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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 Show
The Associated Press issues AI guidelines - DTH
The Associated Press issues AI guides for the newsroom, New York City bans TikTok on city-owned devices, and Snapchat's AI assistant glitches and posts Stories…
- Daily Tech News Show
AI Named This Show: Will AI Save the World or Kill Us All? - DTNS 4585
AI Named This Show is a AI-focused tech show hosted by longtime friends and tech media veterans Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras. Join the fun each week as…
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Ukraine Grain Strain - NSW w/ Tom Merritt DTNS 4584
Tom Merritt looks at News, Sports and Weather and gives his non-expert opinion on what he considers some of the most notable news of the day. It's like reading…
- Daily Tech News Show
China Scuttles Intel Acquisition - DTH
Intel gives up on acquiring Tower Semiconductor, Foxconn begins making the next iPhone in India, and scientists reconstruct a Pink Floyd song from brain…
- Daily Tech News Show
Get Airport Food Delivered To Your Gate - DTH
The Whitehouse requests to challenge Florida and Texas social media laws, Tesla launches 'Standard Range' Model S and Model X vehicles, and get food delivered…
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Perpetually Online - DTNS 4583
A show about life on the internet. That includes social media, memes, viral videos, and everything in between. In this episode we discuss X, the company…
- Daily Tech News Show
Report - Cord Cutting No Longer Saves Money - DTH
Apple Watch refresh set for 2024, cord-cutting may no longer be a money-saver, YouTube tests new adblocker block. Get show notes here. Hosted on Acast. See…
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TechTV Scrapbook: Kate Botello - DTNS 4582
Welcome to TechTV Scrapbook. The podcast that talks to the people and personalities who made the TechTV network possible. On the pilot episode we talk to Kate…
Daily Tech News ShowIt's Google's Fault - DTNS 4581
OnePlus released a social media post showing its upcoming phones working in the rain. Gizmodo recently reported that CNET has apparently deleted thousands of…
Daily Tech News ShowDo Delivery Drones Dream of Electric Bees? - DTNS 4580
Shannon gives up a wrap-up of all the big news from this year’s Black Hat security conference. We find out why urban drone delivery is not a regular thing yet…
Daily Tech News ShowNetflix Puts the Controller Before the Game - DTNS 4579
YouTube announced Tuesday that users who disable watch history will no longer see recommendations on the home page. Netflix is doubling down on its gaming…
Daily Tech News ShowNvidia Gives a Nod to Amazing Grace - DTNS 4578
We go over Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s big announcements from this year's SIGGRAPH event in LA. Postdoc researcher in ergonomics at USC, Alexis Souchet, details…
Daily Tech News ShowDoes Thread Matter More Than Matter? - DTNS 4577
A team of scientists from several UK universities trained a deep learning model to extract data from a recording of your keyboard clicks. Plus The New York…
Daily Tech News ShowRISC-V vs. ARM - DTNS 4576
Qualcomm, NXP, Nordic, Robert Bosch and Infineon have joined forces to create a company to promote the development of RISC-V. We go over Apple’s latest…
Daily Tech News ShowThere is No Cloud, Only Zuul - DTNS 4575
Warner Brothers Discovery announced quarter ending June 2023 earnings and has lost 1.8 million subscribers across all properties including Max, the newly…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon Fresh Tries Not to Drop the Bag - DTNS 4574
Meta released a tool for AI music generation called AudioCraft, under an MIT open source license. Early results from an ongoing Swedish trial of more than…
Daily Tech News ShowFlipping Out With Flip Phones - DTNS 4573
We pit the Samsung’s Flip and Fold against the Motorola’s Razr+ foldable phones. Which of these foldable smartphones is better? Plus Adobe, Apple, Autodesk…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Bird Goes Down in a Blaze of Glory - DTNS 4572
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple will unveil a standard iPhone 15 model that ditch the old notch for the Dynamic Island design. Plus Apple has officially…
Daily Tech News ShowX Used to Mark My Spot – DTNS 4571
The first four papers from US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study, setup to see if social media was the root cause of extreme political polarization…
