DTNS 3318 - You NUMTOT, You!
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
After a recent spate of violence instigated via WhatsApp the Indian government is asking the app maker for help in cracking down on irresponsible messaging blamed for inflaming tensions. But what can WhatsApp really do and what civic and legal responsibilities do messaging platforms aren't used to incite violence.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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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 travel. This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, July 5th, 2018 in Los Angeles. |
| 1:37.6 | I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 1:38.6 | And for Studio FELI, I'm Sarah Lane. |
| 1:40.6 | From Oakland, California, I'm Justin Robert Yea. |
| 1:43.0 | And of course with us is our producer, Roger Chang. |
| 1:48.0 | Hello everyone. |
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