Daily Tech News Show

That Streamer is Quite a Character - DTNS 4082

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We examine the exploding phenomenon of Virtual Idols on YouTube. What are Virtual Idols and why are they so popular on Google’s online video platfor...

Samsung Folds on the Note - DTNS 4081

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Intel unveils its latest company road map which includes plans to build chips for Qualcomm, Facebook issues a voluntary recall of the Oculus 2 and Sam...

Upscale Upscaling - DTNS 4080

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation ordered Tencent to end its exclusive music licensing rights within 30 days including requirements...

Seniors In Tech: Ruth Pordes

24 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Seniors In Tech, a podcast mini-series where we bust stereotypes by talking to seniors who either worked in the tech industry at the beginn...

Do You Even Metaverse, Bro? - DTNS 4079

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission voted to increase its enforcement of laws against repair restrictions that prevent small businesses, wor...

Computing in Plastic - DTNS 4078

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ARM shows off a bendable processor prototype, Twitter is testing a dislike button and why uneven uptake of the FCCs emergency broadband benefit progra...

Stranger Netflix Chess Game? - DTNS 4077

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix loses 400,000 plus North American subscribers, Tumblr is testing a new feature called Post+ that lets some users charge their followers a mont...

RCS and a Moon Pie - DTNS 4076

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Priavacy-focused search engine DuckDuck Go is offering an email protection feature. Sony announced two high-end home theater products with HDMI 2.1 pa...

Anti Gravity Chili - DTNS 4075

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A forensic analysis report by Amnesty International claims NSO Group’s Pegasus software was used by clients to compromise the phones of more than 1,...

Seniors in Tech: Sandra Foster

17 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Seniors In Tech, a podcast mini-series where we bust stereotypes by talking to seniors who either worked in the tech industry at the beginn...

Welcome to the HakVan - DTNS 4074

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the show Darren Kitchen has made the road his home with a van kitted out with some of things you might expect, like a table, bed, cooking eq...

Netflix: Throne of Games? - DTNS 4073

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix announced it has hired Mike Verdu as its Vice President of game development. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said it has sued Amazon...

Satyamania 365 - DTNS 4072

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft’s new easy-to-set-up and use virtual windows machine service called Windows 365. Scientists at the University of Oxford and University of ...

Google Gets a French Slap - DTNS 4071

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

France’s competition authority fined Google €500 million for not negotiating in good faith to pay news publishers for the right to show their head...

Where Have All The Ransoms Gone? - DTNS 4070

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Will a crowdsourced ransom payments tracking website called Ransomwhe.re provide empirical evidence companies need to determine if paying ransomware i...

Seniors In Tech: Michael Musiel

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Niki interviews former US Robotics engineer, software/hardware developer and part-time paramedic Michael Musiel about his lenghty care...

Bit Coin Not Included! - DTNS 4069

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden administration issues an executive order that encourages the FCC to restore open internet rules, limit early termination fees by ISPs, limit...

Whose Computer is it Anyway? - DTNS 4068

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Start-ups position robots as bee replacements in the all-important crop pollination role, Thirty-seven US state and district attorneys general have su...

Did You Get My Meeting? Mmhmm... - DTNS 4067

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

South Korea lawmakers are considering a revision to a law restricting children from playing games after midnight and China’s Tencent will use facial...

The Audacity of Data Collecting - DTNS 4066

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

New owners of Audacity updated the audio editor’s privacy policy with language indicating it was collecting user data for analytics and legal enforc...

Seniors in Tech: Allison Sheridan

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Seniors In Tech, a podcast mini-series where we bust stereotypes by talking to seniors who either worked in the tech industry at the beginn...

This is Why We Can't Have Nice Names - DTNS 4065

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nikkei Asia’s (NEE-kay Asia’s) sources say Intel and Apple began testing chip designs using TSMC’s 3-nanometer production technology, security r...

Tech, Taxes, & Typos - DTNS 4064

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon seeks an alliance of app makers to challenge Microsoft, Instagram will start experimenting showing users full-screen videos over the coming mon...

Google and Microsoft Take Off the Gloves - DTNS 4063

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomberg’s sources say Microsoft and Google will not renew a non-aggression pact in place since April 2016, Facebook launched a subscription newsle...

Apple Makes Google's Cloud Rain - DTNS 4062

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alphabet’s drone-delivery company, Wing, in cooperation with the FAA launched the OpenSky app in the US. The app will allow hobbyist and commercial ...

