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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 ShowNow You're Speaking my Language - DTNS 3723
David Ginsberg - Host and Producer of "In Touch With iOS" podcast explains how he manages to use a tablet as his main everyday computing device. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowAin't No Party Like A 3rd Party Party - DTNS 3722
Apple is considering letting users set third-party web browser and email defaults in iOS. Is this a win for consumers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowPhotoshop at 30 - DTNS 3721
Popular image manipulation tool Photoshop turns 30. We examine the various developments in Adobe's breakout application through time. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowSpace, the Private Frontier - DTNS 3720
Critics attack Samsung's Galaxy Z foldable phone, Dutch man runs dairy from barge and Space X wants to put you in orbit, for a price! Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowZuckerberg Discusses Framework for Regulating Social Media Content - DTH
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says harmful content on social media should have a regulation framework between traditional media and a telco, Google plans to…
Daily Tech News ShowTeam Teams or Team Slack? - DTNS 3719
Which collaborative messaging platform works best in a corporate environment; Slack or Teams? Rob Dunewood is here to break it down for us. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowNevada Gambles on A Tool - DTNS 3718
In light of the failure of the app at the Iowa Caucus Nevada will instead use a tool pre-installed on iPads that are not connected to the Internet. Unlike the…
Daily Tech News ShowLow Visibility Into Blizzard - DTNS 3717
Activision Blizzard is removing its games from the Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service, including Overwatch, WoW, and the Call of Duty series. What can…
Daily Tech News ShowMobile World Canceled? - DTNS 3716
Samsung Unpacked 2020 rolls out new phone reveals and product announcements. We unpack the info-dump and explain what you should know. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Butterfly Keyboard Effect on Writing - DTNS 3715
Oscar Award Winner Taika Waititi called on the WGA to get Apple to fix its keyboards. "Apple needs to fix those keyboards. they are impossible to write on —…
Daily Tech News ShowWhich Laptop Should I Buy? - DTNS 3714
Looking to upgrade to a new laptop this year? Before you do listen to what Patrick Norton has to say about your options on today's show. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowPeople Don't Talk About Nuro Enough - DTNS 3713
Clearview AI, offers image recognition to law enforcement agencies based on a database of 3 billion images scraped from social media and online platforms…
Daily Tech News ShowZoom and Enhance on 1896 Film - DTNS 3712
Denis Shiryaev has upscaled the film classic "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat: a 50-second silent movie of a train pulling into a station. Using DAIN…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Iowa App Flap - DTNS 3711
Iowa’s Democratic Party App to tally votes crashes during the party's caucus. Paper ballots saved the day but why did the App fail and what can be learned from…
Daily Tech News ShowAirBnB Cautious - DTNS 3710
Tech companies are feeling the impact of the coronavirus with Foxconn declaring a "big" production impact, while Airbnb has activated its extenuating…
Daily Tech News ShowOne Charger to charge them all - DTNS 3709
Apple's has proposed a standardize format for one-time passcodes sent over SMS, used in two factor authentication, while Google launched OpenSK, an open source…
Daily Tech News ShowFacebook Doesn't Want to be Liked - DTNS 3708
Facebook's Zuckerberg wants his company to be understood not liked, Microsoft wants to spend $40 million for AI on health research, and what does Canalys…
Daily Tech News ShowEggs In Apple Baskets - DTNS 3707
Apple's valued net worth is greater than Germany DAX's. We sift through Apple's earning results and see what's working and what isn't. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowRemote Work is so Close - DTNS 3706
Ars Technica's Lee Hutchinson describes how the site functions without a physical office. How does it work and what types of things are needed for it work for…
Daily Tech News ShowGrub Flub! - DTNS 3705
A recent post from WhiteSource identifies the trends in Open Source software licensing and makes predictions on what shape Open Source software will take down…
Daily Tech News ShowPost YouTube Stress Disorder - DTNS 3704
If you plan on getting a new gaming PC should you build or buy it? Lamarr Wilson shares his thoughts. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len…
Daily Tech News ShowTalk Like an Egyptian - DTNS 3703
Google tweaks how it delivers paid search results, new safety features for dating apps and scientists listen to voices from the grave! Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowGM in Cruise Control - DTNS 3702
UN looks into Amazon's Jeff Bezo's phone hacking, GM shows off its new driver-less car, and voters in King County Washington will make US history by being able…
Daily Tech News ShowComplexions of Facial Recognition - DTNS 3701
We discuss the civil liberty issues and actual effectiveness of facial recognition based surveillance tools. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang…
Daily Tech News ShowGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai Calls for AI Regulation - DTH
Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation in a Financial Times op-ed, ByteDance reportedly put together a gaming division, and TomTom closes a deal with…
Daily Tech News ShowXenobots Have Heart (Cells) - DTNS 3700
Scientists from Tufts University, the University of Vermont, and the Wyss Institute at Harvard published early research in Proceedings of the National Academy…
Daily Tech News ShowA Caucus of Apps - DTNS 3699
The Iowa Caucus takes place February 3 and Democratic Party will be using an in-house smartphone app to send out results. Justin shares hits thoughts the…
Daily Tech News ShowTwitter Won't Edit Stance on Edit - DTNS 3698
When asked about an edit feature for Twitter, company CEO Jack Dorsey said "We'll probably never do it." What's the logic behind his statement and would an…
Daily Tech News ShowLive Livers, Body Not Included - DTNS 3697
Quibi insists it's not competing with traditional streaming incumbents like Hulu or Netflix. But then who is it for and what's the business case? Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowGamers Being Good to Each Other - DTNS 3696
Wired spoke with Kayvon Beykpour former founder of Periscope and head of product at Twitter regarding steps the platform is taking to minimize bad behavior…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat It Takes to Put on CES - DTNS
Tom talks with Tina Anthony, Director of Digital Marketing for CTA about how CES gets done, along with show trends, key hot product categories, and what's new…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Rest of CES - DTNS 3695
We wrap up CES 2020 with a look at Engadget's Best of CES and Verge Awards at CES 2020 winners. Plus Lamarr Wilson's shares his fav picks of the week. Starring…
Daily Tech News ShowUnbundle Your Bundle - DTNS 3694
Facebook offers to reduce the amount of political ads you see, Panasonic shows off VR headset that looks like goggles and a new menu of search engines will…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Diaper Gets Smarter Every CES - DTNS 3693
It's Wednesday here at CES 2020 and the announcements and news continues to roll out. We share our thoughts on the highlights from today's show. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowCES 2020: Cars By Sony & James Cameron - DTNS 3692
It's our 2nd Day at CES 2020. We look at the big announcements and share our thoughts on what we saw. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Amos…
Daily Tech News ShowThe TV Multiverse at CES - DTNS 3691
Its Monday at CES and that means announcements, announcements, announcements. We sift through all the releases and share our perspective on what we've seen so…
Daily Tech News ShowCES... the C is for Cars - DTNS 3690
Tim Stevens from CNET's Roadshow highlights all the automotive tech you should keep an eye on at this year's CES. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tim…
Daily Tech News ShowCES Product Parade - DTNS 3689
We talk a look at some of the more interesting pre-CES announcements. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowBest of 2019 GDI - DTNS 3688
DTNS ends the year with this special Best of 2019 GDI reel put together by Theatremonkey. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson, Justin…
Daily Tech News Show2020 Tech Predictions - DTNS 3687
We've reached the end of 2019 and its time again for the DTNS gang to share their prognostication for what will go down in 2020 in the world of tech. Starring…
Daily Tech News Show2019 Predictions Results Show - DTNS 3686
We bring back the predictions crew from end of 2018 to see how accurate they were in prognosticating the events of the tech world in 2019. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News Show2019 Listener Co-Host Episode - DTNS 3685
Chance the Hacker, ZoeBringsBacon, Cleveland Climber and Shelia join Tom and Sarah on our annual listener co-host show! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowThe iPhone XR Tops Smartphone Sales for 4th Consecutive Quarter - DTH
Counterpoint Research reports that the iPhone XR is the top selling smartphone for the 4th consecutive quarter, the Washington Post reports on startups that…
Daily Tech News Show2019 Retro Episode - DTNS 3684
DTNS from the past as the gang revisits Friday Dec 18th, 2009 to share and discuss that day's most important tech news. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowFitBit Versa 2 - Live With It - DTNS 3683
On this special episode of DTNS we host the final "Live With It" for 2019. Sarah shares her experience with FitBit's Versa 2 fitness tracker. This show is…
Daily Tech News ShowThere Are No Minor Glitches In Space - DTNS 3682
Lasers are making some noise, how can NBC differentiate their streaming service, and Apple in SPACE! Starring Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, and Amos…
Daily Tech News ShowEvery Move You Make... I'll Be Watching You - DTNS 3681
A leaked dataset from a location data company revealed the movements of 12M+ Americans with 50B location pings across major cities between 2016 and 2017…
Daily Tech News ShowDeep Fake Nine – DTNS 3680
Ars Technica’s Timothy Lee has an article detailing how he created a semi-realistic deepfake. What did Tim learn about the process and lessons can take away…
Daily Tech News ShowBoring Tech is a Gift in Itself – DTNS 3679
We give up our holiday tech-gift recommendations. Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Rich Stroffolino, Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
Daily Tech News ShowA Face to Fool Us All - DTNS 3678
How is plastic surgery and social media creating a new synthetic idealized vision of beauty, fooling facial recognition systems with face masks, and how…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Drone Hippo-thesis - DTNS 3677
This Week in Science's Blair Bazdarich explains how low-cost consumer quad-copter drones can help save Hippos and their habitat. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah…
Daily Tech News ShowIt's Crap At Chess - DTNS 3676
Apple News will be hosting the next four DNC Presidential debates. Is this significant for Apple News and if so what will it mean for future Presidential…
Daily Tech News ShowBlueSky's The Limit - DTNS 3675
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the company will fund an independent project called Bluesky to develop an “open and decentralized standard for social media.”…
Daily Tech News ShowNo End To End To End Encryption - DTNS 3674
In letters sent to US Attorney General Bill Barr and UK and Australian leaders Facebook has stated it will not remove encryption from WhatsApp. What exactly…
Daily Tech News ShowOld Bub: The Job Creating Mule - DTNS 3673
How two of the poorest counties in Kentucky became revitalized with the introduction of fiber internet. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted…
Daily Tech News ShowSecurity is Hard at Scale - DTNS 3672
How securing environments just gets more and more complicated over time, but the reality is the basic security issues (e.g., known vulnerabilities) is what is…
Daily Tech News ShowNo Ports, Who Dis? - DTNS 3671
Are flagship phones falling out of favor and will mid-range phones take their place in the marketplace? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick…
Daily Tech News ShowRearranging the Alphabet - DTNS 3670
Tuesday Alphabet announced that Google co-founders Larry page and Sergey Brin will step away from their duties as CEO and President and Google CEO Sundar…
Daily Tech News ShowAre You Outraged? Citation Needed - DTNS 3669
Adi Robertson has a thoughtful article on The Verge today called "How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online." We break down the recommendations and add our…
Daily Tech News ShowSomeone Please Build A Machine Lawyer! - DTNS 3668
Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds joins us to explain how the blurring of the lines between VFX in movies and fully rendered CGI cutscenes can lead to…