Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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January 16 Why Vibe-coding Micro Apps Isn't Automatically a Bad Thing - DTNS 5187
Smartglasses companies XREAL and Viture are getting ready to duke it out in court, and Dr. Niki shares what kinds of biomechanics robotics she saw at SICB.

Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.

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43 min
January 15 Wikipedia Cashes AI Checks to Survive Another Day
Plus, A new version of Wine is aout and it’s simpler to launch programs, and why Microsoft is spending so much money on Anthropic

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Andy Beach.

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38 min
January 14 Gemini Wants to Get Personal. You Should Let It - DTNS 5185
Why you might want to let Gemini access your Gmail and Search history. Plus, the new chip shortage isn’t RAM, it’s glass.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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27 min
January 13 Microsoft Shares Its "Community-First" AI Infrastructure Plan - DTNS 5184
Apple targets digital creatives with the debut of its "Apple Creator Studio" subscription package, and Moxie Marlinspike is bringing end-to-end encryption to the open-source AI chatbot world with the release of Confer.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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33 min
January 12 AI Gets HIPAA With HealthCare - DTNS 5183
OpenAI and Anthropic make a play for the health industry; meanwhile, Apple had its best year ever.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood

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27 min
January 09 Glasses and Robots Were Everywhere At CES 2026 - DTNS 5182
FCC is about to approve changes that will make Wi-Fi advocates very happy, and Bose deserves a lot of credit for open sourcing its nearly end-of-life SoundTouch Wi-Fi speakers.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

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36 min
January 08 The Best of CES 2026 - DTNS 5181
David Katzmaier tells us what CNET awarded best overall, and Richard Gunther and Trisha Hershberger fill out the list with their faves.

Starring: Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Trisha Hershberger, David Katzmaier, Richard Gunther, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.

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54 min
January 07 CES 2026 - WiFi 8, Holographic Desktop Friends and Hands On with the Samsung TriFold - DTNS 5180
Shannon Morse joins us to talk about our favorite things at CES.

Starring: Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.

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1 hr 2 min
January 06 CES 2026 - It's Cars, Chips, and Making Any Toilet Smart - DTNS 5179
Bodie Grimm sifts through the car tech talk, we make chip news interesting, and so much health tech.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Allison Sheridan, Bodie Grimm, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.

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1 hr 6 min
January 05 CES 2026 - Thin Screens, Cute Robots and a Smart Egg You Pee On - DTNS 5178
We’re live at CES surrounded by robots, HUGE TVs, and forklifts. We cut through the noise to break down what’s really going on at the biggest tech show going.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang, Joe.

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1 hr 9 min