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Hack the Virus! - DTNS 3746

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A round-up of all the COVID-19 related tech stories of the day including MIT's plan to release plans for a low cost respirator and WHO partnering with tech companies.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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DTNS 3392 - Anonymous Sources = Black Magic: Facebook is looking to acquire security companies it believes bolster the site's security. Who are the possible candidates and what kinds of security expertise is Facebook specifically looking for? by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3400 - Ask Notch What Your Phone Can Do for You?: We discuss the notchiness of latest generation smartphones and what's to love and hate about the design in everyday use. by Daily Tech News Show
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Cooking the Facebooks - DTNS 3410: An explosive New York Times has revealed a CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered company management to only use Android phones after Apple CEO Tim Cook criticized Facebook an interview with MSNBC, while management directed a campaign to discredit critics while o... by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS LABS INTERVIEW - Shayla Maddox: Tom talks with artist Shayla Maddox https://www.shaylamaddox.com/ about how science and tech inspire and enable her as a creator. Patreon.com/shaylamaddox Art N Glow https://www.artnglow.com/ @shaylamaddox https://twitter.com/sh... by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3395 - The Ethics of Privacy: At the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Apple's Tim Cook, keynote warned of the need to establish laws and regulations governing the use of personal data to stop the weaponization of data. by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3398b - Big Blue Buys a Red Hat: Is Google planning to offer Play store apps on subscription basis? Who would it target and is the subscription model for software gaining steam? by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3399 - I USB-C What You Did There Apple: DTNS Begins at: 17:00 Who's pre-ordering what Apple stuff, and on DTNS: Apple has announced a new iPad that's faster, lighter, and more capable than previous models. Plus they unveiled the long-awaited update to the Mac Mini and MacBook Air... by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3405 - Walk This Way: China is deploying surveillance software that recognizes people by the way they walk and their body shape. How will this shape security and privacy of the masses in years to come?  by Daily Tech News Show
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Google Unveils New EU Political Ad Policy - DTH: Google’s new EU political ad policy, the US campaigns against Huawei telecom equipment, and Apple reportedly resumes production of the iPhone X.  by Daily Tech News Show
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HDTV Buyers Guide with Robert Heron - DTNS 3411: With the Holidays fast approaching we've invited HDTV reviewer extraordinaire Robert Heron to share his picks for best HDTV buys this season. by Daily Tech News Show
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Who Is Amazon's Amazon? - DTNS 3418: Amazon is boldly going into new markets and new areas of business. Government regulators around the world are responding. Is Amazon getting too big for its own good? by Daily Tech News Show
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Beijing to Launch Citywide Social Credit System - DTH: Amazon partially reopens the global store in Australia, Beijing plans social credit system by 2021, and Google Duplex starts rolling out to the public.  by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3401 - WhatsAds: Apple is in talks with iHeartRadio, Sonos is delaying Google Assistant support until 2019, the US slips one point down in the latest Internet Freedom ranking and Flickr is rescinding 1TB of photo storage to free users.  by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3402 - An Instagram Story about Ads: Instagram has developed a new feed that lets business pages push slide shows to its followers injecting stories into their queues to “boost” their exposure. Starring Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and Andrew Mayne. by Daily Tech News Show
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Who's In Your Wallet? - DTNS 3414: Amazon wants stores, restaurants, and gas stations to accept Amazon Pay. Is this the latest push to oust traditional credit cards like VISA and MasterCard as the primary form of consumer non-cash payment? by Daily Tech News Show
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China's Max Headroom - DTNS 3406: World's first AI newscaster makes it debut with Chinese state broadcaster Xinhua News Agency. We debate is performance and decide if its something human news anchors need to be worried about.  by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3397 - FilmStruck Down: It's our end of October Roundtable show. We examine the market cycles that influences the makeup of streaming service providers, take a close look at Smart Displays niche and its future, think of ways to switch careers when you're current get... by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3403 - Self-licking Ice Cream Cone: The reviews for Apple's iPad Pro are in. We discuss what the tech reviews found right and wrong with Apple's latest tablet. Plus Blizzard announces a new mobile version of Diablo, LG is developing a smart shopping cart and Intel unveils its l... by Daily Tech News Show
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The Amazon HQ That Wasn't - DTNS 3408: French president, Macron, has urged world leaders to sign-up to cybersecurity pact that would develop an international set of norms for internet behavior. by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3394 - A PC by Any Other Name...: As a greater share of professional-grade services and apps make their way to smartphones, tablets and cloud services is their a reason to own a PC anymore? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.  by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3396 - Christie's Came to the Obvious Conclusion: At the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Apple's Tim Cook, keynote warned of the need to establish laws and regulations governing the use of personal data to stop the weaponization of data. by Daily Tech News Show
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E-Trucks - DTNS 3407: We talk to CNET's Roadshow's Tim Stevens about the state of Electric Trucks. Where they're at now and where they will be down the road.  by Daily Tech News Show
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Blinded By the Night - DTNS 3409: We share viewer feedback on Amazon's choice of locations for its HQ2. Plus we discuss Google's new Night Sight mode for its Pixel Smartphones and Intel's Neural Compute Stick 2. by Daily Tech News Show
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Stars and Bytes Forever - DTNS 3417: Serving on deployment in the military can force many soldiers to be away from home for months at a time. So our very own Anthony Lemos is here to share how technology is helping to bridge the gap and help military personnel keep in touch back home. by Daily Tech News Show
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Unreal Amounts of Money - DTNS 3421: Iliad introduces the Freebox Delta, Microsoft rumored to replace Edge, and Epic Games shakes up the digital game store market. by Daily Tech News Show
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Patrick Norton Says Listen Up- DTNS 3419: Patrick Norton shares his favorite audio picks for the Holiday Season. Plus Starwood Hotels revealed unauthorized access to 500 million customer accounts and Intel announced new Universal Windows Drivers. by Daily Tech News Show
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Why Apple's Slicing iPhone Production - DTNS 3412: With the Holidays fast approaching we've invited HDTV reviewer extraordinaire Robert Heron to share his picks for best HDTV buys this season. by Daily Tech News Show
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DTNS 3404 - The Young and the Restful: An Oxford study has cast doubt on the effects of screen time and children's sleep behavior. What does this mean for parents, educators and kids? by Daily Tech News Show
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(REV) Airplay 2: Remodel Boogaloo - DTNS 3429: Allison Sheridan shares her experience with integrating a new wireless streaming home audio system in to her remodeled home. by Daily Tech News Show
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Small Ads Cause Big Trouble - DTNS 3416: How a ruling by the French data regulator against a small adtech firm in France is causing big ripples in the data privacy community. by Daily Tech News Show
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Intel counts its Ps and Es - DTNS 4140: Intel announces Alderlake processors releasing this year, Casey Newton suggests more context is needed regarding the Facebook Papers released by Francis Haugen, and Adobe Max has released details on new AI powered features for video. Starring Tom Merri... by Daily Tech News Show
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We're In the Thick of this Chip Mess - DTNS 4137: We examine the long and short term prospects for Intel after their recent financial statements. NFTs go pop culture. Wired’s Brian Barrett has an article called “I Used Facebook Without the Algorithm, and You Can Too”. We examine how effective Barrett’... by Daily Tech News Show
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Facebook Wants a Name Other Than Defendant - DTNS 4135: The Verge’s sources say Facebook plans to announce a company name change next week. Alphabet’s Wing company has expanded its drone delivery business into Texas. Finally we give details into this week’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. Starring Tom Merrit... by Daily Tech News Show
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