Tom Merritt Gets Political
Hey folks,
This week I had the distinct pleasure of being on not one but two of my three favorite political podcasts. On Wednesday I popped on to Justin Robert Young's Politics, Politics, Politics podcast to discuss the technology impact of the US infrastructure bill that has been passed by the Senate and is being considered in the House.
Then on Thursday Andrew Heaton had me on the Political Orphanage bonus show to talk specifically about the definition of broadband in the infrastructure bill, whether that's a good definition and my own thoughts about what would get better internet infrastructure built in the US. That one is for his patrons only but it was a great conversation so worth the buck you'd drop to become a patron of Heaton in my opinion.
Meanwhile thanks for all the interest in Project VERA! I absolutely love getting tweets and emails form folks with their thoughts. And keep those starred reviews coming! It really helps other people discover the book.
Don't forget this coming week is Experiment Week on Daily Tech News Show. Lots of great experimental tech ideas coming!
Talk to you soon.
Tom
Top 5 tech annoyances - TechRepublic — www.techrepublic.com Tom Merritt tells us his top five annoyances in tech and why they are frustrating.
The Curse of Thingness - It's a Thing 176 — play.acast.com
Tom is cruising on his penny board and Molly has a very legitimate charging thing. Then Tom has a new faux pas thing, while Molly features a new gaming thing that's also a curse.
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Cordkillers 372 – Dual Boot My TV (w/ Bryce Castillo) — cordkillersaudio.wordpress.com WB is putting you in the trailers now! Plus, more on Y: The Last Man’s handling of gender, the cast for the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, and TCL is getting Google TV options. All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Bryce Castillo. This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: Ted Lasso (204), … Continue reading Cordkillers 372 – Dual Boot My TV (w/ Bryce Castillo) →
Drivers, Start Your Ride Hailing! - DTNS 4099 — play.acast.com
Tesla showed off an idea for a 5 foot 8 tall, 125-pound humanoid robot called the Tesla Bot. Microsoft announced the first Office 365 pricing increase since the service launched in 2011. Newly unredacted documents from the Epic-Google lawsuit show that in 2019, Google ran a “Premier Device Program”, which offered Android OEMs a greater 12% of search revenue instead of the standard 8%, if they agreed not to preinstall third-party app stores.
Starring Tom Merritt, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Amazon is the new Sears- DTNS 4098 — play.acast.com
Intel reveals its new Alder Cove hybrid processor design for desktop, mobile and ultra-mobile applications. Nvidia has its earnings call and gives updates about its acquisition of ARM. And the FTC has amended its complaint over Facebook, a new antitrust complaint.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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A Black Eye for Blackberry - DTNS 4097 — play.acast.com
China renews pressure on Tencent and the country’s tech giants, Blackberry discovers a vulnerability in its QNX operating system and Windows 11 is changing the way users pick a default browser.
Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Fans Really Do Have a Voice - DTNS 4096 — play.acast.com
We explore the role that fans and fandom in leveraging social media and the internet to shape the TV shows and movies we see at home and the movie theater.
Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Annalee Newitz, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Liquid Chameleon Display - DTNS 4095 — play.acast.com
Scientists in South Korea have published an article in the journal Nature Communications about a robot they created that can change its skin color like a chameleon. Would you eat cheese made from the byproducts of fungi? And Intel announced an upcoming high-performance discrete GPU line called Arc.
Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Blair Bazdarich, Roger Chang, Joe.
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About DNS (updated) — dailytechnewsshow.com Tom provides a brief explanation of Domain Name Servers, what they do and don’t do, and why they are important to your every day browsing. Featuring Tom Merritt. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of this would be possible. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com for the themeContinue reading "About DNS (updated)"