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Daily Tech News Show
by Tom Merritt · English
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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The Jensen Huang Affair - DTNS 5394
DTNS 5394 covers the week’s tech news, then focuses on “Big Tech Question” debates: who should become NVIDIA’s next CEO after Jensen Huang’s resignation amid reported affairs and alleged spying…
13 Nov 2026 · 1h 2m · 26 chaptersHuang’s Gone, So Who’s Next to Lead NVIDIA? - DTNS 5393
DTNS 5393 focuses on NVIDIA’s leadership crisis after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO and board member following admitted affairs and a separate alleged intelligence-leak investigation involving…
12 Nov 2026 · 37m · 18 chaptersHow Good is Gemini 4 Carbon - Jason Howell Tells Us - DTNS 5392
DTNS episode focused on Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon release and what it’s good for, plus related AI model updates and other tech briefs.
10 Nov 2026 · 36m · 20 chaptersThe Huang Affair: A Threat to NVIDIA's Dominance - DTNS 5391
DTNS 5391 covers the “Huang Affair” involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and MegaSpeed executive Alice Huang, plus a separate interview on Opera’s WebAI browser feature.
9 Nov 2026 · 43m · 17 chaptersThe Jellyfish Deserves a Nobel Prize - DTNS WEEKEND
DTNS Weekend discusses the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for optogenetics, explaining how light-activated proteins (opsins) and fluorescent markers (GFP, originally from jellyfish)…
8 Nov 2026 · 14m · 8 chaptersPicking New Wireless Headphones - DTNS Weekend
DTNS Weekend discusses how to choose new over-ear wireless headphones, comparing Nothing One Pro with Sony WH-1000XM6/XM5, Bose QuietComfort Ultra, Sennheiser Momentum 5, and alternatives like…
7 Nov 2026 · 36m · 13 chaptersThe Data Center Debates - DTNS 5390
DTNS 5390 discusses whether US restrictions on data center construction (driven by midterm election measures) will slow AI adoption or signal a “tech bubble” popping.
6 Nov 2026 · 1h 1m · 24 chaptersTouch is Nice-To-Have On The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR - DTNS 5389
Daily Tech News Show (DTNS 5389) covers Apple’s new ProLED XDR touchscreen MacBook Pro reviews, Apple HomePod mini 2 impressions, major tech headlines (OpenAI data-center community commitments; Meta…
5 Nov 2026 · 41m · 17 chaptersAmerica Votes Against Data Centers - DTNS 5388
Daily Tech News Show episode focuses mainly on U.S. voters rejecting new data-center development.
4 Nov 2026 · 37m · 20 chaptersGoogle Holds Search Hostage for Schools That Don’t Want AI - DTNS 5387
Google will disable Gemini (Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom) and AI Overviews in Google Search for K-12 accounts by default next year; schools can opt back in.
3 Nov 2026 · 34m · 11 chaptersWhy Attackers Are Targeting Grocery Store Freezers - DTNS 5386
DTNS 5386 covers (1) attacks on grocery store refrigeration/freezer systems and (2) AI “brain reading” research, plus shorter tech briefs.
2 Nov 2026 · 37m · 13 chaptersTech Authors Use - DTNS WEEKEND
Tech and low-tech tools authors use across the writing workflow—planning, drafting, editing, and submission—plus how they manage distraction and motivation.
1 Nov 2026 · 53m · 25 chaptersVibing to Art - DTNS Weekend
The Daily Tech News Show Weekend Edition discusses ArtCraft, an open-source suite of creative apps meant to replace Adobe tools, focusing on speed, workflow compatibility, and the ethics of…
31 Oct 2026 · 54m · 22 chapters
Is The Touchscreen A Big Deal? - DTNS 5385
DTNS 5385 covers weekly tech news (North Korea-linked Binance hack, Amazon earnings/AWS growth vs AI infrastructure costs, Reddit login tests, Motorola’s Moto Signature 27 specs, SK hynix/AI-driven…
30 Oct 2026 · 1h 3m · 24 chaptersGoogle Says It Did Not Kill Its Golden Ad Goose - DTNS 5384
Alphabet/Google earnings and the debate over whether AI “mode” is hurting search ad revenue; Google says it’s not, and is expanding ads in AI mode internationally and adding multi-turn ads.
29 Oct 2026 · 27m · 8 chaptersApple Launches Ergonomically Terrible Laptops - DTNS 5383
Daily Tech News episode focused on Apple’s new MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen (“ProLED XDR”), plus other tech briefs (Amazon smart home devices, Discord discoverable server pages, and quick…
28 Oct 2026 · 34m · 10 chaptersApple Won’t Stop Releasing Hardware This Week - DTNS 5382
DTNS episode covering Apple’s staggered hardware releases (24-inch iMac and 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chips), plus OpenAI math/physics proof claims, AI language equity token-cost differences, and…
27 Oct 2026 · 32m · 9 chaptersAnthropic Doesn’t Lose as Much Money As You Think - DTNS 5381
DTNS covers the public Anthropic IPO filing (NASDAQ: ANT) and what it implies about revenue, losses, customer retention, and corporate control; plus other tech headlines (Apple iPad mini specs;…
26 Oct 2026 · 34m · 11 chapters
Fooling Your Friends to Make You Both Safer
Part 3 of a spooky cybersecurity awareness special on “fooling your friends to make you both safer.” Brian Brushwood argues that modern AI-enabled scams make old “don’t click” training less…
25 Oct 2026 · 30m · 14 chaptersHow to Vibe Code Custom Firmware for Audio Gear
How “vibe coding”/AI-assisted reverse engineering is enabling custom firmware for low-cost audio gear, letting users rewrite device capabilities (not just sound presets), with examples from synth and…
24 Oct 2026 · 41m · 15 chapters
What's The Next Apple-gate? - DTNS 5380
Weekly Big Tech Question Friday episode focused on (1) the “PHP to shell” vulnerability incident—especially what surprised people most about its timeline and impact—and (2) what the “iPhone Duo”…
23 Oct 2026 · 57m · 34 chaptersTalk to Your DNA - DTNS 5379
DTNS episode covering major tech news and AI tools, led by a security update on PHP 2 shell vulnerabilities and a new “talk to your DNA” model from Hugging Face, plus app-store regulation, agent…
22 Oct 2026 · 27m · 15 chaptersThe Day the Internet Broke - DTNS 5378
Daily Tech News episode focused on two major security incidents (“the internet broke”): PHP “PHP 2 Shell” remote code execution and weak TLS intermediate CA certificates from eMudra, plus a roundup…
21 Oct 2026 · 35m · 13 chaptersVibe Code Ads Right Off of Your TV - DTNS 5377
DTNS 5377 discusses “vibe coding” tools that can modify smart TVs to remove ads, tracking, bloatware, and forced updates, plus related AI/agent security and transparency stories.
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