Nvidia demoed its ACE for Games tech to let gamers talk to NPCs with natural language, JioCinema sets a concurrent streaming record, and Mark Gurman gets an early hands on with Meta's Quest 3 headset.
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2023-05-29 16:12:59 +0000 UTC View PostBBQ and Tech host Chris Ashley's been living with Ford's EV Pickup truck the F-150 Lightning for over six months. So we decided to ask him how he feels about his latest ride. He breaks down how it fits into his daily life, what people should know before they consider ordering one on this episode of Live With It!
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BBQ and Tech host Chris Ashley's been living with Ford's EV Pickup truck the F-150 Lightning for over six months. So we decided to ask him how he feels about his latest ride. He breaks down how it fits into his daily life, what people should know before they consider ordering one on this episode of Live With It!
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2023-05-27 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Rob DeMillo – Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is here to explain the nuances of digital twins and how they relate to digital models and what's important from a developers point of view. YouTube TV may have the rights to show NFL Sunday Ticket to home users in the US, but if you go to a bar, the games will still come from DirecTV. We explain the licensing ...
2023-05-26 22:13:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Rob DeMillo – Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is here to explain the nuances of digital twins and how they relate to digital models and what's important from a developers point of view. YouTube TV may have the rights to show NFL Sunday Ticket to home users in the US, but if you go to a bar, the games will still come from DirecTV. We explain the licensing rules around this deal.
Tech & Boy Bands - GDI 4529 starts at 31:41
Are you re...
2023-05-26 21:29:29 +0000 UTC View Post
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued new guidance on a company’s responsibility to ensure algorithmically driven HR tools don’t deliver results that violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. We explain what it all means and its impact. EC for the internal market, Thierry Breton, said it will work with Alphabet to develop voluntary regulations for AI. Sony announced...
2023-05-25 21:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued new guidance on a company’s responsibility to ensure algorithmically driven HR tools don’t deliver results that violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. We explain what it all means and its impact. EC for the internal market, Thierry Breton, said it will work with Alphabet to develop voluntary regulations for AI. Sony announced a game streaming handheld, called Project Q. What does it do and what’s the strategy behind it?
One of the more worrying trends in PC gaming is the habit of some publishers to ship broken and in some cases barely playable high-profile games. The most recent example of this was the highly anticipated cooperative multi-player game Redfall. Bugs, an unoptimized game engine, and a host of bugs plagued the game from the outset. Even gamers possessin...
2023-05-25 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Passkeys use something called public key cryptography. They have your public key. And because it’s public, it doesn’t matter if anyone gets it. That public key and your private key combine to validate who you are.
But how does that work? Wouldn’t they have to know something besides the public key that’s unique to you? No. That’s the brilliance of it.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full episode transcript:
Internet security. It’s bad. Data breaches are constan...
2023-05-25 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
We pour over Sony PlayStation’s pre-summer announcements, checkout all the new features in Microsoft’s PowerToy release including running up to four PCs with just a single keyboard and mouse, and we go over the latest news tidbits from Microsoft’s Build event.
Minecraft Over Matter - GDI 4527 starts at 30:45
Does your internet keep you on your toes?...
2023-05-24 21:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We pour over Sony PlayStation’s pre-summer announcements, checkout all the new features in Microsoft’s PowerToy release including running up to four PCs with just a single keyboard and mouse, and we go over the latest news tidbits from Microsoft’s Build event.
Minecraft Over Matter - GDI 4527 starts at 30:42
Does your internet keep you on your toes? Scott is very excited about the new Minecraft movie and can go all the way to 15. Jason Momoa has range. Would...
2023-05-24 21:18:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft’s annual Build conference starts today and the Redmond company has announced a number of AI chatbot integrations with Windows and Bing. Plus Waymo announced a multi-year partnership with Uber.
Stone Cold Steve Austin, a Man Barely Alive - GDI 4526 starts at 29:55
Tom can't be Sarah. The new Max arrived today. How has your experience been so fa...
2023-05-23 22:08:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft’s annual Build conference starts today and the Redmond company has announced a number of AI chatbot integrations with Windows and Bing. Plus Waymo announced a multi-year partnership with Uber.
Stone Cold Steve Austin, a Man Barely Alive - GDI 4526 starts at 29:53
Tom can't be Sarah. The new Max arrived today. How has your experience been so far? What are your thoughts on the color change? What was your confirmation name? It has to be a real saint. Do y...
2023-05-23 21:25:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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The EU fines Meta a record €1.2B for sending European user data to the US in violation of GDPR. What now for Meta? The Cyberspace Administration of China has warned critical infrastructure operators against buying components from the memory chip maker Micron, citing “relatively serious” cybersecurity risks in its products. And Instagram is planning on releasing a text-based Twitter ...
The EU fines Meta a record €1.2B for sending European user data to the US in violation of GDPR. What now for Meta? The Cyberspace Administration of China has warned critical infrastructure operators against buying components from the memory chip maker Micron, citing “relatively serious” cybersecurity risks in its products. And Instagram is planning on releasing a text-based Twitter competitor, codenamed P92 or Barcelona that could arrive as early as June as a separate app.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple restricted some of its employees from using generative models at work over concerns about leaks. Barclay’s financial strategists highlighted streaming services were a new source of pressure on the Japanese Yen. Grub Street’s Ezra Marcus has a story called “Cheesier, Saucier, and Drowning in Caviar How TikTok took over the menu.” Is T...
