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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.
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Episodes
Daily Tech News ShowNanomotors! - DTNS 4751
How can learning about how bacteria swim help us stop infections and make more agile nanobots? Plus will Google’s latest reorganizing really help bring AI to…
Daily Tech News ShowPS5 Pro Specs: Worth It? - DTNS 4750
We evaluate the leaked specs for Sony’s upcoming PS5 Pro. Plus power demand from data centers is holding back AI development. What are the solutions? And US…
Daily Tech News ShowChat is in the Air - DTNS 4749
How is YouTube expanding its efforts to stop ad blocker use on YouTube? Plus we take a closer look at why Humane AI pins have been poorly received. And we…
Daily Tech News ShowSmartphone Race to the Top - DTNS 4748
Adobe is integrating generative models for Adobe Premiere, its video editor. Plus after Apple made changes to its App Store policy allowing emulators, the…
Daily Tech News Show#OpenToWork - DTNS 4747
Tech layoffs have been a common occurrence over the past several months. But what is it like after you’ve been laid off and where do you go from there? Plus…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Deepfake Dilemma - DTNS 4746
The first round of reviews for Humane’s AI Pin have been published. We parse out what reviewers had to say. Plus Instagram announced a new safety feature that…
Daily Tech News ShowMicrosoft Playing the Long Con(Sole) - DTNS 4745
Microsoft has plans for new Xbox hardware. Plus Blizzard announces its games will return to mainland China in summer 2024 after signing a new deal. And after…
Daily Tech News ShowAndroid Enhance and Triangulate - DTNS 4744
Android’s enhanced Find My Device network was rolled out yesterday. What can it do and what do you need to use it? Plus we share the big news from Google’s…
Daily Tech News ShowEV Adoption: It's All About $$$ - DTNS 4743
Ford delays its EV rollout and refocuses on hybrids as public interest in EV ownership wanes. What’s going on? Plus Apple’s new app guidelines allows for game…
Daily Tech News ShowAnother Google Product Bites the Dust - DTNS 4742
Google Podcasts is no more. What are your options? Plus OpenAI CTO Mira Murati wouldn’t confirm if its Sora model was trained on any data from YouTube…
Daily Tech News ShowDo You Need a VPN? - DTNS 4741
We share long time supporter Craig Porter’s insight into the connectivity and internet situation in the Antarctic. Plus Social Media service X is doling out…
Daily Tech News ShowIt's a Me, Cheat-io! - DTNS 4740
Microsoft is testing an AI chatbot for Xbox support services, but has bigger plans for the technology. Plus Stable Audio 2.0 now lets users upload their own…
Daily Tech News ShowAre You a 60Hz Person? - DTNS 4739
Scientists from Trinity college Dublin published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE that found that some people perceive more images per second than others. Plus…
Daily Tech News ShowStargate AI-1 - DTNS 4738
Microsoft and OpenAI are jointly working on a data center featuring an AI supercomputer named “Stargate”. Plus what’s the current status on that legislative…
Daily Tech News ShowAI Isn't Just About Programming - DTNS 4737
In a recent study China pulls ahead of the US when it comes to developing AI talent. What is AI talent and what skills do you need to become one? Plus The…
Daily Tech News ShowAI Enters the Politics Game - DTNS 4736
Is a recent half-a-billion plus donation to Future of Life Institute, an AI think tank, set the stage for AI regulation? Plus why are Intel’s and Microsoft’s…
Daily Tech News ShowState of the Video Game Biz - DTNS 4735
What does Microsoft’s Phil Spencer think is happening to the video gaming business? Plus Disney officially adds Hulu as a category inside of Disney+. And why…
Daily Tech News ShowSora's Generative World Simulation - DTNS 4734
We discuss the emergent capability of generative video LLM as a world simulator. What does it mean and what can it do? Plus we examine David Pierce’s The Verge…
Daily Tech News ShowOur Two Cents on Micro-Transactions - DTNS 4733
How are game microtransactions infuriating game players and why might we see more of them in the future? Plus Spotify is testing a fourth category of content…
Daily Tech News ShowDude, Where's My Robot Car? - DTNS 4732
