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Who's Running Your Smart Home? - DTNS 5375
This week Apple announced its Home View smart home hub along with several smart home devices in cooperation with LG and Schneider. So our BIG QUESTION this week is: Do you want Apple to run your smart home? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Len Peralta, Roger Chang,...
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Is Software Over? - DTNS 5371
Brandon Thomas of Artcraft has used that declaration to get attention on his Artcraft product. But does he have a point? When you can vibe code whatever you want, what role do the big software makers play? Plus, whether you need a smart lock or a simple lock. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt…
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Should We Trust Proactive Agents? – DTNS 5366
OpenAI introduced Dots this week; proactive agents that run in the cloud and act for you without being asked. Meta’s Muse and Manus offer similar capabilities. The big question: Do you want your AI agent to be proactive? Plus Amazon unveiled a new Kindle lineup this week aimed at new readers....
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Can Googlebook Bridge The Gap? – DTNS 5361
Can Googlebooks replace a MacBook or PC laptop? Are AI charms the future of personal AI or just a dead end? We discuss these important topics plus answer this important viewer question “Which jobs will be looked upon as buggy whip manufactures in the near future?” Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah…
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Is Obsolescence Planned, or is It Natural? - DTNS 5356
Molly Wood joins to talk about the upgrade cycle of devices, whether you should get permission from people before summarizing your conversations with them and does anyone need smart glasses? Featuring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe, Jenn Cutter, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Molly Wood. Link to…
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Too Many iPhones in the Fold? – DTNS Live 5351
Scott Johnson joins us to talk about Apple's ever-growing list of iPhones and whether we still want or need game consoles. Plus, if AI is unsafe, what do we want done to make it safe? It's the Friday BIG TECH QUESTIONS episode. Join us! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Scott...
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Do You Own Your Game? - DTNS Live 5142
What does gaming look like without discs? As companies race toward a future where physical media becomes a relic of the early 21st century, will gamers embrace the all-digital future—or will the industry have to change to keep them on board? Plus Apple new CEO John Ternus has only three days in…
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To Pay, or Not to Pay? That is the Question - DTNS Live 5141
Ransomware is a looming threat for any business or entity that has an online footprint. But we ask the big question. Should companies pay ransomware or not? We engage each other in a debate for the ages. Plus Walmart began accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at its Walmart and Sam’s Club…
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Is That Photo Real? - DTNS Live 5140
How is generative AI impacting creatives who have had their worked copied or used without permission. Meta’s trial in Oakland, California began this week. 29 US states allege that Meta designed Facebook and Instagram to drive compulsive use by children and tried to hide known risks of using their...
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Phones Are Just Phones These Days - DTNS Live 5139
Android Faithful’s Jason Howell is here with details on the Pixel 11 phone. Plus Anthropic announced this week it would embed watermarks in text. And a plea for a revival of reading from 120 years ago. Finally we end our week with the Great Debates: Smartphones that can always find the perfect...
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Agents Gone Wild - DTNS Live 5138
OpenAI and Anthropic have confirmed their AI models were involved in separate third-party cybersecurity testing incidents resulting in a real website being breached and social engineering attacks against sites outside the intended testing boundaries. Plus Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.2...
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Hard Prices For Hard Drives - DTNS Live 5137
As computer RAM and NAND prices continue to go through the roof, other PC components are feeling the effects besides memory and solid-state storage. Is open-source AI the key to cybersecurity in the age of threats powered by LLMs, tech companies think so. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Nate...
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A Hole In The Sandbox – DTNS Live 5136
Samsung announced new foldables including a phone with an unfolded aspect ratio that makes it wider than it is tall. Plus OpenAI released some details about how one of its agents broke out of a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face to find the solutions to a benchmark challenge. And we debate a recent...
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Unvisible Yourself - DTNS Live 5135
Can AI help improve the lives of wildlife and people who enjoy them. Meta is leading the pack in smart glasses, but people have a negative view of them often causing owners to not wear them in public. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Blair Bazdarich, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the...
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Commit to the Creative Process – DTNS Live 5134
Digital photographer, Ant Pruitt, is here to talk about his 30-day personal photography challenge and how it made him a better photographer. Plus Netflix, ElevenLabs and the Gene Wilder estate recreated the voice of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka to use as the narrator for its new reality show…
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RAM Prices Are Too Darn High! – DTNS Live 5133
Sarah shares her experience Vibe coding her new website. Tim Cook warns customers that prices for iconic Apple products are going up. We check out the new prices and share what we think of them. Plus the prices for the new Steam Machines have been made public and aren’t cheap. Finally we end our...
