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On this episode of tech this week we have gathered some of the tech events that took place the previous week. Starting with Facebook’s new brand and Metaverse, US officials requesting Signal for user data, World food program requesting Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to donate part of their wealth as well as many more News.

Episode Timeline

00:30 Facebook rebrands the company with a new name and logo

07:17 Facebook building a Metaverse and focusing the company more on that product.

23:30 China pro-democracy and pro-Beijing open Wikipedia edit wars.

27:50 World food program asks Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for a donation that can help with world hunger.

33:12 US officials ask Signal for private user data

36:12 Microsoft beats Apple at being the most valuable company

38:15 Reviews for the new Macbook Pro 16 and 14 inches are out.

40:45 Two Chinese institutes announce that they have reached the maximum quantum computing level.

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MacBook Pro – M1 Max and M1 Pro Review

Google Pixel 6 Review

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On the 54th episode of Zemach FM, we are discussing about Samsung. How the company got started, how it grew fast, what products and services it offers as well as the current state of the company.

Episode Timeline

01:45 Episode introduction

04:30 Where did Samsung get started

05:26 When did Samsung get started. What was their first product

06:15 What does Samsung mean?

07:15 Starting to produce raw materials.

08:00 Getting started with electronics production.

09:45 The Samsung data system

10:25 The passing of Lee Byung-Chul

11:10 Changing how Samsung work

12:20 The start of smartphone production

13:20 The Samsung smart devices family

13:50 Samsung’s leaders and their trouble with the law

17:30 The smartphone section of Samsung

18:30 The Samsung smartphone series

23:30 Some other series of Samsung phone

24:20 The Samsung tablet series

26:50 Samsung’s Laptop series

27:25 Samsung semiconductors

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Like our previous news episodes, we bring you together some of the tech events and happenings that took place the previous week. Starting with the Apple Unleashed event, Google Pixel’s 6 release and specs, Elon Musk on the route of being the first trillionaire on earth, Donald trump’s Social media App, and Much more.

Episode Timeline

00:41 The Apple unleashed event and the new M1 Pro macs.

09:15 The Pixel 6 event, Specs and Price

14:28 Facebook rebranding with a new name

18፡06 Twitter spaces to come to all users

19:51 Elon musk might become the first trillionaire on earth.

21:25 Donald Trump set to release his own social media App, the Truth Social.

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Apple event highlight

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Like usual on our tech this week episode, we bring together some of the technology news that took place the previous week. Starting with Chinas longest mission to space, Starlink launching a half gigabyte internet connection for air transports, Windows 11 having lower performance on Ryzen chips, and more.

Episode Timeline

01:55 Starlink to launch a half gigabyte internet connection on airplanes

03:56 China launches a 6-month space mission

06:35 Windows 11 makes AMD CPUs perform much slower

11:00 A brain chip that removes negative thoughts from patients tested

15:55 Saudi based human rights activist suing Twitter for allegedly giving his information to Saudi government officials

18:33 Moscow launches a facial recognition payment method to its metro stations

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On this episode of Zemach FM, we talk about Netscape. As the first commercial browser, Netscape have had its fair share of contribution to the internet we experience today. We will discuss how Netscape got started, the reason for its downfall, how it paved the way for Mozilla, and What the Mozilla project is working on currently.

Episode Timeline

04:30 Episode introduction

07:15 How and when was Netscape founded

08:15 The story of Mosaic and its contribution to Netscape

10:40 The Beta version – Mosaic Netscape

12:10 The next version of Netscape navigator

13:40 The internal name for Netscape – Mosaic killer

14:30 The IPO of Netscape

16:15 The beginning of Netscapes down fall through Windows 95

20:55 Early features of Netscape and their contribution to the internet

24:13 Companies that bought Netscape

27:40 The Mozilla project

29:05 How was the Mozilla project started

30:00 The first version of the Mozilla version Phoenix

32:00 The initial release of Firefox

33:40 The firefox operating system

35:00 Current products of the Mozilla foundation

38:00 Some contributions of Firefox and facts

40:30 Contribution of the MDN documentation for developers

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On this news episode, we are discussing the events and tech news that took place the previous week. Starting with the hottest news of the week Facebooks whistleblower and outage, Teslas plan to move its headquarters to Texas, Canvas 40 Billion dollar valuation and much more.

