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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 ShowIs the Tank Half Empty or Half Full - DTNS 3611
Allison Sheridan shares her experience on charging her Tesla from the amount of time it takes to charge her car and what chargers seem to work better than…
Daily Tech News ShowYou're in my Facebook Top 9 - DTNS 3610
We check out more news from IFA in Berlin. Plus Facebook is expands its dating service into the US and asks AI researchers to create deep fake videos to test…
Daily Tech News ShowSpeakin' of Speakers - DTNS 3609
We take a gander at all the news highlights from this year's IFA. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowDeep Mind Craft - DTNS 3608
Researchers at Facebook are developing a virtual assistant to help Minecraft players letting users type in requests in natural language to an in-game avatar…
Daily Tech News ShowDon't Leave the Nest – DTNS 3607
Google catches a major iOS exploit in the wild, MacBook pros BANNED from airplanes worldwide, and Richard Gunther helps us understand what works with Nest. If…
Daily Tech News ShowCranking Up The Retro - DTNS 3606
Wednesday, Nicole Lee posted shares her thoughts on the $149 handheld game system, Playdate. A quirky homage to old school handheld gaming consoles. Starring…
Daily Tech News ShowSiri-ous Changes at Apple - DTNS 3605
Apple looks to address complaints around how it tests and improves the voice recognition abilities of Siri by letting users opt-in. Does this go far enough and…
Daily Tech News ShowSelf-Yelp – DTNS 3604
Voice assistants have been criticized for gender and racial bias due to the fact that they’re predominantly developed by white males in western-based tech…
Daily Tech News ShowTax Wars: A New Hope - DTNS 3603
CNET's Patrick Holland posted an impassioned plea Sunday titled "Apple needs to fix the iPhone 11's buttons so accidental screenshots go away. What other…
Daily Tech News ShowCell Data Is Rotten In Denmark – DTNS 3602
More than 5.3 million accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. states are posted online, DoorDash unveiled its updated tipping policy, with all drivers…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Daily Tech Knewz - DTNS 3601
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp makes a play for online news aggregation with Knewz.com in order to compete with Google and Facebook. What will this mean for news…
Daily Tech News ShowIndia: The Prime Frontier - DTNS 3600
G-Suite predicts spelling errors as you type, YouTube might start behaving better for your kids, and LinkedIn culls spam accounts. Starring Sarah Lane, Scott…
Daily Tech News ShowGrading on an Algorithmic Curve – DTNS 3599
Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger Chang We discuss how many streaming subscriptions is too many and what criteria people will use to decide which…
Daily Tech News ShowNight of The Living Scooters - DTNS 3598
Reddit is testing its Public Access Network, or RPAN, as a limited-time livestream experiment, set to run from 9 am to 5 pm through the end of this week before…
Daily Tech News ShowPhone for Convenience, DSLR for Quality - DTNS 3597
The consumer digital camera market declined about 80% to 19 million unit sales in 2018, versus more than 400 million smartphones sold globally the same year…
Daily Tech News ShowPasture raised, cage free AI - DTNS 3596
Apple, Amazon ,Facebook ,Google and Microsoft have all been criticized for allowing humans to listen to users’ private conversations in order to test their AI…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat's Up with Your Face? - DTNS 3595
Amazon Rekognition facial recognition software is adding the capability to detect fear and Elon Musk wants a better man to machine interface. Starring Sarah…
Daily Tech News ShowA Mos Def Con - DTNS 3594
Shannon breaks down all the highlights from this year's Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas. Starring Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang. Hosted on…
Daily Tech News ShowTouchscreens Away! - DTNS 3593
Samsung unveils a new smartphone camera sensor that offers up to 108 megapixels of resolution. The US Navy announced it will revert destroyers from…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon Rings up the Police - DTNS SPECIAL
Chris Ashley from the SMR Podcast chats with Tom about Amazon's cooperation with Police on promoting Ring doorbell video sharing, how that might feed into…
