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Facebook’s dataset of 533 million accounts hacked in 2020 is now being offered for free, LG is leaving the mobile communications business, and the SCOTUS ruled in Google’s favor over a suit brought by Oracle over 11,500 lines of code. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe MP3 Download Using a ScreenContinue reading “Digital Copyright Wars – DTNS 4002”

Vaccine passes are in development. The idea is to be able to securely show who has been vaccinated to enable a return to normal faster. How do they work and where have they been implemented? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe MP3 Download Using a Screen Reader? Click here MultipleContinue reading “Beauty Is in the Eye of the Filter – DTNS 4001”

Edelman surveyed more than 33,000 people in 28 countries to gauge consumer trust in institutions like media, government, and businesses. Trust in the tech sector fell by 7 percent around the world – a third straight year of decline. What’s behind the decline and what if anything should tech companies do about it? Starring TomContinue reading “In Tech We Trust? – DTNS 4000”

Motherboard posted a story earlier this week about multiple occurrences where someone bought an NFT and then the thing the NFT referred to disappeared, Facebook announced a couple new features and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that in the next several months, Apple may make an announcement for a mixed reality headset. Starring Tom Merritt, SarahContinue reading “A Permanent Record of Bad Decisions – DTNS 3999”

LinkedIn is adding features that cater to video creators, Arm announced its first major new chip architecture in ten years, called Armv9, and PayPal will let US users use cryptocurrency holdings to pay online merchants in the coming months with a feature it calls Checkout with Crypto. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, RogerContinue reading “Nvidia Sets the Bar and Resizes it – DTNS 3998”

Boston Dynamics announced Stretch, a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses, MIT computer scientists led a team that looked at 10 of the most-cited datasets used to test machine learning systems and found that 3.4% of data was either inaccurate or mislabeled, Sony announced it’s shutting down the PlayStation Store for the PlayStationContinue reading “What Can Stretch Do for You? – DTNS 3997”

Xiaomi plans to market electric vehicles under its own brand, Dodge announced a new security feature for its Challenger and Charger cars that requires a four-digit code to unlock the car fully and TCL wants to combine rollable and foldable screens into one device. Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. MP3Continue reading “It’s Never The Wrong Time To Backup Your Data! – DTNS 3996”

Zuckerberg, Pichai, and Dorsey all testified before the House Energy and Commerce committee to discuss spreading disinformation, extremism and misinformation, Facebook announced it took actions to disrupt the group that security researchers call “Evil Eye” or “Poison Carp” and Triumph announced details about its TE-1 electric bike project, in development since 2019. Starring Rich Stroffolino,Continue reading “Social Media’s Capitol Affair – DTNS 3995”

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced it will elevate its small foundry business to become a standalone business within Intel called Intel Foundry Services led by Randhir Thakur. Unlike previous efforts, IFS will offer SoCs with not only x86, but Arm, and RISC-V cores, and use industry standard design tools this time, making it easier toContinue reading “Intel Plays Its Chips – DTNS 3994”

Peter Wells wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald called “How searching for help online can be healthy.” But should you search online? And what kinds of help can you expect? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Peter Wells, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos MP3 Download Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, videoContinue reading “Your Mental Health Matters – DTNS 3993”