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ATCA Annual Day Three – Virtual Reality Primary tabs 10th December 2020 Or should I say the realities of a virtual conference. The first two days worked surprisingly well from a technical perspective. Unfortunately, on day three I attended a few panels which had technical issues – from audio and video cutting out to not being able to join. Maybe the latter is a result of a high number of viewers – which would be a good behind the scenes reason for this. It is what it is with a virtual ev...

Formula 1 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi Alex Jacques finishes up in his role as lead commentator for F1TV this weekend, as he’s off to lead Channel 4’s coverage from 2021. So who might replace him? Alex Jacques has quickly climbed the ranks of motorsport commentary in recent years, thanks to an authoritative but approachable manner that has endeared himself to fans tuning in to F1TV or to Formula 2 coverage. Jacques’s respectful but emotional tribute to the late Anthoine Hubert at Spa 2019 met wi...

Inspection mark. for more go to cnn.com. lets get a check on cnn business this friday morning, taking a look at global markets, you see some recovery in european markets on wall street. you see a little bit of a bounce back here after what was a pretty ugly day yesterday because wall street finally realizing that the trump tariff regime may not be temporary. the dow fell 286 points as investors brace for a long trade war. the s&p 500 down 1.2%. the taconasdaq down 1.6%. the sinking feeling is ...

Women in this country fill nearly half of all jobs but they hold less than 25% of stem jobs. were talking here about work within science, technology engineering and math fields. in middle school 74% of girls are interested in stem subjects but when it comes time to choose a college major less than 1% of high school girls choose computer science. this weeks foot soldier has been blogging since she was six, coding since she was 11 and has given tech talks in the u.s. and in canada. but its her mes...

Thank you very much jon. >> wow. >> happy new year to you. >> what a way to wrap up the year. >> speaking of which, is having the sex talk with your kids possibly outdated? there could be. plenty of teachers and parents say instead of talking about the birds and bees it might be just as important to have the tech talks. kids as young as seven learn about sex from going online and its important for them to learn how to make smart decisions on social media and protect their privacy. i a grow with ...

Twitter and face book, and go to itunes.com/fareed if you ever miss a show or a special. this weeks book of the week is a good one. "this explains everything" deep, beautiful, and elegant series of how the world works, the publisher of the edge.org asked some of the worlds best minds for their favorite explanations of anything. the result is a collection that reads like the best tech talks ever. its an absolute pleasure to read. now for the last look. good science sometimes takes a long time. it...

Of the mind-blowing yait minute or less talks that people give at these conference. called tech talks. early favorite for cool stuff i didnt know about it before the person who invented if went to t.e.d. is this thing. its a skateboard, snowmobile scooter hybrid. the dtv shredder. could you drop the bug so we can see the bottom of it there? there we go. it can go 30 miles an hour. it makes p wicked sharp turns and of course it looks totally awesome. its available to the public now for about $10,...