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    <title>Double Density - Episodes Tagged with “Nessie”</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Greetings cyberspace. Tune in every Wednesday as Angelo and Brian discuss tech news and issues, as well as the fads and trends of yesteryear. Stick around as they also delve into the strange world of the paranormal.
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    <itunes:summary>Greetings cyberspace. Tune in every Wednesday as Angelo and Brian discuss tech news and issues, as well as the fads and trends of yesteryear. Stick around as they also delve into the strange world of the paranormal.
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  <title>Episode 58: The Dogman And I</title>
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  <itunes:title>The Dogman And I</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This week, Brian and Angelo discuss Amazon's Rekognition project, Alexa recording your every word, how you need to reboot your router, the demise of the Essential phone, Bitcoin ruins everything, and how the math men have overtaken the mad men when it comes to advertising. Shifting over to the paranormal, after Angelo talks about seeing Infinity War, your hosts skew the discussion towards cryptids. Namely, the non-alien octopus, the Loch Ness Monster and her DNA, and finally, the Dogman.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week, Brian and Angelo discuss Amazon's Rekognition project, Alexa recording your every word, how you need to reboot your router, the demise of the Essential phone, Bitcoin ruins everything, and how the math men have overtaken the mad men when it comes to advertising. Shifting over to the paranormal, after Angelo talks about seeing Infinity War, your hosts skew the discussion towards cryptids. Namely, the non-alien octopus, the Loch Ness Monster and her DNA, and finally, the Dogman. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, Brian and Angelo discuss Amazon&#39;s Rekognition project, Alexa recording your every word, how you need to reboot your router, the demise of the Essential phone, Bitcoin ruins everything, and how the math men have overtaken the mad men when it comes to advertising. Shifting over to the paranormal, after Angelo talks about seeing Infinity War, your hosts skew the discussion towards cryptids. Namely, the non-alien octopus, the Loch Ness Monster and her DNA, and finally, the Dogman.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology | ACLU of Northern CA" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/amazon-teams-law-enforcement-deploy-dangerous-new-face-recognition-technology">Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology | ACLU of Northern CA</a></li><li><a title="Amazon Rekognition – Video and Image - AWS" rel="nofollow" href="https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/">Amazon Rekognition – Video and Image - AWS</a></li><li><a title="Orlando Police Testing Amazon&#39;s Real-Time Facial Recognition : NPR" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/2018/05/22/613115969/orlando-police-testing-amazons-real-time-facial-recognition?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_content=20180522">Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition : NPR</a></li><li><a title="Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal - Recode" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.recode.net/2018/5/24/17391480/amazon-alexa-woman-secret-recording-echo-explanation">Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal - Recode</a></li><li><a title="The story behind the Echo eavesdropping story - Six Colors" rel="nofollow" href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/05/the-story-behind-the-echo-eavesdropping-story/">The story behind the Echo eavesdropping story - Six Colors</a></li><li><a title="F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware - The New York Times" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/technology/router-fbi-reboot-malware.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur">F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware - The New York Times</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin estimated to use half a percent of the world&#39;s electric energy by end of 2018 | EurekAlert! Science News" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/cp-bet051018.php">Bitcoin estimated to use half a percent of the world's electric energy by end of 2018 | EurekAlert! Science News</a></li><li><a title="The Essential Phone 2 has reportedly been canceled - The Verge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17391734/essential-cancels-phone-development-considers-sale-report">The Essential Phone 2 has reportedly been canceled - The Verge</a></li><li><a title="How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men | The New Yorker" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-the-math-men-overthrew-the-mad-men">How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men | The New Yorker</a></li><li><a title="No, Octopuses Don&#39;t Come From Outer Space" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.space.com/40654-octopuses-are-not-aliens-panspermia.html">No, Octopuses