What do the latest earnings calls from chipmaker mean for the PC market and longer term will the growing popularity of AI help the industry? And can two former Google Nest engineers disrupt the robotic vacuum market? Plus Comcast is ready to let go of Hulu, but Disney still needs to agree to a price.
The Last Last Beatles' Song - GDI 4638 starts at 31:51
So many t...
Apple’s “Scary” event the day before Halloween was a chance to reveal the company’s latest iteration of the M-series SoC, the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. Apple claims the new processor’s performance cores are 30 percent faster the efficiency cores are 50 percent and the Neural Engine 60% faster than their M1 equivalents. The improvements don’t stop there. The GPU has also been upgraded ...
2023-11-02 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
What if you could have a secure password generated fresh each time you need it? Authenticator apps do just that. Tom explains how.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Episode transcript:
If you've heard our episode on multifactor authentication, you probably already know that authenticator apps are one of your choices for securing an account. If you haven't, here's a quick explanation. &nb...
2023-11-02 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Sony-owned Bungie laid off around 100 people. What does it mean for the Destiny game and what does it say about the health of the industry? And YouTube has launched its ad-blocker prevention efforts worldwide. Plus which types of searches generated the most ad revenue for Google?
Sony-owned Bungie laid off around 100 people. What does it mean for the Destiny game and what does it say about the health of the industry? And YouTube has launched its ad-blocker prevention efforts worldwide. Plus which types of searches generated the most ad revenue for Google?
It's So Y2K - GDI 4637 starts at 32:14
Why not Zoidberg? LinkedIn passes 1 billion mem...
Hey folks,
Well we made it through announcement season. What was your favorite part? Mine was Apple doing a 30 minute announcement at a time that gave me space to actually understand it before our show. But that's very specific to me.
I have another question for you too. We generally are light on "buying guide" type content on DTNS because it's so overdone by other outlets. But we u...
2023-11-01 17:29:18 +0000 UTC View PostTheatremonkey put together this GDI monthly highlight reel for October 2023.
2023-11-01 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Charlotte Henry helps us understand how streaming is creating a boom in horror flicks. Plus Apple announced its new M3 SoC and new pricing on its MacBook's. And an Alliance of countries have banded together to say no to paying ransom to cyber-criminals.
The Real Restauran...
2023-10-31 21:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Charlotte Henry helps us understand how streaming is creating a boom in horror flicks. Plus Apple announced its new M3 SoC and new pricing on its MacBook's. And an Alliance of countries have banded together to say no to paying ransom to cyber-criminals.
The Real Restaurant Critics of Atlanta - GDI 4636 starts at 31:23
The horror movie discussion continues. The gro...
Meta’s ad-free subscription version of Facebook and Instagram will be available in the EU, the EEA, and Switzerland starting next month. Google has announced research into audio plethysmography that uses the hardware for active noise canceling to sense heart rate. And US president Jo...
2023-10-30 21:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Meta’s ad-free subscription version of Facebook and Instagram will be available in the EU, the EEA, and Switzerland starting next month. Google has announced research into audio plethysmography that uses the hardware for active noise canceling to sense heart rate. And US president Joe Biden has issued an executive order directing federal agencies to develop safety guidelines around generative...
2023-10-30 21:19:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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RISC-V is an open-source instruction set architecture that can be used to develop custom processors. It's challenging not just Intel and AMD but Arm as well. Here are the top five things you need to know about RISC-V!
music credits:
- Dmitry Taras
- Jan-Michael Hökenschnieder
2023-10-30 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Tasia Custode is here to give us a first hand review of Pixel 8 Pro’s A.I. features. And the UN created a 39-member advisory board to act as a bridge between various UN efforts for the international governance of AI. Plus we detail out all of the announced changes Google is bringing...
2023-10-27 21:45:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Tasia Custode is here to give us a first hand review of Pixel 8 Pro’s A.I. features. And the UN created a 39-member advisory board to act as a bridge between various UN efforts for the international governance of AI. Plus we detail out all of the announced changes Google is bringing to Google Maps.
Good Swifties Internet - GDI 4634 starts at 35:24
Did GDI turn i...
Trisha breaks down all of Twitch’s announcements from this past weekend’s TwitchCon in Las Vegas. And Music Business Worldwide reports Spotify will make changes to its royalty payout model starting next year. Plus we analyze Meta’s third-quarter earnings.
Ask Robb A...
2023-10-26 21:43:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Trisha breaks down all of Twitch’s announcements from this past weekend’s TwitchCon in Las Vegas. And Music Business Worldwide reports Spotify will make changes to its royalty payout model starting next year. Plus we analyze Meta’s third-quarter earnings.
Ask Robb About His Podcast - 4633 starts at 32:57
Apple news and rumors abound. Will Apple make a low pr...
Douglas Engelbart demonstrated how two people connected over a network could work together editing a document at the same time in 1968. It took much longer to see a real product.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Episode Transcript:
Douglas Adams is a hero to computer geeks everywhere. His Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy right there with Monty Python in the Hall of Geek memes. Legend ha...
2023-10-26 16:13:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Sony plans on shipping its PS5 slim in both an optical disc drive and without one. What’s the logic behind this decision and does it really matter? Plus, Amazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers that offer an easy way for those advertisers to create backgrounds ...
2023-10-25 21:30:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Sony plans on shipping its PS5 slim in both an optical disc drive and without one. What’s the logic behind this decision and does it really matter? Plus, Amazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers that offer an easy way for those advertisers to create backgrounds or scenes. And Qualcomm details its new chip lines, as it faces increased competition from in-house desig...
2023-10-25 21:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Artificial wombs. What are they and what role will they play in health care? Plus Ben Zhao, a professor at the University of Chicago, has created a tool called Nightshade that lets creators fight back by “poisoning” their works to prevent LLM models from training on it without pe...
2023-10-24 21:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Artificial wombs. What are they and what role will they play in health care? Plus Ben Zhao, a professor at the University of Chicago, has created a tool called Nightshade that lets creators fight back by “poisoning” their works to prevent LLM models from training on it without permission. And is POSSE, Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere, the solution to decentralizing the social...
2023-10-24 21:18:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Matter 1.2 is here and we explain what it is and why it matters to your IoT network. And in a bid to open up municipal broadband markets around the US, SiFi will spend $500 million to build an open access fiber network at no cost to taxpayers. Plus we discuss all the ways companies are investin...
2023-10-23 21:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Matter 1.2 is here and we explain what it is and why it matters to your IoT network. And in a bid to open up municipal broadband markets around the US, SiFi will spend $500 million to build an open access fiber network at no cost to taxpayers. Plus we discuss all the ways companies are investing in AI integration.
Everything… In Moderation - GDI 4630 starts at 33:52
Can there be...
Remember the floppy disk? Before it was just the save icon– we actually used them to boot up our computers, run software and store our data. Near the end of the format’s life, several companies hoped they could create a successor. Here are the Top Five Failed Floppy Disk Replacements.
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Molly Wood explains one company is looking to decarbonise LA before the 2028 Olympic Games. We explore Tesla’s latest earning results. And we share the latest efforts to speed up AI training..
This is What Happens When It Hurts - GDI 4629 starts at 33:54
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2023-10-20 21:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Molly Wood explains one company is looking to decarbonise LA before the 2028 Olympic Games. We explore Tesla’s latest earning results. And we share the latest efforts to speed up AI training..
This is What Happens When It Hurts - GDI 4629 starts at 33:52
Sarah shares a ghost pepper story. What is your favorite hot sauce? Where is your line? Spoiler for It’s A Th...
2023-10-20 21:15:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Meta is beta-testing disappearing voice messages in WhatsApp and bringing “broadcast channels” to Facebook and Messenger. The hacker behind the data breach at 23andme has leaked more private user data on an online forum. And the FCC looks to reestablish net neutrality by establishi...
2023-10-19 21:49:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Meta is beta-testing disappearing voice messages in WhatsApp and bringing “broadcast channels” to Facebook and Messenger. The hacker behind the data breach at 23andme has leaked more private user data on an online forum. And the FCC looks to reestablish net neutrality by establishing rules that prohibit ISPs from throttling or limiting certain traffic.
Faux Bones - GDI 4628 st...
2023-10-19 21:27:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s often quoted that the first casualty of war is the truth. As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues with no end in sight after the horrific attack on Israeli civilians on Oct 7th social media is replete with misinformation and highly questionable hot takes. Yet the most corrosive element in all this is the tendency of the audience to view all things through the lens of confirmat...
2023-10-19 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Video conferencing was a vital method of communication during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its roots go back much longer than you think.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full transcript:
Too soon? I know, but bear with me. Because among all the other unprecedented first time in history moments we experienced over the last few years, the boom in video conferencing was one of the biggest. U...
2023-10-19 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post