Daily Tech News Show
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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.
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Stable Diffusion’s Shallow Victory Over Getty Images in the UK - DTNS 5139
Apple might soon introduce low cost laptops to go head to head with ChromeBooks, and TikTok announced its first US awards show for recognizing excelle...
We Need More Power - DTNS 5138
The compute deals are coming in fast, but is there energy for it? And how Google might save Siri.
Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood.
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OpenAI, Xbox Prices and Smart Home-a-palooza - DTNS October in Review
Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of October.
Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.
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Data Centers are the New Railroads - DTNS 5137
Tech Earnings hit the clouds but Apple’s closer to the ground.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.
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What earnings say about Big Tech’s AI gamble - DTNS 5136
Universal Music just struck a big deal with Udio that legitimizes its music generation platform, and Samsung is bringing its browser to Windows for th...
The Echo Dot Max is a Work in Progress - DTNS 5135
Apple says an Oppo engineer shared Apple Watch trade secrets with the company, and US senators are looking into banning chatbots for underage users.
Adobe Announces AI Assistants for Creative Cloud - DTNS 5134
OpenAI completes its recapitalization to a for-profit company, and most human eyes can’t see all the detail shown on 4K TVs in the living room.
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Qualcomm Enters the AI Chip Battle - DTNS 5133
The battle is now set for the data center. And your newest security attack vector is the agentic browser. We have a simple solution.
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Where Have All The Ultra-Slim Phones Gone - DTNS 5132
Apple might disable Apple Tracking Transparency in parts of Europe due to "intense lobbying," and Firefox Extension will soon be required to disclose...
Amazon Joins the Year of Smart Glasses - DTNS 5131
And AWS explains exactly what took down the internet on Monday.
Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.
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Who Should Get the Galaxy XR Headset - DTNS 5130
Plus, famous people protest superintelligence, and GM brings Gemini into the car.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell.
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OpenAI Launches the ChatGPT Atlas Browser - DTNS 5129
Napster is back again with a holographic AI agent for your MacBook, Apple is giving iOS users a toggle switch to make Liquid Glass easier to use.
What Caused A Third of the Internet to Go Down - DTNS 5128
Good news for data center power consumption and for Samsung’s chip-making.
Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.
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Why We Celebrate Nobel Prize Winners - DTNS Weekend
Dr. Niki reviews the science prizes. We talk about that they are, how they affect our use of technology, and why they may or may not be all that impor...
MacBook Pros Might Soon Have Touchscreens - DTNS 5127
OnePlus unveiled a big OxygenOS 16 release coming with the OnePlus 15, and Andy Beach talks about the Screen Actors Guild’s first AI casting.
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Microsoft Wants You Talking To Your Windows PC… Again - DTNS 5126
Spotify is co-creating opt-in "artist-first" AI products along with some of the biggest studios, and DoorDash is using Waymo's robotaxis to autonomous...
Apple’s New M5 Gear. Will It Make You Upgrade? - DTNS 5125
Plus, robot phone camera, London gets Waymo, and OpenAI wants to get erotic.
Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.
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Keep Your Android Phone Safe From Pixnapping - DTNS 5124
Plus we discuss the improbably large deals OpenAI is signing and how Section 230 is being protected by the US Supreme Court.
Starring Tom Merrit...
Meta’s Metaverse Workers Go AI-First - DTNS 5123
Apple is offering a $2 million bug bounty for its most critical exploit chains, and Instagram Reels are coming soon to a TV set near you.
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Intel Packages Up Its Future in Panther Lake - DTNS 5122
Also, Andy Beach tells us about an IETF effort to make standards for AI bot scraping.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.
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Europeans Fight Back Against Back Doors - DTNS 5121
Also, new Sennheiser headphones that do it all, and the Nintendo mystery is solved.
Starring Tom Merritt, and Sarah Lane.
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Nobel Prize for Quantum Tunneling Breakthrough - DTNS 5120
OpenAI Dev Day brings broader app integration support into ChatGPT, and a fitness sensor kit by Output Sports that replaces expensive diagnostic equip...
OpenAI Scrambles for Computing Power - DTNS 5119
OpenAI’s new hardware and apps will need data centers, and OpenAI is signing the deals. Plus Tim Cook’s successor.
Starring Tom Merritt and Rob...
Crash-proof Drone Inspired by Woodpecker - DTNS Weekend
Dr. Niki explains why this drone’s crash resistance should not have worked. Woodpeckers don’t work that way. But it did!
Featuring Tom Merritt a...
Ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming is imminent - DTNS 5118
An ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming is in testing with Microsoft employees, and Oisín Lennon, founder of Danu Sports in Ireland talks about h...
OpenAI’s Social Sora Gamble - DTNS 5117
Plus Andy Beach makes the connection between YouTube’s creator and AI strategies.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.
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Gold-plated Cat Vomit - DTNS 5116
And Google unleashes Gemini into the home.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Dr Niki.
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Amazon’s Avalanche of New Hardware Announcements - DTNS 5115
Daniel Ek is out as CEO of Spotify but he isn’t going far, and Eóin Tuohy from Sports Impact Technologies talks about his wearable that quantifies hea...
This is why EA is going private - DTNS 5114
We reveal what we think the long-term strategy is for EA, plus OpenAI parental controls, and Tile trackers have a tracking problem.
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The Truth About Tylenol - DTNS Weekend Edition
Dr. Gerry Tolbert tells us what the government actually said in its guidelines for Tylenol and what he tells his patients.
Featuring Tom Merritt...
TikTok, Apple and Google Antitrust - DTNS September in Review
Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of September.
Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.
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Xbox Handhelds are Here, But Should You Pay? - DTNS 5113
And of course, we talk about what we do and do not know about the US TikTok deal.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Dr Niki.
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Everyone Is Selling Their Recorded Phone Calls - DTNS 5112
Why an app that pays you for call recordings is the most popular app right now. And we dig into why Penske Media’s lawsuit against Google is more sign...
Android is coming for Windows and Mac Now - DTNS 5111
Google has plans for full desktop PCs based on Android and running on Qualcomm. And Major League Baseball will use robot umpires next year.
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Google Play Gets a Gemini Sidekick for Gaming - DTNS 5110
Nvidia is set to invest $100 billion in OpenAI as it works toward a gigawatt of new infrastructure per week, and GitHub is rolling out new security co...
Major Details Emerge in the US TikTok Deal - DTNS 5109
Oracle names major changes at the top of its C-Suite, including new co-CEOs, and the Apple iPhone Air is pretty darn repairable, according to iFixit.<...
Gemini Agents Are Coming to Chrome - DTNS 5108
Meta says its demo fails from Meta Connect 2025 were not product related, and Samsung's smart fridges will soon show ads whether you like it or not!
Meta’s Smart Glasses Get a Display - DTNS 5107
But are they pretty? And Nvidia begins to save Intel, while Hollywood reignites the Quibi flame.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Be...
Why the iPhone 17 is better than the iPhone 17 Pro - DTNS 5106
Plus more US-China TikTok drama unfolds, while China bashes Nvidia.
Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.
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YouTube leans into genAI with new tools for creators - DTNS 5105
Meta leaked its monocular smartglasses ahead of Meta Connect 2025, and Dr. Niki talks all about Robot Antelopes.
Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merr...