Daily Tech News Show

What’s keeping author, journalist, and activist, Cory Doctorow, from publishing his books on Audible? Plus with both houses of Congress passing the CHIPs Act and an expected approval from President Biden will the US see a renaissance in domestic chip production? And can battery swapping in EVs be a realistic alternative to long recharging times?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Cory Doctorow, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are Snap and Twitter earnings less than stellar earnings this past quarter? We explore the question: is DALL-E's borrowed or stolen? And Twitter is testing status alerts with select users in the US and Australia.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dimitris Giannakis AKA the Modern Vintage Gamer is here to fill us in on FPGAs and their rising role in the retrogaming/classic video gaming scene. Plus do video games have a negative impact on the mental health of players? And we fill you in on the latest Metaverse happenings.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Scott Johnson, Dimitris Giannakis,  Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Instagram has caused a ruckus after changes to what goes into your main feed have upset some high-profile users of the social media platform. Currently, computers use a fixed method of determining time however the speed of Earth’s rotation is constant, slowing and speeding up over time. Meta wants to change that by coming up with a new way to determine time.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dropped your iPhone and cracked its screen? What do you do? Go to the Apple store, a cell phone repair place in the local mall or try to fix it yourself? The NFL launches its first in-house streaming service today. Plus is the demand for microchips on the wane?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Terrance Gaines, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Building PCs is a popular pastime for many. But with prices for PC components creeping ever higher is it still worth putting your machine together? Plus two US Senators propose legislation that would prohibit data caps on high-speed broadband. And researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new accelerated learning technique to get robots on their feet faster.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robey, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel Telling the 3D Printing Nerd is here to share advice on how to get started in 3D printing. Plus Amazon is buying subscription health care provider One Medical. And email provider Gated wants to charge unknown people the ability to email you. Good idea?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Joel Telling, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quinn Nelson from Snazzy Labs is here with a surprising view. That the M1 MacBook just might be the best gaming laptop on the market. Plus we go over Netflix’s less bad than anticipated earnings report. And OpenAI is expanding access to DALL-E 2.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Quinn Nelson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Smith, formerly of Tested.com, is here to explain how technology has democratized broadcasting. Plus are younger cohorts skipping Google Maps and using TikTok instead when it comes to picking places to eat lunch? And we’ve got updates on the IoT connectivity protocol Thread used by the IoT Matter standard.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Will Smith, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have Jack Rhysider from Darknet Diaries here to explain how to select stories for his podcast and what he thinks about the state of security reporting. Plus how a piece of open source software got a malicious backdoor installed and is the term hack too negative of term for use in data security?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Jack Rhysider, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.