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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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Lighting AI Money on Fire - DTNS 4665 Dec 14, 2023

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At a Fortune AI conference CEO of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince commented “Most of the people… if they’re doing anything in AI, are effectively lighting money on fire.” in recognition of the difficulty of turning AI demos into usable products. Plus Dropbox turned on a new search feature powered by OpenAI and boy are people mad. And Threads launched in the European Union, adding a potential 448 million users to its platform.

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

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Brain Power Reapplied - DTNS 4664 Dec 13, 2023

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Google launches AI Studio, a webtool to allow developers to create chatbots and apps based on its new Gemini Pro LLM and a new medical focused LLMs under the name MedLM. Plus Apple is testing 'Stolen Device Protection’ , a feature coming to iOS 17.3 that can delay a thief’s ability to alter critical information on a phone. And Nature Electronics published a study which describes a “hybrid biocomputer” system called Brainoware that can identify voices with 78% accuracy.

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

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CRISP(ie)R Chicken - DTNS 4663 Dec 12, 2023

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A jury delivers its verdict in the Epic v. Google case. What was their verdict and will the impact be? Plus we go over the most downloaded iOS apps of 2023. And how did CRISPR gene editing help to breed a chicken resistant to the avian flu?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Dr. Nicole Ackermans, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Will Beeper Beat the System? - DTNS 4662 Dec 11, 2023

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What are your alternatives to TinyLetter, the free newsletter service that parent company Mailchimp is closing down? Rich has some suggestions. Plus we explain the latest with Beeper’s iMessage to Android service. And a roundup of the latest Apple news.

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe.

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You Deserve a Secure Product - DTNS 4661 Dec 08, 2023

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A key concept in cybersecurity is “secure by default” vs “secure by design”. But does it mean and how does it apply to your data security? Plus a recent Apple funded report has noted an increased frequency of cyberattacks which Apple believes is reason to expand the use of end-to-end encryption. And Instagram is rolling out its hashtag-less tag feature to Threads across the globe.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Mike Johnson, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Google Tries, to No Ai-vail - DTNS 4660 Dec 07, 2023

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Meta announced that Facebook Messenger chats and calls will be protected by end-to-end encryption by default. And Google announced the launch of its Google Podcasts to YouTube Music migration tool. Plus Justin shares his reasons why he thinks Google’s Gemini Ultra, Pro and Nano roll out is a sign of management failure.

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

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Release Any GTA and They Will Come - DTNS 4659 Dec 06, 2023

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Why are AAA games like GTA 6 ported to PC well after their release on game consoles? Scott explains. Plus Twitch will stop operations in South Korea starting February 27, 2024, due to high costs there. And Google launches its new Large Language Model Gemini which comes in three flavors; Gemini Ultra, Gemini Pro, and Gemini Nano.

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

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My Log Has a Video for You - DTNS 4658 Dec 05, 2023

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Gmail is getting a powerful update to its AI-powered spam detection in the service’s biggest security upgrade in years. And can iPhone/Android cross-platform messaging service Beeper succeed with its implementation where Sunbird crashed and burned?

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

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The Best Android Phones for 2023 - DTNS 4657 Dec 04, 2023

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Need to give a loved one a new Android phone but not sure what to get? Iyaz is here with his best 2023 Android phone picks. Plus We analyze a recent BBC article asking “Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk?”. And is Sony’s announcement that it will begin deleting Discovery shows from users libraries even if they’ve paid for them.

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

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Remotely Possible - DTNS 4656 Dec 01, 2023

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Ever since Open AI announced GPTs, chat agents that developers can use on their platforms developers have made a lot of these. Tristan Jutras takes through some of the more outlandish examples of people flexing their creative GPT muscles. Plus, is the push to force workers back to the office dead? One Stanford professor thinks so. And Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that Microsoft is talking to partners about launching an Xbox Mobile store.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tristan Jutras, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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