Fanboy Freakout! - DTNS 4669
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Why are big name game developers like Insomniac targets of ransomware attacks? Scott Johnson shares his thoughts. Plus Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down officially December 29th. Who will Microsoft find to replace him? And Amazon may be setting itself up to get baseball streaming rights in the messiest way possible. We explain.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, 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 |
| 0:46.2 | this Christmas. |
| 0:49.2 | Trains, now on Uber. Tees and seas apply. |
| 0:51.7 | Check the Uber app. |
| 0:52.6 | At three business, we think you should get more for less. |
| 0:56.6 | With our boundless business offer, the whole team gets unlimited calls, data, and |
| 1:02.1 | texts. And the more Sims you buy, the more you'll save. |
| 1:07.0 | All on the UK's fastest 5G network. That's what we call big value. |
| 1:12.4 | Search three business or visit us. That's what we call big value. |
| 1:16.0 | Search three business or visit us in store. Unlimited in the UK based on Ucla speed test intelligence data H1 202023. |
| 1:21.0 | C3.co. UK. |
| 1:29.5 | This frontier of Daily Tech News Show is made possible by you, the listener. Thanks to you, Vince Power, Rodrigo Smith Zapata, John and Becky Johnston, and brand new patrons. |
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