Daily Tech News Show

Spill, Bluesky and Post see Big User Gains - DTH

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

These are the Daily Tech Headlines. DTNS is off for the US Independence day holiday but will return Wednesday July 5th.Google's privacy policy change ...

T3: Trish Talks Titles - DTNS 4553

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This year’s summer game announcements were a veritable deluge of new IPs, sequels and spin-offs. Trisha Hershberger is here to give us an expert's e...

Save the Planet and Your Money - DTNS 4552

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On Thursday, Google joined Meta in saying it will remove Canadian news from its platforms in response to Bill C-18 aka the Online News Act. In additio...

A Symphony of Black Holes - DTNS 4551

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino lays out a plan to woo back some advertisers who previously left the platform. Reddit has given closed communities a deadl...

Stitcher Sirius-ly Shutdown - DTNS 4550

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

SiriusXm is shutting down Stitcher. Users have until August 29th to move to a new podcast listening platform. Business Insider reports that Google rec...

AI: Fury Web - DTNS 4549

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With its high price tag, why is Apple continuing the Mac Pro line when they have the Mac Studio that does most of what it can do for half the price? W...

YouTube's Playing Games - DTNS 4548

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wall Street Journal reports, YouTube began internally testing “Playables” a service for playing games on the platform. Amazon is recruiting small ...

Worry About The Humans, Not The AI - DTNS 4547

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI is often presented as a danger to democratic societies by undermining trust in institutions and government. But can the reverse also be true? The C...

Google's Golden Egg Laying Days Behind Them? - DTNS 4546

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As Spotify enters its next phase of podcasting what exactly are its plans? Is the European Commission aiming to break up Google? And Google announces ...

Dark Patterns in Amazon Prime? - DTNS 4545

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the company violated rules by using so-called dark patterns. Electronic...

Can't We All Just Fedi-long? - DTNS 4544

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spotify is planning a pricier new premium subscription tier it has been calling “Supremium” in-house. What’s going on between Meta and Mastodon?...

Reddit’s $4.5 Million Ransom – DTH

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kuo says iPhone 15 will get Vision Pro integration, EvLeaks shows off Galaxy Unpacked foldable lineup, Meta lowers Quest age limit. Get show notes her...

College Food - Everybody in the Pool

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We've got a special thing in the podcast feed today. Molly Wood has started a new show called "Everybody in the Pool." This is Molly at her best, talk...

Google, No Longer Master of Its Own Domains - DTNS 4543

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Google will be shutting down its domain name registrar called Google Domains with Squarespace will take over the business and its assets. We talk abou...

As the Journalism Crumbles? - DTNS 4542

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Epic released a new tool called MetaHuman Animator that captures an actor’s facial performance using an iPhone, that then creates your “MetaHuman”...

AI Dangers Remain Unknown - DTNS 4541

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The European Union’s European Parliament passed a draft law known as the AI Act. This year’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report shows that when...

AI is the Fifth Beatle - DTNS 4540

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Wall Street Journal’s sources say Netflix is in talks to live-stream its first sporting event. Golf. Played by Formula 1 race car drivers. In La...

Users Don't Digg New Reddit Changes - DTNS 4539

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reddit’s plan to charge for API access has led to a big backlash on the platform with many subreddits switching to private or hidden mode in protest...

Netflix is Proud of Its Measurements - DTNS 4538

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Independent streaming analytics company Antenna has the results from Netflix’s recent crackdown on password sharing. Chris Ashley shares his advice ...

It’s Hard Out There for the 3rd Party Devs – DTNS 4537

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

WhatsApp has a new feature called Channels which enables “private way to follow what matters,” designed so that channel operators can broadcast to...

Apple’s Game Tool is Very Metal – DTNS 4536

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Automattic launched an AI assistant for WordPress, which integrates easily with all Jetpack-powered sites. Scientists at the University of Cambridge u...

Zero Risk Doesn't Mean Zero Waste - DTNS 4535

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sean McManus wrote a piece detailing the Circular Drive Initiative ,or CDI, which is trying to reduce this e-waste by reusing hard drives instead of d...

Apple Sets New Vision - DTNS 4534

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Apple announced a flurry of new products including their much anticipated “Vision Pro” AR/VR headset at this year’s WWDC 2023. We share impressi...

Video Hasn't Killed The Pinball Star - DTNS 4533

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomberg’s sources say Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, and Dish about offering discounted cell service at around $10 a month, or possibl...

There's No Moore's Law for Autonomous Cars - DTNS 4532

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Instagram that a Quest 3 VR headset will come out this autumn. A 128 GB version will cost $499.99. BeReal is testin...