Are robotaxis facing a losing war in gaining broad public acceptance? Nicole shares her experience riding in them and what she thinks needs to be done. Plus…
Daily Tech News ShowThe US Case Against Apple - DTNS 4731
Microsoft announces new Surface PCs for Business with Copilot integration. Plus Neuroscience startup Neuralink live-streamed an interview Wednesday with…
Daily Tech News ShowPlatforms Are Here to Stay - DTNS 4730
Unity’s 2024 Unity Gaming Report notes an increase in multiplatform game development. What’s behind this trend and is it good for the industry? Plus Meta’s…
Daily Tech News ShowNvidia Making AI Moves - DTNS 4729
Meta is reducing the fee for EU users to €5.99 a month plus €4 for additional accounts to assuage regulators' concerns about economic coercion. Plus we share…
Daily Tech News ShowTextured AI - DTNS 4728
How has GDC 2024 pivoted to meet the needs of laid off game developers. Plus why has Sony paused the manufacture of its PlayStation VR2 headset? And Bloomberg…
Daily Tech News ShowChatbot Side Channel Attack - DTNS 4727
Ars Technica posted a story on Thursday called “Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encrypted.” Which Chatbots are affected and…
Daily Tech News ShowWill TikTok Survive? - DTNS 4726
Will the US Congress pass a bill forcing the sale of TikTok? How is Google’s artificial intelligence-powered search engine, Search Generative Experience…
Daily Tech News ShowGaming Ubiquity - DTNS 4725
Sea of Thieves briefly took the top spot for PS5 game pre-orders Monday. Is this that Microsoft’s new Xbox strategy is paying off? Plus Google DeepMind…
Daily Tech News ShowVision Pro Surgery - DTNS 4724
Ray-Ban’s Meta glasses has updated the visual search feature to recognize landmarks and describe them. Plus a startup called Empathy is looking to simplify the…
Daily Tech News ShowGaming Handhelds Are Huge! - DTNS 4723
Covariant launched RFM-1 (Robotics Foundation Model 1) a “large language model (LLM), but for robot language.” Plus did the Princess of Wales, aka “Kate”…
Daily Tech News ShowShut Up and Give GPUs Your Money! - DTNS 4722
Patrick is here to explain what you should expect to pay for your next GPU upgrade. Plus what will a solar eclipse mean for solar power? And what effect did…
Daily Tech News ShowIt's Really About TikTok - DTNS 4721
What does the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” mean for TikTok and other foreign owned social media platforms? Plus…
Daily Tech News ShowEpic Apple Bingo! - DTNS 4720
Scott goes over all the games revealed at Xbox’s partner showcase. Plus, Apple terminated Epic’s developer account thwarting its plans to bring a third-party…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Cold Truth About EV Batteries - DTNS 4719
We explain the changes Google announced to bring its products and services in compliance with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. Plus, Instagram…
Daily Tech News ShowThe LLM Light Bulb – DTNS 4718
Why is Apple Card drawing the ire of UK banks? Plus how Nigerian Fintech company Moniepoint is making inroads with consumers in the country. And how do LLMs do…
Daily Tech News ShowLarge Language Money - DTNS 4717
As large social media sites and platforms make deals to provide training data to AI operators will users be negatively impacted? Plus Elon Musk is suing…
Daily Tech News ShowGood News for Gemini - DTNS 4716
Stack Overflow is partnering with Google to provide AI assistance to users while Google Cloud will integrate Stack Overflow’s knowledge base into Gemini for…
Daily Tech News ShowPreserving Video Game History - DTNS 4715
We discuss how the Video Game History Foundation’s efforts to preserve video game culture marks a new chapter in video game preservation. Plus we examine the…
Daily Tech News ShowBlue is Hard - DTNS 4714
How can the ribbontail stingray teach us how to make better less invasive coloring agents? 404 Media’s Emanuel Maiberg has a report on ghost kitchens using…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Rejuvenation of OnePlus - DTNS 4713
Mobile World Congress starts this week. We look at the big announcements from Samsung, Xiaomi, HMD, Honor, and Lenovo. Plus we look at OnePlus’s latest…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Politics of Topics - DTNS 4712
What happens when your Instagram or Threads post is labeled political? Molly Wood details her experience. And what type of reaction has Reddit received after…
