Daily Tech News Show

We go in detail on the reasons why chip shortages will exist until next year. IBM announced its 127 qubit Eagle quantum chip, and Apple announced residents in eight US states to store digital state IDs and driver’s license. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Stephanie Humphre, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the first edition of the DTNS Science News Monthly. Science correspondent Dr. Niki Ackermans covered who won the Nobel prizes in science, as well as the winners of the IgNobel prizes. She also talked about the first planet located outside our galaxy and new research about what goes in a whale and what comes out the other side. She also discusses the latest work in brain mapping and go...

We explore the coming conflict of quantum computing and blockchain cryptocurrencies, plus we find out what happened to Movie Pass and learn about Patreon’s plan to host and deliver video. Starring Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google will expand the Sleep Sensing features on the second-gen Nest Hub that uses a motions Ensor to monitor your sleep patterns. We cover the latest events in the Epic vs Apple lawsuit. Google loses its appeal against a 2.42 billion Euro fine leveled by the EC in 2017 for abusing its monopoly on search. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . H...

We lay out all the things Nvidia announced at its GPU Technology Conference including new AI avatars, the 3D virtual world simulation and collaboration platform Omniverse, and the NeMo Megatron, the company’s open source large language model platform. Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can an EV with solar cells on the roof compelling enough for the market, we discuss the state of SES battery technology, ponder the tax implications of selling your gaming NFTs and explain what WhatsApp began rolling out multi-device support as a default feature could mean for you. Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

DTNS Gaming News Monthly brings you the month’s biggest gaming news in approximately 15 minutes. Blizzard cancels BlizzConline then delays Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 amid more studio departures, hackers leak 125GB of Twitch.tv data, and Steam bans NFT games while Epic entertains the idea. Hosted by Jenn Cutter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can robots get along with other robots? Apple’s chip roadmap signals a shift to a 3nm process. And how FinTech’s might be building super apps of their own to compete with messaging and social media apps that let you make payments. Starring Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Benchmarks for Intel’s Alder Lake processors are in and boy do they look good! Meta is looking for alternative ways to generate profits outside of ad revenue and Qualcomm thinks supply-chain issues for its chips will abate by this Christmas and Danish shipping firm wants to compete against Amazon’s shipping services. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Not...

Nvidia is making a hard play for cloud based video gaming. Sean Hollister from the Verge shares his hands-on review with the game streaming service and it stacks up to Google’s Stadia. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Sean Hollister, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft Ignite starts up this week and we go over all the updates and service announcements from the Redmond based company. VP of Alex explains why he wants you to talk to your Echo smart speaker less. And is there really something to Facebook’s Metaverse concept? Starring Tom Merritt, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

We talk to CNET Roadshow’s Editor-In-Chief Tim Stevens about the impact supply-chain constraints are having on EV production and what it means for consumers in the market for an EV. Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Tim Stevens, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We examine all the press analysis on Facebook’s name change to Meta. We get some interesting insights from WSJ’s Joanna Stern interviews with Apple executives on design choices for the new MacBook Pro. And we speculate why Microsoft has acquired a content moderation company called Two Hat. Starring Tom Merritt, Lamarr Wilson, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast....

We examine why big tech companies are growing slowly while smaller more recent startups are doing the opposite, how Apple’s ad tracking policy is hitting some companies bottom line and the ongoing effects that chip shortages are having on the industry. Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Intel announces Alderlake processors releasing this year, Casey Newton suggests more context is needed regarding the Facebook Papers released by Francis Haugen, and Adobe Max has released details on new AI powered features for video. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get a first-hand review of Android 12 and Google’s new Pixel 6 Pro smartphone. Amazon is building a new app codenamed “Project Mic”. It would let anyone make and distribute a live radio show, including music pulled from Amazon’s catalog. Lennar Corporation is partnering with a startup called Icon to build a community of 100 3D-printed homes near Austin, Texas. Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffo...

We examine the policy and management decisions revealed in documents released by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Mastercard announced a deal with the cryptocurrency firm Bakkt to provide crypto options for merchants and banks on its payment network. And Hertz, the rental car service, will buy a 100,000 Tesla Model 3s for its rental fleet. Starring Tom Merritt, Allison Sheridan, Roger Chang,...

We examine the long and short term prospects for Intel after their recent financial statements. NFTs go pop culture. Wired’s Brian Barrett has an article called “I Used Facebook Without the Algorithm, and You Can Too”. We examine how effective Barrett’s tips are. Starring Tom Merritt, Chris Ashley, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

A startup called Spotz.ai will use computer vision and machine learning to solve the random ad problem that plagues services that stream movies and video content without natural commercial ad breaks. Sam Altman the CEO of OpenAI is starting a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin that will issue free cryptocurrency if you can verify your account with an iris scan with a little metal ball they send you....

The Verge’s sources say Facebook plans to announce a company name change next week. Alphabet’s Wing company has expanded its drone delivery business into Texas. Finally we give details into this week’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google takes the wraps off the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones. Higher performance, new features and new colors we take a look at what Google’s latest smartphones bring to the table. Facebook is introducing a mobile 10.1-inch smart display called the Facebook Portal Go and Fisher Price is putting out a version of its Chatter play telephone that can pair with Android and iOS. Starring Tom Merrit...

Apple reveals two new M1 chips; the M1 Pro and M1 Max. See how these new SoC processors stack up to the original M1 and the new MacBook models that will feature them. Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Nica Montford, Terrance Gaines, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tesla launched an auto insurance product in Texas that uses “real-time driving behavior” that it will use “to evaluate your premium based on your actual driving.” Apple employees are organizing under the name Apple Too, to collect stories of workers who have experienced harassment or discrimination. Tuesday, a reported with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state of Missouri that social secu...

Facebook announced a research project called Ego4D, to improve AI analysis of first-person, video. Sony knows it’s not going to be able to make enough PS5s to meet demand so it’s started a registration where US PSN users can sign up for the opportunity to buy a PS5. US Senators Chuck Grassley, Amy Klobuchar, Lindsey Graham and Richard Durbin, have backed a bill Thursday that would prohibit tech pl...

Reddit launched a new feature called “Predictions”, a spinoff of Reddit Polls that have become popular in subreddits. The Amazon India private-brands team secretly exploited internal data from Amazon.in to copy products and then offered knock-off versions on the platform. And Wall Street Journal sources say Apple is looking at using Airpods as a health device. Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino...