You can’t spell COP30 without C-3PO

We break down the YouTube vs. Disney fight nd why Disney is fighting so hard. Get Cordkillers! www.cordkillers.com/blog/2025/11...

Several people are furiously writing the pitch for a K-Drama about Haenyo who try to start a ketamine drug ring with hilarious consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hey everybody. Come watch the Daily Music Headline round table. We'll tell you who should and should not win the Grammys. www.youtube.com/@dailymusich...

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There are many crimes these days, but I think one of the biggest is when my phone’s mail app suddenly and unexpectedly refreshes the mail list, right as I’m swiping to delete, thus causing me to delete an email I haven’t even seen yet. What is the government doing about this?!?!

This week on Sword and Laser, Robert Jackson Bennett deserves more kudos. We clarify it's a tapas bar, not a topless bar. And our thoughts on the new book, Floating Hotel, and the wrap-up of Interview with the Vampire. www.swordandlaser.com/home/2025/11...

The Streaming Hunger Games Have Begun! Netflix and Comcast both weigh bids for Warner. Meanwhile, YouTube smashes another revenue record, Disney and ESPN go dark on YouTube TV, and Stranger Things prepares its long-awaited finale. Get Cordkillers! www.cordkillers.com/blog/2025/11...

Remember. Vote Yamamoto on Prop 50 November 4th.

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a well-earned World Series championship.

Shouldn’t 35% of Toronto’s stadium jams be Canadian?

You can’t spell try with Treinen.

We chat with Chris Mancini about his new graphic novel and probably about AI. www.kickstarter.com/projects/whi... Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mut2...

New episode of AI Inside with guest @tommerritt.com! 🥽 I recount my experience with Samsung Galaxy XR 🌐 Tom and I demo OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas AI browser 🎭 YouTube expands AI likeness detection 🚗 GM bringing Google Gemini AI to its vehicles. aiinside.show/episode/sams...

Netflix is taking Spotify’s video podcasts behind a paywall, Stranger Things gets an ending and a new beginning, and Apple’s grabbing the Formula 1 wheel. Watch Cordkillers! www.cordkillers.com/blog/2025/10...

Netflix gets into podcasting, Pinterest fights AI Slop and Microsoft demands you log into Windows through the cloud. DTNS Live is making sense of the week! Join us! dailytechnewsshow.com/live

On the latest Cordkillers, we mourn the death of TiVo and wonder if Instagram can make it on the TV screen! Watch Cordkillers! www.cordkillers.com/blog/2025/10...

I remember my Mom used to drsss as a witch’s and my Dad would cackle at the children while brewing something smoky in a kettle on the porch. I don’t remember what they did for Halloween though.

On the latest Sword and Laser! We revel in the Lammy Awards, follow the tale of root beer, and discuss our first, or most recent, impressions of Interview with the Vampire. www.swordandlaser.com/home/2025/10...

We need a modern day James K. Polk.

I’m cheering for a 1977 expansion team ALCS

After a cross post I have discovered that the Threads audience has the lowest sense of humor. I would have guessed Mastodon. Huh.

Dear Amazon, paper is not 5.4mm thick.

134 days until spring training

What about Paracetamol….

Oh! I’m sorry I misunderstood. We’re all just supposed to play Blondie today.

See, the rapture is when only God’s chosen are taken away. So if it doesn’t look like anybody was taken away…..

No wonder my battery life is down!

I’m going to have to start traveling with a bar of soap. More and more hotels are providing liquid soap only in the shower and sink. Are you team bar or team liquid soap?

Cats are funny

It’s international talk like a pirate day. Arrrrr to all who celebrate.

On DTNS Live we talk to Andrea Jones-Rooy about how data is used to misinform people, we'll also check in on Meta's new smart glasses, Australia's ban on children younger than 16 using social media and what people really use ChatGPT for. youtube.com/dailytechnew...

On the latest Sword and Laser Veronica entertains suggestions for spooky October picks, and likes them all. How can she choose? And our non-spoilery thoughts on The Hexologists. www.swordandlaser.com/home/2025/9/...

Oooh it’s like Sprint is trying to merge with T-Mobile before AT&T can get involved. www.wsj.com/business/med...

My grocery store has put pretty much all its food behind a paywall.

On the latest Sword and Laser! We talk about our thoughts on the Hugo Award winners and the Dragon Award winner and devise a fiendish plan to win a Hugo. Also, Tom buys a ticket to see Matt Dinniman while doing the show. www.swordandlaser.com/home/2025/9/...

We're breaking down the week in tech news! Age verification in Mississippi, Apple AI strategy, IFA products, and the triumph of C-SPAN for cord-cutters. Come watch! youtube.com/dailytechnew...

I love the Adams family. Douglas, Grizzly, John, Amy, they’re all great.

Going live for Office Hours. I'll talk a little about the Substack Apple store stuff and do the Editor's Desk segment for Patreon. Come watch! youtube.com/dailytechnew...

My phone suggesting I point it at the sky to get satellite messaging service because I lost signal in the basement of the underground parking garage is a vibe.

SkyWest which operates my Delta flight from SLC to Tulsa lost network access so my flight was delayed. There’s been a lot of airline network access loss this year. Good investigative piece is coming from somebody on this. It’s not random.

It's Friday and time for the Daily Tech News Quiz! We test our knowledge of fast food and technology. JOIN AND PLAY ALONG! dailytechnewsshow.com/live

The first evidence that AI might be reducing some white collar jobs. And we put the Gemini image generator to the test! dailytechnewsshow.com/live

Cheap robot delivery is coming soon. At least if you're in Austin. Plus, do we want Apple to invent foldables? Come watch! dailytechnewsshow.com/live

“I offer you a clean spoon.” - waiter at the Twice Lucky in Janloon.

I feel like whatever China wants to achieve in the world could be achieved by showing up with limited edition Labubus.

Huge thanks to @adamsessler.bsky.social for sitting down with @jollyroger to talk about the old days at TechTV dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/08/18/t...

I ran into an intersting quirk using the XReal glasses on the airplane. Downloaded video from Amazon and Apple TV gave an error saying the output device wasnt supported. But of i streamed the video it worked fine. Delta WiFi was good enough to stream.

I won’t worry about AGI until services stop doing this.. “Would you like to book a return trip?” Yeah I did. Now I’m worried. “We found some products you might like.” I mean, the products I JUST bought. “Earn points if you sign up for our loyalty program.” You mean the one I’m signed into?