Month: February 2019

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The NewsWorthy - SOTU Recap, Crypto Conundrum & Facebook Unsend – Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

The news to know for Wednesday, February 6th, 2019!

Today, what to know about last night's State of the Union address and a measles outbreak spreading to more states.

Plus: T-Mobile's promise, a crypto conundrum and Facebook's newest feature with a time limit.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see below...

Today's sponsor is Babbel, the #1 selling language learning app in the world. Go to Babbel.com or download the app to try it for free.

 

 

Sources: 

 

State of the Union Recap: CBS News, WSJ (full text), The Hill, AP Fact Check

 

Pope Talks Sexual Abuse: AP News, Washington Post, NBC News

 

Measles Outbreak: CNN, NBC News, WHO

 

T-Mobile’s Promise: Reuters, USA Today

 

Charlotte Russe Chapter 11: WSJ

 

Amazon’s Retail: Business Insider

 

Crypto Conundrum: CNBC, MarketWatch

 

Password Checkup: VentureBeat

 

Fortnite Virtual Concert: WIRED, Business Insider

 

Facebook Unsend: TechCrunch

 

Oscars No Host: BuzzFeed News

 

 

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Python Bytes - #116 So you want Python in a 3D graphics engine?

Topics covered in this episode:
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/116
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Brought to you by... - 23: Apple 1984

In the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII, Apple ran a commercial that changed the Super Bowl and Apple forever. But it almost never aired. Featuring original interviews with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former CEO John Sculley, and the ad's creators, this is the story of Steve Jobs vs the board, a scary casting call involving actual skinheads and a highly skilled discus thrower, plus a legacy that defined Apple and its users for decades.

Read more at www.businessinsider.com/1984

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African Tech Roundup - The Joy of Missing Out – Should African Founders Reject Hypergrowth VC Doctrine?

Co-founder and Co-MD of Secha Capital Rushil Vallabh joins Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga for the very first in-studio taping of 2019. Andile, Musa and Rushil chat through some notable signals and trends they've observed in Africa’s digital, tech and innovation ecosystem over the last month or so, then unpack issues raised by a New York Times (NYT) article entitled, More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost - penned by Erin Griffith - which caused quite a stir on social media. The NYT piece raises some contentious issues currently being debated within Africa's early-stage startup investment scene— some of which were tackled on episode 124 entitled, Is Venture Capital a Ponzi Scheme? feat. Grant Phillips of PhilTech Consulting, which, incidentally, featured Rushil as guest host. Listen to hear why African startup founders might do well to embrace the "joy of missing out" aka JOMO by rejecting investment doctrine that prioritises raising ever increasing rounds of capital and pursuing growth at all costs over building sustainable/profitable ventures. To skip straight to that discussion, head to [55:12]. Topics discussed in this episode: AMA.ZING, part of the Zing Group, withdraws from Zimbabwe [4:52] The Econet Group is beasting right now [12:46] Econet Group Chairman Strive Masiyiwa vs Minority Shareholders [16:25] Vodacom's #PleaseCallMe PR Nightmare [20:51] Naspers now controls Russia’s largest classified advertising platform [30:50] Andela closes $100 million funding round [34:52] Cairo Angels claims to have invested $2.3 million in 24 startups [36:36] Egyptian bus-sharing startup Swvl is expanding to Kenya [38:37] Xiaomi plans to establish a formal presence in Africa [48:27] Facebook and Google compromise Apple's privacy regime [49:47] Image credit: Erwan Hesry
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Philosophers In Space - 0G43: Bandersnatch and Quantum Immortality

Welp, for better or worse, you're in the timeline where the will of the collective has pulled the pod suddenly back to Black Mirror. Everyone spent some portion of their holiday deep in some Bandersnatch, and we're here to stack meta analysis on meta analysis till the whole thing becomes a satirical singularity, which I'm now calling a Satirelarity (that's terrible, don't ever use that). If you feel like this episode doesn't address the problems of Bandersnatch enough, keep refreshing and another episode from a connected timeline will be along. In the meantime, we're talking quantum immorality, many worlds interpretations of quantum theory, and all sorts of stuff that are way above our pay grades. Here's some articles with a few comprehensible paragraphs:

Quantum Suicide and Immortality: https://web.archive.org/web/20070827000748/http://www.higgo.com/quantum/qti.htm  

QSI Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #232 – “The Billy Ripken ‘F*ck Face’ Card” with Jeff May

In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys sit down with comedian and podcaster extraordinaire Jeff May to discuss the most notorious baseball card of all time: Billy Ripken's "F*ck Face" card. In 1989, Fleer released a baseball card depicting Baltimore Oriole Billy Ripken holding a bat with the words "F*ck Face" written on the knob. This episode covers the scandal and the fall out in the baseball card market. Was "F*ck Face" an inside job? All will be revealed in the hilarious episode. Follow Jeff @HeyThereJeffro.  Song of the week is "Everybody Loves U When Ur Dead" by Tyler Plazio.  Follow the show @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod This episode is brought to you by 'Mastering the Art of Wench Cooking', the new book from the Mystic Order of East Alabama Fiction Writers, available now on Amazon. Write us a review on iTunes and the funniest review will win a signed copy of the book and a Goods from the Woods t-shirt. Buy the book here: https://goo.gl/UkwfWQ

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The Gist - The Culture of Wealth

On The Gist, Gov. Andrew Cuomo still doesn’t understand puns.

In the interview, Lauren Greenfield has been documenting the wealthy for the past 25 years and has finally turned that into her new film Generation Wealth, an exploration of the rise of wealth culture and the implications it has on those immersed in it. Can money really make you happy? Is there any way for the rest of us to ascend to wealthy status? Would we even want to? Generation Wealth is currently available on Amazon.  

In the Spiel, who are the guests at the State of the Union?

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Money Girl - 579 – 5 Steps to Declutter Your Finances and Tax Records

Confused about what tax records and financial paperwork you need to keep? Money Girl, Laura Adams, helps you declutter your financial life, manage your tax records, and stay organized in 5 easy steps. Find out how long to keep important records and what to toss.

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