Daily Tech News Show

The Big Switcheroo - DTNS 3653

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a blog post Facebook platform partnerships head Konstantinos Papamiltiadis revealed around 100 developers accidentally had access to Facebook Group...

Greetings From The Silver Twinkie - DTNS 3652

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Norton shares his experience with mobile internet while on the road.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Norton Hosted on Ac...

Rushing Into a Tik-Tok Career - DTNS 3651

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We share our thoughts on the slew of new Microsoft and Adobe products and services.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See ...

Rat Seat Driver - DTNS 3650

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Australia's government is mulling over facial recognition technology to age verify internet users before allowing them to view porn online.Starring To...

Tower of No Power - DTNS 3649

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter's Jack Dorsey recently announced policy changes on Twitter banning political ads on the platform. This is in stark contrast to Zuckerberg's Fa...

Does the Internet Count as Intelligence? - DTNS 3648

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

HBO Max will launch in May for $14.99 a month, the same price as HBO Now. Customers who pay HBO for an HBO Now subscription or who get HBO from an AT&...

Enjoy the Vue, While it Lasts - DTNS 3647

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Electronic Arts announced it is publishing games on Steam for the first time since 2012, starting with a pre-order page for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Ord...

Lab Meat is Beyond Impossible? - DTNS 3646

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia updates its venerable Shield TV set-top box, Apple announces the launch of its AirPod Pros, and Harvard University researchers have found a way...

BERT and Learning - DTNS 3645

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook is rolling out a News product in a limited test in the US as a home screen tab and bookmark in the Facebook app. What is Facebook trying to a...

Is Time Up for TikTok? - DTNS 3644

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is TikTok a national security threat or just electioneering hyperbole?Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Artificial Mctelligence - DTNS 3643

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

McDonald's, the fast-food giant, has invested substantial resources into developing AI to help automate portions of its business. We take a look at th...

Who Tracks the Trackers? You Do! - DTNS 3642

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Both at ZDNet has an article up called "How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative." We take a look at Ed's sugges...

Tickle Me Cell Phone - DTNS 3641

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists at the University of Bristol and Sorbonne University have developed a skin-like input interface for use with phones and computers. Twitch i...

Monkey See, Monkey Do Better - DTNS 3640

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We examine the phenomenon that prevents people from picking up new habits and ways of doing things preferring established methods instead even if new ...

Do We Want To Ban Buttons? - DTNS 3639

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix earnings for the quarter are in and things look good. Earnings are up but subscriber base in the US missed targets. CEO Reed Hastings said tha...

Preferential Tweetment - DTNS 3638

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter published a post titled "World Leaders on Twitter: principles & approach" explaining that in "cases involving a world leader, we will...

Apple On Safari to China- DTNS 3637

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Google announces new products and services including Ambient Computing and Pixelbook Go. Plus the company shares updates to the Google Home, Stadia an...

eBay, Stripe, Mastercard, and Visa Leave the Libra Association - DTH

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Five new companies leave the Libra Association, Apple now lists Tencent Safe Browsing as part of the Fraudulent Website Warning in Safari, and San Fra...

What is Differential Privacy? - DTNS Explainer

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Data privacy. There's a lot of misinformation and overreaction when it comes to data privacy but that's in large part to the fact that there's a lot o...

Best Buds - DTNS 3636

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Earbuds have become the latest front in the ongoing ecosystem war between large tech giants with Microsoft, Amazon and Google hoping to cut into Apple...

Google Stadia goes Negative - DTNS 3635

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police, pulls Quartz news app from the store and Hong Kong protester role-playing game suspended from Google P...

You are the Weakest D-Link. Goodbye - DTNS 3634

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Co-founder and CEO of Legal IO, Pieter Gunst tweeted his experience with a rather sophisticated phishing scam, that ALMOST fooled him. We examine how ...

PS5 to be named PlayStation 5 - DTNS 3633

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a blog post the president of Sony’s interactive entertainment Jim Ryan announced next PlayStation console will be called the PlayStation 5. What ...

Paging Ariel Waldman - DTNS 3632

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ariel Waldman shares her first hand experience with setting up and streaming live video from the bottom of the world in Antartica. Starring Tom M...

No Government Doors - DTNS 3631

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

US Attorney General William Barr, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, and Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton, requesting Facebook delay...

Daily finTech News Show - DTNS 3630

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We catch-up on the world for Fintech including the use of AI, real time payment, and open banking.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert...

New Microsoft Phone Surfaces - DTNS 3629

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft unveils a slate of new Surface products and we give our take on all of it!Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. ...

What Would Really Suck For Zuck? - DTNS 3628

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Verge obtained recorded audio of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking about a variety of topics during two open meeting with employees in July. W...

Work-Bot Balance - DTNS 3627

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A recent report by the British government makes the case that more not less automation is needed to create new jobs to provide work for the population...

Screaming about Streaming - DTNS 3626

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Have we reached peak streaming? Is the sheer number of services we sign-up for causing issues with cord-cutters as cumulative costs add up?Starring To...

Crocodile Dronedee - DTNS 3625

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Developer Riley Testut has released a project called AltStore which lets you run an alternative app store on iOS including Testut's own Nintendo emula...

Amazonalanche - DTNS 3624

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon has revealed a raft of product announcements at its 2019 hardware event we dig and see what's what. Plus Mark Zuckerberg announced a software u...

No Dignity, No Doubt - DTNS 3623

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Valve lost a case in a Paris district court to decide if Steam customers had the right to resell the games they purchased on the site. Patri...

Quantum Solace of Supremacy - DTNS 3622

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Google claims to have achieved quantum supremacy after completing an experiment with a quantum computer in 3 minutes and 20 seconds that would have ta...

YouTube Verification Hiccups! - DTNS 3621

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lamarr gives us a first person account of Nintendo's new Switch and his thoughts on the iPhone 11 Pro.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, L...

Bob Iger's Bromance - DTNS 3620

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Bezos announced Thursday that Amazon has signed on to The Climate Pledge, Roku released updates to its Express and Ultra streaming boxes, and Goo...

Facebook's Trust to Gain Trust - DTNS 3619

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Facebook launches Portal TV a smart device camera that connects to your HDTV, plus the company shares more details of the Independent Oversight Board ...

Real Quick, Yes & No - DTNS 3618

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Beja gives us a hands-on look at Apple Arcade.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Sky-Hi Hi-Fi Wi-Fi - DTNS 3617

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

SpaceX is changing its launch strategy to speed up deployment of its satellite internet broadband for the southern United States. Will this increase c...

SCORECARD: VR isn't Dead, MoviePass Is - DTNS 3616

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about HTC's new Vive Cosmos and the state of VR industry.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Nicole Lee, Roger Chang.  Hosted ...

A Huawei Out - DTNS 3615

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Huawei's CEO has proposed selling its current 5G know-how to Western firms to address concerns over security. What does this mean for its competitors ...

X Marks the Cross - DTNS 3614

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

California Senate passes a bill that if passed by the state Assembly and signed by the Governor will greatly expand the state's oversight into who can...

Apple event: New iPhone, New iPad, New Watch - DTNS 3613

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple announces the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, a new Apple Watch and 7th generation iPad, Apple TV+ news, and updates on Apple Arcade and Retail...

Toughbook, Good Show - DTNS 3612

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple adjusts its app store algorithm in July to deprioritize Apple apps in search results, the Verge has a review of Fitbit's Versa 2, and Bloomberg ...

Is the Tank Half Empty or Half Full - DTNS 3611

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Allison Sheridan shares her experience on charging her Tesla from the amount of time it takes to charge her car and what chargers seem to work better ...

You're in my Facebook Top 9 - DTNS 3610

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We check out more news from IFA in Berlin. Plus Facebook is expands its dating service into the US and asks AI researchers to create deep fake videos ...

Speakin' of Speakers - DTNS 3609

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We take a gander at all the news highlights from this year's IFA.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Deep Mind Craft - DTNS 3608

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Researchers at Facebook are developing a virtual assistant to help Minecraft players letting users type in requests in natural language to an in-game ...

Don't Leave the Nest – DTNS 3607

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Google catches a major iOS exploit in the wild, MacBook pros BANNED from airplanes worldwide, and Richard Gunther helps us understand what works with ...

Cranking Up The Retro - DTNS 3606

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday, Nicole Lee posted shares her thoughts on the $149 handheld game system, Playdate. A quirky homage to old school handheld gaming consoles.&n...

Siri-ous Changes at Apple - DTNS 3605

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple looks to address complaints around how it tests and improves the voice recognition abilities of Siri by letting users opt-in. Does this go far e...

