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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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Borderlands Goes Hollywood – DTNS 4827 Aug 07, 2024

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Reddit plans to experiment with search result summaries generated by Large Language Models. CrowdStrike details what caused the Falcon Sensor bug to crash Windows machines around the world. And the Borderlands movie releases in the US this Friday. Is this a sign that the game has made it, or are movie adaptations an unneeded distraction?

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

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Verdict That Might Reshape Google - DTNS 4826 Aug 06, 2024

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Google announces the TV Streamer, a replacement for the 11-year old Chromecast device. Plus we have the latest on Uber's autonomous car ride-hailing service. And what does Google loss in the DOJ’s big monopoly trial over search business mean for the company?

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

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Is the AI Tech Bubble Popping? - DTNS 4825 Aug 05, 2024

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As Nvidia runs into delays producing its next-gen Blackwell B200 chips and startup AI chip competitor Groq lands new funding some investors are questioning if generative AI is really ready for primetime. Plus OpenAI is looking into watermarking content produced by ChatGPT and we pick our favorite new tech product from the headlines.

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

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Leaks are Free Publicity - DTNS 4824 Aug 02, 2024

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Details about Google’s new Pixel phones and watch have already leaked. What do we know about the Pixel 9 hardware and why does Google have so many leaks? Plus Suno has admitted its generative music AI model was trained on copyrighted songs scraped from the Internet but that it’s protected under fair-use. And we take a look at Apple’s Q3 earnings report.

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

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Censorship Wolves In "Save the kids" Clothing - DTNS 4823 Aug 01, 2024

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The Kids Online Safety Act or KOSA, and the Children Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) has been passed by the US Senate. What’s in these two bills and what do they mean for online platforms that target teens and youth? Plus Reddit CEO Steve Huffman wants Microsoft and others to pay to scrape data from the site. And Google introduces new Gemini-powered tools for Chrome desktop like Lens for desktop, natural language integration for search history and more!

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

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A Dead Digital Store Library is Needed - DTNS 4822 Jul 31, 2024

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Why are Xbox sales dropping and is it intentional? How can you keep your games when the digital store that sells them closes up? Plus can an AI powered pendant keep you from feeling lonely. And Intel and Ryzen release their CoPilot+ ready processors.

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

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Apple RCS Gets Down to Business - DTNS 4821 Jul 30, 2024

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Apple bringing RCS to iPhone with iOS 18 is a win for folks who send cross-platform messages. But how will businesses benefit? Brett Rounsaville is here to explain. Plus Amazon expands its Fast Delivery service into rural areas. And neurotech startup Synchron revealed it’s successfully interfaced its brain implant to the Apple Vision Pro.

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

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Apple’s AI Hold-Up - DTNS 4820 Jul 29, 2024

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Apple delayed the roll out of its Apple Intelligence until iOS 18.1 update in October. Plus Synology’s BeeStation hopes to streamline the data backup process for users who don’t want to be a part-time sysadmin. And Microsoft reveals more details about the CrowdStrike crash.

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

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How Buggy is YOUR Website? - DTNS 4819 Jul 26, 2024

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Wil Harris is here to explain how he cleared out the bugs from his latest website update. Plus will OpenAI’s SearchGPT be the search tool to unthrone Google’s reign? And how is X using your data to train its Chatbot Grok?

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

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The Laws of AI Coming Soon - DTNS 4818 Jul 25, 2024

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Elon Musk is asking Tesla shareholders to invest $5 billion into his newest startup, xAI. Meta’s Oversight board deems the company’s rules are “not sufficiently clear” in preventing sexually explicit AI-generated images of real people, calling for changes.

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

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