Tom Merritt

Daily Tech News Show

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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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Tom Merritt

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Cash Warfare - DTNS 3507 10.04.2019 31:20

Amazon execs have stated their GO stores will accept cash payments to address discrimination concerns. How will it work and does it conflict with the purpose of the cashier-less stores? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You Say LED, I Say LED - DTNS 3506 09.04.2019 32:31

Australia green lights deliveries by drone, Ming-Chi Kuo believes Apple will release a 31.6-inch 6K external display in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2019, and Facebook maps the population density of Africa. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TikTok, Ya Don't Stop - DTNS 3505 08.04.2019 30:58

Vlad Savov from the Verge joins us to share his review of Huawei's P30 Pro and why its a shame its not available in the US. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Vlad Savov. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Decentralized Central Bank – DTNS 3504 05.04.2019 33:13

Laura Shin host of the Unchained Podcast is on the show to talk about the state of Blockchain technology and gives us an overview of the Decentralized Finance movement. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Laura Shin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Improving Digital Literacy - DTNS 3503 04.04.2019 31:57

A recent BuzzFeed News article argues that seniors will irrevocably alter the internet as their numbers grow and they become the targets of misinformation and partisan rhetoric. Is this inevitable or a misreading of the facts? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Content Aware Phil - DTNS 3502 03.04.2019 32:40

Adobe makes After Effects content-aware to help simplify and speed up compositing and FX editing, who can claim to be the first location with 5G service and can Machine Learning grow the perfect basil?  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Complicated Cucumber Cutting – DTNS 3501 02.04.2019 30:01

Is Google hammering consumer trust in its constant shutdown of various services like Google+, support for IFTT, and Goo.gl URL shortener. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook Turning Over A New Tree – DTNS 3500 01.04.2019 30:29

Cloudflare integrates Warp VPN, Mark Zuckerberg writes a weekend Op-Ed, and Google reports on Android security. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whoops, I’m a Game Company – DTNS 3499 29.03.2019 30:29

We explore how tech giants like Google, Apple, FB and Tencent have become unintentional game companies and the challenges they impose on incumbent players. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Rob DeMillo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Untitled EpisoLooking Out the Back Door! – DTNS 3498 28.03.2019 30:41

Controversial Chinese tech company Huawei has seen its international fortunes ebb and flow as governments decide whether to allow access their markets and communications infrastructure. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Down With April Fools! – DTNS 3497 27.03.2019 31:53

An internal memo from Microsoft’s Marketing Head asks teams not to do any public-facing April’s Fool stunts. Is this is a shift in tech’s attitude towards the day or a sign tech culture is getting more buttoned down? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EU says "Do good stuff, don't so bad stuff!" - DTNS 3496 26.03.2019 29:53

The EU Parliament has passed the controversial Copyright Directive. What does this piece of legislation mean for internet users and how will it impact businesses? Plus a closer look at Apple's Arcade. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple+ Your Wallet - DTNS 3495 25.03.2019 30:14

Kaspersky Labs finds new Asus backdoor, Airbnb climb the hotel charts, and Apple announces new "Plus" services. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Allison Sheridan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Google's Stream Come True? - DTNS 3494 22.03.2019 32:07

Game streaming as a service was major topic at this years GDC. What does it mean for the videogaming landscape and will gamers benefit? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, and Trisha Hershberger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Internet is In Revolt - DTNS 3493 21.03.2019 32:13

As the EU inches closer to a vote on the Copyright Directive European Wikipedia sites have gone dark in protest, Facebook confirmed it kept logins and passwords for hundreds of millions users in plain text in some cases for almost seven years, and the NYT reports Apple has made a deal with the WSJ for its news and services. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang. Hos...

Epic's Epic Games Announcement - DTNS 3492 20.03.2019 30:28

We unpack all the details from Epic Games's announcements on Day 2 of GDC. Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ask Google If Stadia is Right For You – DTNS 3491 19.03.2019 29:24

Google unveiled Stadia its streaming game service at GDC. This adds another player to the increasingly crowded and competitive game as a streaming service marketplace. How does it stack up to the competition? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DTNS INTERVIEW - Jack Conte on new Patreon plans 19.03.2019 33:03

Patreon Founder and CEO Jack Conte talks with Tom Merritt about why Patreon is changing its creator plans. Patreon will be hosting live Q&As throughout the week. The schedule can be found at https://specialeditionhangtime.splashthat.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Myspace Misplaced My Mixtape! - DTNS 3490 18.03.2019 30:15

Apple updates iPads, MySpace loses your media, and where your online money really goes. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We stand with New Zealand - DTNS 3489 15.03.2019 29:58

After a tragic mass shooting in Christchurch NZ questions are raised about social media's ability and responsibility to curtail the spread of disturbing livestream video. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, and Patrick Norton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monopsonizing Attention Spans - DTNS 3488 14.03.2019 31:25

Wired posts an article where the author argues Amazon isn't anti-competitive because its a monopoly but because its a monopsony. What does that mean and what can regulators do about it? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creative Commons Sense - DTNS 3487 13.03.2019 31:30

An NBC report reveals IBM used images from Flickr tagged with Creative Commons license to train its AI on facial recognition. Is this in keeping with the spirit of Creative Commons or an abuse of it? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's Wrong With WWW? - DTNS 3486 12.03.2019 29:20

On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, published an open letter identifying three current problems of web misuse and how to fix them.  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Breaking Up a Corporation is Hard to Do - DTNS 3485 11.03.2019 32:52

UK drone laws change, Nvidia acquires Mellanox, and Tesla takes a retail turn. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Lamarr Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The War-ren Big Tech - DTNS 3484 08.03.2019 33:26

US Senator Elizabeth Warren released a Medium post outlining her plans to breakup Big Tech companies and foster increased competition. Is it workable and more importantly is their enough support for her proposition? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Brian Brushwood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.