What Does Apocalyptic Mean Anymore Anyway?
Hi folks,
I had a really fun week of podcasting this week, including taping an episode of Rishi Bee's health-oriented podcast while talking Twin Peaks. More on that soon.
But first a serious topic. Security. This may not be for all of you but some of you are trying to keep your co-workers secure while a lot of them are still working remote. I did a Top 5 tips for remote security for Tech Republic that might be handy.
The highlight of my week was being on Dan Campos show talking about how we view apocalyptic stories in this pandemic and somewhat apocalyptic world we live in. Always love being on a show with Dan and he had an all-star lineup of authors that it was a privilege to be include with. Check out our post-apocalyptic discussion on Palomazos S1E150 - Post Apocalyptic Past.
Also Google is pushing the RCS protocol for text messaging. Something Apple doesn't support. But RCS is a standard, not a Google thing. If you want the whole mess explained, I have an episode of Know A Little More About RCS.
Finally, the audio book of the Girl at the Bottom of the Lake rolls on at my writer's Patreon. Chapters 16-17 really change everything around as Kel does something only a Dimension Ranger should be able to do.
Hope you're having a great weekend. Hang in there everybody!
Tom
Right Clicking Is Not A Crime - DTNS 4132 — play.acast.com
Tesla launched an auto insurance product in Texas that uses “real-time driving behavior” that it will use “to evaluate your premium based on your actual driving.” Apple employees are organizing under the name Apple Too, to collect stories of workers who have experienced harassment or discrimination. Tuesday, a reported with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state of Missouri that social security numbers of school teachers and administrators were vulnerable to public exposure on the Missouri department of education’s website.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Cordkillers 379 – Janeway Murdered Tupac! (w/ Brian Dunaway) — cordkillersaudio.wordpress.com HBO gets a surprise hit in their Soprano’s sequel. Are franchise expansions a resilient tactic or just a lucky shot? Timothee Chalamet tries to be a sexy, young Willy Wonka? All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Brian Dunaway. This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: Ted Lasso (212), What We Do in the … Continue reading Cordkillers 379 – Janeway Murdered Tupac! (w/ Brian Dunaway) →
Robots with Guns: What Could Go Wrong? - DTNS 4131 — play.acast.com
Facebook announced a research project called Ego4D, to improve AI analysis of first-person, video. Sony knows it’s not going to be able to make enough PS5s to meet demand so it’s started a registration where US PSN users can sign up for the opportunity to buy a PS5. US Senators Chuck Grassley, Amy Klobuchar, Lindsey Graham and Richard Durbin, have backed a bill Thursday that would prohibit tech platforms from favoring their own products or services.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Charlotte Henry, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Healthy, Healthy Headphones - DTNS 4130 — play.acast.com
Reddit launched a new feature called “Predictions”, a spinoff of Reddit Polls that have become popular in subreddits. The Amazon India private-brands team secretly exploited internal data from Amazon.in to copy products and then offered knock-off versions on the platform. And Wall Street Journal sources say Apple is looking at using Airpods as a health device.
Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Blocking Me Softly from His Tweets - DTNS 4129 — play.acast.com
A Swiss Federal Institute of Technology robotics engineering student Ken Pillonel stuffed a USB-C port that can transfer data as well as charge into an iPhone X. A San Francisco court orders Tesla to pay $136.9 million to a former contract employee who alleged discrimination and hostile work environment, and Microsoft and Nvidia created the Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation model or MT-NLP which they call the “most powerful monolithic transformer language model trained to date”.
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No Glam, Only -ping - It's a Thing 184 — play.acast.com
Tom finds the new thing for getting away from home and Molly is making the show spicy with a new thing. Then Tom confirms Molly's eternal prediction, while Molly finds the latest thing from the binge bucket.
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About RCS — dailytechnewsshow.com Tom dives in to the world of text messaging, explaining what RCS is and how it’s probably not what you’re expecting. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the theme music. Thanks to GarrettContinue reading "About RCS"
Palomazos S1E150 - Post Apocalyptic Past ~ Churros y Palomitas — www.churrosypalomitas.com Churros y palomitas, donde hablamos de lo bonito del séptimo arte
Top 5 tips for remote security - TechRepublic — www.techrepublic.com With more workers at home than ever before, security has become an even bigger concern. Tom Merritt shows us how to be extra safe.