Dave & Gunnar Show

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about failing with public relations, failing with smart TVs, failing with zip files, and failing with collaboration tools Emma Long Metropolitan Park (http://www.austintexas.gov/department/emma-long-metropolitan-park) How Amazon and the Cops Set Up an Elaborate Sting Operation That Accomplished Nothing (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43jmnq/how-amazon-and-the-cops-set-up-elaborate-sting-operation-that-accomplished-nothing) Samsung asks users to please virus-scan their TVs (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/samsung-please-virus-scan-your-tv/) A better zip bomb (https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/) Microsoft says Teams now has 13M daily active users (https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-says-its-slack-competitor-teams-now-has-13-million-daily-active-users/) The Slackification of the American Home (https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/families-slack-asana/59

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about faking faces, faking friends, faking holes, faking dominance, and faking work Stochastic terrorism (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/stochastic-terrorism): Deplatforming 8chan, the First Amendment, the Communications Decency Act, and accountability Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Our Faces (https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-fake-fakes/) Which Face Is Real? (http://www.whichfaceisreal.com/) GROVER — A State-of-the-Art Defense against Neural Fake News (https://grover.allenai.org/) Catching a Unicorn with GLTR: A tool to detect automatically generated text (http://gltr.io/) Experts: Spy used AI-generated face to connect with targets (https://www.apnews.com/bc2f19097a4c4fffaa00de6770b8a60d) NVIDIA's AI fixes photos by recognizing what's missing (https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/24/nvidia-ai-fixes-photos/) Censorship of images in the Soviet Union (https://en.wiki

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about AI vs. AI, people vs. AI vs. people, AI vs. people, and people vs. people (in that order) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) Dark (https://www.netflix.com/title/80100172) Camping towels (https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-packable-camp-towels/) Researchers Fool ReCAPTCHA With Google’s Own Speech-To-Text Service (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa55z8/researchers-fool-recaptcha-with-googles-own-speech-to-text-service) One year later, restaurants are still confused by Google Duplex (https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/9/18538194/google-duplex-ai-restaurants-experiences-review-robocalls) Hey Alexa, Why Is Voice Shopping So Lousy? (https://www.wired.com/story/why-is-voice-shopping-bad/) Google launches CallJoy, a virtual customer service phone agent for small businesses (https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/01/google-launches-calljoy-a-virtual-customer-

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about blood, sweat, tears, DNA, and googly eyes Barton Springs Pool (https://www.austintexas.gov/department/barton-springs-pool) Teschner’s Rude Boy (http://www.teschnerstavern.com/menu.php?mid=8159&mcid=11285) Cops Draw Blood to Catch Impaired Drivers (https://www.routefifty.com/public-safety/2019/04/cops-draw-blood-catch-impaired-drivers/156396/) Coming Soon to a Police Station Near You: The DNA ‘Magic Box’ (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/science/dna-crime-gene-technology.html) NY Time’s The Daily: A New Way to Solve a Murder (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/podcasts/the-daily/dna-genealogy-crime.html) Scammers May Be Using DNA Testing to Defraud Medicare and Steal Identities (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/scam-dna-tests-may-be-new-target-for-health-fraud-states-warn) Scientists Add Googly Eyes to Donation Buckets, See a 48% Increase in Donations (https://www.n

Welcome Jeremy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-jennings-4964522/)! Jabbrrbox (https://www.jabbrrbox.com/) Micro-offices—anywhere—for the mobile workforce (https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/micro-offices-anywhere-mobile-workforce) Jabbrrbox 2018 Showroom Tour (https://www.interiordesign.net/videos/15132-jabbrrbox-2018-showroom-tour/) Privately owned public space (POPS) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privately_owned_public_space) Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (https://www.quietrev.com/quiet-the-book/) Priority Pass (https://www.prioritypass.com/) Clear (https://www.clearme.com/) Registered Traveller for U.S. Citizens (https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/international-arrangements/registered-traveller/us-citizens) Uber Black launches Quiet Driver Mode (https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/14/uber-quiet-ride/) Cafe X Robotic Coffee Bars (https://cafexapp.com/) We Give Thanks * Jeremy Jennings (https://www.linkedin.com/in

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about fear of deadbeats, fear of karaoke, fear of secret crushes, and fear of doorbells Deadwood: The Movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadwood:_The_Movie) Chernobyl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)) Chernobyl’s Cars Paint a Fascinating and Grim Picture Of Soviet Life (https://jalopnik.com/chernobyl-s-cars-paint-a-fascinating-and-grim-picture-o-1835134720) China’s new ‘social credit system’ is a dystopian nightmare (https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/) Mixing Chatroulette with Tinder Is the Horrifying Future of Online Dating (https://gizmodo.com/mixing-chatroulette-with-tinder-is-the-horrifying-futur-1834300285) Facebook wants to help make your secret crushes come true (https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/05/02/facebook-wants-to-help-make-your-secret-crushes-come-true/) The Doorbell Company That’s Selling Fea

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about robots that want to clap, robots that want to live, and robots that want to deliver coffee GoT After Action Report (https://www.wired.com/story/game-of-thrones-winterfell-battle-tactical-analysis/) The Guts Game (http://exertiongameslab.org/projects/the-guts-game) BigClapper does away with tedious clapping, happiness (https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/09/bigclapper-does-away-with-tedious-clapping-happiness/) New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life (https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17642868/robots-turn-off-beg-not-to-empathy-media-equation) Cafe opens in Tokyo staffed by robots controlled by paralyzed people (https://soranews24.com/2018/11/29/cafe-opens-in-tokyo-staffed-by-robots-controlled-by-paralyzed-people/) "Would You Rather Be a Dog or a Ghost?" Is the Perfect Party Question (https://www.gq.com/story/dog-or-ghost-party-question) Cutting Room Flo

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about the risks of improperly testing malware, the risks of reading the wrong things, the risks of using Google services that haven’t been killed yet, and the risks of downplaying risk Dave tries Jabbrrbox (https://dgshow.org/162) Gunnar organizes Todoist (https://todoist.com/r/gunnar_xbegbz) by Meeting D&G This Week in Irony: Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn't him (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5046925/man-angry-his-photo-was-used-to-prove-all-hipsters-look-alike-then-learns-it-wasn-t-him-1.5046933) Google Play malware used phones’ motion sensors to conceal itself (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/google-play-malware-used-phones-motion-sensors-to-conceal-itself/) D&G This Week in Vendor Abandonment: Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand (https://arstechnica.com/