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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.

Episodes

The Most Conversational AI Yet - DTNSB 4969

Plus Jason Howell reports from the Nothing party in Barcelona but has something to say about the new Nothing phones. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to stories in this episode can be found here .

Mar 05, 202531 minEp. 4969

Thin is in at Mobile World Congress. But why? - DTNSB 4968

Plus, Tencent launched super apps as a service, and why the US may not have ended all cyber command activities against Russia.  Starring Tom Merritt . Links to stories covered in this episode can be found here .

Mar 04, 202528 minEp. 4968

MWC in Barcelona Gets Conceptual - DTNSB 4967

External NPUs and solar-powered laptops, plus new EV battery tech. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .

Mar 03, 202527 minEp. 4967

OpenAI’s Last Unreasonable Model - DTNSB - 4966

Plus, Skype will go down for good and Mozilla insist it does not want to sell your data to AI.  Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here .

Feb 28, 202527 minEp. 4966

Nvidia’s AI business takes center stage - DTNSB 4965

Sony cuts the price of the PlayStation VR 2 by $150, Amazon gets into the Quantum computing game with Ocelot, and Dr. Niki says that Spam is a problem for science as well as email. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here .

Feb 27, 202528 minEp. 4965

Alexa Plus May Actually Be a Plus - DTNSB 4964

Amazon announces a new voice assistant, 5G comes to space and why that Casio Watch ring is worth wearing. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to today's stories can be found here .

Feb 26, 202528 minEp. 4964

Anthropic Releases Its 'Hybrid Reasoning' AI Model - DTNSB 4963

Samsung's Secure Folder has a revealing privacy flaw, OnePlus Watch 3 is delayed, and Ron Richards and Tim Stevens talk about pinball virtualization. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories can be found here .

Feb 25, 202530 minEp. 4963

Apple Pulls Encryption from the UK - DTNSB 4961

Bloomberg’s Nate Lanxon joins us to talk about how it affects him, plus faster 3D printing and AI is coming to robots Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show Notes can be found here .

Feb 21, 202530 minEp. 4691

Microsoft’s Using a New State of Matter - DTNSB 4959

We don’t mean the smart home standard, we mean like solid, liquid and gas. Also Biran Brushwood shares the new tech making his video studio shine.  Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to the stories in this episode can be found here .

Feb 19, 202529 minEp. 4959

How Temu Keeps Prices Cheap - DTNSB 4958

It’s not just customs exemptions that keep Temu retail prices down. In fact it’s in large part because they don’t take sales commissions. Plus how Pinball is borrowing from video games. And the cheapest EVs in Thailand! Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to the stories in this episode can be found here ....

Feb 18, 202529 minEp. 4958

Arm Wants a Leg Up In Chips - DTNSB 4957

Arm plans to make its own chips this summer and Tom explains why that’s such a big change. Plus TikTok is back in US app stores.  Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here

Feb 14, 202525 minEp. 4957

Tim Cook Teases a New iPhone SE - DTNSB 4956

 Amazon has a beta shopping feature that includes sales on brand websites, and Mitzula ate at the new Netflix restaurant in Las Vegas! Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here

Feb 13, 202527 minEp. 4952

Why Europe Should Feel Good About AI - DTNSB 4955

Plus, Apple wants to improve your health and cut down on the number of Apple accounts you have. And a trustworthy source on the US Department of Government Efficiency. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter Links to stories in this episode can be found here .

Feb 12, 202530 minEp. 4955

Musk Organizes $97.4B bid for OpenAI - DTNSB 4954

The AI Action Summit wraps up in Paris, NotebookLM Plus gets a wider release, and Tim Stevens and Ron Richards discuss pinball preservation. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to today's stories can be found here .

Feb 11, 202530 minEp. 4954

AI Summit Begins in Paris - DTNSB - 4953

President Macros promotes it with deepfakes and huge spending on Data Centers. Plus why the US doesn’t get cheap EVs. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .

Feb 10, 202525 minEp. 4953

UK Orders a Back Door to Apple Encryption - DTNSB 4952

Huawei sees its fastest growth in four years, the ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra is here, and cheese gets Google AI in hot water yet again! Starring Tom Merritt and Shannon Morse. Show notes can be found here .

Feb 07, 202528 minEp. 4952

Why DTNS Doesn’t Cover the DOGE - DTNSB 4950

And actual tech news like a bad Zyxel router vulnerability, Amazon may finally improve its voice assistant and the Verge got a sneak look at Sonos’s streaming TV device. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Jenn Cutter . Story links can be found here .

Feb 05, 202530 minEp. 4950

Failure Is a Good Option

Gary Shapiro tells us when failure is good, and OpenAI launches an agent with the same name as Google’s agent. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .

Feb 03, 202528 minEp. 4948

Deep Week for DeepSeek

We also talk to Gary Shapiro about what it takes to put on CES and why it’s been so enduring. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Jenn Cutter . Show notes can be found here .

Jan 31, 202531 minEp. 4947

Don’t Fear Apple’s Chip Hack - DTNS 4945

A chip vulnerability in Apple Silicon isn’t great, plus why OpenAI’s concern about DeepSeek is hilarious but justified. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Show notes can be found here .

Jan 29, 202527 minEp. 4945

Pebble Watch is Back, Baby! - DTNS 4944

Plus, Andrew Mayne goes deep on the DeepSeek hype. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Link to the show notes can be found here .

Jan 28, 202528 minEp. 4944

Why Is DeepSeek So Popular? - DTNS 4943

Plus, the story behind YouTube’s hour-long unskippable ads. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .

Jan 27, 202528 minEp. 4943

Google is acquiring HTC Engineers for Android XR - DTNS 4941

How Android XR could benefit from HTC brain drain, a risky Cloudflare CDN security flaw, Instagram teen accounts come to South Korea, and Jason takes you behind the stage of Galaxy Unpacked. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here .

Jan 23, 202531 minEp. 4941

Galaxy Unpacked Leaves Us Hanging - DTNS 4940

There was a cliffhanger ending to Samsung’s announcement, plus Google dominates education tech and Molly Wood tells us how data centers can power themselve sustainably. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Epsiode show notes can be found here .

Jan 22, 202529 minEp. 4940