Podcasts about Android Auto

Deze week in de podcast: nieuwe Pixel-smartphones van Google, een nieuwe thuisbatterij van Tesla en uiteraard de zonsverduistering. Daarnaast krijgt Claude AI-watermerk, komen er meerdere elektrische stepjes naar Nederland, moet je oma met ING straks per se de bank-app gebruiken en gaat de energieprijs omhoog door de eclips. En de tips uit deze aflevering: Film: The Last House op Netflix met Wagner Moura en Greta Lee. In de film zit een gezin ineens opgesloten in hun huis en als een soort corona-quarantaine zaten ze met elkaar opgescheept. Het gezin overleeft inventief, maar het einde viel een beetje tegen. Geen The Odyssey natuurlijk, wel een vette film. Serie: House of the Dragon is ten einde. Althans, er komt nog een nieuw seizoen aan. Dat moet ook wel, want het derde seizoen deed een hoop aan character building, maar kon de verwachtingen nog niet waarmaken.Android Auto ik had een auto met een schermpje, maar geen Android Auto. De oplossing was een tussencomputertje, die het originele scherm overneemt. Die kun je op AliExpress vinden, maar met slechte service. Of in Nederland, maar veel te duur. De beste oplossing bleek Andream: die verkopen via Duitsland, met goede persoonlijke service bij vragen en dezelfde prijzen als op Ali. Inbouw was leuk, check m'n short! Check hier de Bright Podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Short description David Brown and Paul Murrell explore the forces reshaping the automotive world, from Porsche's restructuring and Honda's compact electric city car to Hyundai's 40-year journey in Australia. They celebrate engineering heritage, review the Bentley Continental GTC plug-in hybrid and the Mazda MX-5 RF, and examine how open-source software is changing in-car technology. Along the way, they reflect on classic cars, transport planning, vehicle design and why driving enjoyment still matters as the industry evolves. Episode Breakdown • Porsche restructures and EV reality — 00:01:23 • Honda's compact electric city car — 00:08:07 • Preserving engineering heritage — 00:17:42 • Hyundai marks 40 years in Australia — 00:27:06 • Bentley Continental GTC review — 00:32:34 • Motoring memories and classics — 00:38:21 • Android Open Source Project in cars — 00:42:08 • Mazda MX-5 RF road test — 00:55:10 Full summary Porsche restructures and EV reality Porsche's planned workforce reductions prompt discussion about changing global demand, slowing EV uptake and the importance of balancing electric, hybrid and petrol models. The conversation also explores premium pricing, tariffs and why iconic models such as the 911 continue to underpin the brand. Honda's compact electric city car Honda's new small electric hatch sparks a broader look at Japan's kei car heritage, urban mobility and practical vehicle sizing. David and Paul argue that compact cars could ease congestion, improve parking efficiency and better match everyday driving needs. Preserving engineering heritage Recognition for long-time Pyrmont Bridge custodian David Glasson leads to a discussion about maintaining historic infrastructure and passing specialist engineering skills to future generations. The pair draw parallels with classic car restoration and the value of keeping mechanical knowledge alive. Hyundai marks 40 years in Australia Hyundai's evolution from budget newcomer to mainstream leader highlights changing perceptions of Korean vehicles. The discussion covers drive-away pricing, longer warranties and the brand's role in reshaping Australian consumer expectations. Bentley Continental GTC review Paul reviews Bentley's plug-in hybrid convertible, praising its refinement, effortless performance and exceptional comfort. Despite its extraordinary engineering and luxury, the high purchase price and ownership practicality remain part of the conversation. Motoring memories and classics Stories from Cars and Coffee gatherings, historic Chargers, Minis and other classics celebrate Australia's motoring culture. The segment reflects on how enthusiast communities preserve automotive history through shared experiences and restoration. Android Open Source Project in cars Alan Zervis explains how Android Open Source Project underpins many modern vehicle infotainment systems while remaining separate from Android Auto. The discussion examines software-defined vehicles, over-the-air updates, interface design and why intuitive controls remain essential for safe driving. Mazda MX-5 RF road test David Brown and Paul Murrell celebrate the enduring appeal of the Mazda MX-5 RF, using The Unbearable Lightness of Being as a metaphor for the car's lightweight philosophy. They praise its 1,100kg kerb weight, six-speed manual gearbox, naturally aspirated engine and retractable fastback roof, arguing that involvement, balance and driver engagement matter more than outright speed. The discussion explores how the MX-5 has remained true to its original concept since 1989, becoming the world's best-selling two-seat sports car while resisting the trend towards heavier, more powerful vehicles. They conclude that its modest performance is usable in everyday driving, making it one of the most rewarding sports cars on Australian roads. Program Links and Credits Overdrive is produced by Driven Media. Website: carstransportculture.com

It's ev.news Briefly for Friday 07 August 2026, only todays headlines and nothing else, in just 4 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the ev.news Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/evnewsFORD FATHOM STARTS AT $29,945 DELIVEREDFord has named its affordable electric pickup the Fathom, priced from $28,350 for the standard-range model, or $29,945 including the mandatory $1,595 delivery fee, and it is the first vehicle on Ford's new Universal EV Platform, which uses megacasting and an "assembly tree" process at Louisville Assembly Plant to cut parts count by 20% and process workstations by 40%, alongside prismatic LFP cells from BlueOval Battery Park in Michigan and an expected range of at least 300 miles (480km). Every trim gets a large touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, BlueCruise, bidirectional charging, a digital key, a native NACS port and the first embedded Apple Maps navigation, with pre-orders and the full reveal due in early 2027 and customer deliveries later that year.CALIFORNIA'S MYFIRSTEV REBATES START PAYING OUTCalifornia's MyFirstEV programme has begun paying out $3,500 off a new EV and $1,750 off a used EV at the point of sale, funded by $135.5 million from the state matched by $135.5 million from manufacturers for a $271 million pot that could support more than 73,000 clean vehicles, with new vehicles capped at $50,000 MSRP, used at $25,000, and buyers required to attest they have never owned an EV. The caveats are significant: the price caps do not apply to California-headquartered makers Lucid and Rivian, carmakers choose which models and trims qualify, CARB judges eligibility on base-trim MSRP so pricier variants like the Model Y Performance still qualify, and used EVs must be certified pre-owned from franchised dealerships and at least two model years old.BMW STARTS I3 PRODUCTION IN MUNICHBMW began series production of the i3 at Plant Munich on 6 August, making it the second Neue Klasse model to reach series production after the iX3, with orders opening in mid-June and demand forcing an unusually steep ramp-up curve. Plant Munich head Peter Weber said the launch cuts manufacturing costs by a further 10% through forward planning, supplier collaboration, targeted automation, digitalisation and the Neue Klasse architecture, with the First Edition priced at €75,340 ($87,100) and the later base i3 50 xDrive at €65,900 ($76,180).ŠKODA STARTS PEAQ PRODUCTION IN MLADÁ BOLESLAVŠkoda Auto has started series production of the Peaq, its largest and most expensive electric model, at Mladá Boleslav, where it shares a line with the electric Elroq, electric Enyaq and combustion Octavia Combi, allowing output to shift between powertrains as demand changes; the model went on sale in June and had almost 8,500 orders by the end of July. Batteries are assembled on site, with a 91 kWh gross/86 kWh net pack offering more than 640 km (398 miles) of range and a smaller 63 kWh gross/59 kWh net pack starting at €49,990 (about $58,000).CHINESE BRANDS GAIN GROUND IN GERMANYChinese brands took 3.8% of German registrations in the first half of 2026, up from 2.2% in 2025, achieved in Europe's largest car market while overall demand stayed flat. Research from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand found Korean-brand owners most open to switching, with nearly one in two considering a Chinese model and one in five certain to buy, against nearly one in three of Japanese-brand owners and roughly one in four German-brand owners, though the German figures are not presented on a comparable basis and stated intent does not prove actual defection.ROYAL MAIL HITS 9,000 ELECTRIC VANSRoyal Mail has taken delivery of its 9,000th electric van, assigned to the Colchester Delivery Office, in what it calls Britain's largest electric delivery fleet, with 44 delivery sites now diesel-free and almost a third of routes zero-emission. The programme began in 2017 with an order for 100 vans and is justified by lower running and maintenance costs on short urban rounds, and now extends beyond the last mile with the first electric HGV added in December 2025 and more than 100 micro electric vehicles being deployed across the UK.KIA PV5 TAKES 37% OF EUROPEAN MARKETKia's first electric van, the PV5, arrived at the end of 2025, beat the company's own launch forecasts and now holds 37% of Europe's small electric van market according to ACEA data, leading its segment in 12 countries including the UK and Germany across Passenger, Cargo and Chassis forms. In Britain the PV5 Cargo leads all electric vans on 2026 registrations to date, and July brought Kia's first four-figure electric van month with 1,019 registrations, split 784 Cargo and 235 Passenger.ARNOLD CLARK ADDS £8.99 CHARGING SUBSCRIPTIONArnold Clark has launched an £8.99 ($12) monthly subscription on its Arnold Clark Charge network, available only through Octopus Electroverse, cutting ultra-rapid charging to 39p/kWh from the 55p/kWh standard tariff, a 16p/kWh saving that repays the fee at roughly 56kWh a month or about one and a half fills of a mid-size battery. The move carries weight because Arnold Clark is Britain's largest independent dealer group, with 140 service centres, 16 accident repair sites, 38 rental branches and Central Car Auctions, and recently reported annual revenue above £5.56bn ($7.5bn) with new-car sales up 11.2% in 2025 on the back of new EV franchises.VAUXHALL CORSA GSE STARTS AT £32,995Vauxhall has priced the electric Corsa GSE at £32,995 ($44,400) after the UK Electric Car Grant, with order books opening in September and first deliveries due in winter. Built on Stellantis's electric hot-hatch version of the e-CMP platform and shared with the Opel Corsa GSE, it uses a 207 kW (278 hp) front motor for a claimed 0-62 mph in 5.5 seconds, making it the quickest-accelerating production Vauxhall on sale and the most powerful Corsa ever, and positioning it as successor to the Nova GTE/GSi, Corsa GSi and Corsa VXR.NEW YORK TO ADD 600 CURBSIDE CHARGERSNew York City's Department of Transportation plans to add 600 curbside charging points to the PlugNYC network across all five boroughs over three years, lifting public curbside Level 2 points from 88 to 688, with each site carrying at least two posts and four charging points plus spare electrical connections for future e-mobility uses where grid capacity allows. Priority goes to dense neighbourhoods with little off-street parking and high numbers of taxi and ride-hailing drivers as well as low- and moderate-income communities, with Commissioner Mike Flynn tying the scheme to the Mamdani administration's 2050 net-zero goal, while a separate expansion at municipal parking facilities will add 92 fast and 180 Level 2 charging points procured and built by the New York Power Authority.One flag worth raising: the Ford story contains an error in the source copy — "$29,945, or £22,30" is a malformed sterling conversion. Also, your instruction was two sentences per story, but several of these items carry more load-bearing detail than two sentences comfortably hold; I've kept to two, but the Ford and California summaries in particular are doing a lot of work in single sentences and would read better at three or four if the format allows it.

Apple gears up for its September iPhone event, Google Earth's AI imagery enabled fabricated scenes of bombings, Claude's models broke containment and even tried to trick real people, and why Bending Spoons ruins everything it touches.Member Promo Code: IWANTCHAPTERS (Click above and the $2.50 promo will be auto applied!)Top Five Tech | Stephen's PodcastCreative Effort | Jason's PodcastWatch on YouTube!Show Notes via EmailEmail Us: podcast@primarytech.fm@stephenrobles on Threads@jasonaten on ThreadsSponsors:Framer - Start creating for free at framer.com/primary and get 30% off an annual Pro plan!CleanMyMac - Get Tidy Today! Try 7 days free and use my code PRIMARYTECH for 20% off at clnmy.com/PRIMARYTECHLinks from the showKan Do - Stephen's New Task App! (01:00)Apple News Ad - Mastodon post from John GruberMasterCraft brings CarPlay and Android Auto to its pontoon boats (05:28)Apple Starts Preparing for September iPhone Event - MacRumorsQ3 results: 3D pricing, EGOT timing, and underestimating demand – Six ColorsOne Reason Apple's Computers Are Mostly Made In China: A Tiny Screw | Texas StandardThe US government just banned Roombas (13:42)X post from Brendan CarrFriend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price | The VergeX post from Avi SchiffmannApple is getting this wrong | OpenAIX post from Sam AltmanYour Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple Health | The VergeGoogle just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership | The VergeSee how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction (43:12)Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too | The VergeRogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt | The VergeIncident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI WorkBending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B | TechCrunchAfter $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck | TechCrunchEvernote cuts back on free plans, pushing users to upgrade | TechRadarWeTransfer owner snaps up apps, then sacks workers and raises prices - Follow the MoneyEurope's AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect | The VergeReddit comment from r/nerdfighters (00:00) - Intro (03:19) - Apple News Ads Are Bad (05:27) - CarPlay in Boats (07:54) - September iPhone Event (11:03) - Instagram's Terrible Browser (13:41) - FCC Bans Robot Vacuums (21:28) - Friend AI Pendent 2 (25:30) - OpenAI's Bizarre Response (37:25) - Sponsor: Framer (39:19) - Sponsor: CleanMyMac (40:55) - Google AI Shake Up (43:10) - Google Maps AI Slop (48:08) - Claude Broke Containment (51:36) - Why Bending Spoons is Bad (01:07:24) - Mac Window Habits ★ Support this podcast ★

Ford has officially unveiled the Ford Fathom, the first vehicle built on Ford's all new Universal EV Platform, and there is a LOT to talk about. Could this be the affordable electric pickup that disrupts the market and becomes the biggest challenge yet to the Slate Truck?On this episode of Turn Down For Watt, we're joined by Jace Craft Miller and Patrick from The Electric Duo to break down everything Ford just announced. From the $28,350 starting price to BlueCruise, bidirectional AC power, Phone as a Key, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a front trunk, and passenger space that Ford says exceeds a Toyota RAV4, we discuss what Ford got right, what questions still remain, and whether the Fathom has what it takes to become the affordable EV truck many buyers have been waiting for.We also compare the Ford Fathom head to head with the Slate Truck, discussing whether Ford's manufacturing scale, dealer network, and feature set make this the truck that could reshape the affordable EV landscape. Is this the beginning of a new era for budget electric pickups, or does Slate still have a compelling path forward?

Google has officially set a hard deadline for the retirement of Google Assistant, announcing that the legacy voice assistant will begin shutting down starting September 4. We break down the transition as Google pushes Android and iOS users toward its next-generation AI chatbot, Gemini, examining how the phased rollout impacts smartphones, Wear OS smartwatches, headphones, and Android Auto, alongside user debates over reliability versus advanced AI capabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode #1414: Toyota raises its outlook and launches a massive share buyback, GM appears to reconsider its CarPlay and Android Auto phaseout, and consumer sentiment improves even as high prices continue to squeeze household confidence. Toyota is raisi...

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This week on America on the Road, Jack Nerad reports on his early drive of the all-new 2027 Kia Seltos X-Drive SX, and co-host Chris Teague evaluates the overlanding-focused 2026 Toyota 4Runner Trailhunter. The pair also cover a full slate of automotive news and present an exclusive conversation with Kia North America marketing chief Russell Wager. In the news and comment department, Jack and Chris offer new vehicle-theft prevention advice, detail the updated Toyota Corolla Hatchback, and discuss Bill Ford's calls for stronger U.S. competition with Chinese automakers. In addition, they dive into the leadership changes at Ram and Jeep, California's controversial and gerrymandered new EV rebate rules, and the redesigned Volkswagen Atlas.

Falha crítica no 7-Zip permite invasão silenciosa de PCs. Microsoft emite alerta para 'vírus invisível' que rouba senhas no Chrome e Edge. Taxa das blusinhas: importações batem recorde após fim do imposto. Android Auto finalmente ganha velocímetro no Google Maps. Pé de Elefante: conheça o 'objeto' mais radioativo de Chernobyl. China faz primeiro implante cerebral para uso comercial do mundo. Nubank compra Porto Real para não perder o 'bank'. Kimi K3: startup chinesa anuncia 'maior modelo de IA de código aberto' do mundo. E eu sou Amanda Fleure, a companhia de vocês nessa noite no Hoje no TecMundo, seu programa diário de tecnologia que começa depois da vinheta envolvente que o editor vai colocar aí pra gente!

In this episode of Talking Cars, we discuss why modern vehicles rely so heavily on software, apps, over-the-air updates, and smartphone integration. We compare the pros and cons of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, discuss the learning curve of built-in infotainment systems, and explore personal data privacy and how you can best protect your information while using a vehicle.   Join CR at https://CR.org/joinviaYT to access our comprehensive ratings for items you use every day. CR is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit organization.     SHOW NOTES ----------------------------------- 0:00 - Intro 01:20 - CarPlay vs. Native Infotainment Systems  02:20 - Why Connectivity Still Fails  03:40 - Software Updates, Over-the-Air updates 07:04 - Why EVs Depend on Advanced Software  10:50 - Common Infotainment Frustrations  18:20 - What Makes a Good Infotainment System?  20:25 - Privacy, Data Collection & Connected Cars     ----------------------------------  How Do In-Car Infotainment Systems Compare to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto?: https://www.consumerreports.org/infotainment-systems/in-car-infotainment-systems-vs-apple-carplay-android-auto/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How Do Over-the-Air Update Work: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/ota-car-software-updates-are-they-safe-how-they-work-a4081157745/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How Long Does It Take to Charge These Popular Electric Cars?: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/fastest-charging-electric-vehicles-a4112188427/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    Get the Most From Your Car's Infotainment System: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/automotive-technology/get-the-most-from-your-cars-infotainment-system-a1056374937/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How to Clear Your Personal Data From a Car: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/personal-information/how-to-clear-your-personal-data-from-a-car-before-selling-a2082502452/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT 

In this episode of Talking Cars, we discuss why modern vehicles rely so heavily on software, apps, over-the-air updates, and smartphone integration. We compare the pros and cons of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, discuss the learning curve of built-in infotainment systems, and explore personal data privacy and how you can best protect your information while using a vehicle.   Join CR at https://CR.org/joinviaYT to access our comprehensive ratings for items you use every day. CR is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit organization.     SHOW NOTES ----------------------------------- 0:00 - Intro 01:20 - CarPlay vs. Native Infotainment Systems  02:20 - Why Connectivity Still Fails  03:40 - Software Updates, Over-the-Air updates 07:04 - Why EVs Depend on Advanced Software  10:50 - Common Infotainment Frustrations  18:20 - What Makes a Good Infotainment System?  20:25 - Privacy, Data Collection & Connected Cars     ----------------------------------  How Do In-Car Infotainment Systems Compare to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto?: https://www.consumerreports.org/infotainment-systems/in-car-infotainment-systems-vs-apple-carplay-android-auto/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How Do Over-the-Air Update Work: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/ota-car-software-updates-are-they-safe-how-they-work-a4081157745/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How Long Does It Take to Charge These Popular Electric Cars?: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/fastest-charging-electric-vehicles-a4112188427/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    Get the Most From Your Car's Infotainment System: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/automotive-technology/get-the-most-from-your-cars-infotainment-system-a1056374937/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How to Clear Your Personal Data From a Car: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/personal-information/how-to-clear-your-personal-data-from-a-car-before-selling-a2082502452/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT 

In this episode of Talking Cars, we discuss why modern vehicles rely so heavily on software, apps, over-the-air updates, and smartphone integration. We compare the pros and cons of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, discuss the learning curve of built-in infotainment systems, and explore personal data privacy and how you can best protect your information while using a vehicle.   Join CR at https://CR.org/joinviaYT to access our comprehensive ratings for items you use every day. CR is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit organization.     SHOW NOTES ----------------------------------- 0:00 - Intro 01:20 - CarPlay vs. Native Infotainment Systems  02:20 - Why Connectivity Still Fails  03:40 - Software Updates, Over-the-Air updates 07:04 - Why EVs Depend on Advanced Software  10:50 - Common Infotainment Frustrations  18:20 - What Makes a Good Infotainment System?  20:25 - Privacy, Data Collection & Connected Cars     ----------------------------------  How Do In-Car Infotainment Systems Compare to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto?: https://www.consumerreports.org/infotainment-systems/in-car-infotainment-systems-vs-apple-carplay-android-auto/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How Do Over-the-Air Update Work: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-maintenance/ota-car-software-updates-are-they-safe-how-they-work-a4081157745/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How Long Does It Take to Charge These Popular Electric Cars?: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/fastest-charging-electric-vehicles-a4112188427/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    Get the Most From Your Car's Infotainment System: https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/automotive-technology/get-the-most-from-your-cars-infotainment-system-a1056374937/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT    How to Clear Your Personal Data From a Car: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/personal-information/how-to-clear-your-personal-data-from-a-car-before-selling-a2082502452/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_YT 

Your car doesn't just get you places, it reveals what you're willing to put up with. We're back on the In Wheel Time car talk show and we jump straight into a question every owner of an older performance car eventually faces: do you modernize it, or do you move on? Don's 2001 C5 Corvette still has that old-school factory setup, so we talk through the real-world appeal of a modern aftermarket display with Bluetooth and Android Auto, and whether a $500 upgrade makes sense if the car only comes out once in a while. From there, the conversation widens into used car buying decisions that have nothing to do with bragging rights and everything to do with comfort, reliability, and how your body feels getting in and out of the driver's seat. We also get honest about turbocharged four-cylinder engines and turbo lag, especially when the transmission tuning doesn't match the way people actually drive in heavy city traffic. If you've ever needed the power now to clear an intersection, you'll know exactly why this matters. Then we shift gears into pure car culture: Jeff runs through overlooked 1960s cars most people forgot, from sensible compacts to oddball engineering like the Mercury Breezeway rear window and the early-turbo Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire. Mike takes us underground for a Houston driving destinations segment featuring the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern and the downtown Houston tunnel system, a hidden way to escape heat and storms without leaving the city core. Subscribe for more car talk, share this with a friend who's debating their next ride, and leave us a review if you want more straight answers. What's the smartest upgrade you've ever made to an older car?Be sure to subscribe for more In Wheel Time Car Talk!The Lupe' Tortilla RestaurantsLupe Tortilla in Katy, Texas Gulf Coast Auto ShieldPaint protection, tint, and more!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.----  ----- Want more In Wheel Time car talk any time?     In Wheel Time is now available on Audacy!  Just go to Audacy.com/InWheelTime where ever you are.-----   -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Podcast and check out our live multiplatform broadcast every Saturday, 10a - 12nCT simulcasting on Audacy, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Podcast can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast, iHeartRadio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox, YouTube Podcast and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Podcast, email us at info@inwheeltime.com

A 12-mile road, 156 turns, and stretches with no guardrail is a different kind of “car review” of the human brain. We sit down with Pikes Peak Hill Climb driver Ben Ryan to hear what it's really like to aim a purpose-built monster at the summit and keep your eyes on the next apex instead of the thousand-foot drop beside you.Ben breaks down his journey from watching the mountain as a kid to finally earning a spot after years of applying, then going back again and again because nothing else compares. We get into the details of Big Bird, an unforgettable build that pairs a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner body with a NASCAR chassis and roughly 800 horsepower to the wheels. Ben explains how he manages focus at altitude, why course familiarity matters when corners blend together, and how tire development data can change everything when you're pushing hard on a narrow mountain road.After the hill climb, we pivot to the headlines drivers see every week. Jeff's Motor Minute digs into Ford reliability news, JD Power initial quality rankings, and why “award” stories can look very different next to recall reports. Don also reviews the all-new 2026 Subaru Trailseeker EV, covering design, cabin tech, real-world charging habits, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, range expectations, and where it sits against electric SUV competitors.Subscribe for more real car talk, share this with a friend who loves motorsports or EVs, and leave a review so more listeners can find us. What's the most extreme drive you'd try, Pikes Peak or an EV road trip?Be sure to subscribe for more In Wheel Time Car Talk! Gulf Coast Auto ShieldPaint protection, tint, and more!The Lupe' Tortilla RestaurantsLupe Tortilla in Katy, TexasDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.----  ----- Want more In Wheel Time car talk any time?     In Wheel Time is now available on Audacy!  Just go to Audacy.com/InWheelTime where ever you are.-----   -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Podcast and check out our live multiplatform broadcast every Saturday, 10a - 12nCT simulcasting on Audacy, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Podcast can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast, iHeartRadio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox, YouTube Podcast and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Podcast, email us at info@inwheeltime.com

Im Frühling 2025 besiegt der Tischtennis-Roboter Ace von Sony erstmals eine Profi-Spielerin. Tischtennis galt in der Robotikforschung lange als ultimativer Härtetest. Der Ball ist extrem schnell unterwegs, Spin und Bewegungen des Gegenübers schwer berechenbar. Der Roboter muss also lernen, in Echtzeit präzise zu reagieren. Nun kann er das. Doch wie gross ist dieser sportliche Durchbruch wirklich - und was hat er mit unserem Alltag zu tun? Gast: Gioia da Silva, NZZ-Technologieredaktorin Host: Simon Schaffer Produktion: Marlen Oehler Redaktion: Alice Grosjean Gioias Bericht über die sportlichen Roboter findest du bei der [NZZ](https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/schnell-praezise-autonom-roboter-schlagen-uns-im-tischtennis-und-im-halbmarathon-und-bald-auch-im-job-ld.10004315). Übrigens: Alle NZZ-Podcast und Artikel kannst du jetzt auch unterwegs im Auto hören – mit Apple CarPlay oder Android Auto. Wie's funktioniert, erfährst du [hier](https://go.nzz.ch/carplay).

Grossbritannien schlittert in die nächste tiefe Regierungskrise. Nach dem Rücktritt von Keir Starmer steht das Land vor dem sechsten Regierungswechsel innerhalb von nur zehn Jahren. Dies zeigt die Malaise des Landes nach dem Brexit-Referendum. Die Wirtschaft stagniert, die Schulden sind rekordhoch und in Migrationsfragen ist die Gesellschaft tief gespalten. Nun richtet sich der Blick auf Andy Burnham. Der ehemalige Bürgermeister von Manchester wird als neuer Labour-Chef und künftiger Premierminister gehandelt. Der als „König des Nordens“ gefeierte Politiker setzt auf einen linken Kurs. Ob seine populäre, volksnahe Art ausreicht, um die immensen Probleme des Landes zu lösen und sich gegen den wachsenden Druck der Rechtspopulisten durchzusetzen, bleibt die entscheidende Frage für die Zukunft des Königreichs. Gast: David Signer, Grossbritannien-Korrespondent Host: Dominik Schottner Produktion: Vera Pache Redaktion: David Vogel [Noch mehr zu Andy Burnham findest du in der NZZ](https://www.nzz.ch/international/koenig-des-nordens-andy-burnhams-zickzackweg-zum-hoechsten-amt-ld.10012519). Übrigens: Alle NZZ-Podcast und Artikel kannst du jetzt auch unterwegs im Auto hören – mit Apple CarPlay oder Android Auto. Wie's funktioniert, erfährst du [hier](https://go.nzz.ch/carplay).