Episode Timeline

00:22 Frances Haugen becomes a whistleblower on Facebook and testifies in Congress.

12:13 The Guardian reports that the Ethiopian government is building it’s own version of Facebook.

13:33 Facebook experiences a 6 hour outage in all it’s core platforms Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

18:00 EBCs Facebook page got compromised.

23:06 An Oxford study shows IOS devices take background data like Android devices.

29:56 Google announces a 1 Billion dollar investment in Africa.

31:55 Canva evaluated at 40 Billion dollar.

32:51 Tesla moving its headquarter to Texas.

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On the 51th episode of Zemach FM we are taking a look at Netflix as a company and go through it’s profile. We will try to see the history of the company, who the founders are, what kind of challenges it passed throughout its time, and some Facts about the company.

Episode Timeline

02:10 Episode title introduction

04:22 how was Netflix founded

06፡12 How was Netflix’s rental service different from other rental services

07:30 Who were the founders of Netflix

09:10 Moving to subscription-based plan

10:25 The relationship between blockbuster

12:09 The naming of the Company

13:00 How did the idea of the company came up

14:40 The timeline of the company’s growth

16:30 IPO of Netflix

17:15 The resignation of the co-founder Marc

18:50 The beginning of the streaming service

22:00 The Netflix Originals and Amazon’s Streaming Service

27:00 Launch of Disney +, HBO MAX, Apple TV, and other streaming services

33:01 Some stats from Netflix

35:00 Money spent by Netflix to produce content

37:30 Streaming traffic stats

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As usual on our tech this week episode we bring together some of the tech news that took place the previous week. Netflix getting sued by south Korean ISP over high bandwidth rate during Squid game premiere, Facebook building a high-speed subsea cable to connect Africa with Europe and the Middle East, Amazon’s new Astro bot, and more other news are compiled together for our listeners this week.

Episode Timeline

00:22 South Korean ISP sues Netflix over high bandwidth usage during Squid Game premiere

03:00 YouTube banns Russian state Television channel over COVID-19 misinformation

06:40 Facebook planning to build a high-speed subsea cable that connects Africa with Europe and the Middle East.

09:18 Facebook accused of reading WhatsApp messages

12:12 Amazon announces a new home robot “Astro” powered by Alexa.

14:42 Japan breaks the Fastest internet connection record by 329 Terabytes per second.

16:46 Macbook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch display settings discovered in MacOs Monteray public beta.

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On the 50th episode of Zemach FM, we take a look at the history and the current state of Twitter. We see how a company that started as a podcasting app pivoted into a state of the art social media. We also see what implementations the company is currently working on.

Episode Timeline

03:55 Episode title introduction

06:20 What was the first product of Twitter?

08:00 How was the process of pivoting into a social media.

08:50 The first version of Twitter using an SMS interface.

10:15 Who was the first CEO of Twitter.

12:42 The second CEO of Twitter, Evan Williams.

13:20 Evan William’s buy-out.

15:20 The rapid growth of Twitter

17:45 The requirement of account verification.

19:00 The source of controversy in the company

21:00 A reminder of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet NFT

23:20 Some statistics from Twitter.

26:22 Some products and features of Twitter.

28:22 The Twitter Deck dashboard.

30:15 Twitter spaces

35:30 The reason behind no edit button and character limits in Twitter.

37:50 Some facts about Twitter

42:45 Twitter’s biggest hack.

48:45 The Twitter community in Ethiopia.

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On the new tech this wee episode, we bring together some of the news in the tech world that took place the previous week. Starting with the EU’s new rule to enforce USB-C as a charging method for all smartphones, Netflix’s new free subscription plan, the new Surface 8, Google blocking old Android versions from using its service, and more.

Episode Timeline

00:24 China bans cryptocurrency transactions.

02:10 Netflix starts a free subscription plan for Android users in Kenya.

04:45 European union passed a law that enforces smartphones to use USB-C for their charging ports.

10:35 Google announces that it will be blocking Maps, G-Mail, and YouTube on older Android devices.

12:20 Microsoft announces new Surface products.

18:10 Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer announced that he will be leaving Facebook.

20:35 California passed a new law that enforces all autonomous vehicles to be carbon neutral by the end of 2030.

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