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Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- Daily Tech News Show
Google Says It Did Not Kill Its Golden Ad Goose - DTNS 5384
Look, Google has plans, OK? They’ll be fine. Just ask them. And NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang may have been targeted by a spy. We’re sure that will be fine too…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple Launches Ergonomically Terrible Laptops - DTNS 5383
Apple added a touchscreen laptop to its lineup, a design once called “ergonomically terrible” by Steve Jobs. Meanwhile, Amazon tried to steal Apple’s hardware…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple Won’t Stop Releasing Hardware This Week - DTNS 5382
OpenAI won’t stop releasing science and why LLMs are more expensive if you don’t speak English. Starring Tom Merritt and Jason Howell Show notes found here…
- Daily Tech News Show
Anthropic Doesn’t Lose as Much Money As You Think - DTNS 5381
What the average person will find interesting about the Anthropic IPOs. Plus iFixit figures out what’s causing iPhone Duo screens to crack. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowFooling Your Friends to Make You Both Safer
- Deception is a virus - Passive protection doesn't work. - Build up your deception immune system (And why you need a DM for your corporate wolf masking…
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How to Vibe Code Custom Firmware for Audio Gear
Rich Stroffolino joins Jason Howell to geek out on the state of audio technology in the age of agentic AI that enables anyone to safely modify the inner…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat's The Next Apple-gate? - DTNS 5380
The top stories of the week are about AI discovering a critical bug in the Web, Responsible Disclosure and patching systems breaking down, and how…
- Daily Tech News Show
Talk to Your DNA - DTNS 5379
Hugging Face releases an on-device open model for studying DNA. And Amazon security researchers say PHP2Shell may have been exploited as early as Saturday…
- Daily Tech News Show
The Day the Internet Broke - DTNS 5378
Eight insecure TLS certificates seemed to be bad enough, but then folks leaked out a PHP vulnerability that could compromise more than 70% of the Web. Thank…
- Daily Tech News Show
Vibe Code Ads Right Off of Your TV - DTNS 5377
People are removing the smart from their TVs using agents. Plus, the discovery that could help us actually understand what goes on within LLMs. Starring Tom…
- Daily Tech News Show
Airship Successfully Delivers Cell Service in Japan - DTNS 5376
A New Mexico company delivers LTE from a zeppelin in Japan, Samsung may shift its S-series announcement back to January, and iPhone Duo preorders start…
- Daily Tech News Show
The Scampocalypse: How to Survive the Present Attacks
- What's changing now - Bad habits in the past are now dangerous. - Cognitive security - Patient Zero: Madison Square Garden hack Featuring Tom Merritt and…
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Is the DIY PC Era Over? – DTNS Weekend
On this episode of DTNS Weekend, Roger and Patrick go head-to-head over the possible death of DIY PC building. Who or what is killing the hobby, and is this…
Daily Tech News ShowWho's Running Your Smart Home? - DTNS 5375
This week Apple announced its Home View smart home hub along with several smart home devices in cooperation with LG and Schneider. So our BIG QUESTION this…
- Daily Tech News Show
Who the GoogleBook is For - DTNS 5374
Iyaz Akhtar from PC Mag joins us to talk about his experience using a Googlebook as his daily driver. Plus Amazon’s Bee has new note-taking gadgets. Starring…
- Daily Tech News Show
Spy Rhymes with AI - DTNS 5373
Plus, Fortnite on Linux gets closer and what really makes you a developer. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Links to stories discussed in this episode…
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Apple Wants to Lock You Into Your Home - DTNS 5372
Apple has a new smart home hub and a door lock among other things. Plus, Jason’s been trying out Google’s flagship Gemini 4 Argon. Has Google caught back up in…
- Daily Tech News Show
Social Engineering 101
- What has worked up until now - 3 psychological back doors (plus social proof) - What DTNS listeners think of as social engineering "Wolfmasking | Enterprise…
Daily Tech News ShowIs Software Over? - DTNS 5371
Brandon Thomas of Artcraft has used that declaration to get attention on his Artcraft product. But does he have a point? When you can vibe code whatever you…
- Daily Tech News Show
Amazon Goes Full Android for Tablets - DTNS 5370
Amazon announced a new smart tablet lineup, plus a developer at Artcraft vibe code replacements for all of Adobe’s Creative Suite. Starring Tom Merritt and…
