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Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.

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Is the DIY PC Era Over? – DTNS Weekend Oct 17, 2026

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On this episode of DTNS Weekend, Roger and Patrick go head-to-head over the possible death of DIY PC building. Who or what is killing the hobby, and is this the end of an era, or will PC building return to its niche roots?

Starring Roger Chang, Patrick Norton

https://www.microcenter.com

https://wccftech.com

https://www.tweaktown.com

https://en.overclocking.com

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Who's Running Your Smart Home? - DTNS 5375 Oct 16, 2026

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This week Apple announced its Home View smart home hub along with several smart home devices in cooperation with LG and Schneider. So our BIG QUESTION this week is: Do you want Apple to run your smart home?

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

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Who the GoogleBook is For - DTNS 5374 Oct 15, 2026

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Iyaz Akhtar from PC Mag joins us to talk about his experience using a Googlebook as his daily driver. Plus Amazon’s Bee has new note-taking gadgets.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Iyaz Akhtar.

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Spy Rhymes with AI - DTNS 5373 Oct 14, 2026

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Plus, Fortnite on Linux gets closer and what really makes you a developer.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

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Apple Wants to Lock You Into Your Home - DTNS 5372 Oct 13, 2026

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Apple has a new smart home hub and a door lock among other things. Plus, Jason’s been trying out Google’s flagship Gemini 4 Argon. Has Google caught back up in frontier models?

Starring Tom Merritt, Jason Howell, Sarah Lane and Nica Montford

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Social Engineering 101 Oct 11, 2026

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- What has worked up until now

- 3 psychological back doors (plus social proof)

- What DTNS listeners think of as social engineering

"Wolfmasking | Enterprise Deceptive Role Play" https://wolfmasking.com/

"Scampocalypse — Brian Brushwood" https://scampocalypse.com/

"Thinking, Fast and Slow - Wikipedia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkingFastand_Slow

"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" https://dn710600.ca.archive.org/0/items/ThePsychologyOfPersuasion/The%20Psychology%20of%20Persuasion.pdf

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Is Software Over? - DTNS 5371 Oct 09, 2026

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Brandon Thomas of Artcraft has used that declaration to get attention on his Artcraft product. But does he have a point? When you can vibe code whatever you want, what role do the big software makers play? Plus, whether you need a smart lock or a simple lock.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Amazon Goes Full Android for Tablets - DTNS 5370 Oct 08, 2026

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Amazon announced a new smart tablet lineup, plus a developer at Artcraft vibe code replacements for all of Adobe’s Creative Suite.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane

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Microsoft Brings 1 Trillion Parameters to the Desktop - DTNS 5369 Oct 07, 2026

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The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is also out and can do a lot of parameters locally too. And Tom vibe codes a crappy but cute game on Google’s new Playground service.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Robb Dunewood.

Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

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Open Weights Aren’t Just Chinese Anymore - DTNS 5368 Oct 06, 2026

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Mistral and a New York company get competitive in open weights, and a startup wants to sell you a cheap AI PC. Cheap by AI standards.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jason Howell

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