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01:00:40

Game Pass and Chill - DTNS Live 4964

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2025/02/26

Why hasn’t Xbox Game Pass turned into the Netflix of games? Scott shares his thoughts. Why is Apple’s decision to end Advanced Data Protection for UK iCloud users drawing such little outcry from the British public. Amazon announced Alexa+, a generative AI-powered version of the venerable voice assistant. And what is Toyota Woven City the company’s test course for mobility all about?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.Quick Hits:YouTube Reports

00:57:18

EV Curious - DTNS Live 4963

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2025/02/25

Miss the old keyboard on the smartphone? Well Clicks is bringing it back for Android phones. In the market of a new EV but not sure where to begin? Emily Forlini is here with an EV buyer’s guide. Would you use free ad-supported software for work? And UK artists and newspapers launch a protest against UK government plans to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Emily Forlini, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show

00:56:26

Click & Smell - DTNS Live 4962

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2025/02/24

Perplexity teases its upcoming web browser and shares a wait list. ASUS debuts a new computer mouse you can smell. Google is pricing its new video generation model Veo 2 at $0.50/sec. And researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have conducted unbiased sampling of YouTube videos uncovering data Google itself won’t share.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.Quick Hits:Apple to make major investment following meeting with Trump

01:03:04

ChatGPT Operator is Standing By! - DTNS Live 4961

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2025/02/21

Apple will disable its Advanced Data Protection end-to-end encryption feature in the UK. HP forced customers in Europe to wait 15 minutes on the phone to encourage its customers to use chat or social media for support calls. And it's Friday. We quiz you on your knowledge of secret codes and messages in history, corporate logos and movies.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Molly Wood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.Quick Hits:visionOS 2.4 Announced: Apple Intelligence,

00:56:28

A Prime Bond – DTNS Live 4960

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2025/02/20

Amazon MGM has entered into a deal that will allow it creative control over the James Bond movie franchise. Will this be a blessing or a curse for 007? YouTube is planning a new, lower-priced version of its paid video service called “premium lite”. An Australian online safety report from eSafety found that children can easily bypass social media age restrictions, something necessary as the government moves forward with a ban on social media for under-16s. And Amazon announced that it surpassed

00:55:40

Another Brick In My Pants - DTNS Live 4959

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2025/02/19

Microsoft Research develops a generative AI model that can build out game worlds. Humane, the makers of the failed Humane AI pin, is selling most of its company to HP for $116 million. Eufy announced the FamiLock S3 Max, a video lock that can automatically unlock doors when it reads the palms of authorized people.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.Quick Hits:Apple unveils new iPhone 16e: Here's everything you need to

00:59:49

The Fiverr Chatbot Busker - DTNS Live 4958

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2025/02/18

As Apple looks to increase its production of iPhones for the global market in India, China is finding ways to slow that process. Fiverr unveiled new initiatives to attract gig workers to its platform and provide them with generative AI tools. Spotify will launch a “Music Pro” tier later this year that will offer “Hi-Fi” audio, “remixing tools,” and access to concert tickets. And Waymo is rumored to be developing a subscriber program.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang,

01:01:56

Quote the Mastodon, "Ever More" - DTNS Live 4957

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2025/02/14

Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature found on other platforms like X, Bluesky and Threads. A memo shows Meta has plans investments into AI-driven humanoid robots, memo shows. Y Combinator startup Firecrawl seeks to hire an AI agent for $15K a year. Real effort or just free publicity? And we test everyone’s knowledge of theme restaurants with this week’s quiz!Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.Quick Hits:TikTok is

00:56:07

Paramount YouTube TV Game of Chicken - DTNS Live 4956

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2025/02/13

What’s the current state of the GPU marketplace and why is it so darn hard to get one? On Monday Meta started a round of performance-based layoffs of roughly 5% of the workforce even though many of those affected met or exceeded performance goals. The UK firm manages to recover 97% of the lithium and 99% of the graphite from a used EV battery. And Paramount channels, including CBS and Nickelodeon, go dark on YouTube TV starting today.Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Will Smith, Roger Chang,

00:53:38

Netflix and Grill - DTNS Live 4955

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2025/02/12

The ESA is bringing out a new video game show, “Interactive Innovation Conference”. Is this the successor to E3? Scott fills us in. Plus Apple is looking into home robotics to expand its smart home offerings and launching a new health study that will gather data from Apple devices to discover new relationships between different areas of health tracking. And Netflix opened a restaurant?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to theShow Notes.Quick Hits:OpenAI Cancels

