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Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

#2370

The Jellyfish Deserves a Nobel Prize - DTNS WEEKEND

Dr. Niki explains why work on optogenetics won the Nobel Prize. It can turn neurons on and... more

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#2369

Picking New Wireless Headphones - DTNS Weekend

Eileen is looking for new headphones. She has a her eye on Nothing&#39;s Headphone (1) Pro... more

Yesterday

35 MINS

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Yesterday


#2368

The Data Center Debates - DTNS 5390

Data center opposition became a powerful campaign issue in this week’s midterms, with seve... more

06 Nov 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:08

06 Nov 2026


#2367

Touch is Nice-To-Have On The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR - DTNS 5389

OpenAI shares the many ways that it plans to build out its data centers in ways that respe... more

05 Nov 2026

40 MINS

40:55

05 Nov 2026


#2366

America Votes Against Data Centers - DTNS 5388

More than 40 data center measures were on the ballot across 10 states and restrictions won... more

04 Nov 2026

36 MINS

36:43

04 Nov 2026


#2365

Google Holds Search Hostage for Schools That Don’t Want AI - DTNS 5387

Google came very close to giving schools true control over how they use AI. Also, Apple fa... more

03 Nov 2026

34 MINS

34:25

03 Nov 2026


#2364

Why Attackers Are Targeting Grocery Store Freezers - DTNS 5386

Another round of food getting spoiled by hacks on freezers. And a cool DIY kit to make a c... more

02 Nov 2026

37 MINS

37:17

02 Nov 2026


#2363

Tech Authors Use - DTNS WEEKEND

Tom Merritt and authors Mallory O&#39;Meara, Philip Fracassi and J-F Dubeau talk about the... more

01 Nov 2026

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53:18

01 Nov 2026


#2362

Vibing to Art - DTNS Weekend

Scott Johnson has been trying out the Artcraft apps that are meant to take place of Adobe ... more

31 Oct 2026

54 MINS

54:11

31 Oct 2026


#2361

Is The Touchscreen A Big Deal? - DTNS 5385

This week Apple released the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, a touchscreen laptop. So... more

30 Oct 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:30

30 Oct 2026


#2360

Google Says It Did Not Kill Its Golden Ad Goose - DTNS 5384

Look, Google has plans, OK? They’ll be fine. Just ask them. And NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang may ... more

29 Oct 2026

27 MINS

27:10

29 Oct 2026


#2359

Apple Launches Ergonomically Terrible Laptops - DTNS 5383

Apple added a touchscreen laptop to its lineup, a design once called “ergonomically terrib... more

28 Oct 2026

33 MINS

33:50

28 Oct 2026


#2358

Apple Won’t Stop Releasing Hardware This Week - DTNS 5382

OpenAI won’t stop releasing science and why LLMs are more expensive if you don’t speak Eng... more

27 Oct 2026

31 MINS

31:46

27 Oct 2026


#2357

Anthropic Doesn’t Lose as Much Money As You Think - DTNS 5381

What the average person will find interesting about the Anthropic IPOs. Plus iFixit figure... more

26 Oct 2026

34 MINS

34:16

26 Oct 2026


#2356

Fooling Your Friends to Make You Both Safer

- Deception is a virus - Passive protection doesn&#39;t work. - Build up your deception im... more

25 Oct 2026

29 MINS

29:51

25 Oct 2026


#2355

How to Vibe Code Custom Firmware for Audio Gear

Rich Stroffolino joins Jason Howell to geek out on the state of audio technology in the ag... more

24 Oct 2026

40 MINS

40:43

24 Oct 2026


#2354

What's The Next Apple-gate? - DTNS 5380

The top stories of the week are about AI discovering a critical bug in the Web, Responsibl... more

23 Oct 2026

56 MINS

56:45

23 Oct 2026


#2353

Talk to Your DNA - DTNS 5379

Hugging Face releases an on-device open model for studying DNA. And Amazon security resear... more

22 Oct 2026

27 MINS

27:10

22 Oct 2026


#2352

The Day the Internet Broke - DTNS 5378

Eight insecure TLS certificates seemed to be bad enough, but then folks leaked out a PHP v... more

21 Oct 2026

34 MINS

34:34

21 Oct 2026


#2351

Vibe Code Ads Right Off of Your TV - DTNS 5377

People are removing the smart from their TVs using agents. Plus, the discovery that could ... more

20 Oct 2026

34 MINS

34:35

20 Oct 2026


#2350

Airship Successfully Delivers Cell Service in Japan - DTNS 5376

A New Mexico company delivers LTE from a zeppelin in Japan, Samsung may shift its S-series... more

19 Oct 2026

29 MINS

29:33

19 Oct 2026


#2349

The Scampocalypse: How to Survive the Present Attacks

- What&#39;s changing now - Bad habits in the past are now dangerous. - Cognitive securit... more

18 Oct 2026

21 MINS

21:51

18 Oct 2026


#2348

Is the DIY PC Era Over? – DTNS Weekend

On this episode of DTNS Weekend, Roger and Patrick go head-to-head over the possible death... more

17 Oct 2026

44 MINS

44:19

17 Oct 2026


#2347

Who's Running Your Smart Home? - DTNS 5375

This week Apple announced its Home View smart home hub along with several smart home devic... more

16 Oct 2026

58 MINS

58:10

16 Oct 2026


#2346

Who the GoogleBook is For - DTNS 5374

Iyaz Akhtar from PC Mag joins us to talk about his experience using a Googlebook as his da... more

15 Oct 2026

33 MINS

33:18

15 Oct 2026


#2345

Spy Rhymes with AI - DTNS 5373

Plus, Fortnite on Linux gets closer and what really makes you a developer. Starring Tom M... more

14 Oct 2026

34 MINS

34:19

14 Oct 2026


#2344

Apple Wants to Lock You Into Your Home - DTNS 5372

Apple has a new smart home hub and a door lock among other things. Plus, Jason’s been tryi... more

13 Oct 2026

42 MINS

42:22

13 Oct 2026


#2343

Social Engineering 101

- What has worked up until now - 3 psychological back doors (plus social proof) - What DTN... more

11 Oct 2026

23 MINS

23:12

11 Oct 2026


#2342

Is Software Over? - DTNS 5371

Brandon Thomas of Artcraft has used that declaration to get attention on his Artcraft prod... more

09 Oct 2026

58 MINS

58:45

09 Oct 2026


#2341

Amazon Goes Full Android for Tablets - DTNS 5370

Amazon announced a new smart tablet lineup, plus a developer at Artcraft vibe code replace... more

08 Oct 2026

29 MINS

29:44

08 Oct 2026