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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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- Daily Tech News Show
Microsoft Gets Honest About Xbox - DTNS 5288
Xbox is about to get serious about winning. And YouTube adds messaging in a good way. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes can be found here…
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Microsoft Breaks a Patch Tuesday Record - DTNS 5287
Is AI or “Nightmare Eclipse” the cause of the huge patch drop? Plus an $80 foldable mouse you’ll love. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. Links to stories…
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Anthropic Releases Mythos-Class Model to the Public - DTNS 5286
Apple isn't using nearly as much Gemini in its models as you might have thought, and OpenAI filed for its IPO while Perplexity targets 2028 for its public…
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Apple's New Take on Intelligence - WWDC 2026 - DTNS 5285
Tom, Sarah, Robb, and Nica Montford from SnobOS break down what just happened at WWDC. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, and Nica Montford Show…
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Do People Hate Tech Now? - DTNS Live
Iyaz Akhtar joins the Friday hangout to talk about decades of covering tech and what lies in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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How Does Gurman Get All Those WWDC Leaks? - DTNS 5284
Full details from Apple's WWDC next Monday are leaked and we wonder why this always happens, and Dr. Niki tells us how we might someday regrow our teeth…
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Google Brings a Powerful Multimodal LLM to Your Laptop - DTNS 5283
We also talk about Nintendo’s replaceable battery in Europe, some hope for energy storage, and an explanation of Apple's smart glasses strategy as well…
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Microsoft’s new Android for AI Agents - DTNS 5282
Microsoft shows off its plans for an agentic OS, while the Supernatural VR app gets a new more expensive lease on life. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane…
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Microsoft Announces Its Most Powerful Surface at Build 2026 - DTNS 5281
Microsoft brings its new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box to the stage at its Build developer conference, and Anthropic is expanding access to Claude Mythos to about…
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NVIDIA Comes for Windows PCs - DTNS 5280
NVIDIA puts out a CPU meant for Windows machines, while Dell joins the laptops gunning for the MacBook Neo. And its chips, chips, chips as Computex kicks off…
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DTNS May 2026 in Review
Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of May Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Links to the storikes discussed in this episode…
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Acer Aspire Go 15 Tries To Compete With the MacBook Neo - DTNS 5279
Anthropic released Opus 4.8 bringing Dynamic Workflows to Claude Code and Effort settings to everyone else, and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded at…
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Meta Risks Subscription Fatigue With New Plans - DTNS 5278
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has a solid idea of what the new Siri features will look like in iOS 27, and Intel announced its Arc G-series chips for handheld…
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AR Glasses Go Budget - DTNS 5277
Xreal’s questionably named X by Xreal glasses play to your pocketbook. Meanwhile DuckDuckGo gets a boat from backlash against Google’s AI mode. Starring Tom…
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How AI Is Actually Impacting the Job Market - DTNS 5276
Reviews of the Google FitBit Air are out, and it’s a stylish and inexpensive alternative to the Whoop, and Ferrari unveiled its first fully electric luxury…
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Vibe Coding the News - DTNS Weekend
Bodie Grimm from the Kilowatt podcast talks about vibe coding news sources. Featuring Tom Merritt and Bodie Grimm. Link: Why Work is Starting to Look Medieval…
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The End of Destiny 2 is Nigh, Sort Of - DTNS 5275
Meta launched the Forum app for iOS that acts as a dedicated app for Facebook Groups that behaves a lot like Reddit, and smart ring company Oura has filed…
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A Network Multitool For Hackers - DTNS 5274
Yes, SpaceX has filed its IPO, and NVIDIA had amazing earnings too. But we also have cheap LiDAR that can see around corners. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn…
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Do You Want the Right to Mod Your TV? - DTNS 5273
An 8-year-battle to open up Linux-based TV operating systems finally gets a court date. Plus, Stability can now generate 6 minutes of pro music at a go…
