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Daily Tech News Show
Hosted by Tom Merritt · EN
Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.
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Thin is in, but are foldable phones? - DTNSB 5052
Jul 200:29:10Tap to summarizeWe round up the new Honor foldable, Nothing’s new flagship phone and headphones and Andy Beach talks about a complicated new idea for revenue sharing from AI.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.Links to stories in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Cloudflare’s New Marketplace Charges AI Scraper Bots - DTNSB 5051
Jul 100:28:36Tap to summarizeApple is reportedly considering Claude and ChatGPT for a big Siri rehaul, and Justin Robert Young explains why the ELVIS act was soundly rejected from the Big Beautiful Bill.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Justin Robert Young.Links to the stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Apple’s Plan for Headwear Shapes Up - DTNSB 5050
Jun 3000:24:22Tap to summarizePlus, instantaneous translation of brain signals to speech, and Google gets into nuclear fusion.Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →AI Cheating and Controversies in Education - DTNS Weekend
Jun 2800:21:40Tap to summarizeTom Merritt sits down for part two of his conversation with Kevin Metcalf to talk about AI controversies in education for both students and teachers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Do You Want to Try On Clothes Virtually - DTNSB 5049
Jun 2700:26:43Tap to summarizePlus, Pixel banned in Japan and batteries banned on Chinese flights.Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Microsoft Faces Its Own Pirate Books AI Lawsuit - DTNSB 5048
Jun 2600:32:54Tap to summarizeCreative Commons launched CC Signals to do for datasets what it did for creative works, and Dr. Niki discusses why seals are learning to play video games.Starring Jason Howell, Jenn Cutter, Tom Merritt and Dr. Niki.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →A Repairable Phone at a Fair Price - 5047
Jun 2500:35:21Tap to summarizeThe Fairphone 6 is out and Bart Busschots has a fair alternative for Pocket!Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Bart Busschots.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Samsung Announces Its Big Foldable Unpacked - DTNSB 5046
Jun 2400:37:03Tap to summarizeAnthropic latest court ruling has big implications for the legality of training AI models with copyrighted works, and Andy Beach shows how individual creators are using AI like a paintbrush.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.Links to the stories discussed in this episode cn be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Apple Goes AI Shopping - DTNSB 5045
Jun 2300:32:48Tap to summarizeShould Apple buy Perplexity, or some other company? Plus, we check with a French TV watcher about how they feel about Netflix streaming TF1 channels.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Patrick Beja.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog - DTNSB Weekend Edition
Jun 2100:20:12Tap to summarizeThis weekend, Dr. Nicole Ackermans talks with Dr. Carly York about her new book The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, exploring how seemingly silly experiments reveal serious scientific breakthroughs.Featuring Dr. Niki and Dr. Carly York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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