Daily Tech News Show

Retro Show 2020 - DTNS 3934

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to our holiday retro show episode. We look back at the stories from Sept 21st, 1999 and share our thoughts on how those stories turned out 20 ...

Turn Off Your 5G - DTNS 3933

23 Dec 2020

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Is 5G Slower Than 4G on Verizon? We reveal the surprising details and the truth behind Verizon's 5G network.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Jo...

Ping Rays - DTNS 3932

22 Dec 2020

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We learn how researchers in Japan are exploring the feasibility of using electric rays and sting rays equipped with pingers to help map the ocean floo...

Big Data Spy Hunting - DTNS 3931

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Last week we talked about the launch of Apple Fitness+ and who it's best for. THIS week we can talk about using it since Allison Sheridan has been doi...

SolarWinds Keep On Blowing - DTNS 3930

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US Commerce Department added 77 entities to its "entity list," 60 from China but also companies from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, ...

Quoth the Twitter, Nevermore - DTNS 3929

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We take a closer look at the antitrust suits filed against Google as 35 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and DC led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ...

TLDR; Facebook Interprets the News - DTNS 3928

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook took out full page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal saying “We’re standing up to Apple for small busine...

Forged Cookies, the Movie - DTNS 3927

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Beja gives us an overview on where video games and video gaming is in 2020.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang, Joe.Li...

Mighty Solar Winds - DTNS 3926

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A breach in the Orion network management platform from a company called Solar Winds has led to attacks on FireEye, Microsoft and several US government...

Down Periscope - DTNS 3925

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft has identified a malware campaign it calls Adrozek which began as late as May this year, peaked in August and is still ongoing. How can you ...

Bandwidth Was Not in the Forecast - DTNS 3924

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's not a good week for Facebook. After two antitrust lawsuits were launched against Facebook in the US Wednesday, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office ...

Facebook Has Trust Issues - DTNS 3923

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US Federal Trade commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging Facebook illegally maintains "its personal social networking monopoly through a yea...

Reducing Streaming Stress - DTNS 3922

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Streaming services are the new hotness. AT&T CEO John Stankey announced at a conference that HBO Max subscriptions rose from 8.6 million at the en...

Beefy Silicon - DTNS 3921

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Saturday JD.com became the first virtual platform to accept digital yuan, the government's official digital currency. Is this a watershed moment for g...

Robb Shows Us The Light - DTNS 3920

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Robb Dunewood has put a lot of work into his home video studio and is ready to share all tricks he's learned and a few of the products he thinks are w...

Putting the Home in Home Box Office - DTNS 3919

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

WarnerMedia announced its entire slate of movies in 2021 will debut on HBO Max in 4K HDR at the same time they appear in theaters. That means Dune, Su...

Salesforce takes up the Slack - DTNS 3918

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What does Salesforce want with Slack and who should be the most worried about the company's acquisition?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnso...

We Can Do Bigger Better Faster Stronger - DTNS 3917

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday we told you about DeepMind's AlphaFold system that uses an attention-based neural network to predict protein folding structure in a matter o...

Technology Originalists - DTNS 3916

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Van Buren vs. United States regarding the application of the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA...

UK Forms the Digital Markets Unit - DTH

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The UK announced the formation of the Digital Markets Unity to investigate dominant online platforms, Amazon's global workforce grew 50% in a year, an...

Foxconn Moving Some Apple Production to Vietnam - DTH

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Foxconn is reportedly planning to move some iPad and MacBook production to Vietnam, South Korea fines Facebook for sharing user data without consent, ...

The Monolith Has Always Been There- DTNS 3915

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Verge's Tom Warren notes that despite the Xbox Series X having more powerful hardware, the PS5 has been outperforming it, particularly in frame ra...

Adventures of Spot and Sparrow - DTNS 3914

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter announced it is relaunching its verification process with new guidelines, the Australian inspector general for the intelligence community disc...

Let OLED Light Up Your Life - DTNS 3913

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you plan to upgrade your home theater display this holiday shopping season wait till you hear what Robert Heron has to say on what to look for and ...

Deal Digging for GPUs - DTNS 3912

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Norton is back with some choice picks for your holiday gift buying list.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe.Lin...

Smart Glasses: Still A Thing! - DTNS 3911

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Washington Post's sources say state and federal investigators are preparing to bring antitrust charges against Facebook, alleging that the acquisi...

