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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 ShowHigh Quality Patrick Norton – DTNS 3509
Patrick Norton is back with his picks of top affordable headphones plus a review of the Qobuz music streaming service. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowHey Alexa, Do You Know Who I Am? – DTNS 3508
Bloomberg revealed that Amazon has staff members who “review” recordings from Amazon Voice Services in order to improve responses. This raises a host of…
Daily Tech News ShowCash Warfare - DTNS 3507
Amazon execs have stated their GO stores will accept cash payments to address discrimination concerns. How will it work and does it conflict with the purpose…
Daily Tech News ShowYou Say LED, I Say LED - DTNS 3506
Australia green lights deliveries by drone, Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will release a 31.6-inch 6K external display in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2019, and…
Daily Tech News ShowTikTok, Ya Don't Stop - DTNS 3505
Vlad Savov from the Verge joins us to share his review of Huawei's P30 Pro and why its a shame its not available in the US. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane…
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The Decentralized Central Bank – DTNS 3504
Laura Shin host of the Unchained Podcast is on the show to talk about the state of Blockchain technology and gives us an overview of the Decentralized Finance…
Daily Tech News ShowImproving Digital Literacy - DTNS 3503
A recent BuzzFeed News article argues that seniors will irrevocably alter the internet as their numbers grow and they become the targets of misinformation and…
Daily Tech News ShowContent Aware Phil - DTNS 3502
Adobe makes After Effects content-aware to help simplify and speed up compositing and FX editing, who can claim to be the first location with 5G service and…
Daily Tech News ShowComplicated Cucumber Cutting – DTNS 3501
Is Google hammering consumer trust in its constant shutdown of various services like Google+, support for IFTT, and Goo.gl URL shortener. Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowFacebook Turning Over A New Tree – DTNS 3500
Cloudflare integrates Warp VPN, Mark Zuckerberg writes a weekend Op-Ed, and Google reports on Android security. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowWhoops, I’m a Game Company – DTNS 3499
We explore how tech giants like Google, Apple, FB and Tencent have become unintentional game companies and the challenges they impose on incumbent players…
Daily Tech News ShowUntitled EpisoLooking Out the Back Door! – DTNS 3498
Controversial Chinese tech company Huawei has seen its international fortunes ebb and flow as governments decide whether to allow access their markets and…
Daily Tech News ShowDown With April Fools! – DTNS 3497
An internal memo from Microsoft’s Marketing Head asks teams not to do any public-facing April’s Fool stunts. Is this is a shift in tech’s attitude towards the…
Daily Tech News ShowEU says "Do good stuff, don't so bad stuff!" - DTNS 3496
The EU Parliament has passed the controversial Copyright Directive. What does this piece of legislation mean for internet users and how will it impact…
Daily Tech News ShowApple+ Your Wallet - DTNS 3495
Kaspersky Labs finds new Asus backdoor, Airbnb climb the hotel charts, and Apple announces new "Plus" services. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang…
Daily Tech News ShowWill Google's Stream Come True? - DTNS 3494
Game streaming as a service was major topic at this years GDC. What does it mean for the videogaming landscape and will gamers benefit? Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowThe Internet is In Revolt - DTNS 3493
As the EU inches closer to a vote on the Copyright Directive European Wikipedia sites have gone dark in protest, Facebook confirmed it kept logins and…
Daily Tech News ShowEpic's Epic Games Announcement - DTNS 3492
We unpack all the details from Epic Games's announcements on Day 2 of GDC. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowAsk Google If Stadia is Right For You – DTNS 3491
Google unveiled Stadia its streaming game service at GDC. This adds another player to the increasingly crowded and competitive game as a streaming service…
Daily Tech News ShowDTNS INTERVIEW - Jack Conte on new Patreon plans
Patreon Founder and CEO Jack Conte talks with Tom Merritt about why Patreon is changing its creator plans. Patreon will be hosting live Q&As throughout the…
Daily Tech News ShowMyspace Misplaced My Mixtape! - DTNS 3490
Apple updates iPads, MySpace loses your media, and where your online money really goes. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowWe stand with New Zealand - DTNS 3489
After a tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ questions are raised about social media's ability and responsibility to curtail the spread of disturbing…
Daily Tech News ShowMonopsonizing Attention Spans - DTNS 3488
Wired posts an article where the author argues Amazon isn't anti-competitive because its a monopoly but because its a monopsony. What does that mean and what…
Daily Tech News ShowCreative Commons Sense - DTNS 3487
An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat's Wrong With WWW? - DTNS 3486
On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter identifying three current problems of web misuse and how…
Daily Tech News ShowBreaking Up a Corporation is Hard to Do - DTNS 3485
UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowThe War-ren Big Tech - DTNS 3484
US Senator Elizabeth Warren released a Medium post outlining her plans to breakup Big Tech companies and foster increased competition. Is it workable and more…
Daily Tech News ShowDavid Spark's Tales of RSA - DTNS 3483
David Spark from Spark Media Solutions is back with a full roundup from this year's RSA conference. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young…
Daily Tech News ShowYour Reputation Precedes You – DTNS 3482
The latest Axios Harris poll shows that Facebook has dropped from 51st place to 94th in 2018. Is this something Facebook should be worried about and how do…
Daily Tech News ShowChuckable Cheetah - DTNS 3481
Scientists from Heriot-Watt university in Edinburgh to weld glass to metal. Corning is developing a new Gorilla glass that can bend. Plus MIT's mini-cheetah…
Daily Tech News ShowInductive Seasoning! - DTNS 3480
