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Dell goes public AGAIN! Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up. Let’s go hands on with a Windows Phone themed Android launcher. And I for one WELCOME our new AI robot overlords, as AI beats human players at DOTA 2!
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A gut-wrenchingly beautiful story about art and story telling in a post apocalyptic world. Station Eleven walks us through the fall of modern society, the individuals who survive, and asks us to imagine how we might preserve our stories and art. “Existence is insufficient”.
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Some fun housekeeping this week! My OnePlus 6 camera review is now live, and I’ve updated my camera archives! I’ll be on Fox 11 tomorrow talking about smartphone camera tech! I share my thoughts using the Blackberry Key 2 for a week! I get cranky about the current state of Net Neutrality and politics! And we take some viewer questions, and my FIRST viewer video!
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I didn’t stream a show last week, so we have a LOT to catch up. Some post show E3 reactions, my OnePlus 6 review went live, and I worked a collaboration with the one and only Mr. Mobile.
Plus we still have some top headlines to check out! Google Messages app gets web support. France’s Front Youtube channel is wrecked by the same copyright legislation they support. Net Neutrality is properly dead. AND, WTF is up with the clickbait headlines around a totally normal car crash?
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THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! Self-driving cars are good to go for California! THE ROBOTS ARE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM! Alexa and Google Assistant join Cortana on the XBox.
We’ll spend some time chatting about a new round of Facebook privacy issues, our continued coverage following the Net Neutrality deathwatch, and in happier news, Asus took the wraps off a new MONSTER gaming smartphone.
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There’s a Bitcoin backlash brewing over growing energy use. Apple facing several lawsuits over MacBook construction, while it’s been disclosed they new about build issues on the iPhone 6. Canadian government votes in favor of Net Neutrality. And we continue to cover the ongoing situation between Trump, China, and ZTE.
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NVIDIA kills the GPP amid backlash and bad press, but still doesn’t disclose what the program included. Nokia is selling Withings health hardware back to Withings. I share my reactions to LG G7 reactions. Facebook matching algorithms might be helping extremists and terrorists find each other. Cambridge Analytica is re-branding as Emerdata. Tesla Motors is looking to cull contractors, but is rapidly improving battery manufacturing.
There’s a HUGE vote for Net Neutrality heating up May 9th, here’s the recent news on the federal front, state initiatives in Connecticut, New York, and California. Plus we take a look at some of the lies ISPs use to push anti-competition legislation in city and state governments.
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Samsung potentially in hot water for price fixing and antitrust RAM pricing, while also posting RECORD profits on RAM. Will Apple EVER pay their taxes? Belgium declares lootboxes ILLEGAL! GPU prices might drop. T-Mobile and Sprint merger moving forward!
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