Congratulations to the sound team on Dunkirk for the Oscars — we here at Pop Tech Jam had a feeling you were going to win!
But now that we know who won the 2018 Academy Awards, life is still full of burning questions: Who am I? What is my place in the universe? Why do the Klingons on Star Trek: Discovery look so different from the Klingons in the rest of the canonical series? This week, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss The Klingon Question after tackling the technology news of the moment. naDev ‘oH Qap!
Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Episode
- Twitter Health Metrics Proposal Submission (Twitter blog)
- Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Barrier to Care (Uber Newsroom)
- Google launches Slack competitor Hangouts Chat (Reuters)
- ESRB defends “fun” loot boxes as it starts labeling all “in-game purchases” (Ars Technica)
- Amazon acquiring Ring to help with Key delivery system (CNBC)
- Updates to YouTube Live streaming (YouTube blog)
- Google Clips review: a smart camera that doesn’t make the grade (The Verge)
- Google Clips camera review: The AI-powered camera takes photos and video (The Washington Post)
- Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is official: Fingerprint sensor finally in the right place (Android Police)
- Built for the Way We Communicate Today: Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ (Samsung Pressroom)
- Apple Turns Up Audio Ambition With High-End Headphones (Bloomberg)
- T-Mobile and Sprint name first 5G cities, as race to build next-gen network intensifies (GeekWire)
- 5G Cell Service Is Coming. Who Decides Where It Goes? (The New York Times)
- PayPal Settles FTC Charges that Venmo Failed to Disclose Information to Consumers (Federal Trade Commission)
- Amazon’s Battle to Bring Conversational AI Into Your Home (WIRED)
- ‘Alexa, How Can Podcasters Make Money From Voice Assistants?’ (The Wall Street Journal)
Star Trek Continuity
- Klingon Head Ridges Will Finally Be Explained on Star Trek: Discovery, with Science (io9)
- Star Trek: Discovery’s Klingons may look unfamiliar for a reason (Polygon)
- The Klingon Forehead Problem (Ex Astris Scientia)
- The Evolution of Klingon Foreheads (Ex Astris Scientia)
- Klingon augment virus (Memory Alpha Wiki)
- Alex Kurtzman Explains Star Trek: Discovery’s Klingons (io9)
- Does continuity matter for Star Trek: Discovery?
(The Verge) - Star Trek: Discovery’s Changes To Klingon Canon Are The Worst Part Of A Great Show (ScreenRant)
- The “Wand Order Problem” (The Harry Potter Lexicon)
- Mistakes in the Harry Potter books (Harry Potter Wiki)
