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Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.

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Episodes

Breaking Up a Corporation is Hard to Do - DTNS 3485

UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 11, 201933 minEp. 3485

The War-ren Big Tech - DTNS 3484

US Senator Elizabeth Warren released a Medium post outlining her plans to breakup Big Tech companies and foster increased competition. Is it workable and more importantly is their enough support for her proposition? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Brian Brushwood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 08, 201933 minEp. 3484

David Spark's Tales of RSA - DTNS 3483

David Spark from Spark Media Solutions is back with a full roundup from this year's RSA conference. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and David Spark Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 07, 201932 minEp. 3483

Your Reputation Precedes You – DTNS 3482

The latest Axios Harris poll shows that Facebook has dropped from 51st place to 94th in 2018. Is this something Facebook should be worried about and how do other tech companies stack up in the same rankings? Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 06, 201931 minEp. 3482

Chuckable Cheetah - DTNS 3481

Scientists from Heriot-Watt university in Edinburgh to weld glass to metal. Corning is developing a new Gorilla glass that can bend. Plus MIT's mini-cheetah robot can doing a standing back-flip. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 05, 201930 minEp. 3481

Inductive Seasoning! - DTNS 3480

How induction burners will replace stoves, Google's Project Zero finds kernel flaw in MacOS, and Facebook still targeting ads at folks who use phone number based 2FA. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 04, 201929 minEp. 3480

Mooch Ado about Netflix – DTNS 3479

A cord-cutting study indicates Netflix maybe losing $192 million due to people sharing accounts. Is this a legal and what do the streaming services think? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, and Shannon Morse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 01, 201933 minEp. 3479

WhatsApp With The Money? – DTNS 3478

Tipping users on Twitter, Amazon announces Project Zero to fight counterfeits, and YouTube will disable comments on all videos featuring minors. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 28, 201930 minEp. 3478

TskTsk TikTok – DTNS 3477

DeepMind creates a machine learning model to predict energy output up to 36 hours ahead of time, Samsung begins mass production of eUFS 3.0 512GB storage chips and Funcom signs up to produce games based on the “Dune” property. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 27, 201932 minEp. 3477

Microsoft Switching It Up - DTNS 3476

Microsoft is rumored to be bringing Xbox One games to Nintendo Switch. Are these rumors true and if so what does it mean for home console video game market? Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 201934 minEp. 3476

EMWC2019: Tech News Tapas - DTNS 3475

We digest the torrent of announcements from this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Charlotte Henry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 25, 201931 minEp. 3475

What You Don’t Know About China Tech - DTNS 3474

We interview Eric Olander from the 'China in Africa' podcast to discuss the state of tech in China and examine where the largest non-American tech companies are choosing to do business. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Len Peralta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 22, 201930 minEp. 3474

The President is in Another Castle – DTNS 3473

Apple teams up with Goldman Sachs on a MasterCard credit card that will incorporate Apple Wallet, Microsoft Edge Browser has a secret whitelist for allowing Flash video to play, and HTC announces Vive Focus Plus. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 21, 201931 minEp. 3473

Samsung’s Galaxy Unfolds – DTNS 3472

Samsung announces new Galaxy S10 phones and tablets. Worth the upgrade? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 20, 201929 minEp. 3472

It's Punny (in French) - DTNS 3471

Google sent out a press invite for its Game Developers Conference keynote on March 19. Sources suggest its for the launch of a game streaming service called Project Stream. An all-you-can play cloud-based video game subscription service. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 19, 201932 minEp. 3471

Australia's Political Parties and Parliament Hacked - DTH

Australian political parties get hacked, the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sports committee publishes its final report on fake news, and Ming-Chi Kuo published a note on an all new MacBook Pro design for 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 18, 20195 min

Dancing With Copyrights - DTNS 3470

We examine the current state of Nvidia's GPUs. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Patrick Norton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 15, 201930 minEp. 3470

Amazon & NY Breaks-up on V-Day – DTNS 3469

Apple's news subscription service wants newspapers to fork over half their revenue. Extortion or shrewd business sense? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 14, 201932 minEp. 3469

Called Off Duty - DTNS 3468

Blizzard released its earnings results for the recent quarter, is a Sleep Pod the best way to get a good nights rest and what is Apple's news subscription service all about? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 201933 minEp. 3468

I’m Old and Slow and Everyone Kills Me - DTNS 3467

EA's 'Apex Legends' has received 25 million sign-ups in a single week besting the previous title holder 'Fortnite'. Will 'Apex Legends' be the next "it" game? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 201929 minEp. 3467

Apple Pairs With Veterans – DTNS 3466

Tencent invests in China, Smartphone sales dip in China but Huawei manages to claw its way to the top and Microsoft teases a press event at Mobile World Congress. Starring Tom Merritt and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 11, 201930 minEp. 3466

Bezos Delivers His Package – DTNS 3465

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos released un-redacted emails of a conversation between Enquirer and himself that he says was used to blackmail him. What’s going on and why now? Starring Tom Merritt, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Annalee Newitz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 08, 201934 minEp. 3465

Google's Open ClusterFuzz - DTNS 3464

Twitter releases numbers, Facebook explains advertisements, Google Fiber declares a mistakes and is location data more nefarious than you think? Starring Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, and Shannon Morse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 07, 201933 minEp. 3464

Spotify Sets Its Anchor – DTNS 3463

Spotify acquires podcasters Gimlet Media and Anchor in a bid to become the premiere podcasting network. But where does the company go from here and what does it mean for the podcasting landscape? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 06, 201931 minEp. 3463

A Fortnite to Remember! - DTNS 3462

A Microsoft report shows a small but noticeable improvement in internet civility. Will it last or is this just a statistical anomaly? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 05, 201934 minEp. 3462

It’s Like Eating Sugar – DTNS 3461

Danny Crichton from TechCrunch questions why people don't quit Google or Facebook and that current reasoning to explain that behavior is incorrect. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 04, 201929 min

These Boots Were Made for Tracking - DTNS 3460

Apple rolled out the ban hammer on Facebook and Google apps this past week for bypassing the App Store's vetting process. What exactly happened and what does it mean for other iOS App developers? Starring Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang and Len Peralta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 01, 201936 minEp. 3460

Dark Web K-Mart - DTNS 3459

Another cache of hacked passwords and logins has been released, Apple is looking at putting a 3D camera into the iphone and Ultraviolet is closing its doors. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 31, 201932 minEp. 3459

Should Be Against The Terms Of Wrong - DTNS 3458

Facebook is again in the spotlight this time for a "research" program that paid teens to install VPN software that gave the company root access to decrypted network traffic. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Allison Sheridan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 30, 201928 minEp. 3458

A Bug in the Apple - DTNS 3457

A serious bug in Apple's FaceTime allowing anyone to hear the recipient of a call's microphone even before they accept. Is this a simple bug or sign of a deeper flaw in Apple's software development? Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 201930 minEp. 3457
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