Roger’s $0.02 - Heat and Electronics
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GDI Video - Netflix Puts the Controller Before the Game - DTNS 4579 Extended
YouTube announced Tuesday that users who disable watch history will no longer see recommendations on the home page. Netflix is doubling ...
2023-08-09 21:51:47 +0000 UTC View PostNetflix Puts the Controller Before the Game - DTNS 4579 Extended
YouTube announced Tuesday that users who disable watch history will no longer see recommendations on the home page. Netflix is doubling down on its gaming offering, including an app to let subscribers play games on their TV. And China continues it...
2023-08-09 21:14:06 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Nvidia Gives a Nod to Amazing Grace - DTNS 4578 Extended
We go over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s big announcements from this year's SIGGRAPH event in LA. Postdoc researcher in ergonomics at USC,...
2023-08-08 21:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostNvidia Gives a Nod to Amazing Grace - DTNS 4578 Extended
We go over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s big announcements from this year's SIGGRAPH event in LA. Postdoc researcher in ergonomics at USC, Alexis Souchet, details some of the negative issues with VR in a Conversation post. OpenAI announced its GPTBo...
2023-08-08 21:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Does Thread Matter More Than Matter? - DTNS 4577 Extended
A team of scientists from several UK universities trained a deep learning model to extract data from a recording of your keyboard clicks...
2023-08-07 21:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostDoes Thread Matter More Than Matter? - DTNS 4577 Extended
A team of scientists from several UK universities trained a deep learning model to extract data from a recording of your keyboard clicks. Plus The New York Times reports on a woman in the city of Detroit after a mistaken arrest based on flawed fac...
2023-08-07 21:18:42 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - RISC-V vs. ARM - DTNS 4576 Extended
Qualcomm, NXP, Nordic, Robert Bosch and Infineon have joined forces to create a company to promote the development of RISC-V. We go over...
2023-08-04 21:48:05 +0000 UTC View PostRISC-V vs. ARM - DTNS 4576 Extended
Qualcomm, NXP, Nordic, Robert Bosch and Infineon have joined forces to create a company to promote the development of RISC-V. We go over Apple’s latest earnings report. And Google is making it easier to remove your private information from searc...
2023-08-04 21:19:10 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - There is No Cloud, Only Zuul - DTNS 4575 Extended
Warner Brothers Discovery announced quarter ending June 2023 earnings and has lost 1.8 million subscribers across all properties includi...
2023-08-03 21:56:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere is No Cloud, Only Zuul - DTNS 4575 Extended
Warner Brothers Discovery announced quarter ending June 2023 earnings and has lost 1.8 million subscribers across all properties including Max, the newly combined HBOMax and Discovery+ streaming service. France’s AFP news agency is suing Elon Mu...
2023-08-03 21:22:37 +0000 UTC View PostRoger’s $0.02 - Work From Home is Over
One of the more popular work theories formulated at the end of the pandemic lockdowns was the belief that the office was obsolete. With the internet, many jobs could be done just as easily from home. Yet a few high-profile CEOs are questioning&nbs...
2023-08-03 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Amazon Fresh Tries Not to Drop the Bag - DTNS 4574 Extended
Meta released a tool for AI music generation called AudioCraft, under an MIT open source license. Early results from an ongoing Swedish ...
2023-08-02 22:06:26 +0000 UTC View PostAmazon Fresh Tries Not to Drop the Bag - DTNS 4574 Extended
Meta released a tool for AI music generation called AudioCraft, under an MIT open source license. Early results from an ongoing Swedish trial of more than 80,000 women undergoing mammograms show that AI is able to accurately detect 20% more breast...
2023-08-02 21:18:27 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Flipping Out With Flip Phones - DTNS 4573 Extended
We pit the Samsung’s Flip and Fold against the Motorola’s Razr+ foldable phones. Which of these foldable smartphones is better? Plus...
