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Amazon renames its shopping assistant to Alexa and adds new features. Plus two brothers who wiped out 90 US government databases after being fired. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free. A special thanksContinue reading “Amazon Beefs Up Voice-Assisted Shopping – DTNS 5268”

Instructure reached an agreement to pay attackers of its Canvas portal so students can get back to work, and Thinking Machines announced a research preview of a more natural conversation flow called Interaction Models. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBEContinue reading “Android Intelligence Comes to the Googlebook – DTNS 5267”

And thousands of schools facing ransomware as finals loom, but Airpods might get Siri’s Visual Intelligence. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none ofContinue reading “Switch 2 Prices Rise, Forecast Drops – DTNS 5265”

Andy Beach tells us why streaming platforms should be more wary of slop fraud, plus Google’s new fitness tracker erodes the Fitbit brand more, and why Anthropic bought all of SpaceX’s data center capacity. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube andContinue reading “Spotify Embraces AI – DTNS 5264”

Why everyone loves the new ReMarkable Paper Pure, and why both Chrome and Edge browsers are misbehaving. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none ofContinue reading “Love for eReaders, Hate for Browsers – DTNS 5263”

Apple is reportedly checking out Intel and Samsung as alternate sources for its main device chips, and OpenAI is working really hard to bring a smartphone to market as soon as 2027. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE forContinue reading “Bose Lifestyle Takes a Shot At Sonos – DTNS 5262”

Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of April.  Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would beContinue reading “DTNS April 2026 in Review”

Google is rolling out Gemini to Google built-in as a replacement to Assistant, and Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum can now be enjoyed on new portable handhelds designed to look like the classic computers. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch PleaseContinue reading “Apple Sold a Ton of iPhone 17s and Mac Minis – DTNS 5260”

Did Sony mean to put DRM back on offline games? And what DIDN’T Elon Musk say on the witness stand Tuesday. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free. A special thanks to all ourContinue reading “Sony’s 30-Day DRM Clock Reappears – DTNS 5258”

IKEA and Samsung just partnered—but that’s not the real story. Richard Gunther explains how Matter and Thread finally make smart home devices plug-and-play, no platform decisions required. Featuring Tom Merritt and Richard Gunther. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free.Continue reading “Why Smart Homes Finally Just Work (Thanks to Matter) – DTNS Weekend”