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GDI 3313 - Literally Yelling at the Cloud Service

DTNS begins at 16:16

5 gray hairs, the Roger Change story, expensive watches, not getting steak at the steakhouse. and on DTNS: Google rolls out public testing of Duplex. Google’s AI technology that can make human sounding phone calls on your behalf for reservations or appointments. We examine the impact, usefulness, and future of the technology.

GDI 3312 - Checking in on 5G (FULL)

DTNS begins at 14:08

We may have decided to do a recipe book, why people group video chat, and on DTNS: 5G is coming with its promise of faster speeds. Will this wireless cell technology finally give mobile users the same speeds as broadband users? And will this new technology provide meaningful competition for incumbent broadband providers? 

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GDI 3311 – Strawberry Robots Forever (FULL)

DTNS begins at 11:38

The cultured music of Ratt and our snack habits, a lovely conversation about dietary sugar. 

And on DTNS: At VidCon 2018 YouTube announced new revenue opportunities for creators and Instagram unveiled IGTV for longer format video content. We asked YouTube Lamarr Wilson for a creator's perspective on these new policies and how it will change things moving forward.

GDI 3310 - Sewing the Seeds of Success (FULL)

DTNS Begins at 14:17

A little about Zug, Switzerland and our sleep routines, and Tom remembers a childhood friend's phone number. And on DTNS What's the state of diversity in tech and are the steps used to help improve the situation working? Plus YouTube announces new revenue options for creators and US Supreme Court rules that privacy in the digital age includes cellphone data held by 3rd parties.

GDI 3309 - Chief Justice Etsy (FULL)

DTNS Begins at 13:22

The movement to remake the Last Jedi, the new fall fashions, the falafel that made Sarah feel awful. Justin uses a tux to get away clean. 

And on DTNS: The US Supreme Court rules that states can force online stores to collect taxes on goods sold in their jurisdiction. How will this ruling shake up the e-tailing space in the USA and what will it mean for smaller players? 

GDI 3308 – Brave Enough to Browse Differently? (FULL)

DTNS Begins at: 16:24

A good day above ground, Fortnite makes Roger feel old, why we say browse, Sarah's power over pop culture.

And on DTNS: EU committee approves link tax and upload filter rules, Disney tries to outbid Comcast for 21st Century Fox and an ad-blocker browser tries to convince you to opt in for ads.

GDI 3307 – Musk: Listen all Y’all, It’s a Sabotage” (FULL)

DTNS starts at: 23:27

The great churro debate, Patrick's fantasy comes true, the DTNS band takes shape, And On DTNS: YouTube Premium launched in the EU and Patrick Beja is excited by it. Find out what he finds so appealing about the service and why you might want to subscribe to it yourself.

GDI 3306 - "Flat Earth" is the Voltron of Conspiracy Theories (FULL)

DTNS starts at: 14:43

A little bit about the World Cup, goodbye Tronc? Why Roger misses 99 Ranch, and the pain of ads in boxing matches. And on DTNS: Conspiracy theories are staple of the Internet. Posts about adulterated ingredients at fast food restaurants, videos about alleged political shenanigans, and forums discussing the latest evidence proving man's greatest achievements were hoaxes find a ready audience online. We examine the role that the Internet plays in conspiracy theories and if ...

GDI 3305 - Graphing Graphics Card Pricing (FULL)

DTNS begins at: 15:00

Cable and Internet service provider woes, we discuss our dreams, and Tom's nightmare, a little discussion on video conversion, and some reminiscing about TechTV.

and on DTNS: After months of sky high GPU prices it seems the cost of a new video card is coming down. Patrick Norton from TekThing joins us with his video card picks plus a whole host of other PC part goodies that you'll definitely want on your shopping list.

GDI 3304 - Boring Co. Says, "We Can Dig It" (FULL)

DTNS Begins at 17:56

World Cup madness grips the team, Roger's water woes, whether yoga pants are hot. And on DTNS what's behind the push Article 13 of the Copyright Directive in the EU Parliament that would make things like meme subject to copyright law and what would it mean for the Internet if the legislation passes? 

GDI 3303 - Bless The AI Down In Africa (FULL)

DTNS starts at: 8:59

Why we wear trousers, a bit about Love Island, and we compare Tom's knees to a tarantula. While on DTNS: US District Court ruled that planned the merger of AT&T with Time Warner could go ahead. What are the market implications of this merger and how does this affect future Telecom/Media Distribution Company mergers?

DTNS LABS - Loot Boxes and Gambling

In light of Loot Box controversies, Matt Campbell, Owner of Battleshopper.com and a mobile gaming developer at a mobile gaming company, talks about his histories with trading card games and how they play (and avoid playing with) gambling laws.

GDI 3302 - Here, Have this Malware (FULL)

DTNS Begins at: 15:14

Sarah remembers the chain restaurant she was trying to think of, and Patrick's fondness for French food and misheard lyrics. 

And on DTNS: E3 2018 is here an Patrick Beja host of gaming podcast "Pixels" is here to breakdown all the announcements for us. Plus Valve plans to launch Steam in China and a suspicious fan was given to all the journalists in Singapore for the North Korea/USA summit.

