Daily Tech News Show

DTNS Special - How to Stream Video from Home

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We share our experiences and our personal tech setups for streaming video from out homes.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Bryce Castillo...

Hack the Virus! - DTNS 3746

25 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A round-up of all the COVID-19 related tech stories of the day including MIT's plan to release plans for a low cost respirator and WHO partnering with...

Comfort Media - DTNS 3745

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We share our tips on keeping ourselves busy when we're sheltering-at-home and not working.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja ...

Please Influencer Responsibly - DTNS 3744

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As new travel restrictions come into effect to slow the spread of COVID-19 how are influencers changing the way they produce and present content for t...

Net-WORKing Indeed - DTNS 3743

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With more and more people telecommuting to work the strain on ISP networks could be immense. What are some companies to relieve that pressure?Starring...

A Bit Of Distancing - DTNS 3742

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How will America's manufacturing industry respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and will it be enough?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin...

General Data, Meet Private Info – DTNS 3741

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US government is in talks with tech companies regarding the use of location data to track and slow the spread and affects of COVID-19.Starring Tom...

Lost in the Amazon - DTNS 3740

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Major tech companies are working together to stop misinformation about COVID-19 from spreading, while elevating authoritative content on their platfor...

Survey Says: That's a Horrible Answer 3739

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Allison Sheridan recently tried the Android smartphone to experience ecosystem. She shares her experiences with it and the problems with security upda...

Hats Off To No Caps - DTNS 3738

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As enormity of COVID-19 begins to affect various parts of society how has big tech responding to the challenges of the outbreak.Starring Tom Merritt, ...

Who Does Cybersecurity Look Like?

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How a diverse Infosec team can anticipate and dodge security risks.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, JoeLink to the Show Notes. Hosted on...

All the Right Packets In All the Wrong Places - DTNS 3736

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

COVID-19 has the potential to hammer home ISPs as companies and their employees consider telecommuting as an option over working from an office.Starri...

I'm Gonna Pop Some Airtags - DTNS 3735

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leaked iOS 14 code reveals clues about updates to the interface, plus hints about iPad Pro, iPhone 9, and AirTags refreshes.Starring Tom Merritt, Sara...

Working From Home Improvement - DTNS 3734

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Working from home at the request of your job? We've got some tips on how to secure your person PC setup when telecommuting into the office.Starring To...

Night of the Living Gadgets - DTNS 3733

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Can you bring back obsolete and old tech from dead even after the manufacturer stops support or ceases to exist? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane...

Broken Facts Machine - DTNS 3732

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook's attempt at fact-checking political posts runs into a problem as various fact-checking partners contradict each other a recent POTUS comment...

Reasoning>Math = Coder - DTNS 3731

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

New research from the University of Washington shows strong correlation between language skills, reasoning capability, and working memory as key indic...

The Security Spoon - DTNS 3730

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We get a wrap from this year's RSA conference from security-news website "The Parallax" founder and editor-in-chief Seth Rosenblatt.Starring Tom Merri...

Everyone Quit Social Media Now! - DTNS 3729

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

More and more people are feeling unhappy. Is social media to blame or is just exposing older and more systemic social issues?Starring Tom Merritt, Sar...

League of Later - DTNS 3728

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How are professional e-sports leagues dealing with the fallout from fears of COVID-19 and will their strategies be effective?Starring Tom Merritt, Sar...

Remix the Smithsonian - DTNS 3727

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Northrup-Grumman rescue satellite successfully linked up with the ailing Intelsat 901, Urban rolls-out its in-app language translation tool, and the S...

All Melodies Belong To Us! - DTNS 3726

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Some clever musicians are trying to place every melody under a Creative Common's License to bring an end to music copyright lawsuits regarding melodie...

How do you like them Amazon Apples? – DTNS 3725

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tractor-hailing could help farmers not only get more crop yields but better bank loans too, and airponics could make your airplane food better than wh...

Mobile World Announcements - DTNS 3724

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Just because Mobile World Congress has been cancelled it doesn't mean there aren't phones that need announcing. Plus new GPU info on Microsoft's upcom...

Now You're Speaking my Language - DTNS 3723

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Ginsberg - Host and Producer of "In Touch With iOS" podcast explains how he manages to use a tablet as his main everyday computing device.Starri...

Ain't No Party Like A 3rd Party Party - DTNS 3722

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple is considering letting users set third-party web browser and email defaults in iOS. Is this a win for consumers?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane...