2023-05-19 21:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple restricted some of its employees from using generative models at work over concerns about leaks. Barclay’s financial strategists highlighted streaming services were a new source of pressure on the Japanese Yen. Grub Street’s Ezra Marcus has a story called “Cheesier, Saucier, and Drowning in Caviar How TikTok took over the menu.” Is TikTok changing the way restaurants approach presentation?
Portable Means Luggable - GDI 4524 star...
2023-05-19 21:20:30 +0000 UTC View Post
We update the history of Section 230 in light of the recent Supreme Court decisions. What it is, what it isn't and how those decisions affected or didn't affect the future of the "safe harbor" law in the US.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full episode transcript below:
The US Supreme court has decided two cases that challenged protections of Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act and in both cases the court decided not to touch those protections. In oral arguments for the ...
2023-05-19 16:50:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Smell-o-vision makes a return, this time in VR? And the SCOTUS issues its ruling on two cases that could affect Section 230. We go over the rulings and what it means. And we discuss the startup Sightful that’s announced the Spacetop device, described as an “augmented reality laptop” which uses AR glasses in place of a real screen.
The Dolphin Hedge Fund - GDI 4523...
2023-05-18 21:55:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Smell-o-vision makes a return, this time in VR? And the SCOTUS issues its ruling on two cases that could affect Section 230. We go over the rulings and what it means. And we discuss the startup Sightful that’s announced the Spacetop device, described as an “augmented reality laptop” which uses AR glasses in place of a real screen.
The Dolphin Hedge Fund - GDI 4523 starts at 32:00
Do you want to roll your own Blackberry? Do you remember the Peek? Do you want ...
2023-05-18 21:44:09 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the interesting things about Google’s suite of tools is how thoroughly they insinuate themselves in your life. Search, email, maps, calendar, and photos make for a wonderfully frightening set of tools. On the one hand, they’re free and they’re indispensable tools of modern life and on the other, you feel that it’s part of a larger conspiracy to make you part of the Google collective. And then there are times when they are handy answers to many of life’s problems.
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2023-05-18 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
By 1998 the US had passed its Digital Millennium Copyright Act. And partly because the US generates so much copyrightable material, and partly just because it’s the US and is a little pushy on the world stage, the DMCA became the de facto way of handling copyright protections on the internet around the world.
But what is it? Why did we need the DMCA or the WIPO copyright treaty at all?
Let's help you Know a Little more about the DMCA.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
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2023-05-18 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Allison shares her thoughts on Tesla’s latest “full self-driving beta 11”. Amazon announced new Echo devices. And we explore all the product announcements from this year’s Uber GO-GET event.
A Slice of Amazon Echo - GDI 4522 starts at 33:18
The interaction with AI conversation continues. Can you insult a hammer? Roger has issues with door handles....
2023-05-17 21:55:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Allison shares her thoughts on Tesla’s latest “full self-driving beta 11”. Amazon announced new Echo devices. And we explore all the product announcements from this year’s Uber GO-GET event.
A Slice of Amazon Echo - GDI 4522 starts at 33:18
The interaction with AI conversation continues. Can you insult a hammer? Roger has issues with door handles. Being angry or kind is still thinking about the devices as human. The other famous Tom. Cast Away talk takes o...
2023-05-17 21:18:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We take a look at the new accessibility features Apple previewed today including Personal Voice and Assistive Access. Vancouver based “Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporate” announced a bipedal robot called “Phoenix”. And Neil Saunders a senior lecturer in maths at the University of Greenwich has written a piece on The Conversation saying people need to stop anthropomorphizin...
2023-05-16 21:52:25 +0000 UTC View Post
We take a look at the new accessibility features Apple previewed today including Personal Voice and Assistive Access. Vancouver based “Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporate” announced a bipedal robot called “Phoenix”. And Neil Saunders a senior lecturer in maths at the University of Greenwich has written a piece on The Conversation saying people need to stop anthropomorphizing AI and stop treating it like it’s human.
A Random Molly Wood Has Appeared - GDI 4521 starts a...
2023-05-16 21:32:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin announced a new TV startup called Telly where they’re giving away 500,000 TVs for free. Each set contains an always-on secondary 9-inch screen beneath its soundbar, which shows a variety of widgets and ads. The Wall Street Journal’s Kate King has a story called “Online-Only Startups Adopt a Bold New Strategy: Opening Actual Shops”. Is the future...
2023-05-15 21:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin announced a new TV startup called Telly where they’re giving away 500,000 TVs for free. Each set contains an always-on secondary 9-inch screen beneath its soundbar, which shows a variety of widgets and ads. The Wall Street Journal’s Kate King has a story called “Online-Only Startups Adopt a Bold New Strategy: Opening Actual Shops”. Is the future of online retail in its past? Caryn Marjorie has launched a chatbot version of herself where fans can talk to ...
2023-05-15 21:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Would you pay more for a generative AI chatbot that could process more user input at time? We discuss how Google’s open-source AI tool allowed a gamer to play the Dreamcast game Rez using only his face. And Twitter’s Elon Musk has chosen NBCUniversal’s head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino to head the social media platform.
The Logician, Sundays on Peacock - GDI 4...
2023-05-12 21:50:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Would you pay more for a generative AI chatbot that could process more user input at time? We discuss how Google’s open-source AI tool allowed a gamer to play the Dreamcast game Rez using only his face. And Twitter’s Elon Musk has chosen NBCUniversal’s head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino to head the social media platform.
The Logician, Sundays on Peacock - GDI 4519 starts at 33:45
Tom gives Chris a personality test. How well do you think Chris and Roger wil...
2023-05-12 21:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post