Out of Commission

Conventional wisdom states that robots will eliminate a huge demand for human labor causing an increase in the unemployed and lead to a well spring of discontent and social tension. However, a new study from the World Economic Forum indicates that robots will instead create more jobs than they displace.

Nintendo Stream Direct unleashed a wave of upcoming titles headed for the Switch. We pick through the details and discuss what excites us most!

The Verge puts forward an argument for anti-trust cases against Google, Amazon, Uber and Facebook. We examine the arguments and put forward our analysis on how this all might play out.

Apple's latest announcement revealed a new slate of iPhones, Watches and features and we knock our heads together to break it all down for you. 

India's Aadhaar ID system's databased has been compromised via a software patch. Tinder makes its "Top Picks" curated match service available worldwide. The Ocean Cleanup Project started towing System 001 to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" to begin field trials of the apparatus and evaluate its effectiveness at cleaning plastic garbage from the ocean. 

We checkout the latest developments in the world of cryptocurrency as New York approves the Winklesvoss backed Gemini Trust and Paxo Trust stablecoins and we raise the question about the long term stability of cryptocurrency. 

The benefits of transportation science can be seen in everything we use, wear and touch. We check out the latest developments in transportation technology from space elevators to light-sails.

Medical data has always been treated as sacrosanct. But if startup Hu-manity has it way you might be treating your own medical data as more of a commodity and not just a privacy issue. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.

The heads of Twitter and Facebook return to Capital Hill for another round of grilling. What was discussed and what will change?

The president of the International Olympic Committee has told the AP “We cannot have in the Olympic program a game which is promoting violence or discrimination... They, from our point of view, are contradictory to the Olympic values and cannot therefore be accepted.” Meanwhile eSports tournaments will be held at the 2018 Asian Games. Can eSports find legitimacy among traditional sporting competitions?

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A Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption, Skype redesigned again, and Twitter's new presence.

We talk with Russ Pitts from he Escapist about why he returned to revive the publication and how he thinks the internet is doing these days.

Qualcomm ups the Bluetooth audio qualty game, Apple dictates developers must have a privacy policy, and LG launches an 8K OLED TV.

Google Assistant goes bilingual, Twitter tests "unfollow" feature, and microchipping cacti.