Daily Tech News Show

First it was canned audio played over loudspeakers now its virtual fans in the stands. How is the technology that powers video games making virtual audiences for live games? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Andy Ihnatko, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Intel’s next-gen 7nm chips are delayed until at least 2022 and it would consider farming out more work to outside semiconductor foundries, eroding a founding principle that manufacturing is key to its success. What's ailing Intel and what do they need to do to turn it around? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acas...

On an investor, CEO Jack Dorsey said the company is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including a potential subscription model. TikTok announced a new $200 million creators fund to support US creators who “are seeking opportunities to foster a livelihood” on the app. Bloomberg reports Nvidia approached SoftBank about a potentially acquiring ARM. Starring Sarah Lane,...

Crowd noise is being piped into stadiums for sports played without fans using foley from video game companies like EA sports and Sony Interactive. With life now seemingly imitating video games where do we go from there? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Xbox's Phil Spencer is pushing for developers to make their games cross compatible across Xbox One, PC and xCloud including the first slew of titles for the upcoming Xbox Series X next-gen console. Will Microsoft pursuit of non-platform specific titles help or hurt the Xbox Series X chances against Sony's PS5? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the S...

Unwanted and inappropriate sexting is an all too common problem. Katelyn Bowden, CEO of Badassarmy, with some advice on how to navigate the issue Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Katelyn Bowden, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's World Emoji Day and Google and Apple revealed their versions of the 117 new emoji coming later this year as part of Unicode's emoji 13.0 update. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter was the subject of a major hack compromising the accounts of high profile accounts including Bill Gates, President Obama, and Elon Musk. What was behind the activity and what are the ramifications. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook are revising their estimates for their VR hardware upwards and Sony is ramping up production of their upcoming PS5 console. Are these moves based on hard numbers or generous assumptions? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can a skinny minimalist robot that resembles a coat rack be the future of robots in the home? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tik Tok faces new scrutiny as companies and political parties urge employees and members to delete the app from their personal Android or iOS devices due to security concerns. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane,Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deepfakes often feature in contentious debates regarding news and the dissemination of information. But exactly is a deepfake and how should society approach the issue in an informed manner? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Alyssa Miller, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can your operation do to keep its data secure? We examine the key elements of infosec every business needs to know. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Allan Alford, Mike Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With an increase in the number of people working from home securing your home data infrastructure has never been more urgent. Seth Rosenblatt from The Parallax breaks down the things you need to know to ensure your telecommute is as secure as possible. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Seth Rosenblatt, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

There's a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt about malicious attackers hacking the power grid, the water system and other industrial systems. What does it take to secure those facilities and who's responsible? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Keirsten Brager, Roger Chang, Joe Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite what movies tell us, the number one way thieves and hackers access our bank accounts, credit information and other sensitive data is through socially engineering. Infosec engineer, Stephanie Ihezukwu, is here to explain ways to know you're socially engineered. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Stephanie Ihezukwu, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

A consortium led by the UK government purchases the satellite operator OneWeb, Reliance Jio Platforms launches JioMeet, and EU regulators are looking into Google's acquisition of FitBit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As over 500 join in a boycott of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg stated there would be no change in company policy telling staff he believes that advertisers will return to the platform eventually. Is he right or just blind to obvious discontent from users and advertisers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Swiss decentralized computing company Dfinity announced its Internet Computer is now open for third-party developers to build serverless apps that do not need a host to run from the cloud. Internet Computer runs across multiple independent data centers not in server farms controlled by a single company like Amazon or Google. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Sho...

Discord posted Tuesday that it will shift its focus from video game communication to broader community creation. What's behind the shift and what are Discord's goals? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang and Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disney Research scientists and ETH Zurich published a paper on a neural-network based method for swapping faces in photos and video at a resolution high enough for use in film and TV Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Anthony Carboni, Roger Chang and Joe Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft shuts down its retail stores, verizon and Unilever join the move to pull ad money from facebook and the best TV projectors for watching in your garden. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robert Heron, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos Link to show notes here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon launches a crime-fighting unit, Goldman Sachs won't let you use their font to criticize them and Google offers to pay publishers. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos. Link to show notes here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon wants to compete with cable TV, the scoop on whether giving up your phone passcode is self-incrimination and the first mistaken arrest involving facial recognition. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang. Link to show notes here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Beja weighs in on Apple's WWDC announcements. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang, Amos. Link to show notes here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.