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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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How Does Machine Bias Work? - DTNS 4367 Oct 03, 2022

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A New York law is forcing a rethink on bias in AI. What are the practical outcomes of this type of legislation and how do you remove bias in AI? Plus the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case about the liability of platforms from hosting objectionable content.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Battery Grips Plus - DTNS Weekend Edition 2 Oct 01, 2022

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Action cams heat up, cameras start sporting SSDs, and will we soon see a new 35mm point and shoot?

Hosted by Rich Stroffolino and Anthony Lemos

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Is That Really What My Spleen Looks Like? - DTNS 4366 Sep 30, 2022

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What is spectroscopic x-ray imaging and how is it being used in the medical field? We go over the latest Twitter vs Musk saga? And what should happen to a drone operator when it causes a power outage?

Starring Tom Merritt, Dr. Niki Ackermans, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Stadia Game Over - DTNS 4365 Sep 29, 2022

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Google announces it will close the Stadia game streaming service Jan 2023. Meta introduced its new AI generation tool called Make-A-Video, letting users type in a description of a scene, with the system generating a short video matching that text.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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All Of Amazon's New Stuff - DTNS 4364 Sep 28, 2022

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We sift through and analyze all of today’s product announcements from Amazon including a new version of the Kindle that you can write on called Scribe. Character.AI opened a public beta letting visitors create a chat bot based on any character they choose. And we look back at the origins of the humble electric button.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Lies, Damn Lies, And Benchmarks - DTNS 4363 Sep 27, 2022

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Intel has announced its 13th generation “Raptor Lake” of Core processors. How does it stack up against AMD’s recently announced Zen 4 based Ryzen 7000 series? And how do you prevent images you’ve taken and uploaded to the Internet from being used to train AI?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe.

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He's More Machine Now, Than Man - DTNS 4362 Sep 26, 2022

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We look at some of the ways boardgames are integrating apps and smartphones into their gameplay. Plus what are the implications of an artist who copyrighted their work that was created by an image generation AI? And can technology help iconic voices live forever?

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Chris Mancini, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Myth Factor Authentication - DTNS 4361 Sep 23, 2022

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Two-Factor Authentication is a step above a simple password for account protection but it isn’t perfect. We dispel some common myths people hold about 2FA. France tries to curb the influence of Amazon on small booksellers in the country by forcing mandatory delivery fees. And is podcasting out of ideas?

Starring Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Big Thought Energy - DTNS 4360 Sep 22, 2022

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ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, developed a new virtual reality headset called the Pico 4. Can it compete with the incumbent players? A company called Seoul Robotics is developing an autonomous vehicle system that doesn’t put sensors in cars, but inside towers along roads and then broadcasts telemetry data to the car. Is it a viable alternative to the current approach? And we discuss the thesis of the Verge’s Russell Brandom from his article “How platforms turn boring.”

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Getty Doesn't Get AI - DTNS 4359 Sep 21, 2022

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Google has begun rolling out “Results about you” a feature that lets you remove details about yourself from Google’s search results. The US NTSB has called for alcohol detection systems in cars to prevent impaired driving. Getty Images told The Verge it no longer lets users upload and sell illustrations generated using text-to-image services like DALL-E or Midjourney.

Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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