Daily Tech News Show

We examine the rise of contact tracing devices in the workplace and their use for worker surveillance as outlined by David Gershgorn's recent OneZero article.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.link to Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On January 6, 2021, the US will count its electoral votes for President and Vice President and right now it seems likely that the next US president will be former Vice President Joe Biden. So we thought we'd look at what kind of tech policy we might see from a Biden administration.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.

China targets online shopping the day before the biggest online shopping day in the world, Apple announces new laptops that use its own chip and TikTok wonders if the US government forgot it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple releases its new M1 processor its first system on a chip for Mac. We share out thoughts and perspectives on Apple's new in-house processor.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Nica Montford, Terrance Gaines, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2017, Tim Berners-Lee launched a company called Inrupt to market products that used the Solid system. Monday, Inrupt announced an enterprise product to let developers build apps that use Solid's Pods. Inrupt worked with the BBC, the UK's National Health Service and the Government of Flanders in Belgium to develop its enterprise platform. Is this a step forward in allowing customers to manage their data privacy?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe.Lin to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Netflix tests a new way to chill, Apple to enforce new "nutrition Guidelines" for App Store apps, and the Intel-AMD race has legs again.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Chris Ashley, Len Peralta, Amos, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nvidia is dipping another toe in the gaming water where Nintendo is doing well, there's a big move in Bitcoin, and what does California's Prop 22 mean for the rest of the world?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Amos, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech companies win some and lose some, solar gets salty, and Walmart looks into the smart television market.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Amos, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Voice assistants may learn when you are talking to them, Walmart foregoes robots...for now, and where are visual effects artists getting paid?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nicole Lee, Amos, Joe.link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The RIAA has found the piracy, Waymo simulates collisions, and your cough might know if you have COVID-19 before your body shows symptoms.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Amos, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.