How induction burners will replace stoves, Google's Project Zero finds kernel flaw in MacOS, and Facebook still targeting ads at folks who use phone number…
Daily Tech News ShowMooch Ado about Netflix – DTNS 3479
A cord-cutting study indicates Netflix maybe losing $192 million due to people sharing accounts. Is this a legal and what do the streaming services think?…
Daily Tech News ShowWhatsApp With The Money? – DTNS 3478
Tipping users on Twitter, Amazon announces Project Zero to fight counterfeits, and YouTube will disable comments on all videos featuring minors. Starring Tom…
Daily Tech News ShowTskTsk TikTok – DTNS 3477
DeepMind creates a machine learning model to predict energy output up to 36 hours ahead of time, Samsung begins mass production of eUFS 3.0 512GB storage chips…
Daily Tech News ShowMicrosoft Switching It Up - DTNS 3476
Microsoft is rumored to be bringing Xbox One games to Nintendo Switch. Are these rumors true and if so what does it mean for home console video game market?…
Daily Tech News ShowEMWC2019: Tech News Tapas - DTNS 3475
We digest the torrent of announcements from this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Charlotte…
Daily Tech News ShowWhat You Don’t Know About China Tech - DTNS 3474
We interview Eric Olander from the 'China in Africa' podcast to discuss the state of tech in China and examine where the largest non-American tech companies…
Daily Tech News ShowThe President is in Another Castle – DTNS 3473
Apple teams up with Goldman Sachs on a MasterCard credit card that will incorporate Apple Wallet, Microsoft Edge Browser has a secret whitelist for allowing…
Daily Tech News ShowSamsung’s Galaxy Unfolds – DTNS 3472
Samsung announces new Galaxy S10 phones and tablets. Worth the upgrade? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowIt's Punny (in French) - DTNS 3471
Google sent out a press invite for its Game Developers Conference keynote on March 19. Sources suggest its for the launch of a game streaming service called…
Daily Tech News ShowAustralia's Political Parties and Parliament Hacked - DTH
Australian political parties get hacked, the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sports committee publishes its final report on fake news, and Ming-Chi Kuo…
Daily Tech News ShowDancing With Copyrights - DTNS 3470
We examine the current state of Nvidia's GPUs. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Patrick Norton Hosted on Acast. See…
Daily Tech News ShowAmazon & NY Breaks-up on V-Day – DTNS 3469
Apple's news subscription service wants newspapers to fork over half their revenue. Extortion or shrewd business sense? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger…
Daily Tech News ShowCalled Off Duty - DTNS 3468
Blizzard released its earnings results for the recent quarter, is a Sleep Pod the best way to get a good nights rest and what is Apple's news subscription…
Daily Tech News ShowI’m Old and Slow and Everyone Kills Me - DTNS 3467
EA's 'Apex Legends' has received 25 million sign-ups in a single week besting the previous title holder 'Fortnite'. Will 'Apex Legends' be the next "it" game?…
Daily Tech News ShowApple Pairs With Veterans – DTNS 3466
Tencent invests in China, Smartphone sales dip in China but Huawei manages to claw its way to the top and Microsoft teases a press event at Mobile World…
Daily Tech News ShowBezos Delivers His Package – DTNS 3465
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos released un-redacted emails of a conversation between Enquirer and himself that he says was used to blackmail him. What’s going on and why…
Daily Tech News ShowGoogle's Open ClusterFuzz - DTNS 3464
Twitter releases numbers, Facebook explains advertisements, Google Fiber declares a mistakes and is location data more nefarious than you think? Starring…
Daily Tech News ShowSpotify Sets Its Anchor – DTNS 3463
Spotify acquires podcasters Gimlet Media and Anchor in a bid to become the premiere podcasting network. But where does the company go from here and what does…
Daily Tech News ShowA Fortnite to Remember! - DTNS 3462
A Microsoft report shows a small but noticeable improvement in internet civility. Will it last or is this just a statistical anomaly? Starring Tom Merritt…
Daily Tech News ShowIt’s Like Eating Sugar – DTNS 3461
Danny Crichton from TechCrunch questions why people don't quit Google or Facebook and that current reasoning to explain that behavior is incorrect. Starring…
Daily Tech News ShowThese Boots Were Made for Tracking - DTNS 3460
Apple rolled out the ban hammer on Facebook and Google apps this past week for bypassing the App Store's vetting process. What exactly happened and what does…
Daily Tech News ShowDark Web K-Mart - DTNS 3459
Another cache of hacked passwords and logins has been released, Apple is looking at putting a 3D camera into the iphone and Ultraviolet is closing its doors…
Daily Tech News ShowShould Be Against The Terms Of Wrong - DTNS 3458
Facebook is again in the spotlight this time for a "research" program that paid teens to install VPN software that gave the company root access to decrypted…
Daily Tech News ShowA Bug in the Apple - DTNS 3457
A serious bug in Apple's FaceTime allowing anyone to hear the recipient of a call's microphone even before they accept. Is this a simple bug or sign of a…
Daily Tech News ShowFOMO: Fear Of Machinery Output - DTNS 3456
A recent report by the Brookings Institution finds 25% of US workers have high exposure to jobs that will be automated. While the US Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Daily Tech News ShowDTNS: It's My Toto's Africa! - DTNS 3455
Facebook plans on unifying the messaging infrastructure in Instagram, FB Messenger and What's App. DeepMind's AlphaStar AI was finally defeated in StarCraft II…
Daily Tech News ShowCode Blocking Code – DTNS 3454
Google is pondering changes to Chrome to make it more effective against malicious extensions but at the expense of breaking 3rd party ad-blockers. Who and whom…
Daily Tech News ShowLook Ma, No Ports! – DTNS 3453
A trio of new smartphones from LG, Xiaomi, and Meizu introduce new and novel concepts to the market segment. Are they the path forward for smartphone design in…
Daily Tech News ShowAll’s Well with Album Charts – DTNS 3452
Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young explain the process of self-producing an album online. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert…