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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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Apple Makes Google's Cloud Rain - DTNS 4062 Jun 29, 2021

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Alphabet’s drone-delivery company, Wing, in cooperation with the FAA launched the OpenSky app in the US. The app will allow hobbyist and commercial operators alike see where they can legally fly drones and request approval to operate in areas that are otherwise restricted. The Information’s sources say that as of May 2021, Apple is on track to spend $300 million on cloud storage through Google. And it was 0-day flaw, not 2018 bug, that let hackers mass-wipe My Book Live devices.

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

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Degrees of Better Audio - DTNS 4061 Jun 28, 2021

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Mobile World Congress starts this week with Samsung revealing details about its WearOS partnership with Google. Plus as more and more music streaming options appear on the market we ask if high definition music is really worth having?

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

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Letting Everyone Exist In Public - DTNS 4060 Jun 25, 2021

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We talk to Christophe Zajac-Denek about his lived experience with accessibility needs as a person with dwarfism. Western Digital puts a security warning regarding some of their My Book Live products. And Microsoft clarifies TPM requirements for Windows 11.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Accessibility Requires a Quorum - DTNS 4059 Jun 24, 2021

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Often when we talk about Accessibility we discuss the way applications allow people who are vision impaired, deaf or have limited dexterity to use them. But what about the tools that create those applications? We talk to the creator of a blind accessible programming Andreas Stefik, Ph.D. Associate Professor Computer Science University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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

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Making Gaming Accessible - DTNS 4058 Jun 23, 2021

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Accessibility in video games is an often unnoticed and unappreciated aspect of game development. We ask two game developers to help us understand the work and guidelines they use to ensure that everyone can enjoy video gaming despite their disabilities.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Jennifer Ash, Andrew Davis, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Making Products Smart AND Accessible – DTNS 4057 Jun 22, 2021

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Accessibility week rolls-on as we talk to David Woodbridge about his work in reviewing device accessibility and the criteria and metrics he uses.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Allison Sheridan, David Woodbridge, Roger Chang, Joe.

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A.I. Accessible Intelligence - DTNS 4056 Jun 21, 2021

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We kick off Accessibility Week with a look into how AI is helping and in some cases hurting the development of accessibility in technology.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shelly Brisbin, Roger Chang, Joe.

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3-D Printers in Spaaaaaaace! - DTNS 4055 Jun 18, 2021

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“NASA inches closer to printing artificial organs in space” according to the MIT Technology Review, Tim Cook confesses Apple likes to fail internally, and Nielsen has new data about how people consume video content.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Amber Mac, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Amos.

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Please Regulate Me - DTNS 4054 Jun 17, 2021

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A bipartisan group of US Senators Brian Schatz, John Thune, Raphael Warnock, and John Kennedy proposed a bill Wednesday called the Unsubscribe Act. Companies would be required to make terms and conditions more transparent when offering a free trial. US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has revamped the Data Protection Act she introduced last year. Co-sponsored by Senator Sherrod Brown, it would establish a federal agency to oversee data privacy in the country.

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

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Windows goes to 11 - DTNS 4053 Jun 16, 2021

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Google will open its first retail store at 76 Ninth Avenue in New York City Thursday at 10 AM. The Wall Street Journal has sources and documents that say starting in 2016 Apple began developing a way to offer primary-care. The plan was to develop a subscription based personalized health program using data from devices combined with virtual and in-person primary care visits.

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

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