Daily Tech News Show

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June 01, 2023 There’s No Moore’s Law for Autonomous Cars – DTNS 4532
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Instagram that a Quest 3 VR headset will come out this autumn. A 128 GB version will cost $499.99. BeReal is testing a chat feature available to users in Ireland called RealChat. It lets users send messages, images, and reactions to friends in private whenever they want. Timothy B.Continue reading "There’s No Moore’s Law for Autonomous Cars – DTNS 4532"
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June 01, 2023 There's No Moore's Law for Autonomous Cars - DTNS 4532
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Instagram that a Quest 3 VR headset will come out this autumn. A 128 GB version will cost $499.99. BeReal is testing a chat feature available to users in Ireland called RealChat. It lets users send messages, images, and reactions to friends in private whenever they want. Timothy B. Lee of Ars Technica recently published a post arguing that this “death of self-driving cars” is itself greatly exaggerated.

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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30 min
May 31, 2023 Cooking Up Language Learning – DTNS 4531
Twitter plans on expanding its Community Notes feature where volunteer contributors can add context to posts in order to combat misinformation. If the notes are voted as helpful, they show up for all Twitter users. Language learning app Memrise is launching a Discord integration for its Membot and website. At Computex, Nvidia showed off theContinue reading "Cooking Up Language Learning – DTNS 4531"
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May 31, 2023 Cooking Up Language Learning - DTNS 4531
Twitter plans on expanding its Community Notes feature where volunteer contributors can add context to posts in order to combat misinformation. If the notes are voted as helpful, they show up for all Twitter users. Language learning app Memrise is launching a Discord integration for its Membot and website. At Computex, Nvidia showed off the ability to talk in natural language to NPCs via its Avatar Cloud Engine, or ACE for Games. Is it something game devs will be looking into or is it just a fancy tech demo?

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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31 min
May 30, 2023 Teacher, What Do You Meme? – DTNS 4530
We check out the latest announcements from the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, Taiwan including Nvidia’s trillion dollar valuation. TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling highlighted a new edtech startup called Antimatter that’s trying to turn this on its head by turning memes into learning tools. And could AI herald the extinction of the human race? Some AIContinue reading "Teacher, What Do You Meme? – DTNS 4530"
31 min
May 30, 2023 Teacher, What Do You Meme? - DTNS 4530
We check out the latest announcements from the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, Taiwan including Nvidia’s trillion dollar valuation. TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling highlighted a new edtech startup called Antimatter that’s trying to turn this on its head by turning memes into learning tools. And could AI herald the extinction of the human race? Some AI researchers believe so. But what do we think?

Starring Rich Stroffolino, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe.

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30 min
May 29, 2023 Nvidia Demos Talking to NPCs with Natural Language - DTH
Nvidia demoed its ACE for Games tech to let gamers talk to NPCs with natural language, JioCinema sets a concurrent streaming record, and Mark Gurman gets an early hands on with Meta's Quest 3 headset.

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4 min
May 26, 2023 Digital Twins Inform Digital Models – DTNS 4529
Rob DeMillo – Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is here to explain the nuances of digital twins and how they relate to digital models and what’s important from a developers point of view. YouTube TV may have the rights to show NFL Sunday Ticket to home users in the US, but ifContinue reading "Digital Twins Inform Digital Models – DTNS 4529"
35 min
May 26, 2023 Digital Twins Inform Digital Models - DTNS 4529
Rob DeMillo – Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is here to explain the nuances of digital twins and how they relate to digital models and what's important from a developers point of view. YouTube TV may have the rights to show NFL Sunday Ticket to home users in the US, but if you go to a bar, the games will still come from DirecTV. We explain the licensing rules around this deal.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Joe.

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32 min
May 25, 2023 Keeping the “Human” in HR – DTNS 4528
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued new guidance on a company’s responsibility to ensure algorithmically driven HR tools don’t deliver results that violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. We explain what it all means and its impact. EC for the internal market, Thierry Breton, said it will work with Alphabet to develop voluntary regulations for AI. Sony announced a game streaming handheld, called Project Q. What does it do and what’s the strategy behind it?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Megan Morrone, Roger Chang, Joe.

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31 min