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Do It Scared - DTNS Live 5132
Show regular Andrea Jones-Rooy decided to challenge themselves by facing their fears and posting videos on Instagram every day for 100 days. Andrea explains how the experiment worked and if it did indeed help them overcome their fears. Plus this week the US Government ordered Anthropic to…
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GemiSiri - DTNS Live 5131
Nica Montford and Terrance Gaines from the, snobOS podcast, share their thoughts on the announcements from WWDC 2026. Plus 2026 FIFA World Cup has started and we talk about all the tech being used to keep track of the games and elevate security at the different venues. Finally its the end of the...
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Data Centers That Are Out of This World! – DTNS Live 5130
The CEO of Sophia Space, Rob DeMillo, is here to explain what’s different about space startups in 2026 vs. five years ago. Plus Nvidia announced a new SoC the RTX Spark which combines 20-Core Grace CPU With a 5070-Like Blackwell GPU and a partnership with Microsoft that will see a version of...
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The Practical Ferrari – DTNS Live 5129
Ferrari unveiled its EV supercar and Tim Stevens is here with a first hand appraisal of the new machine. Plus DuckDuckGo, provides an AI free version of its search engine at noai.ducduckgo.com. Is this backlash against Google’s AI search implementation? And would you be interested in test driving...
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Rightsizing or AI Took Our Jobs? - DTNS 5128
Google I/O 2026 was this week and Google unveiled a new Gemini search tool allowing you to add images and video to your search query. TechCrunch says “Google Search as you know it is over”, we discuss what that means. Plus Warby Parker worked with Google and Samsung on new smart glasses that were...
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Google I/O is now Google AI/O – DTNS Live 5127
Google announced a number of new initiatives and products this week. Ron Richards from Android Faithful is here with the big highlights. Plus A professor and research fellow at Sheffield Hallam University posted five tips on The Conversation for using screens as a parent. We review what was said...
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Might as Well Face It, We're Addicted to Phones - DTNS Live 5126
Main Show starts at 9:53 We look at another study that shows little effect from phone bans. Plus, Nate Lanxon joins to help us prepare for the end of Rosetta 2 Intel compatibility on Macs, and do we want to start a restaurant with an LLM prompt? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nate Lanxon…
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Thank You for Being AI Friend - DTNS Live 5125
Main Show starts at 9:58 A new study finds that AI chatbots can be addictive but are the way they’re designed partly to blame? Plus Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI is going on this week. We share if we find the story interesting from an information point of view because of the details that…
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Apple Ternus-over - DTNS Live 5124
Main Show starts at 9:28 Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will Framework latest version of its modular laptop take modular laptops and Linux mainstream? And we see if the panel...
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RAMmageddon Continues - DTNS Live 5123
Main Show starts at 8:35 Ramageddeon continues to inflict financial pain on consumers looking up the prices for new laptops, flash memory, VR headsets and storage. Plus we discuss findings from the Australian Recording Industry Association that show that people are listening to less new music in...
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To the Moon and Beyond! - DTNS Live 5122
Main Show Starts at 9:56 We discuss the implications of the Artemis II mission that saw humans fly the furthest distance from the earth and observe the dark side of the moon. Plus Gen Z is growing less excited about AI than previously. Anthropic decides to limit its latest model to a select…
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Got to Learn the Language of Data - DTNS Live 5121
Main Show Starts At 9:56 What were the big trends in AI and Data Science in 2025 and what does it tell us about what to expect in 2026. Andrew Jones-Rooy is here to explain. And we discuss Derek Thompson’s “Is the Smartphone Theory of Everything Wrong?” post on his Substack page where he lays out...
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EV Boom But Not in USA - DTNS Live 5120
As the Trump administration pulls back on funding programs to encourage EV adoption do they still have a future in the US? Plus the US FCC added all foreign-made routers to a “covered list” meaning the FCC won’t certify them. We share how we all think this will play out. Plus a special BTS quiz...
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Nvidia to the World: It's You Not Us - DTNS Live 5119
Main Show starts at 9:54 Vinyl records, cassette tapes and now reel-to-reel tapes are being revived. What’s with the surge in popularity in old media formats? We share our thoughts on NVIDIA next generation DLSS 5, which does real-time rendering to add realistic lighting to game frames. And we…
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Ray Tracing Tired, Path Tracing Wired - DTNS Live 5118
Main Show starts at 9:26 Microsoft released more details about Project Helix, their next generation Xbox including the ability to play Xbox and PC games. Plus Nvidia announced new DLSS 4.5 native integration coming to 20 games. And our listeners ask us how to parse out our time between listening…
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How You Like Them Apple Products? - DTNS Live 5117
Main Show starts at 10:00 We discuss all the big announcements Apple made this week including the MacBook Nano, new M5 SoC, and iPad Air. Is Jack Dorsey right to get ahead of it and right when he says “most companies are late?” to replace people with AI tools, or is this a mistake? And we have a...