Cooking Up Language Learning - DTNS 4531

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Twitter plans on expanding its Community Notes feature where volunteer contributors can add context to posts in order to combat misinformation. If the...

Teacher, What Do You Meme? - DTNS 4530

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We check out the latest announcements from the COMPUTEX trade show in Taipei, Taiwan including Nvidia’s trillion dollar valuation. TechCrunch’s Am...

Nvidia Demos Talking to NPCs with Natural Language - DTH

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia demoed its ACE for Games tech to let gamers talk to NPCs with natural language, JioCinema sets a concurrent streaming record, and Mark Gurman g...

Digital Twins Inform Digital Models - DTNS 4529

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob DeMillo – Chief Technology Officer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is here to explain the nuances of digital twins and how they relate to digi...

Keeping the “Human” in HR – DTNS 4528

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued new guidance on a company’s responsibility to ensure algorithmically driven HR tools don’t deli...

Dial Up Still Exists - DTNS 4527

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We pour over Sony PlayStation’s pre-summer announcements, checkout all the new features in Microsoft’s PowerToy release including running up to fo...

Microsoft Builds a Copilot - DTNS 4526

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft’s annual Build conference starts today and the Redmond company has announced a number of AI chatbot integrations with Windows and Bing. Pl...

The Standard Contract is Not Enough - DTNS 4525

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The EU fines Meta a record €1.2B for sending European user data to the US in violation of GDPR. What now for Meta? The Cyberspace Administration of ...

TikTok Table Talk - DTNS 4524

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple restricted some of its employees from using generative models at work over concerns about leaks. Barclay’...

VR Right Under Our Noses - DTNS 4523

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Smell-o-vision makes a return, this time in VR? And the SCOTUS issues its ruling on two cases that could affect Section 230. We go over the rulings an...

One Uber to Move Them All - DTNS 4522

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Allison shares her thoughts on Tesla’s latest “full self-driving beta 11”. Amazon announced new Echo devices. And we explore all the product ann...

Stop treating AI like it's human - DTNS 4521

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We take a look at the new accessibility features Apple previewed today including Personal Voice and Assistive Access. Vancouver based “Sanctuary Cog...

Meet 1-900-Chatbot - DTNS 4520

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin announced a new TV startup called Telly where they’re giving away 500,000 TVs for free. Each set contains an always-o...

Linda Yaccarino, The Xpert - DTNS 4519

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Would you pay more for a generative AI chatbot that could process more user input at time? We discuss how Google’s open-source AI tool allowed a gam...

The ASUS ROG Ally is Whelming - DTNS 4518

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is Disney Plus in subscriber free fall? What’s Fairphone’s latest repairable tech for consumers? And is the ROG Ally worth the hype or is it just ...

Google Is Bringing You Into The Fold - DTNS 4517

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anthropic announces “Constitutional AI” to help train artificial intelligence without the need for human-intensive training, and Google takes the ...

Human, This is a Wendy's - DTNS 4516

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is spatial audio and is worth upgrading your entertainment audio setup for it? Plus Amazon launched “Amazon Anywhere”. A service that could l...

Streaming Causing Screaming - DTNS 4515

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Even as generative AI tools like ChatGPT become normalized the various security, ethical and moral issues surrounding them still grab headlines. IMGUR...

Does Apple Need an AI Strategy - DTNS 4514

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We go through Apple’s quarterly earnings report and analyze what Tim Cook had to say about the company's operations during an interview with CNBC. F...

Discord Ditching Digits - DTNS 4513

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Discord is changing how it assigns user names and everybody will have to get a new one. Scientists can’t replicate what you see by scanning your bra...

Are We Comfortably Numb With Data Breaches? - DTNS 4512

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We look at a new LLM training technique called semantic decoder where data from scans of a person’s brain activity are fed into the model. As T-Mobi...

What the Heck Is BlueSky? - DTNS 4511

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We learn about Rediet Abebe, a key black innovator in AI development. Samsung bans generative AI tools like ChatGPT after employees load sensitive dat...

Ask Your Doctor if ChatGPT is Right for You - DTNS 4510

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Geoffrey Hinton, 2018 Turing Award winner for his foundational work in AI, recently left Google so he could speak freely about the dangers of AI witho...

Don't Fall For The Cozy Bear Honey Pot - DTNS 4509

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We get a RSA Conference wrap-up from David Spark, ask why there's no standardized threat actor naming convention, and Reddit began testing persistent ...

Voltage Irregularities – DTNS 4508

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How has cloud computing, data centers and generative AI increased the demand for fossil fuel energy instead of reducing it? Chicago’s Human Computer...