On today's show we take a look at the new Apple CarPlay Ultra. And with the high cost of streaming these days, we give you our pick for the one streaming service that you should keep. We also read your emails and look at the week's news. News: Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal Gemini can now adjust your picture settings on Google TV Blink Just Launched Its First Doorbell With 2K Video — And It's Only $50 AWOL Vision Expands Home Entertainment Portfolio Apple's New CarPlay Ultra A listener sent us a link to: I tried Apple CarPlay Ultra and now everything else feels outdated. The author felt that CarPlay Ultra just made every other in-car system feel clunky – and after testing it in an Aston Martin DBX, I don't want to drive without it. So why is he so excited about this update? Main Takeaways from the Article: CarPlay Ultra is a full dashboard takeover: Unlike standard CarPlay (which only handles the central screen), this next-gen version extends seamlessly across all screens — including the instrument cluster, driver display, and center infotainment. It creates one unified, cohesive Apple-style interface for the entire driving experience. New design and customization with brand personality preserved: Tested in an Aston Martin DBX, it delivers crisp fonts, smooth performance, glanceable widgets (music, navigation, tire pressure, etc.), and deep customization. Aston Martin added brand-specific touches (e.g., custom dials with the wings logo, green colorway, and vehicle bird's-eye view) while keeping Apple's polish. Complete vehicle controls inside one UI: You can adjust climate, suspension, driver assists, drive modes, fuel/range info, radio, and more without switching to the car's native system. A clever "punch through" feature seamlessly jumps to the manufacturer's menus for unsupported controls (like ambient lighting) and returns instantly. Highly intuitive and responsive: Steering wheel controls let you swipe between views hands-free. Everything feels fast with zero lag, making it feel like a natural extension of the car rather than a bolted-on phone interface. Safety net if phone disconnects: Core driving info (speedo, critical gauges) runs locally and stays active. Navigation/media/apps resume seamlessly upon reconnection. Availability and future rollout: Currently live on high-end Aston Martins (with over-the-air or dealer updates for compatible models like DBX/DB12). More brands (Porsche, Mercedes, Polestar, and eventually affordable ones) are coming soon. Overall verdict: The reviewer says it makes every other in-car system (including their own Android Auto) feel clunky and outdated. It's not just visual — it fundamentally improves the driving experience, and they "never want to drive without it again." Netflix: The Best Single Streaming Service to Keep in 2026 With so many streamers out there costing us hundreds a year it has become expensive to watch TV. We asked ourselves, "If we had to pick only one streamer which one would it be?" And that streamer is - Netflix Why Netflix Wins for Most People Biggest variety and library — Massive catalog of originals (hit shows like Stranger Things, Bridgerton, Wednesday, etc.), licensed movies/TV, international content, documentaries, and new releases. It has something for almost every taste and mood. Excellent discovery tools — Strong recommendation algorithm that gets better the more you watch, making it easy to find what you'll like without wasting time. Reliable and polished — Simple, fast interface that works great on any device (smart TVs, phones, tablets, streaming sticks, etc.). Consistent quality and frequent new content. Other strong contenders fall short in our "one service only" scenario: Disney+ — Fantastic for families, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar — but narrower overall appeal. Prime Video — Great value if you already shop on Amazon (and it comes with Prime perks), but the core streaming library feels less essential alone. HBO Max — Strong prestige dramas and movies, but smaller overall selection. Apple TV+ — Highest production quality per show, but much smaller library. Bottom line: Netflix gives you the broadest entertainment bang for your buck and the least chance of getting bored quickly. It's the safest "one and done" choice for a general audience in 2026.

