Daily Tech News Show

Tech companies are feeling the impact of the coronavirus with Foxconn declaring a "big" production impact, while Airbnb has activated its extenuating circumstances policy to help deal with the issue.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nate Lanxon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple's has proposed a standardize format for one-time passcodes sent over SMS, used in two factor authentication, while Google launched OpenSK, an open source Rust-based firmware to turn Nordic chip dongles into FIDO U2F and FIDO2-compliant security keys. What will this mean for 2FA and online security?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Len Peralta Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook's Zuckerberg wants his company to be understood not liked, Microsoft wants to spend $40 million for AI on health research, and what does Canalys smartphone metrics for 2019 mean for the industry.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple's valued net worth is greater than Germany DAX's. We sift through Apple's earning results and see what's working and what isn't.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ars Technica's Lee Hutchinson describes how the site functions without a physical office. How does it work and what types of things are needed for it work for the company.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A recent post from WhiteSource identifies the trends in Open Source software licensing and makes predictions on what shape Open Source software will take down the road.Starring Tom Merritt, Richard Stroffolino, Roger Chang  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you plan on getting a new gaming PC should you build or buy it? Lamarr Wilson shares his thoughts.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, Lamarr Wilson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google tweaks how it delivers paid search results, new safety features for dating apps and scientists listen to voices from the grave!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UN looks into Amazon's Jeff Bezo's phone hacking, GM shows off its new driver-less car, and voters in King County Washington will make US history by being able to vote from their personal web connected devices. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the civil liberty issues and actual effectiveness of facial recognition based surveillance tools.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.