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<h4 style='display: inline;'>Guest Starring:</h4> <p style='display: inline;'><a href='http://www.relay.fm/people/lschmeiser'>Lisa  Schmeiser</a> and <a href='http://www.relay.fm/people/carolinamilanesi'>Carolina Milanesi</a></p>
<h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4>  <h5><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/science/chess-artificial-intelligence.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank">One Giant Step for a Chess-Playing Machine - The New York Times</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://twitter.com/lschmeiser" target="_blank">Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) | Twitter</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://twitter.com/caro_milanesi" target="_blank">Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) | Twitter</a></h5>

86: The 2019 CES Draft

From products and companies to services and trends, Download’s weekly panel of experts analyzed the biggest topics in tech … and a few you may have missed. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.