Daily Tech News Show

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10.19.2021

Google takes the wraps off the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones. Higher performance, new features and new colors we take a look at what Google’s latest smartphones bring to the table. Facebook is introducing a mobile 10.1-inch ...

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10.19.2021 Breaking Down Tech News Pixel by Pixel - DTNS 4134 Google takes the wraps off the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones. Higher performance, new features and new colors we take a look at what Google’s latest smartphones bring to the table. Facebook is introducing a mobile 10.1-inch ...
10.18.2021 MacBook Pro to the M1 Max - DTNS 4133 Apple reveals two new M1 chips; the M1 Pro and M1 Max. See how these new SoC processors stack up to the original M1 and the new MacBook models that will feature them. Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Nica Montford, ...
10.15.2021 Right Clicking Is Not A Crime - DTNS 4132 Tesla launched an auto insurance product in Texas that uses “real-time driving behavior” that it will use “to evaluate your premium based on your actual driving.” Apple employees are organizing under the name Apple Too, to collect stories of workers ...
10.14.2021 Robots with Guns: What Could Go Wrong? - DTNS 4131 Facebook announced a research project called Ego4D, to improve AI analysis of first-person, video. Sony knows it’s not going to be able to make enough PS5s to meet demand so it’s started a registration where US PSN users can sign ...
10.13.2021 Healthy, Healthy Headphones - DTNS 4130 Reddit launched a new feature called “Predictions”, a spinoff of Reddit Polls that have become popular in subreddits. The Amazon India private-brands team secretly exploited internal data from Amazon.in to copy products and then offered knock-off versions on the platform. ...
10.12.2021 Blocking Me Softly from His Tweets - DTNS 4129 A Swiss Federal Institute of Technology robotics engineering student Ken Pillonel stuffed a USB-C port that can transfer data as well as charge into an iPhone X. A San Francisco court orders Tesla to pay $136.9 million to a former ...
10.08.2021 Don't Glue It; Screw It! - DTNS 4128 Microsoft has now agreed to let independent third-party study the impact of making Microsoft devices easier to repair. Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer offers an invitation to Apple to help them implement RCS on the iPhone. CNET’s Brian Cooley notes that ...
10.07.2021 Interoperability Matters - DTNS 4127 As the climate crisis impacts our lives and our environment, how is tech playing a leading role in mitigating its effects? And as the Internet of Things grows more popular, how does the Matter protocol make everyone place nice with ...
10.06.2021 Change Your Twitch Password - DTNS 4126 Google added options to Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest Thermostats. Twitch confirms a data breach with the site’s entire source code, commit history, an unreleased competitor for Steam from Amazon Game Studios and details of creator payouts being accessed. And ...
10.05.2021 The Facebook Outage Explained - DTNS 4125 We give an explainer on what caused Facebook and associated properties like Instagram to go offline for six hours and we do a follow-up on all that Facebook testimony. Starring Tom Merritt, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the ...
10.04.2021 Blowing the Whistle on Facebook - DTNS 4124 Amazon launched a new feature, letting Prime subscribers in the US send gifts using just an email address or phone number. The whistleblower who provided documents that served as the foundation for the Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files series came ...
10.02.2021 Blizzard Legal Storm - DTNS Gaming News Monthly DTNS Gaming News Monthly brings you the month's biggest gaming news in approximately 15 minutes. This month heavily features the multiple legal dramas around Activision Blizzard, Apple keeping Epic's Fortnite out of the App Store until all court appeals are ...
10.01.2021 Too Many Failure Points - DTNS 4123 A number of websites and services reported issues due to the expiration of a root certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt. South Korean ISP SK Broadband has sued Netflix to pay for the costs of managing extra network traffic caused by ...
09.30.2021 The Tinkerer's Phone - DTNS 4122 Fairphone makers of easy-to-repair smartphones with sustainable materials has announced the Fairphone 4. Augmented reality company Nreal announced its Air Glasses, a more compact, and cheaper version of its smart glasses. US President Joe Biden and European Commission Vice Presidents ...
09.29.2021 Netflix wants to be the Netflix of Games - DTNS 4121 Ars Technica has a story stating VR reporter Brad Lynch has found evidence that Valve is working on a wireless headset. Netflix acquires its first game studio. And Motherboard has interviews with two sources who worked on Amazon’s Astro and ...
09.28.2021 Amazon Did It, They Announced A Robot! - DTNS 4120 Amazon has unveiled a slew of new devices including a $1000 home robot. Hear what we make of all the new products and which ones excite us the most. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Erin Carson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link ...