Rivian's rejection of CarPlay and physical buttons in favor of voice and AI control sees to question safety, convenience, data control, and long-term car software support. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Guy Serle, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, and Jim Rea question whether Rivian has other motives, and then dive into Tesla updates, AI voice recreation of Stan Lee, Spider-Man ticket promotions, Dashlane concerns, and Andy Ihnatko's new site.  MacVoices is supported by NordLayer. Secure your network & stay compliant with one toggle-ready platform. Get an exclusive offer: up to 22% off NordLayer yearly plans plus 10% on top with the coupon code: MACVOICES10 at NordLayer.com/macvoices.  Try it risk-free—14-day money-back guarantee. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 CarPlay rejection, voice control, and Stan Lee's voice00:28 Rivian's anti-CarPlay position begins the discussion00:54 Why cars still need buttons and backup controls02:07 Voice AI latency and Siri-like frustrations02:28 Using cars as chatbots and where that idea breaks down03:46 Rivian's app-free vision and the limits of voice interaction05:02 Why phone-based assistants still matter in the car06:11 Location services, navigation, and route-based requests06:49 Apple Maps possibilities without automaker control07:43 AI assistants, missing service hooks, and driving distractions09:07 Multitasking while driving and the safety argument10:29 Physical buttons, cruise control, and unfamiliar rental cars11:41 How CarPlay and Android Auto create interface consistency12:11 Fully autonomous driving and the future of car interaction13:31 Data control as the real motivation behind automaker interfaces14:14 Phone upgrades, aging car hardware, and long-term software support15:47 Grok built into Tesla and real-world responsiveness17:23 Deep touchscreen menus and why voice interfaces appeal18:43 CarPlay gaps, Tesla software updates, and improving vehicle tech19:22 Tesla leasing, full self-driving, and subscription frustration21:53 Nintendo music service surprise and side conversation22:49 NordLayer sponsor message24:17 Stan Lee's AI voice and preserving distinctive performances25:06 Amazon Prime early access for Spider-Man tickets26:10 Theaters, home viewing, and changing movie experiences27:11 Dashlane security concerns and Andy Ihnatko's new site29:06 Post-WWDC plans and panelist contact information35:56 British Tech Network finale and related podcast projects37:21 Live show wrap-up and audience invitation38:50 Closing credits and support information Links: Rivian's software chief thinks you don't need CarPlay or buttonshttps://www.theverge.com/podcast/929940/rivian-wassym-bensaid-software-volkswagen-carplay-assistant-ai   Nintendo Music just got a big update with support for Apple CarPlay and Android Autohttps://www.engadget.com/2185783/nintendo-music-just-got-a-big-update-with-support-for-apple-carplay-and-android-auto/   ElevenLabs partners with Stan Lee Universe for AI voicehttps://thenextweb.com/news/elevenlabs-stan-lee-voice-likeness-ai   Amazon Prime members in the US can watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day two days earlyhttps://www.engadget.com/2185485/amazon-prime-us-spider-man-brand-new-day-advanced-screening-july-29/   Hackers brute-forced Dashlane 2FA, downloaded encrypted vaultshttps://thenextweb.com/news/dashlane-brute-force-attack-2fa-bypass-encrypted-vaults   Andy Ihnatko launches Ihnatko.comhttps://sixcolors.com/link/2026/06/andy-ihnatko-launches-ihnatko-com/ Guests: Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, but prefers Bluesky. Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast. Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn., @jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet. David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud. Marty Jencius, Ph.D.,is a counselor educator and technology pioneer who has spent 30 years bringing emerging tech into his field — from founding one of the first professional listservs (CESNET-L) to podcasting, virtual reality, and now AI and AR. He is the founder of ThePodTalk.net, where he produces Vision ProFiles, The Old Mac Gang, A.I. Productivity Workflow, The Tech Savvy Professor, 15 Minute Bytes, The Neo Notebook, and Fade to Chat: Golden Age Cinema. He is also a regular panelist on MacVoices Live!, In Touch with iOS, and The Mac Show. Find him on Bluesky and Mastodon. Jim Rea built his own computer from scratch in 1975, started programming in 1977, and has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. He's been a speaker at MacTech, MacWorld Expo and other industry conferences. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim@techhub.social on Mastodon. Guy Serle, best known for being one of the co-hosts of the MyMac Podcast, sincerely apologizes for anything he has done or caused to have happened while in possession of dangerous podcasting equipment. He should know better but being a blonde from Florida means he's probably incapable of understanding the damage he has wrought. Guy is also the author of the novel, The Maltese Cube. You can follow his exploits on Twitter, catch him on Mac to the Future on Facebook, at @Macparrot@mastodon.social, and find everything at VertShark.com. 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Rivian's rejection of CarPlay and physical buttons in favor of voice and AI control sees to question safety, convenience, data control, and long-term car software support. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Guy Serle, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, and Jim Rea question whether Rivian has other motives, and then dive into Tesla updates, AI voice recreation of Stan Lee, Spider-Man ticket promotions, Dashlane concerns, and Andy Ihnatko's new site.  MacVoices is supported by NordLayer. Secure your network & stay compliant with one toggle-ready platform. Get an exclusive offer: up to 22% off NordLayer yearly plans plus 10% on top with the coupon code: MACVOICES10 at NordLayer.com/macvoices.  Try it risk-free—14-day money-back guarantee. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 CarPlay rejection, voice control, and Stan Lee's voice 00:28 Rivian's anti-CarPlay position begins the discussion 00:54 Why cars still need buttons and backup controls 02:07 Voice AI latency and Siri-like frustrations 02:28 Using cars as chatbots and where that idea breaks down 03:46 Rivian's app-free vision and the limits of voice interaction 05:02 Why phone-based assistants still matter in the car 06:11 Location services, navigation, and route-based requests 06:49 Apple Maps possibilities without automaker control 07:43 AI assistants, missing service hooks, and driving distractions 09:07 Multitasking while driving and the safety argument 10:29 Physical buttons, cruise control, and unfamiliar rental cars 11:41 How CarPlay and Android Auto create interface consistency 12:11 Fully autonomous driving and the future of car interaction 13:31 Data control as the real motivation behind automaker interfaces 14:14 Phone upgrades, aging car hardware, and long-term software support 15:47 Grok built into Tesla and real-world responsiveness 17:23 Deep touchscreen menus and why voice interfaces appeal 18:43 CarPlay gaps, Tesla software updates, and improving vehicle tech 19:22 Tesla leasing, full self-driving, and subscription frustration 21:53 Nintendo music service surprise and side conversation 22:49 NordLayer sponsor message 24:17 Stan Lee's AI voice and preserving distinctive performances 25:06 Amazon Prime early access for Spider-Man tickets 26:10 Theaters, home viewing, and changing movie experiences 27:11 Dashlane security concerns and Andy Ihnatko's new site 29:06 Post-WWDC plans and panelist contact information 35:56 British Tech Network finale and related podcast projects 37:21 Live show wrap-up and audience invitation 38:50 Closing credits and support information Links: Rivian's software chief thinks you don't need CarPlay or buttons https://www.theverge.com/podcast/929940/rivian-wassym-bensaid-software-volkswagen-carplay-assistant-ai   Nintendo Music just got a big update with support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto https://www.engadget.com/2185783/nintendo-music-just-got-a-big-update-with-support-for-apple-carplay-and-android-auto/   ElevenLabs partners with Stan Lee Universe for AI voice https://thenextweb.com/news/elevenlabs-stan-lee-voice-likeness-ai   Amazon Prime members in the US can watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day two days early https://www.engadget.com/2185485/amazon-prime-us-spider-man-brand-new-day-advanced-screening-july-29/   Hackers brute-forced Dashlane 2FA, downloaded encrypted vaults https://thenextweb.com/news/dashlane-brute-force-attack-2fa-bypass-encrypted-vaults   Andy Ihnatko launches Ihnatko.com https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/06/andy-ihnatko-launches-ihnatko-com/ Guests: Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, but prefers Bluesky. Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast. Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn., @jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet. David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud. Marty Jencius, Ph.D.,is a counselor educator and technology pioneer who has spent 30 years bringing emerging tech into his field — from founding one of the first professional listservs (CESNET-L) to podcasting, virtual reality, and now AI and AR. He is the founder of ThePodTalk.net, where he produces Vision ProFiles, The Old Mac Gang, A.I. Productivity Workflow, The Tech Savvy Professor, 15 Minute Bytes, The Neo Notebook, and Fade to Chat: Golden Age Cinema. He is also a regular panelist on MacVoices Live!, In Touch with iOS, and The Mac Show. Find him on Bluesky and Mastodon. Jim Rea built his own computer from scratch in 1975, started programming in 1977, and has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. He's been a speaker at MacTech, MacWorld Expo and other industry conferences. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim@techhub.social on Mastodon. Guy Serle, best known for being one of the co-hosts of the MyMac Podcast, sincerely apologizes for anything he has done or caused to have happened while in possession of dangerous podcasting equipment. He should know better but being a blonde from Florida means he's probably incapable of understanding the damage he has wrought. Guy is also the author of the novel, The Maltese Cube. You can follow his exploits on Twitter, catch him on Mac to the Future on Facebook, at @Macparrot@mastodon.social, and find everything at VertShark.com. 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Description The Future of Tech is Here. Subscribe to our Newsletter:https://theultimatepartner.com/ebook-subscribe/ Check Out UPX:https://theultimatepartner.com/experience/ In this presentation from Ultimate Partner Live, industry analyst Jay McBain breaks down the monumental macroeconomic shifts rewriting the tech sector in 2026. https://youtu.be/r0qTDyw97Gs As the industry rapidly approaches a $6.07 trillion valuation, driven by massive AI infrastructure investments from Sam Altman and the “Magnificent Seven,” traditional sales and channel models are fundamentally collapsing. McBain reveals how buyer demographics have transformed to an integration-first millennial base, why marketplace ecosystems now command over half of all partner-funded deals, and how a tiny elite of just 1,000 tech service providers control two-thirds of global tech revenue. Learn the exact mechanics behind how Microsoft out-partnered AWS to win 26 straight quarters of dominant growth and how your business can deploy an algorithmic early warning system to capture massive wallet share before competitors even step into the boardroom. Key Takeaways Over half of the Fortune 500 companies vanish every 20 years because their leadership fails to anticipate macroeconomic technological cycles. The true opportunity in the $6.5 trillion AI boom lies not in single vendor products, but in the hardware, software, services, and telecom ecosystem surrounding them. Indirect tech sales are undergoing a structural shift toward direct cloud hyperscaler models driven heavily by Nvidia's core infrastructure client base. Modern business deals are won or lost months before the point of sale based on the average of 6.3 partners surrounding a customer’s environment. Over 51% of tech buyers are now millennials who prioritize software integration capabilities and digital marketplaces over traditional human sales interactions. Tech service economics are pivoting aggressively away from upfront margins toward point-based multi-partner funding across subscription cycles. If you're ready to lead through change, elevate your business, and achieve extraordinary outcomes through the power of partnership—this is your community. At Ultimate Partner® we want leaders like you to join us in the Ultimate Partner Experience – where transformation begins. Key Tags Nvidia AI buildout, $7 trillion AI opportunity, cloud ecosystem decade, Microsoft vs AWS growth, multi-partner cloud deals, digital marketplace migration, millennial B2B buyers, B2B tech subscription economics, tokenized micro consumption, tech services wallet share, hybrid cloud infrastructure, 28 customer moments, IT services industry growth, telecom spend breakdown, channel chief strategy, managed service providers MSP, global systems integrators GSI, software integration first, point-based vendor incentives, automated co-selling workflows Transcript JAY McBAIN AUDIO PODCAST [00:00:00] Jay McBain: So to go back to that story about the 53% of companies who are gonna fail, one of us is gonna be asked to write the book, but chapter one is always you Blame the CEO. [00:00:13] Vince Menzione: We just came back from Ultimate Partner live in Bellevue, Washington, where we hosted incredible leaders for two amazing days. Come join us for this next session where we explore the tectonic shifts we’ve all been seeing. With that, I am incredibly blessed to invite a friend of mine to the stage. I have a quick little side note, like I found an old LinkedIn post from this gentleman from like many years ago, like 20 years ago. [00:00:39] Vince Menzione: And I wasn’t really that nice to you on that LinkedIn post. Like, oh, like this is before Jay became the Jay, that we all know Jay to be j. But he was in the space and I was at Microsoft doing something and he reached out about something. It was kind of rude, Jay. I was like, oh my gosh. I can’t believe. But Jay has been a great friend. [00:00:54] Vince Menzione: When we started the podcast back up, uh, during COVID we started doing podcasts together. When we moved to the studio, Jay was the first person in the studio. He’s always got a spot, uh, at our events. He’s s Spot Art, and, and he’s a great friend and supporter of Ultimate Partner Jay McBain. For those of you who don’t know him, Jay, welcome. [00:01:13] Vince Menzione: Thank you, sir. [00:01:22] Jay McBain: 31 days ago, we landed Artemis two. The furthest humans have ever been away from the planet Earth 57 years ago. We landed on the moon in the 56 years. Between those two moments, the tech industry has been the fastest growing industry in the world. Every single year we moved from the space race to the technology race, and we’re just getting started. [00:01:46] Jay McBain: If you’re old enough, you’ll recognize the mainframe and mini era for 20 years. You’ll recognize a young disheveled Bill Gates showing up in Boca Raton, Florida for, uh, August the 12th, 1981 launch, where Bill thought that every one of us would’ve a PC in our home, and IBM thought they were gonna sell 10,000 of them to hobbyists. [00:02:12] Jay McBain: 1999, a small startup from an executive who just left Oracle in San Francisco named Mark Benioff. A couple of years later, Jeff Bezos went into a boardroom and said, listen, we’ve spent a lot of money building infrastructure to our busiest day, Christmas, black Friday. You’re telling me this stuff sits idle 10 or 20% for the rest of the year. [00:02:35] Jay McBain: Why don’t we rent that out to others? Got laughed outta that boardroom and then got made of fun of on magazine covers. Maybe you should just tend the store, let the adults talk about technology. In March of 2023, our neighbors, our friends, our family saw DeepFakes. They saw poetry, they saw music, and they came to us as tech people and said, did we just light up Skynet? [00:03:03] Jay McBain: Now every one of these 20 year eras, this is the Taylor Swift version of our industry. Every single one of these eras triggers the fastest growing product in history. Today it’s actually Chacha bt first to a billion users. It triggers a new, richest person in the world, bill Gates, to Jeff Bezos. Now, Elon Musk is the first to sign a trillion dollar pay package, and it’s not for car. [00:03:27] Jay McBain: It’s not for cars. It also triggers a most valuable company in the world change. And today that’s nvidia. These are monumental changes in our industry and they’re monumental changes in partnering every single time. And it also links to our customers. If you take a 20 year view of business, one era, and, and think about the AI era, you know, at the start of it here, if you’re to grab the Fortune 500 magazine from 20 years ago and start to flip through it, 53% of the companies in there no longer exist. [00:04:06] Jay McBain: Every 20 year cycle, we lose over half of the biggest companies in the world. These are the companies that have very deep pockets to buy their way outta problems. If you’re not in the Fortune 571% of tech companies don’t make it 10 years. These are the changes that cost industries. There are changes that cost really big companies and the decisions we make, the trends we’re in right now, in 2026 will be written about in the future. [00:04:39] Jay McBain: This new era, a lot of big numbers being thrown around. Vince’s best friend talk about a six and a half trillion dollar AI opportunity, but it’s not Microsoft’s tam. Microsoft is chasing about a trillion dollars of this. And the ecosystem, the hardware, the software, the services, the telecom is gonna make up the rest. [00:05:04] Jay McBain: It is an ecosystem. Every time these big numbers are thrown, the word ecosystem is always thrown around it. Not to be outdone, Sam Altman’s talking about a $7 trillion build out. The world economy this year, the world GDP will be 126. These are material numbers to world GDP, but even better, they’re both larger than our entire industry is today. [00:05:27] Jay McBain: So what took 56 years of the fastest growing industry this year will be $6.07 trillion. Big numbers, but it’s easier to think about it in terms of a dollar that our customers spend in that dollar. They’re gonna spend 25 cents on hardware. They’re gonna spend 25 cents on software. So for anyone that read the memo 15 years ago, that software’s gonna eat the world, there’s still a dollar a hardware to run every dollar of that software. [00:05:57] Jay McBain: And whether you’re thinking humanoid robots or whichever future you’re envisioning, there’s going to be a dollar of hardware to run every dollar of software for the next 20 years. There’s over 25 cents now in IT services, and in many cases, these services are growing faster than the product categories and just under 25 cents in telecom, that’s how it breaks out today. [00:06:19] Jay McBain: And this industry, which took 56 years to get to this point, is gonna double in size in the next three to five years. We already have two and a half trillion of that seven raised and being spent. Part of the reason Nvidia is the most valuable company in the world. Now our industry, uh, you talk about ultimate partnerships. [00:06:40] Jay McBain: Our industry traditionally, and world trade by the way, is 75% indirect. The dealerships, the agencies, the brokers, the resellers, the retailers, the franchisees, the gas stations, the grocery stores, the pharmacies, all 27 industries sell indirect. You gotta think back the last time you bought something direct. [00:07:01] Jay McBain: Well, I bought a Dell from that dude in the nineties. Cool. Well, Dell Technologies is now 60% indirect. Well, I bought insurance. Direct is 15 minutes. Could save me 15%. Well, Geico last year sold more insurance through agencies and brokers than they did direct. This is the world now. We used to be 75% indirect four years ago. [00:07:26] Jay McBain: Then it went to 73.2, then it went to 70.1 and it then it went to 66.7. By the way, marketplace is in these numbers indirect. It’s not marketplace causing this change. It’s one company, Nvidia. Nvidia has seven customers. The magnificent seven, uh, half of them are in the room right now that every morning we wake up to a hundred billion dollars press release about this $7 trillion buildout. [00:07:56] Jay McBain: What’s interesting is indirect sales in our industry is growing by revenue. It increases every year, just not at the pace that this AI build out is happening direct with seven companies. But the reason we’re all here, and I think the core reason that Vince is building this community is this, you know, Microsoft forever has measured and been very vocal. [00:08:21] Jay McBain: About 96% of their deals have partners in them. Kind of who cares, who collects the money. We care about the moments, the 28 moments before the customer makes a purchase. We care about every 30 days forever, because two thirds of our industry, over $4 trillion now is subscription consumption based. Winning a customer today is only winning the first 30 days. [00:08:46] Jay McBain: We care about this cycle. We care about who surrounds our customer. So six years ago, I stood on a big stage and said, you know, we went through a decade of sales. You know, in 1999, you thought you were born to be a salesperson. You’re managing your territory with your gut. Well, a few years later, you were introduced to the science of selling. [00:09:07] Jay McBain: You know, 10 years later you thought as a marketer, you sit around a cocktail party joking with your friends, 50% of my marketing dollars are wasted. I just don’t know which 50%. Really funny. In 2009 until every 58-year-old CMO got replaced by a 38-year-old growth hacker. Coming in with Marketo and Eloqua and Pardot and HubSpot, and 15,505 as of yesterday, MarTech and iTech tools, ninjas in marketing, they wouldn’t let a nickel go through without measuring. [00:09:43] Jay McBain: Now we understand 96% of deals and partners that surround it. No deal is gonna be won or lost in this era without partnering effectively. So we had to have this decade of the ecosystem. One of the ways we’re tracking is by outsiders. You know, Salesforce every year publishes the state of sales and they’ve got, you know, the number one CRM in the world. [00:10:05] Jay McBain: So they get to go talk to all the CROs, all the salespeople in the world. And as of this year, a couple months ago, 94% of every salesperson in every industry in the world uses partners every single day. You wanna see what this number was six years ago. Also, 89% of salespeople around the world don’t think they’re going to club this year without partners. [00:10:29] Jay McBain: So this is a big moment for us, halfway through the decade ecosystem, but we’re only halfway through. We’re starting to understand now at a more granular level. What partnering means. It’s not theory, it’s not flywheels. It’s not really cute. McKinsey slides that we keep showing to our board saying how important partnering is. [00:10:51] Jay McBain: We’re trying to get to the very specific level of the 6.3 partners on average that surround the deal and what they’re doing. How their business model works, and that’s average if I’m working on a public sector deal. I was at a Red Hat conference yesterday talking sovereignty. If I’m in an enterprise or a large public sector deal, it’s north of 10 partners in the deal. [00:11:15] Jay McBain: So we’re starting to understand what used to be this, this, you know, you’ve been the fastest growing industry for 56 straight years. Every single professional services person in every industry has come in to join the fund. Over 90% of accountants are tech services firms. Over 90% of marketing agencies are tech services agencies. [00:11:36] Jay McBain: All of this 250,000 software companies, a million emerging comp tech companies, the half a million VAR that have been in that traditional channel. The managed service providers, all of these 20 different partner types, millions of companies, tens of millions of people competing for 6.3 spots. Around the customer. [00:11:58] Jay McBain: That’s it. Luckily, there’s 141 million global customers to compete for. There’s, there’s some open slots that you can go find, and that’s the point. Our industry never had our own Fortune 500. We always talk to, you know, these partners and GSIs are doing this and SI are doing that. And we never really had a view of capability and capacity or what our own TAM was inside of that partnering. [00:12:25] Jay McBain: And so we set out and we would’ve loved, you know, chat GPT or Gemini or Claude or any of those tools to do this. But there’s one problem in partnering with AI is that it doesn’t know one partner from the next. There’s a big digital sameness problem in our industry that every single partner, whether it’s Larry in the White van or Accenture, with 786,000 employees all say they do all things to all people all the time. [00:12:53] Jay McBain: 98% of them, 99% of them are private companies that don’t share their p and l. You can’t go into Microsoft’s LinkedIn system and find out how many employees, ’cause it’s a block system, it AI can’t see into it. So it just sees, and it’s a great pattern matching. Google, SEO can’t figure out who’s who, nor today can the large language models. [00:13:14] Jay McBain: ’cause all the things they’re trying to match, the transformers are trying to match. It all looks the same. Every tweet, every ebook, every website, every digital history looks the same. So this took us thousands of people hours across two years to do, to dig into every p and l to dig into every dollar of what they’re doing. [00:13:33] Jay McBain: But what was interesting is only a thousand partners in our industry do two thirds of all tech services. When you get into enterprise, it goes up to 80 to 90%. The partners in the middle, in Blue do more tech services. The 30 of them than the 970 partners in white on the outside, the 970 partners in White do more tech services than the next million combined. [00:14:03] Jay McBain: This is our industry in a nutshell. Every time we talk to a a vendor, every time we talk to a partner, every time we talk to a distributor, we’re now talking names, faces, and places. You you wanna talk sovereignty. Yesterday in Atlanta, 90% of sovereign conversations in public sector in the globe is handled by these companies here. [00:14:26] Jay McBain: Forget about how much you do with these partners today. You wanna chase the next column, which is the wallet share. And I was a channel chief for 17 years. I get the weekly report and I see a million dollar partner, another million dollar partner, sorted top to bottom. You don’t know which partners which, which of those million dollar partners is doing 1.2 million in your category. [00:14:46] Jay McBain: They deserve a baseball cap and a front row seat at your event as an MVP. The next partner right next to them is doing 10 million in your category. They’re only doing a million with you. ’cause customers are pulling them into it. Nine times outta 10. They’re leading with your competitor. So I don’t want that list anymore. [00:15:03] Jay McBain: I want the new list, which is showing me those $9 million opportunities. And I as a board member, as A CEO, as a CFO, as a CRO, I wanna see this list. And then I want to talk people, processes, programs, technology. What are we gonna do to go get our fair share of that 9 million? Where’s our lowest hanging fruit? [00:15:24] Jay McBain: How do we double our pipeline? How do we double the size of our company in three years? It’s all right here. Let’s have very specific conversations and move away from flywheels and move around from force multipliers and and things like that in partnering. Let’s figure out how this partner community is surrounded. [00:15:45] Jay McBain: What do 10 million people who have to be smart in front of their customers every single day, what do they read? Where do they go and who do they follow? It’s the law of a few. This is the old Malcolm Gladwell of tipping point 10 million people in the broader channel. A hundred percent of our TAM comes down to only a thousand watering holes. [00:16:08] Jay McBain: 12% of that entire audience. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s over A million. People love podcasts. Number one way they learn the Joe Rogan effect. In our industry, there’s 121 podcasts. These are all public lists. You can go get on my LinkedIn newsletter on canals, oia. But there’s 121 podcasts that drive him forward. [00:16:28] Jay McBain: Really high up on that list, actually number one on the list is ultimate partner, Vince. That’s how I met. ’cause I asked people, 10 million people, you love this. You walk your dog, you drive to work, you listen to podcasts. I’m not the biggest podcast fan. It’s not number one on my list, but it’s number one on theirs. [00:16:44] Jay McBain: They say, you know, you gotta meet this guy, Vince. It’s unbelievable how great these podcasts are. They’re ultimate. [00:16:54] Jay McBain: Then I talked to Vince and said, but Vince, you know, 35% of your community, the 10 million people love to come to events like this one. The hallway conversations, the hotel lobby bar last night. This is what we love to do, especially post pandemic. It’s the number one way we learn. We learn from our peers, we learn from those around us, and, and the learn from the conversations we have here. [00:17:17] Jay McBain: We always remember these moments, you know, years and years later. There’s 352 choices. I’m going to five of them this week in five different cities. It’s a lot of coverage, but again, it’s a tighter li list of how people work. The magazine lists 106 of them associations like Conter. Now the GTIA peer groups, there’s 15 different spheres of influence, but only a thousand places. [00:17:43] Jay McBain: I could walk you through billionaire, after billionaire, after billionaire in this industry and show you how they did this. How did Arne Bellini at ConnectWise? How did Austin McCord at Datto, how did Nerdio become a unicorn? How did threat locker and huntress move away from 6,500 cyber companies and become unicorns over and over and over again? [00:18:05] Jay McBain: It’s only one slide. Unicorns and billionaires are made here, and a lot of people don’t get it. So walking away from Bellevue, a thousand partners, top down, a thousand watering holes, bottoms up. You’ve covered a hundred percent of your tam. You do it better than 10% of your competitor, 10% better than your competitors. [00:18:27] Jay McBain: You win. You carry that on your resume into the next company. You get a bigger job at a bigger pay scale. Let’s just walk through some examples. Cyber 91.7% of it goes through the channel. Huge channel audience. You know, if you’re in MarTech, it’s only 10%, but this one happens to be all channel, but that’s not the story. [00:18:48] Jay McBain: For every dollar that the 6,500 cyber companies are trying to close, there’s $2 in services. Plot twist, the products are grown at 11, the services are grown at 12.6. Your partners are growing faster than you are, and they will continue to for the next, at least five years, probably 10. So when I’m here, five years from now, you’ll hear in me talk about a three to one split in cyber and then a four to one split in cyber. [00:19:18] Jay McBain: Now, when we’re in Miami a couple days ago is CrowdStrike, they’re talking about a $7 and 5 cent multiplier, chasing that two to one up higher. You look at managed services. Here’s a fun story. Managed services. 82% of customers who are man, uh, outsourcing more this year than last year. 650 billion in size. [00:19:38] Jay McBain: This is bigger than the entire SaaS industry. Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, Marketo, NetSuite, HubSpot, 250,000. Others. This is bigger. It’s also bigger than all the Hyperscalers combined, not just AWS, Microsoft and Google, but Alibaba and Oracle and everybody down the list. This is a massive market also growing at double digits. [00:19:59] Jay McBain: So these are some big things and obviously we’re watching, you know, week in and week out, quarter in, quarter out, the Battle of Software and Battle of the Hyperscalers and things like that, and who’s growing at what pace and, and how partnering is connecting to all of this. You know, we watched a moment really early in the pandemic where Microsoft started growing faster than AWS and they haven’t stopped since 26 straight quarters. [00:20:27] Jay McBain: And you ask customers and say, you know, does Microsoft have a better product? And in most cases they say no. You know, AWS had a five year head start. Well, did they have a better price? Well, no, actually most cases Microsoft’s more expensive. Well, did did they have better promotion? Was their Super Bowl ad better? [00:20:44] Jay McBain: No, they’re both kind of crap. So you kind of ask the questions of what’s the only difference that could create growth above the leader in the market? Well, it’s place. More of the 6.3 partners are walking into those keyboard room meetings and drawing clouds up on the wall and labeling the Microsoft than they are AWS. [00:21:03] Jay McBain: Very simple. It’s never been about product. The best product in our industry has never won. And now the best way forward is that partnering moment, and this is the moment. So to go back to that story about the 53% of companies who are gonna fail, one of us is gonna be asked to write the book. And it could be the book like Kodak, they invented the product that ended up killing them. [00:21:26] Jay McBain: And it’s a woe is me story, but chapter one is always you blame the CEO. How could they not see those trends happening in 2026? How could they, you know, were they blind? Were they stuck in their own, you know, innovation chamber? Innovator’s dilemma, were they stuck in their own boardrooms? Why couldn’t they see? [00:21:46] Jay McBain: Well, chapter two, you, you blame the board. They have fiduciary responsibility, outsider view, and how could they not see it? But really, this is the future right here. If you take this slide and apply it 10 or 20 years from now to every failure and every success, these are the chapters of the book. Your buyer is now a millennial. [00:22:05] Jay McBain: As of last year, the 51% of our market is bought by people born after 1982. Different psychology, different behavior, different journey, different criteria, their integration. First buyers. The buy a product, 80% as good as the next one. If it works better in their environment. 94% of people won’t buy a car unless it has CarPlay or Android Auto. [00:22:26] Jay McBain: New Buyer. You have to be more integrated than your competitors. That’s a partnering story. The 6.3 partners. If you heard cyber, you need some great channel partnerships, but you need the other 5.3 partners as well, the consultants, the advisors, the designers, the architects, the implementers, the integrators, the manner service, all of the other partners. [00:22:44] Jay McBain: You need to know more of them than your competitors do, and have them label clouds with your name in them. You need better alliances. Even if you compete, you only compete in the morning. You’re best friends by the afternoon. You have to be tight with the hyperscalers, tight, with the big SaaS platforms, tight with cyber, tight with distribution, there are layers, seven layers to every deal. [00:23:04] Jay McBain: You gotta be tight in and have better alliances than your competitors. And then it all comes to the 28 moments, which I’m gonna end on, but the go to market of all of this, the co-selling, co-marketing, co-innovation, co-development, co keeping. This is it. Your product has to be good enough that somebody’s gonna renew it. [00:23:21] Jay McBain: Your Super Bowl has to be, you know, ad has to be good enough that people don’t, you know, shame you on social media. Your pricing has to be somewhere in a country mile of the bell curve of what the customer wants to pay. But successor failure is just here and platforms are synonymous with partnering. [00:23:40] Jay McBain: It’s our role now in the decade of the ecosystem to drive our companies forward. Marketplace. It’s probably the most predict, you know, great prediction we ever made. You know, growing at 82% compounded, it’s hard to predict ’cause it doubles almost every year. We were almost exact to the decimal point. Five years later now till 2030, we’re watching a second story, which is more interesting. [00:24:02] Jay McBain: If 96% of all deals have partners inside of them and there’s private offers and multi-partner offers and distributor sellers record all these funding mechanisms or services as a product. As of last week, over 50% of all deals in marketplaces now have partner funding. It means that while money changes hands differently, the respect and the recognition of what partners do is in the deal. [00:24:26] Jay McBain: We think that’s going to 59, but at some point, that’s gonna have to hit 96. ’cause to run the best programs, whether it’s an indirect sale, whether it’s a direct sale, whether it’s a marketplace deal, it doesn’t matter how money changes hands. What matters is we recognize the 6.3 partners. They’re not only making the deal happen bigger and faster, but renewing and enriching that every 30 days forever. [00:24:48] Jay McBain: When we watch, you know, billion dollar clubs and when we read all the press releases and all the hubbub about how fast this is growing and who, which companies are behind all this. When I’m quoted in some of these press releases, it’s because of this. You know, CrowdStrike, you know, brags are a billion dollars in a single year, but inside of that, they’re showing that 91% growth in marketplaces, which is pretty phenomenal for any company to almost double in size every single year. [00:25:17] Jay McBain: What’s more phenomenal is they’re growing the channel piece of it, 3548%. That green part of it is growing. Companies that understand platform and have people and processes and programs and technology to do it are winning. And they’re getting recognition and partners are starting to join the Billion Dollar Club who don’t sell a product, but are also winning at Extreme Scale. [00:25:44] Jay McBain: So talk about those partner 1000 and who are leaning in to win at this level. As well as everything changes, traditional billing moved into subscription models, moved into consumption models. Now we’re being tokenized to death multi it’s, it’s in this mode of micro consumption. There’s no chance there was little chance in subscription consumption that would be resold. [00:26:09] Jay McBain: You don’t buy Netflix from the cable guy in the white van. There’s zero chance when you’re buying tokens at a buck a piece that that’s going through any indirect sale. This continues to grow. Now the tectonic shifts is what happens when money changes hands differently. These old programs that we used to all write hundreds of different boxes, we checked every day on deal reg and trainings and all the other things are changing. [00:26:35] Jay McBain: To this, you’ll get these slides, by the way, in high res, inside of this now is the customer. For the first time ever, 45 years later, we have the customer in the middle of what we do, the 28 moments in green before they buy the seven layer stack and the partners inside it. The implementation. The integration, the managed services in a cycle that never ends, and two thirds of our industry. [00:26:55] Jay McBain: With the customer in the middle, we can now move money around to the different moments. It’s not all landing in front or backend margins or market development funds or new customer bonuses or spiffs. It’s landing where it needs to land. Over 400 companies now, pretty much led by Microsoft 400 companies are in a point system right now and 400 more. [00:27:18] Jay McBain: We’re working kind of behind the scenes to get that announced in the next 12 months. This is a total changeover in terms of how economics work and partners are yelling over half of us. I don’t care. Don’t call me a VAR anymore. Don’t call me an MSP. Don’t call me a regional system integrator. I do the consulting over half the time. [00:27:36] Jay McBain: I do the design, I do the implementations, I do the managed services, and 44% of us are vibe coding. On weekends. We’re not happy. Just on the services side. We wanna join the seven layer tech stack as well. These are partners growing faster than their vendors by understanding this cycle and where to show up and where the money is in ai. [00:27:56] Jay McBain: And the number one thing they’re asking for is not more leads, which they did for 45 years. The number one thing is now recognized for what I do. I’ve never just been a cash register. We’re completely now past this idea of a channel being a channel of distribution, and now a channel being this platform for the future. [00:28:16] Jay McBain: As we lay that on top of ai, the first couple of years of AI has really been consumer driven. The 95% failure rate that MIT reported last year is now 70%. That’s the failure to get from proof of concept to production. That 70 will be 50 by the summer we’re moving now in business, the maturity rates are going up at the end customer and in 88% of cases, that’s because of the channel. [00:28:43] Jay McBain: They’re working with partners. They’re not vibe coding themselves and working in little skunkwork groups. They’re working with partners to make it happen, and it now becomes the partner’s number one growth opportunity. I can grow at 11 or 12% in cyber every year. Compounded I can grow in 10% in managed services. [00:29:03] Jay McBain: You know, those are great double digit growth ’cause my customers are growing at 2.7% and I can go four x my customer, but I can go 10 x my customer if I have the right services built around ai. And this compounded growth rate and that big number in 2 20 32, 267 is what’s got those top 1000 partners obsessed. [00:29:25] Jay McBain: And your companies are leading with ai. Now you need to connect to those AI services. You need to get partners on this scale of growth. And they will be adding your name inside every cloud. They write on every whiteboard, but 82% of partners around the world, you know, we survey 25,000 of them aren’t ready, and they’re blaming vendors for not being ready, and they’re telling them exactly the workshops and the training that they need to get ready for this cycle. [00:29:53] Jay McBain: 82% of our entire partner, tens of millions of people, aren’t ready to grow at 35% and they need our help. Last thing I’ll say about AI is it’s the first time from client server to cloud, edge to cloud that it’s been segment driven. SMB alone has one, you know, six different segments, one to nine, 10 to 24, 25 to 49, et cetera. [00:30:18] Jay McBain: Mid-market into enterprise. No one that runs a restaurant is calling Jensen to buy a GPU to put next to the stove. No one’s calling Sam or Dario or anyone at Anthropic or OpenAI directly. They’re waiting. If you run a restaurant with all the people running around with tablets, you’ve invested in toast or square or clover or one of the platforms to run your business. [00:30:41] Jay McBain: A hundred different things. And you’re gonna wait for toast to work with a hyperscaler and build out the capabilities genetically. So when they see a spike in Uber Eats orders, they automatically place a food order and automatically change the staffing to deliver on it. That’s what the restaurant’s waiting for, and there’s no one calling and having a big a agent conversation. [00:31:03] Jay McBain: But even if you go into hundreds of people in medium sized business, every one of the vice presidents have their tech stack already built. I talked about the marketing person already, but the HR leader has one, and everybody’s got their seven layer stack. They’re not calling to buy a GPU and they’re not calling to, you know, bring in open AI directly or, or anthropic. [00:31:22] Jay McBain: They’re waiting for the platform they built to integrate together ag agenta capabilities. Everybody’s in wait mode up until enterprise and public, large public sector. So we are looking at this market and at 90% of that AI market is run by those thousand companies, and the rest of the millions of partners are helping in terms of how these businesses are gonna change at that level. [00:31:46] Jay McBain: Here’s where I end. You know, the 28 moments used to be a theory. It used to be a flywheel. How do we buy a car? [00:31:55] Vince Menzione: Well, we Google it, [00:31:57] Jay McBain: 81% of us now, 94% of us use large language models. We find out that there’s 365 brands of car. I’d have to test drive one every day of the year to get through them all. So we start narrowing these things down. [00:32:09] Jay McBain: We configure it. We put our rims on it, we color it. We download the invoice price. We download the backend rebates this month, whether I buy it in May or June, we find out what 5,000 people paid for our exact car within 50 miles of us. And then we don’t wanna go to the dealer because we know more than the salesperson, the manager ever will. [00:32:26] Jay McBain: We know what we’re gonna pay within, you know, dollars or cents. Just carvana the car. Hand me the keys. Let’s just forget the whole eight hour back and forth. I’ll get you a deal thing. I’m smarter than you in technology. Our customers are smarter than us, smarter than salespeople. That’s why 75% of millennials don’t wanna talk to a salesperson. [00:32:48] Jay McBain: They want to end digitally, and by the way, they’re not gonna send a fax after 28 digital moments. They’re gonna end on a digital marketplace. This is all demographics. It’s not hard to see where it’s going, but we’re getting into names, faces, places again. What if every dollar of your tam, the board, the CEO, runs around with their big multi-billion dollar number, they’re chasing? [00:33:09] Jay McBain: What if every single deal looks the exact same? This is a deal with AstraZeneca, A real deal, real customer spending millions of dollars. We know it starts in October, it ends in April. It’s a six month cycle. We see what they read, the MQ ls at the beginning. We see the sales demo moments. We see ISV, but we’ve never had the light blue boxes. [00:33:30] Jay McBain: What if we as a team could overlay the 6.3 partners in this deal? And when you find out a couple things. Here’s where I end. In December, five deals were one, three of them by NTT. The person at NTT probably coaches AstraZeneca’s, you know, kids’ soccer team. They probably have a cottage together at the lake. [00:33:50] Jay McBain: For the last 20 years, if the person at NTT worked at Deloitte, Deloitte would’ve run this deal. But Software One and Yash are both there, so we understand that when they were drawing clouds up on the wall in the boardroom in December, this deal was won and lost there. It was not won and lost at the point of sale. [00:34:09] Jay McBain: So what if you knew more about this and could see every dollar in your tam? You had an early warning system that this was happening. Two things jump out at this now that we’re in Bellevue. AWS was touched twice in this deal, directly in the marketing cycle and the sales cycle. AWS lost this deal. Here’s an example of Microsoft winning a deal with Microsoft never being touched. [00:34:34] Jay McBain: For some reason, NTT who won, who won AWS’s partner of the year a couple years ago led with Microsoft, so did Software one, Microsoft’s biggest reseller in Europe, and as did Yash, they all led with Microsoft and without Microsoft, knowing Microsoft took a multimillion dollar deal away from their competitors by winning in December. [00:34:53] Jay McBain: That’s one. Second. These partners didn’t just show up other than soccer and cottages. They didn’t show up in December. It went closed one in their CRM system. Back in the summer, August, September, we already knew AstraZeneca was in market, spending millions of dollars. We didn’t need them to read an ebook or go to an event to find that out. [00:35:17] Jay McBain: We knew it because it was closed one. They’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars times five in December to know what to do at the end. This is an early warning system that’s better than any MQL, better than any SQL. And if you could give your company these level of view into their pipeline with an early warning system that I can work with those partners for months before they ever show up at the customer’s boardroom. [00:35:44] Jay McBain: This is it. Talk about 47% winners. This takes you from not only surviving the AI era to being a top five platform winner. Thank you very much. [00:36:01] Vince Menzione: Until next time, we’ll see you in person. Hopefully at our next event.

