The Social Dilemma, Regal closes again, and tech news- TNCS Ep 110

In this week’s episode we discuss the latest in tech and entertainment.  We discuss the news that Regal Cinemas is closing its theaters again.   The role of Ms. Marvel goes to a relatively unknown actress, Iman Vellani.  We discuss our thoughts on the popular Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma and Mark Zuckerberg’s comments on the film.  Starlink is supporting the firefighters in Washington state and Amazon is looking to role out a new palm scanning device for store checkouts.

 

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• The Verge: Bond was the last straw: Regal and Cineworld will reportedly close all theaters in US and UK next week.
  • https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/3/21500538/regal-cineworld-theaters-shut-down-james-bond-us-uk
• Newcomer Iman Vellani To Play Title Role In Marvel’s ‘Ms. Marvel’ Series For Disney Plus
  • https://deadline.com/2020/09/iman-vellani-marvels-ms-marvel-series-disney-plus-1234587969/ 
• Facebook rebuts Netflix’s Social Dilemma
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/02/facebook-rebuts-the-social-dilemma-popular-netflix-documentary.html
• Google and Facebook CEOs to testify again
  • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-tech/facebook-twitter-google-ceos-will-testify-before-u-s-senate-committee-idUSKBN26N3MQ
• Ars Technica: SpaceX Starlink brings Internet to emergency responders in wildfire areas.
  • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/spacex-starlink-brings-internet-to-emergency-responders-in-wildfire-areas/
• Reuters: Companies may be punished for paying ransoms to sanctioned hackers - U.S. Treasury.
  • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-treasury-cyber/companies-may-be-punished-for-paying-ransoms-to-sanctioned-hackers-u-s-treasury-idINKBN26M77U
• Amazon to try out a new biometric payment system
  • https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/29/amazon-introduces-the-amazon-one-a-way-to-pay-with-your-palm-when-entering-stores/