Shelved Robots- DTNS 3900
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Voice assistants may learn when you are talking to them, Walmart foregoes robots...for now, and where are visual effects artists getting paid?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nicole Lee, Amos, 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. |
| 0:31.6 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats so you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone |
| 0:46.4 | else's. |
| 0:49.4 | Trains now on Uber. |
| 0:50.8 | Tees and sees apply. |
| 0:51.7 | Check the Uber app. |
| 1:00.8 | Coming up on DTNS, is it the end of the wake word for voice assistance? Why China Made Ant Group cancel its huge IPO and Walmart calls time on shelf scanning |
| 1:06.3 | robots. |
| 1:10.3 | This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 in Los Angeles. |
| 1:14.6 | I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 1:15.6 | And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane. |
| 1:18.2 | And producing today's show, I'm Amos. |
| 1:20.6 | Yes, Roger Chang has the week off, but thank you Amos for jumping in and filling in. |
| 1:25.0 | We're also joined today by Nicole Lee, senior editor Ed and Gadget. How's it going, Nicole? |
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