Netflix: Throne of Games? - DTNS 4073 starts at 15:16
Netflix announced it has hired Mike Verdu as its Vice President of game development. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said it has sued Amazon to recall hundreds of thousands of hazardous products distributed on its platform. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported integrated circuit output in the country rose 43.9% on the year in May.
DTNS 4073 ends at 47:37
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2021-07-15 21:39:41 +0000 UTC
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Tom clears up the mystery of why your browser and the sites you visit love cookies so much.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full episode transcript:
Cookies, they sound delicious...
But I’m told by my friends in the tech know, say that they are evil and must be purged?
But that nice shopping site I go to really wants me to agree to use them?
Are you confused?
Don't be.
Let's help you Know a Little more about HTTP cookies.
Cookies for browsers all...
2021-07-15 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Satyamania 365 - DTNS 4072 starts at 14:24
Microsoft’s new easy-to-set-up and use virtual windows machine service called Windows 365. Scientists at the University of Oxford and University of Liverpool published a study in the journal New Media and Society called “More diverse, more politically varied: How social media, search engines and aggregators shape news repertoires in the United Kingdom.”
DTNS 4072 ends at 47:19
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2021-07-14 21:57:09 +0000 UTC
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Satyamania 365 - DTNS 4072 starts at 14:24
Microsoft’s new easy-to-set-up and use virtual windows machine service called Windows 365. Scientists at the University of Oxford and University of Liverpool published a study in the journal New Media and Society called “More diverse, more politically varied: How social media, search engines and aggregators shape news repertoires in the United Kingdom.”
DTNS 4072 ends at 47:18
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2021-07-14 21:49:41 +0000 UTC
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Google Gets a French Slap - DTNS 4071 starts at 15:07
France’s competition authority fined Google €500 million for not negotiating in good faith to pay news publishers for the right to show their headlines and snippets in search and news results. The Verge’s Chaim Gartenberg discovered that the iPhone’s built-in weather app on recent versions of iOS never shows the temperature as 69 degrees Fahrenheit instead showing 68 degrees or 70 degrees. And Twitter mistak...
2021-07-13 21:50:10 +0000 UTC
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Google Gets a French Slap - DTNS 4071 starts at 15:07
France’s competition authority fined Google €500 million for not negotiating in good faith to pay news publishers for the right to show their headlines and snippets in search and news results. The Verge’s Chaim Gartenberg discovered that the iPhone’s built-in weather app on recent versions of iOS never shows the temperature as 69 degrees Fahrenheit instead showing 68 degrees or 70 degrees. And Twitter mistak...
2021-07-13 21:39:26 +0000 UTC
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Where Have All The Ransoms Gone? - DTNS 4070 starts at 15:15
Will a crowdsourced ransom payments tracking website called Ransomwhe.re provide empirical evidence companies need to determine if paying ransomware is beneficial? Plus we examine the impact of PhD students Rodrigo Ochigame and Katherine Ye Search Atlas, a project that displays results from different geographic versions of Google Search, and can change how people understand events. And has Disney’s “Black...
2021-07-12 22:02:47 +0000 UTC
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Where Have All The Ransoms Gone? - DTNS 4070 starts at 15:15
Will a crowdsourced ransom payments tracking website called Ransomwhe.re provide empirical evidence companies need to determine if paying ransomware is beneficial? Plus we examine the impact of PhD students Rodrigo Ochigame and Katherine Ye Search Atlas, a project that displays results from different geographic versions of Google Search, and can change how people understand events. And has Disney’s “Black...
2021-07-12 21:48:45 +0000 UTC
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In this episode Niki interviews former US Robotics engineer, software/hardware developer and part-time paramedic Michael Musiel about his lengthy career in tech includustry from the late 70s through the present day.
You can follow Michael's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-podcast-that-shall-not-be-named/id674558126
Starring: Ni...
2021-07-10 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Bit Coin Not Included! - DTNS 4069 starts at 15:06
The Biden administration issues an executive order that encourages the FCC to restore open internet rules, limit early termination fees by ISPs, limit the ability of ISPs to sign exclusive deals with landlords, and require reporting of ISP prices and rates. Square’s hardware head Jesse Dorogusker announced the company will make a hardware wallet for bitcoin. And we examine how the design of social media platforms aff...
