DTNS 3279 – Plane Cheese

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

Technology, News

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Microsoft announces new features for Windows that’ll roll out by the end of the year, Walmart is buying Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, Valve says Steamlink will arrive for iOS and Android May 21st, and EA goes all in on Loot-boxes despite legal rulings against the practice in Europe.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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Quick Hits
- (01:05) Apple cracking down on applications that send location data to third-parties | 9to5 mac
- (01:40) Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Linux, BSD: All hit by same ‘serious’ security flaw | zd net
- (02:35) Critical Windows bug fixed today is actively being exploited to hack users | ars technica
- (03:10) ZTE is on life support after US ban | the verge
(03:35) Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘Redstone 5’ build introduces cloud clipboard | zd net

Walmart agrees to a $16 billion deal to buy a majority stake in India’s Flipkart

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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. Imagine sweeping through green fields,
0:56.3	floating five feet above ground. Sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your destination not a care in the world as you simply
1:07.4	lean back and before you know it you there. This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does.
1:17.0	A Vanti West Coast, feel good trouble. Do you enjoy hearing the tech news delivered by smart informed people?
1:28.0	Me too.
1:29.0	Learn more about how you can support this show at Daily Tech News Show.com.
1:33.4	slash support.
1:34.6	This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 in Los Angeles.
1:42.2	I'm Tom Merritt.
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