The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsOpenAI and Jony Ive's AI product slated for 2027 launch, per Kuo reportAnthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offlineValve CEO Gabe Newell's Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this yearNvidia's RTX 5060 review debacle should be a wake-up call for gamers and reviewersTrump trade policy to cost Nvidia $10.5B in lost H20 GPU revenuesFederal court blocks Trump tariffs and Appeal court reinstates themWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsNintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy US senator announces a bill requiring geotracking in high-end GPUsCoinbase says customers' personal information stolen in data breachNext-gen CarPlay, branded CarPlay Ultra, starts rolling out todayNew Apple CarPlay Ultra tested: hands-on with every new featureKrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoSRumoursOne of tech's best leakers drops the GPU specs for the RTX 5080 Super, likely confirming that 24GB VRAM updateWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsGrand Theft Auto 6 delayed until May 2026TikTok Slammed With €530 Million GDPR Fine for Sending E.U. Data to ChinaFortnite is coming back to iPhonesA new 'Ecco the Dolphin' game and remasters are on the wayNew Surface HardwareMicrosoft shrinks its Surface Laptop down to 13 inches, priced at $899Microsoft's smaller Surface Pro has a 12-inch display and starts at $799RumoursApple may stagger next year's iPhones to make way for a foldableWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsGoogle is killing software support for early Nest ThermostatsApple appealing $570M EU fine, White House says it won't be toleratedApple referred for possible criminal contempt investigationMicrosoft: Xbox is now the "biggest publisher" on PlayStation, as PC Game Pass hits 45% year over year growthSam Altman's eye-scanning project launches cryptocurrency in the USRumoursApple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3: What to expect from the next releasesWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsHere's how much it costs Apple to make an iPhone 16 Pro, and how Trump's tariffs will change thatNintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders Thanks to Trump's TariffsApple's encryption row with UK should not be secret, court rulesUK officials insist 'murder prediction tool' algorithms purely abstractSynology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives RumoursReport: Apple planning ‘bold' new 20th anniversary design for iPhone 19 ProWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsThe UK could greenlight direct-to-phone satellite services this yearIntel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in TaiwanSecurity Expert Troy Hunt Lured in by Mailchimp PhishUbisoft and Tencent are forming a new company that will take control of its most successful franchises: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow SixNintendo Switch 2 specs: $450 price tag, bigger 1080p LCD screen, 4K support, 256 GB storage, 'mouse' functionality and moreRumoursThe Apple Watch may get cameras and Apple IntelligenceApple's rumored plastic Apple Watch SE has reportedly hit a serious snagApple preparing M5 MacBook Pro refresh later this year, ahead of ‘overhaul' in 2026Gurman: Apple working on new M5 iPad Pro, production starting later this yearAnother new Apple product will make the switch to in-house modems in 2027: reportApple reportedly wants to ‘replicate' your doctor next year with new Project MulberryWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:NewsDo you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereigntyNvidia's cute ‘Digits' AI desktop is coming this summer with a new name and a big brotherApple Product Launch Round UpiPad 11The new iPad 11 lacks support for Apple Intelligence featuresiPad AirMacbook AirMac StudioRumoursApple's first foldable iPhone may feature crease-free display, but lacks Face ID and costs more than $2000iOS 19 to be one of Apple's biggest iPhone updates everMicrosoft is reportedly prepping a handheld Xbox for later this year with new consoles coming inWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Pullback, Nvidia's Troubles, and New AI InnovationsWelcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:QuantumMicrosoft's New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum ComputingNewsApple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demandsDeepSeek goes beyond “open weights” AI with plans for source code releaseNVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards are melting power cables (again)Nvidia confirms ‘rare' RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issueUK competition watchdog clears IBM-HashiCorp $6.4 billion mergerAmazon announces AI-powered Alexa PlusRumoursApple reportedly plans to combine its modem with future processors as a single packageNew AirTag 2 leak reveals when to expect product launchWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode: News Apple launches the iPhone 16E Broadcom reportedly investigates acquiring Intel's chip design biz Palmer Luckey Describes How Anduril's EagleEye Helmet Will Give Soldiers Superhuman Senses X Premium+ subscription doubled, though company is confused about its own pricing Humane is shutting down the AI Pin and selling its remnants to HPWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

and films!Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode: News OpenAI's secret weapon against Nvidia dependence takes shape  Elon Musk tries to buy OpenAI, Sam Altman declines but says they'll take Twitter Man wants to buy tip where he lost Bitcoin fortune Apple now lets users migrate their purchases between Apple Accounts TikTok set to return to App Store tonight ahead of new iPhone launch next week Apple teases special product launch coming February 19 Anduril takes control of Microsoft's $22B VR military headset program Rumours Apple is reportedly developing AirPods with cameras: Here's what that meansWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!Available On: •Listen on Apple Podcasts |Listen on Spotify |Listen on Youtube | All Major PlatformsIn This Episode:AI UpdatesJen-Hsun Huang's net worth dropped by a reported $20,800,000,000 after DeepSeek fears shook the AI market to its core earlier this weekIntel nixes its next-gen AI GPU but still has plans to take on NvidiaDeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers RumoursiPhone SE 4 with Apple modem, Face ID, and USB-C may launch next weekWe love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at@WeeklyTechRant or@weeklytechrant.bs on Bluesky

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Epic Games to cover some iOS fees in ongoing war with Apple Google buys part of HTC's Vive VR team for $250 million TikTok Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok President Trump confirms that Microsoft is in talks to buy up TikTok, as the social network's future hangs in the balance For the first time, a privately developed aircraft has flown faster than sound  Forza Horizon 5 will be cruising onto the PlayStation 5 this spring We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News UK's CMA slaps Google Search and its 90%+ market share with an antitrust investigation UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly UK launching digital driving ID later this year, but no word on Apple Wallet support Tiktok - is it banned or not? White House negotiating for Oracle to take control of TikTok, allowing the app to be unbanned The 850 billion reasons Apple and others aren't taking a chance on TikTok 2 banks in talks to take over Apple Card management from Goldman Sachs Nintendo Switch 2 announcement: all the news on the next console AirPods Pro hearing aid features launching in the UK in the coming weeks Rumours HomePod mini 2 release date: Here's when to expect Apple's next upgrade We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bs

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments UK PM plans to 'unleash AI' across UK to boost growth Nintendo's next Lego console will be a Game Boy Valve's Steam page currently lists a second mystery game alongside Deadlock, sending Half-Life 3 theorists into another frenzy of speculation Rumours Apple's next-gen iPad 11 will likely use the A17 Pro chip Everything we know (and think we know) about the Nintendo Switch 2 We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bsky.social

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Google announces Android XR, a new OS for headsets and smart glasses Qualcomm wins a legal battle over Arm chip licensing UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM's HashiCorp acquisition Meta will appoint Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, as Nick Clegg steps down Home Assistant Voice TRMNL CES 2025 Nvidia Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits AMD AMD announces next-gen Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs with AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling AMD announces ‘Fire Range' and Ryzen AI Max, its most potent laptop chips yet AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D is ‘the world's best processor for gamers and creators' Other Dude, you got a Dell, period! RIP XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Precision Rumours iPhone SE 4 could be branded as iPhone 16E: Here's why that makes sense M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in ‘server grade' chips We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant or @weeklytechrant.bsky.social

