What's New is Old

What's New is Old

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What's New is Old episodes

  • Go Rift Yourself
    Mark, Wes, & SteveO at a secret location in Oakland, CA.
    Sites of Interest:
    Oculus Rift Review: VR’s Rising Star Isn’t Ready for the Mainstream
    The first totally immersive home virtual reality rig is a pricey, awkward, isolating—and occasionally brilliant—glimpse of the future of computing.
    SoundCloud Launches Its Subscription Service, Go
    SoundCloud is launching a subscription service. It's called Go. It's $9.99 a month, with a 30-day-free demo. It's ad-free. But most importantly, it has nearly 100 million more tracks (give or take five million... but who's counting) than Spotify.
    FBI vs. Apple: How both sides were winners and losers
    In a dramatic turn of events Monday, the FBI dropped its case against Apple Inc. after the federal agency said it found a way to gain access to Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone 5c without the tech giant's help. That ended a heated faceoff that highlighted the growing tensions between law enforcement...
    Automat
    An automat is a fast food restaurant where simple foods and drink are served by vending machines.
    Microsoft accidentally revives Nazi AI chatbot Tay, then kills it again
    A week after Tay's first disaster, the bot briefly came back to life today.
    Google has also been Ordered to Unlock 9 Android Phones
    It's not just Apple, Google Has Also Been Ordered to Unlock 9 Android Phones since 2012.
    Microsoft Build: the 10 most important announcements
    Every year, Microsoft holds a developer event called "Build." And recently, those events have gone from snoozers to exciting showcases. Microsoft has a winner with Windows 10 (as long as you ignore...
    Microsoft knows we will lose in robot war, argues for coexistence
    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a respected leader of one of the world's largest and most important technology companies, speaks as if humanity lives on the cusp of science-fiction. At today's...
    Giant remote-controlled beetles and 'biobot' insects could replace drones
    After the Tesla Model 3 launches this week, the world will know if Elon Musk called the electric-car future correctly
    It is Elon Musk’s moment of truth.
    Over the last dozen years, the serial entrepreneur and inventor has built a buzzing fervor from Wall Street to Silicon Valley by accomplishing the improbable—erecting a globe-spanning automobile company from scratch. His Tesla Motors is the only such success in at least a half-century. In that time, scores of automaking ventures with global ambition have brightly launched, only to stall, fail, and, in the best cases, get picked over at pennies on the dollar.
    46 min
  • I'm Tay
    Mark, Wes, & SteveO at a secret location in Oakland, CA.
    Sites of Interest:
    Microsoft says it's making 'adjustments' to Tay chatbot after Internet 'abuse'
    Microsoft's 'social experiment' revealed a lot about Internet culture.
    FBI director says fight with Apple about terrorism, not setting precedent
    "You are simply wrong to assert that the FBI and the Justice Department lied...."
    Apple is boring now
    At a lightning-fast press event yesterday (March 21), Apple announced a spate of product updates. A year ago, it unveiled the new MacBook laptop and told us when the Apple Watch—its first entirely new product in five years—would be available. At yesterday’s event, Apple’s big reveal was a smaller iPhone and iPad.
    Once thought safe, DDR4 memory shown to be vulnerable to “Rowhammer”
    New research finds "bitflipping" attacks may pose more risk than many admit. (10KB)
    Israeli Firm Reportedly Helping FBI Crack San Bernardino Phone (Updated)
    Cellebrite is a firm that specializes in mobile forensics.
    U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone
    A court hearing set for Tuesday was canceled in the Justice Department’s bid to gain access to phone data in the San Bernardino mass shooting inquiry.
    Apple announces four-inch iPhone SE and smaller iPad Pro
    Apple unveiled a new, smaller iPhone SE and iPad as well as new Watch bands on Monday.
    Regulators Are Woefully Underprepared for A.I. They Could Learn From Go Champion Lee Sedol.
    This article is part of Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, New America, and Slate. On Thursday, March 24, Future Tense, New
    A victim of the dot-com bust shares five pieces of advice for startups caught in today's 'bubble'
    As someone who did it wrong the first time, here's here biggest advice for today's startups:
    Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat
    The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease.
    46 min
  • BART Idiot Hall of Fame
    Mark, Wes, & SteveO at a secret location in Oakland, CA.
    Sites of Interest:
    Google I/O 2016 is Fast Approaching: Android N, Nexus 7 (2016) and More - Neurogadget
    Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world. For this group, there is nothing that excites them more than the annual Google I/O. Usually, the company uses this event to unveil its newest hardware and software developments. As a result, industry experts are already up and running, trying to figure out what
    Text-To-Speech in 1846 Involved a Talking Robotic Head With Ringlets
    Meet the Euphonia, a machine that boasted the ability to replicate human speech.
    The Voder - Homer Dudley (Bell Labs) 1939
    FCC to propose monthly broadband subsidy for the poor
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday will announce a monthly subsidy for broadband internet access in low-income households, The New York Times reports, in an effort to narrow a d...
    Apple exec: FBI could make us spy on Americans with iPhone cameras or microphones
    He argued that providing the FBI with the so-called back door to a user's iPhone data would be a slippery slope that could create a dangerous precedent.
    ISS Astronauts Test Out Microsoft HoloLens in Space
    And they got a little distracted when they found the Alien Invaders game.
    Star Wars meets The Princess Bride - The Chatty Duelists
    Ultimate List of Free Essential Software | Money Tip Central
    Free software can save you hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars. The software listed below is completely free, is completely legal, and...
    46 min
  • Tap that Dot!

