Daily Tech News Show

We examine the NY Times motivation to acquire popular word puzzle game Wordle, why Yahoo Japan is shutting down in Europe and Nica Montford is back with this month’s Teching While Black segment.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nica Montford , Roger Chang, Joe.

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After Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulled their music from Spotify the streaming company has released the rules and policies regarding dangerous, deceptive, sensitive, and illegal content. Sony buys Bungie in possible countermove to news of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision last week.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe.

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DTNS producers Anthony Lemos and Rich Stroffolino condense the month's photography news in this seven minute audio show. 

This episode Canon releases a hybrid mirrorless, the Associated Press dips into NFTs, and Nikon reaches for your wallet.

Hosted by Anthony Lemos

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Starring Sarah Lane and Jenn Cutter

Sarah Lane gives her thoughts about the Remarkable 2, an e-ink tablet for writing and reading.

$299 (was $399 at time of purchase)

Marker Plus (pencil) - $129

*If you buy with Connect, you get a $150 discount on the hardware and 2 months free service, worth checking out.

Several subscription options

Marker Plus highlights:

• An actual highlighter pen option!
• Several different types of pens: ballpoint, calligraphy, pencil, mechanical pencil… all have slightly different feels on the tablet
• Easy tap to navigate - you can use a finger tablet-style, but the Marker feels more efficient
• Erase tool is just cool. The Remarkable is smart enough to know when you haven’t totally erased something and will clean up the rest.

Initial thoughts:

• I don’t use a physical pen anymore, in fact I always struggle to find a pen in my house on the rare occasion I need one. But physically writing things down has always helped my memory retention, and the Remarkable 2 taps into that as an extremely polished writing tablet
• I’m not much of a drawer/doodler/etc. There are plenty of really good use cases for Remarkable 2 that I won’t take advantage of.
• Holy crap, signing documents is so easy!
• The amount of document templates is impressive, I don’t know how you’d ever need something not in this library
• Navigation takes a little getting used to, but it’s simple once you know what your options are
• Syncing with my Google Drive is a game changer. (on supported files, of course)

E-Reader capability:

• At first glance the Remarkable 2 isn’t a great e-reader. Despite the nice book size, it doesn’t have any sort of backlight… you really do have to be under a lamp as if it were an actual book. You’re not going to take this tablet camping.
• It also doesn’t support DRM-ePUB. You can find non-DRM ebooks online, but not a Kindle type library
• You can use Calibre (free ebook organizer software) + a plugin to strip DRM from an ePUB book, then it shows up on the Remarkable 2 just fine. I tried this with a couple library e-books. This process is not very intuitive, but it’s possible. However, it’s also illegal, so there’s that.

Nitpicks:

• Last year I was gifted a Kindle Oasis, which has an adjustable backlit screen. It makes the Remarkable 2’s screen seem pretty dim. I wish there were a way to punch up brightness a bit.
• The pencil does snap onto the magnetized sides of the Remarkable 2 but not always in the place I think it should be. For such a pricey add-on, I’m always worried it’ll go missing.
• There are times I wish I had better internet integration. You can print anything online to PDF and sync from there, but that takes a few steps. I tried to use the Remarkable 2 for DTNS prep and it just didn’t make any sense.

OVERALL:

The Remarkable 2 is powerhouse for anyone annotating documents, sketching, freeform stuff. Although you can sync over WIFI and email documents easily from the tablet, it’s not really “online”

• Love the form factor, I don’t think it would work at a smaller size
• If you reach for your notepad regularly, you will love this tablet.
• Pricing feels high, especially for the subscription options.

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Dr. Susan Leemburg, a neuroscientist at Charles University in the Czech Republic, tricks rats into thinking they’ve been teleported to measure their brainwaves to see how these basic brain functions work!

Hosted by Dr. Nicole Ackermans

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Google Actually Listened to Us - DTNS 4201 starts at 14:27

Google revises its policy on forcing free tier Google Workspace to transition to a paid tier. Rob brings the heat on Sonos vs Google decision and a potential Sonos vs Amazon dustup. Apple Q1 financial results are in and we examine the success Apple+.

DTNS 4201 ends at 48:32

That's What An Alien Would Say - GDI 4201

Is Tom moving to Arizona? Brock Wilson really likes Bitcoin. Killing laws with baby bathwater. Sarah is a bit chilly and needs a DTNS beanie. Sarah’s mom rocks and makes some great pies. Have you seen Dead to Me? Is Amos an alien? Too many Dan’s. Who lives in Los Angeles time?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe.

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