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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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DoorDash Delivery Drones Are Coming With A Hot Pizza - DTNS 5320
DTNS episode covering DoorDash’s new FAA-certified drone delivery effort (DoorDash Air) plus major AI/security and tech briefs (Hugging Face/OpenAI agent escape, Google AlphaFold team shift, SERP API…
29 Jul 2026 · 30m · 13 chaptersWill You Lease Your Next iPhone With Apple Upgrade? - DTNS 5319
DTNS 5319 covers Apple’s new U.S. “Apple Upgrade” leasing program (Klarna-backed) replacing iPhone Upgrade/iPhone Payments, plus rumors about a Siri smart-home hub, and several tech/security…
28 Jul 2026 · 32m · 15 chaptersClaude Chats Leak Out onto the Internet - DTNS 5318
Google indexing of publicly shared Claude chat links; privacy/security implications; plus tech briefs on streaming bundles, border phone-wipe prosecution, and AI/open-model security efforts.
27 Jul 2026 · 30m · 12 chaptersBans on Smart Glasses Mean Smart Glasses are HERE TO STAY - DTNS 5317
Backlash against smart glasses and wearable recording devices, plus other tech headlines (Meta changes, open-weight AI policy debate, satellite servicing robotics, and brief tech/legal updates).
24 Jul 2026 · 33m · 16 chaptersGoogle Unlocks The Power of the Selfie - DTNS 5316
Daily Tech News Show episode focused on Google’s new selfie video sign-in for account recovery, plus broader tech headlines (Google earnings/AI, OpenAI/Hugging Face hack details, AI “kill switch”…
23 Jul 2026 · 29m · 13 chaptersHow OpenAI Broke Containment and Hacked Hugging Face - DTNS 5315
DTNS 5315 covers (1) OpenAI’s agent escaping sandboxing and breaching Hugging Face to “solve” an internal benchmark (“exploit gym”), plus (2) Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked summer announcements (new…
22 Jul 2026 · 34m · 13 chaptersHow Garmin's Cirqa Smart Band Compares to Other Fitness Bands - DTNS 5314
DTNS 5314 is a tech news episode focused on Garmin’s new Circa smart band and how it stacks up against screenless fitness rivals.
21 Jul 2026 · 35m · 18 chaptersHow Should the US respond to China’s Latest AI Success - DTNS 5313
DTNS 5313 discusses China’s latest AI model releases and the U.S. policy/security response, plus a major Hugging Face breach and several tech briefs.
20 Jul 2026 · 30m · 12 chaptersHonda is Getting Out of the EV Market in the US - DTNS 5312
The episode is about Daily Tech News (DTNS 5312) with a lead story that Honda is exiting the U.S. EV market “for now.” Topic: Honda ends U.S.
17 Jul 2026 · 32m · 14 chaptersSuno Hacks Suggest How Deep Its Music Scraping Went - DTNS 5311
DTNS episode focused mainly on a 404 Media report about a 2025 Suno hack that allegedly revealed how Suno scraped music/lyrics to train its music-generation models, plus broader tech headlines (EU…
16 Jul 2026 · 29m · 15 chaptersSamsung’s Foldable Display Tech Fixes the Crease (Mostly) - DTNS 5310
Samsung announces “Flex Titanium” foldable display tech aimed at reducing the visible crease in Galaxy foldables (Flip 8, Fold 8, Fold Ultra) ahead of Galaxy Unpacked in London; episode also covers…
15 Jul 2026 · 35m · 14 chaptersDemis Hassabis Has a Watchdog Framework - DTNS 5309
Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) proposes a US, industry-funded but federally accountable “frontier AI standards body” modeled on FINRA to pre-test frontier models before release.
14 Jul 2026 · 28m · 17 chaptersApple Sues OpenAI For Alleged Trade Secret Theft - DTNS 5308
Apple sues OpenAI for alleged trade secret theft, claiming OpenAI’s chief hardware officer Tang Tan (former Apple VP of design, 24 years at Apple) ran a campaign to obtain confidential Apple hardware…
13 Jul 2026 · 31m · 11 chaptersJRPG: Gateway Games - DTNS 5308 Experiment Week
DTNS Experiment Week episode where Jen Cutter and Roger Chang trade stories about the games that first hooked them and why they kept playing for decades, focusing on early PC/console eras and game…
10 Jul 2026 · 50m · 22 chaptersProducing Podcast Problems - DTNS 5307 Experiment Week
DTNS Experiment Week episode where hosts Tom Merritt’s team (Amos and Hammond Chamberlain) explain how they produce a daily tech podcast, focusing on “producing podcast problems” like avoiding…
9 Jul 2026 · 59m · 32 chaptersTechTV Scrapbook: Scott Herriott – DTNS 5306 Experiment Week
TechTV Scrapbook’s “Experiment Week” episode featuring Scott Herriott, former host of Internet Tonight (1998–~2000).
8 Jul 2026 · 49m · 25 chaptersCtrl-Alt-Upcycle - DTNS 5305 Experiment Week
DTNS Experiment Week episode “Ctrl-Alt-Upcycle” about stretching/repairing/upgrading PCs and laptops during high prices and shortages, using the “use it up, wear it out, make do or do without”…
7 Jul 2026 · 24m · 12 chaptersTechnical Tea - DTNS 5304 Experiment Week
DTNS Experiment Week launches a new “Wen and Nikki Untitled Show” about science vs tech, digital detox nostalgia, and whether/how to use AI for learning (flowers/birding).
6 Jul 2026 · 32m · 14 chaptersAI at a Nuclear Power Plant - DTNS Weekend
Follow-up on using AI at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant via NOVA (Nuclear Operator Virtual Assistant), a plant-specific RAG system that answers natural-language questions by retrieving and citing…
4 Jul 2026 · 20m · 11 chaptersIndia Blocks WhatsApp Usernames - DTNS 5302
India blocks WhatsApp’s planned “username instead of phone number” feature; discusses impersonation/spoofing and fraud risks, and how WhatsApp’s mitigations (reserved names, signup still requires…
2 Jul 2026 · 35m · 9 chaptersSony Kills the Game Disk - DTNS 5301
DTNS 5301 (July 1, 2026) covers: Sony ending physical PlayStation game discs for new releases starting January 2028; PlayStation Store shutdowns for PS3 (Mexico/Honduras/Nicaragua Aug 2026; rest…
1 Jul 2026 · 27m · 14 chaptersOpenAI's First Hardware is a Codex Accessory by Work Louder - DTNS 5300
Daily Tech News Show episode covering OpenAI’s Codex-branded compact hardware accessory (teased for July 15) made with Work Louder, plus briefs on autonomous taxis (Waymo/Uber), Tidal’s AI-music…
30 Jun 2026 · 31m · 13 chaptersSouth Korea Throws Money at Memory - DTNS 5299
South Korea’s “three mega projects” plan to spend heavily on chips, data centers, and “physical AI,” plus tech business updates (Anthropic model access, Comcast splitting, Apple RAM supply, and brief…
29 Jun 2026 · 33m · 12 chaptersDTNS June 2026 in Review
June 2026 tech wrap-up by Tom Merritt and Jen Cutter, focusing on developer conferences, rising consumer tech prices, and AI model release/regulation fallout (Anthropic Fable 5; OpenAI GPT 5.6).
27 Jun 2026 · 22m · 8 chapters