Daily Tech News ShowCould AI Replace Tom Cruise? - DTNS 4711
Is OpenAI’s text-to-video tool, Sora, a threat to the business of making TV shows and films? Plus, Google is pausing Gemini’s generation of people in images so…
Daily Tech News ShowApple's Quantum Resistant Encryption - DTNS 4710
Intel reveals its Foundry Business roadmap. Plus Apple will add PQ3 cryptographic protocol to its messaging service, which Apple believes is resistant to…
Daily Tech News ShowBaby Come Back, To iPad Mini - DTNS 4709
Walmart announced that it will acquire TV maker Vizio in a deal valued at $2.3 billion. Plus we detail the big redesign changes YouTube is rolling out to…
Daily Tech News ShowDon't Pass on Passkeys - DTNS 4708
Bose has new earbuds that sit outside the ear canal instead of inside it. Plus, it turns out OpenAI’s Sora video-generating model can render video games too…
Daily Tech News ShowReturns Weren't Part of the Vision - DTNS 4707
Why is Meta clamping down on political posts and cutting back on funding for fact checking? Has the web evolved beyond the usefulness of robot.txt files to…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat Did Nvidia Get Right? - DTNS 4706
How did Nvidia go from gaming company to AI darling worth a total market cap just behind Apple and Microsoft? Plus how did a South African based company…
Daily Tech News ShowFollow My Memories - DTNS 4705
Nvidia demos Chat, an AI chatbot, running locally one of the company’s RTX series GPU. Google Meet announces, “Companion Mode” which helps you reach your…
Daily Tech News ShowNo Funimation! - DTNS 4704
We do a rundown of the top four launch bugs on Samsung’s S24 smartphone. Plus the IEEE Spectrum has a report on how piezoelectric transducers can use a phone’s…
Daily Tech News ShowWhere is Your Tribe? - DTNS 4703
How does a small business navigate social media? How does Sam Altman plan to reshape the global semiconductor industry? And why is X pivoting towards video?…
Daily Tech News ShowPlaying the Streaming Games - DTNS 4702
ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros/Discover have agreed to a deal for a mega sports streaming service coming this Fall. Plus Singapore-based Brilliant Labs announced a…
Daily Tech News ShowBetting on the Future of Gaming - DTNS 4701
Why is Xbox looking to bring some of its exclusive titles to other platforms? And Apple and scientists at UC-Santa Barbara released an open source multimodal…
Daily Tech News ShowApple Vision Woe - DTNS 4700
Some owners of the Apple Vision Pro report forgetting their passcode which can disable the headset if a passcode is entered in too many times. Plus Forbes is…
Daily Tech News ShowYou Too Should Wait for Qi2 - DTNS 4699
Allison is here to explain everything you need to know about wireless charging standards. Plus Amazon and Reach, the UK’s largest publisher, reach a deal to…
Daily Tech News ShowApple Vision Pros and Cons - DTNS 4698
We get hands on time with the Apple Vision Pro and share our thoughts. Plus Apple releases big numbers in its Q4 earnings call. And what happened to all the…
Daily Tech News ShowExplaining The Kids Online Safety Act - DTNS 4697
What is the Kids Online Safety Act and why is it such a contentious issue? Plus Google is bringing generative AI to Google Maps. And why is Tim Cook betting so…
Daily Tech News ShowBig Blizzard Restructuring - DTNS 4696
Blizzard gets a new president, Johanna Faries. Scott explains what her appointment means in a newly merged Microsoft Activision Blizzard company. Plus…
Daily Tech News ShowNow LIVE on Netflix - DTNS 4695
Is Netflix’s pivot to more traditional TV fare like dramas and reality shows a threat to traditional linear TV? Plus Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000…
Daily Tech News ShowBrisket Backup Power - DTNS 4694
Chris Ashley shares his thoughts you need to be aware of before you invest in a power generator for emergency situations. Plus Amazon gives up on acquiring…
Daily Tech News ShowDeep Fake Protections Are Needed - DTNS 4693
Explicit deep fake images and videos of Taylor Swift have flooded X, raising questions about a legal framework around deep fakes and issues with X’s current…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Van Tech Life – DTNS 4692
What kind of tech do you need if you want to be a fulltime Van Lifer? Plus in response to the EU’s DMA, Apple will allow alternative app stores for the iPhone…