Daily Tech News Show (VIDEO)

By Tom MerrittTechnology Tech News

Daily Tech News Show (VIDEO) episodes

October 02 Should We Trust Proactive Agents? – DTNS 5366
OpenAI introduced Dots this week; proactive agents that run in the cloud and act for you without being asked. Meta’s Muse and Manus offer similar capabilities. The big question: Do you want your AI agent to be proactive? Plus Amazon unveiled a new Kindle lineup this week aimed at new readers. Amazon says 60% of buyers are first-time Kindle owners. The second question of the week: Ebook or real book?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe
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1 hr 1 min
September 25 Can Googlebook Bridge the Gap? – DTNS 5361
Can Googlebooks replace a MacBook or PC laptop? Are AI charms the future of personal AI or just a dead end? We discuss these important topics plus answer this important viewer question “Which jobs will be looked upon as buggy whip manufactures in the near future?”
Starring Sara Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Iyaz Akhtar, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe
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59 min
September 18 Is Obsolescence Planned, or is It Natural? – DTNS 5356
We debate if companies intentionally plan their products to go obsolete after several years to get people to upgrade? And we discuss if you need permission for your AI to summarize a conversation you’re in engaged in.
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1 hr
September 11 Too Many iPhones in the Fold? – DTNS Live 5351
Is Apple’s product line too confusing and is that a bad thing? And do we really need a video game console?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Scott Johnson, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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1 hr 2 min
September 03 Do You Own Your Game? – DTNS Live 5142
What does gaming look like without discs? As companies race toward a future where physical media becomes a relic of the early 21st century, will gamers embrace the all-digital future—or will the industry have to change to keep them on board? Plus Apple new CEO John Ternus has only three days in the office. So we judge his three day performance like some supercilious alien race from Star Trek. And Thomas Wilde from Geek Wire argues that the video game industry is heading towards its a big crash in a opinion article.
Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang, Joe.
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1 hr 9 min
August 27 To Pay, or Not to Pay? That is the Question – DTNS Live 5141
Ransomware is a looming threat for any business or entity that has an online footprint. But we ask the big question. Should companies pay ransomware or not? We engage each other in a debate for the ages. Plus Walmart began accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at its Walmart and Sam’s Club locations. Robb wants to ask us why aren’t more people using tap to pay? Xbox announced its disc-to-digital program that will let owners of physical game discs claim digital copies. You can use those digital copies in Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, David Spark, Roger Chang, Joe
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1 hr 10 min
August 20 Is That Photo Real? – DTNS Live 5140
How is generative AI impacting creatives who have had their worked copied or used without permission. Meta’s trial in Oakland, California began this week. 29 US states allege that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to drive compulsive use by children and tried to hide known risks of using their products. Plus we explore what media executives think what the TV market will look like in three years.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Don Komarechka, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe
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1 hr 11 min
August 13 Phones Are Just Phones These Days – DTNS Live 5139
Android Faithful’s Jason Howell is here with details on the Pixel 11 phone. Plus Anthropic announced this week it would embed watermarks in text. And a plea for a revival of reading from 120 years ago. Finally we end our week with the Great Debates Smartphones that can always find the perfect place to eat or a phone that can always find the right things to say in any coversation.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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1 hr 7 min
August 06 Agents Gone Wild – DTNS Live 5138
OpenAI and Anthropic have confirmed their AI models were involved in separate third-party cybersecurity testing incidents resulting in a real website being breached and social engineering attacks against sites outside the intended testing boundaries. Plus Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.2 billion. We ask everyone what they think of Bending Spoons track record so far in managing the companies they’ve acquired so far. And we close the week with a quiz about desserts! Or was that deserts? Find out on today’s show!
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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1 hr 8 min
July 30 Hard Prices For Hard Drives – DTNS Live 5137
As computer RAM and NAND prices continue to go through the roof, other PC components are feeling the effects besides memory and solid-state storage. Is open-source AI the key to cybersecurity in the age of threats powered by LLMs, tech companies think so.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe.
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1 hr 10 min