Apple Cuts Its Rates- DTNS 3910

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple announced the App Store Small Business Program that-- starting January 1st-- will let developers who earn less than $1 million in annual sales a...

Happiness is Squishy - DTNS 3909

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We delve into the science of happiness and the unspoken dark side that pursuing it entails.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Erin Carson, Roger Chang,...

Compared to 2020, Video Games are Positive- DTNS 3908

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TechCrunch's sources say Uber has been in talks since October to sell its Advanced Technologies Group. This would follow Uber selling scooter and bike...

O Employee, Where Art Thou? - DTNS 3907

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We examine the rise of contact tracing devices in the workplace and their use for worker surveillance as outlined by David Gershgorn's recent OneZero ...

Tech Policy in the Biden Administration - DTNS 3906

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On January 6, 2021, the US will count its electoral votes for President and Vice President and right now it seems likely that the next US president wi...

China Targets Big Tech - DTH

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

China targets online shopping the day before the biggest online shopping day in the world, Apple announces new laptops that use its own chip and TikTo...

M1 to Rule Them All - DTNS 3905

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple releases its new M1 processor its first system on a chip for Mac. We share out thoughts and perspectives on Apple's new in-house processor.Starr...

A Solid Plan for PODS of Privacy - DTNS 3904

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2017, Tim Berners-Lee launched a company called Inrupt to market products that used the Solid system. Monday, Inrupt announced an enterprise produc...

Ryzen Up The Charts - DTNS 3903

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix tests a new way to chill, Apple to enforce new "nutrition Guidelines" for App Store apps, and the Intel-AMD race has legs again.Starring Tom M...

DoorDashing the Vote - DTNS 3902

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia is dipping another toe in the gaming water where Nintendo is doing well, there's a big move in Bitcoin, and what does California's Prop 22 mean...

Baby, I Can Hack My Car - DTNS 3901

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tech companies win some and lose some, solar gets salty, and Walmart looks into the smart television market.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Jo...

Shelved Robots- DTNS 3900

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Voice assistants may learn when you are talking to them, Walmart foregoes robots...for now, and where are visual effects artists getting paid?Starring...

Computer Catches COVID Cough - DTNS 3899

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The RIAA has found the piracy, Waymo simulates collisions, and your cough might know if you have COVID-19 before your body shows symptoms.Starring Tom...

Calming Election Relief - DTNS 3898

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Hancock is offering its Life Insurance customers an Apple Watch Series 6 for $25. Then you have a choice: pay the remaining cost of the watch mon...

Is Your County A Swinger? - DTNS 3897

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Time management coach Elizabeth Grace Saunders wrote an article for Wired called "How to Stop Getting into Pointless arguments online." We share our v...

The Answer: 30 Facebooks and 20 Twitters - DTNS 3896

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before a US subcommittee about the way they use Section...

Just Like Dropping A Cat - DTNS 3895

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

T-Mobile will launch its streaming TV service TVision for T-Mobile postpaid customers starting November 1. Is this new business sustainable and how wi...

E-Commerce Begins at Home - DTNS 3894

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook is rolling out streaming games on the Web and in its Android Facebook app to selected users in the US, the RIAA, SAG-AFTRA and several other ...

How Do You Like Your HDR?

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Norton joins us as he shares insights what Dolby ATOMS and HDR means for your home theater setup.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Nor...

Snapping up India - DTNS 3892

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

WhatsApp for Business is rolling out in-chat shopping, letting merchants link to products and services with the option to buy without leaving the inte...

Quibi Quietly Quits - DTNS 3891

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

PayPal will let US customers buy, sell and hold bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin. The Information's sources say that NBCUniversal and Face...

Social Media Anger Management - DTNS 3890

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US justice department filed an antitrust lawsuit in Washington DC federal court Tuesday, alleging Alphabet's Google engaged in anticompetitive con...

Security is Not a Game... Normally - DTNS 3889

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How can a simple word game give you better insight on network security? David Spark is here to show us how.Starring Tom Merritt, David Spark, Roger Ch...

LIDAR: Apple has it in Spads - DTNS 3888

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After criticism of how Twitter applied its hacked materials policy the company announced Thursday evening it would change the policy. What's changed a...

#HellPortal Has Opened - DTNS 3887

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter blocked the ability of its users to link to or repost images from a New York Post story about VP Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. Twitter said t...