Daily Tech News ShowDon't Fear the Libra - DTNS SPECIAL
We talk with Tonya M. Evans, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Director, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law Certificate Program at the UNH…
Daily Tech News ShowBroadtale of Two Countries - DTNS 3592
We take a look at the National Broadband Networks that the governments of Australia and New Zealand rolled out and what others can learn from their successes…
Daily Tech News ShowBattery Rights Management - DTNS 3591
IFixit reports that if anyone but Apple replaces a battery in the iPhone XR, XS, or XS Max, a "service" message displays saying the phone is "unable to verify…
Daily Tech News ShowNotes on the New Note - DTNS 3590
We pick apart Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 announcement; the good, the bad and the interesting. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted…
Daily Tech News ShowRecycled People Are Pretty Too - DTNS 3589
Google pledges that 100 percent of all shipments going to or from customers will be carbon neutral by 2020 and 100% of "Made by Google" products will include…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Cow Jones Industrial Average - DTNS 3588
Cloudflare terminated DDoS protection services to the forum website 8chan as of August 5th after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Other companies…
Daily Tech News ShowWiFi 6 Explained - DTNS
What the heck is WiFi 6 and why do you need it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daily Tech News ShowHoarding The Streams - DTNS 3587
Are expectations for what consumers are willing to pay for new streaming services too high? Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast…
Daily Tech News ShowPatent Pretending - DTNS 3586
A team of academics say artificial intelligence system should be recognized as the inventor of two ideas patented on its behalf. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin…
Daily Tech News ShowNetflix Getting Physical? - DTNS 3585
Apple reported revenue of $53.8 billion, up 1 percent year over year despite revenue declines in Europe and China, a team led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang at…
Daily Tech News ShowCapital 100M Records Stolen - DTNS 3584
Capital One announced Monday that customer data including 140,000 SSN and 80,000 bank account numbers were accessed by an intruder. How did the hack occur and…
Daily Tech News ShowAI recognise AI - DTNS 3583
Researchers at Harvard and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created the Giant Language Model Test Room to identify whether a piece of text was generated by a language…
Daily Tech News ShowCrickets, the Next Super Food - DTNS 3582
Crickets were served as a promo item for TBS's upcoming Snowpiercer TV show at this year's San Diego Comic Con. Find out what they taste like and more…
Daily Tech News ShowHoly Guacamole, it's a Cat! - DTNS 3581
Chris Wetherell told BuzzFeed he regrets building the retweet button for Twitter. He led the team that made it in 2009. US presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon prime target for DOJ - DTNS 3580
The US DOJ is investigating Amazon for anti-trust behavior. Is there a case for the investigation and what does it mean for other tech giants? Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowFace it, Recognition Isn't Ready - DTNS 3579
On July 16th Oakland formally banned the use of facial recognition technology becoming the 3rd US city to do so. Is this the start of a pushback against the…
Daily Tech News ShowRoboUmp - DTNS 3578
Microsoft will invest $1 billion into OpenAI, a report alleges Huawei helped build North Korea's cellphone network, ByteDance will open data-centers in India…
Daily Tech News ShowAll Ryzen. DTNS Court's Now in Session - DTNS 3577
Patrick Norton tells us why its the time to upgrade if you're interested in bringing up your PC up to spec for gaming or editing videos. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowWill Smart Diapers Pass The Sniff Test? - DTNS 3576
Netflix's latest financial reports shows the company's first lost net subscriber loss. What's behind the poor showing and diminishing audience? Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowHow Does the Rat Feel - DTNS 3575
Elon Musk wants to improve the interface between humans and computers with Neuralink. What exactly is he looking to do and how will people benefit? Starring…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Drones Beneath My Wing - DTNS 3574