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: - A look back at the best of 2024 and forward to 2025 - Games - Films - Tech - Rumours - WSJ: iPhone 17 Air to be cheaper than expected; foldable iPhone on track for 2026 - Apple reportedly releasing foldable iPad in 2028, potentially running macOS apps - For its next trick, Apple is reportedly preparing a Magic Mouse redesign We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News China limits US export of chipmaking materials following sanctions Apple-designed 5G modem coming to 2025 iPhones will be worse than Qualcomm's Apple Vision Pro Could Soon Support PlayStation VR2's Controllers OpenAI is charging $200 a month for an exclusive version of its o1 ‘reasoning' model OpenAI's o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot Sora is OpenAI's new video generation tool, here's everything it can do Apple's Johny Srouji likely on Intel's new CEO short list Rumours Apple Watch Ultra 3 may get a new lifesaving feature We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Intel's CEO hasn't turned the company around, and now he's no longer CEO Gelsinger departs Intel with $9.7M handshake  Intel announces $249 Arc B580 and $219 Arc B570 ‘Battlemage' graphics cards Judge confirms decision to sink Elon Musk's $56B pay package despite Tesla shareholder vote Brazilian company still believes it owns the ‘iPhone' trademark as it awaits trial Apple offered Indonesia $10M then $100M, but it now expects $1B within a week This $89 Wi-Fi router is designed to let you run whatever firmware you want Rumours iPhone 17 Air's slim design could prioritize thinness over features We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly Apple ebooks antitrust investigation closed, likely because it was irrelevant Sony's making a handheld console to compete with Nintendo and Microsoft How a digital “you” can sit through your agonizing web conference calls Rumours Next-gen CarPlay assets found in public database as launch draws near We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News FTX is suing Binance to recover nearly $1.8 billion Apple gets EU warning for prohibited ‘geo-blocking practices' on the App Store and other services Steam tighten up rules for games with season pass DLC: "you have to commit to completing that content on time"  Rumours Apple's rumoured six-inch ‘AI wall tablet' could control your smart home by March 2025 Apple reportedly releasing AirTag 2 next year with these 3 improvements We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News EU commission assessing whether the iPad offers sufficient interoperability with third-party headphones and ‘smart pens' Apple to be fined for breaching EU's Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reports NRO chief: “You can't hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites  NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft Nvidia are slapping a 100-hour monthly cap on GeForce Now streaming, with charges for extra time  Rumours Kuo: iPhone 18 Pro to feature upgraded main camera with variable aperture Kuo: Apple to release its own smart home camera in 2026, with AI features Intel's Battlemage GPUs rumoured to arrive in December, well ahead of AMD and Nvidia's next-gen chips We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: Concord isn't coming back, and the developer is done for too Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity Apple is snapping up one of the best non-Adobe image editors, Pixelmator  Nvidia's 'high-end' Arm-based chip for PCs will reportedly go into production in 2025 Microsoft is asking for 30 of your American dollars to keep Windows 10 safe for a year after it's put out to pasture Hunt for Bitcoin's elusive creator Satoshi Nakamoto hits another dead-end Rumours Kuo: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision' headset delayed beyond 2027 Apple is ‘seriously considering' Vision device that offloads compute to your iPhone Apple reportedly releasing ‘total redesign' for MacBook Pro in 2026 We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Jury rules Masimo smartwatches infringe Apple design patents Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm's architecture license, endangering its chip business Elon Musk finally admits Tesla's HW3 might not support full self-driving Russia has fined Google $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or more money than actually exists on Earth, all because it's upset about some YouTube channels Apple Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip Apple's new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad have USB-C Apple's first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV Apple shows off new M4 MacBook Pro lineup in final announcement video of the week We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy? A satellite made by Boeing just fell apart in space Apple teases new Macs in a 'week of announcements' that starts Monday Media Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release Michelle Yeoh's Star Trek spy movie has a release date Rumours New Magic Mouse, Trackpad and Keyboard coming soon – but don't expect anything exciting We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyT

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Beware: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024's jaw-dropping bandwidth demand peaks at 81GB/Hour Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation Apple announces new iPad mini with A17 Pro chip, Pencil Pro and Apple Intelligence support A huge disaster: Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon X Elite devkit just days after first orders arrive, multiple months later than planned Rumours Report: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision' headset to cost around $2000; drop EyeSight We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Elon Musk's X mashed by Australian court for evading child protection reporting Gurman: New M4 Macs and iPad mini 7 to launch on November 1 Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores Rumours iPhone SE 4 to feature Apple's first 5G modem, A18 chip, same cameras as iPhone 15 Nvidia's RTX 5070 reportedly set to launch alongside the RTX 5090 at CES 2025 We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

VR Headset Roundup Meta Quest 3s Meta Quest 3 HTC Focus Vision Pico 4 Ultra News Microsoft's more secure Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users Nvidia's RTX 5090 will reportedly include 32GB of VRAM and hefty power requirements Rumours Alleged M4 MacBook Pro packaging leak highlights a few new upgrades Report: HomePod with display and homeOS to launch next year with Apple Intelligence