Don't Come From Outer Space</a></li><li><a title="Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.apnews.com/3084815b54464533bf1d34d2a5a49ac6/Legend-of-Loch-Ness-Monster-will-be-tested-with-DNA-samples">Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples</a></li><li><a title="Wolf, dog, dogman or some mysterious creature? Montanans look for answers" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/05/24/wolf-dog-dogman-some-mysterious-creature-montanans-look-answers/634379002/">Wolf, dog, dogman or some mysterious creature? Montanans look for answers</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, Brian and Angelo discuss Amazon&#39;s Rekognition project, Alexa recording your every word, how you need to reboot your router, the demise of the Essential phone, Bitcoin ruins everything, and how the math men have overtaken the mad men when it comes to advertising. Shifting over to the paranormal, after Angelo talks about seeing Infinity War, your hosts skew the discussion towards cryptids. Namely, the non-alien octopus, the Loch Ness Monster and her DNA, and finally, the Dogman.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology | ACLU of Northern CA" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.aclunc.org/blog/amazon-teams-law-enforcement-deploy-dangerous-new-face-recognition-technology">Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Face Recognition Technology | ACLU of Northern CA</a></li><li><a title="Amazon Rekognition – Video and Image - AWS" rel="nofollow" href="https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/">Amazon Rekognition – Video and Image - AWS</a></li><li><a title="Orlando Police Testing Amazon&#39;s Real-Time Facial Recognition : NPR" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/2018/05/22/613115969/orlando-police-testing-amazons-real-time-facial-recognition?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_content=20180522">Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition : NPR</a></li><li><a title="Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal - Recode" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.recode.net/2018/5/24/17391480/amazon-alexa-woman-secret-recording-echo-explanation">Here’s Amazon’s explanation for the Alexa eavesdropping scandal - Recode</a></li><li><a title="The story behind the Echo eavesdropping story - Six Colors" rel="nofollow" href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/05/the-story-behind-the-echo-eavesdropping-story/">The story behind the Echo eavesdropping story - Six Colors</a></li><li><a title="F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware - The New York Times" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/technology/router-fbi-reboot-malware.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur">F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware - The New York Times</a></li><li><a title="Bitcoin estimated to use half a percent of the world&#39;s electric energy by end of 2018 | EurekAlert! Science News" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/cp-bet051018.php">Bitcoin estimated to use half a percent of the world's electric energy by end of 2018 | EurekAlert! Science News</a></li><li><a title="The Essential Phone 2 has reportedly been canceled - The Verge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17391734/essential-cancels-phone-development-considers-sale-report">The Essential Phone 2 has reportedly been canceled - The Verge</a></li><li><a title="How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men | The New Yorker" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-the-math-men-overthrew-the-mad-men">How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men | The New Yorker</a></li><li><a title="No, Octopuses Don&#39;t Come From Outer Space" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.space.com/40654-octopuses-are-not-aliens-panspermia.html">No, Octopuses Don't Come From Outer Space</a></li><li><a title="Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.apnews.com/3084815b54464533bf1d34d2a5a49ac6/Legend-of-Loch-Ness-Monster-will-be-tested-with-DNA-samples">Legend of Loch Ness Monster will be tested with DNA samples</a></li><li><a title="Wolf, dog, dogman or some mysterious creature? Montanans look for answers" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/05/24/wolf-dog-dogman-some-mysterious-creature-montanans-look-answers/634379002/">Wolf, dog, dogman or some mysterious creature? Montanans look for answers</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 27: Chupacabra vs. Loch Ness</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 06:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Brian Hastie, Angelo Fiorentino</author>