2021-07-09 22:13:29 +0000 UTC
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Bit Coin Not Included! - DTNS 4069 starts at 15:06
The Biden administration issues an executive order that encourages the FCC to restore open internet rules, limit early termination fees by ISPs, limit the ability of ISPs to sign exclusive deals with landlords, and require reporting of ISP prices and rates. Square’s hardware head Jesse Dorogusker announced the company will make a hardware wallet for bitcoin. And we examine how the design of social media platforms aff...
2021-07-09 21:58:57 +0000 UTC
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Whose Computer is it Anyway? - DTNS 4068 starts at 15:02
Start-ups position robots as bee replacements in the all-important crop pollination role, Thirty-seven US state and district attorneys general have sued Google in California federal court, alleging it unlawfully maintains a monopoly with the Google Play Store and Steve Wozniak argues for the right to repair.
DTNS 4068 ends at 47:18
It's NOT a Dry Heat - GDI 4068
2021-07-08 21:59:19 +0000 UTC
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Whose Computer is it Anyway? - DTNS 4068 starts at 15:02
Start-ups position robots as bee replacements in the all-important crop pollination role, Thirty-seven US state and district attorneys general have sued Google in California federal court, alleging it unlawfully maintains a monopoly with the Google Play Store and Steve Wozniak argues for the right to repair.
DTNS 4068 ends at 47:19
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2021-07-08 21:46:39 +0000 UTC
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Tom sizes up the technology and potential benefits of Resizable BAR.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full episode transcript:
So my friend says he has a great new video game thing called Resizable BAR
What the heck is that?
And why does it not look like it makes any difference on his machine?
Are you confused?
Don't be.
Let's help you Know a Little more about Resizable BAR.
Graphics cards are touting something called Resizable BAR as a way to impro...
2021-07-08 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Did You Get My Meeting? Mmhmm... - DTNS 4067 starts at 14:56
South Korea lawmakers are considering a revision to a law restricting children from playing games after midnight and China’s Tencent will use facial recognition to stop minors in China from playing video games between 10 pm and 8 am or for more than 90 minutes per day.
DTNS 4067 ends at 47:03
Tooth Fairy Inflation - GDI 4067
Owen...
2021-07-07 21:52:58 +0000 UTC
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Did You Get My Meeting? Mmhmm... - DTNS 4067 starts at 14:55
South Korea lawmakers are considering a revision to a law restricting children from playing games after midnight and China’s Tencent will use facial recognition to stop minors in China from playing video games between 10 pm and 8 am or for more than 90 minutes per day.
DTNS 4067 ends at 47:03
Tooth Fairy Inflation - GDI 4067
Owen is back with us today! ...
2021-07-07 21:41:02 +0000 UTC
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The Audacity of Data Collecting - DTNS 4066 starts at 14:49
New owners of Audacity updated the audio editor’s privacy policy with language indicating it was collecting user data for analytics and legal enforcement. Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch game console with a 7-inch screen and 720p OLED display. And Norway passed a law requiring anyone being paid to post on social media to disclose if posts have been modified and how. The law is meant to r...
2021-07-06 22:11:56 +0000 UTC
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The Audacity of Data Collecting - DTNS 4066 starts at 14:49
New owners of Audacity updated the audio editor’s privacy policy with language indicating it was collecting user data for analytics and legal enforcement. Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch game console with a 7-inch screen and 720p OLED display. And Norway passed a law requiring anyone being paid to post on social media to disclose if posts have been modified and how. The law is meant to reduce ...
2021-07-06 21:47:13 +0000 UTC
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By Shannon Morse, ThreatWire
The Enterprise IT firm Kaseya confirmed they were hit with ransomware attacking their VSA product which is used for remotely monitoring point of sale systems, networks, PCs, and connected devices. This happened during the holiday weekend. Kaseya believes this only affected their on-premises customers only due to their fast response, but later, other customers like managed ...
2021-07-06 21:12:24 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Seniors In Tech, a podcast mini-series where we bust stereotypes by talking to seniors who either worked in the tech industry at the beginning of the digital era, and or are currently tech-fluent in their everyday lives. I’m Dr. Niki Ackermans and this week we are talking to Allison Sheridan, who used to work in engineering and is also one of the earliest podcasters!