    Mark, Wes, & SteveO at a secret location in Oakland, CA.

    Sites of Interest:

    • Google I/O 2016 is Fast Approaching: Android N, Nexus 7 (2016) and More - Neurogadget
      Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world. For this group, there is nothing that excites them more than the annual Google I/O. Usually, the company uses this event to unveil its newest hardware and software developments. As a result, industry experts are already up and running, trying to figure out what
    • Text-To-Speech in 1846 Involved a Talking Robotic Head With Ringlets
      Meet the Euphonia, a machine that boasted the ability to replicate human speech.
    • The Voder - Homer Dudley (Bell Labs) 1939
    • FCC to propose monthly broadband subsidy for the poor
      The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday will announce a monthly subsidy for broadband internet access in low-income households, The New York Times reports, in an effort to narrow a d...
    • Apple exec: FBI could make us spy on Americans with iPhone cameras or microphones
      He argued that providing the FBI with the so-called back door to a user's iPhone data would be a slippery slope that could create a dangerous precedent.
    • ISS Astronauts Test Out Microsoft HoloLens in Space
      And they got a little distracted when they found the Alien Invaders game.
    • Star Wars meets The Princess Bride - The Chatty Duelists
    • Ultimate List of Free Essential Software | Money Tip Central
      Free software can save you hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars. The software listed below is completely free, is completely legal, and...
    46 min
  • Mark Actually Whipped The Llama's Ass
    Mark Bernay & Wes get together once a week to eat dinner and chew and slurp into a microphone. Oh, yeah, we also discuss the latest technology and Internet news and often relate the new items to older technology.
    46 min
  • We make the Internet great again
    Mark and Wes at a secret location in Oakland, CA.
    Sites of Interest:
    The Innernette
    A Brief History of AOL
    USB - Micro SD card reader, butt plug and data storage dongle!
    No UI is the New UI; i.e. the return of the command prompt
    Examples of modern apps based on a messaging interface: Slack, Campfire, Operator.
    Order an Uber using Facebook Messenger
    You can now play Chess in Facebook Messenger
    All Bluetooth devices will be able to access the Internet directly without going through a computer.
    Use AirPlay to wirelessly stream content from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
    An Internet of Things that will number ten billions
    IPv6 deployment
    SoundCloud is in major trouble
    Who bought the most expensive album ever made?
    Martin Shkreli tried to buy another album, was scammed for $15million?
    Einstein was right about ripples in spacetime!
    But Einstein kept changing his mind.
    How Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s words were freed from old floppy disks
    Andy Warhol's Amiga computer art found 30 years later
    The Internet Archive wants your goddamn AOL CDs
    Internet Archive: Classic PC Games, MS-DOS games, arcade games
    Time Inc Acquires Viant, Owner Of Myspace
    Alternatives for Facebook: Ello, Peach
    Circuit City is coming back
