Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Jason Howell15 eps
- Huyen Tue Dao9 eps
- Sarah Lane9 eps
Also: Jenn Cutter, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Andy Beach, Dr. Nicole Ackermans, Richard Gunther, Len Peralta, Joe, Bodie Grimm, Rob Dunewood, Justin Robert Young, Nica Montford, Iyaz Akhtar, Dr. Niki Ackermans, Amos, Scott Herriott, Dr. Gerry Tolbert
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- 🇺🇸United States · TechnologyHOME#8323K to 124K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Technology#662.5K to 13K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Technology#821.1K to 5.7K
- 🇵🇭PH · Technology#34780 to 4.1K
- 🇻🇳VN · Technology#31710 to 3.8K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
32K to 170K🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
107K to 566K🇺🇸73%🇬🇧8%🇨🇦3%+9 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
59K to 311K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/27/26 | Apple Won’t Stop Releasing Hardware This Week - DTNS 5382 | OpenAI won’t stop releasing science and why LLMs are more expensive if you don’t speak English.Starring Tom Merritt and Jason HowellShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 31m 46s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | Anthropic Doesn’t Lose as Much Money As You Think - DTNS 5381 | What the average person will find interesting about the Anthropic IPOs. Plus iFixit figures out what’s causing iPhone Duo screens to crack.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Links to storied discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 34m 16s | ||||||
| 10/25/26 |  Fooling Your Friends to Make You Both Safer | - Deception is a virus- Passive protection doesn't work.- Build up your deception immune system(And why you need a DM for your corporate wolf masking strategy)"Wolfmasking | Enterprise Deceptive Role Play" https://wolfmasking.com/"Scampocalypse — Brian Brushwood" https://scampocalypse.com/"Thinking, Fast and Slow - Wikipedia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkingFastand_Slow"Have I Been Pwned: Madison Square Garden Sports Data Breach" https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/MadisonSquareGardenSports"The Discoverie of Witchcraft - Wikipedia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discoverie_of_Witchcraft"DEF CON® Hacking Conference Home" https://defcon.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 29m 51s | ||||||
| 10/24/26 | How to Vibe Code Custom Firmware for Audio Gear | Rich Stroffolino joins Jason Howell to geek out on the state of audio technology in the age of agentic AI that enables anyone to safely modify the inner workings of their gear to do pretty much anything they want. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 40m 43s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 |  What's The Next Apple-gate? - DTNS 5380 | The top stories of the week are about AI discovering a critical bug in the Web, Responsible Disclosure and patching systems breaking down, and how nation-states may be getting a jump on bugs before they even become public. And it's all the same story. Plus, the iPhone Duo's horrible launch bug!Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 56m 45s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 | Talk to Your DNA - DTNS 5379 | Hugging Face releases an on-device open model for studying DNA. And Amazon security researchers say PHP2Shell may have been exploited as early as Saturday.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah LaneShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 27m 10s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | The Day the Internet Broke - DTNS 5378 | Eight insecure TLS certificates seemed to be bad enough, but then folks leaked out a PHP vulnerability that could compromise more than 70% of the Web. Thank goodness there’s a fix for both. But one will take longer than the other to completely resolve.Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 34m 34s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 | Vibe Code Ads Right Off of Your TV - DTNS 5377 | People are removing the smart from their TVs using agents. Plus, the discovery that could help us actually understand what goes on within LLMs.Starring Tom Merritt and Jason Howell.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 34m 35s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | Airship Successfully Delivers Cell Service in Japan - DTNS 5376 | A New Mexico company delivers LTE from a zeppelin in Japan, Samsung may shift its S-series announcement back to January, and iPhone Duo preorders start shifting earlier.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 29m 33s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 | The Scampocalypse: How to Survive the Present Attacks | - What's changing now- Bad habits in the past are now dangerous. - Cognitive security- Patient Zero: Madison Square Garden hackFeaturing Tom Merritt and Brian Brushwood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 21m 51s | ||||||
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| 10/17/26 | Is the DIY PC Era Over? – DTNS Weekend | On this episode of DTNS Weekend, Roger and Patrick go head-to-head over the possible death of DIY PC building. Who or what is killing the hobby, and is this the end of an era, or will PC building return to its niche roots?Starring Roger Chang, Patrick Nortonhttps://www.microcenter.comhttps://wccftech.comhttps://www.tweaktown.comhttps://en.overclocking.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 44m 19s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 |  Who's Running Your Smart Home? - DTNS 5375 | This week Apple announced its Home View smart home hub along with several smart home devices in cooperation with LG and Schneider. So our BIG QUESTION this week is: Do you want Apple to run your smart home?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 58m 10s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Who the GoogleBook is For - DTNS 5374 | Iyaz Akhtar from PC Mag joins us to talk about his experience using a Googlebook as his daily driver. Plus Amazon’s Bee has new note-taking gadgets.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Iyaz Akhtar.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 33m 18s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Spy Rhymes with AI - DTNS 5373 | Plus, Fortnite on Linux gets closer and what really makes you a developer. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 34m 19s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | Apple Wants to Lock You Into Your Home - DTNS 5372 | Apple has a new smart home hub and a door lock among other things. Plus, Jason’s been trying out Google’s flagship Gemini 4 Argon. Has Google caught back up in frontier models?Starring Tom Merritt, Jason Howell, Sarah Lane and Nica MontfordShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 42m 22s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 | Social Engineering 101 | - What has worked up until now- 3 psychological back doors (plus social proof)- What DTNS listeners think of as social engineering"Wolfmasking | Enterprise Deceptive Role Play" https://wolfmasking.com/"Scampocalypse — Brian Brushwood" https://scampocalypse.com/"Thinking, Fast and Slow - Wikipedia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkingFastand_Slow"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" https://dn710600.ca.archive.org/0/items/ThePsychologyOfPersuasion/The%20Psychology%20of%20Persuasion.pdfMore links and video here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 23m 12s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  Is Software Over? - DTNS 5371 | Brandon Thomas of Artcraft has used that declaration to get attention on his Artcraft product. But does he have a point? When you can vibe code whatever you want, what role do the big software makers play? Plus, whether you need a smart lock or a simple lock.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 58m 45s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | Amazon Goes Full Android for Tablets - DTNS 5370 | Amazon announced a new smart tablet lineup, plus a developer at Artcraft vibe code replacements for all of Adobe’s Creative Suite. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah LaneShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 29m 44s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Microsoft Brings 1 Trillion Parameters to the Desktop - DTNS 5369 | The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is also out and can do a lot of parameters locally too. And Tom vibe codes a crappy but cute game on Google’s new Playground service.Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Robb Dunewood.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 36m 48s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | Open Weights Aren’t Just Chinese Anymore - DTNS 5368 | Mistral and a New York company get competitive in open weights, and a startup wants to sell you a cheap AI PC. Cheap by AI standards.Starring Tom Merritt and Jason HowellShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 34m 21s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Googlebooks Have a Tiny Intel Problem - DTNS 5367 | Some Android apps don’t work as well on the Intel Googlebooks. How many? Google says don’t worry about it. Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says we need to put up with a little risk for great AI rewards. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 33m 21s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 | The Floppy Disk is Not Dead, Yet. - DTNS Weekend | Tom Merritt talks to Tom Persky, the proprietor of Floppydisk.com, about how he’s still able to sell new blank floppy disks, how he ended up in the business, and how much longer he thinks it can go on.Show notes here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 24m 58s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | Why TCL is Suing Samusng over MiniLEDs - DTNS Weekend October 3, 2026 | Robert Heron from Heron Fidelity joined us to talk about the lawsuit over the meaning of MiniLED, what it means to you, and what to keep in mind when shopping for a TV.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 12m 32s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  Should We Trust Proactive Agents? – DTNS 5366 | OpenAI introduced Dots this week; proactive agents that run in the cloud and act for you without being asked. Meta’s Muse and Manus offer similar capabilities. The big question: Do you want your AI agent to be proactive? Plus Amazon unveiled a new Kindle lineup this week aimed at new readers. Amazon says 60% of buyers are first-time Kindle owners. The second question of the week: Ebook or real book?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, JoeLink to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 00m 19s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | New Kindles or New Google Gemini 4 Model. Which is Better? - DTNS 5365 | We break down the new Kindles, talk about Gemini 4 Argon, and assess the iPhone’s China comeback.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah LaneShow notes here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 32m 42s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | AppleiPhone+3 | Sarah Lane | iPhonewatch+2 | — | Applefoldable iPhone+3 | — | 43m 37s | ||
| 9/8/26 | LG Smart TVsIgNobel prizes+3 | Jason HowellDr. Nicole Ackermans | GoogleDigital Markets Act+1 | — | LG Smart TVsIgNobel prizes+3 | — | 37m 00s | ||
| 9/6/26 | food recallsFDA+3 | Dr. Nicole Ackermans | US FDA | — | food recallsFDA+3 | — | 15m 42s | ||
| 9/5/26 | tech newsJuly 2026 review+3 | Jenn Cutter | — | — | tech newsAugust 2026+3 | — | 21m 22s | ||
| 9/4/26 | Artificial General IntelligenceTechnology News+3 | Jenn Cutter | AstraOpenAI+2 | — | OpenAIAstra+5 | — | 33m 57s | ||
| 9/3/26 | home securitysmart home+4 | Jenn Cutter | HTC's VIVE Eagle smartglassesDJI+2 | — | home securityrobovacs+3 | — | 29m 13s | ||
| 9/2/26 | Google ad businessOpenAI+4 | Sarah Lane | AstraFable 5.1+3 | — | Googlead tech+6 | — | 25m 38s | ||
| 9/1/26 | Sonossoundbar+5 | Jason Howell | OLED TVRoku | — | Sonossoundbar+5 | — | 32m 08s | ||
| 8/31/26 | EU regulationsChatGPT+3 | Robb Dunewood | ChatGPTEU+2 | — | EUChatGPT+5 | — | 28m 47s | ||
| 8/29/26 | roboticshealthcare+3 | Dr. Gerry Tolbert | AcastThe Next Web+2 | — | robot blood drawhealthcare technology+3 | — | 21m 36s | ||
| 7/20/26 | AI safetyUS-China relations+4 | Robb Dunewood | KimiHugging Face+1 | — | AIChina+5 | — | 30m 15s | ||
| 7/17/26 | electric vehiclesAI technology+3 | Huyen Tue Dao | Kimi K3Honda+1 | — | HondaKimi K3+4 | — | 31m 36s | ||
| 7/16/26 | smart technologyhealth tech+3 | Jason HowellHuyen Tue Dao | smart ringClaude+2 | — | smart ringBlood Pressure Cuffs+3 | — | 29m 20s | ||
| 7/15/26 | foldable display technologyChatGPT+3 | Jason HowellSarah Lane | Codex Micro keyboardOpenAI+2 | US | Samsungfoldable display+5 | — | 34m 41s | ||
| 7/14/26 | Windows 11data centers+3 | Jason HowellJenn Cutter | Windows 11Microsoft | New York | Windows 11Microsoft+3 | — | 28m 07s | ||
| 7/13/26 | AItrade secrets+3 | Jason HowellRobb Dunewood | AppleOpenAI+1 | — | AppleOpenAI+5 | — | 31m 26s | ||
| 7/10/26 | JRPGgaming+4 | Jenn CutterRoger Chang | King's QuestStar Trek+3 | — | JRPGgaming+5 | — | 49m 49s | ||
| 7/9/26 | podcast productiondaily news+3 | Amos | — | — | podcast problemsdaily news podcast+3 | — | 59m 25s | ||
| 7/8/26 | nostalgiacable network history+3 | Scott Herriott | ZDTVTechTV+1 | — | TechTVScott Herriott+4 | — | 48m 49s | ||
| 7/7/26 | upcyclingtech economy+3 | — | Acast | — | upcycletechnology+5 | — | 23m 50s | ||
| 6/12/26 | SpaceX IPOsmartphones+3 | — | smartphonesheadphones+3 | — | SpaceXIPO+5 | — | 34m 42s | ||
| 6/11/26 | XboxYouTube+4 | Huyen Tue Dao | XboxYouTube | — | XboxYouTube+4 | — | 29m 23s | ||
| 6/10/26 | MicrosoftPatch Tuesday+3 | Sarah Lane | foldable mouseMicrosoft+1 | — | MicrosoftPatch Tuesday+3 | — | 27m 24s | ||
| 6/9/26 | AI modelsIPO news+4 | Jason Howell | GeminiApple+2 | — | AnthropicMythos-Class Model+5 | — | 31m 00s | ||
| 6/8/26 | AppleWWDC+3 | Robb DunewoodNica Montford | SnobOS | — | AppleWWDC+3 | — | 39m 18s | ||
| 6/6/26 | technologyfuture of tech+3 | Iyaz Akhtar | Acast | — | tech coveragefuture of technology+3 | — | 45m 50s | ||
| 6/5/26 | AppleWWDC+3 | Dr. Niki Ackermans | Apple | — | WWDCApple leaks+3 | — | 35m 07s | ||
| 6/4/26 | multimodal LLMenergy storage+3 | Jenn Cutter | smart glassesNintendo+1 | — | Googlemultimodal LLM+4 | — | 24m 35s | ||
| 6/3/26 | MicrosoftAndroid+3 | Sarah Lane | MicrosoftSupernatural VR | — | MicrosoftAndroid+5 | — | 32m 15s | ||
| 6/2/26 | MicrosoftSurface+4 | Jason Howell | Surface RTX Spark Dev BoxMicrosoft+1 | — | MicrosoftSurface RTX Spark Dev Box+4 | — | 33m 41s | ||
| 5/8/26 | gamingeducation+4 | Jason HowellHuyen Tue Dao | AirpodsVisual Intelligence+4 | — | Switch 2ransomware+5 | — | 30m 20s | ||
| 5/7/26 | AIstreaming platforms+3 | Huyen Tue DaoAndy Beach | SpotifyGoogle+3 | — | SpotifyAI+7 | — | 31m 10s | ||
| 5/6/26 | eReadersbrowsers+4 | Sarah Lane | ReMarkable Paper PureChrome+1 | — | eReadersReMarkable+5 | — | 32m 41s | ||
| 5/5/26 | technologynews+3 | Jason Howell | Bose LifestyleSonos+4 | — | AppleIntel+6 | — | 31m 45s | ||
| 5/4/26 | GameStopeBay+3 | Jason HowellRobb Dunewood | Ask.comeBay+1 | — | GameStopeBay+4 | — | 30m 12s | ||
| 5/2/26 | tech storiesApril review+1 | Jenn Cutter | Acast | — | tech newsApril 2026+3 | — | 18m 17s | ||
| 5/1/26 | AppleiPhone+4 | Jason HowellHuyen Tue Dao | GeminiiPhone 17+4 | — | iPhone 17Mac Mini+5 | — | 33m 15s | ||
| 4/30/26 | OpenAImodel training+3 | Huyen Tue Dao | PlayStationOpenAI+1 | — | OpenAIgoblins+5 | — | 32m 13s | ||
| 4/29/26 | DRMoffline games+3 | Sarah Lane | Sony | — | SonyDRM+3 | — | 29m 22s | ||
| 4/28/26 | language modeltechnology+3 | Jason Howell | Steam ControllerValve+2 | — | TalkieSteam Controller+5 | — | 34m 17s | ||
| 4/27/26 | agentsrental companies+3 | Robb Dunewood | Acast | — | agentsrental company+4 | — | 29m 04s | ||
| 4/25/26 | smart homesMatter+5 | Richard Gunther | IKEASamsung+2 | — | smart homeMatter+5 | — | 19m 46s | ||
| 4/24/26 | technologyphoto sharing+3 | Jason HowellHuyen Tue Dao | V4 FlashV4 Pro+3 | — | DeepSeekV4 Flash+6 | — | 31m 27s | ||
| 4/23/26 | Apple CEO changemodular laptops+3 | Sarah LaneRobb Dunewood+3 | AppleFramework+1 | — | AppleTim Cook+5 | — | 1h 09m 23s | ||
| 4/23/26 | Appletechnology+3 | Huyen Tue DaoBodie Grimm | AcastApple | Korea | Applesignal leak+4 | — | 34m 33s | ||
| 4/22/26 | technologyLinux+5 | Sarah LaneAndy Beach | TPUsModular MacBook+2 | — | Google NextTPUs+5 | — | 27m 52s | ||
| 4/21/26 | smart hometechnology news+5 | Jason Howell | IKEAWhatsApp+1 | — | IKEAsmart home+5 | — | 34m 02s | ||
| 4/20/26 | wide-foldable phonesage verification law+3 | Rob Dunewood | Acast | US | wide-foldable phoneage verification+4 | — | 26m 22s | ||
| 4/18/26 | AnthropicUS government+4 | Justin Robert Young | AnthropicUS government | — | AnthropicUS government+5 | — | 24m 11s | ||
| 4/17/26 | phone loyaltyMicro-RGB TVs+3 | Jenn Cutter | Micro-RGB TVs | — | phone loyaltyMicro-RGB TVs+3 | — | 30m 01s | ||
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Chart history for Daily Tech News Show
Peaked at #31 in VN, currently #31 in VN.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| PH | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| TW | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| MY | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| PE | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| GR | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| NG | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #66 | #66 | — |
| TH | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| RO | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| Canada | — | #82 | #82 | — |
| United States | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| Finland | — | #88 | #88 | — |
| CZ | — | #96 | #96 | — |
| Australia | — | #98 | #98 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #103 | #103 | — |
| SG | — | #107 | #107 | — |
| TR | — | #111 | #111 | — |
| South Korea | — | #111 | #111 | — |
| AE | — | #115 | #115 | — |
Chart Positions
27 placements across 27 markets.
Chart Positions
27 placements across 27 markets.