Daily Tech News Show

Chance the Hacker, ZoeBringsBacon, Cleveland Climber and Shelia join Tom and Sarah on our annual listener co-host show! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Counterpoint Research reports that the iPhone XR is the top selling smartphone for the 4th consecutive quarter, the Washington Post reports on startups that use Bluetooth and WiFi to track college students, and the hacking group APT20 is getting around 2FA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DTNS from the past as the gang revisits Friday Dec 18th, 2009 to share and discuss that day's most important tech news. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special episode of DTNS we host the final "Live With It" for 2019. Sarah shares her experience with FitBit's Versa 2 fitness tracker. This show is audio only. There is no video version. Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lasers are making some noise, how can NBC differentiate their streaming service, and Apple in SPACE! Starring Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, and Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A leaked dataset from a location data company revealed the movements of 12M+ Americans with 50B location pings across major cities between 2016 and 2017. Should we be concerned and if so what should be do about it? Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Shannon Morse, Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ars Technica’s Timothy Lee has an article detailing how he created a semi-realistic deepfake. What did Tim learn about the process and lessons can take away from his experience? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We give up our holiday tech-gift recommendations. Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Rich Stroffolino, Amos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How is plastic surgery and social media creating a new synthetic idealized vision of beauty, fooling facial recognition systems with face masks, and how delivery drivers in Mexico are using Google Maps and WhatsApp to stay safe. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Week in Science's Blair Bazdarich explains how low-cost consumer quad-copter drones can help save Hippos and their habitat. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Blair Bazdarich, Len Peralta Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple News will be hosting the next four DNC Presidential debates. Is this significant for Apple News and if so what will it mean for future Presidential debate coverage? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the company will fund an independent project called Bluesky to develop an “open and decentralized standard for social media.” Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In letters sent to US Attorney General Bill Barr and UK and Australian leaders Facebook has stated it will not remove encryption from WhatsApp. What exactly were those governments looking for in encryption and what does it mean for the end user? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How two of the poorest counties in Kentucky became revitalized with the introduction of fiber internet. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How securing environments just gets more and more complicated over time, but the reality is the basic security issues (e.g., known vulnerabilities) is what is most commonly the fail point. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, David Spark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are flagship phones falling out of favor and will mid-range phones take their place in the marketplace? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tuesday Alphabet announced that Google co-founders Larry page and Sergey Brin will step away from their duties as CEO and President and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take on the additional role of CEO of Alphabet. Is this a sign of rougher waters for Google and Alphabet or just the normal evolution of the company? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Adi Robertson has a thoughtful article on The Verge today called "How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online." We break down the recommendations and add our own suggestions. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds joins us to explain how the blurring of the lines between VFX in movies and fully rendered CGI cutscenes can lead to audience detachment from the content. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Chris Mancini. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LG Electronics announces a change in CEO following its earnings report, the EU data regulator sanctions the EU parliament, and researchers demonstrate using undersea fiber optic cables as seismographs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twitter confirms it's testing threaded messages on Twitter.com with a potential release in 2020, TikTok unblocks account and apologies to teen with viral video critical of Chinese policy, and a US District Judge rules users impacted by Facebook's 2018 data breach can sue as a class, but not for damages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the second year Mozilla has published its "Privacy not included gift guide" rating gifts on a scale of Not creepy, a little creepy, somewhat creepy, very creepy and super creepy. For instance, Facebook Portal is super creepy, the Nintendo Switch, not creepy. We take a look at this gift guide and share out thoughts on effectiveness of it. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Joh...

As the gift buying season enters full swing we share our tips making sure you're online shopping experience is safe and secure. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robb Dunewood shares his reasons why he went to team Dell XPS after showing significant interest in Apple's newest MacBook Pro. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Robb Dunewood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trisha Hershberger joins us with a gamer's guide to gift giving for the holiday season! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, Trisha Hershberger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.