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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 ShowThere's No Moore's Law for Autonomous Cars - DTNS 4532
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Instagram that a Quest 3 VR headset will come out this autumn. A 128 GB version will cost $499.99. BeReal is testing a chat…
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Cooking Up Language Learning - DTNS 4531
Twitter plans on expanding its Community Notes feature where volunteer contributors can add context to posts in order to combat misinformation. If the notes…
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Teacher, What Do You Meme? - DTNS 4530
We check out the latest announcements from the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, Taiwan including Nvidia’s trillion dollar valuation. TechCrunch’s Amanda…
Daily Tech News ShowNvidia Demos Talking to NPCs with Natural Language - DTH
Nvidia demoed its ACE for Games tech to let gamers talk to NPCs with natural language, JioCinema sets a concurrent streaming record, and Mark Gurman gets an…
Daily Tech News ShowDigital Twins Inform Digital Models - DTNS 4529
Rob DeMillo – Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is here to explain the nuances of digital twins and how they relate to digital models and…
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Keeping the “Human” in HR – DTNS 4528
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued new guidance on a company’s responsibility to ensure algorithmically driven HR tools don’t deliver results…
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Dial Up Still Exists - DTNS 4527
We pour over Sony PlayStation’s pre-summer announcements, checkout all the new features in Microsoft’s PowerToy release including running up to four PCs with…
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Microsoft Builds a Copilot - DTNS 4526
Microsoft’s annual Build conference starts today and the Redmond company has announced a number of AI chatbot integrations with Windows and Bing. Plus Waymo…
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The Standard Contract is Not Enough - DTNS 4525
The EU fines Meta a record €1.2B for sending European user data to the US in violation of GDPR. What now for Meta? The Cyberspace Administration of China has…
Daily Tech News ShowTikTok Table Talk - DTNS 4524
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple restricted some of its employees from using generative models at work over concerns about leaks. Barclay’s financial…
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VR Right Under Our Noses - DTNS 4523
Smell-o-vision makes a return, this time in VR? And the SCOTUS issues its ruling on two cases that could affect Section 230. We go over the rulings and what it…
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One Uber to Move Them All - DTNS 4522
Allison shares her thoughts on Tesla’s latest “full self-driving beta 11”. Amazon announced new Echo devices. And we explore all the product announcements from…
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Stop treating AI like it's human - DTNS 4521
We take a look at the new accessibility features Apple previewed today including Personal Voice and Assistive Access. Vancouver based “Sanctuary Cognitive…
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Meet 1-900-Chatbot - DTNS 4520
Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin announced a new TV startup called Telly where they’re giving away 500,000 TVs for free. Each set contains an always-on secondary…
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Linda Yaccarino, The Xpert - DTNS 4519
Would you pay more for a generative AI chatbot that could process more user input at time? We discuss how Google’s open-source AI tool allowed a gamer to play…
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The ASUS ROG Ally is Whelming - DTNS 4518
Is Disney Plus in subscriber free fall? What’s Fairphone’s latest repairable tech for consumers? And is the ROG Ally worth the hype or is it just another minor…
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Google Is Bringing You Into The Fold - DTNS 4517
Anthropic announces “Constitutional AI” to help train artificial intelligence without the need for human-intensive training, and Google takes the stage to…
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Human, This is a Wendy's - DTNS 4516
What is spatial audio and is worth upgrading your entertainment audio setup for it? Plus Amazon launched “Amazon Anywhere”. A service that could let you buy…
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Streaming Causing Screaming - DTNS 4515
Even as generative AI tools like ChatGPT become normalized the various security, ethical and moral issues surrounding them still grab headlines. IMGUR…
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Does Apple Need an AI Strategy - DTNS 4514
We go through Apple’s quarterly earnings report and analyze what Tim Cook had to say about the company's operations during an interview with CNBC. French…
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Discord Ditching Digits - DTNS 4513
Discord is changing how it assigns user names and everybody will have to get a new one. Scientists can’t replicate what you see by scanning your brain. But…
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Are We Comfortably Numb With Data Breaches? - DTNS 4512
We look at a new LLM training technique called semantic decoder where data from scans of a person’s brain activity are fed into the model. As T-Mobile suffers…
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What the Heck Is BlueSky? - DTNS 4511
We learn about Rediet Abebe, a key black innovator in AI development. Samsung bans generative AI tools like ChatGPT after employees load sensitive data into a…
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Ask Your Doctor if ChatGPT is Right for You - DTNS 4510
Geoffrey Hinton, 2018 Turing Award winner for his foundational work in AI, recently left Google so he could speak freely about the dangers of AI without…
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Don't Fall For The Cozy Bear Honey Pot - DTNS 4509
We get a RSA Conference wrap-up from David Spark, ask why there's no standardized threat actor naming convention, and Reddit began testing persistent chat…
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Voltage Irregularities – DTNS 4508
How has cloud computing, data centers and generative AI increased the demand for fossil fuel energy instead of reducing it? Chicago’s Human Computer…
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AI Sentient Fear is All in Your Head - DTNS 4507
We further explore the fear people have over generative AI tools by taking a look at what AI firms are doing to stoke those fears. While Netflix saw growth in…
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Social Media Wears Me Out - DTNS 4506
GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said the company will stop making the Chevy Bolt EVs with Michigan plants that makes them converting to making electric trucks by…
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Gamers Get Old Too - DTNS 4505
Canadian musician Grimes Tweeted she would split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that used her voice. Is this a sign musicians see generative…
Daily Tech News ShowLucky is Bad Security Advice - DTNS 4504
Humane, a startup founded by two ex-Apple employees, demoed a wearable personal assistant device that doesn’t need to pair with a smartphone. Proton, the Swiss…