09.27.2021 Root Access is a Go - DTNS 4119 A new note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo forecasts shipments of Apple silicon Macs will drop 15% in the first half of 2022. Oculus’ consulting CTO John Carmack announced the company will unlock the bootloader of the Oculus Go headset, ...
09.24.2021 When Better is the Best - DTNS 4118 People’s Bank of China Friday reiterated that offering trading, order matching, token issuance and derivatives for virtual currencies including overseas crypto exchanges providing services in mainland China are are strictly prohibited. We explain why higher prices for tech aren’t entirely ...
09.23.2021 ProRes. What is it Good For? - DTNS 4117 How does Apple’s iPhone Pro line really compare to a more sophisticated and purpose built video DSLR? Plus Michigan is the latest region to attempt to develop a road that can wirelessly charge electric vehicles. And The Wall Street Journal’s ...
09.22.2021 Microsoft Creates a New Surface - DTNS 4116 Microsoft unveiled new products at its Surface Pro 8 event and the Defense Ministry of Lithuania issued a statement recommending citizens “not buy new Chinese phones and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonable possible.” Starring ...
09.21.2021 Make Me Laugh Siri - DTNS 4115 PayPal mobile app now includes expanded bill pay, and the ability to get checks by direct deposit, and more. Marvel and SiriusXM are launching the Marvel Podcasts Unlimited channel for $4 a month. UploadVR noticed that back on April 20, ...
09.20.2021 The Plus Future - DTNS 4114 Details about new versions of Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite e-reader leak, Apple will delay an under-display Touch ID and a foldable iPhone to 2023 and 2024, respectively, and Roku announced the $49.99 Streaming Stick 4K and $69.99 Streaming Stick 4K+. Starring ...
09.18.2021 The Tech Jawn EXCERPT: Ransomware at HBCUs An exceprt from episode 1 of The Tech Jawn on ransomware attacks at historically black colleges and universities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
09.17.2021 Achievement Unlocked - Desk Built! - DTNS 4113 The Dutch city of Utrecht wants to have the world’s first bi-directional EV power grid. The Russian government ordered Google and Apple to remove an app meant to guide supporters of Alexei Navalny on how to deprive Vladimir Putin’s, United ...
09.16.2021 To Pay With BitCoin, Press "1" Now! - DTNS 4112 Pay for a movie night out with cryptocurrency, FTC chair Lina Khan is starting her crackdown on big tech, and the tech blogs have posted their hardware analysis of Apple’s new iPhone 13 and 13 Pro. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin ...
09.15.2021 Glimmers Of A Passwordless Future - DTNS 4111 We learn more about the Framework modular laptop, Microsoft launches passwordless sign-in, and Zuckerberg announces changes to Facebook’s news feed algorithm with stories shared by media outlets and businesses de-prioritize in favor of content produced by friends and family. Starring ...
09.14.2021 Apple Had Something To Talk About - DTNS 4110 Apple announced a number of updates to its iOS and Apple Watch product line today. To help us parse it all out are the hosts of the SnobOS Podcast, Terrance Gaines and Nica Montford. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nica ...
09.13.2021 Fold Up Your Fears - DTNS 4109 We talk to Engadget reviews editor, Cherlynn Low, about her experiences with latest foldable phones, discuss a study on the effects of remote work on 6,100 Microsoft employees and go over all the latest updates Zoom has announced for its ...
09.10.2021 I Reject Your Marketplace And Substitute My Own! - DTNS 4108 US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued her decision in the Epic v. Apple case. In the coming weeks, WhatsApp is rolling out its options for all users to encrypt their chat backups in the cloud. Apple Music announced it ...
09.09.2021 Hey Facebook, Nice Glasses! - DTNS 4107 Facebook announces new smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories, iRobot announces the Roomba j7+ robot vacuum featuring built-in machine vision, BMW showed off two e-bike concepts, the I Vision AMBY and Motorrad Vision AMBY and Amazon released its own house-brand TVs ...
09.08.2021 Less Cashiers, More Service - DTNS 4106 Amazon plans to bring its “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology to two Whole Foods stores, Twitter launched a few feature tests. One changes the way photos are displayed on mobile and the second lets users remove followers without blocking them, ...
09.07.2021 This Isn't the Privacy Issue You're Looking For - DTNS 4105 A ProPublica report says contractors hired by Facebook are reviewing messages that have been flagged by an algorithm as improper, El Salvador now officially uses Bitcoin as legal tender, and A police report revealed French police via Europol, got a ...
09.03.2021 What Will You Do With the Loot Bag? - DTNS 4104 Apple will delay its CSAM features, Amazon plans to release its own branded TVs later this year, and how widespread is misinformation on social media spread during political campaigns and ways to mitigate their effects. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, ...
