Daily Tech News Show

Conspiracy theories are a staple of the Internet. Posts about adulterated ingredients at fast food restaurants, videos about alleged political shenanigans, and forums discussing the latest evidence proving man’s greatest achievements were hoaxes find a ready audience online. We examine the role that the Internet plays in conspiracy theories and if its influence is perhaps a bit less than most peop...

In light of Loot Box controversies, Matt Campbell, Owner of Battleshopper.com and a mobile gaming developer at a mobile gaming company, talks about his histories with trading card games and how they play (and avoid playing with) gambling laws. MP3 For all DTNS shows, please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Follow us on Soundcloud . A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible...

After months of sky high GPU prices it seems the cost of a new video card is coming down. Patrick Norton from TekThing joins us with his video card picks plus a whole host of other PC part goodies that you’ll definitely want on your shopping list. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Patrick Norton. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.)...

What’s behind the push Article 13 of the Copyright Directive in the EU Parliament that would make things like meme subject to copyright law and what would it mean for the Internet if the legislation passes? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subsc...

US District Court ruled that planned the merger of AT&T with Time Warner could go ahead. What are the market implications of this merger and how does this affect future Telecom/Media Distribution Company mergers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Charlotte Henry. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Sub...

E3 2018 is here an Patrick Beja host of gaming podcast “Pixels” is here to breakdown all the announcements for us. Plus Valve plans to launch Steam in China and a suspicious fan was given to all the journalists in Singapore for the North Korea/USA summit. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Patrick Beja. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org ....

Apple puts its foot down on apps that run cryptocurrency mining in the background, Microsoft announced at E3 it acquired five game developers to bolster its first party game library, and the US Dept of Energy has launched the fastest supercomputer in the world, Summit, capable of 200,000 trillion calculations a second. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. MP3 Usin...

Tom, Sarah, Roger and friends update us on the state of DTNS, review the DTNS mid-year survey and chat with a few of the Patreon Advisors. MP3 Direct Link For all DTNS shows, please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Follow us on Soundcloud . A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or give as little as 5 cents a day on Patreon . Than...

With Google ending its involvement in Project Maven after significant employee dissent about the company working with the military we ponder what exactly should AI be used for and perhaps more importantly what it shouldn’t be used for. Starring Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta and Roger Chang MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please...

Valve unveiled a new policy allowing anything to be posted to the Steam Store as long as the content is not something Valve decides is illegal, or straight up trolling. Is this policy of relaxed control an effort to reduce the need to moderate the store or is something else at play? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multipl...

Sonos pulled the wraps off the Beam. A smart home theater sound bar that integrates Amazon’s Alexa many have speculated that its Sonos’s attempt to take over the connected living room. Will it succeed or end up on the latest in a long line of failed attempts? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) f...

We take a look at Asus announcements from this year’s Computex, China is launching a probe into DRAM price fixing, Qualcomm announced a new Snapdragon processor for PCs and Intel pulls the wraps off a special edition 5Ghz processor to celebrate its 50 yrs anniversary. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Roger Chang MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Arc...

Apple unleashed WWDC 2018 on an expecting audience. We break down this year’s announcements and offer up our analysis on what Apple wants to do and where it wants to go. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subscribe through Apple Podcasts . Follow...

Scott got hacked, but let’s make some lemonade from that big lemon. How do you get your artwork and other content in front of people in 2018 without becoming a data manager? Scott has some thoughts. MP3 For all DTNS shows, please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Follow us on Soundcloud . A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. If you are willing to support the show or g...

ARM releases the specs on their new 7nm SoC design. Facebook shuts down its trending site from the top its page. California launches two pilot programs to allow autonomous vehicles pick up passengers. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Rob Demilo. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subscri...

The influential VC, Mary Meeker, has released her highly anticipated 2018 Internet Trends report. We break down her analysis and discuss the implications of her findings. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subscribe through Apple Podcasts . Follow...

Patrick Norton is back with his recommendations for the best earbuds on the market. Plus researchers in Finland have discovered “time crystals” that may make it possible to build quantum computers without the need for zero temperature to operate and why Thailand is worried about the overflow of e-waste on to its shores. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Patrick Norton MP3 Using a Screen Reader?...

Cashless payments is changing the way customers pay for goods and services, but how well does it work for non-traditional situations, like busking, where cash has always been king? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Roger Chang. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subscribe through Apple Podcasts . Foll...

General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, the EU’s new data privacy rules start today. Already some EU users have been blocked from sites, access to social media platforms limited for others, and lawsuits against large tech firms in the process of being filed. We examine the laws impact, its affect on countries outside of the EU and how well large tech firm are complying with the new rules. Star...

Elon Musk goes on a tweet storm about the truthiness of major media outlets. Musk wants to setup a website where the public can rate the credibility of news outlets and ‘core-truth’ of news stories. We examine the issue, the problem and proposed solution. Starring Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young and Roger Chang. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive...

Comcast signals its intent for a hostile bid for 21st Century Fox’s assets. What are the implications if its successful and what will Disney’s counter offer be, if it makes one? Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, and Roger Chang MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subscribe through Apple Podcasts . Follow us on Sound...

Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO mentioned in an investor relations call that the PlayStation 4 was entering the final phase of its life cycle. Cryptic words to be sure but what does this mean for the PlayStation console and does it signal a shift from gaming as a product to a gaming as service for the company? Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger Chang. MP3 Using a Screen...

It’s our end of May DTNS round table. This month we examine technology issues from an Australian perspective like; how is net neutrality viewed in Australia and how does the proximity to Asia influence the direction and scope of tech in the country. Starring Tom Merritt, Raj Deut and Peter Wells. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SU...

With recent stories covering data security issues from cellphone location data tracking to PGP and S/MIME vulnerabilities we have Shannon Morse here to break it all down and give us an infosec perspective. Starring Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang and Len Peralta. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE HERE . Subscribe th...

Federal laws restricting Sports Gambling in the United States have been struck down by the Supreme Court. Will this start a new gold rush into online gambling as companies take advantage and who will be the winners and the losers? Starring Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, and Roger Chang. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org . Please SUBSCRIBE...