2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, ... a (non-Apple) VR expert weighs in on the Vision Pro, Google continues to pull away from search, and let's talk about a US TikTok ban. Is that actually happening?	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Thursday March 14th, 2024. From Studio Animal House I'm Sarah Lane
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10			From Columbus, Ohio I'm Robb Dunewood
11			Deep in the Heart of Texas, I'm Justin Robert Young
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19		sl	Microsoft’s new single version of Teams for both work and personal accounts is currently in testing, letting users switch between multiple tenants and personal or work account types. It's due to be rolled out to commercial users in April and will include an account switcher that’s accessible from the profile section. In a blog post, Microsoft said users consistently prefer a single Teams app that, “allows you to easily access and switch between personal and work accounts.”	https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/13/24099723/microsoft-teams-unified-app-personal-work-accounts
20		rd	Proton, the privacy-focused mail, calendar, online storage and password manager, announced today that its desktop mail app for Windows and macOS is out of beta and now available to all its paid users. Proton is also releasing its Linux app in beta. If you don't currently pay for Proton Mail you can try it out for two weeks. Otherwise, the Mail Plus plan costs $4/month if you sign up for a year. Proton Unlimited is $10 per month with a year plan that includes 500GB of storage, Proton Drive, Pass and VPN.	https://www.engadget.com/protons-windows-and-macos-mail-app-is-out-of-beta-and-available-now-110010822.html
21		sl	OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says the company’s text-to-video generator called Sora will be available as soon as a few months from now, and is gearing up to incorporate sound. Sora is capable of generating hyperrealistic scenes based on a text prompt, which was first shown off in February. When the Wall Street Journal asked Murati what data is used to train Sora, she said, "I’m not going to go into the details of the data that was used, but it was publicly available or licensed data.” Murati also said she isn’t sure if Sora uses videos from YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram… she only confirmed that Sora uses content from Shutterstock, with which OpenAI has a partnership.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/13/24099402/openai-text-to-video-ai-sora-public-availability
22		rd	Meta announced it will shutter its journalism tool CrowdTangle, used by academics to study the flow of content on Facebook and Instagram, including conspiracy theories and fake news. Meta's new Content Library tool will replace CrowdTangle, but will be limited to academics and nonprofit researchers. Meta claims that Content Library is a tool built in response to the European Union's Digital Markets Act, but appears to be a watered-down version of CrowdTangle that for-profit news organizations cannot use.	https://www.engadget.com/meta-sets-a-date-for-killing-off-crowdtangle-125106862.html?src=rss
23		sl	Amazon is releasing a new generative AI feature to let sellers make product pages by copy-pasting a link with information about the product from another site. The goal of the AI-generated product which will come complete with a written description and images, is to help sellers reduce the time it takes to bring the product into Amazon's marketplace. Sellers must be the owner, rights holder, or have the license to use the link’s contents, otherwise Amazon may take legal action if it finds out the seller misrepresented their ownership of the website. The feature is rolling out now and will be available to US sellers in the coming weeks.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/13/24099685/amazon-generative-ai-dtc-link-sellers
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27		rd	Hugo Barra, former VP of Android and head of Meta's phased-out Oculus headset brand, has some thoughts about Apple's Vision Pro, likening it to an "over-engineered devkit" that ships with more sensors than is necessary to deliver Apple's intended experience. Barra oversaw the Oculus team in 2017 after it was acquired by Facebook. He notes that while the Vision Pro is impressive with six tracking cameras, two passthrough cameras, two depth sensors, and four eye-tracking cameras, it's "over-spec'ing," and "characteristic of a v1 product where its creator wants to ensure it survives the hardest tests early users will no doubt want to put the product through."	https://hugo.blog/2024/03/11/vision-pro/
28		sl	Almost no one thinks the Vision Pro v1 is the final product...for example Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is working on multiple new Apple Vision models, exploring both a low-cost version and a second-generation version. With the low-cost version, Gurman thinks Apple can eliminate the EyeSight feature and the M-series chip, using more affordable components. But Barra also thinks Apple has made the Vision Pro experience intentionally blurry in order to hide pixelation artifacts and make graphics appear smoother, which he sees as a "clever move" but that the design decision made "significant motion blur and image quality issues that render passthrough mode unusable for longer periods." Justin, where do you land on the AVP v1?
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36		rd	Search, as we know it is changing. It’s being changed by generative AI that first entered into our lexicon when ChatGPT launched back on Nov. 30th of 2022, but, not even a year and a half later, AI is everywhere. Google launched its artificial intelligence-powered search engine, Search Generative Experience, in beta last May, sending publishers scrambling to prepare for a significant disruption in organic search traffic, with potential declines ranging from 20% to 60% according to experts. Marc McCollum, executive vice president of innovation at Raptive, estimates that with the current SGE, and it's only going to get better, ad revenue loss could amount to as much as $2 billion annually across the publishing industry. Justin, the bulk of Google's revenue comes from search so is it safe to assume that Google won't eat its own lunch with the coming seachange from Search to SGE?	https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/googles-gen-ai-search-threatens-publishers-with-2b-annual-ad-revenue-loss/
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50		sl	Yesterday in the QH we reported that a bipartisan bill compelling ByteDance to sell TikTok passed the US House of Representitives on Wednesday. The bill still needs to clear the Senate. If it does, President Joe Biden said last Friday he would sign the bill into law. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin now says he's putting together a consortium to try to buy TikTok, adding that there is no way that the Chinese government “would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China.” He added, “This is something that should be owned by U.S. businesses." Justin, do you think this bill gets passed? And if it doesn't, will the idea of forcing the sale of TikTok go away?	https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/12/tik-tok-bill-house-vote/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEwMjE2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzExNTk4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTAyMTYwMDAsImp0aSI6ImQ0NGRlMTBhLWU1MDItNGVkMi04NDhkLTg0MjI0ZjkwMWRkMiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjQvMDMvMTIvdGlrLXRvay1iaWxsLWhvdXNlLXZvdGUvIn0.NUDKFifHBGN3muaIq285CD5q_B08XOeIufG2FPivz7U
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60			David writes- "On the subject of brown noise in today's episode, I think it was Scott that brought it up, may I offer a suggestion, mynoise.net which is an ambient sound generator. The guy records real sounds from around the world as well as having noise/tone/drone generators such as this one."		mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/notWhiteNoisePlayer.php
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91		rd	A right-to-repair bill that passed 25-5 in the Oregon State Senate and 42-13 in the Oregon House of Representatives makes Oregon the 7th state to pass such legislation making it easier and more affordable for consumers to independently repair their electronics. The bill requires that device manufacturers make parts, tools, and repair manuals available to consumers and third-party repair shops on “fair and reasonable terms.” The bill also takes aim at “parts pairing”, the practice of preventing you from replacing device parts without the approval of a company or its restrictive software.	https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/13/oregon-passes-right-to-repair-law-apple-lobbied-to-kill/
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