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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 ShowApple Makes Google's Cloud Rain - DTNS 4062
Alphabet’s drone-delivery company, Wing, in cooperation with the FAA launched the OpenSky app in the US. The app will allow hobbyist and commercial operators…
Daily Tech News ShowDegrees of Better Audio - DTNS 4061
Mobile World Congress starts this week with Samsung revealing details about its WearOS partnership with Google. Plus as more and more music streaming options…
Daily Tech News ShowLetting Everyone Exist In Public - DTNS 4060
We talk to Christophe Zajac-Denek about his lived experience with accessibility needs as a person with dwarfism. Western Digital puts a security warning…
Daily Tech News ShowAccessibility Requires a Quorum - DTNS 4059
Often when we talk about Accessibility we discuss the way applications allow people who are vision impaired, deaf or have limited dexterity to use them. But…
Daily Tech News ShowMaking Gaming Accessible - DTNS 4058
Accessibility in video games is an often unnoticed and unappreciated aspect of game development. We ask two game developers to help us understand the work and…
Daily Tech News ShowMaking Products Smart AND Accessible – DTNS 4057
Accessibility week rolls-on as we talk to David Woodbridge about his work in reviewing device accessibility and the criteria and metrics he uses. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowA.I. Accessible Intelligence - DTNS 4056
We kick off Accessibility Week with a look into how AI is helping and in some cases hurting the development of accessibility in technology. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News Show3-D Printers in Spaaaaaaace! - DTNS 4055
“NASA inches closer to printing artificial organs in space” according to the MIT Technology Review, Tim Cook confesses Apple likes to fail internally, and…
Daily Tech News ShowPlease Regulate Me - DTNS 4054
A bipartisan group of US Senators Brian Schatz, John Thune, Raphael Warnock, and John Kennedy proposed a bill Wednesday called the Unsubscribe Act. Companies…
Daily Tech News ShowWindows goes to 11 - DTNS 4053
Google will open its first retail store at 76 Ninth Avenue in New York City Thursday at 10 AM. The Wall Street Journal has sources and documents that say…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat Happens After You Brag About NFTs - DTNS 4052
NFTs have gotten a bad rap for being involved in crazy prices for questionable artwork but is there more to NFTs outside making digital art collectible?…
Daily Tech News ShowStreaming is Your Gaming Gateway - DTNS 4051
We take in all the latest from E3 2021 and examine a recent study on the impact of remote work on productivity and the number of hours worked. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowTalking about Z Generations - DTNS 4050
Cnet’s Erin Carson wrote a piece called “How Gen Z harnessed the internet and destroyed the generation wars”, which focuses on how the younger generation…
Daily Tech News ShowDelivering Justice - DTNS 4049
In a research paper published in the scientific journal Nature, Google Research explained they’ve developed algorithms allowing AI to more efficiently design…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Rise of the Creative Crash - DTNS 4048
We explore how film photography is being kept alive despite an onslaught of digital replacements. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Social Network for Criminals? - DTNS 4047
WWDC is happening this week but E3 starts this weekend. We have Trisha Hershberger here to tell us what to expect from this year's popular video gaming…
Daily Tech News ShowAll The Things - WWDC Edition - DTNS 4046
We breakdown all of the updates and features Apple announced at this year’s WWDC. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Terrance Gaines, Nica Montford, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowWhere Have All The Sharks Gone?
