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TEC105: A new service lets you upload old photos and turn them into brief animations. Dom, Fr. Cory, and Joanne talk about animating relatives and the ethics of simulcrams of real people. Plus some Apple-related woes in the news and new high-tech dine and dash schemes.

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Links for this episode:

• MyHeritage Deep Nostalgia™, deep learning technology to animate the faces in still family photos – MyHeritage
• Deep Nostalgia uses AI to bring old photos to life — and it’s freaking us out | Tom’s Guide
• Error 14: Apple iPhone users report losing thousands of pictures after glitch
• Apple confirms it does not hold your Apple ID hostage due to missed Apple Card payment – 9to5Mac
• iCloud allegedly locked out a user over her last name | Engadget
• Popular Los Angeles restaurant closes after high-tech “dine and dash” scheme
• Altice USA CEO: cable TV will die, broadband and wireless should merge

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