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Lime recalls scooters over safety concerns, Alibaba sets a Single's Day sales record while growth slows, and Microsoft buys more game studios.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We talk to CNET's Roadshow's Tim Stevens about the state of Electric Trucks. Where they're at now and where they will be down the road.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

World's first AI newscaster makes it debut with Chinese state broadcaster Xinhua News Agency. We debate is performance and decide if its something human news anchors need to be worried about.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

China is deploying surveillance software that recognizes people by the way they walk and their body shape. How will this shape security and privacy of the masses in years to come?  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

An Oxford study has cast doubt on the effects of screen time and children's sleep behavior. What does this mean for parents, educators and kids? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The reviews for Apple's iPad Pro are in. We discuss what the tech reviews found right and wrong with Apple's latest tablet. Plus Blizzard announces a new mobile version of Diablo, LG is developing a smart shopping cart and Intel unveils its latest Xeon processors. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Author, podcaster and optimist Rob Reid tells why we need to start worrying now about the destruction of Earth by AI, SynthBio and other tech, so we can all take advantage of its great benefits. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Instagram has developed a new feed that lets business pages push slide shows to its followers injecting stories into their queues to “boost” their exposure. Starring Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Andrew Mayne. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Apple is in talks with iHeartRadio, Sonos is delaying Google Assistant support until 2019, the US slips one point down in the latest Internet Freedom ranking and Flickr is rescinding 1TB of photo storage to free users.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We discuss the notchiness of latest generation smartphones and what's to love and hate about the design in everyday use. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

DTNS Begins at: 17:00 Who's pre-ordering what Apple stuff, and on DTNS: Apple has announced a new iPad that's faster, lighter, and more capable than previous models. Plus they unveiled the long-awaited update to the Mac Mini and MacBook Air.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Is Google planning to offer Play store apps on subscription basis? Who would it target and is the subscription model for software gaining steam? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tom talks with artist Shayla Maddox https://www.shaylamaddox.com/ about how science and tech inspire and enable her as a creator. Patreon.com/shaylamaddox Art N Glow https://www.artnglow.com/ @shaylamaddox https://twitter.com/shaylamaddox For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It's our end of October Roundtable show. We examine the market cycles that influences the makeup of streaming service providers, take a close look at Smart Displays niche and its future, think of ways to switch careers when you're current gets threatened by automation, and the impact regulations have on foster technological innovation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

At the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Apple's Tim Cook, keynote warned of the need to establish laws and regulations governing the use of personal data to stop the weaponization of data.