We learn how technology is giving researchers new insight on how shark’s almost went extinct millions of years ago, Facebook plans to change their policy…
Daily Tech News ShowPlease Return to Campus - DTNS 4044
Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out an email to employees asking them to partially return to the office starting in September. WhatsApp confirmed that it will support…
Daily Tech News ShowNot just your Mom's Etsy - DTNS 4043
Huawei launched its HarmonyOS for mobile phones. At Facebook F8 the company announced all businesses can now use the Messenger API to interact with users on…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon Making a Mesh of IoT - DTNS 4042
We break down all the latest PC hardware announcements from this year’s Computex. Plus Apple App shows up on Nvidia’s Shield TV and Amazon is releasing a free…
Daily Tech News ShowWhatsApp Won't Limit Functionality Over New Privacy Policy - DTH
WhatsApp says it has no plans to limit functionality for users who don't agree to its new privacy policy, Instagram will give equal algorithmic priority to…
Daily Tech News ShowHave you been Password Pwned? - DTNS 4041
Twitter rolls out its Blue Twitter subscription service on the Apple App-store. Security researcher Troy Hunt announces the code for Pwned Passwords database…
Daily Tech News ShowFB Deli Slices The Truth - DTNS 4040
Facebook announced Wednesday that it will de-rank the accounts of and limit the spread of posts from users who repeatedly share content that has been debunked…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon's Business of Everything - DTNS 4039
Amazon buys MGM. Is Amazon becoming a 21st century conglomerate and what is the company’s end game? Plus the US District of Columbia sued Amazon Tuesday for…
Daily Tech News ShowJudge Decision will be Epic - DTNS 4038
Arm introduced its first designs to the new Armv9 architecture, including the flagship Cortex-A710 CPUs and Mali-G710 GPU. Huawwei shifts gears to focusing on…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Automated Recovery - DTNS 4037
A group of over 500 researchers have signed on to the BigScience project, an effort led by the startup Huggingface to build an open-soruce large language model…
Daily Tech News ShowTaking apart Right to Repair - DTNS 4036
We discuss the state of Right to Repair and issues surrounding the various stakeholders involved. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Patrick Norton, Len…
Daily Tech News ShowPhonely Child - DTNS 4035
The crowdsourced crime watch app Citizen sparks a manhunt for the wrong guy, Twitter restarts its public verification program and more updates from the Epic vs…
Daily Tech News ShowBig Bitcoin Bubble Bursting? - DTNS 4034
Tuesday the National Internet Finance Association of China, the China Banking Association and the Payment and Clearing Association of China issued a warning…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Ins and Outs of Google I/O - DTNS 4033
Google I/O 2021 has started and a flood of announcements were made today. We parse out what was unveiled and how it fits into Google’s broader strategy…
Daily Tech News ShowAT&T and Discovery Cross the Streams - DTNS 4032
AT&T and Discovery have reached an agreement to combine their media divisions into a joint venture to be 71% owned by AT&T and 29% by Discovery. Wired recently…
Daily Tech News ShowDarkside Goes Dark - DTNS 4031
Ransomware is still in the spotlight as the Irish government announced the Irish Health service’s central data servers were under an attempted ransomware…
Daily Tech News ShowA Patchwork Of Supposedly Secured Systems - DTNS 4030
Facebook changes the name of Libra, its digital in-house currency, and moves its headquarters out of Switzerland, Tesla’s Elon Musk issued a statement…
Daily Tech News ShowWi-Fi Security Red Frags - DTNS 4029
Belgian security researcher Mathy Vanhoef published details of so-called WiFi “frag attacks.”, YouTube plans to launch a $100 million fund to pay popular…
Daily Tech News ShowColors To Impress The Neighbors - DTNS 4028
During Apple’s Spring Loaded event the company revealed the Apple TV Color Calibration tool. The idea is that you can use the iPhone’s TrueDepth camera to…
Daily Tech News ShowSecure Those Pipes - DTNS 4027
This past Friday the Colonial Pipeline Company suffered a ransomware attack and shut down the entire pipeline. The attack does not seem to have affected…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Power of Bitcoin - DTNS 4026
With no deal in sight between Google and Roku to renew YouTube TV’s presence on Roku’s platform the search giant has come up with a workaround. It will let…
Daily Tech News ShowNASCAR Takes a Left Turn - DTNS 4025