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Google I/O in the Foothills of the Singularity - DTNS 5272
Jason Howell joins us from Google I/O on all their Gemini dreams. Plus, Microsoft has a Linux Distro! Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Jason Howell…
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The Viture Beast Looks Like Real Glasses, Mostly - DTNS 5271
Apple’s Siri revamp might launch with an auto-delete control that puts conversation history in the hands of users, and Microsoft is retiring the Teams Together…
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Should You Oppose Your Local Data Center? - DTNS WEEKEND
Tom Merritt digs into what's driving the opposition to data centers in the US, and what you need to know to make your own decision about them. Featuring Tom…
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The Year of the Smart Glasses Is Looking Like a Flop - DTNS 5270
Meta opens up its display glasses to third parties and Xreal now sells gaming-oriented specs but is it too late? Also, Huyen teaches us how to turn off…
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Motorola Razr Fold is a Noble Competitor to the Galaxy Z Fold 7 - DTNS 5269
Insta360 is bringing serious nostalgic vibes with a special edition Go 3S Retro Bundle that is cheaper than the previous model, and the Big 3 US carriers are…
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Amazon Beefs Up Voice-Assisted Shopping - DTNS 5268
Amazon renames its shopping assistant to Alexa and adds new features. Plus two brothers who wiped out 90 US government databases after being fired. Starring…
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Android Intelligence Comes to the Googlebook - DTNS 5267
Instructure reached an agreement to pay attackers of its Canvas portal so students can get back to work, and Thinking Machines announced a research preview of…
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Why Reddit Is Angering Logged Out Users - DTNS 5266
Reddit is testing annoying users with an unskippable pop-up. Meanwhile, Google researchers find an LLM-generated bug and warn that there are more to come…
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Switch 2 Prices Rise, Forecast Drops - DTNS 5265
And thousands of schools facing ransomware as finals loom, but Airpods might get Siri’s Visual Intelligence. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Links to…
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Spotify Embraces AI - DTNS 5264
Andy Beach tells us why streaming platforms should be more wary of slop fraud, plus Google’s new fitness tracker erodes the Fitbit brand more, and why…
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Love for eReaders, Hate for Browsers - DTNS 5263
Why everyone loves the new ReMarkable Paper Pure, and why both Chrome and Edge browsers are misbehaving. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. Links to stories…
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Bose Lifestyle Takes a Shot At Sonos - DTNS 5262
Apple is reportedly checking out Intel and Samsung as alternate sources for its main device chips, and OpenAI is working really hard to bring a smartphone to…
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GameStop Bids $56B to Buy eBay - DTNS 5261
Ask.com shuts down after 25 years of answering the world’s questions, and how might the growth of “podslop” could impact the podcast industry in the next year…
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DTNS April 2026 in Review
Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of April. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Apple Sold a Ton of iPhone 17s and Mac Minis - DTNS 5260
Google is rolling out Gemini to Google built-in as a replacement to Assistant, and Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum can now be enjoyed on new portable handhelds…
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Why OpenAI Has Literally Been Fighting Goblins - DTNS 5259
OK, not LITERAL goblins, but it’s an interesting gremlin that helps us understand model training. Plus, Sony says don’t worry about the PlayStation DRM, but…
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Sony’s 30-Day DRM Clock Reappears - DTNS 5258
Did Sony mean to put DRM back on offline games? And what DIDN’T Elon Musk say on the witness stand Tuesday. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. Links to…
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Inside the 1930s Vintage Language Model Called Talkie - DTNS 5257
Valve's new Steam Controller is purpose-built for its ecosystem and nothing else, and the "Ask YouTube" search experiment is like a version of Gemini that is…
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Agents Delete Rental Company’s Platform - DTNS 5256
Why you need to be really careful with these agents, but also really careful about what’s possible on your platform. And also be really careful with LED…
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Why Smart Homes Finally Just Work (Thanks to Matter) - DTNS Weekend
IKEA and Samsung just partnered—but that’s not the real story. Richard Gunther explains how Matter and Thread finally make smart home devices plug-and-play, no…