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News TikTok faces a skeptical panel of judges in its existential fight against the US government Intel is separating its ailing foundry business from the main company Trump jumps into cryptocurrency, appears to know nothing about it EU compels Apple to improve iOS interoperability with third-party smartwatches, headphones and other accessories Rumours Apple Watch SE 3 now expected in 2025 Some of Apple's M4 Macs are already shipping ahead of rumored October launch – get ready for new MacBook Pros, a Mac mini and iMac New Apple Vision Pro with M5 chip on the way, featuring Apple Intelligence support We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: Apple Watch 10 AirPods 4 & AirPods Max iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Pro What didn't we get We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker's market valuation to over $100 billion Concord Is Suddenly Getting Pulled Offline With Sony Promising Full Refunds Elon Musk's Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all Bluetooth 6.0 brings new technology that will help Apple improve its Find My network Rumours Nvidia RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are reportedly 'scheduled to officially launch in September' and we'll believe it when we see them We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Arm reportedly spooling up major new GPU architecture to take on Nvidia AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia's AI infrastructure lead EU iPhones will be able to change the default phone and messaging apps soon Meta pulls plug on plans for high-end Vision Pro competitor Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year Apple September 9 event invite promises ‘It's Glowtime' We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Rumours We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Episode 177: It's Time for Intel's Costly Reconfigurations, Expanded Game Worlds, and Apple Watch SE Speculations Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Intel Bleeds Red, Plans 15% Workforce Layoff and $10B Cuts For 2025 Intel's crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs get two additional years of warranty coverage Games Grey Zone Warfare Car destruction lovers rejoice, Wreckfest 2 is on the way Flight Simulator 2024's huge ambition means 'you can now exit the plane, walk around… you can land on every ship, and it looks like a first person shooter environment' Grand Theft Auto 6 is still on track for fall 2025, and there's still no sign of a PC version Rumours The next Apple Watch SE might be plastic, but is that worth the tradeoff? We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

Episode 176: It's Time for Intel's CPU Crisis, Delayed Apple Intelligence, Key Security Breaches, and Colorful iPhone 16 Revelations Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Intel has no plans to recall those crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs, hasn't halted sales, and the damage to affected chips may be permanent Apple Intelligence reportedly may not arrive until October with iOS 18.1 Secure Boot useless on hundreds of PCs from major vendors after key leak OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine Google apologizes for breaking password manager for millions of Windows users with iffy Chrome update Rumours The iPhone 16 color lineup looks like the best in years New image shows off iPhone 16 Pro colors, including darker Black Titanium We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas Cellebrite can't unlock most iPhones running iOS 17.4 and later Trump shooter used Android phone from Samsung; cracked by Cellebrite in 40 minutes FTC blasts Microsoft's new ‘degraded' Xbox Game Pass Standard tier and price increases CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world Wiz rejects Google's $23 billion takeover in favor of IPO Rumours New ultra-slim iPhone 17 to focus on form over function with just one camera We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more e

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News 'Skeleton Key' attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft TSMC ahead of schedule on trial production of 2nm chips; iPhone 17 first in line Humane execs leave company to found AI fact-checking startup Google is reportedly planning its biggest startup acquisition ever Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and launching a new ‘Standard' tier Elon Musk's X faces big EU fines as paid checkmarks are ruled deceptive Rumours iPhone 16's new Capture button: Everything we know We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI Tap-to-pay could get more capable and more complicated Authy hack exposes phone numbers of 33M users; Twilio confirms Microsoft's Midnight Blizzard source code breach also impacted federal agencies Here comes a Meta Ray-Bans challenger with ChatGPT-4o and a camera Rumours Kuo: Apple to begin mass production of AirPods with cameras by 2026 HomePod with display corroborated by references to a new Apple ‘HomeAccessory' We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

Episode 172: It's Time for Apple's DMA Challenge, Encryption Policy Shifts, SpaceX's ISS Mission, and Glimpses of Future Apple Innovations Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: June 2024 - ep172 (Season 5) News Apple is first company charged with violating EU's DMA rules Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption Musk's SpaceX hired to destroy ISS space station Thwarting cyberattacks from China is DHS's top infrastructure security priority Rumours iPhone rear display and additional cameras described in Apple patent application Report: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision' headset could require a tethered iPhone or Mac Alleged Apple Watch Series 10 schematics show larger 2-inch display, unchanged band attachment system Comments: We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

Episode 171: It's Time for AMD's Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel's Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple's Slim Future Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News AMD AMD's first Zen 5 CPU is the ‘monster' Ryzen 9 9950X AMD unveils Ryzen AI 300 CPUs for Copilot+ laptops AMD reveals the MI325X, a 288GB AI accelerator built to battle Nvidia's H200 AMD Announces Zen 5-based EPYC “Turin” Processors: Up to 192 Cores, Coming in H2'2024 Intel Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple PlayStation VR2's PC adapter hits this August, with missing features Rumours iPhone 16 Pro to feature world's thinnest smartphone bezel Apple planning redesigned iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch that are significantly thinner Engage With Us: • Comments: We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant. For more episodes and tech insights, visit our website: Weekly Tech Rant