    History of electronics stores Good Guys and Circuit City
    Gorilla Arm prediction for touchscreen monitors
    46 min
  • Dad Bod
    mark, wes, and steveo at a secret location in oakland, ca.
    Show notes can be found on the main www.slurpcast.com site
    46 min
  • Mark once petted Johnny Knoxville's Cat.
    Mark, Wes, and Tdawg at King Valley Chinese Restaurant in Pinole, CA.
    Sites of Interest:
    Chai Energy
    ZigBee protocol
    Heart surgeon visualized a tricky operation with Google Cardboard
    You too can play surgery with Cardboard
    You can get your Google Cardboard here
    View-Master Virtual Reality
    Samsung Gear VR powered by Oculus
    Oculus Rift pre-order
    VR sickness
    Don’t Fear Artificial Intelligence
    Our Fear of Artificial Intelligence
    Movie Ex Machina
    Books About AI That You MUST Read, According to Ex Machina's Alex Garland
    Elon Musk, Silicon Valley Elite Launch 'Open' AI With $1 Billion
    Microsoft Band 2
    Mapping the wiring diagram of brains
    Li-Chen Wang and Tiny Basic
    Linguistic analysis of Donald Trump's language
    Highlights from CES 2016
    Apple CarPlay
    Microsoft is bringing Windows 10 and Office 365 to your car's dashboard
    Microsoft SPOT, the first real connected smartwatch for the masses
    Raspberry Pi Zero
    PINE A64, First $15 64-Bit Single Board Super Computer
    Whistle GPS Tracker for dogs
    10 Lifesaving Location Devices for Forgetful Patients
    Why are baby seats aimed backwards?
    UK television detection vans
    46 min
  • Is Trump as HUGE as Steve Jobs?
    Mark, Wes, and Steve-o at California Pizza Kitchen in Emeryville, CA.
    Sites of Interest:
    San Jose, CA's City Hall has a glass rotunda
    Pixar Headquarters and the Legacy of Steve Jobs
    Battle of the Santa Trackers
    How to find your Uber passenger rating
    How to call an Uber car from within Facebook Messenger
    The Scottish are very cheap
    Electronic Muscle Stimulation: TENS unit , Slendertone
    First Ever "Fat Burning"/Shaker Machine
    Scott Adams, author of Dilbert, has a blog that often discusses Donald Trump as a powerful persuader
    Trumps's crazy-sounding ideas are really the extreme opening offer of a negotiation
    Did Donald Trump really kill a professional football league?
    Donald Trump would be richer if he'd have invested in index funds
    Donald Trump on reporters: "I would never kill them, but I do hate them"
    DNC Is Burying Debates on Saturday nights to Help Hillary Clinton
    Steve-o's five favorite dating sites/apps: Happn, Tinder, Hinge, OK Cupid, Coffee Meets Bagel
    Rumblr, the "Tinder for fighting" app -- turns out to be a hoax
    SpaceX Rocket In Great Shape After Historic Landing
    Judge Rules Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to US to Face Charges
    A lot of what we said about Kim Dotcom was wrong. Here is the real story.
    The website kim.com has a fascinating panel discussion with him, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, and Robert Amsterdam.
    Meet Darknet, the hidden, anonymous underbelly of the searchable Web.
    34 min

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Mark Bernay & Wes get together once a week to eat dinner and chew and slurp into a microphone. Oh, yeah, we also discuss the latest technology and Internet news and often relate the new items to…