Alright, ladies and gents! It’s another Thursday, and it’s time for technology talk and news with Mark Starling on First News 570. You can listen to us LIVE, point, laugh, and talk trash about tech every Thursday morning at 643am Eastern. Even AIs are out here closing deals. This week we talk about virtual influencers...
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PewDeePie’s Return, GenXers Fog Up Rear View Mirrors, and NASA Preps Lunar Return
It’s another Thursday, and it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. Even though states are starting to open back up, and you’re now able to get a haircut, remember COVID-19 is still a cause for concern. When you’re going forth, be safe, and practice safety for your fellow man. You...
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USPTO Rejects AI’s Patent, Americans Splurge on Toys, Revist of El Goog’s Chrome Hack
If it’s Thursday, it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. COVID-19 is everywhere, so this week I’ve limited COVID-19 and tech to one story. You can listen to Mark and I talk about tech every Thursday morning at 6:43 am Eastern, LIVE. Be safe out there and stay healthy. Heed...
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Robots Deliver COVID-19 Supplies, ATT’s Losses SkyRocket, and Fortnite Flosses to El Goog
If it’s Thursday, it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. COVID-19 is everywhere, so this week I’ve limited COVID-19 and tech to one story. You can listen to Mark and I talk about tech every Thursday morning at 6:43 am Eastern, LIVE. Be safe out there and stay healthy. Heed...
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Tracing Apps Rise as Jurisdictions Try to Flatten the Curve
If it’s Thursday, it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. COVID-19 has been a focus of our stories lately, and this week we report on a possible breakthrough for ventilators and COVID-19 tracing apps. You can listen to Mark and I talk about tech every Thursday morning at 6:43 am...
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Samsung and Facebook Donate Devices, Tesla Makes Ventilators, and Zoom Hires Ex-FB-Exec After El Goog Bans Service
It’s another Thursday, and it’s time for this week’s top news stories in the wonderful, wide world of technology with Mark Starling on First News 570. You can listen to Mark and I point, laugh, and pontificate about the goods technology delivers to the world every Thursday morning at 6:43 am, Eastern. You can to...
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UK Prime Minister Defends Zoom, Apple Lets Customers Skip, EU Uses Smartphones to Fight COVID-19
I don’t know about you, but the days are just blurring together and I’m losing track of time. I’ve gained a few pounds, my wife won’t let me shave because she likes the beard, and the kids are driving us crazy. It’s not easy to live in quarantine, but you’re stronger than you think. It’s...
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Amazon Gives Away Free Books, Picard Is Free, SoftBank Runs for the Hills
It’s now Day 14 of the quarantine for the Mapp Family. It’s been touch and go from time-to-time, but we still haven’t succumbed to insanity. If it’s Thursday and 6:43am, it’s time for tech talk on First News 570 with Mark Starling. People are staying home, corona memes are slowing down, and the economy is...
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Microsoft Defeats Zombies, El Goog Stands Against #datRONA, and Prayer via e-Rosary
I promise I’m going to get better at this. It’s been three weeks in a row, and a third blog post. If it’s Thursday, it’s tech time with Mark Starling, so grab your cup o’ Uncle Joe, fold up the newspaper, and let’s talk about what’s happening in the tech world. This week features Microsoft...
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Coronavirus Infects Big Tech
If it’s Thursday, it’s time for tech talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. Yours truly will be doing double duty this coming week, out of town. I’m heading to the Podfest conference this week, and out of town at the HIMSS conference for a full week. I’m actually hoping to see Donald Trump...