A Facepalm for Facial Recognition - DTNS 3809
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Amazon wants to compete with cable TV, the scoop on whether giving up your phone passcode is self-incrimination and the first mistaken arrest involving facial recognition.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang.
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| 0:00.0 | A tech demo shows off the usual tech things. |
| 0:03.7 | Then I'm going to jump to a link using the usual tech devices. |
| 0:07.0 | We have a pointing device called a mouse. |
| 0:09.0 | Doing the usual tech productivity tasks. |
| 0:11.4 | Now we're connected audio. You can see my work, you can point at it, and I can see |
| 0:15.7 | your face and we can talk. Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda for the |
| 0:20.5 | next half century, then almost immediately be ignored. |
| 0:24.4 | The mother of all demos on NOAA Little More. |
| 0:27.6 | Get it wherever you get your podcasts. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:40.4 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride. |
| 0:44.3 | So you don't have to walk home in the rain again. |
| 0:48.8 | Trains, now on Uber. |
| 0:50.5 | T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:58.4 | Coming up on DTNS, Amazon wants to compete with cable TV. The scoop on whether giving up your phone pass code is self-incrimination |
| 1:01.9 | and the first mistaken arrest involving |
| 1:04.9 | facial recognition. This is the daily tech news for Wednesday, June 24th, |
| 1:11.6 | 2020 in Los Angeles. I'm Tom Merritt. And from studio... for Wednesday, June 24th, 2020. |
| 1:12.8 | In Los Angeles, I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 1:14.4 | And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane. |
| 1:16.5 | In Salt Lake City, I'm Scott Johnson. |
| 1:18.8 | I'm the show's producer, Roger Shane. |
| 1:21.2 | Folks, we were just talking about old-timey baseball cards, five and dimes and all kinds of good stuff. |
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