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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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Blocking Me Softly from His Tweets - DTNS 4129 Oct 12, 2021

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A Swiss Federal Institute of Technology robotics engineering student Ken Pillonel stuffed a USB-C port that can transfer data as well as charge into an iPhone X. A San Francisco court orders Tesla to pay $136.9 million to a former contract employee who alleged discrimination and hostile work environment, and Microsoft and Nvidia created the Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation model or MT-NLP which they call the “most powerful monolithic transformer language model trained to date”.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Stephanie Humphrey, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Don't Glue It; Screw It! - DTNS 4128 Oct 08, 2021

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Microsoft has now agreed to let independent third-party study the impact of making Microsoft devices easier to repair. Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer offers an invitation to Apple to help them implement RCS on the iPhone. CNET’s Brian Cooley notes that Michelin and GM plan to have airless tires available for street use as early as 2024.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Interoperability Matters - DTNS 4127 Oct 07, 2021

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As the climate crisis impacts our lives and our environment, how is tech playing a leading role in mitigating its effects? And as the Internet of Things grows more popular, how does the Matter protocol make everyone place nice with each other.

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

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Change Your Twitch Password - DTNS 4126 Oct 06, 2021

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Google added options to Search, Maps, Travel, and Nest Thermostats. Twitch confirms a data breach with the site’s entire source code, commit history, an unreleased competitor for Steam from Amazon Game Studios and details of creator payouts being accessed. And Restofworld.org has a story about the effect India’s banning of TikTok in June 2020 has had on creators.

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

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The Facebook Outage Explained - DTNS 4125 Oct 05, 2021

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We give an explainer on what caused Facebook and associated properties like Instagram to go offline for six hours and we do a follow-up on all that Facebook testimony.

Starring Tom Merritt, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Blowing the Whistle on Facebook - DTNS 4124 Oct 04, 2021

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Amazon launched a new feature, letting Prime subscribers in the US send gifts using just an email address or phone number. The whistleblower who provided documents that served as the foundation for the Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files series came forward as former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen. And ten years after its introduction what exactly has Siri achieved?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Blizzard Legal Storm - DTNS Gaming News Monthly Oct 02, 2021

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DTNS Gaming News Monthly brings you the month's biggest gaming news in approximately 15 minutes. This month heavily features the multiple legal dramas around Activision Blizzard, Apple keeping Epic's Fortnite out of the App Store until all court appeals are final, and all the info from the latest Nintendo Direct & Sony Showcase.

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Too Many Failure Points - DTNS 4123 Oct 01, 2021

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A number of websites and services reported issues due to the expiration of a root certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt. South Korean ISP SK Broadband has sued Netflix to pay for the costs of managing extra network traffic caused by Netflix users streaming new shows. YouTube TV and NBCUniversal agree to a temporary extension to avoid channel blackout while the companies attempt to negotiate a longer-term pact.

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

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The Tinkerer's Phone - DTNS 4122 Sep 30, 2021

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Fairphone makers of easy-to-repair smartphones with sustainable materials has announced the Fairphone 4. Augmented reality company Nreal announced its Air Glasses, a more compact, and cheaper version of its smart glasses. US President Joe Biden and European Commission Vice Presidents Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager,met Wednesday as part of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council.

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

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Netflix wants to be the Netflix of Games - DTNS 4121 Sep 29, 2021

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Ars Technica has a story stating VR reporter Brad Lynch has found evidence that Valve is working on a wireless headset. Netflix acquires its first game studio. And Motherboard has interviews with two sources who worked on Amazon’s Astro and believe the consumer robot is flawed.

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

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