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  <itunes:title>Chupacabra vs. Loch Ness</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This week, there are some iPhone 8 misconceptions that Angelo would like to clear up before moving on to some thoughts on the Essential Phone price drop. The intrepid duo also cover hacking and security, as well as some iCloud horror stories, which are perfect for this time of year. Later, after talking about a possible downed UFO, they finally talk about the lore surrounding lake monsters.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This week, there are some iPhone 8 misconceptions that Angelo would like to clear up before moving on to some thoughts on the Essential Phone price drop. The intrepid duo also cover hacking and security, as well as some iCloud horror stories, which are perfect for this time of year. Later, after talking about a possible downed UFO, they finally talk about the lore surrounding lake monsters. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, there are some iPhone 8 misconceptions that Angelo would like to clear up before moving on to some thoughts on the Essential Phone price drop. The intrepid duo also cover hacking and security, as well as some iCloud horror stories, which are perfect for this time of year. Later, after talking about a possible downed UFO, they finally talk about the lore surrounding lake monsters.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="The Essential Phone now costs $499, $200 less than the original price - The Verge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/22/16516828/essential-phone-price-cut-499-android">The Essential Phone now costs $499, $200 less than the original price - The Verge</a></li><li><a title="How Scared Should I Be of Getting Hacked? - VICE" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gkwdg/how-scared-should-i-be-of-getting-hacked">How Scared Should I Be of Getting Hacked? - VICE</a></li><li><a title="Troy Hunt: Password reuse, credential stuffing and another billion records in Have I been pwned" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.troyhunt.com/password-reuse-credential-stuffing-and-another-1-billion-records-in-have-i-been-pwned/">Troy Hunt: Password reuse, credential stuffing and another billion records in Have I been pwned</a></li><li><a title="Myke Hurley on Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/imyke/status/922781748248891392">Myke Hurley on Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Unidentified object seen near Southside Hills in St. John&#39;s - Newfoundland &amp; Labrador - CBC News" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/meteorite-meteor-space-unidentified-object-st-johns-south-side-hills-1.4368296">Unidentified object seen near Southside Hills in St. John's - Newfoundland &amp; Labrador - CBC News</a></li><li><a title="The Lake Monsters of America - Atlas Obscura" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/map-of-american-lake-monsters">The Lake Monsters of America - Atlas Obscura</a> &mdash; Make sure you check out the Lake Worth Monster.</li><li><a title="Lake Monsters: Where Are The Bodies? | Mysterious Universe" rel="nofollow" href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/07/lake-monsters-where-are-the-bodies/">Lake Monsters: Where Are The Bodies? | Mysterious Universe</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This week, there are some iPhone 8 misconceptions that Angelo would like to clear up before moving on to some thoughts on the Essential Phone price drop. The intrepid duo also cover hacking and security, as well as some iCloud horror stories, which are perfect for this time of year. Later, after talking about a possible downed UFO, they finally talk about the lore surrounding lake monsters.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="The Essential Phone now costs $499, $200 less than the original price - The Verge" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/22/16516828/essential-phone-price-cut-499-android">The Essential Phone now costs $499, $200 less than the original price - The Verge</a></li><li><a title="How Scared Should I Be of Getting Hacked? - VICE" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gkwdg/how-scared-should-i-be-of-getting-hacked">How Scared Should I Be of Getting Hacked? - VICE</a></li><li><a title="Troy Hunt: Password reuse, credential stuffing and another billion records in Have I been pwned" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.troyhunt.com/password-reuse-credential-stuffing-and-another-1-billion-records-in-have-i-been-pwned/">Troy Hunt: Password reuse, credential stuffing and another billion records in Have I been pwned</a></li><li><a title="Myke Hurley on Twitter" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/imyke/status/922781748248891392">Myke Hurley on Twitter</a></li><li><a title="Unidentified object seen near Southside Hills in St. John&#39;s - Newfoundland &amp; Labrador - CBC News" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/meteorite-meteor-space-unidentified-object-st-johns-south-side-hills-1.4368296">Unidentified object seen near Southside Hills in St. John's - Newfoundland &amp; Labrador - CBC News</a></li><li><a title="The Lake Monsters of America - Atlas Obscura" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/map-of-american-lake-monsters">The Lake Monsters of America - Atlas Obscura</a> &mdash; Make sure you check out the Lake Worth Monster.</li><li><a title="Lake Monsters: Where Are The Bodies? | Mysterious Universe" rel="nofollow" href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/07/lake-monsters-where-are-the-bodies/">Lake Monsters: Where Are The Bodies? | Mysterious Universe</a></li></ul>]]>
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