A timber-frame “cathedral” filled with Mopar muscle cars and neon signs sounds like a myth until you hear it from the guy who built it. We sit down with John Hovis, creator of the Hemi Hideout near Brookshire, Texas, to talk about the passion that drove him to collect late-1960s and early-1970s Dodge and Plymouth legends, why an original Superbird still stops people in their tracks, and how the space has grown into a full-on automotive time capsule.We also get into what makes the Hideout more than a private collection: weekday tours, a volunteer crew that loves telling the stories, and a simple model that turns visits into local charity donations. John shares why the building itself matters, how the memorabilia and vintage signs became a second obsession, and what it's like to keep adding pieces when you're “running out of wall.”Then we jump from old-school horsepower to modern electrons with Jeff's Motor Minute nostalgia and Don's review of the 2026 GMC Sierra EV Denali Max Range. We cover claimed range vs real driving, towing and payload, the sheer weight of a big-battery electric pickup, and why missing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is a real talking point for buyers. If you love car culture, collector stories, and honest new car reviews, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave us a review. What would you rather tour first, the Hemi Hideout or an EV truck showroom?Be sure to subscribe for more In Wheel Time Car Talk!The Lupe' Tortilla RestaurantsLupe Tortilla in Katy, Texas Gulf Coast Auto ShieldPaint protection, tint, and more!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.----  ----- Want more In Wheel Time car talk any time?     In Wheel Time is now available on Audacy!  Just go to Audacy.com/InWheelTime where ever you are.-----   -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Podcast and check out our live multiplatform broadcast every Saturday, 10a - 12nCT simulcasting on Audacy, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Podcast can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast, iHeartRadio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox, YouTube Podcast and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Podcast, email us at info@inwheeltime.com

