Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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Daily Tech News Show episodes

January 29 Tesla Kills Off Its Cars for Robots - DTNS 5195
Plus, Apple is inspiring imitators without even having a product, and why Waymo hitting children is not a problem. In this case.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao

Show notes can be found here.
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26 min
January 28 Chrome Just Went Agentic On You - DTNS 5194
Google launches Gemini into the Chrome browser and Amazon ends Palm scanning.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell.

Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.
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33 min
January 27 Yahoo Launches Its AI Answer Engine Called Scout - DTNS 5193
Meta is bringing a paid subscription plan to its marquee apps, and Andy Beach tells us about why Bandcamp’s ban on AI music is just the beginning.

Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.

Show notes can be found here.
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37 min
January 26 The World’s Smallest Autonomous Robot - DTNS 5192
Oh, and Apple has new Air Tags. But SMALL ROBOT!

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

Show notes can be found here.
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25 min
January 24 AI Accelerators Could Change Everything - DTNS WEEKEND
Andrew Mayne explains how chips like Groq and Cerebras are giving us faster training and inferencing, and how that can help save us time and power and increase productivity.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Andrew Mayne.
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20 min
January 23 TikTok Has Finalized Its US Deal - DTNS 5191
A study shows how effective the Apple Watch is at detecting AFib in adults over 65, and Tesla now has at least a couple of unsupervised autonomous robotaxis giving rides in Austin.

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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40 min
January 22 Siri Gets Smart, While Grok Stays Itself - DTNS 5190
Plus a phone that can triple-boot into Android, Linux and Windows 11.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.

Show notes can be found here.
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32 min
January 21 YouTube Wants You to Have the Best of AI and Kill the Slop - DTNS 5189
YouTube’s yearly creator letter ends with AI promises, and vertical video dreams. Plus a robot hand that can do way more on its own than you can with your clumsy two attached flesh hands.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Dr Niki.

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33 min
January 20 Sony and TCL Team Up on TVs - DTNS 5188
Realme's P4 Power smartphone touts a whopping 10,001mAh battery capable of more than three days on a charge, and Andy Beach tells us why we shouldn’t call things “AI”.

Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.

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41 min
January 17 BlackBerry Will Never Die! - DTNS Weekend
At CES 2026, Robb talked with CrackBerry Kevin about the upcoming Clicks Communicator. They reminisced about old times and their love for the BlackBerry Bold series of devices before getting an overview of the Clicks Communicator.

They also talked about the brand new Clicks Power Keyboard, Clicks for Moto Razr, and why we probably won't see a Clicks for Samsung Galaxy Flip.
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15 min