The Internet Is Mainstream - DTNS 3859
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg announced several steps the company is taking to prevent misinformation ahead of the 2020 US election. We examine them to see if they're actually effective or just PR theater.
Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, 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. 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. |
| 0:48.8 | Trains, now on Uber. |
| 0:50.5 | T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:58.8 | Coming up on DTNS, the secret trend of digital gardens. Burger King Tech accelerates, and does Facebook's election add policy deserve the term policy. |
| 1:05.1 | This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 in Los Angeles. I'm Tom Errett. |
| 1:14.4 | In lovely Cleveland, Ohio, I'm Rich Stratholino. From Oakland, California, I'm Justin |
| 1:19.5 | Robert Young. I'm the show's producer, Roger Chane. |
| 1:22.4 | Sarah Lane has a well-deserved day off. I'm the show's producer, Roger Chane. |
| 1:23.0 | Sarah Lane has a well-deserved day off today and tomorrow, but we were just talking about |
| 1:29.7 | the movie Mulan. |
| 1:31.2 | We were talking about a New York Times article that we might get some |
| 1:34.5 | antitrust lawsuit filed by the US government against Google. If you want that |
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