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Why Attackers Are Targeting Grocery Store Freezers - DTNS 5386
Another round of food getting spoiled by hacks on freezers. And a cool DIY kit to make a cheap e-paper display. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Dr. Niki. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here (https://dailyte
Tech Authors Use - DTNS WEEKEND
Tom Merritt and authors Mallory O'Meara, Philip Fracassi and J-F Dubeau talk about the tech they use in their writing, from the low to the high. From composing to submission to publishing, how does tech help or hinder the writing process? •
Vibing to Art - DTNS Weekend
Scott Johnson has been trying out the Artcraft apps that are meant to take place of Adobe apps. Find out what he likes, doesn’t like and where he thinks the whole vibe coded apps is going for artists. Artcraft: https://getartcraft.com/ Step
Is The Touchscreen A Big Deal? - DTNS 5385
This week Apple released the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, a touchscreen laptop. Something Steve Jobs called an “ergonomically terrible” idea. Will this move to other MacBook models? Will it cannibalize iPad sales? Starring Sarah Lan
Google Says It Did Not Kill Its Golden Ad Goose - DTNS 5384
Look, Google has plans, OK? They’ll be fine. Just ask them. And NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang may have been targeted by a spy. We’re sure that will be fine too. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane Show notes found here (https://wp.me/pboN3q-e9G). H
Apple Launches Ergonomically Terrible Laptops - DTNS 5383
Apple added a touchscreen laptop to its lineup, a design once called “ergonomically terrible” by Steve Jobs. Meanwhile, Amazon tried to steal Apple’s hardware thunder with the release of new Echo smart alarm clocks, photo frames, and the us
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 Howell Show notes found here (https://wp.me/pboN3q-e8K). Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more
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
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/ "Scam
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 https
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
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 Lane Show notes found here (https://wp.me/pboN3q-e6N)
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 complet
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. (https://wp.me/pboN3q-e69) Hosted
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
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 hack Featuring Tom Merritt and Brian Brushwood. Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information
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 Ch
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,
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 (https://wp.me/pbo
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 https://acast.com/privacy for more informa
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 Montfor
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" h
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 loc
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 Lane Show notes found here (https://wp.me/pboN3q-e1A). Hosted on Acast. See ht
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 storie
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 Howell Show notes found here (https://wp.me/pboN3q-e0O). Hosted on Acast. S
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 Dunewo
The Floppy Disk is Not Dead, Yet. - DTNS Weekend
Tom Merritt talks to Tom Persky, the proprietor of Floppydisk.com (http://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 her
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 (https://wp.me/pboN3q-dZI). Hosted on Acast. See
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 unveile
