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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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VR Right Under Our Noses - DTNS 4523 May 18, 2023

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Smell-o-vision makes a return, this time in VR? And the SCOTUS issues its ruling on two cases that could affect Section 230. We go over the rulings and what it means. And we discuss the startup Sightful that’s announced the Spacetop device, described as an “augmented reality laptop” which uses AR glasses in place of a real screen.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Dr. Niki Ackermans, Roger Chang, Joe.

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One Uber to Move Them All - DTNS 4522 May 17, 2023

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Allison shares her thoughts on Tesla’s latest “full self-driving beta 11”. Amazon announced new Echo devices. And we explore all the product announcements from this year’s Uber GO-GET event.

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

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Stop treating AI like it's human - DTNS 4521 May 16, 2023

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We take a look at the new accessibility features Apple previewed today including Personal Voice and Assistive Access. Vancouver based “Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporate” announced a bipedal robot called “Phoenix”. And Neil Saunders a senior lecturer in maths at the University of Greenwich has written a piece on The Conversation saying people need to stop anthropomorphizing AI and stop treating it like it’s human.

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

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Meet 1-900-Chatbot - DTNS 4520 May 15, 2023

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Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin announced a new TV startup called Telly where they’re giving away 500,000 TVs for free. Each set contains an always-on secondary 9-inch screen beneath its soundbar, which shows a variety of widgets and ads. The Wall Street Journal’s Kate King has a story called “Online-Only Startups Adopt a Bold New Strategy: Opening Actual Shops”. Is the future of online retail in its past? Caryn Marjorie has launched a chatbot version of herself where fans can talk to it for $1 a minute.

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

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Linda Yaccarino, The Xpert - DTNS 4519 May 12, 2023

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Would you pay more for a generative AI chatbot that could process more user input at time? We discuss how Google’s open-source AI tool allowed a gamer to play the Dreamcast game Rez using only his face. And Twitter’s Elon Musk has chosen NBCUniversal’s head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino to head the social media platform.

Starring Tom Merritt, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe.

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The ASUS ROG Ally is Whelming - DTNS 4518 May 11, 2023

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Is Disney Plus in subscriber free fall? What’s Fairphone’s latest repairable tech for consumers? And is the ROG Ally worth the hype or is it just another minor step in mobile gaming?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Amos, Joe.

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Google Is Bringing You Into The Fold - DTNS 4517 May 10, 2023

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Anthropic announces “Constitutional AI” to help train artificial intelligence without the need for human-intensive training, and Google takes the stage to announce new tools, APIs, and LLM innovations.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Amos, Joe.

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Human, This is a Wendy's - DTNS 4516 May 09, 2023

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What is spatial audio and is worth upgrading your entertainment audio setup for it? Plus Amazon launched “Amazon Anywhere”. A service that could let you buy physical goods from within AR, VR and video games. And Ohio State University about an algorithm that can use the signals from multiple low-earth orbit satellites to determine location.

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

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Streaming Causing Screaming - DTNS 4515 May 08, 2023

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Even as generative AI tools like ChatGPT become normalized the various security, ethical and moral issues surrounding them still grab headlines. IMGUR announced April 19th that it has new terms of service coming into effect May 15th, and it will then remove all “nudity, pornography, & sexually explicit content” from its platform. And Fast Company’s Jesus Diaz posted a story called “From Netflix to HBO, the terrible design of streaming is ruining TV”.

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

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Does Apple Need an AI Strategy - DTNS 4514 May 05, 2023

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We go through Apple’s quarterly earnings report and analyze what Tim Cook had to say about the company's operations during an interview with CNBC. French developer Vignesh Tarar has created a search tool that will index your pick of websites to create a custom search engine at usegrasp.com. We share our expectations of what will be announced and shown at next week’s Google I/O conference.

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

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