McDonald’s, the fast-food giant, has invested substantial resources into developing AI to help automate portions of its business. We take a look at the progress the Golden Arches has made in the tech sector.
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It’s a PACKED Spoilerin’ Time with the premiere of Watchmen, the season finale of Gemstones, and the Breaking Bad film, “El Camino.” Plus, a double-dose of The Good Place and Mr. Robot.
Next week: Watchmen (102), The Good Place (405), Mr. Robot (404), The Larry Sanders Show (105-106). Possibly Parasite.
00:59 – Winter Movie Draft update
03:47 – Watchmen (101)
17:17 – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
27:30 – The Good Place (403-404)
32:26 – The Righteous Gemstones (109)
33:34 – Mr. Robot (402-403)
36:42 – The Larry Sanders Show (103-104)
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Ed Both at ZDNet has an article up called “How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative.” We take a look at Ed’s suggestions and add a few of our own.
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Apple has come to Roku, Netflix has grown internationally, and HBO Max gets Ghibli with it (na-na na na na-na-na).
This week on Spoilerin’ Time: Watchmen (101), El Camino, The Good Place (403-404), The Righteous Gemstones (109), Mr. Robot (402-403), The Larry Sanders Show (103-104)
Next week: Watchmen (102), The Good Place (405), Mr. Robot (404), The Larry Sanders Show (105-106). Possibly Parasite.
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Scientists at the University of Bristol and Sorbonne University have developed a skin-like input interface for use with phones and computers. Twitch is testing “watch parties”, which would allow streamers to screen Amazon Prime video content to viewers, provided they also have an Amazon Prime subscription. NordVPN says one of its VPN servers at a data center it was renting in Finland, was accessed without authorization.
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Tom is seeing boxy signage at the mall while Molly is hearing a lot about Fleetwood Mac. Then Molly and Tom think Urban Farming is approaching thing escape velocity and periods are definitely a thing.
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We examine the phenomenon that prevents people from picking up new habits and ways of doing things preferring established methods instead even if new behavior would simplify tasks.
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Netflix earnings for the quarter are in and things look good. Earnings are up but subscriber base in the US missed targets. CEO Reed Hastings said that new streaming services from Apple and Disney would provide “modest headwinds” and that the bigger threat is linear TV.
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Twitter published a post titled “World Leaders on Twitter: principles & approach” explaining that in “cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.” In it the company laid out its policy towards world leaders using the platform.
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Google announces new products and services including Ambient Computing and Pixelbook Go. Plus the company shares updates to the Google Home, Stadia and Pixel 4.
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