This was a milestone episode to wrap up the season - episode 300 of EV Musings.In this special roundtable, I'm joined by Dora Clarke (Osprey Charging), Kate Tyrrell (EVCI Global / ChargeSafe), and Teresa Swift (Stark Charge) for an honest discussion on the real-world driver experience, from signage and infrastructure to advertising, pricing, and making EVs more accessible.What You'll Discover- The State of EV Road Signage: Why current signage is lacking, what drivers actually need to see, and how better signs could boost confidence and utilisation.- Profit vs People in Public Charging: The real economics facing CPOs, the pressures on pricing, and whether operators are prioritising the driver experience.- Advertising on Chargers: Should drivers see ads while charging, and what (if anything) they should get in return - discounts, freebies, or better facilities?What really stood out is how much of the conversation came back to trust and practicality. Whether it's clearer signage so people can actually find chargers, maintaining sites properly, or making the whole experience feel welcoming (especially for women and new EV drivers), the panel agreed that getting the fundamentals right will matter far more than flashy gimmicks as the market matures.A brilliant, wide-ranging discussion to close out Season 15 and hit a huge milestone for EV Musings.The EV Musings Podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the go-to app for EV drivers, helping you find and pay for public charging with confidence.Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk(C) 2019-2026 Gary ComerfordSupport me: Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusingsKo-fi Link: http://www.ko-fi.com/evmusingsThe Books:'So, you've gone electric?' on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q5JVF1X'So, you've gone renewable?' on Amazon : https://amzn.to/3LXvIckSocial Media:EVMusings: Twitter https://twitter.com/MusingsEvInstagram: @EVmusingsOctopus Energy referral code (Click this link to get started) https://share.octopus.energy/neat-star-460Upgrade to smarter EV driving with a free week's trial of Zapmap Premium, find out more here https://evmusings.com/zapmap-premiumMentioned in this episode:ZapmapThe EV Musings Podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the go-to app for EV drivers, helping you find and pay for public charging with confidence. Zapmap is free to download and use, with subscription plans for enhanced features such as using Zapmap in-car on CarPlay or Android Auto, and discounted charging across thousands of charge points. Download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store or find out more at www.zapmap.com.Zapmap EV Guide

In Armenien ist Schach weit mehr als nur ein Spiel. Es ist ein Nationalsport und sogar ein obligatorisches Schulfach. Das hängt mit der Schachbegeisterung der Sowjetunion zusammen. Armenien war früher Teil der Sowjetunion, wo Schach als Mittel galt, um die Überlegenheit des eigenen Systems zu demonstrieren. Doch auch nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion blieb Schach in Armenien populär. Denn man verspricht sich Grosses davon: Schach soll junge Leute resilienter machen und ihnen zu einer anständigen Karriere verhelfen. Mittlerweile gehört Schach zum nationalen Selbstverständnis in Armenien. Gast: Jana Kehl, Auslandredaktorin Host: Antonia Moser Redaktion: Dominik Schottner In [Janas Reportage aus Armenien](https://www.nzz.ch/international/in-armenien-muessen-alle-kinder-schach-lernen-ld.10003532) kannst du dir die Schach-Szene auch anschauen. Übrigens: Alle NZZ-Podcast und Artikel kannst du jetzt auch unterwegs im Auto hören – mit Apple CarPlay oder Android Auto. Wie's funktioniert, erfährst du [hier](https://go.nzz.ch/carplay).

Spanien gilt weltweit als Vorreiter in der Prävention von Femiziden. Ein Grund dafür ist das Warnsystem Viogén. Doch das System hat auch Grenzen: Am 29. Juni 2024 suchen Polizisten in einem kleinen spanischen Dorf nach der 30-Jährigen Amal und ihren zwei Kindern. Als sie gefunden werden, sind alle drei tot. Kurz darauf nimmt die Polizei Amals Ex-Mann fest, den Vater der Kinder. Über Jahre hinweg hatte er seine Frau misshandelt. Amal hatte mehrmals Anzeige gegen ihn erstattet und sich längst von ihm getrennt. Diese Informationen waren bei der Polizei bekannt. Sie werden in ein System namens Viogén eingegeben, das voraussagen soll, wie wahrscheinlich es ist, dass ein Täter erneut gewalttätig wird – und Frauen auf diese Weise besser schützen. NZZ-Auslandredaktorin Julia Monn berichtet von dem Fall und erklärt, wie das Warnsystem Viogén funtioniert. Heutiger Gast: Julia Monn, Auslandredaktorin Host: Antonia Moser Julias Recheerche könnt ihr auch [in der NZZ nachlesen](https://www.nzz.ch/international/femizide-in-spanien-wie-sicher-schuetzt-viogen-frauen-vor-gewalt-ld.1901824). Übrigens: Alle NZZ-Podcast und Artikel kannst du jetzt auch unterwegs im Auto hören – mit Apple CarPlay oder Android Auto. Wie's funktioniert, erfährst du [hier](https://go.nzz.ch/carplay).

Google tuvo doble evento esta semana (Android Show + Google I/O) y dejó de llamar a Android un "sistema operativo": ahora es un "sistema inteligente" controlado por Gemini. También: Android Auto rediseñado, el nuevo Google Book contra el MacBook Neo, la búsqueda reinventada con IA, agentes Spark, y el regreso de Google a las gafas inteligentes con Project Aura.

I wanted to get an industry expert back on to talk about where things really stand in the EV space right now.In this episode, I catch up with Sam Clarke - Guinness World Record holder, and Green Fleet 100 nominee, for a wide-ranging conversation on the current state of electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and the challenges facing the industry.What You'll Discover- The State of EV Misinformation: Why Sam is less bothered by it now and how facts are winning in the long term despite the noise.- Public Charging Realities: Pricing pressures, utilisation, first-mover advantage, and why some networks perform better than others.- The Future of HGV Charging and Consolidation: What's happening with eHGVs, roaming, and why the market is inevitably heading towards fewer, stronger players.He acknowledges the real challenges around pricing, grid connections, and inconsistent government policy, but remains optimistic about the direction of travel. His point about needing more joined-up thinking from government and the value of consolidation for simplicity and reliability felt particularly timely.If you're interested in where public charging is heading, the realities of operating a network, or how the HGV transition is progressing, this episode gives you a clear-eyed insider perspective.Guest Details:Sam Clarke is an award-winning entrepreneur, EV owner for 24 years, head of eHGV at GRIDSERVE & a 4-time Guinness World Record Holder for EV driving. His EV journey started in 2002 with all electric motorbikes before founding a zero-emission logistics firm which he sold to John Menzies Plc in 2017. He now works on public charging infrastructure for GRIDSERVE, being the architect of the ‘Electric Freightway' a £100M Government funded eHGV Project. He is a regular public speaker on EV and is a founder of The EV Café webinar & news channel, an industry recognised voice in the EV community. In 2015, Sam was a Great British Entrepreneur's Award winner and by 2022 he was a GreenFleet EV Champion for services to the industry. In 2024 he was voted #1 in the Motor Transport Power Players list and #7 in the greenfleet.net top 100 most Influential list in 2026. He holds 4 Guinness World Records for the longest journeys ever driven in an electric car, SUV, van and motorbike on a single charge.The EV Musings Podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the go-to app for EV drivers, helping you find and pay for public charging with confidence.Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk(C) 2019-2026 Gary ComerfordSupport me: Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusingsKo-fi Link: http://www.ko-fi.com/evmusingsThe Books:'So, you've gone electric?' on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q5JVF1X'So, you've gone renewable?' on Amazon : https://amzn.to/3LXvIckSocial Media:EVMusings: Twitter https://twitter.com/MusingsEvInstagram: @EVmusingsOctopus Energy referral code (Click this link to get started) https://share.octopus.energy/neat-star-460Upgrade to smarter EV driving with a free week's trial of Zapmap Premium, find out more here https://evmusings.com/zapmap-premiumMentioned in this episode:ZapmapThe EV Musings Podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the go-to app for EV drivers, helping you find and pay for public charging with confidence. Zapmap is free to download and use, with subscription plans for enhanced features such as using Zapmap in-car on CarPlay or Android Auto, and discounted charging across thousands of charge points. Download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store or find out more at www.zapmap.com.Zapmap EV Guide

Nach dem jüngsten Gipfeltreffen mit US-Präsident Donald Trump und Tech-Größen wie Elon Musk oder Jensen Huang zeigt sich auf den Straßen Chinas ein widersprüchliches Bild: Während die einfache Bevölkerung eine große Begeisterung für die westlichen Rockstars der Wirtschaft an den Tag legt, bleibt der erhoffte politische Durchbruch aus. Matthias Kamp berichtet direkt von der Basis über die spürbare Verunsicherung im Land. Die goldenen Zeiten des ständigen Aufstiegs scheinen vorbei zu sein. Junge, gut ausgebildete Chinesinnen und Chinesen finden oft keine passenden Jobs mehr und reagieren mit Resignation oder dem Wunsch nach Auswanderung. Gleichzeitig fließen immense staatliche Gelder in technologische Großprojekte wie autonome Flugtaxis und humanoide Roboter, während die ländliche Bevölkerung im Alter kaum sozial abgesichert ist. Gast: Matthias Kamp, China-Korrespondent Host: Simon Schaffer Mehr Text von Matthias gibt es [hier bei der NZZ](https://www.nzz.ch/impressum/matthias-kamp-ld.1497895). Weitere Texte zu [Trumps Staatsbesuch in China](https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/trump-in-china-er-waere-besser-zu-hause-geblieben-ld.10007041). Lust auf noch mehr digitale Inhalte der NZZ? [Probier`s drei Monate aus.](https://abo.nzz.ch/25077808-2/) Übrigens: Alle NZZ-Podcast und Artikel kannst du jetzt auch unterwegs im Auto hören – mit Apple CarPlay oder Android Auto. Wie's funktioniert, erfährst du [hier](https://go.nzz.ch/carplay).