This week we covered: Software iOS 18/iPadOS 18 WatchOS 11 macOS 15 AI Apple Intelligence As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced Sony made a PSVR 2 adapter for PC support ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Apple confirms WWDC keynote details for AI-focused iOS 18, Platforms State of the Union, and more Gaming Microsoft confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to Xbox Game Pass As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News MediaTek and Nvidia are gearing up to tackle the AI PC market hand-in-hand, with an all-new chip UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses Twitter is officially X.com now BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI Gaming Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025 Microsoft to add next Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass, WSJ reports Rumours Apple is said to be working on a 'significantly thinner' iPhone Second-generation AirTag again rumored to be announced in 2025 As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8,000 emulator-related DMCA takedowns Apple Event iPad Pro M4 SOC iPad Air 6 Pencil Pro Magic Keyboard “Pro” Rumours Apple allegedly planning foldable 20.3-inch hybrid for 2025, foldable iPhone in 2026 As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News UK's Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition Escape From Tarkov studio boss says he "did not foresee" players would get mad about charging extra for PvE  Apple's iPadOS will have to comply with EU's Digital Markets Act too Razer made a million dollars selling a mask with RGB, and the FTC is not pleased Film/TV Fallout Disco Season 5 Rumours Gurman: New iPad Pro may actually be powered by the M4 chip, touting AI features As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News US Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight Boston Dynamics' new Atlas robot is a swiveling, shape-shifting nightmare After Embracer Group's acquisitions and subsequent troubles, the company is splitting into three oddly-named entities Meta Rebranding Quest Software Horizon OS, Will Run On New Headsets From ASUS, Lenovo, More The full Snapdragon X CPU line-up has now been unveiled, and according to Qualcomm's numbers it should put the fear of ARM into AMD and Intel's laptop divisions Rumours 12.9-inch iPad Air will use same display technology as current larger iPad Pro As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief D-Link issues rip and replace order for besieged NAS drives Elon Musk returns to his ultimate galaxy brain plan for Twitter: charging people to post Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions Rumours Vision Pro engineers moved to folding iPhone project; delayed to 2027 As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News Super Soaker spiritual successor Spyra just shrank its USB-C water blaster SpaceX is reportedly building a network of spy satellites for US intelligence Apple acquires fundamental AI smarts by buying DarwinAI Apple might use Google Gemini to power some AI features on the iPhone US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones Rumours iPhone 17 rumor: Apple developing new anti-reflective display technology As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News House passes bill that bans TikTok unless ByteDance sells Roku hackers breach 15,000 accounts and are selling them online Epic Games just got unbanned by Apple — again Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems Microsoft's AI Copilot for Security launches next month with pay-as-you-go pricing SpaceX is cleared to attempt its third Starship test flight As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News The MacBook Air gets an M3 upgrade. Here are the new iPhone case and Apple Watch band colors for spring That 189GB Epic Games "hack" may have been a scam aimed at other hackers  VMware EUC by Broadcom to be Acquired by KKR Apple hit with first-ever EU fine following Spotify complaint Bambu Lab Mini A1 Rumours New CAD renders reveal iPhone SE 4 redesign that finally ditches the Home button As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News Samsung has big ambitions for the Galaxy Ring MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona Nvidia's role in the AI wave has made it a $2 trillion company As $500m EU fine looms, Apple accuses Spotify of wanting ‘limitless access' to its tools for free Killing the Apple car is depressing and sad Meta and Microsoft ask EU to reject Apple's new app store terms Sony are officially working on PC game support for the PS VR2 headset Rumours A new MacBook Air coming soon: Here's what we know As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

This week we covered: News iMessage antitrust threat removed, as EU says it's not a dominant service Nvidia's Chat with RTX is a promising AI chatbot that runs locally on your PC Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software After trying the Vision Pro, Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 ‘is the better product, period' Xbox Updates Microsoft confirms new Xbox hardware will be announced this holiday season Microsoft: four Xbox-exclusive games are coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass service grows to 34 million subscribers As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant