| SXSW 2018: Elon Musk Surprises ‘Westworld’ Panel With SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Trailer
SXSW attendees who sat in on a panel last Saturday afternoon featuring HBO’s Westworld showrunners and stars were surprised when showrunner Jonathan Nolan introduced SpaceX CEO (and generally real-life Tony Stark) Elon Musk onto the Austin Convention Center stage. During the panel, Nolan had been previously lamenting at the fact that when he was a kid, he used to spend an “unhealthy amount of time” dreaming about spaceflight, but in recent years the enthusiasm for space travel had waned, so he was talking to “a friend” about how to inspire people to drive the conversation back into space exploration. The inspirational “shocking” idea they came up with was a red sportscar combined with the music of David Bowie. That “friend” was of course Elon Musk, who joined the panel on stage.
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| The Drill Down 443: Where No Burrito Has Gone Before
This week, Elon Musk wants to hack the human brain, Netflix wants to bust a cap in data caps, is Facebook abusing its power as a news source?, ageism in tech, 50 years of Star Trek… and much, much more.
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Tags: 1979 Revolution Black Friday, Alphabet, Amazon, Amazon Dot, Amazon Echo, Descent, Dolphin, Dot, Echo, Edward Snowden, Elon Musk, Facebook, FCC, Gamecube, Gawker, Gawker Media, Google, iPhone, iPhone 7, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, Open Sorcery, Overload, Oxygen Not Included, PAX, Project Wing, Tesla, Tesla Model S, Uber, Univision | |
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| The Drill Down 440: Hello Neighbor!
On this week’s Drill Down podcast, autonomous Ubers invade Pittsburgh, Nougat is here, Russian hackers hit the New York Times, Mario warps down to Rio, and another Earth may be closer than we thought …and much, much more.
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| The Drill Down 432: Ten Laws Of Robotics
This week, the tech world responds to BREXIT, Microsoft revises Asimov’s laws of robotics, Facebook and YouTube filter out extremist content, Facebook wants you to see more of your friends’ content, why the car in that ad may not be what you think it is, Boston Dynamics brings a robot to the home, and much, much more.
...continue reading » Tags: A.I., advertising, AirBnB, Amazon Dash Button, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Artificial Intelligence, BLACKBIRD, Boston Dynamics, Brexit, copyright infringement, European Union, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mr. Robot, Music, News Feed, Nintendo, Satya Nadella, Sling TV, SpotMini, Taylor Swift, Tesla, Tesla Model S, Tesla motors, The Mill, United Kingdom, videos, YouTube | |
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| The Drill Down 413: PAX South Roundup 2016
This week, Tosin recaps the best from PAX South 2016, Who won the Super Bowl…online?, Are self-driving car systems legally the driver?, Twitter turns things upside-down, Why does Amazon need brick-and-mortar stores?, What happens when you get squashed between two portals? …All this and more on The Drill Down.
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Tags: Amazon, autonomous cars, BMW 750i, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Facebook, Google, hack, Hackers, Hacking, hashtags, Infiniti Q50S, Mercedes-Benz s65 AMG, PAX, Pax South, Portal, Portal 2, self-driving car, Super Bowl, Tesla, Tesla Model S, Twitter, Valve Software, Video Streaming | |
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