As we mentioned at the beginning of the month we're updating our reward tiers, some of which haven't been updated in years! Thanks to everybody who looked over the proposal for the last two weeks! Best audience in the world. here's what we'll be launching October 1. All of the current rewar...
2019-09-16 16:02:33 +0000 UTC View Post
SCORECARD: VR isn't Dead, MoviePass Is - DTNS 3616 starts at 15:09
Sarah confesses she had a 3-foot long sandwich for lunch. Len expresses shock and awe. Tom spouts a personal aphorism about curing a hangover. Tom tongue lashes Roger over his supposed mocking tone over the saving of the St ...
2019-09-13 22:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
SCORECARD: VR isn't Dead, MoviePass Is - DTNS 3616 starts at 15:09
Sarah confesses she had a 3-foot long sandwich for lunch. Len expresses shock and awe. Tom spouts a personal aphorism about curing a hangover. Tom tongue lashes Roger over his supposed mocking tone over the saving of the St ...
2019-09-13 21:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Brian Brushwood wants more nudity scenes. Justin shares his favorite picks of current TV shows and debates Sarah over the show "Succession". Tom explains how his solar installation approval process is going on. We move our discussion to the resurgence of Opening Theme music in TV shows and we fin...
2019-09-12 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A Huawei Out - DTNS 3615 starts 14:21
Brian Brushwood wants more nudity scenes. Justin shares his favorite picks of current TV shows and debates Sarah over the show "Succession". Tom explains how his solar installation approval process is going on. We move our discussion to the resurgence o...
2019-09-12 21:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Theatremonkey graciously put together this sizzle reel for GDI! Enjoy.
2019-09-12 19:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post
X Marks the Cross - DTNS 3614 starts at 15:45
California Senate passes a bill that if passed by the state Assembly and signed by the Governor will greatly expand the state's oversight into who can be classified employee or contractor. What are the implications for the gig-economy and how wi...
2019-09-11 21:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostSarah Lane has spent the last three months living with smart light bulbs from Phillips and LifX. On this episode we talk about her findings.
SMART LIGHTBULBS
PRODUCTS:
- Hue Starter Kit E26: 4-Pack White Bulbs and Bridge - $99.99 2019-09-06 22:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post
What a great August! I got to meet a bunch of awesome people in Dublin at the DTNS meetup. Thanks to everyone who came out and brought bacon and bought me Guinness. Y’all are too kind. I think we even made some connections involving art and intellectual property. (No, I haven’t forgotten). 2019-09-05 16:19:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Dearest Patrons,
For the last three months I’ve been living with smart lightbulbs for the first time, and I’m getting ready to break down the good, the bad, and the wonky for y’all later this week.
In the meantime, you’ve got a job to do: help me decide my next Live With...
2019-09-04 17:38:30 +0000 UTC View PostBy Shannon Morse, Threatwire
Google’s Project Zero found a severe iOS exploit and reported on this attack just last week. The Threat Analysis Group at the company discovered a collection of websites tha...
2019-09-03 16:17:37 +0000 UTC View PostDTNS has had essentially the same lineup of tiers and rewards for most of its 5 years. In fact the last time we really changed rewards was when Sarah joined in November 2017. So it's time to look at what rewards still make sense, what tiers make sense, make a stab at some ideas for changes, and a...
2019-09-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember means store displays turn to Halloween and Apple schedules an announcement. It also means it's time to thank you all for supporting our little indie take on tech! As we mention, most tech news outlets out there have a big corporate backer but we're much happier having you. Thanks ...
2019-09-01 21:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostTom deconstructs why an email from his bank troubled him so much. Hint: It didn't mention security. And a little bit about why we pick the security stories we do.
2019-08-28 17:41:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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2019-08-14 14:13:14 +0000 UTC View PostChris Ashley from the SMR Podcast chats with Tom about Amazon's cooperation with Police on promoting Ring doorbell video sharing, how that might feed into Amazon's imperfect Recognition facial recognition system and what we need to do to make this work better for all of us.
Hey folks, Tom is coming to Dublin for Worldcon (part fo the Sword and Laser podcast coverage) and thanks to he awesome Paulo will be having a meetup. here are the details:
Saturday August 17 at 6 PM at Lagoona
Lagoona is right in front of the Mayor Square (NCI) stop on the Luas red l...
2019-08-08 15:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostWe talk with Tonya M. Evans, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Director, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law Certificate Program at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law about Libra, its misconceptions, why it's not truly a cryptocurrency and what the future may hold for i...
2019-08-07 18:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostBy Shannon Morse, ThreatWire
Way back in April, two security researchers reached out to the WiF...
2019-08-06 16:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks. Welcome to the heart of summer. Thanks again for being the awesome supporter of independent tech news that you are. After 5 and a half years of this it’s always stunning to me that we still have people like you willing to support us. THANK YOU.
This month is of course the lull ...
2019-08-05 19:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostAugust is here! Hot times for some, winter for some, tech news for all! Thanks so much for supporting independent tech news. Most tech news outlets out there have a big corporate backer or big advertisers. We have you. And we prefer it that way. Thanks for making that possible.
Now to...
2019-08-01 15:54:54 +0000 UTC View Postby Shannon Morse, ThreatWire
Marcus Hutchins has received his get out of jail free card. Hutchins, AKA MalwareTech, hit notoriety after stopping the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that occurred in 2017. Thi...
2019-07-30 16:26:29 +0000 UTC View Postby Shannon Morse
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Google updated Chrome to version 76, and with that they’ve also clos...
2019-07-24 17:32:27 +0000 UTC View PostTom went up to Canada for a podcaster's round table. here's what he took back with him.
NOTE: This is usually a special audio column for supporters at the $5 level and up on Patreon but is being made public this time for all to enjoy.
2019-07-13 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
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Tom talks with professor Josh Lepawsky about what the real situation with e-waste is and why the professor thinks people should look at the factory, not just the landfill.
2019-07-09 18:37:06 +0000 UTC View Postby Shannon Morse, Threatwire
Last week, the contributors to GnuPG, the PGP Protocol, noticed that their SKS Keyserver Network was under attack by unknown assailants, and publicized details about it on their Github. Acc...
2019-07-09 16:14:57 +0000 UTC View PostAnalyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is moving away from Butterfly keyboards, court rules that Amazon is liable for third-party sellers, and Waymo receives a permit to participate in California's autonomous vehicle passenger service pilot program.
2019-07-04 15:33:11 +0000 UTC View Post