Episode 11: Bitcoin Fusion Robots use Firefox for Typing Fired Letters to Facebook

In this episode we talk about:

• China trying out crypto-currency in mock transactions
• NASA funding experimental fusion rocket technology
• A robot that is going to try to "guard" the Georgia Aquarium
• Firefox now does real multi-threading - which is a great thing
• Microsoft releases a new keyboard which looks a lot like their other keyboards - mostly
• Uber is now CEO-less
• MailChimp gets going on breaking out of the online inbox and into the real-world mailbox
• Facebook tries to go telepathic as they pursue their new mission of bringing the world closer together

And three (!) app recommendations.

Special Guest: Kashi Sehgal.

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Links:

• China’s Central Bank Has Begun Cautiously Testing a Digital Currency
• NASA-Funded Startup to Build Fusion-Powered Rockets
• Robot security guard: first Atlanta job is at Georgia Aquarium
• Firefox 54 Finally Supports Multithreading, May Beat Chrome on RAM
• Microsoft’s new Modern Keyboard has a hidden fingerprint reader
• Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
• More than 1,000 Uber employees ask for Travis Kalanick to return - Axios
• MailChimp Wants To Solve Every Small-Biz Marketing Challenge (Even Snail Mail)
• How Facebook's Telepathic Texting Is Supposed to Work