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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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NVIDIA is about to buy HuggingFace - DTNS 5341
And HuggingFace made a dancing robot duck.
Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao
Show notes found here.
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Meta Agrees to Change Its Ways, But Not Admit Guilt - DTNS 5340
Meta will change its teen policies for ten years, Bill Gates wants to tax AI and robots, and Xbox kicks off its disc-to-digital program.
Starrin...
Apple’s new Mac Mini and Mac Studio Are All About Local AI - DTNS 5339
Uber is giving parents of teens the ability to livestream video of the child's ride in real time, and Android 17 includes a new Motion Assist feature...
Netflix Wants to Manage Your Streaming Bill - DTNS 5338
Netflix might join Amazon and Apple in letting you add services. Plus, a humanoid robot runs faster than Usain Bolt and game preservationists plan a b...
Jet Lag from a Pilot’s POV - DTNS Weekend
Brian Hoffman joins us to talk about how pilots like himself deal with jet lag after decades of experience.
Featuring Tom Merritt and Brian Hoff...
Are Sails the Future of Cargo Shipping? - DTNS Weekend
Dr. Niki chats with Jim Ackermans, Naval engineer, about carbon footprint reduction in commercial shipping. What methods have promise and which ones m...
Google Throws a Bone to Publishers - DTNS 5337
A new feature aims to make it easier for news publishers to show up more often in AI overviews. Plus, ChatGPT can now access Apple Messages.
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Pixel 11 Series is More of the Same But is That Bad? - DTNS 5336
Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter is official bringing it one step closer to being the money manager for AI, and YouTube is reportedly incentivizing...
OpenAI Slows Down and Focuses on Safety - DTNS 5335
OpenAI published some details about its new safety precautions. Meanwhile, Amazon ups its drone delivery game, and Pew Research Center determines that...
Camera-Equipped AirPods Are Definitely Coming For Your Ears - DTNS 5334
YouTube changed how it tracks views to catch up with TikTok and Instagram hoping to make its metrics less confusing, and opening statements have begun...
Drones and Robots are Becoming Common Food Deliverers - DTNS 5333
Uber signs up Zipline drones and GrubHub contracts with Serve Robotics. PLus NVIDIA makes a less risky backing of OpenAI’s Ohio data center and whethe...
Your Definition of Technology is Too Narrow- DTNS Weekend
Dr. Niki takes us deep into the past to explore what ancient hand axes can tell us about human intelligence, technology, and the way our ancestors tho...
Are Third Party App Stores Too Hidden In The Play Store? - DTNS 5332
ChatGPT Computer History gathers how you use your computer for constant context within ChatGPT, and the CMF Clip Pro buds are getting favorable review...
The US Asks Private Companies to Hack Back - DTNS 5331
It’s a day of changing policies. US lets private companies hack back sometimes, Flock increases privacy controls, and Twitch lets you opt out of AI t...
The New Google Pixels are Pretty on the Inside - DTNS 5330
It’s what’s inside that counts. And with the new Pixels, that’s Gemini. Also, somebody tried to phish everyone using WiFi on a Delta flight.
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Anthropic is Introducing Text Watermarking… But How? - DTNS 5329
Lenovo's ThinkBook patent codenamed Project Swan will bring horizontal rollable displays to its laptop form factor, and Apple is reportedly splitting...
The First Third-Party App Store Arrives on Google Play - DTNS 5328
Google finally opens back up to a game store, meanwhile a vulnerability in UK military drones may not be as bad as it seems.
Starring Tom Merrit...
DTNS Weekend - The Science Behind the App That Beats Jet Lag
Dr. Niki helps us understand how TimeShifter can actually reduce your jet lag with solid science.
Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr. Nicole Ackermans...
OpenAI is Planning a Smart Doughnut - DTNS 5327
But will it have a hole? Also, Google open sources the solution to hurricane preparedness.
Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao
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Bose Releases Lighter QuietComfort Headphones That Bring Features from Ultra - DTNS 5326
It’s the first new Bose QuietComfort headphones in three years. Plus, Dolby Vision 2 comes to HiSense, a Samsung soundbar that doesn’t need a subwoofe...
