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09.23.2022

Two-Factor Authentication is a step above a simple password for account protection but it isn’t perfect. We dispel some common myths people hold about 2FA. France tries to curb the influence of Amazon on small booksellers in the country by ...

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09.23.2022 Myth Factor Authentication – DTNS 4361 Two-Factor Authentication is a step above a simple password for account protection but it isn’t perfect. We dispel some common myths people hold about 2FA. France tries to curb the influence of Amazon on small booksellers in the country by ...
09.22.2022 Big Thought Energy – DTNS 4360 Pico, a Chinese startup acquired by ByteDance, developed a new virtual reality headset called the Pico 4. Can it compete with the incumbent players? A company called Seoul Robotics is developing an autonomous vehicle system that doesn’t put sensors in ...
09.21.2022 Getty Doesn’t Get AI – DTNS 4359 Google has begun rolling out “Results about you” a feature that lets you remove details about yourself from Google’s search results. The US NTSB has called for alcohol detection systems in cars to prevent impaired driving. Getty Images told The ...
09.20.2022 Not All Brains Are Alike – DTNS 4358 Nvidia unveils its 4000 series of GPUs. Nvidia’s latest chip features improvements in ray-tracing speed and features, DLSS 3.0, and of course a much higher price point. We breakdown what Nvidia has unleashed and what it means for you. Plus ...
09.19.2022 BeReal Wants To BePaid – DTNS 4357 Instacart hopes to beat Amazon’s “Just Walk Out Tech” with a “Connected Store” experience that blends existing and new technologies to smooth the in-store shopping experience. Facebook rolls out a Reels API to share from 3rd party apps and BeReal ...
09.16.2022 The New Ford Mustang is Unreal! – DTNS 4356 Ford’s 2024 gasoline powered Mustang is getting an EV influenced interior including a handbrake that looks suspiciously like a joystick. Why an incomplete Internet of Things “Matter” on launch is still good. And what is “Customers Ask Alexa” and should ...
09.15.2022 It’s Over for TikTok – DTNS 4355 IGN’s Max Scoville is here with details on this summer’s biggest video gaming announcements. We go through Backblaze’s 2022 Drive Stats Mid-year Review to see which did better in terms of longevity and reliability; SSDs or HDD. TikTok announced it ...
09.14.2022 What the Ethereum Merge Means – DTNS 4354 Sony gives journalists some hands-on time with their upcoming next-gen VR headset the PSVR2. A study reveals people are more willing to lie to others when using a laptop vs a smartphone. On September 15th at around 1 AM Eastern ...
09.13.2022 On The Verge of Aggregateness – DTNS 4353 Twitter’s board votes to move forward with Elon Musk Twitter buyout deal. Why is the Apple Card loaded with a higher rate of non-payments compared to other credit cards? And The Verge redesigns their site. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, ...
09.12.2022 Zoom Teams Slack Chat – DTNS 4352 Zoom is rebranding its communication suite to Zoom Teams Chat, Roku updates its offerings including the addition of a new cheaper wireless subwoofer, and Starbucks gets into NFTs with a blockchain based loyalty program called Starbucks Odyssey. Starring Sarah Lane, ...
09.09.2022 Doomscrolling Will Make You Ill – DTNS 4351 Why is Doomscrolling bad for your health and how do you stop it? Patreon lets go of their entire security team. And what’s the deal with United’s eVTOL flying taxi service, Eve? Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Amos, ...
09.08.2022 The Boy that Cried Power Outage – DTNS 4350 A KPMG survey shows that a majority of Americans see value in the Metaverse and that it will have a significant impact on their lives. Google rolls out new features right after Apple’s product announcements yesterday. And how a tweet ...
09.07.2022 Danger! Danger! iPhone Users! – DTNS 4349 Apple Sept 2022 Event has announced new Apple Watches, AirPods and the iPhone 14. We break down all the new products and share our thoughts on what we think of them. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Nica Montford, ...
09.06.2022 Taste is in The Bud of The Consumer – DTNS 4348 The European Union wants to make five years of security and three years of OS updates mandatory for all smartphones. A Finnish company works to create a food protein substitute made from fermentation. And why do phone makers insist on ...
09.03.2022 Uncanny Moon – DTNS Weekend Edition Will you 3D print your next lens? Canon’s bottoming out means things are looking up, and is Reddit better than NASA? Hosted by Rich Stroffolino and Anthony Lemos. MP3 Download Follow us on Twitter Instgram YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE ...
09.02.2022 Do You Speak Dall-E? – DTNS 4347 The USBIF or USB Implementers Forum have introduced a point upgrade to USB4 called USB4 2.0. What does it offer and do you need new cables? We explain the meaning behind VTuber and why it might be the next big ...
09.01.2022 The Edit Button is Here! – DTNS 4346 Twitter is testing an edit button. Will this feature find its way to all Twitter users in the near future? An artist submits a AI generated art as his own painting at the Colorado State Fair and wins. Backlash ensues. ...
08.31.2022 Book Publishing Knows No Bounds – DTNS 4345 Wil Harris the CEO of Unbound is here to explain how crowdfunded publishing works. Plus Japan’s digital minister works to dismiss laws requiring the government to submit data on floppy disks and CD-ROM. And we explain how SHŌ Club, San ...
08.30.2022 Twitter’s Circles of Mystery – DTNS 4344 Twitter is rolling out the Circle, a “close friends” feature, to all users. We take a look at a new Chinese social media app Soul. And California’s legislature passes sweeping new regulations on the way sites operate for minors called ...
08.29.2022 Is Apple’s VR becoming Reality? – DTNS 4343 Can Meta make WhatsApp the Super App of India? Netflix builds out its gaming infrastructure with the addition of gamer handles. And we share the latest info on Apple’s mixed-reality headset. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, ...
08.26.2022 Chromebook On Your Face – DTNS 4342 Prices for high-end GPUs are dropping below MSRP!? Patrick Norton explains. And we breakdown Twilio’s recent data-breach. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe MP3 Download Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, ...
08.25.2022 Does Amazon Care About Healthcare? – DTNS 4341 Why is Amazon shutting down Amazon Care but expanding into other medical businesses? What’s going into Sonos’s next-gen flagship speaker, the Optimo 2? And is the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act the right tool to assuage concerns over large tech ...
08.24.2022 Alexa, This Isn’t Any Easier – DTNS 4340 Will gamers warm to Amazon’s Alexa Game Control; an interface which lets gamers use voice commands to perform in-game actions? Can a UCLA developed smart camera that captures only images you tell it capture in the device be key privacy ...
08.23.2022 You Have the Right to Charge EVs – DTNS 4339 Chris Ashley loves his Ford F-150 Lightning and to make sure it’s topped up and ready to go he needed to install a charger at his home. But how do you do that when you don’t have a garage or ...
08.22.2022 Grow Plants With a Click – DTNS 4338 Click & Grow wants to help you grow your own produce, indoors. Zencastr announced some significant new features to let users record and edit 4K video, distribute their shows and monetize them. And MoviePass is still around. What’s the latest ...
08.19.2022 Bad UX or Bad Intentions, TikTok? – DTNS 4337 We take a closer look at two zero-day vulnerabilities on the iOS that Apple recently patched, delve into the urban legend of Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” crashing laptop hard drives, and how well can the TikTok app track you? Starring ...
08.18.2022 Let’s Get Physical… Buttons – DTNS 4336 We explore the timeline of Apple Pay and judge its success. A Swedish car magazine has published the results of a touchscreen vs physical button test. And Nielsen numbers show that streaming video is overtaking traditional broadcast TV in viewership. ...
08.17.2022 FaceTok – DTNS 4335 The UK’s Office of Communications reports, young adults spend more time watching TikTok than broadcast television. We examine how well Netflix’s gaming push is working out, and we check out the story of Nathan Copeland who has spent the past ...
08.16.2022 Nothing Runs DOOM Like a Deere – DTNS 4334 Shannon Morse is here to give us a round-up of the big news from last week’s DEFCON event in Las Vegas. Spotify is testing audio reactions feature in Vietnam. And will a further glut of chips lead to lower prices ...
08.15.2022 Apple Ads It Up – DTNS 4333 How do streaming services plan on dealing with viewers who subscribe, watch and then cancel after they binge watch what they want? What is Apple’s plan for Ad expansion? And TikTok now offers a basic AI image generator built into ...
08.12.2022 Selecting Solar – DTNS Experiment Week Solar enthusiast Brian Hoffman walks solar-curious Amos through the process, predicaments, and benefits of choosing solar, arming you with the right questions to ask when you decide solar is right for you. Starring Brian Hoffman and Anthony Lemos MP3 Download ...
08.11.2022 The State of Streaming 2022 – DTNS Experiment Week DTNS Moderator Willie Scott covers the biggest news in streaming and some of the gear new streamers should check out when considering what to buy. Starring Willie Scott MP3 Download Follow us on Twitter Instgram YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE ...
08.10.2022 DTNS Reactions: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked – DTNS Experiment Week Robb and Rod share their thoughts on this morning’s Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event. The company announced the Galaxy Z Fold 4, the Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5, and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro featuring 24-bit wireless audio. Starring Robb ...
08.09.2022 An Extra Addition: Tik-Tok and YouTube – DTNS Experiment Week Charlotte Henry interviews author and journalist Chris Stokel-Walker about the power of YouTube and TikTok, and what comes next for the platforms. Starring Charlotte Henry The Addition – https://theaddition.substack.com Charlotte on Twitter: twitter.com/charlotteahenry Chris’s website: https://www.stokel-walker.com Chris on Twitter: twitter.com/stokel ...
