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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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Amazon Making a Mesh of IoT - DTNS 4042 Jun 01, 2021

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We break down all the latest PC hardware announcements from this year’s Computex. Plus Apple App shows up on Nvidia’s Shield TV and Amazon is releasing a free public mesh network in the US.

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

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WhatsApp Won't Limit Functionality Over New Privacy Policy - DTH May 31, 2021

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WhatsApp says it has no plans to limit functionality for users who don't agree to its new privacy policy, Instagram will give equal algorithmic priority to original and re-shared Stories content, and the Internet Engineering Task Force published the Quic protocol as a standard.

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Have you been Password Pwned? - DTNS 4041 May 28, 2021

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Twitter rolls out its Blue Twitter subscription service on the Apple App-store. Security researcher Troy Hunt announces the code for Pwned Passwords database is now open source and that the FBI will now add data from data breaches to the database as well. Microsoft announced that the organization believed to be behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack has been linked to a malicious email campaign targeting 150 government agencies, research institutions and other organizations in 24 countries.

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

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FB Deli Slices The Truth - DTNS 4040 May 27, 2021

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Facebook announced Wednesday that it will de-rank the accounts of and limit the spread of posts from users who repeatedly share content that has been debunked by fact checkers. Bloomberg’s sources say Nintendo will begin assembly of a new updated Switch console as early as July, with a release scheduled for September or October. Mozilla runs targeted ads on Facebook and Comcast issues a DMCA warning to a user who downloaded…. Linux.

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

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Amazon's Business of Everything - DTNS 4039 May 26, 2021

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Amazon buys MGM. Is Amazon becoming a 21st century conglomerate and what is the company’s end game? Plus the US District of Columbia sued Amazon Tuesday for violating antitrust laws.

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

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Judge Decision will be Epic - DTNS 4038 May 25, 2021

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Arm introduced its first designs to the new Armv9 architecture, including the flagship Cortex-A710 CPUs and Mali-G710 GPU. Huawwei shifts gears to focusing on software development. The Epic Apple trial closed Monday and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will now take what is likely months to review the 4500 pages of testimony and make her bench decision.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Amos.

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The Automated Recovery - DTNS 4037 May 24, 2021

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A group of over 500 researchers have signed on to the BigScience project, an effort led by the startup Huggingface to build an open-soruce large language model to better understand natural-language processing. Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg wrote an op-ed for CNBC calling for US lawmakers to create a new digital regulator. Ford reveals more information on the F-150 Lightning Pro’s extended-range version, capable of about 300 miles on a single charge and with a 240 V, 80 A charger (called the Charge Station Pro) that can fill the battery to 100% in eight hours. Price? Just under $50,000.

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

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Taking apart Right to Repair - DTNS 4036 May 21, 2021

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We discuss the state of Right to Repair and issues surrounding the various stakeholders involved.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Phonely Child - DTNS 4035 May 20, 2021

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The crowdsourced crime watch app Citizen sparks a manhunt for the wrong guy, Twitter restarts its public verification program and more updates from the Epic vs Apple trial.

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

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Big Bitcoin Bubble Bursting? - DTNS 4034 May 19, 2021

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Tuesday the National Internet Finance Association of China, the China Banking Association and the Payment and Clearing Association of China issued a warning that consumers would get no protection from losses related to cryptocurrency investment transactions. Financial and payment institutions were also advised that they must not use virtual currency for most purposes. This sent cryptocurrencies tumbling. Has the cryptocurrency bubble burst?

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

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