Was the FCC’s decision to roll back on net neutrality rules based on fraudulent public comments? The NYAG thinks so and so does FCC Acting Chair Jessica…
Daily Tech News ShowScanning Your World - DTNS 4024
3D scanning as a technology has come a long way especially in its use in science and research. Dr. Nicole Ackermans joins us with an explanation on the…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Dialogue is Flawless - DTNS 4023
The Oxford Internet Institute published a survey of 430,000 10 to 15-year-olds about their TV viewing, social-media and device use with feelings of depression…
Daily Tech News ShowI'm Not Betting on Yahoo - DTNS 4022
TSMC says it projects its supply will catch up to the auto industry’s demand by the end of June, Verizon announced Monday it intends to sell its Verizon Media…
Daily Tech News ShowEpic Apple Store Battle – DTNS 4021
Finland trials an autonomous robotic street cleaner called Trombia Free, The YouTube TV app is no longer available for download from the Roku channel store…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Smaller The Pie, The Sharper The Knives - DTNS 4020
We take a look at the state of harmful speech regulation online as the European Parliament formally adopting a law requiring internet companies to “remove or…
Daily Tech News ShowA Browser for Your Browser - DTNS 4019
Samsung announced new intel-Evo certified laptops at its Unpacked 2021 event Wednesday, Sony has sold more PS5s in the first quarter of 2021 than PS4s sold in…
Daily Tech News ShowTikTok, The Public Square - DTNS 4018
TikTok is popularized as a pop-culture meme generator. But the platform is increasingly being used for other less well known uses including cooking tutorials…
Daily Tech News ShowCarriage Fights Come To Streaming - DTNS 4017
If you’ve ever experienced wake word fatigue with your virtual assistant, Google might have something in the works for you, The Washington Post is spinning off…
Daily Tech News ShowThat's Not a Bug. It's a Conviction - DTNS 4016
UK court overturns 39 Post Office employee convictions that were originally based on flawed information derived from the Post Office’s computerized system…
Daily Tech News ShowRansomware As A Service - DTNS 4015
Yesterday a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing called “Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores” focused on Apple and Google’s control over…
Daily Tech News ShowVR stands for Virtual Recovery - DTNS 4014
The European Commission proposed a bill Wednesday to develop comprehensive regulation of Artificial Intelligence. What’s in it and will it impact users outside…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Remote Is Fixed, Stop Complaining! - DTNS 4013
Apple announced a flurry of new products including a new Pro level iPad and a M1 powered iMac. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Charlotte Henry, Nica…
Daily Tech News ShowElectric Luxury - DTNS 4012
Mercedes unveils its EQS, an all electric S-class luxury sedan, Reddit launches its Clubhouse competitor, and Nica Montford from SnobOS introduces us to Angie…
Daily Tech News ShowDTNSxTWIS Crossover Show
Join DTNS and the crew from TWIS as the two grand pillars of podcasting join forces for an epic podcast episode filled with science, technology and fun…
Daily Tech News ShowNow You Can Judge a Kindle by it's Cover - DTNS 4011
What does “no” in Android’s location history really mean? The Internet of Secure Things Alliance has expanded its certifications of i-O-T devices to include…
Daily Tech News ShowYou've Got to Fight for Your Right to Disconnect - DTNS 4010
The UK union Prospect, which represents scientists, engineers and tech workers is lobbying the government to create a “right to disconnect.” The law would not…
Daily Tech News ShowVR so good, it's Supernatural - DTNS 4009
Urbanista announced its latest wireless noise-canceling headphones- the Urbanista Los Angeles, TikTok claims to have more than 100 million US monthly active…
Daily Tech News ShowA Healthy Dose Of Security - DTNS 4008
Microsoft announced new Surface hardware and a variety of accessories, Roku began rolling out Roku OS 10, which adds AirPlay 2 and HomeKit compatibility, and…
Daily Tech News ShowNvidia's Multiple ARMs - DTNS 4007
At Nvidia’s GPU Technology conference the company unveiled Grace, the company’s latest ARM based SoC CPU design, Logitech announced it will no longer…
Daily Tech News ShowDTNS Special: EV Owner's Roundtable
We get so many questions about electric vehicles or EVs, that we decided to gather some EV experts and enthusiasts to tell us what their experiences are and…
Daily Tech News ShowReady Monkey Player 1 - DTNS 4006
Cal-Berkeley’s Zhongyu Li has built Cassie, a robot that teaches itself how to walk through reinforcement learning, An audit by scientists at the University of…