DGiT Daily Podcast

Verizon lit up its first 5G towers in Minneapolis and Chicago. What that means is for the first time, consumers can get 5G connectivity on their phones, as long as that phone is a Moto Z3 and has a 5G Moto Mod. Baby steps, people. Our roundup includes stories about second version of the Android Q beta, the rollout of Google Duplex, another Facebook data breach (kinda), Captain Marvel’s Box office billion, vulnerability of hospital tech, and we get to see a picture of a black hole - next week.

YouTube has a problem with its content, and it’s a problem that employees have been trying to fix for years. Conspiracy theories abound among the billion hours of watched shows per day, but the higher ups don’t want to fix a problem that keeps ad dollars rolling in. Our roundup includes stories about the death of Google+, how Google’s shutdown damage the brand, streaming taking over music revenue, Avengers: Endgame breaking the internet, why busses bunch, and a man who stopped sleeping to win a rac

The Huawei P30 Pro looks to be the best new low-light camera, beating out the Google Pixel 3’s Night Sight. Et early tests indicate the P30 Pro is insanely good. Check out the side-by-side comparisons on Android Authority. Our roundup includes stories about a look back on the Pixel 3 after five months, Facebook’s quest to bring in more news, Cloudflare’s new VPN service (coming soon), sabotaging Teslas with stickers on the road, the data Tesla’s collect, and the Matrix’s 20th birthday.

It's April Fool's Day and we have a roundup of some of the better pranks out there from Google, Stack Overflow, Samsung, and T-Mobile. Our roundup includes stories about Huawei’s P30 Pro camera, scheduling emails in Gmail, Facebook’s call for content regulation by governments and why that’s not needed, more compromised credit cards, a one-salaried company, the last perfect NCAA bracket, and why robots don’t get jokes.

NASA successfully tested a helicopter designed to cruise around Mars. NASA flew the copter in a near-vacuum in Pasadena’s JPL facility and the test went as well as it could go.  Next stop, Mars! Our roundup includes stories about how the Apple Card works, what nano-memory cards are, the FCC’s limited power over robocallers, Facebook’s handling of Alex Jones, San Francisco’s treatment of the homeless, the human body’s most useless part, and Wacraft II optimized for Windows 10!

Apple’s Macbooks have had defect prone keyboards since 2015. Now that the third generation continues to fail, along with a brilliant takedown by the Wall Street Journal, Apple apologized - mostly. Whether or not it intends to do anything about it is another matter. Our roundup includes stories about Xioami’s dual folding phone, a new kind of popup selfie camera, Facebook’s ban on white supremacy, Elon Musk’s latest “all hands” email, and an airline that shut down overnight.

Huawei introduced its latest flagship phone, which has a 5X optical zoom courtesy of a periscope lens. Huawei’s focus on photography (no pun intended) could make it one of the biggest smartphone threats of the year. Our roundup includes stories about the Apple v. Qualcomm court battle, BBC’s podcast pulling, Google Podcast’s auto-transcription, synthetic alcohol, Swedish politicians who screwed up, putting the next American on the moon, and games that are easy to learn but very satisfying to play.

Apple announced a gaggle of new services yesterday, including Apple News+, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+. On the whole the services look like decent deals, and CNET and a former Visa executive look hard at the Apple Card deal. Our roundup includes stories about T-Mobile’s deal for free MLB.TV, Huawei’s P30 Pro announcement, public events in Google Maps, McDonalds’ self-ordering menus, the EU’s new copyright law, the U.S.’s need for a broadband plan, and the ideal length of a power nap

Apple’s about to announce a whole bunch of new services, and we recap what’s coming. Sure, the podcast is coming out right when the announcement happens, but we record a couple hours before that, so give us a break, hey? Our roundup includes stories about a family tracking app leaking user data, a man who stole $122 million from Facebook and Google, new Nintendo Switches, and a new discovery helping to explain why there’s so much matter in the universe.

Reports indicate that Apple’s new TV service won’t be so much a service as it will be a marketplace to buy other services. Also, Facebook sucks at passwords because of course it does. Our roundup includes stories about Chrome for Android’s new gesture navigation, the cloud and the future of gaming, a discount of the Google Home Max, hoaxes and conspiracies on Instagram, wireless charging in Norway taxis, and storing data on DNA.

Dyson released a new line of vacuum cleaners which really suck - but they’re supposed to, so that’s good. Also coming are a desk lamp that changes with the time of day and a personal air purifier for those who don’t like to share. Our roundup includes stories about Google’s new AI-powered Google Doodle, updates to Apple’s news Service, Apple’s new Air Pods, Waze volunteers, Tesla’s price increases, and Bill & Ted’s next excellent adventure!

Google officially announced Stadia, Google’s cloud service gaming platform, which is designed to work on anything - phone tablet or mobile, all assuming you have a good enough internet connection. Our roundup includes stories about Stadia’s fun nod to the Konami Code, another EU fine for Google, finalizing the Disney/Fox merger, a new iMac refresh from Apple, NVIDIA’s new AI-based photorealistic scene painter, a sweet new laptop review, and 7 fun facts about the spring equinox.

The Google Pixel 3a bares all as 9to5Google gets some hands-on time with the device. Learn everything you want to know here. Also, Google’ s GDC announcement comes later today. Our roundup includes stories about Apple’s two new iPads and overall confusing device strategy, Call of Duty Mobile, MySpace’s 50 million song bungle, facial recognition for petty crimes, the first exascale supercomputer in the United States, where in Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego, and the last Blockbuster on Earth.

Apple responded to Spotify’s accusations from last week, and Spotify fired back once again. The EU is going to have a lot to say about this spat, and Apple may not like it. Our roundup includes stories about a former hacker running for President, Facebook’s fight against videos of the mosque attack, a new Net Neutrality bill, a showdown of the Snapdragon 855 versus the 845, the return of James Gunn to Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and a Captain Marvel one-tweet review.

Elon Musk’s collection of electric cars is complete now with the introduction of the Tesla Y. This car brings you 66 cubic feet of cargo space and starts at $39,000. Our roundup includes stories about the start of F1 Racing, the names of Google’s next smartphones, iPhone’s new privacy focused ad, the cause of Facebook’s outage, an update to Steam for gaming on your smartphone, college kids getting arrested for playing PUBG, using Google Docs as a chat app, and Samsung’s quest for a bezelless p