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President Obama On Leonard Nimoy’s Passing: ‘I Loved Spock’
Today, the world mourns the death of the great Leonard Nimoy, best known for bringing to life the character of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. The actor had fans far and wide and touched so many people, including U.S. President Barack Obama, who is a self-professed Star Trek fan and has flashed the Vulcan “Live Long and Prosper” salute many times, including when he met Trek star Nichelle Nichols, as well as when he met Spock himself.
Earlier today, The White House issued a statement from the President on Nimoy’s passing, where he stated “I loved Spock.”
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The Drill Down 363: The Richard Pryor of Hacking
This week, former The Drill Down co-host (and current co-host of TARDISBlend) Tom Cheredar joins Dwayne and Andy to discuss how hackers pulled off one of the largest heists in history, a toy from the 50s is updated for the 21st century, the FAA grounds Amazon‘s drone plans, and…is Apple building a self-driving car?
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Tags: Alan Turing, Android, Apple, Apple Pay, cybersecurity, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Data Policy and Chief Data Scientist, Dr. DJ Patil, drones, ELectric Car, FAA, Facebook, Federal Aviation Administration, Google, Google Cardboard, Hacking, hard drives, J.J. Abrams, JJ Abrams, Jonathan Ive, Jony Ive, Kaspersky Lab, National Security Agency, NSA, Office of Science and Technology Policy, President Obama, Seagate, Spying, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, TARDISblend, The White House, Tim Cook, Tom Cheredar, Toshiba, U.S. Chief Data Scientist, View-Master, VR, Western Digital, Yahoo
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The Drill Down 358: I, For One, Welcome Our New A.I. Overlords
This week, broadband gets a new definition, Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare, ISIS may have hacked US Central Command‘s Twitter, Experts call for tighter AI safeguards, and those shoes from Back to the Future are finally going to happen. All this, and much much more…
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Tags: AI, Air MAG, Amazon Instant Video, Artificial Intellegence, Back to the Future, Back to the Future II, Broadband, CENTCOM, cyber warfare, drone, Edward Snowden, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Google, Google Translate, Hacking, internet, ISIS, Net Neutrality, Nike, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, Pet Cube, President Obama, Privacy, rampant AI, Saints Row, Skype, US Central Command, viral video, Waze, Yahoo
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Obama: Sony Made A Mistake Not Releasing ‘The Interview’; Studio Responds
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Sony Pictures currently has no plans on releasing The Interview in any format. But this is not just about the studio canceling the release of a movie; the current situation in Hollywood has gained international attention. U.S. Intelligence confirmed that the hackers who broke into the studio’s computer network, leaking emails and acquiring confidential and personal data, were the North Koreans. Though NATO applauded Sony for pulling the film’s release for the safety of audiences after the hackers threatened “9/11-style attacks” on any theaters showing the film, celebrities and a majority of moviegoers were displeased with the decision. Many say that this is an attack on our freedom of speech and that it sends a message that the U.S. is willing to let foreign tyrants dictate to and censor us.
In his final press conference of 2014, President Barack Obama talked about the recent controversy, saying that Sony “made a mistake” not releasing James Franco and Seth Rogen‘s political comedy, which involves a plot to assassinate the current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Meanwhile, the studio has pulled all promotions of the film, trailers, clips, posters, and banners after the hackers made a new threat.
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The Drill Down 355: Year In Review 2014
This week, The Drill Down crew looks back at the year in tech and the web for the year 2014. We’ll discuss our favorite tech events of the past year, and what we can expect in 2015.
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Tags: Alibaba, ALS, Apple, Apple Pay, Apple Watch, Barack Obama, BitCoin, Cryptocurrency, drones, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Fitbit, Flappy Bird, GamerGate, Garmin, Hacking, HBO, HBO Go, Ice Bucket Challenge, iPhone 6, It, Jawbone, Jawbone Up, Law Enforcement, Lyft, Marvel, Microsoft, Mt. Gox, National Security Agency, Net Neutrality, Netflix, North Korea, NSA, Obama, P85D, President Obama, Privacy, ridesharing, Satya Nadella, Sony Pictures, streaming Video, Tesla, Tesla P85D, The Interview, Uber, Vivofit, Wearable Tech, wearables, year in review, YouTube
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