09.02.2021 Locastaway - DTNS 4103 Apple faces legal scrutiny for abuse of market dominance in India, Texas legislature approves a bill to fine social media platforms for removing posts or users based on location or political view, and Locast, a non-profit service that streams locally ...
09.01.2021 Tap for Proof of Age - DTNS 4102 We go over all the various facets of the chip shortage and why supplies will still be tight at the end of the year and what you can do about it. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, ...
08.31.2021 The Pizza Sauce Glue - DTNS 4101 Microsoft announced the free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out on October 5th, starting with new devices. Protocol’s Amber Burton has an article called ‘There aren’t enough data scientists’: How the future of reskilling in tech is changing. ...
08.30.2021 Windows 10 is the New Windows 7 - DTNS 4100 Has constant video conferencing made people already neurotic about their image? A new survey from Harvard in the International Journal of Women’s Dermatology suggests that video conferencing is impacting how people view themselves, in a disorder called “Zoom dysmorphia.” Starring ...
08.28.2021 Gaming Checkpoint - DTNS Experiment Week Gaming Checkpoint gives you an overview of what's going on around the console scene, covering hardware options, online play, and near future outlook. Whether you're a lapsed gamer looking to dive back into this generation or are getting into console ...
08.27.2021 BBQ and Tech - DTNS Experiment Week BBQ and Tech is an energetic dive into all facets of how technology is being used to make everyone's favorite cookout food, Bar-B-Que. Hosted by lifelong friends, Chris Ashley and Rod Simmons who share a 15+ year tech obsession with ...
08.26.2021 Pegasus Project: Special Report - DTNS Experiment Week Pegasus is a digital tool sold by the NSO Group to different governments across the globe used to monitor activists, politicians and persons of interest. In The Pegasus Project, journalists from 17 outlets like The Guardian, Le Monde, The Washington ...
08.25.2021 Ask a Luddite - DTNS Experiment Week Rich Stroffolino talks with tech skeptic Ben Weinberg about the latest tech news. In this pilot episode, they look into the luddite perspective on Apple's recently announced on-device scanning for CSAM, Facebook's metaverse take on VR meetings, and why AI-generated ...
08.24.2021 Photography For Today's Users - DTNS Experiment Week It is said that the best camera is the one you have with you, and the latest smartphones offer extraordinary capabilities, but are they really the only camera you need? DTNS Associate Producer Amos is joined by Ant Pruitt of ...
08.23.2021 The Tech Jawn - DTNS Experiment Week The Tech Jawn is a second look at the week's tech news headlines delivered from a different perspective. African Americans, demographically, are the biggest users of consumer technology in the country and The Tech Jawn aims to showcase how technology ...
08.20.2021 Drivers, Start Your Ride Hailing! - DTNS 4099 Tesla showed off an idea for a 5 foot 8 tall, 125-pound humanoid robot called the Tesla Bot. Microsoft announced the first Office 365 pricing increase since the service launched in 2011. Newly unredacted documents from the Epic-Google lawsuit show ...
08.19.2021 Amazon is the new Sears- DTNS 4098 Intel reveals its new Alder Cove hybrid processor design for desktop, mobile and ultra-mobile applications. Nvidia has its earnings call and gives updates about its acquisition of ARM. And the FTC has amended its complaint over Facebook, a new antitrust ...
08.18.2021 A Black Eye for Blackberry - DTNS 4097 China renews pressure on Tencent and the country’s tech giants, Blackberry discovers a vulnerability in its QNX operating system and Windows 11 is changing the way users pick a default browser. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link ...
08.17.2021 Fans Really Do Have a Voice - DTNS 4096 We explore the role that fans and fandom in leveraging social media and the internet to shape the TV shows and movies we see at home and the movie theater. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Annalee Newitz, Roger Chang, ...
08.16.2021 Liquid Chameleon Display - DTNS 4095 Scientists in South Korea have published an article in the journal Nature Communications about a robot they created that can change its skin color like a chameleon. Would you eat cheese made from the byproducts of fungi? And Intel announced ...
08.13.2021 The Mango Dark Web - DTNS 4094 Samsung confirms its use of AI software called DSO.ai to design its Exynos line of chips. Apple’s Craig Federighi explained to the Wall Street Journal the company’s plans to scan photos uploaded to iCloud for C-SAM– and a separate program ...
08.12.2021 Virtual CEO's Can Do Virtual Presentations - DTNS 4093 Three US senators have sponsored a bipartisan bill called the Open Markets Act that would impose new rules on app stores including prohibiting them from requiring developers to use its in-app payment system and setting different prices on different stores. ...