Daily Tech News ShowMaking Money Now, Lose It in the Future - DTNS 4570
What is the Calyx Institute and how can people benefit from its work to enable data security and digital privacy. Reuters reports that Tesla has been purposely…
Daily Tech News ShowUnfolding Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - DTNS 4569
Samsung announced several new foldable phones, tablets and smart watches. We dive into the details with Android Faithful’s Huyen Tue Dao. Plus to get Twitter’s…
Daily Tech News ShowApple TV Gets Messi - DTNS 4568
How will Apple’s streaming service benefit from popular soccer star Lionel Messi’s exclusive deal with Major League Soccer? Netflix will replace its downloads…
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X-ing Out the Bird - DTNS 4567
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s is rolling out Worldcoin, a way to provide identity validation with focus on “distinguishing humans from AI online.” We discuss The…
Daily Tech News ShowGlorbo for President, 2024 - DTNS 4556
AI is disrupting a lot of industries but will it also disrupt your paycheck? The Information reports that Meta told Quest Pro suppliers it would not need new…
Daily Tech News ShowShe's Got the Whole Foods in Her Palm - DTNS 4565
The UK government is looking to update its 2016 Investigatory Powers Act that would require companies to comply immediately if the UK’s Home Office demands…
Daily Tech News ShowHumans Stealing NPC Jobs - DTNS 4564
Why are TikTokers acting like NPCs in a video game? Netflix has removed the basic plan in the U.S. and the U.K. And we have the latest on the soap-opera that…
Daily Tech News ShowThe AI Goat - DTNS 4563
How can chatbots replace human subjects in scientific research? Microsoft announced details on some new chatbot features coming to Microsoft 365 business…
Daily Tech News ShowSony Answers The Call of Duty - DTNS 4562
Sony agrees to keep all of Duty available for PlayStation for 10 years after the Microsoft Blizzard acquisition closes. A Financial Times report found that the…
Daily Tech News ShowHow Impressive Are You on Twitter? - DTNS 4561
What's the deal with carmakers signing deals to use Tesla's SuperCharger network? Twitter has begun compensating some of its popular creators with a share of…
Daily Tech News ShowLighting Up Tim's Garage - DTNS 4560
Rolls-Royce introduces the first EV in its 150 year history, the Spectre. Tom’s Hardware notes that the IEEE has added the 802.11bb standard for light-based…
Daily Tech News ShowRoblox Roadblocks - DTNS 4559
The Video Game History Foundation and Software Preservation Network claim that 87% of classic video games (that means games released before 2010) in the US are…
Daily Tech News ShowDoes the Judge Play Call of Duty? - DTNS 4558
Thinking about upgrading your PC but not sure where to start? Will Smith is here to give us pointers on your PC upgrade path. A judge has ruled *against* a…
Daily Tech News ShowPaging Dr. Chad - DTNS 4557
The Wall Street Journal’s sources say Google is testing a language model called Med-PaLM 2 with some health care companies, including the Mayo Clinic. Is the…
Daily Tech News ShowDo Emojis Imply Intent? 👍️ or 👎️? - DTNS 4556
Can you use a thumbs-up emoji to sign a contract in Canada? Maybe? We explain what went on and what is and isn’t affected. Plus Sega is withholding its big…
Daily Tech News ShowDeleting Threads Unravels Your Instagram? - DTNS 4555
Instagram launched its new Twitter clone called Threads yesterday. After a full day we dive into the app and what we think. Plus Twitter is still busy looking…
- Daily Tech News Show
Instagram Going Thread to Thread Against Twitter - DTNS 4554
Instagram is launching a Twitter-like microblogging service called Threads. We explain how it compares and possible issues with it. The Recording Academy…
- Daily Tech News Show
Spill, Bluesky and Post see Big User Gains - DTH
These are the Daily Tech Headlines. DTNS is off for the US Independence day holiday but will return Wednesday July 5th. Google's privacy policy change is…
- Daily Tech News Show
T3: Trish Talks Titles - DTNS 4553
This year’s summer game announcements were a veritable deluge of new IPs, sequels and spin-offs. Trisha Hershberger is here to give us an expert's eye on what…
Daily Tech News ShowSave the Planet and Your Money - DTNS 4552
On Thursday, Google joined Meta in saying it will remove Canadian news from its platforms in response to Bill C-18 aka the Online News Act. In addition Google…
- Daily Tech News Show
A Symphony of Black Holes - DTNS 4551
