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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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More price increases but also some DECREASES - DTNS 5298
Daily Tech News Show episode covering hardware price changes (Xbox, Surface Pro, Commodore Callback 8020, Framework Laptop 13 Pro), plus tech headlines on Android 17 foldable gaming mode, teen…
26 Jun 2026 · 30m · 12 chaptersApple Raises Prices On Most (But Not All) of Its Hardware - DTNS 5297
Apple raises prices across most hardware (MacBooks, iPads, Vision Pro, etc.) due to fast-rising memory component costs, while sparing the iPhone and also keeping AirPods and Apple Watch at current…
25 Jun 2026 · 31m · 11 chaptersWas the Google Home Speaker Worth the Wait? - DTNS 5296
DTNS episode focused on Google’s newly released Google Home speaker with Gemini, debating whether it was worth the wait, plus a run of other tech headlines.
24 Jun 2026 · 31m · 12 chaptersThe Steam Box is Here… And It’s Expensive - DTNS 5295
Valve’s Steam Box (TV-sized Steam machine) goes live with reservation signups, but pricing is high and availability is limited; the hosts debate whether it’s worth buying now versus waiting.
23 Jun 2026 · 30m · 12 chaptersFive Eyes Security Give CISOs a Budget Weapon - DTNS 5294
DTNS episode focused on a Five Eyes (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US) cybersecurity warning that frontier AI models will make risk rise faster—“months not years”—and that CISOs should urgently…
22 Jun 2026 · 32m · 15 chaptersA Retro Digital Detox Phone from Commodore - DTNS Weekend
DTNS Weekend hosts Tom Merritt and Play Retro’s Brian Dunaway discuss the Commodore Callback 8020, a retro-styled “digital detox” flip phone.
21 Jun 2026 · 37m · 15 chaptersWhat Data Centers Are Like from the Inside - DTNS WEEKEND
Inside look at data centers—what they’re like day-to-day, how they’re staffed, and misconceptions about power, water, noise, and security.
20 Jun 2026 · 44m · 18 chapters
Daily Music Headlines June 19th, 2026
Daily Music Headlines for June 19, 2026 (Juneteenth), mixing entertainment news with a weekly “fresh songs” segment.
19 Jun 2026 · 6m · 2 chaptersBrain-Computer Interface You Can Use On Your Own for Years - DTNS 5293
A UC Davis/Nature Medicine report on a brain-computer interface (BCI) that let a man with ALS communicate and control a cursor at home without supervision, plus discussion of broader DTNS tech news.
18 Jun 2026 · 31m · 17 chaptersGoogle Fills Its New Smart Speaker with Gemini - DTNS 5292
Daily Tech News episode focused on Google’s new smart speaker “Google Home” (Gemini-powered), plus briefs on Qualcomm mixed-reality platforms, WordPress VIP AI marketing survey results, and several…
17 Jun 2026 · 25m · 15 chaptersSnap’s Specs Are AR Glasses Without the Puck - DTNS 5291
Snap’s new tether-free AR “Specs” smart glasses, plus a broader tech news roundup (AI export/guardrails dispute, SpaceX/Cursor deal, Commodore flip phone, Qualcomm Snapdragon Surface laptops, and…
16 Jun 2026 · 32m · 13 chaptersIs Dario about to become Dari-out? - DTNS 5290
DTNS episode about the U.S. Commerce Department ordering Anthropic to shut down access to its Fable 5 public model and Mythos 5 restricted model due to export restrictions tied to alleged security…
15 Jun 2026 · 36m · 14 chaptersWhy Siri AI is Delayed in the EU - DTNS WEEKEND
EU delay of “Siri AI” on iOS/iPadOS due to Digital Markets Act (DMA) interoperability requirements and privacy/security disputes between Apple and the EU.
14 Jun 2026 · 35m · 15 chaptersSpaceX IPO is All Systems Go - DTNS 5289
Daily Tech News episode focused on SpaceX’s NASDAQ debut and early IPO trading, plus several other tech headlines (Nothing at Best Buy, Amazon/Rivian EV AC shutoff update, MrBeast hitting 500M…
12 Jun 2026 · 35m · 15 chaptersMicrosoft Gets Honest About Xbox - DTNS 5288
This DTNS episode focuses mainly on Microsoft’s Xbox situation and broader tech news.
11 Jun 2026 · 29m · 14 chaptersMicrosoft Breaks a Patch Tuesday Record - DTNS 5287
DTNS episode focused on Microsoft’s record-breaking Patch Tuesday (206 Windows security fixes), plus broader tech headlines (AI translation, new hardware, autonomous driving research, and other…
10 Jun 2026 · 27m · 16 chaptersAnthropic Releases Mythos-Class Model to the Public - DTNS 5286
Daily Tech News Show episode covering Anthropic’s public release of its “Fable 5” Claude model with guardrails, Apple’s “Apple Intelligence” privacy architecture (including Gemini involvement), and…
9 Jun 2026 · 31m · 19 chaptersApple's New Take on Intelligence - WWDC 2026 - DTNS 5285
Daily Tech News episode covering WWDC 2026 kickoff, focused on Apple Intelligence/Siri plus platform updates (Liquid Glass, parental controls, iOS 27 compatibility), with additional tech headlines…
8 Jun 2026 · 39m · 14 chaptersDo People Hate Tech Now? - DTNS Live
DTNS Live Friday Hangout with Ayaz Akhtar (PCMag/CNET) discussing whether people “hate tech now,” why tech sentiment turned more skeptical, and how media algorithms amplify negative stories.
6 Jun 2026 · 46m · 20 chaptersHow Does Gurman Get All Those WWDC Leaks? - DTNS 5284
DTNS 5284 focuses on how Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman gets Apple WWDC leaks, plus a roundup of major tech news and an interview about a drug to regrow teeth.
5 Jun 2026 · 35m · 12 chaptersGoogle Brings a Powerful Multimodal LLM to Your Laptop - DTNS 5283
This DTNS episode (June 4, 2026) centers on Google’s open-source Gemma 4 multimodal LLM release, including Gemma 4 12B, which can run locally on laptops with at least 16GB RAM/VRAM.
4 Jun 2026 · 25m · 12 chaptersMicrosoft’s new Android for AI Agents - DTNS 5282
Microsoft’s Project Solara (MDEP), an AOSP/Android-based operating system for “AI agents” that generates interfaces on the fly (“just-in-time UI”) and integrates with enterprise Microsoft services…
3 Jun 2026 · 32m · 13 chaptersMicrosoft Announces Its Most Powerful Surface at Build 2026 - DTNS 5281
Daily Tech News episode covering Microsoft Build 2026 announcements (Surface RTX Spark DevBox hardware; Windows 11 developer optimizations; “unmetered intelligence” local inference; Windows/WSL Linux…
2 Jun 2026 · 34m · 15 chaptersNVIDIA Comes for Windows PCs - DTNS 5280
DTNS episode covers NVIDIA’s Computex/GTC announcements plus broader tech briefs: Vera Rubin data-center platform, RTX Spark CPU for Windows on ARM PCs, humanoid-robot and physical-AI platforms…
1 Jun 2026 · 35m · 17 chapters