Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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Daily Tech News Show episodes

September 04, 2020 Choosy Toms Choose DiffBot - DTNS 3860
Patrick Norton is here with the important takeaways from this year's IFA tech trade-show in Berlin.

Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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32 min
September 03, 2020 The Internet Is Mainstream - DTNS 3859
Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg announced several steps the company is taking to prevent misinformation ahead of the 2020 US election. We examine them to see if they're actually effective or just PR theater.

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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33 min
September 02, 2020 Microsoft Defends Reality - DTNS 3858
Microsoft has launched a three-part plan to fight deep fakes. The first is a tool meant for political campaigns and journalists called the Video Authenticator and it's also working on a system to let content producers add digital hashes and certificates to media so users can verify authenticity.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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34 min
September 01, 2020 Ships on Chips - DTNS 3857
Facebook warns it will "stop allowing publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram," if a plan to force negotiations with news publishers to pay for content goes through. What's Facebook's plan and how will the Australian authorities react to it?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang, Joe.

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33 min
August 31, 2020 The Camry Of Phones - DTNS 3856
IFA has started and one of the big trends coming out of the German technology conference are budget smart phones. We examine the latest from Motorola, Samsung and Qualcomm.
Starring Tom Merritt. Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe.

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31 min
August 28, 2020 Stop Checking Me Out - DTNS 3855
CNET's Ben Fox Rubin reports that MasterCard announced a platform called Shop Anywhere in partnership with Accel robotics to let shoppers walk out of stores without having to go through a cashier. Is this the future for brick and mortar retail?

Starring Tom Merritt. Sarah Lane,Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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33 min
August 27, 2020 Microsoft and Oracle Want to be Cool - DTNS 3854
TikTok CEO, Kevin Mayer quits as due to ongoing political turmoil, Microsoft working with Walmart on TikTok deal, Oracle has reportedly proposed a $20 billion bid for TikTok and TikTok likely to announce sale U.S. operations in the coming days.

Starring Tom Merritt. Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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33 min
August 27, 2020 Microsoft and Oracle Want to be Cool - DTNS 3854
TikTok CEO, Kevin Mayer quits as due to ongoing political turmoil, Microsoft working with Walmart on TikTok deal, Oracle has reportedly proposed a $20 billion bid for TikTok and TikTok likely to announce sale U.S. operations in the coming days.

Starring Tom Merritt. Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.

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33 min
August 26, 2020 That TikTok Deal Is Azure Thing - DTNS 3853
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mike Isaac from the New York Times published an in-depth look at how Microsoft got pulled into possibly buying part or all of TikTok. We share our thoughts and analyze the timeline of everything that happened.

Starring Tom Merritt. Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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32 min
August 26, 2020 That TikTok Deal Is Azure Thing - DTNS 3853
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mike Isaac from the New York Times published an in-depth look at how Microsoft got pulled into possibly buying part or all of TikTok. We share our thoughts and analyze the timeline of everything that happened.

Starring Tom Merritt. Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.

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32 min