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On this episode of DTNS Weekend, Roger and Patrick go head-to-head over the possible death of DIY PC building. Who or what is killing the hobby, and is this the end of an era, or will PC building return to its niche roots?

Starring Roger Chang, Patrick Norton

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This week Apple announced its Home View smart home hub along with several smart home devices in cooperation with LG and Schneider. So our BIG QUESTION this week is: Do you want Apple to run your smart home?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Iyaz Akhtar from PC Mag joins us to talk about his experience using a Googlebook as his daily driver. Plus Amazon’s Bee has new note-taking gadgets.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Iyaz Akhtar.

Show notes found here.

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Plus, Fortnite on Linux gets closer and what really makes you a developer.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

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Apple has a new smart home hub and a door lock among other things. Plus, Jason’s been trying out Google’s flagship Gemini 4 Argon. Has Google caught back up in frontier models?

Starring Tom Merritt, Jason Howell, Sarah Lane and Nica Montford

Show notes found here.

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- What has worked up until now

- 3 psychological back doors (plus social proof)

- What DTNS listeners think of as social engineering

"Wolfmasking | Enterprise Deceptive Role Play" https://wolfmasking.com/

"Scampocalypse — Brian Brushwood" https://scampocalypse.com/

"Thinking, Fast and Slow - Wikipedia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkingFastand_Slow

"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" https://dn710600.ca.archive.org/0/items/ThePsychologyOfPersuasion/The%20Psychology%20of%20Persuasion.pdf

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Brandon Thomas of Artcraft has used that declaration to get attention on his Artcraft product. But does he have a point? When you can vibe code whatever you want, what role do the big software makers play? Plus, whether you need a smart lock or a simple lock.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Amazon announced a new smart tablet lineup, plus a developer at Artcraft vibe code replacements for all of Adobe’s Creative Suite.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane

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The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is also out and can do a lot of parameters locally too. And Tom vibe codes a crappy but cute game on Google’s new Playground service.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Robb Dunewood.

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Mistral and a New York company get competitive in open weights, and a startup wants to sell you a cheap AI PC. Cheap by AI standards.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jason Howell

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