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Deep Mind Now Has Brains! - DTNS 4503
We have an excerpt from “A Word with Tom Merritt” where Tom talks with cyber-ethnography researcher and writer, Ruby Justice Thélot, about how people evaluate…
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Call Of AI: Garden Warfare - DTNS 4502
Canadian startup Precision AI has developed an AI crop-spraying drone that can reduce herbicide use by up to 90%. And we look at the big stories coming out of…
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There's No Place Like Mastodon - DTNS 4501
How does the decentralized nature of Mastodon make the social media experience different from other social media platforms and what kind of expectations should…
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Is Google in Panic Mode? - DTNS 4500
Netflix delayed then canned its live stream for the cast reunion of Love is Blind after running into technical faults. Does this bold ill for Netflix live…
Daily Tech News ShowBeReal More Like BeInteresting - DTNS 4499
Conversations around ChatGPT always seem to involve job loss. But Jeff Dwoskin proves that’s always true as he shares how he uses the AI tool to simplify his…
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PC Part Prices and 4K Gaming - DTNS 4498
Is Nvidia's RTX 4070 worth buying? The latest news on Windows 11 including possible integration with Hololens 2. And Amazon Web Services announced new services…
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Just... Max - DTNS 4497
Warner Media has changed the name of its HBO Max service to just “Max” with details on news and sports on the service to be announced in a few months time…
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So the Answer is, More Lasers? - DTNS 4496
Why is the FTC looking into online review hijacking? The FBI’s Denver field office warns against using public phone charging stations. We look at the best VPN…
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Substack Saga Sadness - DTNS 4495
TSMC will see a 15% drop in revenue as new PC sales slump. Do smartwatches need to have apps to be successful products? And breakdown the spat between Twitter…
Daily Tech News ShowMe and My Digital Twin - DTNS 4494
Tim Stevens to explain what alternative fuels are and how they might be alternative technology to EVs. Cornell Ph.D. student Ruidong Zhang developed sonar…
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You Can Log In, But Never Log Out - DTNS 4493
A mayor in Australia is asking for OpenAI to correct false information being given about him by ChatGPT. Multiple US states are passing their own data privacy…
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Nintendo is Nintendo for a Reason - DTNS 4492
Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming’s sources say Sony began development on a new PlayStation Handheld codenamed the Q Lite. Is Sony planning a new handheld and is…
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Who Has 5 Million Files? - DTNS 4491
Microsoft announced a Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $299.99 that can support other devices besides the Surface via USB-C. As Spotify cuts their live offering…
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Figure Out AI or Fall in the Gap - DTNS 4490
We take a detailed look at Alan Emtage “inventor of the search engine” with Nica Montford. We breakdown GQ’s recent interview with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, to…
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E3?, No, E0 - DTNS 4489
Professor Maryanne Garry from the University of Waikato in New Zealand is here to give us a psychological analysis of Large Language Models like ChatGPT. E3 is…
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Now I Know What You're Thinking, AI Generated Articles? - DTNS 4488
BuzzFeed is using AI for full articles, not just quizzes. Microsoft is experimenting ways to monetize Bing chatbot service. How can alternate web browser…
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Woolly Meatballs Are Not for Dinner (Yet) - DTNS 4487
Is ByteDance’s Lemon8 a template for a way forward for the company if TikTok is banned in the US? After Ubisoft announced it wouldn’t be attending this year’s…
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Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! - DTNS 4486
Generative AI is disrupting the professions of writers, artists, coders and now audiobook narrators. We explore this with tech journalist Erin Carson. Plus we…
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Blair Brings The Bats - DTNS 4485
Bioengineers at the University of Hiroshima have created a mathematical model of a bat’s echolocation that could be used to develop new active sensing systems…
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Tinkers Gonna Tinker - DTNS 4484
Modular laptop maker Framework is bringing an expansion featuring PCI-Express interface for the module for a GPU or dual SSDs. OpenAI has launched an alpha for…
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Uncomplicate Cancellation - DTNS 4483
The Game Developers Conference is happening all this week. Trisha Hershberger is here with the biggest announcement from the event. Plus a spate of YouTubers…
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Video Games That Write Themselves – DTNS 4482
TikTok’s CEO, Shou Chew, will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday to answer questions regarding the service’s data security. What…
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Amazon Shutters DP Reviews - DTNS 4481
Amazon is shuttering DPReview.com. A premiere site for digital camera reviews for over twenty years. What does it say about the digital camera market? Plus…
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Qualcomm Beat Apple to the Automotive Punch - DTNS 4480
Will Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis dominate the core component that makes up a connected EV’s digital system? A New York Federal court will hear…
Daily Tech News ShowMicron Managing - DTNS 4479
The US Federal Communications Commission finalized new rules that will reduce spam calls. The Metaverse may be getting a Second Life. And relieving the chip…
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Clippy suddenly got WAAAAAY smarter- DTNS 4478
OpenAI isn’t as capable as you may have feared but is probably smarter than you’re comfortable with. TikTok’s uphill battle against US regulators just got a…
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Bally's Bankruptcy Banishes Blackouts? - DTNS 4477
OpenAI’s announcement of GPT-4 has created a stir as company’s announce their integration of the AI tool into their services. Drone delivery service Zipline…
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GPT4 - What's Better? - DTNS 4476
Disney is asking a federal court to issue Digital Millennium Copyright Act subpoenas to Reddit and Google in order to identify the individuals responsible for…
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Silicon Valley's Blank - DTNS 4475
With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last Friday and Signature Bank today, what has regulators concerned about banks with over-exposure to assets in…
Daily Tech News ShowSVB: The Silicon Valley Bust - DTNS 4474
We explain the usefulness of hardware key authentication devices and why you should be using them. What does the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank mean for the…