Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp makes a play for online news aggregation with Knewz.com in order to compete with Google and Facebook. What will this mean for news companies and how will users benefit?
Starring Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, and Roger Chang
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G-Suite predicts spelling errors as you type, YouTube might start behaving better for your kids, and LinkedIn culls spam accounts.
Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang.
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Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger Chang
We discuss how many streaming subscriptions is too many and what criteria people will use to decide which ones they stop and which ones they keep.
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Disney+ might be cracking down on password sharing already, CBS and Viacom merge, and He-Man is coming back. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Andrew Mayne.
Taking a week off of It’s Spoilerin’ Time due to Tom’s absence.
Next week: Preacher (404-405) and Extras (203). Maybe The Amazing Johnathan Documentary.
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Reddit is testing its Public Access Network, or RPAN, as a limited-time livestream experiment, set to run from 9 am to 5 pm through the end of this week before a full rollout in the coming months. The cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced plans to launch an “independent regional version of Libra,” called Venus. Nvidia announced its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android through a new mobile later this year, similar to Google’s upcoming Stadia service.
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We had SO much fun at WorldCon in Dublin. We were blown away with how many people came out to see us!! We were literally prepared with plans for if the room was empty, but no, Ireland filled our room and our hearts. We got some great conversations and book recommendations from folks in the crowd too! Go raibh maith agaibh! The craic was grand!
This week Molly and Tom are clearing all the things that didn’t quiet make the regular show, something we lovingly call The Bullpen. They’re talking about the meta-thing of declaring things culture, then digging into decorating, foxtail guards, weekday weddings, sobriety, and more.
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The consumer digital camera market declined about 80% to 19 million unit sales in 2018, versus more than 400 million smartphones sold globally the same year. What can camera companies do to cope with a shrinking market and what will it mean for consumers?
Starring Sarah Lane, Ant Pruitt, Roger Chang and Len Peralta
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Apple, Amazon ,Facebook ,Google and Microsoft have all been criticized for allowing humans to listen to users’ private conversations in order to test their AI products for quality. Is it truly necessary or is it just easier and cheaper to develop that way?
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Amazon Rekognition facial recognition software is adding the capability to detect fear and Elon Musk wants a better man to machine interface.
Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johns
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