Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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May 28, 2020 Rezoning Safe Harbor - DTNS 3791
After Twitter afixed a fact-check label on a tweet from Donald Trump the US president has threatened to sign an executive order removing safe harbor provisions from social media platforms. What does this mean and what will it do to social media outlets?
Starring Sarah Lane, Richard Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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29 min
May 28, 2020 DTNS Special - What is Safe Harbor/ CDA Section 230
In a sneak peek at an upcoming podcast series, Tom Merritt explains what Safe Harbor is and specifically US Section 230 of the CDA.
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19 min
May 27, 2020 Tweets and Consequences - DTNS 3790
As Twitter tries to navigate a highly-charged political landscape, what things are they trying to do to insure tweets from World Leaders are filled with misleading or false information?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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32 min
May 26, 2020 The Passion Gig Economy - DTNS 3789
The social media service, Cameo, lets you buy short custom videos from celebrities. Is this tipping point for the "passion economy" and what will people request from their celebrities?

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

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32 min
May 25, 2020 Sony to Release the Xperia 1 II on July 24th for $1,199 - DTH
Sony sets the release and price of its Xperia 1 II flagship phone, Unc0ver releases an iOS jailbreak for the current version of iOS, and the latest firmware for Texas Instrument graphic calculators ends support for assembly and C programs.
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7 min
May 22, 2020 Pac-GAN - DTNS 3788
An Nvidia created A.I. has replicated the game Pac-Man using a machine learning framework called generative adversarial networks. Why is this achievement notable and what will be learned from it?

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

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32 min
May 21, 2020 5G Is Fast If You Can Get It - DTNS 3787
Netflix is rolling out a feature to automatically un-subscribe users from their service if it hasn't had activity for a year. Is this Netflix responding to consumer subscription fatigue or a clever marketing ploy?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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32 min
May 20, 2020 Third AI Blind - DTNS 3786
In an opinion piece in Wired noted futurist Ray Kurzweil has advocated for more AI assistance in vaccine research. What's behind his advocacy and can AI really speed up vaccine development?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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33 min
May 19, 2020 The Algorithm Runaround - DTNS 3785
Microsoft BUILD is happening and we share all the important news from the event and breakdown what it all means.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Xavier Guillemane, Roger Chang, Joe.

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35 min
May 18, 2020 Look Ma, No Mirrors - DTNS 3784
Canon's recently announced R5 camera promises to be a beast. With 8K recording at 30p, IBIS, and dual-pixel AF it ticks all the boxes in the must-have list. But can it help offset the growing decline in the consumer digital camera market?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Ant Pruitt, Roger Chang and Joe.

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31 min