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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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Unfolding Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - DTNS 4569 Jul 26, 2023

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Samsung announced several new foldable phones, tablets and smart watches. We dive into the details with Android Faithful’s Huyen Tue Dao. Plus to get Twitter’s rebranding to X they needed to buy the Twitter handle from an existing user. And Mastodon hits the big leagues after the FBI seized a suspect’s equipment including a machine being used to troubleshoot a Mastodon instance.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Huyen Tue Dao, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Apple TV Gets Messi - DTNS 4568 Jul 25, 2023

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How will Apple’s streaming service benefit from popular soccer star Lionel Messi’s exclusive deal with Major League Soccer? Netflix will replace its downloads tab with “My Netflix” which it describes as a “one-stop shop tailored to you.” Wall Street Journal reports TikTok wants to launch an e-commerce business in the US in early August.

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

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X-ing Out the Bird - DTNS 4567 Jul 24, 2023

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s is rolling out Worldcoin, a way to provide identity validation with focus on “distinguishing humans from AI online.” We discuss The Verge’s Allison Johnson’s article called “Flip phones are having a moment — and all eyes are on Samsung now.” TikTok entered the microblogging competition, with a new text option alongside photo and video. So at this point is it safe to say that Twitter is no longer focused on this part of its service?

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

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Glorbo for President, 2024 - DTNS 4556 Jul 21, 2023

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AI is disrupting a lot of industries but will it also disrupt your paycheck? The Information reports that Meta told Quest Pro suppliers it would not need new components. Is this an early sign that VR is dying? Do couples who engage in “phone snubbing”—the act of cutting off conversations with others IRL using text or messaging instead, have a less fulfilling relationship?

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

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She's Got the Whole Foods in Her Palm - DTNS 4565 Jul 20, 2023

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The UK government is looking to update its 2016 Investigatory Powers Act that would require companies to comply immediately if the UK’s Home Office demands technology companies disable security features before shipping them to consumers. Amazon says it’s bringing its Amazon One palm recognition technology to all of its 500 + Whole Foods stores in the US. In Netflix’s latest quarterly earnings, the company saw its second straight quarter of subscriber growth, up 5.9 million worldwide to 238.4 million.

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

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Humans Stealing NPC Jobs - DTNS 4564 Jul 19, 2023

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Why are TikTokers acting like NPCs in a video game? Netflix has removed the basic plan in the U.S. and the U.K. And we have the latest on the soap-opera that is the Microsoft-Activision acquisition.

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

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The AI Goat - DTNS 4563 Jul 18, 2023

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How can chatbots replace human subjects in scientific research? Microsoft announced details on some new chatbot features coming to Microsoft 365 business users. And are people warming to “Apple’s Most Hated Product.” Apple Maps?

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

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Sony Answers The Call of Duty - DTNS 4562 Jul 17, 2023

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Sony agrees to keep all of Duty available for PlayStation for 10 years after the Microsoft Blizzard acquisition closes. A Financial Times report found that the .mil domain used by the US military often gets typo’d as .ml the country code domain for the West African country Mali possible to data leaks. And TechRadar's Christian Guyton cites several users claiming that ChatGPT output quality decreased since switching to OpenAI’s GPT-4 model.

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

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How Impressive Are You on Twitter? - DTNS 4561 Jul 14, 2023

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What's the deal with carmakers signing deals to use Tesla's SuperCharger network? Twitter has begun compensating some of its popular creators with a share of ad revenue from ads served in tweet replies. Will this be enough to turn the company around? And is Dutch ebike maker VanMoof approach to the market a little too smart for its own good?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Bodie Grimm, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Lighting Up Tim's Garage - DTNS 4560 Jul 13, 2023

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Rolls-Royce introduces the first EV in its 150 year history, the Spectre. Tom’s Hardware notes that the IEEE has added the 802.11bb standard for light-based wireless communication. Yep. LI-FI. And Chatbots face a rocky road as new obstacles cloud their advancement.

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

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