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Charter is buying Cox to form a cable giant, while Verizon gets FCC approval to acquire Frontier and expand fiber to millions. Meanwhile, Apple and Epic are back at it over Fortnite, OpenAI launches a coding assistant, Microsoft kills the Surface Laptop Studio, and Acer shows off sleek new gear at Computex. Also: Nvidia denies shifting GPU work to China, and Kickstarter gets serious about funding climate tech.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Molly Wood, Len Peralta, Amos, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.Quick Hits:Charter in advanced talks to combine with Cox, Bloomberg News reportshttps://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/charter-advanced-talks-combine-with-cox-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-05-16/Fortnite is unavailable on iOS worldwide, Epic sayshttps://www.theverge.com/news/668232/fortnite-ios-unavailable-worldwide-apple-epicApple Says Fortnite Is Not Blocked Worldwide on iOShttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/16/apple-fortnite-ios-not-blocked-worldwide/Nvidia says it is not sending GPU designs to China after reports of new Shanghai operationhttps://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/business/money-report/nvidia-says-it-is-not-sending-gpu-designs-to-china-after-reports-of-new-shanghai-operation/3567031/?os=a25253Dapp&ref=appOpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPThttps://techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/openai-launches-codex-an-ai-coding-agent-in-chatgpt/Microsoft quietly ends support for Surface Laptop Studio 2 in Notepad updatehttps://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/667664/surface-laptop-studio-2-end-of-life-notepadAcer’s Swift Edge laptop is gunning for the MacBook Airhttps://www.theverge.com/news/668200/acers-swift-edge-laptop-is-gunning-for-the-macbook-airThe Acer Predator Triton 14 AI is now my most anticipated gaming laptop of the yearhttps://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/the-acer-predator-triton-14-ai-is-now-my-most-anticipated-gaming-laptop-of-the-year-130007910.html?src=rssVerizon wins FCC approval for $9.6 billion Frontier acquisitionhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/verizon-wins-fcc-approval-for-9-6-billion-frontier-acquisition?embedded-checkout=trueDiscussions:Meta Struggles to Stop a Growing Wave of Fraud on Facebook and Instagramhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fraud-facebook-instagram-813363c8?st=KHmpms&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkHere’s what’s new on Android from I/O 2025https://www.android.com/new-features-on-android/io-2025/Google shows off Project Astra, its futuristic AI assistanthttps://youtu.be/GaCKzEBT5mY?si=zXfV8JYcFR4Bh19zhttps://www.cnet.com/tech/google-can-put-siri-to-shame-and-fix-the-biggest-problem-with-voice-assistants/Join the Discord:https://www.patreon.com/dtnsMore Discussions:Flash Forest: Using drones to plant 1 billion trees by 2030https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499734388/flash-forest-using-drones-to-plant-1-billion-trees-by-2030https://www.flashforest.com/Biolite launches Backup, a new off-grid power solutionhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/biolite/backup-by-biolite/descriptionhttps://www.bioliteenergy.com/blogs/preparedness/biolite-ceo-jonathan-cedar-backup-qs?srsltid=AfmBOoq3qyAXkZgyfj1xkuRDaVie9LruoTJafbpnYEOtzRmERovE9E1qToday’s guest:Len Peraltahttps://patreon.com/lenhttps://lenperaltastore.comhttps://www.twitch.tv/lenperaltahttps://x.com/lenperaltahttps://mstdn.party/@lenperaltaMolly Woodhttps://www.mollywood.cohttps://mollywood.substack.comhttps://www.everybodyinthepool.comCheck out Tom’s Top Five:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHN12N7TXUyeSz1XWNVjwDvdzpAycENQiNext guest:Justin Robert Younghttps://politicspoliticspolitics.substack.comhttps://shows.acast.com/worlds-greatest-conhttps://shows.acast.com/were-not-wrongShow Links:https://dailytechnewsshow.comhttps://dailytechnewsshow.com/ntxhttps://knowalittlemore.comhttp://dailytechnewsshow.com/storehttps://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/supporthttps://dtns.tv/wiki

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