Degrees of Better Audio - DTNS 4061

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress starts this week with Samsung revealing details about its WearOS partnership with Google. Plus as more and more music streaming ...

Letting Everyone Exist In Public - DTNS 4060

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Christophe Zajac-Denek about his lived experience with accessibility needs as a person with dwarfism. Western Digital puts a security warni...

Accessibility Requires a Quorum - DTNS 4059

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Often when we talk about Accessibility we discuss the way applications allow people who are vision impaired, deaf or have limited dexterity to use the...

Making Gaming Accessible - DTNS 4058

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Accessibility in video games is an often unnoticed and unappreciated aspect of game development. We ask two game developers to help us understand the ...

Making Products Smart AND Accessible – DTNS 4057

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Accessibility week rolls-on as we talk to David Woodbridge about his work in reviewing device accessibility and the criteria and metrics he uses.Starr...

A.I. Accessible Intelligence - DTNS 4056

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off Accessibility Week with a look into how AI is helping and in some cases hurting the development of accessibility in technology.Starring To...

3-D Printers in Spaaaaaaace! - DTNS 4055

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“NASA inches closer to printing artificial organs in space” according to the MIT Technology Review, Tim Cook confesses Apple likes to fail interna...

Please Regulate Me - DTNS 4054

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A bipartisan group of US Senators Brian Schatz, John Thune, Raphael Warnock, and John Kennedy proposed a bill Wednesday called the Unsubscribe Act. Co...

Windows goes to 11 - DTNS 4053

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Google will open its first retail store at 76 Ninth Avenue in New York City Thursday at 10 AM. The Wall Street Journal has sources and documents that ...

What Happens After You Brag About NFTs - DTNS 4052

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NFTs have gotten a bad rap for being involved in crazy prices for questionable artwork but is there more to NFTs outside making digital art collectibl...

Streaming is Your Gaming Gateway - DTNS 4051

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We take in all the latest from E3 2021 and examine a recent study on the impact of remote work on productivity and the number of hours worked.Starring...

Talking about Z Generations - DTNS 4050

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cnet’s Erin Carson wrote a piece called “How Gen Z harnessed the internet and destroyed the generation wars”, which focuses on how the younger g...

Delivering Justice - DTNS 4049

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a research paper published in the scientific journal Nature, Google Research explained they’ve developed algorithms allowing AI to more efficient...

The Rise of the Creative Crash - DTNS 4048

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We explore how film photography is being kept alive despite an onslaught of digital replacements.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson,...

The Social Network for Criminals? - DTNS 4047

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WWDC is happening this week but E3 starts this weekend. We have Trisha Hershberger here to tell us what to expect from this year's popular video gamin...

All The Things - WWDC Edition - DTNS 4046

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We breakdown all of the updates and features Apple announced at this year’s WWDC.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Terrance Gaines, Nica Montfo...

Where Have All The Sharks Gone?

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We learn how technology is giving researchers new insight on how shark’s almost went extinct millions of years ago, Facebook plans to change their p...

Please Return to Campus - DTNS 4044

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out an email to employees asking them to partially return to the office starting in September. WhatsApp confirmed that it will...

Not just your Mom's Etsy - DTNS 4043

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Huawei launched its HarmonyOS for mobile phones. At Facebook F8 the company announced all businesses can now use the Messenger API to interact with us...

Amazon Making a Mesh of IoT - DTNS 4042

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We break down all the latest PC hardware announcements from this year’s Computex. Plus Apple App shows up on Nvidia’s Shield TV and Amazon is rele...

WhatsApp Won't Limit Functionality Over New Privacy Policy - DTH

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WhatsApp says it has no plans to limit functionality for users who don't agree to its new privacy policy, Instagram will give equal algorithmic priori...

Have you been Password Pwned? - DTNS 4041

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter rolls out its Blue Twitter subscription service on the Apple App-store. Security researcher Troy Hunt announces the code for Pwned Passwords d...

FB Deli Slices The Truth - DTNS 4040

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook announced Wednesday that it will de-rank the accounts of and limit the spread of posts from users who repeatedly share content that has been ...

Amazon's Business of Everything - DTNS 4039

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon buys MGM. Is Amazon becoming a 21st century conglomerate and what is the company’s end game? Plus the US District of Columbia sued Amazon Tue...

Judge Decision will be Epic - DTNS 4038

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Arm introduced its first designs to the new Armv9 architecture, including the flagship Cortex-A710 CPUs and Mali-G710 GPU. Huawwei shifts gears to foc...

