Do you own a drone? Do you plan on owning a drone at some point in the future? Do you live in the United States or its territories? Bad news:
Its very likely that your name and address will be publicly available in a government maintained database. You will of course be billed $5 by the FAA for the privilege.
It has been entirely too long since I last recorded a podcast… that’s been for various reasons, safe to say none of the excuses are quite that good, but seeing all the people listening while I was away encouraged me to start again. So here’s a fresh one for you
Elon Musk and several Silicon Valley big shots set aside a Billion dollars for public AI research, The University of Washington cracks into the lucrative field of Virtual Tom Hanks, Paris Climate talks reach an actual resolution, and acting gets an auto-tune boost from Disney Research Labs.
And this podcast returns from a quite long hiatus…
Want to read more?
What Makes Tom Hanks Look Like Tom Hanks [Research Abstract]
The Paris Climate Agreement Would Be A Great First Step If This Were 1995 [FiveThirtyEight]
The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. [Vox]
How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers From Taking Over [Backchannel]
FaceDirector: Continuous Control of Facial Performance in Video [Youtube]
Happy Monday! Must mean its another podcast, this time #6 in an infinite part series…
In this Episode: Apple aims at Productivity with the iPad Pro, but the chip inside (the A9X) may be more important… Android gets scared into monthly updates by the StageFright exploit, the DOJ wrongfully accuses a Professor of espionage after never actually looking at the file he sent to China, Stripe becomes the middleman for mobile commerce with their new Relay service, and an MIT study thinks your Twitter feed could be making you more creative (if you curate it right).
And a twitter account you might find interesting: @censusAmericans
Listen to a stream below or catch the podcast on iTunes right here.
Another week, another podcast:
Facebook gets into the virtual assistant game with “M” a new feature of Messenger, Textio tells companies what demographics their job posts actually entice, Uber hires security researchers to beef up their self driving car program, and finally Instagram gets wide and vertical with its images and videos.
All in this weeks episode!
Or check it out on iTunes.
I’ve been heads down in so many things lately, a new position at work, many changes at home, but i’ve started work on something i’m excited about: A Podcast. Just me, talking about tech, culture, privacy and security.
I think if you listen you’ll come out more informed, entertained, and probably a little bit more wary of the tumults in tech!
Subscribe on iTunes here or check out the new podcast specific site.
Johann Hannesson 