Daily Tech News Show

The latest episode of Game of Thrones elicited controversy for being too dark by viewers to see what was happening. We go over what fans can do to correctly see the action on screen. Plus the latest inductees into the Video Game Hall of Fame and man swallows an AirPod bud and passes it through his body completely intact and functioning. Starring Tom Merritt, Ashley Esqueda, Len Peralta and Roger C...

A Techdirt article makes the argument that content moderation of online platforms is totally broken and how the impact is affecting online discourse. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Vox/Recode story reveals that team collaboration software like Slack, Teams and Workplace are reducing the productive output of workers instead of improving it. We explore the reasons and discuss the discrepancy between technology's promise of a productivity enabler and the real-world outcome. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

We breakdown all of the important news from today's Facebook's F8 conference. Plus we discuss Uber and Lyft's decision to stop accepting new drivers and chew over quarterly numbers from Samsung and Alphabet. Starring Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Horror stories about game development “crunch time” have filled forums and reddit threads alike. What’s really going on and why does this seem to be a industry-wide problem? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Jenn Cutter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between YouTube, online resources, forums and wiki pages we discuss the variety of ways people can self-teach themselves about technology and where it falls short. Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Allison Sheridan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft Q1 earnings push earnings up 20% per share, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that warrantless police access to real-time cell phone location data intrudes on a person's reasonable expectation of privacy, and Walmart opens a concept store called Intelligent Retail Lab in Levittown, New York. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast....

In a weird juxtaposition tech companies like Airbnb, Uber and Netflix are starting up their own print magazines. Why are they investing in an old media platform and what do they hope to gain by doing so? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Nicole Lee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

>Intel unveils its 9th generation high performance mobile processors, Nvidia prices the GTX 1650 for $165, and the FAA approves Alphabet's Wing from airdrop delivery.   Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is upcycling and why should you be part of the movement? Plus Samsung Galaxy Fold delayed, Sony launches ride-hailing service in Tokyo, SiriusXM reaches for streaming-only audiences. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Patreon special from January where Tom explains some of the important things you need to know about 5G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft has formally entered the wireless earbud market with Surface Buds. What do they hope to achieve and will it be a hit among consumers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Chris Ashley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business Insider reports that since May 2016 Facebook collected the email contact lists of 1.5 million new users without consent. Amazon and Google kiss and make up allowing YouTube on Amazon's Fire TV devices and smart TVs in the coming month. And in response to issues with early production models of the Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung says it will, "will thoroughly inspect these units in person...

Apple and Qualcomm have patched things up just in time for Apple to dump Intel as its sole source 5G chip supplier and pick Qualcomm instead. Hmmm. Plus Microsoft rolls out its diskless Xbox One S and the UK reveals that mandatory age-verification for adult sites begins July 15th. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Sony reveals key specs for their upcoming PlayStation 5 game console including 8K resolution, faster CPU, and SSD storage. What does this reveal say about where Sony wants to be in gaming and more importantly where it might be weakest.  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Voice Assistant feedeback! You share your thoughts on voice assistants with us. Microsoft is developing its own earbuds. And Microsoft warns that malicious actors could have viewed non-corporate Outlook email accounts.  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about artificial intelligence a lot these days and I see several reactions in the audience. Some people think it's ALL hype. Some people think it's just a fancy word for algorithm. And some people just want to understand what it is. Here to help us with that is  Karen Hao , artificial intelligence reporter at MIT Technology Review and host of the newsletter The Algorithm . Hosted on A...

Patrick Norton is back with his picks of top affordable headphones plus a review of the Qobuz music streaming service. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta and Patrick Norton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bloomberg revealed that Amazon has staff members who “review” recordings from Amazon Voice Services in order to improve responses. This raises a host of questions especially around privacy and anonymity. How can users be sure there voice assistants aren’t listening in to their conversations? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.