Tom will be coming home for a high school class reunion at the beginning of September and doing the show from the St. Louis area September 6th and 7th. While he could try to rely on the bandwidth at his sister’s farm, it will be more reliable and more fun if he could hook up with some DTNS listeners and even have a meetup!

if you have bandwidth Tom could use email feedback@dailytechnewsshow.com and let us know!

And everybody in the are keep an ear out for a meetup! Ideas welcome. Though Tom would really like to do one at Mario’s Pizza in Greenville.

What Facebook’s slightly low user growth means for the fate of the internet and the world, plus Windows wants to annoy you less and smart watches are finally hot!

With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt and Justin Robert Young

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• Quick Hits
  • (00:45) Huawei phones ‘blacklisted’ by VLC media player | cnet
  • (01:00) NXP to repurchase $5 billion shares after Qualcomm deal falls through | reuters
  • (01:25) Amazon’s Rekognition messes up, matches 28 lawmakers to mugshots | ars technica
• More Top Stories
  • (02:00) Alexa Cast will let users cast Amazon Music to Alexa devices | tech crunch
    • Amazon is making it easier for all Alexa devices to work together | the verge
  • (05:05) Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 and Build 18204 | windows blog
    • Windows 10 Won’t Waste Your Time With Unexpected Updates Anymore | thurrott
  • (07:05) Samsung begins producing its battery-saving memory chips for phones | engadget
    • Samsung teases improved battery life for the Galaxy Note 9 | engadget
    • Samsung’s ‘unbreakable’ OLED display gets certified | engadget
  • (09:40) Apple ships 3.5 million Watches in Q2 2018, with LTE version a runaway success in Asia | canalys
  • (12:10) Amazon misses on revenue but earnings came in more than double what the Street expected | cnbc
• Discussion Story (16:10)
  • Facebook’s forecast for the future looks suddenly bleak | the verge
  • Why Facebook’s Stock Market Pain Is Necessary—And Will Continue | fortune
• Breaking News (25:40)
  • Slack Is Buying HipChat | bloomberg
• Thing of the Day
  • DTNS Sub-reddit
• Messages of the Day
  • (26:55) Virgilio – watch party
• Today’s Contributor
  • Justin Robert Young
    • Politics Politics Politics
      • Daily Newsletter
    • Jury Talks
    • The Contender
    • twitch.tv/justinrobertyoung

 

Qualcomm drops NXP bid, Samsung claims “unbreakable” display, the ACLU criticizes Amazon’s Rekognition facial tech.

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Facebook is rolling out “Watch Party” for all users. The company hopes that its shared viewing feature will make it competitive with streaming giants like Netflix, Amazon and YouTube. Plus Valve launched Steam Chat and Google plans on selling its own Titan Security Keys.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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Google now competes with Yubico, Valve launches Discord competitor in Steam, and why YouTube runs slow outside of Chrome.

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