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An Extra Addition: Tik-Tok and YouTube - DTNS Experiment Week Aug 09, 2022

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Charlotte Henry interviews author and journalist Chris Stokel-Walker about the power of YouTube and TikTok, and what comes next for the platforms.

Starring Charlotte Henry

The Addition - https://theaddition.substack.com

Charlotte on Twitter: twitter.com/charlotteahenry

Chris's website: https://www.stokel-walker.com

Chris on Twitter: twitter.com/stokel

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BobaTech: Squid Game and the rise of K-Dramas - DTNS Experiment Week Aug 08, 2022

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BobaTech is a podcast about the Asian-American perspective in tech and new media. In this first episode of BobaTech, Nicole introduces herself, talks about some of the latest news, and chats with long-time friend Eileen Rivera about Asian representation on the internet, Squid Game, K-dramas on Netflix, and more.

Starring Nicole Lee and Eileen Rivera

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Open Source Protein Structures - DTNS 4332 Aug 05, 2022

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Last week DeepMind announced it was releasing and making free the expanded database filled with 200 million highly accurate protein structure predictions generated by DeepMind’s AI, AlphaFold. What’s the significance of AlphaFold’s work and how will it help in other areas of research? Plus Amazon plans to buy iRobot and what’s in the cards for Warner Media’s streaming platforms after Discovery’s buyout?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Dr. Niki Ackermans, Roger Chang, Joe.

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The Surplus Surprise - DTNS 4331 Aug 04, 2022

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How can crab vision help us to see on land and in water? Why are potential podcast guests offering substantial amounts of cash to be on certain podcasts? And we examine how the chip shortage affecting automakers is causing new types of relationships to be made

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

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Non-Fungible Textbook - DTNS 4330 Aug 03, 2022

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Andy Bird the CEO of textbook publisher Pearson believes NFTs could help the company add revenue from the resale of digital textbooks. How the fall of the DSLR is emblematic of a broader shift in the digital photography industry. And NPD Group estimates that spending on video games fell $1.78 billion last quarter, down 13% on the year.

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

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RISC-y Business - DTNS 4329 Aug 02, 2022

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We look at the fine print of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. Samsung and iFixit now offer parts and tools for users to self-repair their Galaxy devices. And RISC-V is an open-sourced Instruction Set Architecture. But what does that mean in the world dominated by Arm and x86 chips and is it something to keep an eye out for?

Starring Tom Merritt, John C. Dvorak, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Brain Data Matters - DTNS 4328 Aug 01, 2022

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Where is Brain-Computer Interfaces technology currently at how much longer until its mass-market adoption. Is TikTok pushing to expand its role beyond influencing musical tastes? How have recent losses in the tech sector been reflected in large tech companies? And we learn about Dr. Philip Emeagwali contributions to parallel processing used in supercomputing and search engine servers.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Goodbye To DSLRs - Photography News Monthly 6 Jul 30, 2022

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All the big photography news for the month of July 2022. This episode Nikon says goodbye to DSLRs, big sensors come to phones, and is firmware a beta test?

Hosted by Rich Stroffolino, Anthony Lemos

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT78sdGLpWm5s_JUsSb3P_ybaDGj4jyotf5TGxjZ3AF1_mbiz9Ekfx5vy4xWXgSylINKLyrBRO1QkAc/pubhtml?gid=358612025&single=true

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DRM Secretly Polices You - DTNS 4327 Jul 29, 2022

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What’s keeping author, journalist, and activist, Cory Doctorow, from publishing his books on Audible? Plus with both houses of Congress passing the CHIPs Act and an expected approval from President Biden will the US see a renaissance in domestic chip production? And can battery swapping in EVs be a realistic alternative to long recharging times?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Cory Doctorow, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Can't We Just Have One Place to Be Social? - DTNS 4326 Jul 28, 2022

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Why are Snap and Twitter earnings less than stellar earnings this past quarter? We explore the question: is DALL-E's borrowed or stolen? And Twitter is testing status alerts with select users in the US and Australia.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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