Covered this week; The Obamas added to the National Portrait Gallery… Uber officially puts self-driving trucks on the road… Podcasts come into their own… A list of commands that SIRI understands… Intel fights for its future… Ready Player One, the movie… Getting Net Neutrality back…
March 5, 2018
Barack and Michelle Obama appeared at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. to witness the unveiling of their official presidential portraits. Artist Kehinde Wiley painted the President, while Amy Sherald rendered the First Lady.
March 6, 2018
“Uber has been sending self-driving trucks on delivery runs across Arizona since November, the first step in what promises to be a freight transportation revolution that could radically reshape the jobs of long-haul truckers.Uber has been sending self-driving trucks on delivery runs across Arizona since November, the first step in what promises to be a freight transportation revolution that could radically reshape the jobs of long-haul truckers.”
March 7, 2018
“I used to think that podcasts were a nimble, cheap, democratic alternative to radio. And maybe, once upon a time, they were. But those days are over. Podcasting has become industrialized, in quite an exciting way. It’s shaping the future of audio-only storytelling, the future of radio—and, possibly, even the future of narrative nonfiction more broadly.”
March 8, 2018
How many using an iPhone, iPad or (newer model) Mac have ever looked into the commands that SIRI will respond to… guessing not many… and even if you have, the list is always growing… either way, perhaps it’s time to brush up on the current list assembled by Jonny Evans for Computer World.
March 9, 2018
“The Smartphone 2.0 era has destroyed many companies: Nokia, Blackberry, Palm… Will Intel be another victim, either as a result of the proposed Broadcom-Qualcomm combination, or as a consequence of a suicidal defense move?”
March 10, 2018
“Ready Player One, based on the best-selling 2011 novel by Ernest Cline, centers on a virtual reality universe called the Oasis that’s based largely on 1980s movies and video games. When Oasis creator James Halliday dies, he reveals he’s left behind an Easter egg somewhere among the game’s myriad pop culture references. The person who finds three keys and three gates that ultimately lead to the egg will inherit both Halliday’s fortune and control of the Oasis. Since the outside world continues to suck, egg hunters (called gunters) set aside their real lives to dive into the game and sift through the retro ephemera.” Now we get the movie, a review…
March 11, 2018
“On the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, Sen. Chuck Schumer said he’s trying to enlist tech companies of all sizes to get out the net neutrality vote. He’s been making calls to friends like Union Square Ventures venture capitalist Fred Wilson and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to see what they can do.”
