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Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

Technology, News

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

It's not a good week for Facebook. After two antitrust lawsuits were launched against Facebook in the US Wednesday, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office announced it is investigating Facebook's requirement that users have a Facebook account to log in to an Oculus VR devices. The office believes the practice "could constitute a prohibited abuse of dominance by Facebook." We examine new allegations and explain what they might mean for the social media giant.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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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.
0:31.8	Attention. Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in
0:40.6	Uber credits to spend on your next train journey, so no excuses not to visit your in-laws
0:46.1	this Christmas. Trains, now on Uber. Tees and seas apply. Check the Uber.
0:52.1	Imagine you. You in a nice comfy seat, with your hands behind your head, taking in the views,
1:01.8	instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap.
1:06.0	That's the bliss of getting where you need to go without worrying about driving.
1:11.0	Book your train journey via at the antiewest coast.co. UK and we'll take
1:16.1	you there. avantewest coast feel-good travel. Coming up on DTS, the US National Weather Service is running out of internet.
1:29.0	Why the US might be suing Facebook for the wrong thing, and an iPhone with a game-worn Steve Jobs
1:35.8	turtle-neck clipping.
1:40.3	This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, December 10th, 2020 in Los Angeles.
1:44.2	I'm John Merritt.
1:45.2	And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane.
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