GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said the company will stop making the Chevy Bolt EVs with Michigan plants that makes them converting to making electric trucks by 2024. AT&T helps complete the first successful test mobile phone call from Texas to Japan, via an AST SpaceMobile BlueWalker 3 satellite. And does Social Media tires you out and makes you more likely to buy unnecessary things?
Your Neighborhood Activity Pub - GDI 4506 starts at 31:26
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2023-04-25 22:13:49 +0000 UTC
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GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said the company will stop making the Chevy Bolt EVs with Michigan plants that makes them converting to making electric trucks by 2024. AT&T helps complete the first successful test mobile phone call from Texas to Japan, via an AST SpaceMobile BlueWalker 3 satellite. And does Social Media tires you out and makes you more likely to buy unnecessary things?
Your Neighborhood Activity Pub - GDI 4506 starts at 31:26
Sarah and Tom d...
2023-04-25 21:20:13 +0000 UTC
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Canadian musician Grimes Tweeted she would split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that used her voice. Is this a sign musicians see generative AI differently that their labels? How is BeReal responding to waning interest in the platform? And with AARP statistics reporting at least 45% of people over the age of 50 still regularly play video games we ask if older gamers are being overlooked?
Twitter Blue Check, The Game Where Everyone Loses - GDI 4505 sta...
2023-04-24 23:10:28 +0000 UTC
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Canadian musician Grimes Tweeted she would split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that used her voice. Is this a sign musicians see generative AI differently that their labels? How is BeReal responding to waning interest in the platform? And with AARP statistics reporting at least 45% of people over the age of 50 still regularly play video games we ask if older gamers are being overlooked?
Twitter Blue Check, The Game Where Everyone Loses - GDI 4505 sta...
2023-04-24 22:26:54 +0000 UTC
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Humane, a startup founded by two ex-Apple employees, demoed a wearable personal assistant device that doesn’t need to pair with a smartphone. Proton, the Swiss company that created a secure private mail service called Proton Mail has announced a beta of password managers service called Proton Pass. And how are the costs of generative AI stacking for companies developing the technol...
2023-04-21 21:46:35 +0000 UTC
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Humane, a startup founded by two ex-Apple employees, demoed a wearable personal assistant device that doesn’t need to pair with a smartphone. Proton, the Swiss company that created a secure private mail service called Proton Mail has announced a beta of password managers service called Proton Pass. And how are the costs of generative AI stacking for companies developing the technology?
Medically Induced Trivia - GDI 4504 starts at 34:54
What things should you br...
2023-04-21 21:18:38 +0000 UTC
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We have an excerpt from “A Word with Tom Merritt” where Tom talks with cyber-ethnography researcher and writer, Ruby Justice Thélot, about how people evaluate the veracity or truthfulness of information they find on the internet. And we share internal misgivings from inside Google about the issues with its ChatGPT competitor Bard and its not ready for primetime functionality.
2023-04-20 21:46:21 +0000 UTC
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We have an excerpt from “A Word with Tom Merritt” where Tom talks with cyber-ethnography researcher and writer, Ruby Justice Thélot, about how people evaluate the veracity or truthfulness of information they find on the internet. And we share internal misgivings from inside Google about the issues with its ChatGPT competitor Bard and its not ready for primetime functionality.
Reasons BuzzFeed News Shutdown, #7 May Surprise You - GDI 4503 starts at 32:19
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2023-04-20 21:28:22 +0000 UTC
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Could an open source alternative finally spell the end of Twitter's dominance of short-form bulletin board style postings? It's been tried before, but now there's perhaps the best contender for the Twitter throne yet: Mastodon.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Twitter.
“This website.”
A platform that people love to hate.
A platform people love to yell “I’m leaving.”
But they always come back.
They left for Pownce. And they came back. And Pownce died.<...
2023-04-20 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Canadian startup Precision AI has developed an AI crop-spraying drone that can reduce herbicide use by up to 90%. And we look at the big stories coming out of Netflix’s earnings report Tuesday including subscriber growth, password sharing crackdown, and technical issues that stopped the live streaming of Love Is Blind.
Fake Drake - or Drake on the Make? - GDI 4502 sta...
