DTNS 3277 – Microsoft Edges Toward IoT and AI
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We examine all info-packed Monday announcements from this year’s Microsoft BUILD event. Plus Robocalls are still a thing and unfortunately they’re getting worse and Spotify is not a publicly traded company.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson.
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Show Notes
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- Quick Hits
- (00:35) Fitbit gets quick replies and menstrual cycle tracking | cnet
- (00:55) Instagram code reveals upcoming music feature | tech crunch
- (01:15) Google’s IoT platform Android Things is open to all developers | engadget
- New Volvos will have Google Maps, apps, and Assistant — even if you don’t have an Android phone | the verge
- (01:50) A serious security vulnerability has been found in 7-Zip | pc gamer
- More Top Stories
- (02:15) ZTE asks U.S. Commerce Department to suspend business ban | reuters
- Chip designer Mediatek gets Taiwan nod to export goods to ZTE | reuters (04:10) Drive.ai will launch an autonomous...
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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 sees apply. |
| 0:51.6 | Check the Uber app. |
| 0:54.8 | The Daily Tech News Show is brought to you by people like me, |
| 0:57.7 | not outside organizations. |
| 0:59.6 | To learn more, go to Daily Tech News Show. |
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| 1:03.6 | This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, May 7th, 2018. |
| 1:11.4 | In Los Angeles, I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 1:13.0 | And from Studio Feline, I'm Sarah Lane. |
| 1:15.0 | Also in Los Angeles, I'm Lamar Wilson. |
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