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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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Quoth the Twitter, Nevermore - DTNS 3929 Dec 17, 2020

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We take a closer look at the antitrust suits filed against Google as 35 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and DC led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson. The suit accuses Google of anticompetitive behavior including designing its search engine to favor its own products above competitors.

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

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TLDR; Facebook Interprets the News - DTNS 3928 Dec 16, 2020

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Facebook took out full page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal saying “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere." The statement centers on updates to Apple's third-party ad policy coming early next year which could limit Facebook and others from targeting ads. So who's right and who's wrong and will the consumer benefit in either case?

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

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Forged Cookies, the Movie - DTNS 3927 Dec 15, 2020

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Patrick Beja gives us an overview on where video games and video gaming is in 2020.

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

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Mighty Solar Winds - DTNS 3926 Dec 14, 2020

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A breach in the Orion network management platform from a company called Solar Winds has led to attacks on FireEye, Microsoft and several US government agencies. Solar Winds said Sunday that updates to its Orion platform between March and June may have carried malware as a result of a sophisticated nation-state supply-chain attack. We unpack what exactly happened.

Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Peter Wells, Keith Townsend, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Down Periscope - DTNS 3925 Dec 11, 2020

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Microsoft has identified a malware campaign it calls Adrozek which began as late as May this year, peaked in August and is still ongoing. How can you avoid it and what should you do if you're infected?

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

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Bandwidth Was Not in the Forecast - DTNS 3924 Dec 10, 2020

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It's not a good week for Facebook. After two antitrust lawsuits were launched against Facebook in the US Wednesday, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office announced it is investigating Facebook's requirement that users have a Facebook account to log in to an Oculus VR devices. The office believes the practice "could constitute a prohibited abuse of dominance by Facebook." We examine new allegations and explain what they might mean for the social media giant.

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

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Facebook Has Trust Issues - DTNS 3923 Dec 09, 2020

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The US Federal Trade commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging Facebook illegally maintains "its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct." The FTC is asking the court to order Facebook to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram, prohibit anticompetitive conditions on developers and require notice and prior approval of future mergers and acquisitions.

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

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Reducing Streaming Stress - DTNS 3922 Dec 08, 2020

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Streaming services are the new hotness. AT&T CEO John Stankey announced at a conference that HBO Max subscriptions rose from 8.6 million at the end of Q3 to 12.6 million as of early December while NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said Peacock passed 26 million signups as of Monday up 4 million since October.

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

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Beefy Silicon - DTNS 3921 Dec 07, 2020

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Saturday JD.com became the first virtual platform to accept digital yuan, the government's official digital currency. Is this a watershed moment for government issued digital currency?

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

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Robb Shows Us The Light - DTNS 3920 Dec 04, 2020

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Robb Dunewood has put a lot of work into his home video studio and is ready to share all tricks he's learned and a few of the products he thinks are worth knowing about.

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

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