2021-07-03 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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This is Why We Can't Have Nice Names - DTNS 4065 starts at 15:11
Nikkei Asia’s sources say Intel and Apple began testing chip designs using TSMC’s 3-nanometer production technology, security researchers at Northeastern University purchased 86 used Echo Dot devices and found “all previous passwords and tokens, remains on the flash memory, sometimes even after a factory reset, and CNET’s Dan Ackerman has an article up called “Why giant e-Ink screens like the Bo...
2021-07-02 21:54:53 +0000 UTC
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This is Why We Can't Have Nice Names - DTNS 4065 starts at 15:11
Nikkei Asia’s sources say Intel and Apple began testing chip designs using TSMC’s 3-nanometer production technology, security researchers at Northeastern University purchased 86 used Echo Dot devices and found “all previous passwords and tokens, remains on the flash memory, sometimes even after a factory reset, and CNET’s Dan Ackerman has an article up called “Why giant e-Ink screens like the Bo...
2021-07-02 21:40:17 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks!
I feel like we have great momentum heading into July! Saturday we launched the "Seniors in tech" mini-series from Dr. Niki Ackermans. Three weekends where she sits down with folks who's lives were shaped by their careers in tech, some of whom helped build significant portions of the internet! Allison Sheridan teed us up first on July 3rd.
We're also having our first DTNS_ALL HANDS meeting on July 16th. It's not a listener-oriented thing but it's kind of milestone that w...
2021-07-02 20:12:39 +0000 UTC
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Theatremonkey graciously put together this GDI monthly highlight reel!
2021-07-01 22:33:41 +0000 UTC
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Tech, Taxes, & Typos - DTNS 4064 start at 15:06
Amazon seeks an alliance of app makers to challenge Microsoft, Instagram will start experimenting showing users full-screen videos over the coming months, and the OECD released a framework to set a minimum tax of 15% for the world’s 100 biggest companies, targeted mostly at tech companies.
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Keep Twitterating - GDI 4064
Twitter might ...
2021-07-01 21:57:10 +0000 UTC
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Tech, Taxes, & Typos - DTNS 4064 start at 15:03
Amazon seeks an alliance of app makers to challenge Microsoft, Instagram will start experimenting showing users full-screen videos over the coming months, and the OECD released a framework to set a minimum tax of 15% for the world’s 100 biggest companies, targeted mostly at tech companies.
DTNS 4064 ends at 45:52
Keep Twitterating - GDI 4064
Twitter might be...
2021-07-01 21:44:29 +0000 UTC
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Tom explains the DMCA and how it affects what content you may or may not see...and why it seems an insurmountable obstacle to some creators.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full episode transcript:
I just want to comment on a trailer but now I got a DMCA notice? What the hecks a DMCA?
I just want to laugh at a trailer and now I’m threatened with perjury?
Apparently its a Digital Millennium Copyright Act and I could be breaking the law for doing a screen capture?
A...
2021-07-01 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Google and Microsoft Take Off the Gloves - DTNS 4063 starts at 14:49
Bloomberg’s sources say Microsoft and Google will not renew a non-aggression pact in place since April 2016, Facebook launched a subscription newsletter service called Bulletin, and The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a change in reporting requirements for autonomous driving systems.
DTNS 4063 ends at 46:22
Emperor Palpable - GDI...
2021-06-30 22:04:55 +0000 UTC
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Google and Microsoft Take Off the Gloves - DTNS 4063 starts at 14:49
Bloomberg’s sources say Microsoft and Google will not renew a non-aggression pact in place since April 2016, Facebook launched a subscription newsletter service called Bulletin, and The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a change in reporting requirements for autonomous driving systems.
DTNS 4063 ends at 46:22
Emperor Palpable - GDI 4063
2021-06-30 21:59:23 +0000 UTC
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Apple Makes Google's Cloud Rain - DTNS 4062 starts at 15:39
Alphabet’s drone-delivery company, Wing, in cooperation with the FAA launched the OpenSky app in the US. The app will allow hobbyist and commercial operators alike see where they can legally fly drones and request approval to operate in areas that are otherwise restricted. The Information’s sources say that as of May 2021, Apple is on track to spend $300 million on cloud storage through Google. And it was ...
2021-06-29 22:00:51 +0000 UTC
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