Week in Review for the Week of 7/27/20 – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Garmin’s outage was caused by ransomware, Big Tech CEOs testify to the US House antitrust subcommittee, and Universal Pictures and AMC Theaters agree to shorten the theatrical release window for some movies.

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Let’s Buy TikTok – DTNS 3835

Bytedance is considering listing its business in Hong Kong or Shanghai stock markets with plans to list TikTok separately in Europe or the US. Plus Bloomberg’s sources say the US may announce an order for Bytedance to divest its ownership of TikTok.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe

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Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook Report Earnings – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook all report quarterly earnings, Oppo announces its first Wear OS device, and the US FCC approves Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite constellation.

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Antitrust or Just Antitrustworthy? – DTNS 3834

We explore what might happen to big tech after the Congressional hearings. Will it be good for them, consumers or anyone?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe

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Tech CEOs Testify Before the US House Antitrust Subcommittee- DTH

DTH-6-150x150Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai testify before the US House Antitrust Subcommittee, a US Federal Judge orders the state of New York to pay unemployment benefits to Lyft and Uber drivers, and TikTok says its Creator Fund will reach up to $2 billion in the next three years.

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About Teraflops

KALM-150x150"Tom provides a brief explanation of what Teraflops are and what they really mean about the processing power of your computer.

Featuring Tom Merritt.

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You just heard somebody use teraflop in a sentence

It was probably related to a GPU, or maybe a supercomputer

But what the heck is it? Is it fast? Is it powerful?

Are you confused?

Don’t be.

Let’s help you Know a Little more about FLOPS

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Can You Hearing Me Now? – DTNS 3833

The US House Antitrust Subcommittee called Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to assemble and discuss their market power. What was said and who said it?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe

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AMC And Universal Agree 17-Day Theatrical Exclusives

DTH-6-150x150Spotify usage soars, tech CEOs assemble in Washington, DC and AMC and Universal make a historic agreement to shorten the exclusive window for theatrical movie runs to 17 days.

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AI Stories That Write Themselves – DTNS 3832

Andrew Mayne incorporated OpenAI’s latest GPT-3 model into a project to help him develop dialogue for characters real and fictitious called AI|Writer.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Andrew Mayne, Roger Chang, Joe

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CES Goes All-Digital in 2021 – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Study finds face masks decrease facial recognition accuracy, Spotify increases Group Sessions party size, Twitter temporarily suspends account to force tweet deletion.

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