Daily Tech News Show

Plus, Huawei goes wide with its foldable, and some surprising news about the development of the AI industry. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Niki takes a look at how unmanned aerial vehicles, and sometimes on land and sea too, have helped advance scientific research. Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr Nicole Ackermans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And Google makes encrypted emails much easier to deal with.  Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, YouTube lets you make an avatar of yourself, and Andy Beach tells us about the first newsroom strike over AI. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach. Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And why so many competing tech companies cooperating is actually quite scary. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Humans aboard Artemis II just flew farther from Earth than any human before, and Motorola launched the Moto G Stylus 2026 with an active, embedded stylus for $499. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And say hello to the Moon, and OpenAI lobbying. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So why is Andy Beach still worried? Tom talks over the real things to worry about with US AI regulation. Featuring Tom Merritt and Andy Beach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reddit is officially done with the r/all feed for its users, and Google Gemma 4 is a massive and truly open model family that can run on a laptop and a Raspberry Pi. Starring  Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While on Earth, Microsoft realizes it needs more data centers, and ByteDance moves into the video generation space. Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, Google wants to whoop Whoop at wearables and Q-Day gets closer. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta adds two new Ray-Ban frames meant to make them more prescription-lens friendly, and Samsung’s new app plays ultra-low frequencies into most earbuds to help reduce motion sickness. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it smart for Apple to let you choose your LLM? Plus, is it time to stop forgiving Windows? Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of March.  Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gina Sapsted at the Flat Raffle ( https://theflatraffle.com/# ) joins us to talk about how she’s selling her London flat on Raffall (https://raffall.com/). Like crowdfunding but for selling your stuff. Also Gina gave us a promo code 'DTNS' that gives you 2 bonus tickets and will apply until the competition finishes! Featuring Tom Merritt and Gina Sapsted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Anthropic leaks details on a powerful model that aims to beat Opus called Claude Mythos, and the Sony PS5 is about to get a lot more expensive. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What the court case in Los Angeles indicates about the fate of social media companies. And Nintendo raises the price of physical media. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, making supercapacitors from bourbon leftovers. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Andy Beach. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthropic Claude Code can now control the computer in claw-like fashion, and Apple Maps is about to get sponsored results inside its maps. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, the best prompts for chatbot users, new and old. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Google will add a 24-hour delay for users sideloading unauthorized apps, and Chris Ashley tells us why Counter-Strike 2 players are upset with a seemingly small update. Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Chris Ashley. Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says modern smartphone apps will be replaced with agentic actions under the hood, and Uber taps Rivian for a big robotaxi roll-out in San Francisco and Miami by 2028. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, the Pentagon fires back against Anthropic, and Google helps identify more iOS malware.  Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why improved lighting in games has received a lot of hate, plus, you can now run Doom on the human brain. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IFixit has expressed cries of joy over Apple's drift towards repairability. And the war in Iran might drive chip prices even higher.  Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.