

Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 17, 2020 • 5min
Zuckerberg Discusses Framework for Regulating Social Media Content - DTH
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says harmful content on social media should have a regulation framework between traditional media and a telco, Google plans to shutdown Google Station, and Redbox launches a free ad-supported live TV service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 14, 2020 • 34min
Team Teams or Team Slack? - DTNS 3719
Which collaborative messaging platform works best in a corporate environment; Slack or Teams? Rob Dunewood is here to break it down for us.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 2020 • 31min
Nevada Gambles on A Tool - DTNS 3718
In light of the failure of the app at the Iowa Caucus Nevada will instead use a tool pre-installed on iPads that are not connected to the Internet. Unlike the Iowa app, the Nevada iPad tool will only be used in the room to collate those numbers. Will this method work better than the Iowa Caucus app?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 2020 • 29min
Low Visibility Into Blizzard - DTNS 3717
Activision Blizzard is removing its games from the Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service, including Overwatch, WoW, and the Call of Duty series. What can Nvidia do and does this bode well for GeForce Now?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 11, 2020 • 31min
Mobile World Canceled? - DTNS 3716
Samsung Unpacked 2020 rolls out new phone reveals and product announcements. We unpack the info-dump and explain what you should know.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2020 • 33min
The Butterfly Keyboard Effect on Writing - DTNS 3715
Oscar Award Winner Taika Waititi called on the WGA to get Apple to fix its keyboards. "Apple needs to fix those keyboards. they are impossible to write on — they’ve gotten worse. Is he right? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Charlotte Henry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 7, 2020 • 33min
Which Laptop Should I Buy? - DTNS 3714
Looking to upgrade to a new laptop this year? Before you do listen to what Patrick Norton has to say about your options on today's show.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 6, 2020 • 31min
People Don't Talk About Nuro Enough - DTNS 3713
Clearview AI, offers image recognition to law enforcement agencies based on a database of 3 billion images scraped from social media and online platforms. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That argued it had a "First Amendment" right to access data in the public domain. Is he right and just what are the legalities around harvesting images online?Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 5, 2020 • 32min
Zoom and Enhance on 1896 Film - DTNS 3712
Denis Shiryaev has upscaled the film classic "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat: a 50-second silent movie of a train pulling into a station. Using DAIN and Topaz Labs' Gigapixel AI, he has transformed the original blurry footage into a 4K 60FPS clip. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 4, 2020 • 32min
The Iowa App Flap - DTNS 3711
Iowa’s Democratic Party App to tally votes crashes during the party's caucus. Paper ballots saved the day but why did the App fail and what can be learned from this incident? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja, Justin Robert Young, Joe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


