Tues. 05/19 - If You Virtual Build It, They Will Come

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Microsoft’s virtual version of its Build conference unleashes an array of news, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new component system for live document editing, a collaboration with Sony on embedded AI in camera sensors, a super-fast OpenAI supercomputer built on Azure, and better Linux support in Windows 10? Also, new leaks about Apple’s AR glasses, the Department of Justice slams Apple on phone encryption, Apple in negotiations to buoy Apple+ with a back catalog of programming, Walmart puts Jet.com to bed among a huge sales increase, and finally, a massive database of medical equipment service manuals comes online. Sponsors Tiny Capital MetaLab Links: Microsoft’s new PowerToys Run launcher for Windows 10 is now available to download (The Verge) Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 (The Verge) Microsoft to adapt its cloud software for healthcare industry (Reuters) Deliver better experiences, insights, and care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare (Microsoft) Microsoft’s new Fluid Office document is Google Docs on steroids (The Verge) Microsoft and Sony to create smart camera solutions for AI-enabled image sensor (ZDNet) Microsoft’s OpenAI supercomputer has 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs (Engadget) Apple’s AR Glasses! (Front Page Tech on YouTube) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News) Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray Announce Significant Developments in the Investigation of the Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting (DOJ) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News) Walmart is shutting down Jet.com 4 years after buying the company for $3.3 billion (Business Insider) Trying to Support a Local Pizza Joint? Just Make Sure It Isn’t Actually Chuck E. Cheese (Food & Wine) Introducing the World’s Largest Medical Repair Database, Free for Everyone (iFixIt) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam Ride Home for Tuesday, May 19, 20.
0:12.0	Today, Microsoft's virtual version of its Build Conference unleashes an array
0:17.0	of news, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new component system for live document editing, a collaboration with Sony on embedded AI and camera
0:26.2	sensors, a super-fast open AI, supercomputer built on Azure and better Linux Support in Windows 10.
0:34.0	Also, new leaks about Apple's AR glasses.
0:37.0	The Department of Justice slams Apple on phone encryption.
0:40.3	Apple in
0:42.8	a back catalog of programming.
0:44.4	Walmart puts Jet.com out to pasture among a huge sales increase.
0:49.7	And finally a massive database of medical equipment service manuals comes online.
0:54.8	I'm Glenn Fleischman in for Brian McCullough, and here's what you missed in the world of
0:58.9	tech today.
1:02.4	Microsoft began its build conference today, an event that normally gathers tens of
1:06.5	thousands of people into one place to watch carefully crafted demonstrations
1:10.4	and occasionally view awkward A-list and B-list celebrities act as masters of ceremonies.
1:15.0	Build has gone virtual, like all conferences, and a slew of announcements emerged today.
1:21.0	A couple of brief ironic hits to start with Microsoft Power Toys Run brings something like
1:25.7	Apple's Mac OS Spotlight to Windows 10 for the first time. Invoke it with a keystroke and enter
1:30.8	free-form text and it matches apps, running processes and handles tasks like calculation via plugins.
1:37.0	Power Toys first introduced in Windows 95 were brought back in Windows 10 as a way to add features for power users.
1:43.8	Microsoft will also improve how Linux apps work with graphical front ends within
1:48.1	Windows 10.
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