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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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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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The Ins and Outs of Google I/O - DTNS 4033 May 18, 2021

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Google I/O 2021 has started and a flood of announcements were made today. We parse out what was unveiled and how it fits into Google’s broader strategy.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Joe.

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AT&T and Discovery Cross the Streams - DTNS 4032 May 17, 2021

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AT&T and Discovery have reached an agreement to combine their media divisions into a joint venture to be 71% owned by AT&T and 29% by Discovery. Wired recently featured a piece looking at a number of top gamers quitting full-time esports organizations to pursue careers as influences on Twitch and YouTube. And more on Epic vs Apple as their court case grinds on.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah, Jenn Cutter, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Darkside Goes Dark - DTNS 4031 May 14, 2021

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Ransomware is still in the spotlight as the Irish government announced the Irish Health service’s central data servers were under an attempted ransomware attack and Toshiba disclosed that it had been attacked by Darkisde, the same group believed to be behind the software used in the Colonial Pipeline attack.

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

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A Patchwork Of Supposedly Secured Systems - DTNS 4030 May 13, 2021

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Facebook changes the name of Libra, its digital in-house currency, and moves its headquarters out of Switzerland, Tesla’s Elon Musk issued a statement announcing the company will stop taking Bitcoin after 49 days of accepting it for purchases of cars, and Colonial Pipeline paid the group behind its ransomware attack $5 million dollars.

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

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Wi-Fi Security Red Frags - DTNS 4029 May 12, 2021

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Belgian security researcher Mathy Vanhoef published details of so-called WiFi “frag attacks.”, YouTube plans to launch a $100 million fund to pay popular creators on its recently launched Shorts platform, and Xiaomi and the U.S. Defense Department reached an agreement to remove Xiaomi from a list of firms barred from US investment.

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

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Colors To Impress The Neighbors - DTNS 4028 May 11, 2021

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During Apple’s Spring Loaded event the company revealed the Apple TV Color Calibration tool. The idea is that you can use the iPhone’s TrueDepth camera to adjust the color settings on your TV without diving into complicated settings. So we asked Robert Heron to give us his expert view on this feature.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Secure Those Pipes - DTNS 4027 May 10, 2021

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This past Friday the Colonial Pipeline Company suffered a ransomware attack and shut down the entire pipeline. The attack does not seem to have affected control systems that run the pipeline itself, but the shutdown is meant to make sure that does not happen. Is this the infrastructure attack we’ve been warned of happening? And what can we do to reduce our risk in the future?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah, Roger Chang, Joe.

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The Power of Bitcoin - DTNS 4026 May 07, 2021

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With no deal in sight between Google and Roku to renew YouTube TV’s presence on Roku’s platform the search giant has come up with a workaround. It will let people access YouTube TV directly from the main YouTube app. Will Roku allow it and what does this mean for Google’s attempts to strongarm platforms to accept its terms?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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NASCAR Takes a Left Turn - DTNS 4025 May 06, 2021

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Was the FCC’s decision to roll back on net neutrality rules based on fraudulent public comments? The NYAG thinks so and so does FCC Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel.

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

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