TNT 1665: World According to Burke




Tech News Weekly (Video LO) show

Summary: <p>Uber says it's working to fix a flaw in the programming that makes self-driving Ubers make unsafe right-hook-style turn through a bike lanes, endangering cyclists.</p><p>The European Union charged that Facebook knew full well how to integrate its service with WhatsApp when it acquired the messaging service back in 2014 for $22 billion. Facebook faces a potential fine of 1 percent of total revenue.</p><p>Mark Gurman of Bloomberg says that inside Apple, the Mac is getting treated like an ugly stepchild. Mac designers have reportedly lost clout inside the company and in a push to make the Mac more like the iPhone the company reorged so that there is no longer a dedicated Mac OS engineering team.</p><p>Smile Vector is a new Twitter bot that scours the Internet for profile shots of celebrities, and then utilizes artificial intelligence to warp their once static image into motion video that shows their face evolve into other expressions they never made. A glimpse into our AI-laden future.</p><p>Through a partnership with drone company Flirtey, 7-11 has officially completed 77 autonomous drone deliveries to customer homes in Nevada through regular weekend deliveries. That's a lot of slurpees.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/megan-morrone">Megan Morrone</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-howell">Jason Howell</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today">https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today</a>.</p><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> for the bandwidth for this show.</p>