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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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Remember Jan Pocalypse? - DTNS 4638 Nov 02, 2023

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What do the latest earnings calls from chipmaker mean for the PC market and longer term will the growing popularity of AI help the industry? And can two former Google Nest engineers disrupt the robotic vacuum market? Plus Comcast is ready to let go of Hulu, but Disney still needs to agree to a price.

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

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Will Bungie Bounce Back? - DTNS 4637 Nov 01, 2023

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Sony-owned Bungie laid off around 100 people. What does it mean for the Destiny game and what does it say about the health of the industry? And YouTube has launched its ad-blocker prevention efforts worldwide. Plus which types of searches generated the most ad revenue for Google?

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

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Streaming is a Horror - DTNS 4636 Oct 31, 2023

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Charlotte Henry helps us understand how streaming is creating a boom in horror flicks. Plus Apple announced its new M3 SoC and new pricing on its MacBook's. And an Alliance of countries have banded together to say no to paying ransom to cyber-criminals.

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

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AI Defense is Ramping Up - DTNS 4635 Oct 30, 2023

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Meta’s ad-free subscription version of Facebook and Instagram will be available in the EU, the EEA, and Switzerland starting next month. Google has announced research into audio plethysmography that uses the hardware for active noise canceling to sense heart rate. And US president Joe Biden has issued an executive order directing federal agencies to develop safety guidelines around generative AI.

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

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Tech News Near Me - DTNS 4634 Oct 27, 2023

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Tasia Custode is here to give us a first hand review of Pixel 8 Pro’s A.I. features. And the UN created a 39-member advisory board to act as a bridge between various UN efforts for the international governance of AI. Plus we detail out all of the announced changes Google is bringing to Google Maps.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tasia Custode, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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What Did Twitch Reveal At TwitchCon? - DTNS 4633 Oct 26, 2023

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Trisha breaks down all of Twitch’s announcements from this past weekend’s TwitchCon in Las Vegas. And Music Business Worldwide reports Spotify will make changes to its royalty payout model starting next year. Plus we analyze Meta’s third-quarter earnings.

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

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That Fork is Doing the Weird Finger Thing - DTNS 4632 Oct 25, 2023

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Sony plans on shipping its PS5 slim in both an optical disc drive and without one. What’s the logic behind this decision and does it really matter? Plus, Amazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers that offer an easy way for those advertisers to create backgrounds or scenes. And Qualcomm details its new chip lines, as it faces increased competition from in-house designs like Apple’s M1.

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

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No Baby in a Backpack Yet - DTNS 4631 Oct 24, 2023

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Artificial wombs. What are they and what role will they play in health care? Plus Ben Zhao, a professor at the University of Chicago, has created a tool called Nightshade that lets creators fight back by “poisoning” their works to prevent LLM models from training on it without permission. And is POSSE, Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere, the solution to decentralizing the social media space.

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

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Everyone is on Board, So What's the Matter? - DTNS 4630 Oct 23, 2023

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Matter 1.2 is here and we explain what it is and why it matters to your IoT network. And in a bid to open up municipal broadband markets around the US, SiFi will spend $500 million to build an open access fiber network at no cost to taxpayers. Plus we discuss all the ways companies are investing in AI integration.

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

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Robots Teaching Robots – It’s a Thing – DTNS 4629 Oct 20, 2023

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Molly Wood explains one company is looking to decarbonise LA before the 2028 Olympic Games. We explore Tesla’s latest earning results. And we share the latest efforts to speed up AI training.

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

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