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We Are Xbox and We Have a New Logo Too - DTNS 5255
DeepSeek launched V4 Flash and V4 Pro with a new Hybrid Attention Architecture the means much more context in a single prompt, and Instagram is testing a new…
Daily Tech News ShowApple Ternus-over - DTNS Live 5124
Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will…
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Apple Patches A Signal Leak - DTNS 5254
And Korean scientists have developed a way to switch from 2D to 3D in the same display. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Bodie Grimm Show notes found…
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Framework Introduces the Modular MacBook for Linux Users - DTNS 5253
And at Google Next, Google splits its TPUs and unleashes more powerful workplace agents. Plus, did Anthropic’s Mythos escape containment? Starring Tom Merritt…
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Who is John Ternus, Apple's Newly Named CEO - DTNS 5252
IKEA’s new cheap smart home products don’t need a hub if you already have a Samsung TV, and WhatsApp is testing a new subscription model that makes things…
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Welcome to the Wide-Foldable Phone Era - DTNS 5251
Plus, the age verification law in the US is misunderstood, but still not necessarily good. Starring Tom Merritt and Rob Dunewood. Show notes can be found here…
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What Anthropic’s White House Meeting Really Means - DTNS Weekend
Justin Robert Young explains what’s likely going on with Anthropic’s attempt to resolve its dispute with the US government. Featuring Tom Merritt and Justin…
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Phone Loyalty Rises No Matter the Brand - DTNS 5250
Also, the first Micro-RGB TVs are here and the bargain brand is not who you would expect. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Show notes found here. Hosted…
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DJI Released the Osmo Pocket 4, But Not in the US - DTNS 5249
DJI released the Osmo Pocket 4 that brings better low light performance and a clip-on fill light, and Andy Beach tells us about an AI Licensing deal in the…
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Did Snap Blame AI for Layoffs? - DTNS 5248
Plus a shoe company becomes an AI data center service provider. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found…
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What Amazon's Globalstar Acquisition Means for Leo - DTNS 5247
Google is finally getting tougher on back button hijacking, and Bodie Grimm explains why BYD is charging so much for their BYD Z9 GT in Europe. Starring Jason…
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Meta Developing Virtual Mark Zuckerberg - DTNS 5246
Plus, Huawei goes wide with its foldable, and some surprising news about the development of the AI industry. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes…
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Using Drones for Science - DTNS Weekend
Dr. Niki takes a look at how unmanned aerial vehicles, and sometimes on land and sea too, have helped advance scientific research. Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr…
- Daily Tech News Show
Don’t Believe the Ghost Murmur Hype
And Google makes encrypted emails much easier to deal with. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Why Microsoft Blocked Major VPN and Encryption Software
Also, YouTube lets you make an avatar of yourself, and Andy Beach tells us about the first newsroom strike over AI. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and…
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Anthropic’s Move to Secure the World - DTNS 5243
And why so many competing tech companies cooperating is actually quite scary. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. Links to stories discussed in this episode…
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Why Does Jason Love Claude Cowork So Much? - DTNS 5242
Humans aboard Artemis II just flew farther from Earth than any human before, and Motorola launched the Moto G Stylus 2026 with an active, embedded stylus for…
- Daily Tech News Show
Say Goodbye to Samsung Messenger - DTNS 5241
And say hello to the Moon, and OpenAI lobbying. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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The US AI Framework Is a Press Release - DTNS WEEKEND
So why is Andy Beach still worried? Tom talks over the real things to worry about with US AI regulation. Featuring Tom Merritt and Andy Beach. Hosted on Acast…
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Sony Acquires Cinemersive Labs to Level Up PS5 Pro Rendering - DTNS 5240
Reddit is officially done with the r/all feed for its users, and Google Gemma 4 is a massive and truly open model family that can run on a laptop and a…
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Humans Head Back to the Moon - DTNS 5239
While on Earth, Microsoft realizes it needs more data centers, and ByteDance moves into the video generation space. Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy…