Grand Theft Auto 6 gets yet another delay in pursuit of perfection, and Amazon launches Bazzar as it seeks to compete directly with Shein and Temu.
Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.
JASON: This is the Daily Tech News for Friday, November 7th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
HUYEN: To...
2025-11-07 19:37:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe U.S. reportedly won’t allow Nvidia to sell its B30A chip to China, Tesla shareholders approve a $1 trillion compensation package for Elon Musk, and Amazon introduces an AI-powered translation service for Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
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2025-11-07 16:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostPlus, Microsoft wants to make its own suprintelligence and Apple is close to signing on Google’s Gemini for Siri.
Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Dr Niki.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, November 6th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
HUYEN: Today Dr. Niki tells us about e-ink screens made sp...
2025-11-06 19:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostApple nears deal to pay Google $1 billion for a custom version of Gemini to power Siri, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley launched an AI-powered social app for iPhone, and Microsoft's AI CEO will lead the company's new superintelligence team.
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2025-11-06 16:11:30 +0000 UTC View PostGoogle opens up its version of Android worldwide, and AI beats the world at forecasting hurricanes this season.
Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, November 5, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
SARAH: Today, Epic and Google agree to open up Android worldwide.
I’m Tom Merritt,
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2025-11-05 19:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostGoogle and Epic Games have reached a possible settlement to the ongoing legal battle that began in 2020, Amazon filed a lawsuit against Perplexity over the Comet browser's AI agent making purchases, and the Australian eSafety Commission adds Reddit and Kick to list of sites to be age-restricted in social media ban for under-16s.
Check out the show notes 2025-11-05 11:34:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Apple might soon introduce low cost laptops to go head to head with ChromeBooks, and TikTok announced its first US awards show for recognizing excellent creators on its platform.
Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.
JASON: This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
TOM: Today Stable Diffusio...
2025-11-04 19:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostChina subsidizes energy costs for companies that use home-grown AI chips, OpenAI refutes claims that ChatGPT will no longer provide medical or legal advice, and Microsoft acknowledged incorrect end-of-support dates for Windows 10.
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2025-11-04 15:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe compute deals are coming in fast, but is there energy for it? And how Google might save Siri.
Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, November 3, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
ROBB: Today, everybody wants more infrastructure, but what they really need is more power. Where will they get...
2025-11-03 20:00:36 +0000 UTC View PostChina suspends export control on rare earth metals, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will continue the investigation on proposed merger of Getty Images and Shutterstock, and the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build introduces 'Shared Audio' to enable two Bluetooth devices to connect at the same time.
Check out the show notes 2025-11-03 14:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Things are going along well after the October full of product releases. If you haven’t caught it yet, Jenn Cutter and I broke down the month’s biggest stories, and one of the biggest was all the product announcements from Amazon, Google, Apple, and Samsung.https://www.patreon.com/posts/142551004
Also, if yo...
2025-11-01 20:07:26 +0000 UTC View PostAmazon CEO says recent layoffs weren’t driven by AI, Denmark drops mandatory scanning CSAM plan, Samsung and Nvidia parter on AI Megafactory"
2025-11-01 16:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostTech Earnings hit the clouds but Apple’s closer to the ground.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Friday, October 31st, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
JENN: Today, Andy Beach tells us why AI has folks running for the shelter of TextEdit, and in part two of our ...
2025-10-31 18:20:22 +0000 UTC View PostApple plans to integrate more third-party AI tools into Siri, Netflix explores acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming business, and Uber and Kroger partner to expand restaurant and grocery delivery services.
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2025-10-31 12:36:38 +0000 UTC View PostUniversal Music just struck a big deal with Udio that legitimizes its music generation platform, and Samsung is bringing its browser to Windows for the first time.
Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.
JASON: This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, October 30th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
SARAH: Today it’s earnings palo...
2025-10-30 18:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostBeijing will cooperate with Washington to "properly resolve" issues regarding the divestiture of TikTok's U.S. operations, WhatsApp is introducing passkey support for encrypted chat backups, and UMG and Stability AI have partnered to create AI-powered music creation tools.
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2025-10-30 15:56:40 +0000 UTC View PostApple says an Oppo engineer shared Apple Watch trade secrets with the company, and US senators are looking into banning chatbots for underage users.
Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.
JASON: This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, October 29th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
SARAH: Today we’re talking speakers and home auto...
2025-10-29 18:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostCharacter.AI will block open-ended chats for users under 18-years-old, Cameo sues OpenAI over brand dilution, and YouTube will AI-upscale videos on tv for content uploaded below 1080p.
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2025-10-29 15:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostOpenAI completes its recapitalization to a for-profit company, and most human eyes can’t see all the detail shown on 4K TVs in the living room.
Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.
JASON: This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, October 28, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.
Today Adobe brings a lot more AI to its Creative Suite at Adobe Max 2025. 2025-10-28 18:55:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft has acquired a 27% stake in OpenA and approves its for profit restructuring, Apple reached a market value of over $4 trillion, and Grokipedia launches with 885,000 articles.
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2025-10-28 15:29:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe battle is now set for the data center. And your newest security attack vector is the agentic browser. We have a simple solution.
Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, October 27th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, follow up on the context of those stories, and help each other understand.
ROBB: Today, Everybody’s coming for Nvidia. Qualcomm enters t...
2025-10-27 18:27:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhat does it mean to “follow up on the context?”
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OK, that’s probably not the shortest-ever question for the Editor’s Desk. That title probably belongs to something like, “Cake or pie?” 😆 Oh well. I’ll keep trying.
But in the meantime, I genuinely am interested to hear what it means to “follow up on the context.” I hear this at the beginning of each show, and always scratch my head trying to decipher it.
DTNS is fantastic at followi...
2025-10-27 17:59:28 +0000 UTC View PostMark Gurman reports Apple plans to bring advertising to Apple Maps, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission announced legal action against Microsoft over hidden pricing options, and ads on Samsung smart fridges launch November 3rd.
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2025-10-27 14:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostNetflix shuts down Boss Fight Entertainment, new Firefox extensions must disclose any user data collection, OpenAI developing AI model for music from text or audio prompts.
2025-10-25 16:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostApple might disable Apple Tracking Transparency in parts of Europe due to "intense lobbying," and Firefox Extension will soon be required to disclose its data collection practices.
Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.
JASON: This is the Daily Tech News for Friday, October 24th, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, follow up on the context of those stories and help each other understand.
HUYEN: To...
2025-10-24 18:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe European Commission has accused Meta and TikTok of violating the Digital Services Act, Intel's revenue rose 3% year-over-year to $13.7 billion, and a federal court has ordered Meta to release internal documents related to teen harm.
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2025-10-24 16:06:39 +0000 UTC View PostAnd AWS explains exactly what took down the internet on Monday.
Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, October 23, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, follow up on the context of those stories and help each other understand.
HUYEN: Today, the year of smart glasses shapes up with Amazon making its delivery drivers wear them...
2025-10-23 18:41:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Windows 10 has been the dominant PC OS for almost a decade. Like its predecessors, Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1, it has been both cursed and revered, and considered irreplaceable. Now that its end-of-service life has been reached, many have pondered what their options are for upgrading to Windows 11. Believe it or not, most systems that run Windows 10 can be upgraded to Windows 11 despite not meeting the system requirements of Microsoft’s flagship OS. It runs atop the same kernel ...
2025-10-23 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMicrosoft has set a challenging 30% profit margin goal for its Xbox Gaming division, OpenAI has revealed a series of upcoming features for ChatGPT Atlas, and Amazon has relaunched its Luna game streaming service.
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2025-10-23 15:49:04 +0000 UTC View PostPlus, famous people protest superintelligence, and GM brings Gemini into the car.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell.
TOM: This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025. We tell you what you need to know, follow up on the context of those stories, and help each other understand.
SARAH: Today Jason Howell got his hands on with the new Samsung Galaxy XR headset....
2025-10-22 18:23:48 +0000 UTC View Post