- Daily Tech News Show
Microsoft Brings 1 Trillion Parameters to the Desktop - DTNS 5369
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is also out and can do a lot of parameters locally too. And Tom vibe codes a crappy but cute game on Google’s new Playground…
- Daily Tech News Show
Open Weights Aren’t Just Chinese Anymore - DTNS 5368
Mistral and a New York company get competitive in open weights, and a startup wants to sell you a cheap AI PC. Cheap by AI standards. Starring Tom Merritt and…
- Daily Tech News Show
Googlebooks Have a Tiny Intel Problem - DTNS 5367
Some Android apps don’t work as well on the Intel Googlebooks. How many? Google says don’t worry about it. Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says we need to put…
- Daily Tech News Show
The Floppy Disk is Not Dead, Yet. - DTNS Weekend
Tom Merritt talks to Tom Persky, the proprietor of Floppydisk.com, about how he’s still able to sell new blank floppy disks, how he ended up in the business…
- Daily Tech News Show
Why TCL is Suing Samusng over MiniLEDs - DTNS Weekend October 3, 2026
Robert Heron from Heron Fidelity joined us to talk about the lawsuit over the meaning of MiniLED, what it means to you, and what to keep in mind when shopping…
Daily Tech News ShowShould We Trust Proactive Agents? – DTNS 5366
OpenAI introduced Dots this week; proactive agents that run in the cloud and act for you without being asked. Meta’s Muse and Manus offer similar capabilities…
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New Kindles or New Google Gemini 4 Model. Which is Better? - DTNS 5365
We break down the new Kindles, talk about Gemini 4 Argon, and assess the iPhone’s China comeback. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane Show notes here. Hosted…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple Comes for the Amazon Echo - DTNS 5364
Apple’s going to release a smart home hub in a few weeks. Plus, the real US AI story you’re not hearing as much about and why you should care about a new Fire…
- Daily Tech News Show
OpenAI Release Proactive Dots on Your Computer - DTNS 5363
It’s Dev Days for OpenAI, so they added a new $500-a-month plan. Plus, a way to use batteries to remove CO2 from the air. And we interpret Anthropic’s IPO…
- Daily Tech News Show
OpenAI Pauses Training Again After More Agent Alignment Issues - DTNS 5362
NVIDIA’s Open Agent Safety Platform is a reference design for how agents can be confined and monitored, and Bose released its USB-C powered Noise Cancelling…
Daily Tech News ShowCan Googlebook Bridge the Gap? - DTNS 5361
Can Googlebooks replace a MacBook or PC laptop? Are AI charms the future of personal AI or just a dead end? We discuss these important topics plus answer this…
- Daily Tech News Show
Meta Wants AI on Your Backpack - DTNS 5360
Meta’s new Muse Charm makes agentic AI cute. Plus Rob DeMillo joins to talk about Google launching its Tensor Processing Units into space. Starring Tom…
- Daily Tech News Show
Qualcomm Wants Your AI on Device - DTNS 5359
Jason Howell reports from the Snapdragon Summit on the new Snapdragon Elite Gen 6 models, plus most of the world feels good about AI, so why is the West such a…
- Daily Tech News Show
Xbox Reset Moves Halo to Activision - DTNS 5358
A few hundred layoffs and some other studio moves continue the changes at Xbox, plus Beats 360 modular headphones and an LLM for ancient Greek. Starring Tom…
- Daily Tech News Show
Who the GoogleBook is For: Android Users - DTNS 5357
Ron Richards got his hands on the new Googlebooks, which are great laptops for Android users. Plus, the Mac Mini and Mac Studio reviews are out, and why AI…
- Daily Tech News Show
Who is the Steam Frame For? - DTNS Weekend
Scott Stein, CNET Editor at Large, walks through the new Steam Frame VR headset, where it sits in the pantheon of VR devices in 2026, and whether its price is…
- Daily Tech News Show
Decluttering Cables - DTNS Weekend
Which cables should you keep and which can you finally ditch? Roger and Patrick Norton tackle the tangled mess of cables taking over our closets and garages…
Daily Tech News ShowIs Obsolescence Planned, or is It Natural? - DTNS 5356
Molly Wood joins to talk about the upgrade cycle of devices, whether you should get permission from people before summarizing your conversations with them and…
- Daily Tech News Show
Snap Specs Make a Play for Your Augmented Reality Attention - DTNS 5355
We think big enterprises are the most likely to buy Snap Specs, plus the Apple Watch reviews are in, and more AI safety instances and a framework for dealing…
- Daily Tech News Show
The iPhone 18 Ain’t Bad, It’s Just Big and Expensive - DTNS 5354
We look over the largely growing reviews of the iPhone 18 Pro, plus what Flock Cameras actually capture and a security industry perspective on securing agents…
