DTNS from the past as the gang revisits Friday Dec 18th, 2009 to share and discuss that day’s most important tech news.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang

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On this special episode of DTNS we host the final “Live With It” for 2019. Sarah shares her experience with FitBit’s Versa 2 fitness tracker. This show is audio only. There is no video version.

Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson and Roger Chang

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Lasers are making some noise, how can NBC differentiate their streaming service, and Apple in SPACE!

Starring Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, and Amos

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A leaked dataset from a location data company revealed the movements of 12M+ Americans with 50B location pings across major cities between 2016 and 2017. Should we be concerned and if so what should be do about it?

Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Shannon Morse, Amos

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Ars Technica’s Timothy Lee has an article detailing how he created a semi-realistic deepfake. What did Tim learn about the process and lessons can take away from his experience?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Amos

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We give up our holiday tech-gift recommendations.

Starring Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Rich Stroffolino, Amos

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How is plastic surgery and social media creating a new synthetic idealized vision of beauty, fooling facial recognition systems with face masks, and how delivery drivers in Mexico are using Google Maps and WhatsApp to stay safe.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe

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This Week in Science’s Blair Bazdarich explains how low-cost consumer quad-copter drones can help save Hippos and their habitat.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Blair Bazdarich, Len Peralta

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Apple News will be hosting the next four DNC Presidential debates. Is this significant for Apple News and if so what will it mean for future Presidential debate coverage?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the company will fund an independent project called Bluesky to develop an “open and decentralized standard for social media.”

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson

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