Photoshop at 30 - DTNS 3721

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Popular image manipulation tool Photoshop turns 30. We examine the various developments in Adobe's breakout application through time.Starring Tom Merr...

Space, the Private Frontier - DTNS 3720

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Critics attack Samsung's Galaxy Z foldable phone, Dutch man runs dairy from barge and Space X wants to put you in orbit, for a price!Starring Tom Merr...

Zuckerberg Discusses Framework for Regulating Social Media Content - DTH

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says harmful content on social media should have a regulation framework between traditional media and a telco, Google pla...

Team Teams or Team Slack? - DTNS 3719

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Which collaborative messaging platform works best in a corporate environment; Slack or Teams? Rob Dunewood is here to break it down for us.Starring To...

Nevada Gambles on A Tool - DTNS 3718

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In light of the failure of the app at the Iowa Caucus Nevada will instead use a tool pre-installed on iPads that are not connected to the Internet. Un...

Low Visibility Into Blizzard - DTNS 3717

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Activision Blizzard is removing its games from the Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service, including Overwatch, WoW, and the Call of Duty series. W...

Mobile World Canceled? - DTNS 3716

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Samsung Unpacked 2020 rolls out new phone reveals and product announcements. We unpack the info-dump and explain what you should know.Starring Tom Mer...

The Butterfly Keyboard Effect on Writing - DTNS 3715

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oscar Award Winner Taika Waititi called on the WGA to get Apple to fix its keyboards. "Apple needs to fix those keyboards. they are impossible to writ...

Which Laptop Should I Buy? - DTNS 3714

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Looking to upgrade to a new laptop this year? Before you do listen to what Patrick Norton has to say about your options on today's show.Starring Tom M...

People Don't Talk About Nuro Enough - DTNS 3713

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Clearview AI, offers image recognition to law enforcement agencies based on a database of 3 billion images scraped from social media and online platfo...

Zoom and Enhance on 1896 Film - DTNS 3712

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Denis Shiryaev has upscaled the film classic "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat: a 50-second silent movie of a train pulling into a station. ...

The Iowa App Flap - DTNS 3711

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Iowa’s Democratic Party App to tally votes crashes during the party's caucus. Paper ballots saved the day but why did the App fail and what can be l...

AirBnB Cautious - DTNS 3710

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tech companies are feeling the impact of the coronavirus with Foxconn declaring a "big" production impact, while Airbnb has activated its extenuating ...

One Charger to charge them all - DTNS 3709

31 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple's has proposed a standardize format for one-time passcodes sent over SMS, used in two factor authentication, while Google launched OpenSK, an op...

Facebook Doesn't Want to be Liked - DTNS 3708

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook's Zuckerberg wants his company to be understood not liked, Microsoft wants to spend $40 million for AI on health research, and what does Cana...

Eggs In Apple Baskets - DTNS 3707

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Apple's valued net worth is greater than Germany DAX's. We sift through Apple's earning results and see what's working and what isn't.Starring Tom Mer...

Remote Work is so Close - DTNS 3706

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ars Technica's Lee Hutchinson describes how the site functions without a physical office. How does it work and what types of things are needed for it ...

Grub Flub! - DTNS 3705

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A recent post from WhiteSource identifies the trends in Open Source software licensing and makes predictions on what shape Open Source software will t...

Post YouTube Stress Disorder - DTNS 3704

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If you plan on getting a new gaming PC should you build or buy it? Lamarr Wilson shares his thoughts.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Le...

Talk Like an Egyptian - DTNS 3703

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Google tweaks how it delivers paid search results, new safety features for dating apps and scientists listen to voices from the grave!Starring Tom Mer...

GM in Cruise Control - DTNS 3702

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

UN looks into Amazon's Jeff Bezo's phone hacking, GM shows off its new driver-less car, and voters in King County Washington will make US history by b...

Complexions of Facial Recognition - DTNS 3701

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the civil liberty issues and actual effectiveness of facial recognition based surveillance tools.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Ch...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Calls for AI Regulation - DTH

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation in a Financial Times op-ed, ByteDance reportedly put together a gaming division, and TomTom closes a ...

Xenobots Have Heart (Cells) - DTNS 3700

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists from Tufts University, the University of Vermont, and the Wyss Institute at Harvard published early research in Proceedings of the Nat...

