow suit and how will customers react to the new service? Plus some in Congress have plans to reverse the FCCs rollback of Open Internet guidelines using arcane legislative procedure.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

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It’s Spoilerin’ Time 218 – Avengers: Infinity War, Westworld (202)

It’s the biggest movie ever so far, Avengers: Infinity War. Plus, a Westworld from the past and a Summer Movie Draft update. Sorry we missed Deadwood this week. We’ll do two Deadwoods next week (207, 208).

00:30 – Summer Movie Draft update

03:54 – Triage (Westworld S2 and Lost In Space similarities)

05:27 – Avengers: Infinity War

30:05 – Westworld (202)

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Cordkillers 218 – Tom Solo (w/ Megan Morrone)

New Star Wars TV show, Sense8 finale date, and an Amazon Fire Cube? All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Megan Morrone.

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DTNS 3274 – Don’t Believe the Headline Hype

Apple’s earnings are in and far from the predicted bloodbath the iPhone sales were up. Where did the analysts go wrong? Plus Open Whisper Systems gets a warning from Amazon about domain fronting their secure messaging app Signal with Amazon.com.

Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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DTNS 3273 – D8. It’s Your F8

We analyze the latest announcements from Facebook’s F8 conference. Plus the British Parliament gives Facebook CEO Zuckerberg an ultimatum. Voluntarily give evidence before Parliament or get a summons the next time he steps foot in the UK.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.

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Cordkillers 218 – Tom Solo (w/ Megan Morrone)

New Star Wars TV show, Sense8 finale date, and an Amazon Fire Cube? All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Megan Morrone.

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