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What's Xbox's Game to Fame? - DTNS Live 5116
Main Show starts at 9:48 Xbox replaces its leadership. Is this a sign that Microsoft is looking to sunset its gaming division or is there something else afoot? Samsung unveils its new Galaxy S26 lineup. We ask local Galaxy fan, Robb Dunewood, what he thinks of the new phone line? And Josh asks us...
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RAMageddon - DTNS Live 5115
Main Show starts at 9:45 Shannon Morse helps us deal with the rising cost of RAM, storage and more. Plus, how Google might have recovered images from Nest doorbells, and Roger's inflation-themed tech quiz! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang,...
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The Circle of AI Life - DTNS Live 5114
09:45 Main ShowWhat do analysts mean when they say that the AI boom is a circular economy, and is that bad thing? Nate Lanxon from Bloomberg explains. Plus We discuss what Discord’s demand for identification to unlock all its features means for anonymity on the web? And we have a trivia game that...
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Moltbook 3:16 - DTNS Live 5113
Main Show starts at 9:00 We share our feelings about Moltbook, a Reddit-like site for AI agents from popular AI assistant platform OpenClaw. Komei asked what steps any of us have taken to make provisions for our accounts after we die. And the Information reports Nvidia will not be introducing any...
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Dr AI Overview - DTNS Live 5112
Main Show starts at 8:01 A study by SEO tools company SE Ranking found that Google’s AI Overview relied heavily on YouTube channels as “trusted medical sites” over traditional medical sites to pull information to answer user queries. Is this a cause for concern and should the company be more...
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AI Music in the New Order - DTNS Live 5111
Main Show starts at 6:17 Bandcamp announced on Reddit Tuesday that AI-generated music would not be allowed on their platform. Will other platforms like Spotify or Apple Music follow suit? And Apple has officially teamed up with Google to use Gemini to power Apple Intelligence. Plus Substack...
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Digg-ing Into Free Speech LLMs - DTNS 5110
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Translate, its version of Google Translate. How does it compare and can it successfully compete against the search giant? Social news aggregation and discussion platform Digg has officially relaunched. What’s it look like? Is an LLM’s output protected by the US...
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How Blockchain Saved Kimchi
FutureSense's FoodChain system helps customers understand where their food comes from and how it was handled. And it averted a national Kimchi Crisis in Korea. https://futuresense.co.kr
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Robots that Sort Recycling
Aetech's Atron and Mulitron robots can sort waste for recycling at the industrial or local level.https://www.aetech.co.kr/en/
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CES 2026 - Brain-Computer-Interface That Treats Parkinson' Disease
Gbrain is an Incehon, Seoul company developing a BCI that is minimally invasive and can counter the symptoms of Parkinson's with brain stimulation.
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CES 2026 - The Best of CES - DTNS 5181
David Katzmaier tells us what CNET awarded best overall, and Richard Gunther and Trisha Hershberger fill out the list with their faves. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, Trisha Hershberger, David Katzmaier, Richard Gunther, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos. Link to the Show Notes....
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CES 2026 - WiFi 8, Holographic Desktop Friends and Hands On with the Samsung TriFold - DTNS 5180
Shannon Morse joins us to talk about our favorite things at CES. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe. Show Notes Lenovo reveals a concept for AI-powered smart glasses at CES Moto Tag 2 is Motorola’s latest tracker Motorola expands its Moto Things...
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CES 2026 - OpenAI Makes the Most Accessible Code (for an LLM)
Joe Devon is helping measure accessibility in code and yes, he’s worried about jobs too, but there’s also good it can do. Learn more about AIMAC's, AI Model Accessibility Checker, the GAAD Foundation and Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
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CES 2026 - It's Cars, Chips, and Making Any Toilet Smart - DTNS 5179
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-launches-powerful-new-rubin-chip-architecture/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-wants-to-be-the-android-of-generalist-robotics/...
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The Fuzziest Dog Robot
Tom talks with Tom Stevens, CEO of TomBot about Jennie, the robot support dog.TomBot is designed to be cute and help with senior care like Alzheimer's. https://tombot.com/
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CES 2026 - This Turns Any Wheelchair Electric
French company, WheelMove, has an accessory that will turn any manual wheelchair into an electric one. Tom talks with the co-founder, Amaury Dupas, about the device.
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Stern Pinball- CES 2026 - Star Wars: Fall Of The Empire
Pinball is adding modern day video game play to classic Pinball Machines and the result is awesome. Robb Dunewood talks with Zach Sharpe from Stern Pinball about the Star Wars: Fall of the Empire Pinball. https://shop.sternpinball.com/collections/games/products/star-wars-fall-of-the-empire-pinball
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CES 2026 - Thin Screens, Cute Robots and a smart Egg you pee on - DTNS 5178
We’re live at CES surrounded by robots, HUGE TVs and forklifts. We cut through the noise to break down what’s really going on at the biggest tech show going. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe.
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