GDI 3301 – Keep Your Memories To Yourself (FULL)

DTNS Begins at: 23:19

What to do about traveling when friends want to meet you and you're busy, plus why big stores are scary and sop is paralysis of choice. And open DTNS: Apple puts its foot down on apps that run cryptocurrency mining in the background, Microsoft announced at E3 it acquired five game developers to bolster its first party game library, and the US Dept of Energy has launched the fastest supercomputer in the world, Summit, capable of 200,000 trillion calculations a second.

DTNS Q2 Hangout

Tom, Sarah, Roger and friends update us on the state of DTNS, review the DTNS mid-year survey and chat with a few of the Patreon Advisors.

The YouTube video is available here.

DTNS Q2 Hangout begins at 2PM Eastern

Watch us stream live. Slack members can ask Questions in the Slack. We'll also keep an eye on the IRC as well. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAUv5KAOtdY

GDI 3300 - War! What is AI good for?

DTNS Begins at:16:41

Len's sports ball woes, Shannon heads to New Orleans and on DTNS: With Google ending its involvement in Project Maven after significant employee dissent about the company working with the military we ponder what exactly should AI be used for and perhaps more importantly what it shouldn't be used for.

GDI 3299 - Steam-ier Content (FULL)

DTNS begins at: 15:41

A cappella groups, our latest thoughts on Weezer, Johnny Knoxville, Angela Lansbury. And on DTNS: Valve unveiled a new policy allowing anything to be posted to the Steam Store as long as the content is not something Valve decides is illegal, or straight up trolling. Is this policy of relaxed control an effort to reduce the need to moderate the store or is something else at play?

GDI 3298 - Defrag the Seagulls

DTNS begins at 19:20

We discover Roger is a pirate! Also the rumarita and why Scott loves Allison Janney. Plus on DTNS: Sonos pulled the wraps off the Beam. A smart home theater sound bar that integrates Amazon's Alexa many have speculated that its Sonos's attempt to take over the connected living room. Will it succeed or end up on the latest in a long line of failed attempts?

GDI 3297 - Notch Yo Full Screen Phone (FULL)

DTNS begins at 16:01

Tom need haptics in my keyboard or sub-vocalization, Roger reminisces about Ed McMahon, and Sarah has an original iPod. While on DTNS: We take a look at Asus announcements from this year's Computex, China is launching a probe into DRAM price fixing, Qualcomm announced a new Snapdragon processor for PCs and Intel pulls the wraps off a special edition 5Ghz processor to celebrate its 50 yrs anniversary.

June 2018 DTNS Update

Well hi everybody! Thanks for supporting the show. This is your exclusive DTNS Monthly Update.

Last month's best guess for the picture was from doctor aka Taco Tech NEws Shack "The Apple IIgs is obvious, Newton MessagePad 2000 is obvious (since they have names on them), looks like a 2nd or 3rd gen iPod, and an original Nokia 3310, which is the best phone ever. ~doctor"

This month we ask not only what this is, because I'm sure many of you will know, but WHEN it was taken. Try t...

GDI 3295 - WWDC and GitHub (FULL)

DTNS Begins at 15:54

Muffins, cupcakes, Justin's Lil' Tay update, Anchor Man may be timeless, and on DTNS Apple unleashed WWDC 2018 on an expecting audience. We break down this year's announcements and offer up our analysis on what Apple wants to do and where it wants to go. 

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GDI 3295 – Winged iPads (FULL)

DTNS Begins at: 28:14

Reminiscing about microfiche, Len's class reunion, why national donut day is real and the fate of Kip Winger. Then on DTNS: ARM releases the specs on their new 7nm SoC design. Facebook shuts down its trending site from the top its page. California launches two pilot programs to allow autonomous vehicles pick up passengers.

Yes some people get a little echo-y towards the end of Good Day Internet. Blame Winger.

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GDI 3294 - Film is the New Vinyl (FULL)

DTNS Begins at: 14:34

Tom's adventure at the DMV, Handmaid's Tale rolls on, the best use of Frito's,, No Reservations. And THEN on DTNS: The influential VC, Mary Meeker, has released her highly anticipated 2018 Internet Trends report. We break down her analysis and discuss the implications of her findings.

GDI 3293 – Patrick is Our Ear Bud (FULL)

DTNS begins at 15:05

Scooter issues, traffic around the world, our thoughts on chatbots plus on DTNS:

Patrick Norton is back with his recommendations for the best earbuds on the market. Plus researchers in Finland have discovered "time crystals" that may make it possible to build quantum computers without the need for zero temperature to operate and why Thailand is worried about the overflow of e-waste on to its shores.

DTNS LABS - ART - Road to Web Wellness

Scott got hacked, but let's make some lemonade from that big lemon. How do you get your artwork and other content in front of people in 2018 without becoming a data manager? Scott has some thoughts.

GDI DTNS 3292 – Tapping Buskers (FULL)

DTNS begins at 17:47

Dealing with jet lag, the Sydney Swans and everybody has their hats!

Plus on DTNS, Cashless payments is changing the way customers pay for goods and services, but how well does it work for non-traditional situations, like busking, where cash has always been king?