A Caucus of Apps - DTNS 3699

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Iowa Caucus takes place February 3 and Democratic Party will be using an in-house smartphone app to send out results. Justin shares hits thoughts ...

Twitter Won't Edit Stance on Edit - DTNS 3698

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When asked about an edit feature for Twitter, company CEO Jack Dorsey said "We'll probably never do it." What's the logic behind his statement and wou...

Live Livers, Body Not Included - DTNS 3697

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Quibi insists it's not competing with traditional streaming incumbents like Hulu or Netflix. But then who is it for and what's the business case?Starr...

Gamers Being Good to Each Other - DTNS 3696

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Wired spoke with Kayvon Beykpour former founder of Periscope and head of product at Twitter regarding steps the platform is taking to minimize bad beh...

What It Takes to Put on CES - DTNS

11 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom talks with Tina Anthony, Director of Digital Marketing for CTA about how CES gets done, along with show trends, key hot product categories, and wh...

The Rest of CES - DTNS 3695

10 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We wrap up CES 2020 with a look at Engadget's Best of CES and Verge Awards at CES 2020 winners. Plus Lamarr Wilson's shares his fav picks of the week....

Unbundle Your Bundle - DTNS 3694

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook offers to reduce the amount of political ads you see, Panasonic shows off VR headset that looks like goggles and a new menu of search engines...

The Diaper Gets Smarter Every CES - DTNS 3693

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's Wednesday here at CES 2020 and the announcements and news continues to roll out. We share our thoughts on the highlights from today's show.Starri...

CES 2020: Cars By Sony & James Cameron - DTNS 3692

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's our 2nd Day at CES 2020. We look at the big announcements and share our thoughts on what we saw.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Am...

The TV Multiverse at CES - DTNS 3691

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Its Monday at CES and that means announcements, announcements, announcements. We sift through all the releases and share our perspective on what we've...

CES... the C is for Cars - DTNS 3690

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Stevens from CNET's Roadshow highlights all the automotive tech you should keep an eye on at this year's CES.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tim...

CES Product Parade - DTNS 3689

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a look at some of the more interesting pre-CES announcements. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See...

Best of 2019 GDI - DTNS 3688

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

DTNS ends the year with this special Best of 2019 GDI reel put together by Theatremonkey.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson,...

2020 Tech Predictions - DTNS 3687

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've reached the end of 2019 and its time again for the DTNS gang to share their prognostication for what will go down in 2020 in the world of tech.S...

2019 Predictions Results Show - DTNS 3686

27 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We bring back the predictions crew from end of 2018 to see how accurate they were in prognosticating the events of the tech world in 2019.Starring Tom...

2019 Listener Co-Host Episode - DTNS 3685

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chance the Hacker, ZoeBringsBacon, Cleveland Climber and Shelia join Tom and Sarah on our annual listener co-host show!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lan...

The iPhone XR Tops Smartphone Sales for 4th Consecutive Quarter - DTH

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Counterpoint Research reports that the iPhone XR is the top selling smartphone for the 4th consecutive quarter, the Washington Post reports on startup...

2019 Retro Episode - DTNS 3684

24 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

DTNS from the past as the gang revisits Friday Dec 18th, 2009 to share and discuss that day's most important tech news.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lan...

FitBit Versa 2 - Live With It - DTNS 3683

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On this special episode of DTNS we host the final "Live With It" for 2019. Sarah shares her experience with FitBit's Versa 2 fitness tracker. This sho...

There Are No Minor Glitches In Space - DTNS 3682

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lasers are making some noise, how can NBC differentiate their streaming service, and Apple in SPACE!Starring Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, an...

Every Move You Make... I'll Be Watching You - DTNS 3681

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A leaked dataset from a location data company revealed the movements of 12M+ Americans with 50B location pings across major cities between 2016 and 20...

Deep Fake Nine – DTNS 3680

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ars Technica’s Timothy Lee has an article detailing how he created a semi-realistic deepfake. What did Tim learn about the process and lessons can t...

Boring Tech is a Gift in Itself – DTNS 3679

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We give up our holiday tech-gift recommendations.Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Rich Stroffolino, Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...

A Face to Fool Us All - DTNS 3678

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How is plastic surgery and social media creating a new synthetic idealized vision of beauty, fooling facial recognition systems with face masks, and h...