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino lays out a plan to woo back some advertisers who previously left the platform. Reddit has given closed communities a deadline to…
- Daily Tech News Show
Stitcher Sirius-ly Shutdown - DTNS 4550
SiriusXm is shutting down Stitcher. Users have until August 29th to move to a new podcast listening platform. Business Insider reports that Google recently…
- Daily Tech News Show
AI: Fury Web - DTNS 4549
With its high price tag, why is Apple continuing the Mac Pro line when they have the Mac Studio that does most of what it can do for half the price? Will…
- Daily Tech News Show
YouTube's Playing Games - DTNS 4548
Wall Street Journal reports, YouTube began internally testing “Playables” a service for playing games on the platform. Amazon is recruiting small businesses in…
Daily Tech News ShowWorry About The Humans, Not The AI - DTNS 4547
AI is often presented as a danger to democratic societies by undermining trust in institutions and government. But can the reverse also be true? The Canadian…
- Daily Tech News Show
Google's Golden Egg Laying Days Behind Them? - DTNS 4546
As Spotify enters its next phase of podcasting what exactly are its plans? Is the European Commission aiming to break up Google? And Google announces…
- Daily Tech News Show
Dark Patterns in Amazon Prime? - DTNS 4545
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the company violated rules by using so-called dark patterns. Electronic Arts CEO…
- Daily Tech News Show
Can't We All Just Fedi-long? - DTNS 4544
Spotify is planning a pricier new premium subscription tier it has been calling “Supremium” in-house. What’s going on between Meta and Mastodon? And Patrick…
- Daily Tech News Show
Reddit’s $4.5 Million Ransom – DTH
Kuo says iPhone 15 will get Vision Pro integration, EvLeaks shows off Galaxy Unpacked foldable lineup, Meta lowers Quest age limit. Get show notes here. Hosted…
- Daily Tech News Show
College Food - Everybody in the Pool
We've got a special thing in the podcast feed today. Molly Wood has started a new show called "Everybody in the Pool." This is Molly at her best, talking with…
Daily Tech News ShowGoogle, No Longer Master of Its Own Domains - DTNS 4543
Google will be shutting down its domain name registrar called Google Domains with Squarespace will take over the business and its assets. We talk about how the…
- Daily Tech News Show
As the Journalism Crumbles? - DTNS 4542
Epic released a new tool called MetaHuman Animator that captures an actor’s facial performance using an iPhone, that then creates your “MetaHuman” in the…
- Daily Tech News Show
AI Dangers Remain Unknown - DTNS 4541
The European Union’s European Parliament passed a draft law known as the AI Act. This year’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report shows that when it comes to…
- Daily Tech News Show
AI is the Fifth Beatle - DTNS 4540
The Wall Street Journal’s sources say Netflix is in talks to live-stream its first sporting event. Golf. Played by Formula 1 race car drivers. In Las Vegas…
- Daily Tech News Show
Users Don't Digg New Reddit Changes - DTNS 4539
Reddit’s plan to charge for API access has led to a big backlash on the platform with many subreddits switching to private or hidden mode in protest. Apple’s…
Daily Tech News ShowNetflix is Proud of Its Measurements - DTNS 4538
Independent streaming analytics company Antenna has the results from Netflix’s recent crackdown on password sharing. Chris Ashley shares his advice on towing…
- Daily Tech News Show
It’s Hard Out There for the 3rd Party Devs – DTNS 4537
WhatsApp has a new feature called Channels which enables “private way to follow what matters,” designed so that channel operators can broadcast to people in…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple’s Game Tool is Very Metal – DTNS 4536
Automattic launched an AI assistant for WordPress, which integrates easily with all Jetpack-powered sites. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used a…
- Daily Tech News Show
Zero Risk Doesn't Mean Zero Waste - DTNS 4535
Sean McManus wrote a piece detailing the Circular Drive Initiative ,or CDI, which is trying to reduce this e-waste by reusing hard drives instead of destroying…
- Daily Tech News Show
Apple Sets New Vision - DTNS 4534
Apple announced a flurry of new products including their much anticipated “Vision Pro” AR/VR headset at this year’s WWDC 2023. We share impressions and…
- Daily Tech News Show
Video Hasn't Killed The Pinball Star - DTNS 4533
Bloomberg’s sources say Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, and Dish about offering discounted cell service at around $10 a month, or possibly even free…