More Agents Go Rogue, and It’s a Good Thing - DTNS 5325
Also, Sunbird is back for iMessage on Android and Disney+ wants TikTok users to post there.
Starring Tom Merritt, and Sarah Lane
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Project Helix Might Support the Full History of Xbox Games - DTNS 5324
Microsoft released details of a Hotel Wi-Fi attack capable of breaching 365 accounts, and OpenAI shares a collection of screenshots and emails to defe...
Apple Continues to Fight for Encryption in the UK - DTNS 5323
A court order indicates Apple continues to fight. Plus, new Googlebook laptops coming from Lenovo and expensive gaming laptops from Razer.
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DTNS July 2026 in Review
Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of July
Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.
Links to storied discuss...
Anthropic's Agents Escaped Their Sandbox Too... Sort Of - DTNS 5322
Sony says its reserved enough memory for all those PS5s it plans to sell this year with the release of GTA 6, and CipherX sells a mail-order permanent...
Amazon Zoox Just Cleared an Important Federal Bar for AVs - DTNS 5321
DJI's Osmo Pocket 4B is out but you might have a hard time getting it in the US, and Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 aims to be the Android OS for...
DoorDash Delivery Drones Are Coming With A Hot Pizza - DTNS 5320
Google is shutting down the DeepMind AlphaFold team and moving researchers into Gemini and Isomorphic Labs, and Hugging Face is one of four entities i...
Will You Lease Your Next iPhone With Apple Upgrade? - DTNS 5319
Motorola's new Android app called Indigenous Collections is all about the preservation of indigenous language and culture, and Model Context Protocol...
Claude Chats Leak Out onto the Internet - DTNS 5318
But it’s a weird search index quirk that’s causing it. Plus, a bellwether case about data rights at the US border.
Starring Tom Merritt and Robb...
Bans on Smart Glasses Mean Smart Glasses are HERE TO STAY - DTNS 5317
When you have to have a ComicCon policy for something, it’s mainstream. And everyone but OpenAI and Anthropic signs an open letter supporting open wei...
Google Unlocks The Power of the Selfie - DTNS 5316
Amazon Hopes that adding games will make Prime Video more sticky
Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.
Show notes can be found here.
How OpenAI Broke Containment and Hacked Hugging Face - DTNS 5315
You’d think they’d be mad, but Hugging Face has nothing but praise for OpenAI. Plus, Robb Dunewood joins us to break down the new Samsung Galaxy Folda...
How Garmin's Cirqa Smart Band Compares to Other Fitness Bands - DTNS 5314
Samsung has a new credit card that goes toe to toe to the Apple Card, and xMEMS announced a new fan-on-a-chip that's designed to keep heat down on sma...
How Should the US respond to China’s Latest AI Success - DTNS 5313
Kimi is the second coming of Deep Seek, and Hugging Face thinks the US needs to change how ti thinks about AI safety.
Starring Tom Merritt and R...
Honda is Getting Out of the EV Market in the US - DTNS 5312
Kimi K3 is a new frontier-level open-weights model from Moonshot AI out of China that gives properietary models a run for their money, and robotics re...
Suno Hacks Suggest How Deep Its Music Scraping Went - DTNS 5311
Vital Signals introduced a $399 smart ring that is meant to replace Blood Pressure Cuffs without a subscription fee attached, and 1Password says it is...
Samsung’s Foldable Display Tech Fixes the Crease (Mostly) - DTNS 5310
OpenAI's new Codex Micro keyboard is a $230 niche control center for ChatGPT agents, and Bloomberg says OnePlus is days away from announcing its exit...
Demis Hassabis Has a Watchdog Framework - DTNS 5309
Microsoft announced its finally removing promotional noise from the Windows 11 Search Box, and New York has become the first US state to place a morat...
Apple Sues OpenAI For Alleged Trade Secret Theft - DTNS 5308
More than 200 economists and tech leaders signed a “We Must Act Now” letter encouraging policymakers to understand and address the AI moment, and the...
JRPG: Gateway Games - DTNS 5308 Experiment Week
What games made them lifelong gamers? Jenn Cutter and Roger Chang revisit the six titles that started it all, from Roger's 8-bit classics King's Quest...