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A consortium led by the UK government purchases the satellite operator OneWeb, Reliance Jio Platforms launches JioMeet, and EU regulators are looking into Google's acquisition of FitBit.

 

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As over 500 join in a boycott of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg stated there would be no change in company policy telling staff he believes that advertisers will return to the platform eventually. Is he right or just blind to obvious discontent from users and advertisers?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Joe.

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Swiss decentralized computing company Dfinity announced its Internet Computer is now open for third-party developers to build serverless apps that do not need a host to run from the cloud. Internet Computer runs across multiple independent data centers not in server farms controlled by a single company like Amazon or Google.

Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe.

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Discord posted Tuesday that it will shift its focus from video game communication to broader community creation. What's behind the shift and what are Discord's goals?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Joe.

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Disney Research scientists and ETH Zurich published a paper on a neural-network based method for swapping faces in photos and video at a resolution high enough for use in film and TV

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Anthony Carboni, Roger Chang and Joe

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Microsoft shuts down its retail stores, verizon and Unilever join the move to pull ad money from facebook and the best TV projectors for watching in your garden.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robert Heron, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos

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Amazon launches a crime-fighting unit, Goldman Sachs won't let you use their font to criticize them and Google offers to pay publishers.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.

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Amazon wants to compete with cable TV, the scoop on whether giving up your phone passcode is self-incrimination and the first mistaken arrest involving facial recognition.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang.

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Patrick Beja weighs in on Apple's WWDC announcements.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang, Amos.

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Apple finished up their WWDC 2020 presentation this morning. What was revealed and is Apple's official news regarding their shift to in-house ARM based silicon more about what's good for Apple vs what's good for their customers?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Terrance Gaines, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Amos

 

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