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Plus, Pixel banned in Japan and batteries banned on Chinese flights.Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creative Commons launched CC Signals to do for datasets what it did for creative works, and Dr. Niki discusses why seals are learning to play video games.Starring Jason Howell, Jenn Cutter, Tom Merritt and Dr. Niki.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fairphone 6 is out and Bart Busschots has a fair alternative for Pocket!Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Bart Busschots.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthropic latest court ruling has big implications for the legality of training AI models with copyrighted works, and Andy Beach shows how individual creators are using AI like a paintbrush.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.Links to the stories discussed in this episode cn be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should Apple buy Perplexity, or some other company? Plus, we check with a French TV watcher about how they feel about Netflix streaming TF1 channels.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Patrick Beja.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weekend, Dr. Nicole Ackermans talks with Dr. Carly York about her new book The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, exploring how seemingly silly experiments reveal serious scientific breakthroughs.Featuring Dr. Niki and Dr. Carly York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Plus, you can now wear Meta's Llama model in Oakley frames. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus new AR glasses, a smart home hub from Eufy and more.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Patrick Schlott.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

Plus Dr. Niki helps us understand why certain scientific studies are given the green light.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

Plus Andy Beach helps us understand why Hollywood is hiding its AI obsession.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Tom talks with IT pro Kevin Metcalf about how AI is used by students and teachers in college.Starring Tom Merritt and Kevin Metcalf.Kevin on LinkedIN

Also, Dr. Niki checks in on the state of US science funding, and why Android is killing Instant Apps.Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Dr. NIki.Show notes can be found here.

Yahoo Mail tries to appeal to younger users with AI features, and Congressional Dish's Jennifer Briney explains why a US budget bill is aiming to ban regulation of AI.Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt, and Jennifer Briney.Show notes can be found here.

And why the venerable Le Monde newspaper is embracing AI not just fighting it. Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.Links to the stories covered in this episode can be found here.

IBM announced plans to build its major Quantum computer called Starling, and Dr. Niki explains why we want to edit the genomes of spiders.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Show notes found here.

And beyond the new Liquid Glass design and other OS announcements, there's a new robot pizza maker and an Xbox gaming handheld.Starring Tom Merritt, and Sarah Lane.Show notes can be found here.

Molly and Tom are back with a text-message-chat inspired discussion of privacy in LLMs and why we might need a standard for it, but we don't know how that would happen. 

Also, drone delivery is becoming more common, and an advance in sintronics brings shepherd, faster, more power-efficient memory closer. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here.

Apple's upcoming MagSafe chargers might support the Qi2.2 standard doubling power output for the iPhone 17, and Volvo introduced a "multi-adaptive safety belt" system to protect passengers of all body types.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here.

Google does the right thing with Google Photos and Natasha Lyonne makes an AI movie. Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.Stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Microsoft is requiring fully featured USB-C ports in order for manufacturers to partake in the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program, and Dr. Niki talks all about night vision contact lenses.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

Meanwhile, Google makes it easy to run models locally without the internet, and another big step for Brain-Computer Interfaces.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood Show notes can be found here.

The future of wearables may be on your face. Plus, how the NBA is embracing AI. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Apple is set to move its OS naming convention to year-based versioning, and X is pausing encrypted direct messages in its app to make room for unspecified improvements.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes can be found here.

Plus the good and the bad of Audible using generated voices.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Gurman says Apple's Solarium update is a big feature at next month's WWDC, and Dr. Niki talks about 3D printing your skin. Yes, your actual skin.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr Niki.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

DTNS is off for the US holiday, but here's today's episode of Daily Tech Headlines to keep you up to date.Apple is on pace to ship a smart home hub later this year, and doubts creep in about BYD. Get the show notes here.

And Tardigrades are getting tattoos, and you will want them to.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Dr. Niki.Show notes can be found here.

Xiaomi has a new top of the line in-house smartphone chip, and GT Tandon talks about the falling cost of AI training and inferencing.Starring Jason Howell, Jenn Cutter, and GT Tandon.Show notes can be found here.

And Jason Howell reports on Google's I/O focus on AI and what that means for search.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Jason Howell.Links to stories featured in this episode can be found here.

Plus Marshall comes for Sonos and Apple gets more heat from the Judge over Fortnite.Starring Tom Merritt, and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

Plus, Nvidia and Intel have new chip announcements at Computex, and Ina Kim shares tech to teach languages online.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Ina Kim.Show notes can be found here.

Amos talks with fellow military retiree Mike LeNeave of Pison about how next-gen wearable tech is redefining human readiness and helping prevent aviation accidents by focusing on the person, not just the machine.Starring Tom Merritt, Amos, Mike LeNeave.https://pison.com/

 Plus you'll finally understand why some people believe it's OK for AI models to infringe copyright.Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Meredith Rose.Show notes can be found here.

Apple CarPlay Ultra is finally making its way Aston Martin vehicles, and Dr. Niki brings some clarity to changes in US science funding.Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, and Dr. Niki.Show notes can be found here.

Plus why the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks are so good they can't stay out of the best seller list.  Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Aaron Morton.Links to stories found in this episode can be found here.

Apple brings a slew of new accessibility features to its devices, and James Thatcher shares what the effect of the China-US tariff pause is likely to be on tech purchases.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and James Thatcher.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

Plus, happy birthday to the longest-running Apple podcast on the internet.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Allison Sheridan.Show notes can be found here.

Tom talks with Andrew Mayne about why Fidji Simo would leave INstacrt to take a product role at OpenAI and how that might change how you think about OpenAI. Starring Tom Merritt and Andrew Mayne.Andrew Mayne founder of AI deployment firm Interdimensional.https://interdimensional.ai/https://attentionmechanismpodcast.com/https://openai.com/index/leadership-expansion-with-fidji-simo/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/openai-recruits-instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-to-lead-app-developmenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidji_Simo https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidjisimo/

 A court allows simulated testimony, plus a hospital in Ottawa uses AI to make doctor's better at being doctors.Starring Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Nintendo Switch 2 could see impressive demand even if the company is being conservative with its projections, and Brett Rounsaville shares why Abu Dhabi Disney is the best Disney there is.Starring Jason Howell, Shannon Morse, and Brett Rounsaville.Show Notes can be found here.

It moved the left-side nav to the top nav. Also we think we know what that ASUS Xbox handheld will be.Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories in this episode can be found here.

OpenAI opts to keep its nonprofit in control of its business, and Bodie Grimm details the environmental impact of electric vehicles.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Bodie Grimm.Show notes can be found here.

Plus, Apple may change up the pattern it uses to announce iPhones.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood Show notes can be found here.

Molly Wood and Tom Merritt share their text message chat about the ruling against Apple's anti-steering policies, which leads to a prescription for what Apple needs to do. And has elements of a Molly rant as well. Starring Molly Wood and Tom Merritt

The first apps under Apple's new permissive payment guidelines hto the store and a soccer game that doesn't have as much soccer in it as you might thing. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Microsoft consoles and first party games just got a lot more expensive, and Sean Hollister talks all about map tech in Japan.Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, and Sean Hollister.Links to the stories in this episode can be found here.