Is the chip shortage impeding Sony’s ability to produce PS5s and inadvertently helping Xbox? Is software meant to help improve your posture allowing employers to snoop on employees? And tech earnings; who gained, who lost and the broader trends they reveal. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Terrance Gaines, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos MP3 Download UsingContinue reading "Who Needs a Console Anyway? – DTNS 4265"

Belkin announces a partnership with Wi-Charge to create over-the-air charging products for consumers. Virtual reality company AppliedVR is working with Komodo Health to create a synthetic control group for medical trials. And the negative impacts of remote meetings on brainstorming. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe Amos. MP3Continue reading "Beam Me a Recharge, Scotty – DTNS 4264"

Apple’s DIY repair service opens today and Patrick has some thoughts on it. Bloomberg reports Twitch is considering proposals to revamp its payment structure. And Ubisoft published a list of 91 games that have had online services and multiplayer features shut off since 2021. Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos MP3 DownloadContinue reading "iFixit It With Spot – DTNS 4263"

E Ink announced the E Ink Gallery 3 its latest advancement in e-ink technology. How Truebill has turned subscription cancelling into a reoccurring business? And the BBC reports surgeons at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, England successfully implanted a device into the brain to treat Parkinson’s disease in a patient. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Dr.Continue reading "Do Androids Dream of Triboelectric Cats – DTNS 4262"

The EU has unveiled companion legislation to the earlier Digital Markets Act called the Digital Services Act. What does it cover and who does it affect? And Twitter agrees to Elon Musk’s buyout offer. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos MP3 Download Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, videoContinue reading "Mr. Musk Buys The Bird – DTNS 4261"

The UK’s Department for Transport proposed updates to the Highway Code for people using self-driving vehicles that are registered as self-driving with the government. A judge from The Brazilian state of Goias ruled Apple must pay 5,000 reals (about $1080 dollars) to a customer who complained about not getting a charger with their iPhone. AndContinue reading "Zero Days Given – DTNS 4260"

Allison shares her first hand experience riding in a driverless Waymo vehicle! Plus CNN+ is ending just after a few months of operation, and Amazon has launched Buy With Prime, which lets third-party merchants use Amazon’s shipping and logistics network to fulfill orders on their sites outside of Amazon. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, AllisonContinue reading "Waymo, You Can Drive My Car! – DTNS 4259"

Netflix reports it lost 200,000 subscribers in Q4 of 2021 falling and expects to lose another 2 million this quarter. What’s behind the falling subscribership? Researchers work on a way to generate electricity from solar panels at night. And we examine the buzz around the PlayDate hand-cranked black and white handheld retro-game console. Starring TomContinue reading "Cranking Out Retro Games – DTNS 4258"

Data shows UK subscriptions to streaming services are shrinking. What’s the cause and will adjusted pricing help? U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that LinkedIn cannot stop its competitor hiQ Labs from scraping publicly available data off user pages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the much anticipated shift of consumers to onlineContinue reading "People Just Want To GO Shopping – DTNS 4257"

Microsoft is building a program to let brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, with ads appearing as early as Q3 2022. Protocol reports that Classroom Technologies is working with Intel to incorporate an algorithm that would attempt to identify what emotions students look like they’re feeling, including bored, distracted or confused. Netflix is developing aContinue reading "Algorithmic Classroom Management – DTNS 4256"