Discord Ditching Digits - DTNS 4513

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

News, Technology

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Discord is changing how it assigns user names and everybody will have to get a new one. Scientists can’t replicate what you see by scanning your brain. But they’re a step closer to being able to help send impulses to the brain that can replicate visual stimulus. And we dive into Shopify’s Q1 earnings.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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0:00.0	This 10th year of Daily Techno Show is made possible by its listeners thanks to all of you and special thanks to Hi Tech Oki, Jim Hart, and Logan Larson.
0:10.0	Coming up today on DTNS, Discord's making some username changes, you might like them, you might not.
0:16.0	Shopify is dropping logistics because logistics are hard, and let's go in flight Mach 9, maybe someday.
0:23.0	This is the Daily Techno's 4th Thursday, May the 4th, 2023, in a studio redwood far, far away, I'm Sarah Lane.
0:36.0	From lovely Cleveland, Ohio, I'm Rockin' Rich Schroffelano.
0:40.0	That's no moon, it's me, Justin Robert Young from Austin, Texas.
0:44.0	I'm the shows producer Roger Chang.
0:48.0	Oh, come on Roger, after all that.
0:50.0	Oh, okay, I get to remake this movie two times, and I'm the shows producer Roger Chang.
0:56.0	Love it, yep, well, if you're a 4th fan, you know what he means.
1:02.0	Without further ado, let's get into some tech stories starting with the Quickets.
1:08.0	Anyone who uses the Bing browser with a Microsoft account can now use its chat bot powered by a GPT-4.
1:15.0	Bing chat launched in private preview back in February, some of us have played around with it, but everybody can now.
1:21.0	Starting today, you can also pull image and video results, persistent chat history, and plug-in support.
1:27.0	One example would be making a reservation with open table.
1:31.0	Browser plug-in, Bing chat can say, okay, I'm completing your booking.
1:35.0	We can expect more announcements during Microsoft's build conference, which starts on May 23rd.
1:41.0	Mozilla announced a private beta for Mozilla.social.
1:45.0	It's mastered on instance, although there is a wait list to join right now.
1:49.0	So you can sign if you'd like to.
1:51.0	In the announcement, Chief Product Officer Steve, to share us of the instance,
1:54.0	will use content moderation based on its Mozilla manifesto.
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