With Libra in the crosshairs of American politicians we examine what was and what wasn't said at Libra's Senate hearings. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane…
Daily Tech News ShowIt's a Prime Day for Protests - DTNS 3573
Huawei news roundup as U.S. firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in two-four weeks, Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of US workers, and Huawei will…
Daily Tech News ShowYou're Looking at the Wrong End of the E-Waste Problem
Tom talks with professor Josh Lepawsky about what the real situation with e-waste is and why the professor thinks people should look at the factory, not just…
Daily Tech News ShowA Prime Day To Strike - DTNS 3572
Can fertility apps and tracks really work or are they just a gimmick to pad out feature lists? Plus Amazon workers planning a strike and academics discover…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon Primes Employees for New Jobs – DTNS 3571
Amazon plans on retraining 100,000 US employees by 2025, France approves a 3% tax on digital companies making 750 million euros of revenue, and Toronto’s…
Daily Tech News ShowNintendo Switch-Lite – DTNS 3570
Nintendo confirms a sub-$200 portable version of the Switch game console called the “Switch-Lite”. What do you give up in this smaller cheaper form factor and…
Daily Tech News ShowYou Can Do The Same Thing With Your Mouth - DTNS 3569
Patrick discusses how the shift to game streaming, passes and cross platform controller compatibility will disrupt video-gaming industry. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowMeet Your New Meat – DTNS 3568
How do you get people to accept lab grown meat and is the fear just a matter of incorrect marketing? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Blair…
Daily Tech News ShowPeople of Amazon - DTNS 3567
Microsoft's Swiftkey keyboard coming to Andriod, MoviePass goes on hiatus, and Walmart on-track to lode $1b in e-commerce. Filling in for Tom, Sarah, and Roger…
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Apple Reportedly Moving Away from Butterfly Keyboards - DTH
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is moving away from Butterfly keyboards, court rules that Amazon is liable for third-party sellers, and Waymo receives a permit…
Daily Tech News ShowYou’ll Still Get Your Pizza – DTNS 3566
In a letter to US Senator Chris Coons Amazon’s VP of public policy Brian Huseman told the Senator that they keep transcripts and voice recordings indefinitely…
Daily Tech News ShowSmart-E Pants 2.0 - DTNS 3565
Samsung's DJ Koh believes that the era of the smartphones is coming to an end as 5G, IoT and new emerging technologies take shape. What comes after the…
Daily Tech News ShowLoon Over My Kenya - DTNS 3564
A new study from MIT on a driver's ability to notice brake lights in cars in front of them us suggests that eyes position is more important than multi-tasking…
Daily Tech News ShowOnce It's Encrypted, It's Encrypted - DTNS 3563
Two Florida cities have been the victims of ransomware attacks. Why were these cities picked and what steps can other cities take to avoid the same…
Daily Tech News ShowOutsourcing Jony Ive - DTNS 3562
Bloomberg reports Huawei employees have worked on projects for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Verge's Elizabeth Lopatto explains why Libra won't…
Daily Tech News ShowBox of Jobs - DTNS 3561
Oppo shows off a new smartphone with the camera under the screen instead of next to it in the bezel, Executives from 7 Libra partners being cautious about…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Buzz Around Lightyear – DTNS 3560
FedEx sues the US government saying its not liable for inadvertent shipping products that violate ban of products to China, Australian judge rules man can sue…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat’s a Pi 4? - DTNS 3559
Raspberry Pi Foundation announces the Raspberry Pi 4, Google is expanding its Child Safety program to include media literacy, Apple is rumored to be launching…
Daily Tech News ShowThe First Wrong Is Always Right - DTNS 3558
AT&T wins PCMag's fastest mobile network in America, Huawei is in talks about using Russian-sourced Aurora OS for its mobile phones, and France wants G7 task…
Daily Tech News ShowHmm, I Don't Know if You're Having a Heart Attack - DTNS 3557
Younger generations seem to be developing horns in the back of their skulls due to the extended use of technology like smartphones and tablets according to a…