Alustame Google'i iga-aastase I/O arendajate konverentsiga, kus ootuspäraselt oli läbivaks teemaks tehisaru, mis võtab järjest tegusamaid vorme. Räägime sellest, miks Euroopa tarbijakaitseühendused otsustasid veebigigante kohtuga kimbutada. Leedus leidis üks nutikas härra viisi, kuidas oma Tesla isesõitmise funktsioon legaalselt aktiveerida. Meelis testis Motorola üliõhukest telefoni ning jagab muljeid.Saate teemad:- Google I/O konverentsil näidatu oli korraga äge ja hirmutav.- Android Auto saab kasulikke uuendusi.- Androidiga mõistlikud nutiprillid on peagi kohal.- Euroopa tarbijakaitseühendused kaebasid Google'i, Meta ja Tiktoki pettustele kaasaaitamise pärast kohtusse.- Leedus sõidab üks Tesla ise.- Motorola Edge 70 on väga õhuke ja kerge telefon, aga kas ka hinda väärt?Kui sul on meile küsimusi või tahad jagada oma kogemusi tehnikamaailmas, kirjuta meile: digisaade@geenius.ee.Saadet teevad Hans Lõugas, Glen Pilvre ja Meelis Väljamäe.Tunnusmuusika: Glen Pilvre, Paul Oja.

I wanted to revisit something that matters to every EV driver - tyres.In this episode, I follow up on the Hankook ION EVO tyres I fitted last season (replacing a set of budget Devantis), and I'm joined by Andrew Till (Mr EV) who fitted the all-season ION FlexClimate SUV tyres. We compare notes on handling, road noise, and real-world efficiency after several months and thousands of miles.What You'll Discover- The Difference EV-Specific Tyres Actually Make: From reduced road noise to better planted feel and confidence in corners and wet conditions.- Real-World Noise & Efficiency Results: Our (imperfect but honest) decibel measurements and efficiency comparisons between old and new tyres.- Summer vs All-Season EV Tyres: How the Hankook ION range performs in daily driving and what to expect when upgrading.What really stood out to me is how much of a difference quality EV-specific tyres can make, especially if you're coming from budget rubber. The car feels noticeably quieter and more composed, and while exact efficiency gains are hard to isolate perfectly, both of us are seeing small but meaningful improvements that add up over time. As Neil from Hankook explained last season, brand new tyres need a bit of wear before they're at their most efficient - so the best is probably still to come.If you're thinking about your next tyre change or you've been putting up with noisy rubber, this episode gives you a real-driver perspective on whether EV-specific tyres are worth it.The EV Musings Podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the go-to app for EV drivers, helping you find and pay for public charging with confidence.Episode produced by Arran Sheppard at Urban Podcasts: https://www.urbanpodcasts.co.uk(C) 2019-2026 Gary ComerfordSupport me: Patreon Link: http://www.patreon.com/evmusingsKo-fi Link: http://www.ko-fi.com/evmusingsThe Books:'So, you've gone electric?' on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Q5JVF1X'So, you've gone renewable?' on Amazon : https://amzn.to/3LXvIckSocial Media:EVMusings: Twitter https://twitter.com/MusingsEvInstagram: @EVmusingsOctopus Energy referral code (Click this link to get started) https://share.octopus.energy/neat-star-460Upgrade to smarter EV driving with a free week's trial of Zapmap Premium, find out more here https://evmusings.com/zapmap-premiumMentioned in this episode:ZapmapThe EV Musings Podcast is sponsored by Zapmap, the go-to app for EV drivers, helping you find and pay for public charging with confidence. Zapmap is free to download and use, with subscription plans for enhanced features such as using Zapmap in-car on CarPlay or Android Auto, and discounted charging across thousands of charge points. Download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store or find out more at www.zapmap.com.Zapmap EV Guide

Der wöchentliche Podcast [NZZ Geopolitik](https://www.nzz.ch/podcast/geopolitik) ist diesen Sonntag zu Gast hier bei NZZ Akzent. Wenn dir das Format gefällt: Eine neue Folge von NZZ Geopolitik erscheint immer mittwochs auf deiner Lieblingsplattform. Abonnier uns gerne. Und darum geht es diesmal: Der brüchige Waffenstillstand im Krieg gegen den Iran zwingt die Golfstaaten zu einer radikalen Neuausrichtung ihrer Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik. Nach den iranischen Angriffen auf den strategisch wichtigen Hafen von Fujairah in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten wird deutlich, dass die traditionelle Pendelpolitik der Golfmonarchien an ihre Grenzen stösst. Das historische Novum, dass das israelische Iron-Dome-System erstmals in einem arabischen Staat zum Einsatz kommt, signalisiert eine tiefgreifende Veränderung der regionalen Dynamiken. Gleichzeitig wächst am Golf die Frustration über den langjährigen Sicherheitsgaranten USA. Die Herrscherhäuser stehen vor der Herausforderung, ihre ambitionierten wirtschaftlichen Modelle und die gesellschaftliche Resilienz in Zeiten kriegerischer Konflikte aufrechterhalten zu müssen. Welche Rolle die Rivalitäten zwischen Abu Dhabi und Riad spielen und warum der opportunistische Pragmatismus der Region dennoch bestehen bleibt, analysiert diese Episode Heutiger Gast: [Dr. Sebastian Sons ](https://carpo-bonn.org/uber-uns/team/team/dr-sebastian-sons) Host: David Vogel Du hast schon ein NZZ-Abo und willst NZZ Pro zusätzlich bekommen. Das Angebot dafür findest du [hier](https://abo.nzz.ch/23055512-2/). Du hast noch kein NZZ-Abo und willst Premium-Abonnent werden? Dann [hier ](https://abo.nzz.ch/23055513-2/)entlang. Übrigens: Alle NZZ-Podcast und Artikel kannst du jetzt auch unterwegs im Auto hören – mit Apple CarPlay oder Android Auto. Wie's funktioniert, erfährst du [hier](https://go.nzz.ch/carplay). Fragen? Feedback? Das NZZ Geopolitik-Team erreichst du unter geopolitik@nzz.ch.

The day has finally arrived! With the world of developers and Google enthusiasts descending on Mountain View, CA for the annual Google I/O conference! Jason Howell and Ron Richards braved the sun and brutal heat to bring you all the I/O experience from the keynote to hands-on demos and more!Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor00:01:58 - GEMINIIn case you haven't noticed, Gemini is kind of a big deal at Google and was the backbone for the announcements and updates from the Google Keynote address. From the latest and greatest Gemini 3.5 Flash to updates to the Gemini App and everything in-between.00:19:21 - SEARCHThis year's I/O Keynote brought about some pretty dramatic updates and changes to the search engine experience, mainly drive by the past year's success of AI Overviews and more advances in, you guessed it...Gemini00:33:50 - ANDROIDWhile the Keynote was light on Android, there was an entire section dedicated to Android XR and we got to check out some of the new glassesWe also got to experience the new Android Auto and yes, the new updates are impactful!While all this happened, Google announced WearOS 7 and some developer updates for Google TV Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google veut transformer Android en système de bureau dopé à Gemini, Microsoft tente de rendre Windows 11 plus réactif, OpenAI sort juridiquement gagnant face à Elon Musk mais abîmé publiquement, et l'IA continue de bousculer la cybersécurité, le travail, la musique et les infrastructures.  Me soutenir sur Patreon Me retrouver sur YouTube On discute ensemble sur Discord Presque Google IO Les Google Book, trois livres de bonheur ? Gemini Intelligence prend les commandes pour ta pomme. Toutes les délicieuses nouveautés de Cinnamon bun. Android Auto trace sa route. Windows veut passer le turbo… Sur votre CPU. Glaive et justice Bonne nouvelle pour le procès OpenAI : il est fini. Le partenariat Open AI / Apple finit en compote. Parts des anges : Anthropic brise la chaîne, Cerebras énormément de fric. We love Cox : l'érection d'un nouveau pilier législatif de la tech. Monet for nothing : X part en biais… Comme d'hab. En pratique Et sinon elle fait quoi Mira Murati ? Elle papote. Vous n'êtes pas prêt pour l'IA en entreprise ? Elles non plus. IA et cybersécurité, la MIE et la croûte. Un datacenter dans ta maison qui coûte plus que ta maison. Jeux vidéo Ahoy ! Ubisoft lance une chance au trésor qui va se finir à coup de pelle. Va-t-on arrêter de tuer les jeux en Californie ? Bientôt du FSR4 sur PS5 ?? Participants Une émission préparée par Guillaume Poggiaspalla Présenté par Guillaume Vendé

Esta semana en el podcast de Somos Eléctricos repasamos algunas de las noticias más interesantes del mundo de la movilidad eléctrica. Volkswagen prepara su primer GTI eléctrico con el ID. Polo GTI, Deepal ya trabaja en una versión renovada del S05 con LiDAR, y Android Auto se actualiza con Maps en 3D, YouTube y Gemini. También hablamos de los planes de XPeng para fabricar coches eléctricos en Europa junto a Volkswagen, del futuro Toyota Corolla 2027 con versiones híbrida, enchufable y eléctrica, y de las últimas novedades de Tesla: una cola virtual para Supercargadores y el Model Y superando las nuevas pruebas ADAS de la NHTSA. Un episodio cargado de eléctricos pequeños, software, seguridad, carga rápida y mucha estrategia industrial. Benefíciate del CAE al comprar tu coche eléctrico. Mas info en: https://somoselectricos.com/certificados-ahorro-energetico-cae-coche-electrico/ Usa nuestra calculadora para conocer lo que recibirás de ayuda al comprar un coche eléctrico: https://somoselectricos.com/calcula-importe-ayuda-plan-auto/ ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/627406

Photo by Valérie Ungerer on Unsplash Published 18 May 2026 e554 with Michael and Michael – stories and discussion on LLM phone number lookups, proctors returning to Princeton, lavish LEGO, LOTR and a whole lot more! While Andy is away, Michael and Michael get things started with a discussion on the changing nature of sensitive and private information.  What was once published in a phonebook is now a central identify hub.  While Jenny most certainly had to change her phone number from 867-5309 and have the new one unlisted, she likely posts what would have been very personal photos on Insta, Mastodon or any number of social media services.  Michael R points out that while a phone book was available for a municipality, it was not available at a country level, preserving a degree of anonymity. Continuing on the theme of social implications of technology, Michael and Michael consider the Atlantic's article about the demise of Princeton's honor code process.  Check out the link below for some fantastic quotes from the Daily Princetonian – sadly the newspaper online archives only go back to 2001. Next up is an article from Thinking Machines' full duplex capabilities for natural voice interaction with agents.   LEGO is in focus for this episode (surprise!) with two intriguing sets.  First, a super cool LEGO Ideas Tetris arcade game cabinet with a hidden room.  This reminded Michael M of the set he built that also has a cool hidden room inside.  Then, Michael R shares a bit on the new Minas Tirith set – which has many elements from the movies, and includes the opportunity for a GWP (gift with purchase) of the battering ram Grond if you're one of the first to plunk down your gold pieces for this build. The fact that this is up on the Internets on 18 May is due to the hard work from Andy.  He migrated our hosting over the weekend, and this is the first post on the new service.  Hurrah, Andy!   Do you still have a copy of your city's phonebook?  Have your bots (or agents!)

