Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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Daily Tech News Show episodes

April 11 Using Drones for Science - DTNS Weekend
Dr. Niki takes a look at how unmanned aerial vehicles, and sometimes on land and sea too, have helped advance scientific research.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr Nicole Ackermans.
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25 min
April 10 Don’t Believe the Ghost Murmur Hype
And Google makes encrypted emails much easier to deal with.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

Show notes found here.
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26 min
April 09 Why Microsoft Blocked Major VPN and Encryption Software
Also, YouTube lets you make an avatar of yourself, and Andy Beach tells us about the first newsroom strike over AI.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.

Show notes found here.
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36 min
April 08 Anthropic’s Move to Secure the World - DTNS 5243
And why so many competing tech companies cooperating is actually quite scary.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.
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25 min
April 07 Why Does Jason Love Claude Cowork So Much? - DTNS 5242
Humans aboard Artemis II just flew farther from Earth than any human before, and Motorola launched the Moto G Stylus 2026 with an active, embedded stylus for $499.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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30 min
April 06 Say Goodbye to Samsung Messenger - DTNS 5241
And say hello to the Moon, and OpenAI lobbying.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

Show notes can be found here.
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32 min
April 04 The US AI Framework Is a Press Release - DTNS WEEKEND
So why is Andy Beach still worried? Tom talks over the real things to worry about with US AI regulation.
Featuring Tom Merritt and Andy Beach.
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19 min
April 03 Sony Acquires Cinemersive Labs to Level Up PS5 Pro Rendering - DTNS 5240
Reddit is officially done with the r/all feed for its users, and Google Gemma 4 is a massive and truly open model family that can run on a laptop and a Raspberry Pi.

Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.

Show notes can be found here.
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27 min
April 02 Humans Head Back to the Moon - DTNS 5239
While on Earth, Microsoft realizes it needs more data centers, and ByteDance moves into the video generation space.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.

Show notes can be found here.
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34 min
April 01 OpenAI Insists It Makes Lots of Money - DTNS 5238
Plus, Google wants to whoop Whoop at wearables and Q-Day gets closer.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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29 min