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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 ShowWhen You Have Ships, Expect Pirates – DTNS 4306
Snap is now offering a $3.99 a month subscription called Snapchat Plus, with exclusive and early access features. Startup, Oonee, is developing a kit for…
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How To Avoid Data Collection - DTNS 4305
Airbnb makes its ban on “all disruptive parties and events” permanent, Lamarr and Tom share their “Just Walk Out” experiences at Whole Foods, and we go over…
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EV Prices Are Shocking - DTNS 4304
We share what the Verge thinks about Starlink’s RV satellite internet service, examine the price premium EVs command in the US automarket, and check out all…
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Names Are Hard, Apparently - Photography News Monthly 5
All the big photography news for the month of June 2022 in under ten minutes. This episode: Adobe announces photographer-centric updates, is there life left…
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Does AI Stand For Alzheimer's Identification? - DTNS 4303
Nothing Phone 1 pre-orders start today, scientists at Imperial College London developed a machine learning algorithm to aid diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease…
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Alexa, Sound Like Grandma - DTNS 4302
Amazon is working on a way for Alexa to mimic the voice of anyone using less than a minute of provided audio for training. Facebook Pay rebranded to Meta Pay…
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It's a Brave New Search World - DTNS 4301
Ikea has a new smartphone app that lets you scan and then delete objects in your living rooms to see how their furniture might work in your place. Twitter…
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Crab ‘N' Go Justice - DTNS 4300
Meta is expanding its metaverse with new Horizon Worlds experiences. 5G infrastructure is still being rolled but that hasn’t stopped proposals for a new 6G…
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Telegram Launches Premium Tier - DTH
Telegram launches a premium tier, Meta will sell you digital designer clothes for your avatars, and TikTok says US user traffic now routes through Oracle…
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"Review Bomber" is Epic's Worst Game - DTNS 4299
Can you defeat review bombing? Epic Games thinks it has the answer. Do EVs take the fun out of driving? And Roku announced a partnership with Walmart to make…
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Disinformation: Solved? - DTNS 4298
Inside the Amazon Style store, Ebay's move to live shopping streams, a lot of streaming ads happen when your TV is off, and we solve the disinformation…
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Trained By The Internet - DTNS 4297
Google adds a new tool to help YouTube creators fix mistakes and divulges the number of monthly watchers for YouTube Shorts. Steam is coming to the Nreal Light…
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Apple Lassos In MLS - DTNS 4296
Apple gets 10-year contract for all Major League Soccer matches, Adobe makes Photoshop free on the web and Meta now offers a setting to garble the voices of…
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LaMDA, You Autocomplete Me - DTNS 4295
Did Google fire a person for defending a sentient AI. Not really but we'll explain why you might have heard that. Plus a car powered with solar panels and do…
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Solar Panel Roundtable - DTNS Special
Solar panels are a popular upgrade for many homeowners. But what are the costs and considerations that someone needs to consider before they take the plunge?…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Cyber Security Business Is Booming - DTNS 4294
WWDC wasn’t the only big tech conference this week. David Spark shares insights from this year’s RSA IT security conference. Plus researchers find a security…
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Apple Isn't a Bank, Yet - DTNS 4293
Meta has plans to pivot Portal away from the consumer market and to the enterprise space. Apple reveals more details about the Apple Pay Later loan service it…
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And The Password Is, FIDO – DTNS 4292
E3 plans on in-person attendance in 2023 but has that ship already sailed for E3? Plus Microsoft is restructuring its Mixed Reality Group as the landscape for…
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Head Butting The Data - DTNS 4291
Europe makes USB-C the law, Uber Eats takes on Goldbelly for shipping food across the continent, and Dr. Niki Ackermans tells us about the tech needed to slice…
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Apple Sets the Stage for Big Updates - DTNS 4290
WWDCC 2022 kicks off today and Apple kicks it off with a slew of product announcements including the M2 processor, new OS and iPhone updates. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowDon't Origami Your TV - DTNS 4289
Moving to a new place can be a fun experience but moving your 60″ plus TV to that new place is not so much fun. Patrick is here with tips on how to move your…
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The Sandberg Saga Theories - DTNS 4288
How have economic sanctions imposed by the West on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine affected its tech sector? Will Amazon’s new process for buying…
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AFAY (Away From Answering You) - DTNS 4287
Tweetdeck’s fate is sealed, Android has spawned a whole new OS, and could notifications use a bi-directional “away” mode? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane…
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Automated Balls & Strikes...The Right Call?- DTNS 4286
Computer vision comes for baseball umpires, what Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion can do for island power, and Microsoft brings blue checkmarks to everyone…
Daily Tech News ShowHow To Pick Your VPNs - DTNS 4285
We share insights on selecting a VPN and the results of Allison Sheridan’s work on narrowing down the top VPN services. Microsoft reveals its refocusing away…
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Get Me To The Vertiport - DTNS 4284
Sony detailed investors on the future of its Game & Network Services Segment including the future of PS5 and moving beyond the console. Plus the latest in the…
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N-Theft-T - DTNS 4283
A researcher discovers DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser does not block advertising requests from Microsoft scripts on non-Microsoft properties. Seth Green's new…
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Cybersecurity: The Next Generation - DTNS 4282
Cybersecurity jobs are in demand right now. So why are companies demanding a level of experience few have leading to almost 400,000 cybersecurity job openings…
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Is Human Extinction Inevitable? - DTNS 4281
Is the human race on the edge of extinction? And is technology the reason why humanity’s future existence is so hazy right now? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat's A Short-Throw Projector? - DTNS 4280
We show you how to score a hard-to-find Raspberry Pi for that project you’ve been planning. Plus Qualcomm is changing fabs from Samsung to TSMC with the…
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Putting Your Face On A Refrigerator - DTNS 4279
TikTok has plans to get into gaming by conducting tests in Vietnam, a company has released a new API to make reading any piece of text faster, and we get into…
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Not So Stablecoins - DTNS 4278
MIT researchers develop a way to desalinate seawater into potable water without expensive pumps or filtration systems. We take a look at Acer’s latest OLED…
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E3 Used to Be Like a 4H Fair - DTNS 4277
With E3 2022 canceled, what will take its place and what announcements can we expect from game devs this summer? Apple announced a number of new accessibility…
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As The Workforce Churns - DTNS 4276
In an effort to stop falling subscribership Netflix is looking at offering live streaming. Uber Eats is piloting two ways to deliver food autonomously in Los…
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Drones Reseed Forest: SNM 7
Machine learning helps researchers identify individuals animals, drones ressed a Canadian forest, spiders hear through their legs, and electric chopsticks help…
Daily Tech News ShowCrypto Energy Isn't What It Seems - DTNS 4275
There’s a new feature for the Alexa app called “Shopping List Savings” which combines in-store purchases with Amazon credits. Is this a worthwhile feature and…
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Blurring The Lines Of Mixed Reality - DTNS 4274
We go through the nitty gritty of Texas and Florida laws that aim to prevent social media platforms of a certain size from blocking objectionable posts…
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Google I/O Gets Real- DTNS 4273
We examine and discuss all the developments announced at this year’s Google I/O. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Nicole Lee, Roger Chang, Joe…
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The iPod Obituary- DTNS 4272
Apple wants employees to return to the office but a small group of hold-outs doesn’t want to return even in hybrid form. Why is Amazon recruiting mom-and-pop…
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Braking From the Norm - DTNS 4271
Instagram’s Adam Mosseri announced the platform will start testing NFTs with select creators. Can you build an EV without traditional friction brakes? And is…
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Activision Blizzard Approves Microsoft Deal - GNM 7
DTNS Gaming News Monthly brings you the month's biggest gaming news in approximately 15 minutes. Activision Blizzard shareholders approved the $69 billion sale…
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Back Up Culture - DTNS 4270
What could you do if the government shutdown or severely restricted access? We expand our understanding of what computer vision is and the role machine…
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Fetch My Access, FIDO! - DTNS 4269
What does Bluesky, an open-sourced Twitter offshoot, bring to the social media table? And how are Apple, Google and Microsoft working together to improve web…
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SoundCloud Picks The Hits - DTNS 4268
SoundCloud has acquired Musiio, an audio AI company that can “listen” to new music and identify what makes a hit a hit. GM is partnering with a company called…
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It Takes Chips to Make Chips - DTNS 4267
Chip shortages aren’t anything new but the lack of ICs is hampering the ability to make chips as the manufacture of the machinery used in chip fabrication is…
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Cease & Desist: The Remix- DTNS 4266
The European Commission has sent a formal “Statement of Objections” to Apple with the preliminary view that Apple is abusing its dominant position in the…
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Nikon 2.0 Firmware - Photography News Monthly 4
All the big photography news for the month of April 2022 in under ten minutes. In this episode Nikon releases a huge firmware update for their flagship…
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Who Needs a Console Anyway? - DTNS 4265
Is the chip shortage impeding Sony’s ability to produce PS5s and inadvertently helping Xbox? Is software meant to help improve your posture allowing employers…
Daily Tech News ShowBeam Me a Recharge, Scotty - DTNS 4264
Belkin announces a partnership with Wi-Charge to create over-the-air charging products for consumers. Virtual reality company AppliedVR is working with Komodo…
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iFixit It With Spot - DTNS 4263
Apple’s DIY repair service opens today and Patrick has some thoughts on it. Bloomberg reports Twitch is considering proposals to revamp its payment structure…
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Do Androids Dream of Triboelectric Cats - DTNS 4262
E Ink announced the E Ink Gallery 3 its latest advancement in e-ink technology, Sensor Tower reports the top 100 subscriptions apps in 2021 saw a 41% increase…
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Mr. Musk Buys The Bird - DTNS 4261
The EU has unveiled companion legislation to the earlier Digital Markets Act called the Digital Services Act. What does it cover and who does it affect? And…
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Zero Days Given - DTNS 4260
The UK’s Department for Transport proposed updates to the Highway Code for people using self-driving vehicles that are registered as self-driving with the…
Daily Tech News ShowWaymo, You Can Drive My Car! - DTNS 4259
Allison shares her first hand experience riding in a driverless Waymo vehicle! Plus CNN+ is ending just after a few months of operation, and Amazon has…
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Cranking Out Retro Games - DTNS 4258
Netflix reports it lost 200,000 subscribers in Q4 of 2021 falling and expects to lose another 2 million this quarter. What’s behind the falling subscribership?…
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People Just Want To GO Shopping - DTNS 4257
Data shows UK subscriptions to streaming services are shrinking. What’s the cause and will adjusted pricing help? U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled…
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Algorithmic Classroom Management - DTNS 4256
Microsoft is building a program to let brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, with ads appearing as early as Q3 2022. Protocol reports that Classroom…
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Twitter's Poison Pill Strategy - DTNS 4255
What3Words hopes to revolutionize geolocation but how does it work and what makes it compelling? Twitter creates a poison-pill against a Elon Musk buyout…
Daily Tech News ShowBuy The Bird - DTNS 4254
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion. What does Elon think he’ll gain from the acquisition and will the current Twitter shareholders accept the…
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Big Deep Learning Hug- DTNS 4253
We get more clarity on what Meta’s take will be on digital assets sold on its Horizon Worlds VR platform. Could electrically conductive polymer batteries” be…