Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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Daily Tech News Show episodes

June 12, 2025 iOS 26 is Packing New Parental Controls - DTNSB 5036
Yahoo Mail tries to appeal to younger users with AI features, and Congressional Dish’s Jennifer Briney explains why a US budget bill is aiming to ban regulation of AI.

Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt, and Jennifer Briney.

Show notes can be found here.
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32 min
June 11, 2025 Nintendo Sets a Console Record - DTNSB 5038
And why the venerable Le Monde newspaper is embracing AI not just fighting it.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.

Links to the stories covered in this episode can be found here.
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30 min
June 10, 2025 Meta Thinks Superintelligence is “Super, Thanks For Asking!” - DTNSB 5037
IBM announced plans to build its major Quantum computer called Starling, and Dr. Niki explains why we want to edit the genomes of spiders.

Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.

Show notes found here.
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34 min
June 09, 2025 Apple Doesn’t Apologise for AI at WWDC - DTNSB 5036
And beyond the new Liquid Glass design and other OS announcements, there’s a new robot pizza maker and an Xbox gaming handheld.

Starring Tom Merritt, and Sarah Lane.

Show notes can be found here.
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36 min
June 07, 2025 We Need a W3C for AI - DTNSB WEEKEND
Molly and Tom are back with a text-message-chat inspired discussion of privacy in LLMs and why we might need a standard for it, but we don’t know how that would happen.
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24 min
June 06, 2025 Why a Court Ordered OpenAI to Reduce Privacy Protections
Also, drone delivery is becoming more common, and an advance in sintronics brings shepherd, faster, more power-efficient memory closer.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.
Show notes can be found here.
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32 min
June 05, 2025 Nintendo Switch 2… Now With More Paste! - DTNSB 5034
Apple's upcoming MagSafe chargers might support the Qi2.2 standard doubling power output for the iPhone 17, and Volvo introduced a "multi-adaptive safety belt" system to protect passengers of all body types.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

Show notes found here.
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29 min
June 04, 2025 Google’s Reasonable AI Pause - DTNSB 5033
Google does the right thing with Google Photos and Natasha Lyonne makes an AI movie.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.

Stories discussed in this episode can be found here.
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30 min
June 03, 2025 Epic’s Unreal Engine 5.6 looks mostly real - DTNSB 5032
Microsoft is requiring fully featured USB-C ports in order for manufacturers to partake in the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program, and Dr. Niki talks all about night vision contact lenses.

Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.

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32 min
June 02, 2025 Samsung Cozies Up to Perplexity - DTNSB 5031

Meanwhile, Google makes it easy to run models locally without the internet, and another big step for Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood

Show notes can be found here.
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22 min