08.08.2022 BobaTech: Squid Game and the rise of K-Dramas – DTNS Experiment Week BobaTech is a podcast about the Asian-American perspective in tech and new media. In this first episode of BobaTech, Nicole introduces herself, talks about some of the latest news, and chats with long-time friend Eileen Rivera about Asian representation on ...
08.05.2022 Open Source Protein Structures – DTNS 4332 Last week DeepMind announced it was releasing and making free the expanded database filled with 200 million highly accurate protein structure predictions generated by DeepMind’s AI, AlphaFold. What’s the significance of AlphaFold’s work and how will it help in other ...
08.04.2022 The Surplus Surprise – DTNS 4331 How can crab vision help us to see on land and in water? Why are potential podcast guests offering substantial amounts of cash to be on certain podcasts? And we examine how the chip shortage affecting automakers is causing new ...
08.03.2022 Non-Fungible Textbook – DTNS 4330 Andy Bird the CEO of textbook publisher Pearson believes NFTs could help the company add revenue from the resale of digital textbooks. How the fall of the DSLR is emblematic of a broader shift in the digital photography industry. And ...
08.02.2022 RISC-y Business – DTNS 4329 We look at the fine print of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. Samsung and iFixit now offer parts and tools for users to self-repair their Galaxy devices. And RISC-V is an open-sourced Instruction Set Architecture. But what does ...
08.01.2022 Brain Data Matters – DTNS 4328 Where is Brain-Computer Interfaces technology currently at how much longer until its mass-market adoption. Is TikTok pushing to expand its role beyond influencing musical tastes? How have recent losses in the tech sector been reflected in large tech companies? And ...
07.30.2022 Goodbye To DSLRs – Photography News Monthly 6 All the big photography news for the month of July 2022. This episode Nikon says goodbye to DSLRs, big sensors come to phones, and is firmware a beta test? Hosted by Rich Stroffolino, Anthony Lemos Links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT78sdGLpWm5s_JUsSb3P_ybaDGj4jyotf5TGxjZ3AF1_mbiz9Ekfx5vy4xWXgSylINKLyrBRO1QkAc/pubhtml?gid=358612025&single=true MP3 Download Follow ...
07.29.2022 DRM Secretly Polices You – DTNS 4327 What’s keeping author, journalist, and activist, Cory Doctorow, from publishing his books on Audible? Plus with both houses of Congress passing the CHIPs Act and an expected approval from President Biden will the US see a renaissance in domestic chip ...
07.28.2022 Can’t We Just Have One Place to Be Social? – DTNS 4326 Why are Snap and Twitter earnings less than stellar earnings this past quarter? We explore the question: is DALL-E’s borrowed or stolen? And Twitter is testing status alerts with select users in the US and Australia. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich ...
07.27.2022 They Call Me MiSTer Gamer – DTNS 4325 Dimitris Giannakis AKA the Modern Vintage Gamer is here to fill us in on FPGAs and their rising role in the retrogaming/classic video gaming scene. Plus do video games have a negative impact on the mental health of players? And ...
07.26.2022 Facebook’s AOL Moment – DTNS 4324 Instagram has caused a ruckus after changes to what goes into your main feed have upset some high-profile users of the social media platform. Currently, computers use a fixed method of determining time however the speed of Earth’s rotation is ...
07.25.2022 When To Repair Your Phone? – DTNS 4323 Dropped your iPhone and cracked its screen? What do you do? Go to the Apple store, a cell phone repair place in the local mall or try to fix it yourself? NFL launches its first in-house streaming service today. Plus ...
07.22.2022 Why Build A PC – DTNS 4322 Building PCs is a popular pastime for many. But with prices for PC components creeping ever higher is it still worth putting your machine together? Plus two US Senators propose legislation that would prohibit data caps on high-speed broadband. And ...
07.21.2022 How I Met Your 3D Printer – DTNS 4321 Joel Telling the 3D Printing Nerd is here to share advice on how to get started in 3D printing. Plus Amazon is buying subscription health care provider One Medical. And email provider Gated wants to charge unknown people the ability ...
07.20.2022 Apple Makes The Best Gaming Laptop – DTNS 4320 Quinn Nelson from Snazzy Labs is here with a surprising view. That the M1 MacBook just might be the best gaming laptop on the market. Plus we go over Netflix’s less bad than anticipated earnings report. And OpenAI is expanding ...
07.19.2022 Broadcasting Gets Broader – DTNS 4319 Will Smith, formerly of Tested.com, is here to explain how technology has democratized broadcasting. Plus are younger cohorts skipping Google Maps and using TikTok instead when it comes to picking places to eat lunch? And we’ve got updates on the ...

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