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AMD, Nvidia, and Arm all have big announcements from Computex, Huawei leaves standards bodies, and Microsoft gives more details about xCloud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Author and Podcaster Shelly Brisbin joins us with an update on state of assistive technology. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Shelly Brisbin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why do voice assistants default to a woman's voice and in a recent email to employees Tesla's CEO said the company was on track to deliver a record amount of cars in Q2. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Allison Sheridan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Research shows that placing googly eyes on robots makes them less threatening and Ford is rolling out an autonomous package-delivery robot called "Digit". Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Huawei gets an extension, Chinese-made drones may pose security risk, what did dinosaurs really look like? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Trump administration has placed Huawei on a "entity list" that would prevent the company from acquiring US technology without approval. The knock-on effect has been profound as companies like Google, Intel and Qualcomm have falling in line and stopped shipment of chips to the company. What does this mean for tech consumers and how will tech companies navigate the ban? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
With the latest update to Adobe Lightroom came with interactive tutorials. Ant Pruitt, Tech Republic contributor, is here to explain what makes these learning tools such a powerful addition. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Ant Pruitt, Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
US President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday declaring a national emergency and prohibiting US companies from using equipment from foreign telecoms if they are believed to pose a national security risk. Although no specific companies was singled out Huawei among other Chinese tech companies are understood to be the target. What will this mean for big tech companies of China and will the Chinese government retaliate in kind? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Rober...
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How much should we worry about RFID? Should we get an RFID-blocking wallet? Should we not use it at all? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As national violent crime rates dips the number of social media platforms based around fear of criminal activity is rising. What's causing the discrepancy and are the long term effects of on social behavior? Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We break down the flood of new products, updates and services were announced at Google I/O 2019. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Microsoft BUILD starts today. Plus the EU plans on opening an anti-trust investigation into Apple and privacy concerns after Facebook reveals its contracting with an Indian firm to manually post tags on images and text from Facebook users. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Longtime YouTube creator Jason Inman talks about YouTube's latest plea for creator trus t. Jason Inman host of Geek History Lesson, show runner's assistant on The Code CBS, and author of Super Soldiers: A salute to the comic book heroes and villains who fought for their country Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The latest episode of Game of Thrones elicited controversy for being too dark by viewers to see what was happening. We go over what fans can do to correctly see the action on screen. Plus the latest inductees into the Video Game Hall of Fame and man swallows an AirPod bud and passes it through his body completely intact and functioning. Starring Tom Merritt, Ashley Esqueda, Len Peralta and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
A Techdirt article makes the argument that content moderation of online platforms is totally broken and how the impact is affecting online discourse. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Vox/Recode story reveals that team collaboration software like Slack, Teams and Workplace are reducing the productive output of workers instead of improving it. We explore the reasons and discuss the discrepancy between technology's promise of a productivity enabler and the real-world outcome. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We breakdown all of the important news from today's Facebook's F8 conference. Plus we discuss Uber and Lyft's decision to stop accepting new drivers and chew over quarterly numbers from Samsung and Alphabet. Starring Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Horror stories about game development “crunch time” have filled forums and reddit threads alike. What’s really going on and why does this seem to be a industry-wide problem? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Jenn Cutter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Between YouTube, online resources, forums and wiki pages we discuss the variety of ways people can self-teach themselves about technology and where it falls short. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Allison Sheridan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Microsoft Q1 earnings push earnings up 20% per share, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that warrantless police access to real-time cell phone location data intrudes on a person's reasonable expectation of privacy, and Walmart opens a concept store called Intelligent Retail Lab in Levittown, New York. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In a weird juxtaposition tech companies like Airbnb, Uber and Netflix are starting up their own print magazines. Why are they investing in an old media platform and what do they hope to gain by doing so? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Nicole Lee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
>Intel unveils its 9th generation high performance mobile processors, Nvidia prices the GTX 1650 for $165, and the FAA approves Alphabet's Wing from airdrop delivery. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What is upcycling and why should you be part of the movement? Plus Samsung Galaxy Fold delayed, Sony launches ride-hailing service in Tokyo, SiriusXM reaches for streaming-only audiences. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Patreon special from January where Tom explains some of the important things you need to know about 5G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Microsoft has formally entered the wireless earbud market with Surface Buds. What do they hope to achieve and will it be a hit among consumers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Chris Ashley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
