Know a Little More

Tom explores the Fast Identity Online Alliance and how passwords may one day be a thing of the past.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explains why more bandwidth isn’t always the solution and why he's always chiding people to not use WiFi to stream their video.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to the full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief explanation of WiFi 6 and 6E, what it means for consumers, and when you should (or should not) upgrade.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tome explains what 5G is, how you can benefit from it and what its limitations are.Featuring Tom Merritt.View full episode notes here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explores the fundamental principles of Public Key Cryptography and the maths behind it.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a brief explanation of Thunderbolt 4 and its similarities, and differences, to previous Thunderbolt standards. Updated to include Apple M1 compatibility.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Discusses Fully Homomorphic Encryption with special guest Dr. Thomas Rondeau, a Program Manager at DARPA.Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr. Thomas Rondeau. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explains why he thinks about news consumption like food and how to put yourself on a healthy news diet.Featuring Tom Merritt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom shares the history of the USB standard and the real benefits and limitations of USB4.Featuring Tome Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a history and explains the functionality of blockchain.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explains the basics of OpenRAN and why it's important to cell phone providers and customers alike.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom deciphers the clear distinctions between Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents, and notes when sometimes the lines get a little fuzzy.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom reveals the truth about how Patreon pledges stack up to other forms of listener support.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explores the history and evolution of the HDMI interface and the features it may, or may not, support.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom discusses Section 230 with Shoshana Weissmann, Senior Manager of Digital Media and a policy Fellow at the R Street Institute, and Mike Masnick, founder and CEO of the Copia Institute and editor of the Techdirt blog.Featuring Tom Merritt, Shoshana Weissmann, and Mike Masnick.Link to episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explores the history and necessity of standardized set of characters for computers.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explains the history, design, function, and use cases of Progressive Web Apps.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explores the history, capabilities, and contemporary uses of LIDAR.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom dives into the complex history and potential implications of EU-US Privacy Shield.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom compares common display technologies and why MiniLED is a great middle ground between cost and performance.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explores the Fast Identity Online Alliance and how passwords may one day be a thing of the past.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explores the fundamental principles of Public Key Cryptography and the maths behind it.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom discusses where we’ve been, who is affected and where we may or may not be going with the legal issues surrounding the Gig Economy.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom discusses the ins and outs of video streaming with Andy Beach, video engineer and author of Video Compression Handbook.Featuring Tom Merritt and Andy Beach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom explains why more bandwidth isn’t always the solution and why he's always chiding people to not use WiFi to stream their video.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to the full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Know A Little More will return in October for Season 2 including our first Know A Little More Interview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a brief explanation of Domain Name Servers, what they do and don't do, and why they are important to your every day browsing.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a brief explanation of Thunderbolt 4 and its similarities, and differences, to previous Thunderbolt standards.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to full episode transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a brief explanation of what MAC addresses are and why your Windows computer, and all your wireless devices, has one.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a brief explanation of what Teraflops are and what they really mean about the processing power of your computer.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to the full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom provides a brief explanation of what UltraWideBand is and how you can benefit from it and when you need to worry about it.Featuring Tom Merritt.Full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief explanation of WiFi 6 and 6E, what it means for consumers, and when you should (or should not) upgrade.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to full transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief explanation of Machine Learning, it's applications, and how it's developed.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to the full episode script here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What Safe Harbor is and isn’t and what Section 230 does and does not protect.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to the full episode script here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief history and explanation of ARM processors.Featuring Tom Merritt.Link to transcript here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What 5G is, how you can benefit from it, and what its limitations are.Featuring Tom Merritt.View full episode notes here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you ever wonder what 5G really means? Has somebody told you to get a WiFi 6 router? What's the 6 about? And how is an ARM processor different from Intel. What is ARM anyway? Would you like to Know a Little More. I'm Tom Merritt, host of Daily Tech news Show. I've been covering technology for more than 20 years and I'd like to help. Know a Little More is my new series to explain in plain language what big tech topics mean so you Know a Little More about them. Get Know a Little More at Acast or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.