00:54:50

The Thick and Thin of Smartphones - DTNS Live 4954

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2025/02/11

How thin can you make a book-foldable smartphone? Oppo has the answer. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealed Americans primarily watch YouTube on TV screens vs mobile screens. Are Jeep infotainment systems filled with persistent ads? And is the next big thing on Netflix, podcasts?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to theShow Notes.Quick Hits:Meta in Talks to Buy Korean AI Chip Startup Founded by Samsung

01:03:13

DTNS Live 4952 - AI Drains Brains

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2025/02/10

Are generative AI tools detrimental to our ability to think critically? The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit is being held in Paris this week. Do we need to pay attention? Did Super Bowl LIX highlight a tipping point for cryptocurrencies and sports betting? And Google Calendar is paring back its default notable dates in events. Does anyone use that feature?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to theShow Notes.Quick Hits:Spooked by the 2011 PSN Hack, Some

01:03:04

Goud Do Better, Google! - DTNS Live 4852

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2025/02/07

We discussed our cable management habits. The UK’s government has reportedly ordered Apple to create a backdoor encrypted user data in iCloud data. Google updates Gemini’s AI response in its Super Bowl ad. And it’s Friday. We test our panel with another round of quiz questions centered on the topic of distillation.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to theShow Notes.Quick Hits:Meta Torrented Over 81.7TB of Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors

00:58:10

Creating Distilled Models is Half the Battle! - DTNS...

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2025/02/06

Could the threat posed by Ransomware be diminishing? A new cyber security report holds some tantalizing data. Why is Microsoft Teams getting Facebook-like functionality? Bloomberg’s sources suggest that Amazon’s belt tightening will raise fears of “lean years ahead” And Stanford and the University of Washington AI researchers trained an AI “reasoning” model for under $50.Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Quick Hits: Mistral Releases Its AI Assistant on

00:59:47

Saving Game History - DTNS Live 4950

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2025/02/05

The Video Game History Foundation has made its archive available for early access, free of charge. Google updates its AI principles removing references to weapons and surveillance. Sonos is planning to launch a streaming TV device later this year in the $200-$400 price range. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Quick Hits: Roblox Brookhaven Game Acquired by

00:59:37

Taking Driver Assistance to New Levels - DTNS Live 4949

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2025/02/04

A new app from the Icon Factory called Tapestry pulls together feeds from Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into one timeline. Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told analysts the company will finally get into the mainstream paid streaming subscription game this year. Adobe is adding a new Contract Intelligence feature to its Acrobat “AI Assistant” to scan contracts and flag important details. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe. Quick Hits: Apple Launches

01:00:22

Deep Seeking Deep Research - DTNS Live 4948

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2025/02/03

OpenAI announced Deep Research, an agentic ChatGPT tool, that lets users ask the chatbot to perform “multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks”. AI companies like Anthropic would like job applicants NOT to use AI on their submission. Fitness+ adds hours of Kendrick Lamar themed workouts to celebrate Super Bowl LIX. And where are all the new GPUs that Nvidia launched? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Quick

01:00:39

LinkedIn's Break Room - DTNS Live 4947

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2025/01/31

LinkedIn’s efforts to bring more video creators on board seems to be paying off. Why is Nintendo going after a Costa Rican grocery store owner? Plus OpenAI launched o3-mini, a new AI reasoning model designed to be both powerful and more affordable. And it's Friday and time for another end of week Fun Time Quiz. Can you figure out the answer before everyone else?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes.

01:00:25

Throwing Spaghetti at the Facebook Wall - DTNS Live 4946

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2025/01/30

Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s o1 model into Copilot and gives Copilot users free access to it. PLus Microsoft is making a NPC optimized version of DeepSeek’s R1 model to run locally on Copilot+PC machines. Google is launching “Ask for me,” a new Search Lab experiment that uses AI to call businesses for local service pricing and availability. And Facebook realizes it is no longer relevant to younger audiences. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes.

00:56:01

Goodness Scrape! - DTNS Live 4945

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2025/01/29

OpenAI tells the Financial Times that it found evidence that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used OpenAI’s proprietary models to train its system. An anti-AI scrapping activist creates a tarpit to trap AI crawlers in an endless maze of links to nowhere. Plus Xbox’s Phil Spencer made an interesting comment about hard exclusives on the platform. And how do teens really feel about the tech industry and the dangers of the AI industry? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link

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