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Google Fuchsia update is rolling out widely to 1st-gen Nest Hubs -> Read More

Google Pixel 5a: Everything you need to know -> Read More

Reddit is quietly rolling out a TikTok-like video feed button on iOS -> Read More

Pharmacist faces 120 years in prison for selling vaccination cards on eBay -> Read More

How the latest and greatest Samsung and Apple earbuds lock you into their world -> Read More

Intel teases upcoming GPUs that will compete with NVIDIA and AMD -> Read More

API platform Postman valued at $5.6 billion in $225 million fundraise -> Read More

Spotify’s Music + Talk Show Format is Expanding Across the Globe -> Read More

Intel Says It’s ‘Winding Down’ RealSense Camera Business -> Read More

The Galaxy Z Flip is junk. -> Watch

On this weeks episode:

Michael and Antony struggle and fail at conversing anything meaningful on the Kijiko Company, but they promise to be a tad bit useful in next episode.

Apologies in advance to our loyal listeners.

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1. Facebook's Oversight Board orders a post criticizing the Myanmar coup to be restored -> Read More

2. The story of Citizen Kane's restoration -> Read More -> Read Some More

On this weeks episode:

Michael and Antony sit down with a guest who is near and dear to our hearts, a Committee Member - WESPA Tournament and Ratings Committee - Africa Region, a Doctoral Fellow at Strathmore & Sorbonne University, a Researcher, Programming Lecturer, Developer, Mentor and Scrabbler.

A positive and necessary stepping stone to many of his students lives.

Have a listen to the hosts talk teaching, scrabble and his personal projects with none other than Daniel Machanje (aka Sensei)

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3. Distress Recognition from Speech Analysis: A Pairwise Association Rules-Based Approach -> Read More

4. A 2D-Approach Towards the Detection of Distress Using Fuzzy K-Nearest Neighbor -> Read More

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1. WhatsApp gains the ability to transfer chat history between mobile operating systems -> Read More

2. China sues Tencent over WeChat Youth Mode -> Read More

3. Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed brings in $ 5.5 million startup round – TechCrunch -> Read More

4. Doximity, the LinkedIn for Doctors, Is Apparently Rampant With Vaccine Misinformation -> Read More

5. Facebook can project your eyes onto a VR headset, and it’s exactly as uncanny as it sounds -> Read More

6. How to Become More Salient? Surfacing Representation Biases of the Saliency Prediction Model -> Read More

7. New report reveals how the climate crisis is supercharging extreme weather -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

Taking a slight break from The Spoon Company…..

Antony and Michael discuss the new child protection features Apple is planning on implementing to their users.

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1. WhatsApp 'view once' brings disappearing photos and videos -> Read More

2. Not so sweet: Google responds to 'sugar daddy' Play Store app ban -> Read More

3. What I learned surrendering my life to algorithms -> Read More

4. NSA shares guidance on how to secure your wireless devices -> Read More

5. NSA and CISA share Kubernetes security recommendations -> Read More

6. Empty npm package '-' has over 700,000 downloads — here's why -> Read More

7. A man violated a restraining order by renaming his estranged wife’s Napster playlists -> Read More

8. Kenya’s Wapi Pay raises $2.2m funding to digitise Africa-Asia trade payments -> Read More

9. Twitter launches bug bounty contest to detect algorithmic bias -> Read More

10. YouTube’s $100 million Shorts Fund to challenge TikTok goes live -> Read More

11. Blizzard president 'steps down' amid sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

The Spoon Company Continues…

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, give you an in-depth perspective product development, from problem identification to solution. They do so by creating a hypothetical company named “THE SPOON COMPANY”.

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1. Nothing ear (1): AirPods Pro killer or massively overhyped? -> Read More

2. Apple tweaks controversial iOS 15 Safari changes in latest beta -> Read More

3. Banks, brokerages, PSN, the Steam Store, and more went down in massive internet outage -> Read More

4. Twitter launches US e-commerce pilot that lets users shop from profiles -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, give you an in-depth perspective product development, from problem identification to solution. They do so by creating a hypothetical company named “THE SPOON COMPANY”.

Join them in this new journey.

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1. Startups and investors are turning to micromobility subscriptions -> Read More

2. Twitter’s Snapchat-Rival Fleets Feature Comes to Fleeting End -> Read More

3. YouTube to pilot test shopping from livestreams with select creators -> Read More

4. “Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis -> Read More

5. Zoom to Acquire Five9 -> Read More

6. CNN plans to launch CNN Plus streaming service, but won’t say how much it will cost -> Read More

7. Pegasus spyware used to target phones of journalists and activists, investigation finds -> Read More

Bonus:

Colour blindness in football: Will Serie A's green kit ban make a difference? -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, share their views on how the future of tech looks like in the year 2049.

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1. The New Google Drive Will Make It Easier to Sync Your Desktop Files -> Read More

2. Brian Bowman: Apple’s IDFA change has triggered 15% to 20% revenue drops for iOS developers -> Read More

3. Anyone is building a marketplace for advice, one 5-minute call at a time -> Read More

4. Microsoft to acquire RiskIQ to strengthen cybersecurity of digital transformation and hybrid work -> Read More

5. Examining OnePlus' Performance Behaviour: Optimization or Misrepresentation? -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, share a few of their personal development heart-stopping moments.

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1. One year after expanding into Europe, Nigerian fintech Lidya raises $ 8.3M to scale loan operations -> Read More

2. Robbing The XBOX Vault: Inside a $10 MILLION Gift Card Cheat -> Read More

3. Microsoft Office is getting a major redesign -> Read More

4. Fluent Design System -> Read More

5. Instagram Is No Longer Just A Photo-Sharing App -> Read More

6. I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted -> Read More

7. Nintendo unveils an all-new Switch—but no, it’s not the Pro -> Read More

Windows 11 Related Links:

8. Microsoft won't allow Windows 11 on many older Surface devices -> Read More

9. The Windows 11 system requirements aren’t the end of the world -> Read More

10. Satya Nadella’s closing Windows 11 remarks were a direct shot across Apple’s bow -> Read More

11. Windows Processor Requirements -> Read More

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12. “Jessica we are live” -> Watch

On this weeks episode:

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, discuss the Windows 11 upgrade, hits and misses.

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1. Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces are coming to Twitter -> Read More

2. Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises $1M pre-seed for its ready-to-eat meals service -> Read More

3. What we know about China’s cryptocurrency crackdown -> Read More

4. The future of money -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, discuss mini-apps gaining all sorts of attention.

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FluidTalks News Segment:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo snub wipes billions off Coca-Cola’s market value -> Read More

2. Audi, Volkswagen data breach affects 3.3 million customers -> Read More

3. Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more -> Read More

4. NVIDIA is dropping support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 drivers -> Read More

5. Google’s first retail store opens -> Read More

6. Microsoft Store developers say they're suffering — and Microsoft isn't helping -> Read More

7. Introducing Spotify Greenroom -> Read More

8. Spotify premium subscriber count increases 21 percent to 158 million -> Read More

9. Web founder Berners-Lee to auction source code as NFT -> Read More

10. Apps Reportedly Limited to Maximum of 5GB RAM in iPadOS, Even With 16GB M1 iPad Pro -> Read More

On this weeks episode:

Co-Hosts Antony Mwathi and Michael Wanyoike, discuss the releases made during the wwdc 2021 event.

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