- Daily Tech News Show
We Don't Talk About the Googlebook Event - DTNS 5353
Steam Frame reviews say that the VR headset is ambitious and expensive with limited games support, and newly developed perovskite solar cells can charge more…
- Daily Tech News Show
Why Are AI Companies Talking All About Pacing? - DTNS 5352
Code spotted inside of iOS27 shows how real AI model choice might present itself inside the OS, and Justin Robert Young talks about how AI has become the top…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple iPhone Duo Reaction - DTNS WEEKEND
Apple just unveiled its latest lineup: the iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max, the much-anticipated iPhone Duo, Apple Watch Series 12, and AirPods 5. But the big…
Daily Tech News ShowIs Apple's Product Line Too Confusing? - DTNS Live 5351
Scott Johnson joins us to talk about Apple's ever-growing list of iPhones and whether we still want or need game consoles. Plus, if AI is unsafe, what do we…
- Daily Tech News Show
The Reason AI Experts Are Scared it Might Kill Us All - DTNS 5350
It’s a small chance, but still. At least autonomous vehicles are safer for us. And poor Instagram. Making it “safer” makes it less fun. Starring: Tom Merritt…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple’s New CEO Announces a New Foldable iPhone - DTNS 5349
Apple also has a new watch and more. Sarah Lane joins us to break it all down. Plus, an Anthropic engineer quits over AI safety fears. Starring Tom Merritt…
- Daily Tech News Show
LG Smart TVs Are Listening a Little Too Long - DTNS 5348
Dr. Niki reviews and calls out the IgNobel prizes, the silliest achievements in science, and Google Search is now very different in the EU as the company…
- Daily Tech News Show
Why Is the US FDA Having So Many Food Recalls? - DTNS WEEKEND
Dr. Niki looked at the numbers and tells us why this year’s number of recalls is not that different than previous ones, but is notable in one important way…
- Daily Tech News Show
DTNS August 2026 in Review
Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of July Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
- Daily Tech News Show
OpenAI President Says It Reached AGI with Astra - DTNS 5347
Astra is coming for us all, Lenovo has new concept devices, and Microsoft knows what’s best for you. Streaming game limits and developer configurations…
- Daily Tech News Show
Anker Takes Home Security Off the Grid at IFA 2026 - DTNS 5346
DJI, Roborock, and Dyson unveiled new robovacs that can easily climb stairs and keep home mapping data private, and HTC's VIVE Eagle smartglasses gives…
- Daily Tech News Show
Google Won’t Have to Sell its Ad Business - DTNS 5345
A judge rules that Google won’t have to drop its ad tech businesses. Plus, OPenAI says how it will safeguard Astra, and Anthropic releases Fable 5.1 Starring…
- Daily Tech News Show
Sonos's New Soundbar and Headphones Right Some of Its Wrongs - DTNS 5344
Roku's first OLED TV is more affordable and likely still has ads, and a new study that finds that raindrops really can do the electric slide and that's one…
- Daily Tech News Show
The EU Regulates ChatGPT Like a Search Engine - DTNS 5343
The EU calls ChatGPT a Very Large Search Engine Platform; also, it’s Tim Cook’s last day, and Microsoft leans back towards physical media for Xbox. Starring…
- Daily Tech News Show
Why Robot Blood Draws Are Better for Workers and Patients - DTNS WEEKEND
Dr. Gerry Tolbert joins us to tell us why he's so excited for a robotic system to draw blood and what hurdles it will need to overcome to get widespread…
- Daily Tech News Show
Anthropic is (almost) Not a Supply Chain Risk - DTNS 5342
Grand Theft Auto VI runs at an articulable 30 frames per second and apparently has around 80 hours of gameplay, and Samsung's new Odyssey monitor lineup pushes…
- Daily Tech News Show
NVIDIA is about to buy HuggingFace - DTNS 5341
And HuggingFace made a dancing robot duck. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
- Daily Tech News Show
Meta Agrees to Change Its Ways, But Not Admit Guilt - DTNS 5340
Meta will change its teen policies for ten years, Bill Gates wants to tax AI and robots, and Xbox kicks off its disc-to-digital program. Starring Tom Merritt…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple’s new Mac Mini and Mac Studio Are All About Local AI - DTNS 5339
Uber is giving parents of teens the ability to livestream video of the child's ride in real time, and Android 17 includes a new Motion Assist feature to help…
- Daily Tech News Show
Netflix Wants to Manage Your Streaming Bill - DTNS 5338
Netflix might join Amazon and Apple in letting you add services. Plus, a humanoid robot runs faster than Usain Bolt and game preservationists plan a boycott of…