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 Deigratia A. Daniels Erwin Stuhr Ken Hays New Patron Aisha!
5			On this episode of DTNS, ... Threads may be coming to a regional area near you, RCS gets more love, and Google has some big announcements of its own!	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Thursday November 30th, 2023. From Studio Secret Bunker I'm Sarah Lane
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19		sl	CEOs from Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X are all set to testify in front of the US Senate Judiciary Committee on what the committe calls "failure to protect children online." Social media's negative impact on young people's mental health has been increasingly concerning for both parents and lawmakers. Meta and TikTok CEOs are appearing voluntarily, but, Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham expressed frustration with the CEOs from Snap, Discord, and X, for appearing only after being subpoenaed.	https://www.engadget.com/meta-x-tiktok-snap-and-discord-ceos-will-testify-before-the-senate-over-online-child-safety-110559486.html?src=rss
20		rd	Sam Altman is officially back as CEO of OpenAI. Microsoft now joins the company's nonprofit board with a non-voting observer seat. OpenAI’s new board includes its chair Bret Taylor, plus Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo, the only previous board hold over. OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever did not keep his board seat, according to Altman, but will remain at the company. Bloomberg also reports OpenAI will continue a plan to let employees sell shares in the company through what’s known as a tender offer. Certain investors reportedly dropped out of the tender offer following the Altman ouster. Employees now have until Jan. 5 to opt in, instead of needing to close in early December.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23981848/sam-altman-back-open-ai-ceo-microsoft-board
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22		sl	At the DealBook Summit in New York Wednesday, Elon Musk addressed how some advertisers have paused ads on X because of antisemitic posts Musk amplified on the platform. Musk said, “If somebody’s going to try to blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f---yourself. Go. F---. Yourself. Is that clear?”.. He then singled out Disney CEO Bob Iger who was in the audience, saying, “Hi Bob”. Musk also said others would boycott those advertisers if they thought the advertisers “killed the company”.	https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/29/elon-musk-to-advertisers-who-are-trying-to-blackmail-him-go-f----yourself.html
23		rd	Robotaxi company Cruise announced plans to start operating again last week. The subsidiary of GM also plans to cut spending by “hundreds of millions of dollars” according to GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. Specifics on how Cruise plans to operate differently is set for the coming weeks, but the spending cuts are expected to result in widespread layoffs of Cruise’s 3800 employees.	https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/gm-to-slash-spending-at-cruise-by-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars/
24		sl	US-based real estate service Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, disclosed that it's “contained” a recent cyberattack that caused havoc for about a week. In an SEC filing, FNF said the incident has been under control since November 26 after first occuring on November 21, and it's restoring normal business with its customers.	https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/30/after-a-week-long-outage-fidelity-national-financial-confirms-cyberattack-is-now-contained/
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28		sl	The Wall Street Journal reports that Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, will launch in the European Union in December. This is Threads’ largest expansion since its debut in July when it became available to most markets worldwide. But EU regulations have forced Meta to work a bit differently - the company will give users the choice to use Threads without needing to link an existing profile on Facebook or Instagram, and allows users to make their own posts more or less from scratch. Threads in the EU could lead to upwards of 40 million additional monthly users for the platform in 2024.	https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-threads-europe-launch-98448df5?mod=rss_Technology
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30		rb	Meta is also warning that foreign governments - such as Russia, Iran and China - will continue to curb inauthentic messaging campaigns from various social media accounts heading into worldwide elections in 2024. But Meta also says the U.S. government has stopped proactively sharing information with social networks, which often covers major, nation-state influence operations.	https://cyberscoop.com/ahead-of-2024-election-meta-worries-about-lack-of-information-on-top-tier-nation-state-covert-operations/
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32		sl	Oh but there's yet more Meta news today. The company sued the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington federal court, over claims that its in-house trials violate the US Constitution. Meta also asked a court to halt the FTC's bid to change a 2020 privacy settlement. This was the second attempt by Meta to block the proceeding in court. Justin, what does your gut say about how this might play out?	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-30/meta-sues-to-halt-ftc-privacy-move-challenging-in-house-trials
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37		rd	It’s been a big month for Rich Communication Services. A few weeks ago Apple announced that it is bringing RCS to the iPhone sometime in 2024, and today Google has announced that over 1 billion monthly active users use RCS via Google Messages. It’s likely that Apple finally decided to add the protocol to the iPhone because the EU was likely to classify iMessage with gatekeeper status meaning that, by law, Apple would have to make iMessage interoperable with other messaging platforms. But iMessage isn’t the only service to be classified with gatekeeper status.	https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/30/23981350/google-messages-chat-rcs-apple-imessage-photo-emoji
38		sl	Meta’s Messenger and WhatsApp are also classifed to with gatekeeper status so they too will have to interoperate with other messaging platforms. Does it stand to reason that RCS should be the protocol that all messaging platforms use to communicate, since it is indeed a standard protocol backed by the GSMA?