Self-Yelp – DTNS 3604

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Voice assistants have been criticized for gender and racial bias due to the fact that they’re predominantly developed by white males in western-base...

Tax Wars: A New Hope - DTNS 3603

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

CNET's Patrick Holland posted an impassioned plea Sunday titled "Apple needs to fix the iPhone 11's buttons so accidental screenshots go away. What ot...

Cell Data Is Rotten In Denmark – DTNS 3602

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

More than 5.3 million accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S. states are posted online, DoorDash unveiled its updated tipping policy, with all ...

The Daily Tech Knewz - DTNS 3601

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp makes a play for online news aggregation with Knewz.com in order to compete with Google and Facebook. What will this mean f...

India: The Prime Frontier - DTNS 3600

21 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

G-Suite predicts spelling errors as you type, YouTube might start behaving better for your kids, and LinkedIn culls spam accounts.Starring Sarah Lane,...

Grading on an Algorithmic Curve – DTNS 3599

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger ChangWe discuss how many streaming subscriptions is too many and what criteria people will use to decide ...

Night of The Living Scooters - DTNS 3598

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Reddit is testing its Public Access Network, or RPAN, as a limited-time livestream experiment, set to run from 9 am to 5 pm through the end of this we...

Phone for Convenience, DSLR for Quality - DTNS 3597

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The consumer digital camera market declined about 80% to 19 million unit sales in 2018, versus more than 400 million smartphones sold globally the sam...

Pasture raised, cage free AI - DTNS 3596

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple, Amazon ,Facebook ,Google and Microsoft have all been criticized for allowing humans to listen to users’ private conversations in order to tes...

What's Up with Your Face? - DTNS 3595

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon Rekognition facial recognition software is adding the capability to detect fear and Elon Musk wants a better man to machine interface. Sta...

A Mos Def Con - DTNS 3594

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Shannon breaks down all the highlights from this year's Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas.Starring Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang. Hoste...

Touchscreens Away! - DTNS 3593

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Samsung unveils a new smartphone camera sensor that offers up to 108 megapixels of resolution. The US Navy announced it will revert destroyers from to...

Amazon Rings up the Police - DTNS SPECIAL

11 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Ashley from the SMR Podcast chats with Tom about Amazon's cooperation with Police on promoting Ring doorbell video sharing, how that might feed ...

Don't Fear the Libra - DTNS SPECIAL

10 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We talk with Tonya M. Evans, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Director, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law Certificate Progr...

Broadtale of Two Countries - DTNS 3592

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We take a look at the National Broadband Networks that the governments of Australia and New Zealand rolled out and what others can learn from their su...

Battery Rights Management - DTNS 3591

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

IFixit reports that if anyone but Apple replaces a battery in the iPhone XR, XS, or XS Max, a "service" message displays saying the phone is "unable t...

Notes on the New Note - DTNS 3590

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We pick apart Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 announcement; the good, the bad and the interesting.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chan...

Recycled People Are Pretty Too - DTNS 3589

06 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Google pledges that 100 percent of all shipments going to or from customers will be carbon neutral by 2020 and 100% of "Made by Google" products will ...

The Cow Jones Industrial Average - DTNS 3588

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cloudflare terminated DDoS protection services to the forum website 8chan as of August 5th after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Other compa...

WiFi 6 Explained - DTNS

03 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What the heck is WiFi 6 and why do you need it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hoarding The Streams - DTNS 3587

02 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are expectations for what consumers are willing to pay for new streaming services too high?Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang.  Ho...

Patent Pretending - DTNS 3586

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A team of academics say artificial intelligence system should be recognized as the inventor of two ideas patented on its behalf.Starring Tom Merritt, ...

Netflix Getting Physical? - DTNS 3585

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Apple reported revenue of $53.8 billion, up 1 percent year over year despite revenue declines in Europe and China, a team led by neurosurgeon Edward C...

Capital 100M Records Stolen - DTNS 3584

30 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Capital One announced Monday that customer data including 140,000 SSN and 80,000 bank account numbers were accessed by an intruder. How did the hack o...

AI recognise AI - DTNS 3583

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Researchers at Harvard and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created the Giant Language Model Test Room to identify whether a piece of text was generated by a l...