AI Sentient Fear is All in Your Head - DTNS 4507

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We further explore the fear people have over generative AI tools by taking a look at what AI firms are doing to stoke those fears. While Netflix saw g...

Social Media Wears Me Out - DTNS 4506

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said the company will stop making the Chevy Bolt EVs with Michigan plants that makes them converting to making electric tr...

Gamers Get Old Too - DTNS 4505

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian musician Grimes Tweeted she would split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that used her voice. Is this a sign musicians see g...

Lucky is Bad Security Advice - DTNS 4504

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Humane, a startup founded by two ex-Apple employees, demoed a wearable personal assistant device that doesn’t need to pair with a smartphone. Proton...

Deep Mind Now Has Brains! - DTNS 4503

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have an excerpt from “A Word with Tom Merritt” where Tom talks with cyber-ethnography researcher and writer, Ruby Justice Thélot, about how pe...

Call Of AI: Garden Warfare - DTNS 4502

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Canadian startup Precision AI has developed an AI crop-spraying drone that can reduce herbicide use by up to 90%. And we look at the big stories comin...

There's No Place Like Mastodon - DTNS 4501

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How does the decentralized nature of Mastodon make the social media experience different from other social media platforms and what kind of expectatio...

Is Google in Panic Mode? - DTNS 4500

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix delayed then canned its live stream for the cast reunion of Love is Blind after running into technical faults. Does this bold ill for Netflix ...

BeReal More Like BeInteresting - DTNS 4499

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Conversations around ChatGPT always seem to involve job loss. But Jeff Dwoskin proves that’s always true as he shares how he uses the AI tool to sim...

PC Part Prices and 4K Gaming - DTNS 4498

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is Nvidia's RTX 4070 worth buying? The latest news on Windows 11 including possible integration with Hololens 2. And Amazon Web Services announced new...

Just... Max - DTNS 4497

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Warner Media has changed the name of its HBO Max service to just “Max” with details on news and sports on the service to be announced in a few mon...

So the Answer is, More Lasers? - DTNS 4496

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Why is the FTC looking into online review hijacking? The FBI’s Denver field office warns against using public phone charging stations. We look at th...

Substack Saga Sadness - DTNS 4495

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TSMC will see a 15% drop in revenue as new PC sales slump. Do smartwatches need to have apps to be successful products? And breakdown the spat between...

Me and My Digital Twin - DTNS 4494

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Stevens to explain what alternative fuels are and how they might be alternative technology to EVs. Cornell Ph.D. student Ruidong Zhang developed s...

You Can Log In, But Never Log Out - DTNS 4493

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A mayor in Australia is asking for OpenAI to correct false information being given about him by ChatGPT. Multiple US states are passing their own data...

Nintendo is Nintendo for a Reason - DTNS 4492

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming’s sources say Sony began development on a new PlayStation Handheld codenamed the Q Lite. Is Sony planning a new hand...

Who Has 5 Million Files? - DTNS 4491

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft announced a Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $299.99 that can support other devices besides the Surface via USB-C. As Spotify cuts their live ...

Figure Out AI or Fall in the Gap - DTNS 4490

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We take a detailed look at Alan Emtage “inventor of the search engine” with Nica Montford. We breakdown GQ’s recent interview with Apple’s CEO...

E3?, No, E0 - DTNS 4489

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Maryanne Garry from the University of Waikato in New Zealand is here to give us a psychological analysis of Large Language Models like ChatG...

Now I Know What You're Thinking, AI Generated Articles? - DTNS 4488

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BuzzFeed is using AI for full articles, not just quizzes. Microsoft is experimenting ways to monetize Bing chatbot service. How can alternate web brow...

Woolly Meatballs Are Not for Dinner (Yet) - DTNS 4487

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is ByteDance’s Lemon8 a template for a way forward for the company if TikTok is banned in the US? After Ubisoft announced it wouldn’t be attending...

Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! - DTNS 4486

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Generative AI is disrupting the professions of writers, artists, coders and now audiobook narrators. We explore this with tech journalist Erin Carson....

Blair Brings The Bats - DTNS 4485

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bioengineers at the University of Hiroshima have created a mathematical model of a bat’s echolocation that could be used to develop new active sensi...

Tinkers Gonna Tinker - DTNS 4484

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Modular laptop maker Framework is bringing an expansion featuring PCI-Express interface for the module for a GPU or dual SSDs. OpenAI has launched an ...

