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Plus, some clarity on the adult game-credit card processing controversy.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reddit wants to position itself as a search engine. On its latest earnings call Apple appears to be ready to go all in on AI. Fast Company reported ChatGPT users noticed their private chats were showing up in search engine results. And its Friday and we end the week with a three questions designed to stoke thoughtful and introspective debate. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nica Montford, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Researchers from Cornell University came up with a way to watermark videos with light to verify the authenticity of video. How startup Fable's Showrunner AI video generation is catching the confidence of Amazon. A new study shows how cat attacks can easily make LLM go off the rails. And Uber Eats releases a new “Live order chat” feature giving merchants the ability to message customers in real time. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

You can get a VPN or get more creative and use a video game. Plus, why Web apps are better than native apps.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

X is testing to see if Community Notes can help find the posts everyone likes. App developers are pushing back against Microsoft's controversial Recall feature. How is AI slop impacting the infosec world? And its Friday and Tom has conjured up a new Quiz to help end the week. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

iRobot unveiled the Roomba Max 705 Combo, a roller mop-equipped robovac. We look at how remote work can help rehabilitate persons serving out their sentences behind bars. Apple released public betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26, introducing a new design language called Liquid Glass. And new generative AI features are rolling out now for YouTube Shorts and Google Photos. Would we use them? Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Plus, the new Meta Oakley smart glasses are out and may be better than the Ray-Bans.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google just added a video of the Pixel 10 to the page about its upcoming August 20th announcement. Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Jeff Watkins recently vacating an order based on fake AI generated citations. RISC-V is having a moment and why that's important. And Microsoft issues emergency SharePoint patches to fix exploits used by attackers causing people to question the company's commitment to security. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Molly Wood is here to explain how recycling could be the solution to obtaining a critical supply of rare earth metals. Plus, over two-thirds of U.S. consumers have used P2P payment methods like Zelle in the last year. Are we moving inextricably closer to a cashless society? Netflix says it used generative AI for the first time in one of its original series, The Eternaut. And it's Friday. We test your mettle on which thing is a rare earth metal and which is not on this week's Friday fun quiz. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Molly Wood, Amos, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Automattic is relaunching Beeper, the universal messaging app. Delta Air Lines is hoping to boost profitability by moving from set fares to individualized pricing determined by AI. We discuss why Video Games are such hot movie and streaming TV properties and is it just a fad or is it a signal of something else? Uber plans to make “multi-hundred-million dollar investments” in both Nuro and Lucid, deploying “20,000 or more” robotaxis in the US. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

But do we want it? And the Commodore 64 is back for real this time. Not an emulator!Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Belkin will end support for its WEMO smart home products. Johns Hopkins University researchers developed an autonomous surgical robot that can do most of a gallbladder removal. How to tweak Windows 11 to look and feel more like Windows 10. And it's time again for our Friday Fun Quiz, this time about Samsung history. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Robb unpacks Samsung's Unpacked event. New foldable phones anyone? And speaking of foldables. Their adoption is less than anticipated although it's still growing. Would lower prices help goose that number up? Why is drawing ad dollars so much more difficult for video gaming versus other media formats? And did an AI scanner really charge a rental car customer $440 for a scuff on the tire? Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

TikTok makes preparations for a US-only app, and Windows 11 is officially the most popular version of Windows now.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robb Dunewood has a second brain he uses to stay organized and productive. Find out how he does it. •What is a Second Brain?•What led you to create one?•How does a Second Brain work?•What tools do you use to manage your Second Brain?•Does your Second Brain make you more productive?https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/ fortelabs.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are we all living inside a simulation? Melvin M. Vopson Associate Professor of Physics, University of Portsmouth has proposed a study to find out. Prominent CEOs are increasingly issuing dire warnings about AI's impact on jobs. But who's listening? Can lengthy timeouts curb abusive behavior on social media platforms? And its Friday and we engage in a battle of wits and morality on this week's Great Debates! Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on by becoming a supporter!

Plus, instantaneous translation of brain signals to speech, and Google gets into nuclear fusion.Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does Canadian rescinding its digital tax on American tech companies mean? Microsoft has created an LLM that can diagnose diseases 400% more accurately than human physicians. Is there a catch? Does watching or listening to videos and podcasts too fast inhibit your ability to retain what was discussed in them? And Google rolls out a suite of AI powered education tools for teachers. Will it help? Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Brian Brushwood joins us to explain how he uses camera robots to help him with his podcasting setup. Is it too soon to call Microsoft Copilot+ PCs a failure? Google Labs launches Doppl, a new experimental iOS and Android app that lets you virtually try on outfits via AI generated images of yourself. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Brian Brushwood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Can AI help revive dying languages? Will Smith is here with the rules for a successful Internet of Things experience. Anthropic research suggests users engaging with Claude about emotional issues often report increased positivity as conversations progress. And the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta has poached three OpenAI researchers. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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

CEO of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince, stated in an Axios article that search traffic referrals have plummeted as people increasingly rely on AI. Meta announced new Oakley smart glasses starting at $399. We talk to Andrew Mayne about his interview with OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. And its Friday we test your knowledge of shave headed tech CEOs. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Andrew Mayne, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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

Emily Forlini is here to give us an update on the state of brain computer interfaces. Google DeepMind and Google Research launched a new AI-based tropical cyclone forecasting model. NYU and UC Berkeley researchers have come up with a way to train robots by watching people perform tasks from their own perspectives. And Amazon Prime Video pads out their streaming non-ad free subscription with more ads. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Emily Forlini, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Meta's AI app draws criticism for its unclear privacy settings. Is cryptocurrency about to actually go mainstream? Google reiterated its opposition to age verification of a device's user through its app store. And its our Friday great debates as well tackle some of the world's most contentious issues. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

