Daily Tech News Show

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

David Spark from Spark Media Solutions is back with a full roundup from this year's RSA conference. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and David Spark   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest Axios Harris poll shows that Facebook has dropped from 51st place to 94th in 2018. Is this something Facebook should be worried about and how do other tech companies stack up in the same rankings? Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists from Heriot-Watt university in Edinburgh to weld glass to metal. Corning is developing a new Gorilla glass that can bend. Plus MIT's mini-cheetah robot can doing a standing back-flip. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How induction burners will replace stoves, Google's Project Zero finds kernel flaw in MacOS, and Facebook still targeting ads at folks who use phone number based 2FA. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A cord-cutting study indicates Netflix maybe losing $192 million due to people sharing accounts. Is this a legal and what do the streaming services think? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, and Shannon Morse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tipping users on Twitter, Amazon announces Project Zero to fight counterfeits, and YouTube will disable comments on all videos featuring minors. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.