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Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

Technology, News

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Saturday JD.com became the first virtual platform to accept digital yuan, the government's official digital currency. Is this a watershed moment for government issued digital currency?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, 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. 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.
0:47.3	Trains, now on Uber.
0:50.6	Tees and seas apply.
0:51.6	Check the Uber app. The Beatles, Now and Then.
0:56.6	The Last Beatle's song. Out now.
1:05.0	Out now.
1:07.0	Coming up on D.T.
1:11.0	The walls fall on music services and smart speakers, why China is pushing
1:15.5	an official digital currency and transparent OLED sliding doors that can say hi to you. This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, December 7th, 2020 in Los Angeles.
1:30.0	I'm Tom Merritt.
1:31.0	And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane.
1:33.2	And I'm the show's producer, Roger Chang.
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