2018 May

May 31, 2018

Wide World of Tech #20 - AI Bias Part 2

Welcome
Tech News
- 13 Technologies
- Stealing IP
- Amazon Scanning Faces
Sports News
- MLB - New Methods
- NHL -Finals
- NFL - Owners decision
Placing Bets
- Summer Plans
Big Topic
- AI Bias
This week/day in tech history
- 5/22/1980: pacman user tested in Japan
- 5/22/1906: patent awarded for the new and useful improvements in flying machines to the Wright Brotherss
- 5/23/1980: empire strikes back released.
Final Word

May 25, 2018

Welcome (we had some noise issues that we tried to clear up, however there might still be some parts where there is background noise...sorry)
Tech News
- ZTE Deal
- Apple news
- Sports Bets
Sports News
- MLB - Cano
- NFL - Draft Recap
- NBA -playoffs & draft
- NHL -playoffs - Go VEGAS GO!!!!
- MMA -WOW!
Placing Bets
- Champions League
Big Topic
- Open Source
This week/day in tech history
- Eurovision 2018 was last weekend (yay Israel won!), but the contest started as a way to standardize on television signals in Europe: https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/995349274270584833
- May 16, 1960: 1st laser created by Theodore Maiman
- May 14, 1973: Skylab launched
- May 13, 1980: Digital, Intel, and Xerox announced the ethernet spec
Final Word

May 17, 2018

Welcome (we heard there were some audio issues on the first version, this one should be better)
Tech News
- ATT, net neutrality, merger & politics
- MS Build - AI & cloud focus
Sports News
- NFL - Draft Recap
- NBA -playoffs update
- NHL -playoffs - Bruins Marchand keeps on licking
Placing Bets
- NBA Champs?
Big Topic
- Interop and Dell Tech World recap - what hawt / what not?
This week/day in tech history
- May 3, 1984: Dell Founded
- May 9, 2009: Tux is adopted as the linux mascot.
- May 6, 1998: iMac released
Final Word

May 14, 2018

Welcome
Tech News
- Pivotal IPO
- Facebook Revenue Surges
- Hotel Master Key Hack
Sports News
- NFL - Draft
- NBA -playoffs
- NHL -playoffs
Placing Bets
- Who will be the most worn out in Vegas?
Big Topic
- Infinity Wars!!!
This week/day in tech history
- April 25, 1990: Hubble Space Telescope deployed
- April 23, 2005: 1st YouTube video uploaded. Me at the zoo.
- April 22, 1993: Mosaic released by National Center for Supercomputing Applications. 1st web GUI, led dev was Marc Andreeson.
Final Word