Uncomplicate Cancellation - DTNS 4483

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Game Developers Conference is happening all this week. Trisha Hershberger is here with the biggest announcement from the event. Plus a spate of Yo...

Video Games That Write Themselves – DTNS 4482

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok’s CEO, Shou Chew, will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday to answer questions regarding the service’s data secu...

Amazon Shutters DP Reviews - DTNS 4481

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon is shuttering DPReview.com. A premiere site for digital camera reviews for over twenty years. What does it say about the digital camera market?...

Qualcomm Beat Apple to the Automotive Punch - DTNS 4480

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis dominate the core component that makes up a connected EV’s digital system? A New York Federal court wil...

Micron Managing - DTNS 4479

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The US Federal Communications Commission finalized new rules that will reduce spam calls. The Metaverse may be getting a Second Life. And relieving th...

Clippy suddenly got WAAAAAY smarter- DTNS 4478

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI isn’t as capable as you may have feared but is probably smarter than you’re comfortable with. TikTok’s uphill battle against US regulator...

Bally's Bankruptcy Banishes Blackouts? - DTNS 4477

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI’s announcement of GPT-4 has created a stir as company’s announce their integration of the AI tool into their services. Drone delivery servi...

GPT4 - What's Better? - DTNS 4476

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Disney is asking a federal court to issue Digital Millennium Copyright Act subpoenas to Reddit and Google in order to identify the individuals respons...

Silicon Valley's Blank - DTNS 4475

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last Friday and Signature Bank today, what has regulators concerned about banks with over-exposure to assets ...

SVB: The Silicon Valley Bust - DTNS 4474

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We explain the usefulness of hardware key authentication devices and why you should be using them. What does the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank mean ...

Classical Music Stands Alone- DTNS 4473

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Apple is releasing a standalone Apple Music Classical app for iPhone that will offer access to more than 5 million classical music tracks. Alphabet’...

Has DuckDuckGo Quacked the AI Code? - DTNS 4472

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

DuckDuckGo is Bringing AI to its search tool but will use a different approach than the one used by Bing. In a Conversation post Associate Professor, ...

Mastodon and On and On and On - DTNS 4471

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mastodon instance enough of a draw to add subscribers? Is David Pierce from The Verge right when he states that streaming boxes have failed in their m...

Nanobots: Medication in Disguise - DTNS 4470

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a world where generative AI and machine learning chatbots occupy centerstage is there still a place and market for more intelligent voice assistant...

Antarc-Tech - DTNS 4469

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re planning a trip to ends of the earth what should you keep in mind if you’re planning to bring your personal tech with you? With the incr...

Some EV Drivers Have Rage Anxiety - DTNS 4468

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft adds a three way toggle switch to control the tone of Bing chatbot response. Apple blocks the update of a ChatGPT powered email app over con...

Meta's Roadmap is a Mixed Reality - DTNS 4467

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meta shares its 4 year AR/VR hardware roadmap. What does it say and more importantly what can consumers expect in the near future? And the Volkswagen ...

Managing Password Managers - DTNS 4466

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rod Simmons for the SMRPodcast is here to share his advice on password managers; are they still worth using, how should a secure password manager oper...

MWC: Cellphones Make a Higher Connection - DTNS 4465

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress 2023 starts today and we have all the big news from today’s show including new rollables from Lenovo and foldables from Honor,...

We See Your Satellites & Raise You Space Lasers - DTNS 4464

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We explore the crucial role NASA mathematician, Melba Roy Mouton, had in supporting the US's first space missions. China looks to develop its own vers...

Prompt and Circumstance - DTNS 4463

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We analyze the US Copyright Office’s rationale for not copyrighting works created from the Midjourney text to image generator. Plus we examine Canad...

Sony is in the Corner With Their Arms Folded – DTNS 4462

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have the latest on Microsoft's allay concerns over its attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard by expanding its 10-year deal to publish Call o...

An EV at Ludicrous Speed (But Without the Plaid) - DTNS 4461

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We learn about Rimac, Croatia’s EV Supercar company, and their latest car, the Nevera. Scientists at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Techno...

Let's All Find Out Together - DTNS 4460

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will Apple’s Major League Soccer deal workout for the tech company as the new season starts? Is Nest co-founder Matt Rogers new startup Mill the ans...

All About the Sony PSVR2 - DTNS 4459

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have a hands-on review of Sony’s next-gen VR offering the PSVR2 with The Verge’s Sean Hollister. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down from her...

The Next Word With Wolfram – DTNS 4458

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Wolfram’s , of Wolfram Alpha fame, explains in a recent post on his site explaining how ChatGPT works and why it gives the results it does. ...