2023-08-01 21:59:35 +0000 UTC View PostFlipping Out With Flip Phones - DTNS 4573 Extended
We pit the Samsung’s Flip and Fold against the Motorola’s Razr+ foldable phones. Which of these foldable smartphones is better? Plus Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Nvidia and Pixar formed the Alliance for OpenUSD to promote a standard for interoperab...
2023-08-01 21:21:14 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 2023 DTNS Briefing
MONTHLY DTNS UPDATE
Hey folks,
August is often seen as a slow time but we have lots brewing this month! Our third annual experiment week is coming August 14-August 18. For that week, we replace our normal DTNS shows with interesting ta...
2023-08-01 18:12:57 +0000 UTC View PostBest of GDI July 2023
Theatremonkey put together this GDI monthly highlight reel for July 2023.
2023-08-01 16:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - The Bird Goes Down in a Blaze of Glory - DTNS 4572 Extended
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple will unveil a standard iPhone 15 model that ditch the old notch for the Dynamic Island design. P...
2023-07-31 21:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe Bird Goes Down in a Blaze of Glory - DTNS 4572 Extended
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple will unveil a standard iPhone 15 model that ditch the old notch for the Dynamic Island design. Plus Apple has officially allowed Twitter to change its name to X, in the App Store. And the U.K. Ministry of De...
2023-07-31 21:31:13 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - X Used to Mark My Spot – DTNS 4571 Extended
The first four papers from US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study, setup to see if social media was the root cause of extreme pol...
2023-07-28 21:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostX Used to Mark My Spot – DTNS 4571 Extended
The first four papers from US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study, setup to see if social media was the root cause of extreme political polarization, has been published. We examine what they found out? We discuss Mark Hill’s Wired article...
2023-07-28 21:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Making Money Now, Lose It in the Future - DTNS 4570 Extended
What is the Calyx Institute and how can people benefit from its work to enable data security and digital privacy. Reuters reports that T...
2023-07-27 21:51:24 +0000 UTC View PostMaking Money Now, Lose It in the Future - DTNS 4570 Extended
What is the Calyx Institute and how can people benefit from its work to enable data security and digital privacy. Reuters reports that Tesla has been purposely exaggerating range estimates on its line-up of EVs at full charge. And Meta released it...
2023-07-27 21:30:36 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Unfolding Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - DTNS 4569 Extended
Samsung announced several new foldable phones, tablets and smart watches. We dive into the details with Android Faithful’s Huyen Tue D...
2023-07-26 22:14:30 +0000 UTC View PostUnfolding Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - DTNS 4569 Extended
Samsung announced several new foldable phones, tablets and smart watches. We dive into the details with Android Faithful’s Huyen Tue Dao. Plus to get Twitter’s rebranding to X they needed to buy the Twitter handle from an existing user. And Ma...
2023-07-26 21:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - Apple TV Gets Messi - DTNS 4568 Extended
How will Apple’s streaming service benefit from popular soccer star Lionel Messi’s exclusive deal with Major League Soccer? Netflix ...
2023-07-25 21:54:51 +0000 UTC View PostApple TV Gets Messi - DTNS 4568 Extended
How will Apple’s streaming service benefit from popular soccer star Lionel Messi’s exclusive deal with Major League Soccer? Netflix will replace its downloads tab with “My Netflix” which it describes as a “one-stop shop tailored to you....
2023-07-25 21:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostGDI Video - X-ing Out the Bird - DTNS 4567 Extended
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s is rolling out Worldcoin, a way to provide identity validation with focus on “distinguishing humans from AI ...
2023-07-24 21:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostX-ing Out the Bird - DTNS 4567 Extended
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s is rolling out Worldcoin, a way to provide identity validation with focus on “distinguishing humans from AI online.” We discuss The Verge’s Allison Johnson’s article called “Flip phones are having a moment — a...
2023-07-24 21:26:26 +0000 UTC View Post