2023 Daily Tech News Show


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4		tm	This tenth year of Daily Tech News Show is made possible by its listeners. Thanks to all of you including Chris Beneteau Steve Iadarola Jeffrey Zylks Lifetime Supporter MtnSloth
5			On this episode of DTNS, ... is Microsoft out of the virtual reality game? What's next for Tesla after some less than stellar press? And how do e-scooter companies bounce back? Can they?	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Thursday December 21st, 2023. From Studio Pat, suggested by Pat, and Studio Without a Hatchet, suggested by Todd, I'm Sarah Lane
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19		sl	A new criminal justice bill in the UK could allow police to use facial recognition searches on a database containing images of 50 million driver’s license holders. The legislation would allow images collected on CCTV to be matched with driver's license records potentially putting every driver in the country into a permanent police line-up.	https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/20/police-to-be-able-to-run-face-recognition-searches-on-50m-driving-licence-holders
20		rd	In a filing Wednesday, The US International Trade Commission denied Apple’s motion to delay an import and sales ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 while awaiting an appeal. The ITC ruled in October that Apple’s SpO2 sensors in the Apple Watch infringe on patents from medical device company Masimo. The Apple Watch 9 and Utra 2 ban goes into effect on Dec. 24th.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24010011/apple-loses-attempt-halt-apple-watch-sales-ban-itc
21		sl	Airbnb is using proprietary AI and machine-learning technology in several countries and regions globally to identify whole house bookings over the New Year’s holiday weekend that could be at higher risk for disruptive and unauthorized parties. The technology uses hundreds of signals like trip duration, distance from home location, last-minute reservation flags, and type of venue booked to determine if reservations should be authorized.	https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-using-ai-to-help-clampdown-on-new-years-eve-parties-globally/
22		rd	Bethesda, maker of Starfield, said of the company's biggest launch ever, with more than 13 million players since its release in September, that you can expect updates to the game about every 6 weeks in 2024 starting in February. These updates will include everything from quality-of-life improvements to content and feature updates. The Starfield team is also hard at work on the development of Shattered Space, the first expansion to the game due next year as well.	https://bethesda.net/en/game/starfield/article/37j5d4CbPfYlZqJKcVtGcY/starfield-end-of-the-year-update-2023
23		sl	Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple’s Vision Pro headset, announced back in June, is lining up for a February launch. He also notes that we shouldn’t expect another launch event for the $3500 device as supplies will probably be limited.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24010038/apple-vision-pro-launch-planned-february
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27		sl	Microsoft announced that it is deprecating Windows Mixed Reality and removing the feature in an upcoming release of Windows. Microsoft’s attempt at building out a VR ecosystem for PCs has mostly been inactive for a number of years. The nixing of Windows Mixed Reality also includes ending support for using a Windows Mixed Reality headset with SteamVR and the dedicated Mixed Reality Portal app. This news is timed interestingly, given Apple's Vision Pro headset's January/February launch. So what do we think? Is Microsoft just putting it all on pause to see where we land in a few months?	https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-is-killing-its-windows-vr-platform-announces-deprecation-of-windows-mixed-reality
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36		rd	Back in the summer, Reuters released a bombshell report that Tesla was faking its EV range estimates and not being truthful with customers when they called to complain about it. Reuters is back at it again after reviewing thousands of Tesla documents and is reporting a pattern in which Tesla routinely blamed customers for the failure of substandard parts the company knew to be defective. When parts would fail, Tesla would blame the customers of “abusing their vehicles”.	https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/21/tesla-lied-to-customers-blaming-them-for-shoddy-parts-the-company-knew-were-defective/
37		sl	We aren’t talking about minor defects that have nothing to do with the safety of vehicles, but, “Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration…” Tens of thousands of customers complained about a host of failures on low mileage cars, and even though Tesla documents show it tracked these chronic flaws for years, the company missled regulators about it and even sold customers replacement parts they knew had high failure rates and were systemically prone to failure.	https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/
38			--- Notes Reporters Hyun Joo Jin, Kevin Krolicki, Mari Mannes, and Steve Stecklow went deep on this reporting and allude to a comom theme at Musk run companies... Poor customer service and saftey being sacrificed for speed...
39			-- Tesla has the highest accident rate of any auto manufacturer -- This report doesn't really go into why but it wouldn't be hard to assume that Auto Pilot (AutoSteer) has something to do with it.	https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2023/12/18/tesla-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/?sh=2c605bec2894
40			-- Teslas, however, are middle of the pack on EV reliability	https://insideevs.com/news/655512/tesla-model-s-x-consumer-reports-unreliable-evs/
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49		sl	Yesterday we reported in the Quick Hits, that E-scooter company Bird filed for Chapter 11 in a US Bankruptcy Court in Miami. Justin you think this is a sea change in the e-scooter business or a symptom of a larger trend?	https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/20/bird-bankruptcy/
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51			Notes: - Top 100 cities globally have banned scooters, the majority of those cities in China, - also includes Barcelona, Philadelphia, Sydney, and Toronto. - Bird has filed several routine motions that would let it keep operating as it navigates the bankruptcy process.
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58			My biggest concern with a natural language model option in the car is that it could potentially be triggered by anyone in the vehicle. How will the add-on device know which person speaking is the driver? That said — it makes me so glad these features didn’t exist 40 years ago when I was a knee-high poop-stomper. - Ryan in Minneapolis
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88		sl	According to Axios, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount held talks to discuss a possible merger of the two media giants. The meeting reportedly took place at Paramount’s headquarters in Times Square, with Paramount CEO Bob Bakish and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav discussing how the companies could complement one another including the combining of Max and Paramount Plus to compete with streaming rivals like Netflix and Disney Plus.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24010115/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-streaming
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128			All next week is DTNS Experiment week! We're swapping out our normal DTNS show and trying out some new ideas. In previous years we launched shows like BBQ tech show and The Tech Jawn. This year we have Nicole Lee with a show about online life, Roger interviewing people and personalities who made the TechTV network possible just to name a few. It all starts next week Monday Aug 14th on the DTNS feeds.
129			If you want to stay up-to-date in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence you need to listen to "A.I. Named This Show"! It launched during DTNS Experiment Week in August. Each week Tristran Jutras (ju-tra) and Tasia Custode wade through the hype and the doomsaying to keep you informed about the latest news in the A.I. world. Catch it at "AI Named This Show" dot com!	Check out A.I. Named This Show: https://www.ainamedthisshow.com
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