TikTok is rolling out its “Manage Topics” feature globally. Nintendo will NOT provide review copies of the upcoming Switch 2 console. We explain away the FUD surrounding inaccurate beliefs about how waterproof our devices are. And Reddit rolls out the ability to hide your post history on your profile. Good or bad idea? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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

Google's AI assistant, Gemini, will summarize long emails unless you opt out. AI dev platform, Hugging Face, introduced two new open source humanoid robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. Even with RCS, messaging Android users from an iPhone still kind of sucks. Will Apple address that at WWDC 2025? And it's Friday Quiz time. Who spoke the quote, Steve Jobs or ChatGPT? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Trisha Hershberger is here with the latest PC building trends she saw at this year's COMPUTEX tradeshow. And Anthropic's CEO paints a stark picture of what AI could do to the entry level white collar job market in the next 1 to 5 years. Instagram now supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos. And why SteamOS could make Windows irrelevant on handheld gaming PCs. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang, and Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

How reliable are LLMs when it comes to judgements in sensitive areas? Turns out not so much. How oversharing information online can make you a bigger target for cyber criminals. And can LLMs do a better job being CEO than a human could? Plus it's Friday and it's time to screw you thinking caps on as we quiz our panel about bad product names. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Space the final frontier for startups. Rob DeMillo is here to talk to us about the Space startup scene. Anthropic releases hybrid LLMs Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. Will Jony Ives AI device be more successful than Rabbit R1 or the Humane AI pin? And is Google harming its own ability to compete in the LLM space with its confusing naming conventions? Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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

Charter is buying Cox to form a cable giant, while Verizon gets FCC approval to acquire Frontier and expand fiber to millions. Meanwhile, Apple and Epic are back at it over Fortnite, OpenAI launches a coding assistant, Microsoft kills the Surface Laptop Studio, and Acer shows off sleek new gear at Computex. Also: Nvidia denies shifting GPU work to China, and Kickstarter gets serious about funding climate tech. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Molly Wood, Len Peralta, Amos, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Coinbase revealed a major data breach tied to contractor bribery, refusing a $20M ransom and facing up to $400M in fallout. Apple launched CarPlay Ultra with deeper in-car integration, starting with Aston Martin. Microsoft is shutting down third-party Bing Search APIs, while Trump criticized Apple's move to import India-made iPhones. Meanwhile, Pinterest faces backlash over mass account bans. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Amos, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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

Apple earned over $10 billion from U.S. App Store commissions last year, while Epic continues pushing to relist Fortnite amid ongoing policy shifts. Meanwhile, Microsoft banned the DeepSeek app over privacy concerns, and Meta is reportedly reversing course by adding facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses despite previous backlash. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Amos, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

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

Xbox prices are going up? Is the first time in home video gaming where prices increase as a system gets older? Meta has plans to overhaul the advertising business from top to bottom, but will it work? Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Amos To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

OpenAI pulls an update from ChatGPT that made it too sycophantic. Will Apple Intelligence ever come out? And researchers study if robo-vacuums can be repurposed for other tasks. Finland will restrict student phone use during the school day starting August 1st. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Amos To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

And how Warner Brothers Discovery is using AI to improve live sports coverage.Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Will AI replace apps as the primary interface for technology? Meta's CTO thinks so. Netflix rolls out dialogue only subtitles. In Australia an AI-generated radio host of a four-hour show went unnoticed for months. And we end the week with another quizzical quiz that we'll test your knowledge of life after death through technology in big and small screen. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Can training an LLM on your work enable it to reproduce it with the same precision and quality? Would an energy efficiency label sway your decision on which smartphone or tablet you bought? Is 2025 the year when AI becomes a central pillar in which companies organize themselves around? And Uber, Volkswagen team up to launch US robotaxi service with self-driving, electric microbuses. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

A very convincing phishing scam hits Gmail and Blair from This Week in Science helps us understand how AI helps us understand Dolphins.Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood, and Blair Bazdarich.Links to stories featured in this episode can be found here.

We discuss alternatives to Google's ubiquitous search tool. Will screenshots be the universal method of capturing digital information for AI digital assistants? Is a trend of using ChatGPT to identify locations from photos another threat to privacy? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Google has been found guilty of breaking the law to establish its dominance in ad tech. What discuss what it means for the company. Community colleges struggle against bots pretending to be students stealing financial aid funds. How has AI impacted irregular digital workers who rely on online work to get by? And Polaroid introduces an updated version of their popular camera taking the best of both the old and the new. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Plus we explain why chips do still have tariffs despite receiving some exemptions and why they may get new tariffs in the next couple of months. Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood, and Matteo Doni.Links to storied in this episode can be found here.

Toshiba unveils the Aurex AX-RP10, a portable wireless record player. MIT researchers study if English-speaking robots improve the quality of dialogue between parents and children. Plus would you subscribe to your appliance? And it's time again for our Friday end-of-week Great Debates! Unemployed or Phoneless, Smell vs Taste; which side will you take? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Plus, augmented reality has deeper roots than you think and what Dr. Gippitti is good at. (Chat GPT to its friends.)Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here.

Goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Buzz Out Loud!Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here.

Apple AirPods Max are set to get a firmware update with support for ultra-low latency high-fidelity audio, and Chloe Castillo from Cal Fire talks with Tom about how they put together the Palisades Fire Ops briefing during the Los Angeles fires.Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here.