The Drone Hippo-thesis - DTNS 3677

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This Week in Science's Blair Bazdarich explains how low-cost consumer quad-copter drones can help save Hippos and their habitat.Starring Tom Merritt, ...

It's Crap At Chess - DTNS 3676

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple News will be hosting the next four DNC Presidential debates. Is this significant for Apple News and if so what will it mean for future President...

BlueSky's The Limit - DTNS 3675

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the company will fund an independent project called Bluesky to develop an “open and decentralized standard for soc...

No End To End To End Encryption - DTNS 3674

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In letters sent to US Attorney General Bill Barr and UK and Australian leaders Facebook has stated it will not remove encryption from WhatsApp. What e...

Old Bub: The Job Creating Mule - DTNS 3673

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How two of the poorest counties in Kentucky became revitalized with the introduction of fiber internet.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. ...

Security is Hard at Scale - DTNS 3672

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How securing environments just gets more and more complicated over time, but the reality is the basic security issues (e.g., known vulnerabilities) is...

No Ports, Who Dis? - DTNS 3671

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are flagship phones falling out of favor and will mid-range phones take their place in the marketplace?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, ...

Rearranging the Alphabet - DTNS 3670

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tuesday Alphabet announced that Google co-founders Larry page and Sergey Brin will step away from their duties as CEO and President and Google CEO Sun...

Are You Outraged? Citation Needed - DTNS 3669

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adi Robertson has a thoughtful article on The Verge today called "How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online." We break down the recommendations and ...

Someone Please Build A Machine Lawyer! - DTNS 3668

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds joins us to explain how the blurring of the lines between VFX in movies and fully rendered CGI cutscenes can lead...

LG Electronics Announces CEO Change - DTH

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

LG Electronics announces a change in CEO following its earnings report, the EU data regulator sanctions the EU parliament, and researchers demonstrate...

Twitter Testing Threaded Messages - DTH

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter confirms it's testing threaded messages on Twitter.com with a potential release in 2020, TikTok unblocks account and apologies to teen with vi...

VR is Milking It - DTNS 3667

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the second year Mozilla has published its "Privacy not included gift guide" rating gifts on a scale of Not creepy, a little creepy, somewhat creep...

Check It Out Before You Check Out - DTNS 3666

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As the gift buying season enters full swing we share our tips making sure you're online shopping experience is safe and secure.Starring Tom Merritt, S...

Hard Thames for Uber - DTNS 3665

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robb Dunewood shares his reasons why he went to team Dell XPS after showing significant interest in Apple's newest MacBook Pro.Starring Tom Merritt, S...

The Quest for the Right Gaming Gift - DTNS 3664

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Trisha Hershberger joins us with a gamer's guide to gift giving for the holiday season!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, Tri...

Snitch Shelf - DTNS 3663

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Google has rolled out an updated policy regarding political ads on the platform. We examine to see what changes were made and effect, if any, the poli...

Skull Johnson - DTNS 3662

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Gates's backs computer directed heat ray mirrors, Disney admits issues with Disney+ app vows to rebuild it, and a bot that reads user scanned lic...

The Half Life of VR - DTNS 3661

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This Thursday Valve will announce Half-Life: Alyx a flagship VR game. To help us understand why this is such a momentous occasion Patrick Beja fill us...

Mister DeMillo-Man, Bring Me a Dream - DTNS 3660

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sleep is possibly one of the most important aspects of our daily routine. We look into the efficacy of sleep tracking tech and what if any useful info...

Robert Heron: TV Whisperer - DTNS 3659

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Heron joins us with tips on some out of sight deals on HDTV and UHDTVs!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Robert Heron. Hosted on A...

ICANN haz revolving doors? - DTNS 3658

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What is Rich Communication Service aka RCS and why is so important to the wireless telecom industry? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chan...

The Cartridge Family: C'Mon Get Happy - DTNS 3657

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We take a look at the Apple's latest refresh of the MacBook Pro line, the MacBook Pro 16".Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson...

Disney+ Tech News Show - DTNS 3656

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Disney+ has launched but not without some hiccups. We examine how well the new streaming service has fared on its first day and our impressions of it....

Update, Break, Repeat - DTNS 3655

08 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are frequent OS updates the right way to go or should they be rolled out annually for bug checks and compatibility issues?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah ...

Data Is The New Oil Covered Gold - DTNS 3654

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The US Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia. AMD announced the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and 3960X ...