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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

The First Trillion Is The Hardest - DTNS 3848

Apple hits $2 trillion market capitalization, Zoom expands into smart displays, and Blackberry keeps on ticking. Starring Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 19, 202030 minEp. 3848

An Epic Push for Exemptions - DTNS 3847

Monday Epic said Apple had told them they have until August 28 to change their Fortnite app to comply with app store guidelines or lose their membership in the Apple Developer Program. What's Epic strategy and does Apple's policy hurt more than just Epic? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 18, 202034 minEp. 3847

Open Source Making Things Possible - DTNS 3846

Allison Sheridan shares her experience with creating an open source ebook based on her podcast "Taming the Terminal". Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Allison Sheridan, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 17, 202031 minEp. 3846

Where Is The Epic Apple Battle Heading? - DTNS 3845

In case you missed it, we cover everything that has happened so far between Epic games, Google and Apple regarding Fortnite. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 14, 202033 minEp. 3845

Apple's Fight Night With Fortnite - DTNS 3844

Justin Robert Young shares his political insights on recent initiatives by social media giants to ready themselves for the upcoming US 2020 Election. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 13, 202033 minEp. 3844

The End of the World Factory - DTNS 3843

Microsoft's dual-screen Android device, the Surface Duo is available for preorder now for $1399, arriving September 10. We share our thoughts. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 12, 202031 minEp. 3843

This Show is Confidential - DTNS 3842

A scammer told Business Insider he cashed in selling millions of fake views for Instagram Reels just hours after it launched. Is the arrival and success of scammers a sign of a platform's success? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 11, 202031 minEp. 3842

The Tok is Tik'ing - DTNS 3841

Sources have said TikTok's separation from ByteDance could take over a year. Well beyond Trump and Microsoft's Sept. 15 timeline. What will happen next as Microsoft continues to negotiate a transition. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 10, 202034 minEp. 3841

Tick Tock for TikTok - DTNS 3840

The POTUS signed two executive orders Thursday under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act forbidding transactions with TikTok owner Bytedance and any transactions with Tencent related to their super app WeChat. Are the orders legal and what will the repercussions be for the tech economy? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Annie Gaus, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 07, 202030 minEp. 3840

Scorpion on the YouTube Turtle - DTNS 3839

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a five-pronged plan to curb national security risks from China called the "Clean Network." What does that entail and what should you know about it? Starring Tom Merritt,Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 06, 202031 minEp. 3839

Is This For Reels? - DTNS 3838

We examine all the announcements from this year's Samsung Unpacked event. Starring Tom Merritt,Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 05, 202032 minEp. 3838

R2-Feed-U - DTNS 3837

Amber Mac shares her experience at a "free range" dairy farm that is almost entirely run by robots. The cows are free to roam in climate-controlled barns, get milked when they want, and they wear FitBits to measure their health. Is this the future of agriculture? Starring Tom Merritt, Amber MacArthur, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 04, 202033 minEp. 3837

TikTok365 - DTNS 3836

Microsoft said Sunday it is working on a deal to acquire TikTok's operations in Canada, the US, New Zealand and Australia. What's the motivation behind the deal and will it be allowed by regulators? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 03, 202032 minEp. 3836

Let's Buy TikTok - DTNS 3835

Bytedance is considering listing its business in Hong Kong or Shanghai stock markets with plans to list TikTok separately in Europe or the US. Plus Bloomberg's sources say the US may announce an order for Bytedance to divest its ownership of TikTok. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 31, 202033 minEp. 3835

Antitrust or Just Antitrustworthy? - DTNS 3834

We explore what might happen to big tech after the Congressional hearings. Will it be good for them, consumers or anyone? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 30, 202032 minEp. 3834

Can You Hearing Me Now? - DTNS 3833

The US House Antitrust Subcommittee called Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to assemble and discuss their market power. What was said and who said it? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 29, 202033 minEp. 3833

AI Stories That Write Themselves - DTNS 3832

Andrew Mayne incorporated OpenAI's latest GPT-3 model into a project to help him develop dialogue for characters real and fictitious called AI|Writer. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Andrew Mayne, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 202031 minEp. 3832

Unreal Fans - DTNS 3831

First it was canned audio played over loudspeakers now its virtual fans in the stands. How is the technology that powers video games making virtual audiences for live games? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Andy Ihnatko, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 27, 202032 minEp. 3831

Driving A Fork Into Intel - DTNS 3830

Intel’s next-gen 7nm chips are delayed until at least 2022 and it would consider farming out more work to outside semiconductor foundries, eroding a founding principle that manufacturing is key to its success. What's ailing Intel and what do they need to do to turn it around? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 24, 202033 minEp. 3830

A Punch In The Face-book - DTNS 3829

On an investor, CEO Jack Dorsey said the company is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including a potential subscription model. TikTok announced a new $200 million creators fund to support US creators who “are seeking opportunities to foster a livelihood” on the app. Bloomberg reports Nvidia approached SoftBank about a potentially acquiring ARM. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Strofollino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast....

Jul 23, 202032 minEp. 3829

Tap to Cheer - DTNS 3828

Crowd noise is being piped into stadiums for sports played without fans using foley from video game companies like EA sports and Sony Interactive. With life now seemingly imitating video games where do we go from there? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 22, 202032 minEp. 3828

Kiwibots, Roll Out! - DTNS 3827

Xbox's Phil Spencer is pushing for developers to make their games cross compatible across Xbox One, PC and xCloud including the first slew of titles for the upcoming Xbox Series X next-gen console. Will Microsoft pursuit of non-platform specific titles help or hurt the Xbox Series X chances against Sony's PS5? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 21, 202030 minEp. 3827

Practice Safer Internet, People - DTNS 3826

Unwanted and inappropriate sexting is an all too common problem. Katelyn Bowden, CEO of Badassarmy, with some advice on how to navigate the issue Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Katelyn Bowden, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 20, 202033 minEp. 3826

:earth_americas: :smiley: :date: DTNS 3825

It's World Emoji Day and Google and Apple revealed their versions of the 117 new emoji coming later this year as part of Unicode's emoji 13.0 update. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 17, 202032 minEp. 3825

High Crimes and Social Engineering - DTNS 3824

Twitter was the subject of a major hack compromising the accounts of high profile accounts including Bill Gates, President Obama, and Elon Musk. What was behind the activity and what are the ramifications. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 16, 202033 minEp. 3824

Staycation With The PS5 - DTNS 3823

Facebook are revising their estimates for their VR hardware upwards and Sony is ramping up production of their upcoming PS5 console. Are these moves based on hard numbers or generous assumptions? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 15, 202032 minEp. 3823

It's A Rolling Hat Rack! - DTNS 3822

Can a skinny minimalist robot that resembles a coat rack be the future of robots in the home? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 14, 202031 minEp. 3822

TikTok Don't Stop, Make It Pop - DTNS 3821

Tik Tok faces new scrutiny as companies and political parties urge employees and members to delete the app from their personal Android or iOS devices due to security concerns. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 13, 202031 minEp. 3821

Deep Fakes, Real Friday - DTNS 3820

Deepfakes often feature in contentious debates regarding news and the dissemination of information. But exactly is a deepfake and how should society approach the issue in an informed manner? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Alyssa Miller, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 10, 202035 minEp. 3820

How to Protect Your Business - DTNS 3819

What can your operation do to keep its data secure? We examine the key elements of infosec every business needs to know. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Allan Alford, Mike Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 09, 202033 minEp. 3819
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