Mar 15th 2020
This Week in Tech 762
Synthetic Chris Evans
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
MKBHD's 8k setup, Future Today Institute 2020 Tech Trends Report
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This Week's Stories
- Father Robert Ballecer talks about the Vatican's response to the Coronavirus in Italy.
- Father Robert Ballecer shows off this live broadcasting/podcasting setup
- MKBHD's 8k setup - RED cameras, multiple Mac Pros, LUTS, and motion tracking
- The Escobar Phone is a scam!
- The beginning of the end of smartphones
- Magic Leap in Crisis
- Leo wears the COVID-19 mask
- Foldable phones - why?
- How to cope with panic attacks - futurism in an accelerating world
- MKBHD's daily driver: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- Telepresence Robots are the future! (or maybe even the present)
- 2020 Conferences are all canceled. What will we lose by holding them digitally?
- Apple reopens Chinese stores, closes all others, cancels rumored March event, but might still launch new products next week
- Amy Webb's daughter's crypto network
- Is Tik Tok OK?
- Screen time in quarantine - active watching is the key
- MKBHD's New Year's Rockin' Eve - downscaled from 8K to 720p
- How YouTube processing works
- How MKBHD works - quality over quantity
- Custom vitamin blends and nootropics - direct-to-consumer sales take off
- Future Today Institute 2020 Tech Trends Report
- StarLink will bring the internet to everyone
- Everyone alive today is being scored
- The 2020s are the synthetic decade: how synthetic media will change the world
- Get Amy's book "Data, a Love Story" at https://amzn.to/2ILv43s via affiliate link!
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Links
- Honeywell Quantum Solutions
- Select Apple stores remain open, but only for in-store pickup
- Apple reopens all 42 China stores after virus closures
- Apple’s WWDC 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format - Apple
- Microsoft shifts Build conference online amid coronavirus spread
- E3 2020 has been canceled | Ars Technica
- Is It Canceled Yet?
- The Truth about the Escobar Folding Phone!
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Review: Attack of the Numbers!
- Sources: Magic Leap is exploring options, including a sale, partnerships, and a possible listing
- Are we at Peak Smartphone?
- How Futurists Cope With Uncertainty
- Data, a Love Story - Amazon Affiliate