2023-04-19 21:51:25 +0000 UTC
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Canadian startup Precision AI has developed an AI crop-spraying drone that can reduce herbicide use by up to 90%. And we look at the big stories coming out of Netflix’s earnings report Tuesday including subscriber growth, password sharing crackdown, and technical issues that stopped the live streaming of Love Is Blind.
Fake Drake - or Drake on the Make? - GDI 4502 starts at 30:48
The group discusses the Ghostwriter and Drank AI music composition. How do you feel...
2023-04-19 21:13:49 +0000 UTC
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How does the decentralized nature of Mastodon make the social media experience different from other social media platforms and what kind of expectations should people have? Amazon Prime Video now has a “Dialogue Boost” in select shows in English. And Nvidia is reaping the rewards of its push towards AI GPGPU designs. Is this a space ripe for a competing player?
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2023-04-18 21:49:07 +0000 UTC
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How does the decentralized nature of Mastodon make the social media experience different from other social media platforms and what kind of expectations should people have? Amazon Prime Video now has a “Dialogue Boost” in select shows in English. And Nvidia is reaping the rewards of its push towards AI GPGPU designs. Is this a space ripe for a competing player?
The Leak Shall Inherit the Earth - GDI 4501 starts at 31:09
When should you ignore the rumor and lea...
2023-04-18 21:17:08 +0000 UTC
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Netflix delayed then canned its live stream for the cast reunion of Love is Blind after running into technical faults. Does this bold ill for Netflix live streaming plans? The New York Times’ reports sources say that Samsung began considering replacing its default Galaxy phone and tablet search engine with Bing back in March. Is this a threat to Google’s mobile strategy? German a...
2023-04-17 21:56:05 +0000 UTC
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Netflix delayed then canned its live stream for the cast reunion of Love is Blind after running into technical faults. Does this bold ill for Netflix live streaming plans? The New York Times’ reports sources say that Samsung began considering replacing its default Galaxy phone and tablet search engine with Bing back in March. Is this a threat to Google’s mobile strategy? German artist Boris Eldagsen recently caused a ruckus after winning the creative category at the Sony World Photography...
2023-04-17 21:12:35 +0000 UTC
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Conversations around ChatGPT always seem to involve job loss. But Jeff Dwoskin proves that’s always true as he shares how he uses the AI tool to simplify his podcast production process. We examine the state of social media platform BeReal. And Spotify is closing down its Wordle like game Heardle.
The Puth is Out There - GDI 4499 starts at 33:50
How big ...
2023-04-14 21:52:44 +0000 UTC
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Conversations around ChatGPT always seem to involve job loss. But Jeff Dwoskin proves that’s always true as he shares how he uses the AI tool to simplify his podcast production process. We examine the state of social media platform BeReal. And Spotify is closing down its Wordle like game Heardle.
The Puth is Out There - GDI 4499 starts at 33:50
How big of a Mad Magazine fan are you? It’s time for another quiz! How good are you at knowing musicians that use soc...
2023-04-14 21:21:38 +0000 UTC
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Is Nvidia’s RTX 4070 worth buying? The latest news on Windows 11 including possible integration with Hololens 2. And Amazon Web Services announced new services targeted at corporate customers wanting to run their own generative AI models.
Buy This Album Because It's Awesome!!! - GDI 4498
GDI starts at 33:00
The GPU discussion continues. Is workin...
2023-04-13 23:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Is Nvidia’s RTX 4070 worth buying? The latest news on Windows 11 including possible integration with HoloLens 2. And Amazon Web Services announced new services targeted at corporate customers wanting to run their own generative AI models.
Buy This Album Because It's Awesome!!! - GDI 4498
GDI starts at 32:55
The GPU discussion continues. Is working in 4K worth upgrading to a Mac? Would you invest in a high end PC or a Mac? Spotify is ...
2023-04-13 22:51:34 +0000 UTC
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Algorithms are a hot topic, especially among those concerned about how information is spread. Social networks like Instagram and TikTok famously use "algorithms" to decide what content to show you. Facial recognition algorithms famously fail, especially if you aren't light skinned. But ... What is an algorithm anyway? Is it really at fault for all of this?
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Thank you to Biocow, Mrs. Biocow, ZoeBringsBacon, and Stargate Pioneer for contributing their voices!
2023-04-13 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Tom Merritt reads some corrections and feedback for the episode About RSS.
2023-04-13 00:24:16 +0000 UTC
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Warner Media has changed the name of its HBO Max service to just “Max” with details on news and sports on the service to be announced in a few months time. Game developers in China are using generative AI to create background landscapes more easily. And Stanford University scientists create a Sims-like virtual world RPG with the player characters controlled by the ChatGPT API.
The Frog is Putting Pants on AGAIN! - GDI 4497 starts at 32:34
The group discussed s...
2023-04-12 22:18:47 +0000 UTC
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Warner Media has changed the name of its HBO Max service to just “Max” with details on news and sports on the service to be announced in a few months time. Game developers in China are using generative AI to create background landscapes more easily. And Stanford University scientists create a Sims-like virtual world RPG with the player characters controlled by the ChatGPT API.
The Frog is Putting Pants on AGAIN! - GDI 4497 starts at 32:34
The group discussed s...
2023-04-12 21:47:27 +0000 UTC
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Why is the FTC looking into online review hijacking? The FBI’s Denver field office warns against using public phone charging stations. We look at the best VPN providers. And how do lasers combine with spectrometers to help identify microbes.
The Hottest Thing in Tech - Fire !! - GDI 4496 starts at 30:30
Niki has some thoughts on Meta’s Segment Anythi...
2023-04-11 21:58:51 +0000 UTC
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Why is the FTC looking into online review hijacking? The FBI’s Denver field office warns against using public phone charging stations. We look at the best VPN providers. And how do lasers combine with spectrometers to help identify microbes.
The Hottest Thing in Tech - Fire !! - GDI 4496 starts at 30:02
Niki has some thoughts on Meta’s Segment Anything Model. Way too much hand counting. The group does an AMA. What tech do you have around you the most? What te...
2023-04-11 21:19:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, so for today's GDI post-show, we made the snap decision just now to do an Ask me Anything. I know, this is not a lot of advanced notice. Apologies.
So if you watch the show live at dailytechnewsshow.com/live, get in the Twitch chat and be ready to submit questions.
If you can't watch the show live and you see this post before 4:30 PM Eastern Time, ask your question int he comments! We may not get to all questions but we'll do our darndest. Thanks!
Now ask away...
2023-04-11 18:31:08 +0000 UTC
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TSMC will see a 15% drop in revenue as new PC sales slump. Do smartwatches need to have apps to be successful products? And breakdown the spat between Twitter and Substack.
The Power of Pikachu - GDI 4495 starts at 31:06
Have you seen the new Super Mario Bros. movie? The critics might not like it, but the audience has spoken with their wallet. Is Mario as...
2023-04-10 21:45:21 +0000 UTC
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TSMC will see a 15% drop in revenue as new PC sales slump. Do smartwatches need to have apps to be successful products? And breakdown the spat between Twitter and Substack.
The Power of Pikachu - GDI 4495 starts at 31:07
Have you seen the new Super Mario Bros. movie? The critics might not like it, but the audience has spoken with their wallet. Is Mario as popular as Mickey? How many video game movies do you remember? Can a movie be a flop and still make money? The...
2023-04-10 21:14:18 +0000 UTC
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Tim Stevens to explain what alternative fuels are and how they might be alternative technology to EVs. Cornell Ph.D. student Ruidong Zhang developed sonar glasses to read a person’s face. What are digital twins and how can they be used to help save your life?
Tom's Cruel Buzzer - GDI 4494 starts at 34:25
Tim gives his thoughts on AI and how it would aff...
2023-04-07 21:55:09 +0000 UTC
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Tim Stevens to explain what alternative fuels are and how they might be alternative technology to EVs. Cornell Ph.D. student Ruidong Zhang developed sonar glasses to read a person’s face. What are digital twins and how can they be used to help save your life?
Tom's Cruel Buzzer - GDI 4494 starts at 34:26
Tim gives his thoughts on AI and how it would affect journalism. Would AI hurt people looking to get into the media? Are apprentice positions going away? ...
2023-04-07 21:16:27 +0000 UTC
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