Neuralink and AI news, Garmin ransomware, and major movie schedule changes- TNCS Ep 92

In this week’s episode we start with entertainment news by discussing the new target years for Star Wars, Avatar, and other movie delays.  For some reason Quibi is getting a new show with Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson.  In tech news we discuss some interesting advancements in Elon Musks Neuralink and OpenAI.  Amazon becomes a challenger in the autonomous driving industry by acquiring Zoox.  Garmin has a multiday outage following a reported ransomware attack asking for $10million.  Russia is accused of testing a missile fired from a satellite in space and a company in Japan begins testing a huge Gundam.

 

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Links to topics discussed:

• Deadline: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Sequel Swings To Christmas Season 2021 With ‘Avatar 2’ Out Of The Way.
  • https://deadline.com/2020/07/spider-man-far-from-home-sequel-swings-to-christmas-season-2021-with-avatar-2-out-of-the-way-1202994081/ 
• CNBC: Disney delays 'Mulan' indefinitely, Star Wars and Avatar movies pushed back a year.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/disney-delays-mulan-indefinitely-star-wars-and-avatar-movies-pushed-back-a-year.html 
• KPRC Click2Houston: AMC pushes back theater reopenings again.
  • https://www.click2houston.com/entertainment/2020/07/24/amc-pushes-back-theater-reopenings-again/ 
• Tenet may get a staggered release with Regal showing Sep 4th as the US date
  • https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-fi/tenet-regal-cinemas-is-advertising-a-new-release-date-for-christopher-nolans-delayed-movie-a177120#gs.baei9o
• Deadline: Ryan Reynolds And Samuel L. Jackson Team Up For Animated Comedy Series ‘Futha Mucka’ On Quibi.
  • https://deadline.com/2020/07/ryan-reynolds-samuel-l-jackson-animated-comedy-series-futha-mucka-quibi-1202991570/ 
• Fox News: Creepy Apollo 11 Nixon deepfake video created by MIT to show dangers of high-tech misinformation.
  • https://www.foxnews.com/tech/apollo-11-nixon-deepfake-video-mit?cmpid=prn_newsstand 
• Elon Musk Says Neuralink can stream music to your brain
  • https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-neuralink-stream-music-brians 
• CNBC: Why everyone is talking about the A.I. text generator released by an Elon Musk-backed lab.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/openai-gpt3-explainer.html 
• Machines can learn at the speed of light
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ai-machine-learning-light-speed-artificial-intelligence-a9629976.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1595344327 
• Forbes: Amazon Just Put Tesla On Notice.
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviergarret/2020/07/21/amazon-just-put-tesla-on-notice/ 
• Forbes: Will Garmin Pay $10m Ransom To End Two-Day Outage?.
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/07/25/will-garmin-pay-10m-ransom-to-end-two-day-outage/ 
• Senator calls EARN-IT Act horrendous 
  • https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wyden-earn-it-act-petition/ 
• Russian anti-satellite weapon 
  • https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21335506/russia-anti-satellite-weapon-test-kosmos-2543 
• Popular Mechanics: Watch Engineers Take Their 60-Foot-Tall Gundam for a Walk.
  • https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a33381411/japan-giant-gundam-robot/