The Automated Recovery - DTNS 4037

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A group of over 500 researchers have signed on to the BigScience project, an effort led by the startup Huggingface to build an open-soruce large langu...

Taking apart Right to Repair - DTNS 4036

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the state of Right to Repair and issues surrounding the various stakeholders involved.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Patrick Norton...

Phonely Child - DTNS 4035

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The crowdsourced crime watch app Citizen sparks a manhunt for the wrong guy, Twitter restarts its public verification program and more updates from th...

Big Bitcoin Bubble Bursting? - DTNS 4034

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday the National Internet Finance Association of China, the China Banking Association and the Payment and Clearing Association of China issued a w...

The Ins and Outs of Google I/O - DTNS 4033

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Google I/O 2021 has started and a flood of announcements were made today. We parse out what was unveiled and how it fits into Google’s broader strat...

AT&T and Discovery Cross the Streams - DTNS 4032

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

AT&T and Discovery have reached an agreement to combine their media divisions into a joint venture to be 71% owned by AT&T and 29% by Discover...

Darkside Goes Dark - DTNS 4031

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ransomware is still in the spotlight as the Irish government announced the Irish Health service’s central data servers were under an attempted ranso...

A Patchwork Of Supposedly Secured Systems - DTNS 4030

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook changes the name of Libra, its digital in-house currency, and moves its headquarters out of Switzerland, Tesla’s Elon Musk issued a stateme...

Wi-Fi Security Red Frags - DTNS 4029

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Belgian security researcher Mathy Vanhoef published details of so-called WiFi “frag attacks.”, YouTube plans to launch a $100 million fund to pay ...

Colors To Impress The Neighbors - DTNS 4028

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

During Apple’s Spring Loaded event the company revealed the Apple TV Color Calibration tool. The idea is that you can use the iPhone’s TrueDepth c...

Secure Those Pipes - DTNS 4027

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This past Friday the Colonial Pipeline Company suffered a ransomware attack and shut down the entire pipeline. The attack does not seem to have affect...

The Power of Bitcoin - DTNS 4026

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With no deal in sight between Google and Roku to renew YouTube TV’s presence on Roku’s platform the search giant has come up with a workaround. It...

NASCAR Takes a Left Turn - DTNS 4025

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Was the FCC’s decision to roll back on net neutrality rules based on fraudulent public comments? The NYAG thinks so and so does FCC Acting Chair Jes...

Scanning Your World - DTNS 4024

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

3D scanning as a technology has come a long way especially in its use in science and research. Dr. Nicole Ackermans joins us with an explanation on th...

The Dialogue is Flawless - DTNS 4023

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Oxford Internet Institute published a survey of 430,000 10 to 15-year-olds about their TV viewing, social-media and device use with feelings of de...

I'm Not Betting on Yahoo - DTNS 4022

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TSMC says it projects its supply will catch up to the auto industry’s demand by the end of June, Verizon announced Monday it intends to sell its Ver...

Epic Apple Store Battle – DTNS 4021

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Finland trials an autonomous robotic street cleaner called Trombia Free, The YouTube TV app is no longer available for download from the Roku channel ...

The Smaller The Pie, The Sharper The Knives - DTNS 4020

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We take a look at the state of harmful speech regulation online as the European Parliament formally adopting a law requiring internet companies to “...

A Browser for Your Browser - DTNS 4019

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Samsung announced new intel-Evo certified laptops at its Unpacked 2021 event Wednesday, Sony has sold more PS5s in the first quarter of 2021 than PS4s...

TikTok, The Public Square - DTNS 4018

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok is popularized as a pop-culture meme generator. But the platform is increasingly being used for other less well known uses including cooking tu...

Carriage Fights Come To Streaming - DTNS 4017

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever experienced wake word fatigue with your virtual assistant, Google might have something in the works for you, The Washington Post is s...

That's Not a Bug. It's a Conviction - DTNS 4016

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

UK court overturns 39 Post Office employee convictions that were originally based on flawed information derived from the Post Office’s computerized ...

Ransomware As A Service - DTNS 4015

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing called “Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores” focused on Apple and Google’s ...

VR stands for Virtual Recovery - DTNS 4014

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The European Commission proposed a bill Wednesday to develop comprehensive regulation of Artificial Intelligence. What’s in it and will it impact us...

The Remote Is Fixed, Stop Complaining! - DTNS 4013

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Apple announced a flurry of new products including a new Pro level iPad and a M1 powered iMac.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Charlotte Henry, Nica ...