A Clear and Present Danger DTNS 3886

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zoom has started beta test a service called OnZoom that lets paid Zoom users host and sell tickets to online events of up to 1000 attendees. Is this Z...

iPhone 12! 5G! Magnets! - DTNS 3885

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We cover Apple's iPhone 12 and Home Pod mini announcement and see how they stack-up to the competition.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nica Montford...

Special: The Future of Gig Work

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How ride hailing defied government, angered unions and workers and how California voters will decide if gig work will ever be the same again in Califo...

China's Game Streaming Leaders Announce Merger - DTH

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The two largest game streaming companies announce a merger that will give the new company up to 300 million monthly active users, Amazon's Crucible ga...

Practical Effects... for Real - DTNS 3884

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Film and TV prop and costume maker, Frank Ippolito, is here to give us some insight into the real-world technology that turns imaginative movie ideas ...

Learning How to Quit Your Job - DTNS 3883

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The beauty of the Internet is being able to do what you love and another perhaps even more beautiful thing about the internet is being able to turn wh...

Who Doesn't Like An Exploding Spaceship? - DTNS 3882

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From exploding space ships to de-aging actors many of today's Movies, TV shows and streaming series rely on visual effects. So we've invited VFX artis...

It's Not the Size of the Hard Drive, It's What You Put On It - DTNS 3881

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A video game's experience is more than just the gameplay it is also the narrative that glues the various elements together. Shayna Moon, Senior Progra...

Make Music for Peace - DTNS 3880

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We start off Creator Week with Mark Johnson, Grammy award-winning music producer/engineer and co-founder of playingforchange.com. He explains the proc...

Tidy Bowl - DTNS 3879

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, will use a pair of drones to disinfect fan seating and other are...

Oh What A Feeling, A Robot On The Ceiling - DTNS 3878

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Google plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next three years to create something called Google news Showcase. What's Google's plan and how wil...

What's Old is Google TV Again - DTNS 3877

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Google announced new products including 5G Pixels, Google TV and Chromecast, and Nest Audio. We dissect and examine the products.Starring Tom Merritt,...

Amazon Sees a Palm Reader in your Future - DTNS 3876

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We compare and contrast Amazon's upcoming streaming videogame service, Luna, against the competition from Google's Stadia, Microsoft's Game Pass Ultim...

Farmville gone in a Flash - DTNS 3875

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roku announced the Streambar, a 14-inch soundbar that runs Roku's OS, capable of streaming 4K and HDR content. A compact speaker combined with a set-t...

Ethernet. It's like WiFi, but with Wires - DTNS 3874

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With all the friction between Apple and Epic over payments in the App Store how will Amazon's streaming game service, Luna, tackle the same issue?&nbs...

Amazon's Luna Landing - DTNS 3873

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon made a number of new hardware announcements at its Fall hardware event. We go through their list and share our thoughts.Starring Sarah Lane, Ri...

Pinning is Winning!! - DTNS 3872

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime left the company in 2018. He has now unveiled his new company DreamHaven, a game developer and publisher. Wh...

Azure. In SPACE! - DTNS 3871

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft's Ignite kicks off today. We take a gander at the developments coming out of the conference.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja,R...

So, Everyone’s clear on the TiKTok Deal?? - DTNS 3870

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cryptographic engineer Tony Arcieri noted that Twitter's automatic cropping algorithm for presenting image previews in the timeline seems to focus on ...

BAN ALL THE APPS!!!! - DTNS 3869

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

German police have begun a murder investigation into the death of a female patient in Düsseldorf who was about to undergo critical care when the hosp...

Old Man Shouts at Graphics Card - DTNS 3868

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Like grains of sand in the desert, the saga of Tik Tok seems to go on and on. We bring you the latest this year's longest running tech soap opera.Star...

Oculus 2: Eclectic Ballyhoo - DTNS 3867

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook announces the Oculus Quest 2. How does it compare to the earlier version and is an upgrade or a cost cutting measure?Starring Tom Merritt, Sa...

Three Tiers for Apple One - DTNS 3866

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple has announced new versions of the Apple Watch, iPad and iPad Air plus new services. We share our thoughts and get some insight from SnobOS's Nic...

TikTok's Trusted Partner: An Oracle DTNS 3865

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oracle wins its bid for Tik Tok but the sale still needs regulatory approval. Is this a done deal and what questions remain unanswered?  Sta...