Crickets, the Next Super Food - DTNS 3582

26 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Crickets were served as a promo item for TBS's upcoming Snowpiercer TV show at this year's San Diego Comic Con. Find out what they taste like and more...

Holy Guacamole, it's a Cat! - DTNS 3581

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Wetherell told BuzzFeed he regrets building the retweet button for Twitter. He led the team that made it in 2009. US presidential candidate Tuls...

Amazon prime target for DOJ - DTNS 3580

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The US DOJ is investigating Amazon for anti-trust behavior. Is there a case for the investigation and what does it mean for other tech giants?Starring...

Face it, Recognition Isn't Ready - DTNS 3579

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On July 16th Oakland formally banned the use of facial recognition technology becoming the 3rd US city to do so. Is this the start of a pushback again...

RoboUmp - DTNS 3578

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft will invest $1 billion into OpenAI, a report alleges Huawei helped build North Korea's cellphone network, ByteDance will open data-centers i...

All Ryzen. DTNS Court's Now in Session - DTNS 3577

19 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Norton tells us why its the time to upgrade if you're interested in bringing up your PC up to spec for gaming or editing videos.Starring Tom M...

Will Smart Diapers Pass The Sniff Test? - DTNS 3576

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix's latest financial reports shows the company's first lost net subscriber loss. What's behind the poor showing and diminishing audience? S...

How Does the Rat Feel - DTNS 3575

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk wants to improve the interface between humans and computers with Neuralink. What exactly is he looking to do and how will people benefit?Sta...

The Drones Beneath My Wing - DTNS 3574

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With Libra in the crosshairs of American politicians we examine what was and what wasn't said at Libra's Senate hearings.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah L...

It's a Prime Day for Protests - DTNS 3573

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Huawei news roundup as U.S. firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in two-four weeks, Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of US workers, and Hu...

You're Looking at the Wrong End of the E-Waste Problem

13 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tom talks with professor Josh Lepawsky about what the real situation with e-waste is and why the professor thinks people should look at the factory, n...

A Prime Day To Strike - DTNS 3572

12 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Can fertility apps and tracks really work or are they just a gimmick to pad out feature lists? Plus Amazon workers planning a strike and academics dis...

Amazon Primes Employees for New Jobs – DTNS 3571

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon plans on retraining 100,000 US employees by 2025, France approves a 3% tax on digital companies making 750 million euros of revenue, and Toront...

Nintendo Switch-Lite – DTNS 3570

10 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nintendo confirms a sub-$200 portable version of the Switch game console called the “Switch-Lite”. What do you give up in this smaller cheaper for...

You Can Do The Same Thing With Your Mouth - DTNS 3569

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick discusses how the shift to game streaming, passes and cross platform controller compatibility will disrupt video-gaming industry.Starring Tom ...

Meet Your New Meat – DTNS 3568

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How do you get people to accept lab grown meat and is the fear just a matter of incorrect marketing?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and ...

People of Amazon - DTNS 3567

05 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft's Swiftkey keyboard coming to Andriod, MoviePass goes on hiatus, and Walmart on-track to lode $1b in e-commerce.Filling in for Tom, Sarah, a...

Apple Reportedly Moving Away from Butterfly Keyboards - DTH

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is moving away from Butterfly keyboards, court rules that Amazon is liable for third-party sellers, and Waymo receives...

You’ll Still Get Your Pizza – DTNS 3566

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a letter to US Senator Chris Coons Amazon’s VP of public policy Brian Huseman told the Senator that they keep transcripts and voice recordings in...

Smart-E Pants 2.0 - DTNS 3565

02 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Samsung's DJ Koh believes that the era of the smartphones is coming to an end as 5G, IoT and new emerging technologies take shape. What comes after th...

Loon Over My Kenya - DTNS 3564

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A new study from MIT on a driver's ability to notice brake lights in cars in front of them us suggests that eyes position is more important than multi...

Once It's Encrypted, It's Encrypted - DTNS 3563

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Two Florida cities have been the victims of ransomware attacks. Why were these cities picked and what steps can other cities take to avoid the same pr...

Outsourcing Jony Ive - DTNS 3562

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomberg reports Huawei employees have worked on projects for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Verge's Elizabeth Lopatto explains why Libra ...

Box of Jobs - DTNS 3561

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Oppo shows off a new smartphone with the camera under the screen instead of next to it in the bezel, Executives from 7 Libra partners being cautious a...