Electric Luxury - DTNS 4012

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mercedes unveils its EQS, an all electric S-class luxury sedan, Reddit launches its Clubhouse competitor, and Nica Montford from SnobOS introduces us ...

DTNSxTWIS Crossover Show

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join DTNS and the crew from TWIS as the two grand pillars of podcasting join forces for an epic podcast episode filled with science, technology and fu...

Now You Can Judge a Kindle by it's Cover - DTNS 4011

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does “no” in Android’s location history really mean? The Internet of Secure Things Alliance has expanded its certifications of i-O-T device...

You've Got to Fight for Your Right to Disconnect - DTNS 4010

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The UK union Prospect, which represents scientists, engineers and tech workers is lobbying the government to create a “right to disconnect.” The l...

VR so good, it's Supernatural - DTNS 4009

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Urbanista announced its latest wireless noise-canceling headphones- the Urbanista Los Angeles, TikTok claims to have more than 100 million US monthly ...

A Healthy Dose Of Security - DTNS 4008

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft announced new Surface hardware and a variety of accessories, Roku began rolling out Roku OS 10, which adds AirPlay 2 and HomeKit compatibili...

Nvidia's Multiple ARMs - DTNS 4007

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At Nvidia’s GPU Technology conference the company unveiled Grace, the company’s latest ARM based SoC CPU design, Logitech announced it will no lon...

DTNS Special: EV Owner's Roundtable

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We get so many questions about electric vehicles or EVs, that we decided to gather some EV experts and enthusiasts to tell us what their experiences a...

Ready Monkey Player 1 - DTNS 4006

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cal-Berkeley’s Zhongyu Li has built Cassie, a robot that teaches itself how to walk through reinforcement learning, An audit by scientists at the Un...

Bucket of Power- DTNS 4005

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook announces its Clubhouse competitor, more on Apple vs Epic, and Andrew Heaton shares his experience podcasting in a camping trailer.Starring T...

No Thanks for the Memories - DTNS 4004

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Goode has an article on Wired called “I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget”. We discuss how the Internet can make it har...

Chip Problems On Display – DTNS 4003

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Clubhouse rolls out its first monetization feature, called simply, Clubhouse Payments, Signal plans to add support for MobileCoin and why a shortage i...

Digital Copyright Wars - DTNS 4002

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook's dataset of 533 million accounts hacked in 2020 is now being offered for free, LG is leaving the mobile communications business, and the SCO...

Beauty Is in the Eye of the Filter - DTNS 4001

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Vaccine passes are in development. The idea is to be able to securely show who has been vaccinated to enable a return to normal faster. How do they wo...

In Tech We Trust? - DTNS 4000

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Edelman surveyed more than 33,000 people in 28 countries to gauge consumer trust in institutions like media, government, and businesses. Trust in the ...

A Permanent Record of Bad Decisions - DTNS 3999

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Motherboard posted a story earlier this week about multiple occurrences where someone bought an NFT and then the thing the NFT referred to disappeared...

Nvidia Sets the Bar and Resizes it - DTNS 3998

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

LinkedIn is adding features that cater to video creators, Arm announced its first major new chip architecture in ten years, called Armv9, and PayPal w...

What Can Stretch Do for You? - DTNS 3997

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Boston Dynamics announced Stretch, a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses, MIT computer scientists led a team that looked at 10 of the most-...

It's Never The Wrong Time To Backup Your Data! - DTNS 3996

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Xiaomi plans to market electric vehicles under its own brand, Dodge announced a new security feature for its Challenger and Charger cars that requires...

Social Media's Capitol Affair - DTNS 3995

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zuckerberg, Pichai, and Dorsey all testified before the House Energy and Commerce committee to discuss spreading disinformation, extremism and misinfo...

Intel Plays Its Chips - DTNS 3994

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced it will elevate its small foundry business to become a standalone business within Intel called Intel Foundry Service...

Your Mental Health Matters - DTNS 3993

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Wells wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald called “How searching for help online can be healthy.” But should you search online? And ...

A License to Zoom - DTNS 3992

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zoom will begin selling access to its API for companies to embed video calling into their own products, Microsoft will start a limited reopening of it...

Are You Ready for Some Streamball - DTNS 3991

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The MPAA notes that online video subscriptions rose 26% to 1.1 billion in 2020, passing 1 billion worldwide for the first time. Is this is just a pand...

NASA's New Tire is So METL - DTNS 3990

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sony shows off their new PSVR 2 controllers while Facebook is working on an AR wrist controller. ATT won't be exempting HBO from data caps, and we may...