Daily Tech News Show

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion. What does Elon think he’ll gain from the acquisition and will the current Twitter shareholders accept the offer?Starring Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get more clarity on what Meta’s take will be on digital assets sold on its Horizon Worlds VR platform. Could electrically conductive polymer batteries” be the battery breakthrough industry has been looking for? And we explain Foundation Models and their role in developing the next generation of AI.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s behind the rise of so-called “new collar” jobs? What’s happening in the market for NFTs as overall sales decline? And outside of social media how are algorithms being used.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon is adding to its custom made clothes your measurements service, Made For You, with athletic shirt options. Netflix rolls out its anticipated Two Thumbs Up user rating system. And Twitter backtracks on its decision to delete block quotes from deleted tweets and CEO Parag Agrawal clarified that Elon Musk declined to join the company’s board of directors.Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monthly Science News is here! Our science correspondent Niki goes over the major science stories from March 2022 including CT scans of aquatic dinosaur bones to see how well they might have floated, archeologists using Google AI to restore old inscriptions and text, and how a paralyzed man used a brain-computer interface to communicate with the outside world.Hosted by Nicole Ackermans Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The DFW airport partners with Steer Tech to pilot an automated valet parking. Twitter rolls out several new features. Researchers at Washington State University have developed for neuromorphic computing using honey. During its Austin plant Tesla announced the Cybertruck and the Optimus robot will go on sale in 2023.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta is developing in-app tokens for their virtual properties and testing ways NFTs can be used to validate membership in Facebook groups. Nike plans to open a technology center in Atlanta next year. And MLB approves the PitchCom system to let catchers send directions to their pitchers electronically.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nica Montford , Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are TikTok songs so earwormy, how can 3D printing help Sub-Saharan Africa economies leapfrog into manufacturing, and is Twitter planning an edit feature?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft made a number of announcements today. We go through the major ones and share our thoughts on what was revealed. Plus Plex rolled out a number of new features they hope will entice more users to their app.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk buys a big stake in Twitter. Alphabet’s Wing announces its first on-demand drone delivery service. And we examine the trend of cloning pets and the issues surrounding the practice.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.