39			- Would messaging services not classified as gatekeepers want to interoperate with other platforms? - Signal removed SMS support from Android and saw a substantial drop in users. The reason was becasue of security, but, RCS, as it is today, isn't end to end secure.
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50		rd	Google still in the news today big time, with updates not only to Android, but also Wear OS and Google TV devices. Let's start with non-RCS Google texting updates -	https://www.engadget.com/googles-latest-android-update-includes-ai-created-image-descriptions-and-animations-for-voice-messages-172522129.html
51		sl	Voice Moods let users add backgrounds and animated emoji to voice messages. New reactions for messages also are designed to offer fun options beyond the standard thumbs up type stuff, and changing those chat bubble colors are going to appeal to some folks a lot.	https://blog.google/products/android/7-new-messages-features/
52		rd	AI-generated image descriptions for those with low-vision is another new feature. It's called TalkBack and can read out loud descriptions of images from either the internet or a photo that you took yourself. Google’s also adding new languages to its Live Caption feature, which expands on being able to take phone calls without needing to hear the speaker.
53		sl	Google's Wear OS also now lets you control more smart home devices and light groups directly from your watch. If you're away from home, you can now tell your connected smart home devices you're away. There’s also new Assistant Routines feature designed to automate daily tasks. Assistant At a Glance on the watch face will show you information relevant to your day, like the weather and traffic patterns. Let's not forget Google TV! Ten new free channels to choose from further helps get you hooked into the ecosystem, with 800 ad-supported channels overall.	https://www.engadget.com/google-tv-takes-on-roku-with-over-800-free-tv-channels-173805920.html
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64			Natalie writes in - A few days ago I found out my go-to budgeting app, Mint, is shutting down at the end of the year. (Side note: I learned this through a Mint competitor’s ad and have not received any direct communication from Mint about this). I wanted to ask if any of you use a budgeting app that you think could be a good replacement. I’m overwhelmed by the number of options out there, and not looking forward to making the switch.
65			[mint announcement on 10/31]	https://mint.intuit.com/blog/mint-app-news/intuit-credit-karma-welcomes-minters/
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95		rd	Spotify Wrapped has become a fun annual deal for its users. Since 2016, it's centered on listening trends and activity, and has been successful asking people to share results on social media. This year, a new feature called "Sound Towns" shows a city in the world where others’ listening habits reportedly correspond to their own. Guess which city got the most results? Why, it's Burlington, Vermont. An ICU doctor in Texas who spoke to the NYT says for two years in a row now, his top artist is Bad Bunny, and asked “Are people listening to Bad Bunny in Burlington, Vt.? That’s what really struck me. Is this accurate?” In response, Spotify says there were 1,300 Sound Town locations for the platform’s 574 million users. Of those, 0.6 percent were assigned to Burlington — which doesn't sound all that big but is higher than if listeners had been distributed more evenly.	https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/arts/music/spotify-wrapped-burlington-vermont.html
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135			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.
136			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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