Do Delivery Drones Dream of Electric Bees? - DTNS 4580
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Shannon gives up a wrap-up of all the big news from this year’s Black Hat security conference. We find out why urban drone delivery is not a regular thing yet. And Disney shares its subscriber numbers and new push to make its ad supported service available in more countries.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe.
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| 0:00.0 | This 10th year of Daily Tech News Show is made possible by its listeners thanks to all of you, including Brad, Kevin, Paul Thiesin, and our new patrons, Donald, Michael, Antonio, and Sound. |
| 0:13.0 | On this episode of DTNS, Threads becomes more fatter-versi, Disney Plus raises prices, and Shannon Morse tells us all about the latest from Black Hat USA 2023. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, August 10, 2023. From Studio, Gerrache, I'm Serylene. |
| 0:39.0 | And from Columbus, Ohio, I'm Rob Dunnwood. |
| 0:42.0 | From Studio, Colorado, I'm Shannon Morse. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm the shows producer, Roger Chen. |
| 0:47.0 | Well, we've got quite a bit to talk about. We are excited to talk about Black Hat with you, Shannon, a little bit later on the show. |
| 0:54.0 | But first, let's start with some quick heads. |
| 0:57.0 | Instagram Threads Social Network, obvious ex-competitor, has placed a new Fediverse Friendly feature in her operability with Mastodon, and you might say, how does that work? |
| 1:12.0 | Well, by placing links in a Threads account that you control, and also having a Mastodon account that you also control, the Mastodon account can show a link to your Threads profile with a checkmark indicating you're a verified owner, |
| 1:26.0 | of both accounts. |
| 1:29.0 | Good news for Google Docs users who need to remotely sign documents. |
| 1:33.0 | Google has moved the feature from Alpha to Beta access for individual Google workspace users is rolling out over the next couple of weeks. |
| 1:40.0 | If you're an enterprise admin, you'll need to request the feature through a form. |
| 1:44.0 | If you're a free Google Doc user, no word yet on win or even if you'll get access to the feature. |
| 1:50.0 | US President Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting US citizens from investing in advanced semiconductor and quantum computing business in China. |
| 2:01.0 | The order also requires investors to report to the US government on direct investments in Chinese companies that make AI and other semiconductors. |
| 2:13.0 | Good news for Google. Oh, I just read that one. Let me read the one I'm supposed to read here. |
| 2:18.0 | Amazons started scaling back its private label business last year after disappointing sales and also criticism from lawmakers. |
| 2:25.0 | The Wall Street Journal source to say Amazon is now eliminating 27 of his 30 clothing brands such as Larkin Row, Daily Ritual and Good Threads. |
| 2:33.0 | After Amazon sells off the remaining inventory, its own clothing division will be streamlined to Amazon Essentials, Amazon Collection, and Amazon Aware. |
| 2:41.0 | Sources also say Amazon is dropping private label furniture. |
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