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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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Data Disaster Preparedness - DTNS 4874 Oct 11, 2024

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How do you backup your data before a natural disaster? Plus the latest news with Steam and Steam Deck. And Tesla unveils its Cybercab, with Musk claiming they expect Full Self-Driving on Texas and California roads next year.

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

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TikTok Politics Whether You Want It or Not - DTNS 4873 Oct 10, 2024

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Amazon announced it will sell Apple TV+ as an add-on to its Amazon Prime Video feature. Plus Meta is adding more features to Threads including a way to allow users to repost IG Reels on Threads. And a new study reveals TikTok isn’t as important to users as a source of news or politics.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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AI's Prize Fight - DTNS 4872 Oct 09, 2024

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The US Department of Justice says a breakup of Google is an option. Plus the Wimbledon tennis tournament is adopting AI powered live electronic line calling, replacing human judges. And why have all the recent Nobel prizes for AI work been given in different categories?

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

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Adobe Sets the Mark for AI Security - DTNS 4871 Oct 08, 2024

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Neural Network researchers Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. Plus A Virginia congressional candidate has created an AI chatbot just in case the incumbent doesn’t show up for the October 17th debate. And Adobe is proposing a way to watermark content to stop AI thefts. Will the community support it?

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Rumors of New Apple Release Strategy - DTNS 4870 Oct 07, 2024

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The US FCC has given Starlink and T-Mobile “Special Temporary Authority” for direct-to-cell satellite service in North Carolina. Plus 23andMe suffered a data breach in December last year. How can you data have you with the service? And the latest Apple product predictions from Mark Gurman.

Starring Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Data Centers Are Energy Hogs - DTNS 4869 Oct 04, 2024

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Why are big tech companies talking about building power plants and what does nuclear energy have to do with it? Plus Automattic employees who disagreed with the handling of the WP Engine dispute were offered a severance package to leave the company. And Meta Unveils AI Video Generator and rolls out a redesign of Facebook for Gen-Z.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Molly Wood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Google's A.I. dvertising Strategy - DTNS 4868 Oct 03, 2024

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Google will begin rolling ads into AI Overview summaries and releasing a separate AI-organized pages, a tool that provides AI aggregated content related to search queries. Plus California’s governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2839 a bill which targets the distributors of political deep fakes into law. And two Harvard students demonstrated how smart glasses and facial recognition technology can dox people’s identities in real-time.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Epic Wants to Be Everywhere - DTNS 4867 Oct 02, 2024

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Will Epic’s reduced royalty rates for developers using the Unreal Engine pay off? Plus Charter cable will distribute Comcast’s Peacock to its cable TV customers at no extra charge. And Apple takes down Juno’s third-party YouTube app for the Vision Pro and the Switch emulator, Ryujinx, from the app store.

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

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Copilot's New Tricks - DTNS 4866 Oct 01, 2024

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We go through all the big new features and enhancements for Copilot that Microsoft announced today. Plus Serve Robotics is partnering with Wing Aviation to expand autonomous delivery options. And Google unveiled new voice options for Gemini plus new AI specific keys for Chromebooks.

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

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Samsung and Apple Smartphone Face-off - DTNS 4865 Sep 30, 2024

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PC Mag’s Iyaz Akhtar gives us a head to head comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Apple’s iPhone 16. Plus DirecTV has reached an agreement to acquire EchoStar’s TV business. And Epic has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google and Samsung, alleging a conspiracy against third-party app stores.

Starring Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang, Joe.

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