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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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More Agents Go Rogue, and It’s a Good Thing - DTNS 5325
2w ago00:27:12Tap to summarizeAlso, Sunbird is back for iMessage on Android and Disney+ wants TikTok users to post there.Starring Tom Merritt, and Sarah LaneLinks to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Project Helix Might Support the Full History of Xbox Games - DTNS 5324
2w ago00:37:35Tap to summarizeMicrosoft released details of a Hotel Wi-Fi attack capable of breaching 365 accounts, and OpenAI shares a collection of screenshots and emails to defend itself against Apple's trade secret lawsuit against it.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Apple Continues to Fight for Encryption in the UK - DTNS 5323
2w ago00:32:21Tap to summarizeA court order indicates Apple continues to fight. Plus, new Googlebook laptops coming from Lenovo and expensive gaming laptops from Razer.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →DTNS July 2026 in Review
2w ago00:23:05Tap to summarizeJason Howell and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of JulyStarring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to storied discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Anthropic's Agents Escaped Their Sandbox Too... Sort Of - DTNS 5322
3w ago00:32:34Tap to summarizeSony says its reserved enough memory for all those PS5s it plans to sell this year with the release of GTA 6, and CipherX sells a mail-order permanent tattoo technology that's pain free and pretty cheap.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Amazon Zoox Just Cleared an Important Federal Bar for AVs - DTNS 5321
3w ago00:29:49Tap to summarizeDJI's Osmo Pocket 4B is out but you might have a hard time getting it in the US, and Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 aims to be the Android OS for physical AI and humanoid robots.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →DoorDash Delivery Drones Are Coming With A Hot Pizza - DTNS 5320
3w ago00:29:50Tap to summarizeGoogle is shutting down the DeepMind AlphaFold team and moving researchers into Gemini and Isomorphic Labs, and Hugging Face is one of four entities impacted by OpenAI's agentic cyberattack.Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Will You Lease Your Next iPhone With Apple Upgrade? - DTNS 5319
3w ago00:31:36Tap to summarizeMotorola's new Android app called Indigenous Collections is all about the preservation of indigenous language and culture, and Model Context Protocol got its biggest update to date to make AI agents in the enterprise more practical at scale.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Claude Chats Leak Out onto the Internet - DTNS 5318
3w ago00:30:15Tap to summarizeBut it’s a weird search index quirk that’s causing it. Plus, a bellwether case about data rights at the US border.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Bans on Smart Glasses Mean Smart Glasses are HERE TO STAY - DTNS 5317
4w ago00:33:17Tap to summarizeWhen you have to have a ComicCon policy for something, it’s mainstream. And everyone but OpenAI and Anthropic signs an open letter supporting open weight models. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue DaoShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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