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Daily Tech News Show episodes:

Breaking Down Tech News Pixel by Pixel - DTNS 4134

MacBook Pro to the M1 Max - DTNS 4133

Right Clicking Is Not A Crime - DTNS 4132

Robots with Guns: What Could Go Wrong? - DTNS 4131

Healthy, Healthy Headphones - DTNS 4130

Blocking Me Softly from His Tweets - DTNS 4129

Don't Glue It; Screw It! - DTNS 4128

Interoperability Matters - DTNS 4127

Change Your Twitch Password - DTNS 4126

The Facebook Outage Explained - DTNS 4125

Blowing the Whistle on Facebook - DTNS 4124

Blizzard Legal Storm - DTNS Gaming News Monthly

Too Many Failure Points - DTNS 4123

The Tinkerer's Phone - DTNS 4122

Netflix wants to be the Netflix of Games - DTNS 4121

Amazon Did It, They Announced A Robot! - DTNS 4120

Root Access is a Go - DTNS 4119

When Better is the Best - DTNS 4118

ProRes. What is it Good For? - DTNS 4117

Microsoft Creates a New Surface - DTNS 4116

Make Me Laugh Siri - DTNS 4115

The Plus Future - DTNS 4114

The Tech Jawn EXCERPT: Ransomware at HBCUs

Achievement Unlocked - Desk Built! - DTNS 4113

To Pay With BitCoin, Press "1" Now! - DTNS 4112

Glimmers Of A Passwordless Future - DTNS 4111

Apple Had Something To Talk About - DTNS 4110

Fold Up Your Fears - DTNS 4109

I Reject Your Marketplace And Substitute My Own! - DTNS 4108

Hey Facebook, Nice Glasses! - DTNS 4107

Less Cashiers, More Service - DTNS 4106

This Isn't the Privacy Issue You're Looking For - DTNS 4105

What Will You Do With the Loot Bag? - DTNS 4104

Locastaway - DTNS 4103

Tap for Proof of Age - DTNS 4102

The Pizza Sauce Glue - DTNS 4101

Windows 10 is the New Windows 7 - DTNS 4100

Gaming Checkpoint - DTNS Experiment Week

BBQ and Tech - DTNS Experiment Week

Pegasus Project: Special Report - DTNS Experiment Week

Ask a Luddite - DTNS Experiment Week

Photography For Today's Users - DTNS Experiment Week

The Tech Jawn - DTNS Experiment Week

Drivers, Start Your Ride Hailing! - DTNS 4099

Amazon is the new Sears- DTNS 4098

A Black Eye for Blackberry - DTNS 4097

Fans Really Do Have a Voice - DTNS 4096

Liquid Chameleon Display - DTNS 4095

The Mango Dark Web - DTNS 4094

Virtual CEO's Can Do Virtual Presentations - DTNS 4093

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