Daily Tech News Show

Instructure reached an agreement to pay attackers of its Canvas portal so students can get back to work, and Thinking Machines announced a research preview of a more natural conversation flow called Interaction Models. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reddit is testing annoying users with an unskippable pop-up. Meanwhile, Google researchers find an LLM-generated bug and warn that there are more to come. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And thousands of schools facing ransomware as finals loom, but Airpods might get Siri’s Visual Intelligence. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Beach tells us why streaming platforms should be more wary of slop fraud, plus Google’s new fitness tracker erodes the Fitbit brand more, and why Anthropic bought all of SpaceX’s data center capacity.  Starring Tom Merritt , Huyen Tue Dao , and Andy Beach . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why everyone loves the new ReMarkable Paper Pure, and why both Chrome and Edge browsers are misbehaving. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple is reportedly checking out Intel and Samsung as alternate sources for its main device chips, and OpenAI is working really hard to bring a smartphone to market as soon as 2027. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ask.com shuts down after 25 years of answering the world’s questions, and how might the growth of “podslop” could impact the podcast industry in the next year. Starring  Jason Howell  and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of April.  Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google is rolling out Gemini to Google built-in as a replacement to Assistant, and Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum can now be enjoyed on new portable handhelds designed to look like the classic computers. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OK, not LITERAL goblins, but it’s an interesting gremlin that helps us understand model training. Plus, Sony says don’t worry about the PlayStation DRM, but doesn’t give details, therefore skipping the be happy part. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did Sony mean to put DRM back on offline games? And what DIDN’T Elon Musk say on the witness stand Tuesday.  Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Valve's new Steam Controller is purpose-built for its ecosystem and nothing else, and the "Ask YouTube" search experiment is like a version of Gemini that is specific to YouTube video content. Starring  Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why you need to be really careful with these agents, but also really careful about what’s possible on your platform. And also be really careful with LED flashlights. We’ll explain. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IKEA and Samsung just partnered—but that’s not the real story. Richard Gunther explains how Matter and Thread finally make smart home devices plug-and-play, no platform decisions required. Featuring Tom Merritt and Richard Gunther. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DeepSeek launched V4 Flash and V4 Pro with a new Hybrid Attention Architecture the means much more context in a single prompt, and Instagram is testing a new Instants app for ephemeral photo sharing that disappears in 24 hours. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will Framework latest version of its modular laptop take modular laptops and Linux mainstream? And we see if the panel can out guess the riddles on today’s quiz! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link...

And Korean scientists have developed a way to switch from 2D to 3D in the same display. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Bodie Grimm Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And at Google Next, Google splits its TPUs and unleashes more powerful workplace agents. Plus, did Anthropic’s Mythos escape containment? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Andy Beach. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IKEA’s new cheap smart home products don’t need a hub if you already have a Samsung TV, and WhatsApp is testing a new subscription model that makes things prettier but doesn’t remove ads. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, the age verification law in the US is misunderstood, but still not necessarily good. Starring  Tom Merritt  and  Rob Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin Robert Young explains what’s likely going on with Anthropic’s attempt to resolve its dispute with the US government. Featuring Tom Merritt and Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Also, the first Micro-RGB TVs are here and the bargain brand is not who you would expect. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DJI released the Osmo Pocket 4 that brings better low light performance and a clip-on fill light, and Andy Beach tells us about an AI Licensing deal in the works for 2,200 publishers. Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, , and Andy Beach . Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus a shoe company becomes an AI data center service provider.  Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google is finally getting tougher on back button hijacking, and Bodie Grimm explains why BYD is charging so much for their BYD Z9 GT in Europe. Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merrit, and Bodie Grimm . Links to stories featured in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.