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Earnings reports from Intel, Microsoft, Amazon and Nintendo. Plus researchers at MIT have successfully kept a pig’s brain alive outside of its body and chip architecture Jim Keller is leaving Tesla and heading for Intel. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versionsContinue reading “DTNS 3270 – Mind Over Bacon”

Is MoviePass the future of movie theater as it backers allege or is it destined to be another casualty of price sensitive consumers? Plus Google rolls out new changes to the venerable Gmail app and a Federal Appeals court rules that a man who created Windows rescue CDs to ship alongside refurbished PCs can goContinue reading “DTNS 3269 – MoviePass: Pass… or Play?”

Amazon wants you to give their delivery couriers access to your GM or Volvo car’s trunk. Is this typical of the company’s out of the box thinking or is this one drop off delivery method that’s that won’t take off? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson. MP3 Using a Screen Reader?Continue reading “DTNS 3268 – Amazon’s Junk in Your Trunk”

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Brad Stone sources say Amazon has been working on a project to build a domestic robot. Is this is natural extension of their smart speaker, tablet, and set top box hardware or does a home robot bring a unique set of challenges that might test even Amazon’s considerable resources? Starring TomContinue reading “DTNS 3267a – Amazon Keeps it Close to the Vesta”

It’s said the future workforce will be robots and the elimination of humans from the workforce. Others disagree pointing to a future where humans and robots work together side by side collaboratively in a shared environment. Plus Nate Lanxon joins us to talk about the affects of GDPR on how online terms of service willContinue reading “DTNS 3266 – My Cobot Buddy”

What’s the line between ad-blocking and privacy. Should we support websites and their publishers by letting them make revenue off of visitors or does privacy concerns trump everything else? Plus Facebook plans to make its own semiconductors and Amazon introduces Alexa Blueprints a toolkit that allows any Echo owner to create custom Alexa skills andContinue reading “DTNS 3265 – Artisanal Chipmaking”

Elon Musk tells staff to walk out on bad meetings, Iran bans all govt bodies from using Telegram, and Doom’s soundtrack is coming to vinyl. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Subscribe through AppleContinue reading “DTNS 3264 – Turntable of DOOM!”

National governments face a number of challenges with encrypted communications. The need to secure lines of communications between officials but also cracking down on the criminal element using the same technologies. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org.Continue reading “DTNS 3263 – Telegram? Tele-nyet!”

We examine the latest trends in the hearables category of assistive technology. Plus ZTE has been a denied the ability to export sensitive technology and how Welsh police convicted 11 people using fingerprints taken from a WhatsApp pic. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click hereContinue reading “DTNS 3262 – Tech is All Ears”