Minority Rapport - DTNS 3864

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Wall Street Journal has an article by Matthew Kronsberg called 10 Biggest Tech Trends to Come. We sort out which trends would select as the favori...

The Duo: Too Much for Too Little? - DTNS 3863

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The reviews are out for the Microsoft Duo Android dual screen phone but don't call it a phone. We go through the first reviews of Microsoft dual scree...

Your Move Sony - DTNS 3862

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday, three US Senators introduced the Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act which would modify section 230 of the US CDA to roll back the bla...

Did you say X or S?! - DTNS 3861

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pricing for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Series X and S gaming console has been revealed along with detailed hardware specs for the Xbox Series S. The ba...

Indian Streaming Services Establish Self-Regulation Code - DTH

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Fifteen streaming services in India sign on to the Universal Self-Regulation Code for Online Curated Content Providers, Facebook tests putting Instagr...

Choosy Toms Choose DiffBot - DTNS 3860

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Norton is here with the important takeaways from this year's IFA tech trade-show in Berlin.Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, ...

The Internet Is Mainstream - DTNS 3859

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg announced several steps the company is taking to prevent misinformation ahead of the 2020 US election. We examine them to ...

Microsoft Defends Reality - DTNS 3858

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft has launched a three-part plan to fight deep fakes. The first is a tool meant for political campaigns and journalists called the Video Authe...

Ships on Chips - DTNS 3857

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook warns it will "stop allowing publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram," if a pl...

The Camry Of Phones - DTNS 3856

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

IFA has started and one of the big trends coming out of the German technology conference are budget smart phones. We examine the latest from Motorola,...

Stop Checking Me Out - DTNS 3855

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CNET's Ben Fox Rubin reports that MasterCard announced a platform called Shop Anywhere in partnership with Accel robotics to let shoppers walk out of ...

Microsoft and Oracle Want to be Cool - DTNS 3854

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok CEO, Kevin Mayer quits as due to ongoing political turmoil, Microsoft working with Walmart on TikTok deal, Oracle has reportedly proposed a $20...

That TikTok Deal Is Azure Thing - DTNS 3853

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mike Isaac from the New York Times published an in-depth look at how Microsoft got pulled into possibly buying part or all of T...

An Unreal win... For Now - DTNS 3852

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Monday that Apple does not have to reverse its decision to remove Fortnite from its App Store but...

New Tools Doesn't Mean No Rules. - DTNS 3851

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Kantrowitz on Medium's OneZero wrote an article titled "Why a Slack Backlash Is Inevitable" and the Wall Street Journal's Chip Cutter and Aaron T...

Putting Fans In Seats That Aren't There - DTNS 3850

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor Soper over at GeekWire wrote up his experience of what remote NBA fandom looks like in the age of social distancing. We discuss his findings an...

Survey Says... Political Censorship! - DTNS 3849

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A new survey from Pew Research Center revealed 73% of Americans think that its at least somewhat likely that social media platforms censor political v...

The First Trillion Is The Hardest - DTNS 3848

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple hits $2 trillion market capitalization, Zoom expands into smart displays, and Blackberry keeps on ticking.Starring Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johns...

An Epic Push for Exemptions - DTNS 3847

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Monday Epic said Apple had told them they have until August 28 to change their Fortnite app to comply with app store guidelines or lose their membersh...

Open Source Making Things Possible - DTNS 3846

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Allison Sheridan shares her experience with creating an open source ebook based on her podcast "Taming the Terminal".Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,...

Where Is The Epic Apple Battle Heading? - DTNS 3845

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In case you missed it, we cover everything that has happened so far between Epic games, Google and Apple regarding Fortnite.Starring Tom Merritt, Sara...

Apple's Fight Night With Fortnite - DTNS 3844

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Robert Young shares his political insights on recent initiatives by social media giants to ready themselves for the upcoming US 2020 Election.S...

The End of the World Factory - DTNS 3843

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft's dual-screen Android device, the Surface Duo is available for preorder now for $1399, arriving September 10. We share our thoughts.Starring...

This Show is Confidential - DTNS 3842

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A scammer told Business Insider he cashed in selling millions of fake views for Instagram Reels just hours after it launched. Is the arrival and succe...

The Tok is Tik'ing - DTNS 3841

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sources have said TikTok's separation from ByteDance could take over a year. Well beyond Trump and Microsoft's Sept. 15 timeline. What will happen nex...