Join me for episode 479 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest Florence Ion of PCMag -- brought to you by Mint Mobile. In this episode, we review the Moto Razr Fold, dive into Googlebooks and Google's Fitbit Air, and share our expectations for Google I/O 2026. We also discuss new phones from Moto, OnePlus, and Sony, then cover news, leaks, and rumors from Google, Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm.Episode Links- Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tnkgrl- Donate / buy me a coffee (PayPal): https://tnkgrl.com/tnkgrl/- Support the podcast with Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/mobiletech- Florence Ion: https://www.threads.com/@ohthatflo- Flo's Moto Razr Fold review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/motorola-razr-fold- My Moto Razr Fold review: https://hothardware.com/reviews/moto-razr-fold-review-8-gen-5-cameras-silicon-carbon-pen- Moto Edge 70 Pro: https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_edge_70_pro_global_features_price_sale_date-news-72618.php- Google introduces GoogleBooks running Aluminium OS: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_introduces_googlebooks_running_android-news-72793.php- Google Fitbit Air: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/925458/google-health-fitbit-air-ai-coaching-wearables-fitness-trackers- Google Pixel 11 series specs leak: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_11_pixel_11_pro_pixel_11_pro_xl_pixel_11_pro_fold_specs_leak-news-72668.php- Android Auto getting massive update including Dolby Atmos: https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/android-auto-gets-a-massive-ai-powered-upgrade-with-youtube-dolby-atmos-and-immersive-3d-maps- What to expect at Google I/O: https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-io-2026-what-to-expect-and-how-to-watch- Apple iPhone 20th Anniversary rumors: https://www.gsmarena.com/tipster_20th_anniversary_iphone_will_have_solidstate_buttons-news-72691.php- Apple needs to make an iPhone flip: https://ca.pcmag.com/mobile-phones/15518/hey-apple-i-dont-want-a-galaxy-z-fold-clone-i-want-a-colorful-iphone-flip-instead- Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra camera rumors: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s27_ultra_to_have_one_less_camera_then_its_predecessor-news-72631.php- OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra: https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_ace_6_ultra_joins_the_game_with_a_dimensity_9500_chip_8600mah_battery-news-72587.php- Sony Xperia 1 VIII: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_viii_unveiled_with_larger_48mp_telephoto_sensor_snapdragon_8_elite_gen_5-news-72786.php- Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 and 4 Gen 5: https://www.pcmag.com/news/qualcomms-next-midrange-snapdragon-chip-brings-flagship-like-super-zoomAffiliate Links (If you use these links to buy something, we might earn a commission)- Moto Razr Ultra 2025: https://amzn.to/42Gq4pH- Moto Edge 70: https://amzn.to/42FFFG8- Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14: https://amzn.to/4eNHVCr- Apple MacBook Neo: https://amzn.to/3ORAMGM- Google Fitbit Air: https://amzn.to/43d7Pbx

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss Google's latest wave of announcements for Android and Gemini, the newly announced Fitbit Air, and Apple Watch Series 12 rumors.The centerpiece of Google's announcements this week was Gemini Intelligence, Google's new umbrella platform for AI across phones, watches, cars, and laptops. Its headline capability is cross-app automation: users can photograph an event flyer and ask Gemini to find tickets on Expedia, or pull up a grocery list and have it build a cart in a shopping app. A companion feature called Create My Widget lets users describe a home screen widget in natural language and have Gemini generate it, drawing from Gmail and Calendar to build a personalized dashboard.Google also unveiled the Googlebook, a new laptop category designed from the ground up around Gemini with partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo arriving this fall. Gemini in Chrome for Android gained an agentic browsing layer rolling out end of June, and Android Auto received AI-generated contextual replies and DoorDash voice ordering. A Meta partnership brings Ultra HDR, native stabilization, and night mode to Instagram on Android flagship devices.In January, Apple and Google announced a partnership under which Gemini would power the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, including a more personalized Siri expected this year. Apple's equivalent cross-app ‌Siri‌ actions were announced at WWDC 2024 but have not yet shipped; Gemini Intelligence is rolling out this summer using the same underlying technology.Google also unveiled the Fitbit Air this week, a screenless fitness tracker priced at $99 that ships on May 26. The device weighs just 12 grams with the band and tracks heart rate, AFib, HRV, SpO2, and sleep stages in a pill-shaped pebble with no display, no buttons, and no notifications. Battery life lasts for seven days, with a five-minute fast charge delivering a full day of use. A Stephen Curry Special Edition is priced at $129, with core tracking free and Google Health Premium adding an AI Coach for $9.99 per month after a three-month trial.The launch accompanies a broader rebrand. The Fitbit app becomes Google Health on May 19, with Google Fit folded in, Apple Health data supported on iOS, and APIs for Garmin, Whoop, and Oura. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported earlier this year that Apple has scaled back a comparable Health+ coaching service, with the feature now unlikely to launch. The Apple Watch SE starts at $249 and requires daily charging, and the Fitbit Air's $99 price with no mandatory subscription addresses a segment Apple does not cover.We also discuss the Apple Watch Series 12, which is shaping up to be an incremental upgrade. Bloomberg's Mark Gurmansaid in March that he does not expect any major design changes, and a significant redesign is now not expected until 2028.The leaker known as Instant Digital said this week that Touch ID, which appeared in leaked Apple code last year, has been deprioritized in favor of battery life improvements. DigiTimes previously reported an eight-sensor array on the back of at least one 2026 model, though blood pressure monitoring is said to be further out. A new chip is expected, with leaked code indicating a meaningful upgrade from the S10 used across the last three series, and watchOS 27 will be previewed at WWDC on June 8. Start your business with Shopify and get everything you need to sell online and in person. Start today at https://www.shopify.com/mac

It's EV News Briefly for Thursday 14 May 2026, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the EV News Daily Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/EVNewsDailyGLOBAL EV SALES HIT 1.6 MILLION IN APRILGlobal EV sales reached 1.6 million units in April 2026 and 5.6 million year to date, with April up 6% year over year but down 9% from an unusually strong March. Europe led growth with 400,000 sales, up 27% year over year, driven by rising petrol prices and strong gains in Germany, France and Italy, while Chinese-built EVs grew their European market share from 19% in 2025 to 22% in 2026.ELECTRIC GOLF SLIPS TO DECADE'S ENDVolkswagen has pushed the electric Golf back to the end of the decade, later than the previously expected 2028 launch, due to delays with the SSP platform that will underpin it. SSP-based vehicles will now begin with Audi and Porsche from 2028, with Volkswagen following later, as the brand needs greater scale to achieve margin parity on the platform.HOUSE BILL SEEKS PERMANENT BAN ON CHINESE CARSA bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers has introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act, which would permanently ban Chinese-developed connected vehicles from US roads. The bill would codify and expand a Biden-era executive order, barring passenger vehicles from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran if they contain software or connectivity systems developed in those countries.JAGUAR NAMES FIRST EV TYPE 01Jaguar has confirmed its first all-electric production car will be called the Type 01, with the "0" representing zero tailpipe emissions and the "1" marking it as the first model of a new era. The full production reveal is planned for September 2026, with customer deliveries expected to begin in early 2027.FORD STARTS STATIONARY BATTERY BUSINESSFord has launched Ford Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary, to compete in the stationary battery storage market, with its first product being the DC Block — a modular LFP battery container offering 5.45 MWh of storage and a 20-year service life. Built at a repurposed factory in Glendale, Kentucky, the DC Block will be sold in two- and four-hour discharge versions, with first customer deliveries due in early 2027 and planned annual output of 20 GWh.APTERA BUILDS FIVE VALIDATION VEHICLESAptera Motors has completed five validation vehicles on a newly established 14-station low-volume assembly line at its Carlsbad, California facility, marking a significant step towards production readiness. The vehicles will now enter a comprehensive testing programme covering road performance, durability, safety, software integration and solar energy generation efficiency.FILOSA: CHINESE OEMS FACE US DELAYStellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said Chinese OEMs will not enter the US market for at least a few years, citing the current tariff and regulatory climate. He left the door open to future partnerships, suggesting Chinese technology could still find common ground with US operations, even if direct car sales remain off the table in the near term.ANDROID AUTO STRETCHES TO FIT ANY SCREENGoogle is giving Android Auto its first major display overhaul in 11 years, with a new version that adapts to fill any car screen shape and eliminates the black borders previously seen on round, trapezoidal and other non-standard displays. The update also introduces pinnable widgets that stay over the active map, alongside a redesigned Google Maps with 3D Immersive Navigation showing buildings, lane markings, traffic lights and stop signs.CATL ADDS 5 GWH MODULE LINE IN DEBRECENCATL has opened a new 5 GWh battery module assembly line at its gigafactory in Debrecen, Hungary, fed by cells from other CATL plants while the on-site cell factory awaits final regulatory permits. The added capacity could cover approximately 50,000 EVs with 100 kWh packs or 125,000 EVs with 40 kWh packs per year.JEEP AVENGER ELECTRIC JOINS UK GRANT SCHEMEThe fully electric Jeep Avenger now qualifies for the UK government's Electric Car Grant, reducing prices by £1,500 across the range and bringing the entry-level Longitude to £28,499. The car offers a WLTP range of 248 miles, 100 kW DC fast charging capable of 20–80% in under 30 minutes, and an 11 kW onboard AC charger.TESLA ADDS REMOTE METER FOR HOME CHARGINGTesla has launched a Remote Meter accessory in Canada and the US, priced at CA$285 and US$210 respectively, for homes whose electrical panels lack capacity for a full-power Wall Connector installation. The device enables Dynamic Power Management by continuously monitoring panel capacity and automatically adjusting charging output in real time to prevent overloading.PREMIER TAKES JCB ELECTRIC FLEET PAST 100Leicestershire-based Premier Plant & Tool Hire has grown its JCB electric machine fleet to more than 100 units, positioning itself as a leader in zero-emission construction equipment rental in the UK. The expansion is driven by rising demand from urban job sites where tightening regulations make diesel-powered equipment increasingly difficult or impossible to use.

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Google presentó The Android Show | I/O Edition 2026 y dejó una cosa clarísima: Android ya no quiere ser solamente un sistema operativo. Quiere convertirse en un ecosistema inteligente completo, impulsado por Gemini y conectado a teléfonos, autos, laptops, apps, formularios, teclado, widgets y mucho más. En este episodio analizamos todo lo que presentó Google antes del I/O 2026: Android 17, la llegada de Gemini Intelligence, las nuevas funciones inteligentes de Gboard con Rambler, el autocompletado avanzado con IA, los widgets generativos personalizados, las mejoras de cámara en Instagram gracias al acuerdo con Meta, el nuevo Quick Share compatible con otros sistemas, la evolución de Android Auto y la aparición sorpresa de Google Book, una nueva categoría que busca fusionar Android con ChromeOS. Pero también hay una pregunta inevitable: si Gemini empieza a entender formularios, fotos, documentos, contexto, aplicaciones y datos personales… ¿estamos frente al futuro más útil de Android o ante el ecosistema más invasivo que vimos hasta ahora? Y por supuesto, la comparación con Apple es inevitable. Porque muchas de las ventajas históricas del iPhone empiezan a desaparecer, mientras Google parece avanzar con una integración de inteligencia artificial mucho más profunda, más práctica y más real que la que Apple prometió con Siri y Apple Intelligence. En este video te cuento qué presentó Google, qué significa realmente Android 17, por qué Gemini puede cambiar la forma en la que usamos el celular y por qué este evento puede marcar un antes y un después en la guerra entre Android, iOS, Google, Apple y Microsoft. ¿Google acaba de ganarle la carrera de la inteligencia artificial a Apple? #idearVlog #Android17 #GoogleIO #Gemini #GoogleGemini #Android #Apple #Siri #AppleIntelligence #GoogleBook #AndroidAuto #InteligenciaArtificial #Tecnologia

Google I/O season officially kicks off as The Android Show: I/O Edition unveils what Google has been up to when it comes to Android, with a shift from "Operating System" to "Intelligence System." We're excited to welcome Sameer Samat, President, Android Ecosystem at Google back to the show to break down what it all means and discuss the details of today's announcements along with a broad range of topics from Gemini and AI to the new Googlebooks to the controversial sideloading apps topic and what it means to steward an operating system used by billions of people globally.Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor00:00:40 - NEWSGoogle unveiled The Android Show: I/O Edition and rolled out a ton of new features aimed at evolving Android into an "Intelligence System" along with introducing the new line of laptops called Googlebooks, updates to Android Auto and much more!00:09:27 - INTERVIEWAn in-depth discussion with Sameer Samat, President, Android Ecosystem at Google about the news coming out of The Android Show: I/O Edition00:57:15 - HARDWAREGoogle also launched the new line of fitness trackers, the Fitbit AirAnd in doing so, killed the Fitbit Premium app and rebranded it to Google Health and a lot of people are unhappy about that01:05:21 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFFAhead of Google I/O, Android 17 QPR 1 Beta 2 rolled out with bug fixes and a little bit of new stuffPhotography fans rejoiced as Google finally released Snapseed 4.0! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, a listener asks why Android Auto has stopped displaying message banners and why voice commands are no longer working across multiple vehicles. Send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show to hot@twit.tv! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: outsystems.com/twit

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, a listener asks why Android Auto has stopped displaying message banners and why voice commands are no longer working across multiple vehicles. Send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show to hot@twit.tv! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: outsystems.com/twit

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, a listener asks why Android Auto has stopped displaying message banners and why voice commands are no longer working across multiple vehicles. Send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show to hot@twit.tv! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: outsystems.com/twit

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, a listener asks why Android Auto has stopped displaying message banners and why voice commands are no longer working across multiple vehicles. Send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show to hot@twit.tv! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: outsystems.com/twit

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, a listener asks why Android Auto has stopped displaying message banners and why voice commands are no longer working across multiple vehicles. Send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show to hot@twit.tv! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: outsystems.com/twit

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, a listener asks why Android Auto has stopped displaying message banners and why voice commands are no longer working across multiple vehicles. Send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show to hot@twit.tv! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: outsystems.com/twit

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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps out Mike with how he can have Google read his text messages aloud while using Google Maps and how to allow hands-free replies while driving. Don't forget to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! hot@twit.tv Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord. Sponsor: NetSuite.com/hot