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In this episode:

• I spent three months with Telly, the free TV that’s always showing ads
• $55 Billion Deal for Electronic Arts Is Biggest Buyout Ever

• EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion

• Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name
• OpenAI adds Instant Checkout shopping feature to ChatGPT
• OpenAI is launching the Sora app, its own TikTok competitor, alongside the Sora 2 model
• Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy

• Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

• DoorDash launches delivery robot in latest push into autonomous technology

• Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60%
• Elon Musk’s Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster
• FCC accidentally leaked iPhone schematics, potentially giving rivals a peek at company secrets
• Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses

Weird and Wacky:

• Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson
• Retail Stores May Soon Use Drones to Chase Thieves
• The man who's never owned a cellphone
• Nazi Symbols Found Hidden In James Gunn’s Peacemaker Dance, Now Being Banned

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Piloting Claude for Chrome \ Anthropic
• Adam - Ulanzi Tripod

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In this episode:

• Elon Musk sparks backlash after issuing 48-hour assignment to employees: 'This is due by noon on Thursday'
• Three crashes in the first day? Tesla’s robotaxi test in Austin
• Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before 60 miles
• Tesla is looking to redesign its door handles following trapped-passenger reports
• U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly

• That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus

• Disney Is Raising Streaming Prices to as Much as $19 a Month

• Apple Warns All iPhone Users—Do Not Use Google Chrome
• MLB will use robot umpires in 2026
• Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of data center buildout
• New cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency
• Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening
• Trump says Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Murdochs will be involved in TikTok deal

Weird and Wacky:

• NYC’s newest EV charger hangs 10 feet high on a lamppost
• Startup uses AI to fight art forgeries—with hyper-realistic copies
• Scientists Create Clear Coating To Invisibly Turn Windows Into Solar Panels
• Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges
• Inventor of $399 Vibrating Chef's Knife Says It Requires '50% Less Force to Cut'

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - amFilm Privacy Screen Protector
• Adam - iPhone 17 Pro

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In this episode:

• Meta leaks its new smart glasses with a display
• Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller
• Women use ChatGPT as much as men
• How People Are Using ChatGPT: OpenAI Study
• Americans want AI to stay out of their personal lives
• AI Podcast Start Up Plans 5,000 Shows, 3,000 Episode a Week
• Exclusive: Anthropic's Claude is getting better at building itself, Amodei says
• Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code
• Tesla's 'self-driving' software fails at train crossings, some car owners warn
• Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday
• Donald Trump signals US and China have struck TikTok deal
• A Solution to the C.I.A.’s ‘Kryptos’ Sculpture Goes Up for Auction
• Framework Reveals Upgradable Laptop GPU
• Robinhood Unveils New Fund To Open Private Markets To Everyday Investors
• Kayak co-founder takes on Calendly with new Supercal scheduling platform

Weird and Wacky:

• Albania Names AI Chatbot as New Corruption Minister
• Landlines are making a comeback… with children
• Can grapevines help slow the plastic waste problem?
• McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’
• Massive Attack Turns Concert Into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Papermark
• Adam - Manus.im

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In this episode:

• Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy
• Musk's $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises
• Lyft’s first ‘robotaxis’ are live in Atlanta

• Amazon's Zoox jumps into U.S. robotaxi race with Las Vegas launch

• Interim NASA head tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon

• Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast

• Google reframes its statements about the "rapid decline" of the open web

• Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel 'fake'
• Grok can rewrite Wikipedia to remove falsehoods and add missing context: Elon Musk
• Virginia Tech adopts artificial intelligence into the admissions process
• “AI Inbreeding,” The Phenomenon Threatening Artificial Intelligence
• OpenAI and Microsoft reach tentative deal to revise partnership

• OpenAI Realignment to Give Nonprofit Over $100 Billion Stake - Bloomberg

• Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity executive says Meta endangered billions of users in new suit

• Signal’s first paid feature adds encrypted media and message backups
• Introducing Signal Secure Backups

• Robinhood, a Broker Built for Social-Media Age, to Launch Its Own Social Network

• Netflix, Amazon Set Alliance to Broaden Connected-TV Impressions for Ad Buyers

• Spotify adds lossless streaming after 8 years of teasing

Weird and Wacky:

• A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer
• E-Paper Display Refresh Rate Reaches New Heights
• How to make metals from Martian dirt - CSIRO
• Burger King hacked, attackers 'impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices' — systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain,’ other RBI brands like Tim Hortons and Popeyes also vulnerable
• OpenAI-Backed AI-Made Animated Movie Headed to Theaters
• This 30-year-old CEO says his AI negotiator can successfully haggle down the price of a car by thousands of dollars

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Submarine Cable Map
• Adam - Imprint App

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In this episode:

• OpenAI is building an AI jobs platform that could challenge Microsoft’s LinkedIn
• Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million
• What is a Clanker and why are people on social media using it as an anti-AI slang?
• Tokyo uses AI to warn residents to prepare for the worst with simulation of Mount Fuji erupting

• Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

• Tesco trials avocado ripeness scanners

• Garmin Debuts High-End Sports Watch Ahead of Apple’s New Model
• Polar Unveils Whoop-Like Fitness Band Without a Subscription Fee

• Paramount and Activision partner on Call of Duty live-action film

• Jury slams Google over app data collection to tune of $425 million

• Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

• Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

• Trump Administration Moves to Ease Rules for Self-Driving Cars
• This startup wants to sell a fully self-driving car you can own, no supervision required

• Who Needs a Pilot? This New Autonomous Air Taxi Can Fly Passengers Hundreds of Miles

• Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters: An analysis of transparency vs. anonymity in the VPN ecosystem, and implications for users

Weird and Wacky:

• Brand new $1M luxury yacht tips over and sinks just minutes after launching — forcing crew to jump overboard
• CEO who snatched boy's hat at US Open says he made 'huge mistake'
• Anthropic tasked an AI with running a vending machine in its offices, and it not only sold some products at a big loss but it invented people, meetings, and experienced a bizarre identity crisis

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS Battery Backup
• Adam - Clockify

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In this episode:

• U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector
• Elon Musk is lying about Tesla’s self-driving and I have the DMs to prove it
• Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme harmed X, Grok
• Perplexity Will Share Revenue From AI Searches With Publishers
• Apple in talks to use Google's Gemini AI to power revamped Siri, Bloomberg News reports
• Malaysia Launches Ryt Bank -- The World's First AI-Powered Bank
• Michigan Supreme Court Rules Unrestricted Phone Searches Violate Fourth Amendment
• Nothing busted using professional photos as Phone 3 samples
• Spotify is adding DMs
• Why MIT Study On Enterprise Market Is Pressuring AI Stocks
• Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence

Weird and Wacky:

• Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes
• Will Smith’s concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
• Restaurant battles fake deals offered by Google AI: ‘It’s coming back on us’

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Claude Code
• Adam - Safari

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In this episode:

• Amazon now sells used Hertz rental cars
• Biometric ‘eGates’ to be tested at these US airports, CLEAR announces: How they work
• Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin on seven blockchains
• White House launches TikTok account with Trump saying 'I am your voice'
• Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations

Weird and Wacky:

• Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says
• Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination
• How Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes
• Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair teeth
• A new generation is uncovering the tiny doodles left by engineers on old microchips
• Netflix Launching Astrology Hub: Streamer to Recommend Shows Based on Your Sign
• Marines managed to get past an AI powered camera “undetected” thanks to hiding in boxes

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Historical Tech Tree
• Adam - PikaPods.com

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In this episode:

• Flipper Zero DarkWeb Firmware Bypasses Rolling Code Security
• Dial-up Internet to be discontinued
• AI Firm Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Bid For Google's Chrome Browser
• Anthropic offers Claude chatbot to US lawmakers for $1
• Sam Altman’s new startup wants to merge machines and humans
• The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI
• AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
• ​​AI can make us UK's biggest firm, Rolls-Royce says
• ​​An AI-powered coding tool wiped out a software company’s database, then apologized for a ‘catastrophic failure on my part’
• ​​Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case
• Illinois bans AI therapy as some states begin to scrutinize chatbots
• ​​Women with AI ‘boyfriends’ mourn lost love after ‘cold’ ChatGPT upgrade
• Reddit will block the Internet Archive
• How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content
• Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules
• Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court
• California's wildfire moonshot: How new technology will defeat advancing flames
• Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities
• As Streaming Bills Pile Up, Sling TV Tries New Tactic: a Low-Cost One-Day Pass

Weird and Wacky:

• Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke
• The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
• PSA: YouTube will start guessing your age from today (Updated)
• Woman, 30, Says Oura Ring Detected 1st Sign She Had Stage 4 Cancer — 8 Months Before Doctors Did

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Cloudgazing
• Adam - CleanMyMac

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In this episode:

• GPT-5 is being released to all ChatGPT users
• Hiding secret codes in light protects against fake videos
• Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal
• Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
• High costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups
• China’s Unitree R1 Is a Humanoid Robot Costing Less Than $6,000
• Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case
• Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash
• Hackers leak 13,000 user photos and IDs from the Tea app, designed as a women's safe space
• A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
• Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access

Weird and Wacky:

• Vote for the stamp you want to bring back!
• Welcome to the Grocery Store Where Prices Change 100 Times a Day
• Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen.
• CCTV Footage Captures the First-Ever Video of an Earthquake Fault in Motion, Shining a Rare Light on Seismic Dynamics
• Coffeematic PC

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Linear ( Linear sent me down a local-first rabbit hole | Bytemash )
• Adam - Gamma.app

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In this episode:

• OpenAI CEO tells Federal Reserve confab that entire job categories will disappear due to AI
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Warns Bankers, Regulators of Coming Fraud ‘Crisis’
• Netflix admits to using AI in one of its shows
• Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff
• News/Media Alliance Secures Takedown of Illegal Paywall Bypass Website 12ft.io
• Surprising Science: How Electric Cars Quietly Transform Urban Air
• Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
• Your Android phone is getting better at warning you about earthquakes
• FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices

Weird and Wacky:

• Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP
• Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro With Bus Stop For Their Grandkids

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Swappa
• Adam - AccuWeather App

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In this episode:

• X ordered its Grok chatbot to ‘tell like it is.’ Then the Nazi tirade began.
• xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’
• OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks
• Pa. House passes ‘click-to-cancel’ subscription bills as court throws out federal rule
• SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds
• Ukrainian Hackers Cripple IT Infrastructure of Russian Drone Manufacturer — What We Know So Far
• Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts
• Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA
• Routine eye scan 'could predict 10-year heart attack and stroke risk', University of Dundee study suggests

Weird and Wacky:

• 7 Engineers Suspended After $2.3 Million Bridge Includes Bizarre 90-Degree Turn
• Humans Are Starting to Talk More Like ChatGPT, Study Claims
• NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World
• Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes
• We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Anker SD Card Reader
• Adam - Scriveiner EDC Luxury Rollerball Pen

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In this episode:

• Tesla Robotaxi Hits Parked Car in First Recorded Accident
• Malcolm Gladwell on autonomous vehicles
• Waymo at Krog Street Tunnel
• Waymo on Spring Street
• Star Wars - The Ghost's Apprentice (Fan Film)
• Joe Rogan's Latest Episode Will Make You Question Everything About AI
• How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI
• Rocket Scientists Hooked Up ChatGPT to the Controls of a Spaceship, and the Results Were Not What You Might Expect
• Netflix and SpaceX show how streaming space tourism is the new reality TV
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk Confirms Wild Rumors As $37 Trillion ‘Emergency’ Predicted To Blow Up Bitcoin Price
• Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna
• Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
• Cloudflare: We Will Get Google To Provide A Way To Block AI Overviews
• Jack Dorsey Announces Bitchat Messaging App
• Belkin ending support for older Wemo Products
• Ikea Bets Big On The Matter Smart Home

Weird and Wacky:

• Army tests robotic coyotes to defend fighter jets
• Edible Microlasers Could Revolutionize Food Tracking and Safety
• Community Confused by "Rizzbot" Walking Around With Cowboy Hat and Chain, Complimenting Their Outfits in Gen Alpha Slang

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Harper
• Joe - Meross

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In this episode:

• Elon Musk’s early birthday present to himself—the first Tesla just drove itself from its factory straight to the customer
• Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
• Mammals could regenerate damaged tissue by turning on ‘genetic switch’: Chinese team
• Grammarly acquires AI email client Superhuman
• Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
• ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
• Bioprinted organs ‘10–15 years away,’ says startup regenerating dog skin

Weird and Wacky:

• Someone Built an Ad Blocker for Real Life, and I Can't Wait to Try It
• The first autonomous robot football match happened in China and it's like watching drunk toddlers with fewer ethical setbacks

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - NHTSA: Check for Recalls: Vehicle, Car Seat, Tire, Equipment
• Adam - Trmnl

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In this episode:

• Tesla officially launches robotaxis in Austin to a small group of users, charging a $4.20 flat fee per ride
• Tesla’s robotaxi is live: here are some of the first reactions
• Tesla Robotaxi Safety Monitor Forced to Clamber Into Driver's Seat and Take Over, Passenger Says
• Tesla shares soar after first robotaxi test rides hit the road in Austin, Texas
• Tesla Stock Slips. This Is What Eclipsed the Robo-Taxi Hype.

• Waymo’s robotaxis are now available on the Uber app in Atlanta

• ChatGPT Record just launched for Pro users — here’s why free users could get it next

• Federal judge rules copyrighted books are fair use for AI training
• Anthropic now lets you make apps right from its Claude AI chatbot
• Rakuten accelerates development with Claude Code

• Google Drops a Terminal Bomb: Gemini CLI Hits 17K GitHub Stars Overnight

• These 'autofocus' glasses could soon make bifocals obsolete – by tracking your eyes in real time

• ​​Exclusive: Uber-backed electric bike startup Lime hires banks for US IPO, sources say
• Forget Starlink – this Chinese satellite internet tech is capable of 1Gbps speeds that are five times faster
• Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
• Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost radar after fiber optic line was cut
• Iconic job website files for bankruptcy

Weird and Wacky:

• Jeopardy! contestant won thanks to wildest Final Jeopardy coincidence
• Motorcycle Giant Unveils A Rideable Robot That Mimics A Horse

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Help Scout
• Adam - Invideo AI

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In this episode:

• God help us, Donald Trump is launching Trump Mobile and plans to sell a phone
• Pizza order shows the world is on the brink
• Meta's AI memorised books verbatim – that could cost it billions
• World’s first flying humanoid robot uses AI and jet thrust to hover in test flight
• Risk Expert Says "Learn to Code" Is Now Worse Advice Than "Get a Face Tattoo"
• James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032

Weird and Wacky:

• I let smart glasses read my emotions and watch what I eat — and now I can’t unsee the future
• This paint ‘sweats’ to keep your house cool
• World's largest game of red light, green light played in California

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Ubiquiti Camera G6 Instant
• Adam - Alpine SleepDeep Multisize - Soft Ear Plugs for Sleeping and Concentration

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In this episode:

• Anthropic’s AI is writing its own blog — with human oversight
• Anthropic’s AI-generated blog dies an early death
• I Read All Of Cloudflare's Claude-Generated Commits
• Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts we’ll ‘colonize the galaxy’ in 2030—but he draws the line at robot nurses
• ​​Apple Researchers Just Released a Damning Paper That Pours Cold Water on the Entire AI Industry
• 'The illusion of thinking': Apple research finds AI models collapse and give up with hard puzzles
• ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
• Your favorite AI chatbot is lying to you all the time
• ​​Google’s AI search features are killing traffic to publishers
• Walmart bringing drone delivery service to Atlanta
• Meta's tech chief says smart glasses will be the next smartphone — just don't expect it soon
• Japanese Researchers Develop ‘Transparent Paper’ as Alternative to Plastics; New Material Is…
• German Scientists Break Nuclear Fusion Record, Advancing Clean Energy Future
• BYD’s Five-Minute Charging Puts China in the Lead for EVs
• Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Compatible With All Blood Types
• The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State
• From Word and Excel to LibreOffice: Danish ministry says goodbye to Microsoft

Weird and Wacky:

• This corporal's 'reply all' email debacle went viral. When the memes blew up, a top Marine took notice.
• Buried for 16 Million Years, Scientists Unearth a Prehistoric Spider So Big, It Might Have Stalked Dinosaurs
• Deloitte's US employees can now buy $1,000 of Lego on the company's dime to boost their well-being
• 432 Chinese robots moved an entire 7,500-ton neighborhood before returning it to its original spot to build a subway.

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Merlin Bird ID
• Adam - Cable Matters 2 Pack USB On Off Switch

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In this episode:

• The hottest new vibe coding startup may be a sitting duck for hackers
• ​​Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath
• Windsurf says Anthropic is limiting its direct access to Claude AI models
• OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
• After groundbreaking CRISPR therapy, a homecoming
• ​​Meta Apps Have Been Covertly Tracking Android Users' Web Activity for Months
• Using AI to generate “UGC”
• Amazon set to test AI-powered humanoid robots for deliveries - report
• Walmart is selling a $200 smartwatch for only $37, and shoppers say it's 'a great product for the money'
• WWDC is Upon Us
• The Claude 4 System Card is a Wild Read

Weird and Wacky:

• 'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles

Tech Rec:

• Joe - Flighty
• Adam - Zapiers new AI Agent Builder

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In this episode:

• Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps
• ​​Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems
• iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, iPadOS 26: Apple to Rebrand Device Software
• Tesla Is Hiring Humans To Control Its 'Self-Driving' Robotaxis
• Chemical Modification of Acetaminophen To Reduce Liver Toxicity and Enhance Drug Efficacy
• Victoria’s Secret takes down website after security incident
• TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreessen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and hundreds more
• ​​DJT shares fall 10% as Trump Media says it's raising $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin
• Treasury Department to discontinue penny production
• “Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall
• By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall
• Secret chatbot use causes workplace rifts
• Anthropic Appoints Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings to Board
• Opera’s new AI browser promises to write code while you sleep
• ​​Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need This New Email Address
• ChatGPT Defies Orders For The First Time Ever—Elon Musk Calls It ‘Concerning’
• ​​AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed
• Medical errors are still harming patients. AI could help change that.

Weird and Wacky:

• I found space station blueprints in my garage and took them to NASA
• ​​Getting a Cease and Desist from Waffle House
• Leafal Weapon
• Groundbreaking new contact lens lets people see even in dark

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - ofatlanta.com
• Adam - TMY Mini Projector, Upgraded Bluetooth Projector with Screen

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In this episode:

• Musk's xAI updates Grok chatbot after 'white genocide' comments
• MoviePass Gets $100 Million Investment in Box Office Game Mogul
• "We would be less confidential than Google" – Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law
• ‘Sesame Street’ Saved, Inks New Streaming Deal With Netflix
• Breakthrough stretchy battery moves like toothpaste and could power pacemakers and hearing aids
• Google I/O
• Lots more AI in search results
• XR Glasses, with Samsung and Warby Parker, coming later this year
• Veo 3 - audio and video at the same time
• Gemini live - see what’s on your screen in real-time
• Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will still exist ‘because you still need childcare’
• Pocket is shutting down
• Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login Credentials
• OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive's AI devices startup for $6.4 billion
• Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users' Lives
• Fortnite is finally back on US iPhones
• Fortnite approved by Apple, returns to U.S. App Store 5 years after removal
• Fortnite maker charged with unfair labor practice over AI Darth Vader

Weird and Wacky:

• Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
• Robert’s list

Tech Rec:

• Mickey - Mac Stage Manager
• Adam - ​​Cumrige Self Cleaning Litter Box

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In this episode:

• United’s Starlink-powered Wi-Fi is the end of airplane mode
• ​​United Adds Caviar Service and Luxe Jammies in Race for Superpremium Travelers
• You can book private chefs and personal trainers on Airbnb now
• Google updating its ‘G’ icon for the first time in 10 years
• Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft
• Coinbase warns of up to $400 million hit from cyberattack
• Coinbase is replacing Discover on the S&P 500 stock market index: Here’s why and what that means
• ​​Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
• ​​CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
• AMC to Slash Movie Ticket Prices by 50% on Wednesdays
• Perplexity AI wrapping talks to raise $500 million at $14 billion valuation
• New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life
• ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider

Weird and Wacky:

• Family shows AI video of slain victim as an impact statement — possibly a legal first
• Max was an all-time bad rebrand
• Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
• NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix

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• Adam - HP Chromebook 14 Laptop

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In this episode:

• RIP Skype
• Meta threatens to cut off Facebook in Nigeria over huge fines
• Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
• How cardinals are using social media ahead of the papal conclave
• Vatican to cut phone signal during conclave to elect new pope
• ​​OpenAI says nonprofit will retain control of company, bowing to outside pressure
• ​​The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
• Messaging app used by Trump official suspends operations after reported hack
• Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs
• Say goodbye to traditional returns – Walmart, Amazon and Target will refund your money without asking for the product back
• E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
• FTC bans hidden fees for live events and short-term rentals, effective May 12

Weird and Wacky:

• MoviePass explores a daily fantasy platform for film buffs
• Google is finally building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode
• ​​Popemobile to become health clinic for Gaza children

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• Sanjay - VERT.sh
• Adam - Treehut Watch

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In this episode:

• Microsoft goes passwordless by default on new accounts
• Anthropic lets users connect more apps to Claude
• Arizona laptop farmer pleads guilty for funneling $17M to Kim Jong Un
• Apple (AAPL) Failed to Open App Store to Competition, Judge Rules
• Router Maker TP-Link Faces US Criminal Antitrust Investigation
• Confirmed – NASA warns International Space Station (ISS) is in critical condition and has no contingency plan
• Researchers Warn of Ozone Risk With Deorbited Starlink Satellites
• Spain will take 'all necessary measures' to prevent another blackout, says PM - live updates
• The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
• Bezos-backed Slate Auto unveils affordable EV truck
• Less Is More: Slate Brings Back HVAC Knobs, Crank Windows, and a Screenless Dash
• Meta Is Turning Its Ray-Bans Into a Surveillance Machine for AI

Weird and Wacky:

• Man buys WWI shipwreck for $400 on Facebook Marketplace

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• Adam - The Official Bullet Journal Edition 2

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In this episode:

• A unique sound alleviates motion sickness
• Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers
• Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away
• Why It’s So Difficult for Robots to Make Your Nike Sneakers
• Saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT costs millions of dollars, CEO says
• Starbucks opens its first 3D-printed store. Is it cheaper than the real thing?
• Apple Watch Turns 10
• YouTube Turns 20
• Adam Neumann’s Flow More Than Doubles Valuation, Eyes Eventual IPO

Weird and Wacky:

• Someone hacked Seattle crosswalk buttons to broadcast fake Jeff Bezos messages about tax dodging
• Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before
• Chinese robots ran against humans in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile

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• Sanjay - GitHub Copilot
• Joe - Soundcore Sleep A20 Earbuds by Anker

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In this episode:

• The biggest trial in Meta's history starts Monday. Here's what to know
• Meta trial: 5 key moments from Zuckerberg's testimony

• Google loses online advertising monopoly case

• Anthropic’s Claude can now read your Gmail

• A small US city is experimenting with AI to find out what residents want

• ​​How Dairy Robots Are Changing Work for Cows (and Farmers)

• Touchable 3D holograms are now a reality in world-first breakthrough
• Tim Cook ‘cares about nothing else’ product-wise other than beating Mark Zuckerberg to a pair of truly smart glasses

• Doctors Say They’ve Found a Way to Clean the Microplastics Out of Your Body

• Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at US labor watchdog

• Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
• Chinese marketplace DHgate becomes a top US app as trade war intensifies

• ‘Incredibly concerning’: Facebook black market groups offer rideshare and delivery driver accounts for sale, researchers say

• Blue Origin mission with all-female crew, including Katy Perry, completes space trip

• Atlanta airport retains ‘world’s busiest’ crown in 2024

Weird and Wacky:

• ‘End of an era’: The last RadioShack in Maryland is closing its doors
• I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered
• Google’s newest AI model is designed to help study dolphin ‘speech’
• California cities are trying to figure out how fake voices mocking Musk and Zuckerberg were added to crosswalks
• A tweet asked for a simple finance app: Two hours later, it existed
• NASA Study Suggests No Astronaut Has Ever Left Earth's Atmosphere
• Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - The Fish Doorbell
• Adam - Prepared Hero Emergency Fire Blanket - 2 Pack - Fire Suppression Blanket

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In this episode:

• Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs
• Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say
• The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
• Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs
• No Fakes Act Reintroduced in Congress With Support From Google, RIAA, More
• Notice of Data Breach | Blue Shield of California
• Rebooted Digg launches early-access community with $5 fee

Weird and Wacky:

• The city said it would take three years to install a speed bump. So I bought my own on the Internet.
• Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town
• Stephen A. Smith considering 2028 presidential run
• Remember public phones? The Masters still offers old-school devices as alternative to cellphones

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• Sanjay - EWG Tap Water Database
• Joe - The Brick

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In this episode:

• LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs
• Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed
• Yankees have an MIT Physicist that built them the Torpedo Bat…
• Say goodbye to chain crews: The NFL will use camera technology to measure 1st downs
• Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
• Mozilla launching "Thundermail" email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365
• ​​Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology
• Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry

Weird and Wacky:

• Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale Of ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’
• Tinder’s new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skills

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In this episode:

• OpenAI expects revenue will triple to $12.7 billion this year, source says
• ​​Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth
• Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist
• The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
• JPMorgan Says Quantum Experiment Generated Truly Random Numbers
• A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
• How celebrities like Mark Wahlberg and Gwen Stefani are monetising spirituality through the Hallow app
• Lyft to roll out robotaxis in Atlanta

Weird and Wacky:

• Stephen Curry teams up with Michelle Obama to launch sports drink
• Country song dedicated to Elon Musk is completely ridiculous
• 'We use them every day': In some parts of the US, the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Calendar
• Adam - 3A 36W USB C to Lightning Adapter, USBC to Lightning Adapter

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In this episode:

• Roku tests customer patience with startup video ads
• Roku Users Are Furious About New Pre-Home Screen Ads
• Company Says It Caught Corporate Spy With a Slack Trap
• BYD Shares Touch All-Time High After Unveiling New Charging Tech
• Tesla fans expose Tesla's own shadiness in attempt to defend Autopilot crash
• Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service installed in White House
• Claude can now search the web
• Joby Aviation inches closer to getting full government approval for its electric air taxis
• Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest

Weird and Wacky:

• AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code
• UBTech’s tough humanoid robot braves rough terrains at 6 mph speed
• Video: Chinese firm's obstacle-clearing robot redefines mobility with dual-wheel design

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• Sanjay - Control D
• Adam - tomtoc 5.5L X-Pac Sling Bag

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In this episode:

• McDonald’s Gives Its Restaurants an AI Makeover
• AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance
• China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything
• Manus probably isn't China's second 'DeepSeek moment'
• Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google
• Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
• Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For
• Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery

Weird and Wacky:

• The Surprisingly Difficult Mathematical Proof That Anime Fans Helped Solve
• 'Cheetozard,' Viral Pokémon-Shaped Cheeto, Sells for Nearly $88K at Auction
• Buffalo Wild Wings to offer multi-vision goggles in advance of March Madness

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - It is as if you were on your phone | 📱
• Adam - Osprey Ultralight Collapsible Stuff Pack

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In this episode:

• Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025
• Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it's not using people's data for AI
• An update on our Terms of Use | The Mozilla Blog
• Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash
• The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects
• Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked
• Remember Digg? It's Getting a Reboot, Thanks to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian
• Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
• Blood donor James Harrison, who saved 2 million babies, has died
• A Surprising New Tool in the Fight Against Cancer: Aspirin
• Scientists discover new part of the immune system

Weird and Wacky:

• ‘So magical and cute’: Why an oddly-shaped Puppy Mountain in China is drawing crowds
• What Is the $19 Strawberry From Erewhon?
• De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step towards woolly mammoths

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• Sanjay - LibreWolf
• Cara - Vestaboard

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In this episode:

• Apple shareholders vote to keep its diversity policies
• Automattic’s “nuclear war” over WordPress access sparks potential class action
• Right to Repair Laws Have Now Been Introduced in All 50 US States
• Signal shuns Sweden over proposed encryption-busting laws
• A Billion People Are Watching Podcasts on YouTube Every Month
• Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral
• Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus
• EPWater ready to make advanced water purification new resource
• When is the planet parade 2025? How to see all 7 planets on Friday night, what to know

Weird and Wacky:

• British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work
• Katy Perry joins Gayle King and Jeff Bezos' fiancee on rocket to space
• How to tell if your USB cable is hiding malicious hacker hardware

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Signs - Nvidia launching AI platform to make learning sign language easier
• Shannon - Terra Kaffe

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In this episode:

• Trump administration says it has no plans to fulfill $400 million 'armored Tesla' contract
• Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
• DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever
• White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws - Users' locations and texts can be intercepted, including DoD employees
• Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup’s assets for $116M
• All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days
• ​​Elizabeth Holmes Breaks Her Silence in First Interview from Prison: 'It’s Been Hell and Torture'
• ​​Bioengineering makes robotic limbs feel natural
• The 20 year old PSP can now connect to WPA2 Wifi Network
• Spotify Weighs $6 Premium for Added Features, Access to Tickets
• Apple unveils cheaper iPhone 16e powerful enough to run AI
• Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language

Weird and Wacky:

• That guy who threw away $775 million in Bitcoin wants to buy the whole garbage dump
• A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera
• Wild fish can recognize human divers

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• Sanjay - AutoSlash
• Adam - Tactical Pen

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In this episode:

• ​​YouTube Is Buying TikTok Ads to Lure Creators Before US Ban
• UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
• Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations
• T-Mobile’s Starlink messaging service is now free to try, even if you aren’t on T-Mobile
• You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free
• NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
• Stellantis Introduces Pop-Up Ads in Vehicles, Sparking Outrage Among Owners
• E Ink's color ePaper tech gets supersized for outdoor displays
• BuzzFeed’s New Plan: An AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Help “Spread Joy”

Weird and Wacky:

• Man fined $200 for using speakerphone in French train station
• Groundbreaking AI chip runs on light and is smaller than a grain of salt

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - WikiTok - ​​Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
• Adam - n8n.io

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In this episode:

• The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out
• Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies
• That group has been deleted
• El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment
• Bitcoin (BTC) College Savings Plan: Parents Ditch 529 Funds for Crypto
• Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek
• Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
• Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine

Weird and Wacky:

• DEA Officer Who 3D-Printed Cocaine Gets 17 Years in Prison
• Costa Rican Supermarket Wins Trademark Battle Against Nintendo
• ​​The government had been planning it for 7 years, beavers built the dam in two days and saved them $1 million

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• Sanjay - Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition
• Adam - Notebook LM

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In this episode:

• A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging
• What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world?
• DeepSeek ‘punctures’ AI leaders’ spending plans, and what analysts are saying
• ​​Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History
• How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions

• Microsoft probes if DeepSeek-linked group improperly obtained OpenAI data, Bloomberg News reports

• Citing ‘Shadow of Evil,’ Vatican Warns About the Risks of A.I.

• ​​Trump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Orders

• Scientists inch closer to creating ‘artificial sun’ in the search for unlimited energy

• CERN's particle accelerator tech is being reimagined to blast cancer in under a second

• Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space

• ​​Pebble is coming back

• Smartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form
• Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
• Bookshop.org Now Sells Ebooks
• Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
• ​​OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
• ​​Logitech’s peel-and-stick radar sensors could let companies invisibly monitor their offices

Weird and Wacky:

• Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home’s front walkway
• I built an Omni-Directional Ball-Wheeled Bike
• Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America
• Christopher Walken Hates Techonology: No Phone, Uses Satellite TV
• Why the rich love digital shoplifting
• Man launches ‘villain for hire’ service where people take him down to become heroes

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• Sanjay - Co.dev
• Adam - BESIGN LS03 Aluminum Laptop Stand

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In this episode:

• VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
• DHS guts cyber review board as Trump moves against ‘misuse of resources’
• Instagram announces a blatant CapCut clone
• Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative
• Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok
• OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
• OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate
• ​​Elon Musk and Sam Altman take to social media to fight over Stargate
• Substack introduces a $20M funding guarantee to entice creators to migrate to its platform

Weird and Wacky:

• Someone bought the domain ‘OGOpenAI’ and redirected it to a Chinese AI lab

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• Sanjay - Franklin Sensors ProSensor M210 Stud Finder
• Adam - Yuka App

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In this episode:

• Everyone’s Downloading a New Chinese Social Media App Before the TikTok Ban
• ​​With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’
• TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well
• ​​Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
• ​​Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
• OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
• University of Waterloo researchers engineer bacteria to eat microplastics. But is it a pipe dream?
• Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
• 2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

Weird and Wacky:

• Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
• Some Paris Olympic athletes ask for medals to be replaced after quickly deteriorating
• Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It’s Now a $200 Million Fiasco

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Sonos Roam 2
• Adam - Cube Timer, Gravity Sensor Flip Timer

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In this episode:

• White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices
• 'Fundamentally wrong': Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks
• Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of plan to end fact-checking program
• Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says He’s Nearing Deal to Buy TikTok
• TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home
• TiVo-powered TVs are coming to the US
• No more needles! Tracking blood sugar on your wrist
• How ads are chewing through half of your mobile data

Weird and Wacky:

• Dell mocked at its own press launch for copying Apple’s naming convention
• Physicists magnetize a material with light
• Microsoft disguises Bing as Google to fool inattentive searchers
• Kodak increases film production capacity to meet commercial, consumer demand

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Shelly Plus Plug
• Adam - WESTREE Dual Monitor Stand Riser

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In this episode:

• Prisons in England and Wales record rapid rise in drones delivering drugs
• Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya
• Cloudflare using lava lamps for secure SSL/TLS encryption
• US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules
• Bill requiring US agencies to share custom source code with each other becomes law
• 1-800-ChatGPT - Calling and Messaging ChatGPT with your phone
• CFPB sues JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo over Zelle payment fraud (episodes 239 and 224)
• NHTSA finally releases new rules for self-driving cars — but there’s a twist
• Mullenweg Pauses WordPress Services - Hopes To Reopen Next Year (episode 361)

Weird and Wacky:

• The Great Exhibition unveils the world's only office roller coaster in Stockholm
• Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Identify if Your Cat Is a Psychopath
• The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language
• Scientists Demonstrate 'Negative Time' In Groundbreaking Quantum Experiment

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• Sanjay - Orbit by Mozilla
• Adam - Kensington SlimBlade™ Pro Wireless Trackball

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In this episode:

• As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page
• Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law
• Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
• TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
• ​​Trump says federal workers who don't want to return to the office are "going to be dismissed"
• First criminal crypto tax evader in US sentenced to two years in prison
• AT&T Refuses To Upgrade Millions Of DSL Customers To Fiber Despite Untold Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies And Government Favors
• OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk's lawsuit in court filing
• GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot
• The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump
• Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
• Temu is the most downloaded app on the US App Store in 2024
• Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some stores

Weird and Wacky:

• ​​‘Malcolm in the Middle’ to offer new episodes with Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Mercury Bank - Personal Accounts (now with joint accounts!)
• Adam - Keychron V3 Max

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In this episode:

• Amazon’s online car ‘dealership’ with Hyundai is now live
• Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion
• Appeals court upholds law ordering China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face U.S. ban
• Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $400B net worth, according to Bloomberg
• LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash
• iOS 18.2 is rolling out now, adding ChatGPT integration and more Apple Intelligence tools
• Apple’s Surprising iPhone Update—Green Bubbles End This Week
• Read the memo Calendly's CEO sent to employees announcing 70 job cuts
• YouTube Raises Price on TV Streaming Service to $82.99
• GM is pulling the plug on its robotaxi efforts
• WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction

Weird and Wacky:

• Mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey prompt security concerns. Here’s what we know
• Krispy Kreme orders across the US disrupted after cyberattack

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - TRMNL
• Adam - Sora? My first experiement was amusing

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In this episode:

• OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot
• ​​OpenAI strikes content deal with Tom’s Guide owner Future
• Spotify Wrapped is always a mess for parents. The new AI 'podcast' version just makes it worse.
• A universal ‘Plug and Charge’ protocol for EV charging is coming in 2025
• Elon Musk Just Got Absolutely Owned
• Employee lawsuit accuses Apple of spying on its workers
• Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025

Weird and Wacky:

• Runner's GPS Animation Stuns the Internet
• Real-life ‘invisibility cloak’ one step closer — scientists unveil cutting-edge camouflage material
• ​​Mercedes claims new 'solar paint' could eliminate daily EV charging

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Claude by Anthropic
• Adam - Ultrahuman Smart Ring

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In this episode:

• Judge rules SiriusXM’s annoying cancellation process is illegal
• Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
• Pokémon Go Data ‘Adding Amplitude to War Is Obviously an Issue,’ Niantic Exec Says
• Microsoft says it built an Xbox game store on Android but can’t launch it
• Nintendo Files Court Documents To Target 200,000-Member Subreddit SwitchPirates
• ​​Instead of AirPods, I'd recommend Meta Ray-Bans as the best tech deal of Black Friday 2024
• Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say

Weird and Wacky:

• Elon Musk Apparently Just Became The No. 1 ‘Diablo 4’ Player In The World

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Startup Trail
• Adam - ANDTOBO USB Switch Extension Cable

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In this episode:

• Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon GO player data
• Microsoft Teams' AI Language Interpreter Will Mimic Your Voice
• ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses.
• Elon Musk said what a lot of CEOs think: RTO mandates are meant to make you quit
• DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
• Google’s Chrome Worth Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
• Epic Allows Internet Archive To Distribute For Free ‘Unreal’ & ‘Unreal Tournament’ Forever
• Apple Confirms Zero-Day Attacks Hitting macOS Systems
• Instagram will let users reset the recommendation system that powers their feeds
• ​​1 in 5 U.S. adults get their news from social media influencers, according to Pew report
• Intuit, H&R Block shares fall after report that Trump government efficiency team is considering tax-filing app

Weird and Wacky:

• Watch: Tiny robot ‘kidnaps’ 12 big Chinese bots from a Shanghai showroom, shocks world
• A company is now developing human washing machines
• Airbnb's idea to hold gladiator battles in Rome's Colosseum isn't going down well with some local lawmakers
• Maurizio Cattelan’s Viral Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1.5 Million at Auction

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In this episode:

• Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Alert, Dies at 74
• Amazon shutting down popular streaming service completely
• Amazon Haul wants to be the new Temu
• Exclusive-Amazon developing driver eyeglasses to shave seconds off deliveries, sources say
• O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time
• ChatGPT saved my life, and I’m still freaking out about it
• ChatGPT rejected more than 250,000 image generations of presidential candidates before Election Day
• Tesla’s social media posts falsely implied that its cars are robotaxis, NHTSA warns
• 'Calm' Meditation App Jumps 100 Spots In App Store!!! ... After Election Night Ad
• Will Donald Trump's Truth Social Merge With Elon Musk's X? Rumors Swirl
• Standing desks don’t do squat, per new study
• Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
• Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing
• Fox News Claims Satirical News Site 'The Onion' Has '4.3 Trillion Daily Readers' After Falling for Satirical Description

Weird and Wacky:

• 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant's hilariously wrong answer has people giving him a round of sausage
• Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume
• Coca-Cola has used AI to replace its iconic Christmas truck commercial

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In this episode:

• MrBeast Investigation Reportedly Uncovers A "Long History" Of Insider Trading
• Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You
• Did OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL?
• Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation
• Amazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone as it begins tests in Arizona
• Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web
• Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app
• Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory
• Scientists uncover 'saltshaker' breakthrough in quest for limitless energy — here's how it could transform the future

Weird and Wacky:

• Thousands go to fake AI-invented Dublin Halloween parade
• ‘Most Mysterious Song on the Internet’ Finally Identified

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• Adam - Reaper

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In this episode:

• TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project
• Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes
• How to take Apple’s hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2
• ​​The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people
• Bodyguards inadvertently expose French President Macron’s location on Strava
• Putin's Whereabouts Exposed Via Bodyguards' Strava App
• Chick-fil-A targets families with entertainment-focused mobile app
• Chick-fil-A isn’t launching a streaming service. It’s actually way bigger than that
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft
• Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
• Tesla on Full Self-Driving Mode Plows Through Deer Without Even Slowing Down
• Woman Annoyed When Tesla With No Driver Suddenly Smashes Into Her Car
• Researchers develop transparent solar cells that can supply energy from glass on buildings and cars — here's how it works

Weird and Wacky:

• Victory Is Sweet: We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
• Gen Alpha keeps tripping and falling over their own Crocs, so schools are banning the shoes over safety concerns
• PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident
• Is a Will Smith the key to winning the World Series?

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In this episode:

• The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair
• Sam's Club just opened its first new location in 7 years. It doesn't have any checkout lanes.
• Walmart-owned Sam’s Club tests a future without checkout lines
• AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences
• US to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditions
• Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments
• ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk Over ‘Robotaxi’ Imagery
• T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

Weird and Wacky:

• Airport Imposes Hug Time Limit, Suggests Moving PDA To Parking Lot
• Cuddle time capped: New Zealand airport limits goodbye hugs to 3 minutes

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• Adam - Giftful

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In this episode:

• Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi event
• Tesla Optimus bots were remotely operated at Cybercab event - Los Angeles Times
• Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi reveal prompts skepticism about tech, timelines
• SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes fifth test flight, lands booster in dramatic catch
• Google’s AI podcast generator NotebookLM just got a major update – and now you can play the producer
• Click-To-Cancel: FTC Makes Cancelling Subscriptions Easier
• Netflix raises prices as password boost fades
• Student was punished for using AI—then his parents sued teacher and administrators
• Google Flights adds a ‘cheapest’ tab in a huge assist to bargain hunters everywhere
• NASA has a problem, and it's offering up to $3 million if you have a solution
• Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun

Weird and Wacky:

• Rivian halloween surprise update goes Back to the Future, Knight Rider, more
• Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

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• Adam - Supernatural Fitness

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In this episode:

• Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mines critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing
• Hurricane Helene takes out 370 cell towers; 103 on backup power
• Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Restart to Power Microsoft AI
• You can get an at-home flu ‘shot’ starting next year
• Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleging trespassing near Texas border
• Uber Caught Overcharging? How Having Credits in Your Account Might Be Costing You
• Biden proposes banning Chinese vehicles, 'connected car' technology from US roads
• ​​California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
• "That's crazy" - Fans react as tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee launches $50 per year wallpaper app for iOS and Android
• Here’s how much Disney Plus will charge to share your password
• Disney+ Is Cracking Down on Password Sharing, but Here’s How to Do It Anyway
• ​​Your mom can now set you Fortnite time limits
• Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too
• OpenAI Raises $6.6 Billion in Funding at $157 Billion Valuation
• Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name
• Meta fined $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
• Space startup seeks to solve solar power's daylight problem

Weird and Wacky:

• Everyone's making fun of Tesla's photos of a Cybertruck parking lot
• Warlord Straight Out of "Mad Max" Says Elon Musk Remotely Shut Down His Cybertruck
• Finally, A Flying Car(t) - The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere
• Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
• College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time
• Stolen Ferrari worth $575,000 was found by tracking the owner’s AirPods

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• Sanjay - Inovelli
• Adam - Review of Sunsama

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In this episode:

• Self-driving Waymo vehicles coming to Atlanta in Uber app in 2025
• FDA approves Apple AirPods as hearing aids
• Craig Wright said he invented bitcoin — lawyers proved him wrong
• Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
• Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December
• Uber to Verify Riders’ Identities in Driver Safety Push
• Craigslist Founder Pledges $100 Million to Boost U.S. Cybersecurity
• Disney to Stop Using Slack Following Hack That Exposed Company Data

Weird and Wacky:

• Police Department Spends $150,000 for a Tesla Cybertruck, Faces Instant Backlash

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• Sanjay - Onton
• Adam - sunsama.com

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In this episode:

• WhatsApp will send messages to other apps soon — here’s how it will look
• Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads
• Huawei's first tri-fold phone starts at an eye-watering $2,800
• ​​McDonald’s rolls out self-serve cash kiosks that could make human cashiers obsolete
• AI ruling on jobless claims could make mistakes courts can’t undo, experts warn
• ​​Historic Newspaper Uses Janky AI Newscasters Instead of Human Journalists
• OpenAI Releases o1 Model, With Human-Like Reasoning Capabilities
• OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise at $150B valuation
• Nearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labels
• Adam Neumann’s Climate Company Is Issuing Refunds After Failing To Launch Crypto Token
• SpaceX performs historic first spacewalk with Polaris Dawn crew

Weird and Wacky:

• Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
• Internet picks “werewolf clawing off its own shirt” as new Michigan “I Voted” sticker
• F1 Racer Lando Norris Just Drove a McLaren P1 Made of Legos
• Teenager builds robot to solve Rubik's Cube
• Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge

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• Sanjay - WorldChatClock.com
• Adam - Doodle.com

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In this episode:

• How “personhood credentials” could help prove you’re a human online
• That Chase Bank ‘Glitch’ Was Actually Massive Check Fraud
• Chase warns against using system glitch to filch cash: it’s ‘fraud, plain and simple’
• People trying to access Elon Musk’s X in Brazil face daily fines greater than their annual wage
• Musk’s Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil
• After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship
• Bluetooth 6.0 has more security and precision for tracking and finding
• Strange Noises Are Coming from Inside Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft
• Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all
• Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI
• Ilya Sutskever’s startup, Safe Superintelligence, raises $1B

Weird and Wacky:

• Did your car witness a crime? Police may be coming for your Tesla
• Russian 'spy whale' found dead off Norway
• Scientists Grew a Mushroom Into This Robot to Act as Its Brain

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• Sanjay - Tailscale
• Adam - Basecamp (features similar to TogetherLetters)

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In this episode:

• Mark Zuckerberg regrets not pushing back on Biden’s COVID “pressure” campaign
• Instagram Is Bringing Back Myspace's Profile Music
• ​​Meta is working on mixed-reality glasses, but they’re probably years away
• Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters
• Google Chrome Hit by Yet Another Zero-Day Exploit, Update Now
• Who is Pavel Durov and what is Telegram?
• Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ laws are here. Does this mean no more work intrusions on personal time?
• Amazon launches annual grocery subscription plan
• Zoom Docs Is Here. Is It Any Good?
• NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
• SpaceX 'go' to launch private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission on farthest human spaceflight since Apollo
• Bypassing airport security via SQL injection
• Tesla Chargers Are Still Closed to Most Electric Cars
• When EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?

Weird and Wacky:

• Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming’s capital city
• Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids' sick days by a third

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - ChartDB
• Adam - Anker USB-C and USB 3.0 SD Card Reader

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In this episode:

• Startup using blockchain to prevent copyright theft by AI is valued over $2 billion after fresh funding
• Exclusive: Apple, Google wallets to carry California driver's licenses
• Epic Games Challenges Apple’s Dominance With New iOS App Store
• Russia tells citizens to switch off home surveillance because the Ukrainians are coming
• X ordered to pay €550,000 to Irish employee fired for not replying to Elon Musk’s yes-or-resign ‘extremely hardcore’ ultimatum
• Instagram is testing vertical profile grids — and knows that might mess up layouts
• Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To Roost
• Chick-fil-A to open first restaurant with 'elevated drive-thru': See what it looks like

Weird and Wacky:

• No Joke: The Onion Thinks Print Is the Future of Media
• Airbnb Guest Racks Up $1,500 Energy Bill by Mining $100K in Crypto
• Beastie Boys dismantled their ‘Paul’s Boutique’ gold record plaque to find it didn’t contain their own music

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• Sanjay - Storj
• Adam - Bracket Builder App

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In this episode:

• Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

• My experience with Google's new 'Add Me' feature: Take a pic of your friends and end up in the group shot

• Waymo robotaxi parking lot is waking neighbors with nightly honking

• AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Makes Discoveries Humans Missed

• Elon Musk’s X just sued a nonprofit advertising group out of existence

• Judge orders CDC to stop deleting emails of departing staff, calling it ‘likely unlawful’

• We received internal Trump documents from ‘Robert.’ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked.

• Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips for decades
• Intel issues statement on microcode update that addresses CPU instability and crashing errors — claims patch has negligible performance impacts, future processors not impacted

Weird and Wacky:

• Electric bandages could heal wounds faster
• Chuck E. Cheese targets inflation-weary families with a bargain subscription program

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Anker 575 USB-C Docking Station
• Adam - Sony WH-CH720N Noise Canceling Wireless Headphones

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In this episode:

• ‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case
• The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for

• After nine years, Google’s Nest Learning Thermostat gets an AI makeover

• Elon Musk’s Neuralink Device Is Implanted in a Second Patient

• Elon Musk revives lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman in federal court

• X files antitrust suit against advertising groups over ‘systematic illegal boycott’

• Colin Kaepernick Pisses Off Comics Industry with AI Comics Deal

• Video game actors are officially on strike over AI
• Automattic launches AI writing tool that aims to make WordPress blogs more readable and succinct

• Nvidia Caught Stealing Mind-Boggling Quantity of YouTube Videos to Train AI

• Apple’s new Safari feature removes distracting items from websites

• Microsoft fires back at Delta after massive outage, says airline declined ‘repeated’ offers for help
• Third-party cookies have got to go
• The Personal Check Is Disappearing. Here's What Comes Next

Weird and Wacky:

• Saudi Arabia unveils 2034 World Cup stadium on The Line at Neom

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Magic Mirror
• Adam - Prehab App

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In this episode:

• Google Olympics ad sparks new ire over generative AI

• Delta CEO says CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million

• Cyberattack hits blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood
• There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent

• Intel Will Cut Over 15,000 Jobs Amid Struggles to Turn Itself Around

• ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In

• Amazon is legally responsible for recalling dangerous products sold on its site, agency finds
• US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules

• Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border

• MIT Engineers Create Hydrogen Fuel From Soda Cans, Seawater, and Caffeine

• You can (and should) stop charging your phone when it hits 80 percent

Weird and Wacky:

• Stop Destroying Videogames
• A Swiss Town Banned Billboards. Zurich, Bern May Soon Follow
• Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck
• I Regret to Inform You That Elon Musk Has Accepted Nicolas Maduro’s Fight Challenge

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• Sanjay - UCTRONICS Gigabit PoE Splitter
• Adam - trailseven.com

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In this episode:

• CrowdStrike Explains What Went Wrong Days After Global Tech Outage
• CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn
• CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed

• CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

• After years of uncertainty, Google says it won’t be ‘deprecating third-party cookies’ in Chrome

• Google Chrome is no longer ‘deprecating third-party cookies’
• Elon Musk sets new date for Tesla robotaxi reveal, calls everything beyond autonomy ‘noise’

• Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source

• Netflix has 80 games in development, will release one per month

• Report: Apple beginning serious work on a foldable iPhone

• Ferrari extends cryptocurrency payment system to Europe after US launch

• Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO

• Police Drone Nabs Vehicle Burglary Suspect in Santa Monica as ‘Futuristic’ Surveillance Becomes Reality
• Jupiter's Great Red Spot Could Disappear Within 20 Years

Weird and Wacky:

• Robot Dog Cleans Up Beaches With Foot-Mounted Vacuums

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - TRMNL: The e-ink display for your favorite apps and news
• Adam - Casely Phone Case

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In this episode:

• Major airlines, medical systems affected by mass IT outage for Windows users
• Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world
• How false nostalgia inspired noplace, a Myspace-like app for Gen Z
• Google near deal to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion
• Firefox privacy issues
• US court temporarily puts net neutrality rules reinstatement on hold

Weird and Wacky:

• Cave discovered on Moon could be home for humans
• Soft Robot Can Amputate and Reattach Its Own Legs
• Dune-inspired spacesuit recycles astronauts’ urine into drinkable water
• Dune-Inspired Spacesuit Recycles Urine Into Clean Drinking Water
• Talking to a palace guard in Simpsons characters

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• Sanjay - Fanttik S1 Pro Electric Screwdriver
• Adam - NCAA College Football 2025

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In this episode:

• UChicago Prof. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion creates world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries
• NASCAR shows off an EV prototype
• Microsoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launch
• Spotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodes
• Google One ‘Dark web reports’ coming to all Google Account holders from late July

• Amazon Claims It Achieved 100% Renewable Energy Target In 2023—Here’s What It Means

• Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

• SpaceX Wins $843 Million Contract to Bring Down Space Station

• OpenAI breach is a reminder that AI companies are treasure troves for hackers

• Evolve Bank says ransomware gang stole personal data on millions of customers

• AT&T says nearly all of its cell customers' call and text records were exposed in massive breach

• Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers

• Your Apple Watch or Fitbit may be a breeding ground for E. coli and staph bacteria. Here’s how to clean your fitness tracker
• Scary Google Chrome Access
• Tesla’s Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50%
• Goldman Buying Majority Stake in Taylor Swift Stage Builder TAIT
• CNN to Lay Off 100 Staffers as It Preps Major Revamp of Digital Efforts

Weird and Wacky:

• Milk, eggs and now bullets for sale in handful of US grocery stores with ammo vending machines
• Cup Noodles adds new s'mores ramen for summer
• Crazy AI generated Volvo Commercial

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• Sanjay - PhoneSoap
• Adam - Bissel Green Machine

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In this episode:

• American researchers built world's most precise and sturdy atomic clock ever
• Tech company unveils tiny spheres that outperform solar panels using both sun and artificial light — and the company says they could hit 60 times the current capacity
• Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years
• Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
• A polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclable
• Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes
• Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media
• Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users
• Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll

Weird and Wacky:

• I Accidentally Discovered My Identical Twin on TikTok

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• Adam - MT-16 Extendable Mini Camera Tripod

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In this episode:

• Threads finally launches its API for developers
• Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women
• AI Develops "Ground-Breaking" New Magnet Free Of Rare Earth Metals
• How the laptop could become the battery — new revolutionary carbon-based material means your laptop chassis could become a power source, eliminating the need for a traditional battery
• A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels

• Uber will pay you $1,000 to ditch your car for five weeks

• US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia

• Five Men Convicted of Operating Illegal Streaming Service Jetflicks
• New York governor signs bill regulating social media algorithms, in a US first
• LockBit claims the hack of the US Federal Reserve
• Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider
• For Tesla’s futuristic new Cybertruck, a fourth recall

Weird and Wacky:

• Electricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the grid
• Reflective Monolith In Las Vegas Removed By Police—What We Know About The Strange Structure And Others Like It
• Bamahenge – Elberta, Alabama - Atlas Obscura

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• Sanjay - otter.ai
• Adam - DistroKid

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In this episode:

• It’s time to BeAcquired for €500 million
• Metallica is headlining Fortnite’s next concert
• China Introduces Photonic Chip Capable of Processing Hundred Billion Pixels in Just 6 Nanoseconds
• Artifact’s DNA Lives on in Yahoo’s Revamped AI-Powered News App
• LinkedIn’s AI job coach can write your cover letters and edit your resumé

• TDK claims insane energy density in solid-state battery breakthrough

• Waymo issues software and mapping recall after robotaxi crashes into a telephone pole

• Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange County
• Elon Musk threatens to ban iPhones and Macs at his companies
• EU directive to see 'no caps get left behind' on drink containers from next mont

Weird and Wacky:

• How long have you been in there?! A popular tourist destination in China has installed toilet timers. Reactions are mixed

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• Sanjay - Rise Calendar
• Adam - CoPilot

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In this episode:

• Signal Opposes UK Proposal
• New York passes legislation to ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

• FCC’s $8 Billion Phone Subsidy Survives Supreme Court Challenge

• Tokyo hopes new Tinder-like match making app will curb population decline

• Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call

• Humane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case

• Apple blocks PC emulator from being available in iOS App Store and third-party app stores

• Forget LastPass: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
• Introducing Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models at the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Weird and Wacky:

• University Suspends Students for AI Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - HOTO Laser Measuring Tool
• Adam - Facebook Unfollow Button

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In this episode:

• ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down
• Foursquare just laid off 105 employees
• Spotify offers Car Thing refunds as it faces lawsuit over bricking the streaming device

• Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process

• iPhone users may get AI-generated emoji and more app customization than ever with iOS 18

• Framework now lets you upgrade its Laptop 13 with a drop-in 120Hz screen, better webcam, and Core Ultra chip
• Engineers find new way to make ‘wonder material’ Graphene that could change the world
• NHS patients in England to be offered trials for world-first cancer vaccine
• AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once
• IRS opening free online tax filing program to all states

• Mach 10 Breakthrough: GE’s New Hypersonic Jet Engine Could Transform Air Travel

• Musk's $6 billion AI startup follows OpenAI's game plan

• Every Major Electric Vehicle Brand Ranked Worst To Best
• Ohio man plans to take a 2-person submersible to Titanic depths to show the industry is safe after the OceanGate tragedy
• Adam Neumann gives up on his plan to buy back WeWork
• How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

Weird and Wacky:

• A Man Was Ordered to Build a Fence to Hide His Boat. He Asked an Artist to Paint the Boat on the Fence

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In this episode:

• Revolutionary New Google Feature Hidden Under 'More' Tab Shows Links to Web Pages
• Microsoft announces new PCs with AI chips from Qualcomm
• Android will be able to detect if your phone has been snatched

• Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments

• Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice

• OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show
• OpenAI’s Moonshot: Solving the AI Alignment Problem
• “I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded
• Humane is looking for a buyer after the AI Pin’s underwhelming debut
• “CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM,” DOJ says after rare arrest
• Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price

• Google says the wild mistakes in AI Overviews are just ‘isolated examples’

• Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant

• Elon Musk’s Neuralink Gets FDA Green Light for Second Patient, as First Describes His Emotional Journey

• Trump’s Social Media Company Posts Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million

• Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search
• The Internet Is Not Forever: 38% of Web Pages From 2013 No Longer Exist

Weird and Wacky:

• 706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record
• Startup claims they have created AI head transplant system, plans to perform first procedure within decade
• French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp

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In this episode, Adam and Mickey dive into the latest and most intriguing tech news. They discuss the advancements and concerns surrounding ChatGPT’s new capabilities, Google’s AI vision, and controversial moves by major tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX. They also cover fascinating stories about AI music creation, TikTok’s legal battles, and bizarre incidents like a Cybertruck accident and a hacking group with a unique identity. The episode concludes with tech recommendations and some light-hearted banter.

In this episode:

• ChatGPT will soon be able to see everything happening on your screen
• After Microsoft invested $10 billion, OpenAI snubs Windows 11 as it releases ChatGPT app first on Mac. “We’re just prioritizing where our users are.”
• Google shows off astonishing vision for how AI will work with Gmail, Photos and more
• The train has left the station: AI music platform Udio is already spitting out 10 songs a SECOND

• Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

• TikTok sues U.S. government, saying potential ban violates First Amendment

• Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again
• FTX says most customers will get all their money back

• X now treats the term cisgender as a slur

• Apple faces backlash for 'destructive' iPad ad featuring machine crushing books and instruments

• Google Responds To The Verge Mocking Its Search Rankings For Best Printer
• Neuralink’s first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says
• Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency
• Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away

Weird and Wacky:

• Gay Furry Hackers Attack Alt-Right Media Platform
• Cybertruck Owner Breaks His Finger Trying to Show Vehicle Is Safe
• Always-on video portal lets people in NYC and Dublin interact in real time
• Dublin to New York City Portal Temporarily Shut Down Due to Inappropriate Behavior

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In this episode:

• Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
• World's 1st 'tooth regrowth medicine' to be tested in Japan from Sept. 2024
• Washed Out’s new music video was created with AI. Is it a watershed moment for Sora?
• Florida Becomes First State to Ban the Sale of Lab-Grown Meat
• Frontier buyers sign $58.3M in offtake agreements with Vaulted Deep
• Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the latest entry to space travel
• Officials describe telltale ‘buzz’ that led to last-minute scrub of Boeing Starliner’s crewed launch

Weird and Wacky:

• Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, Sphinx Close to Public for Tech Billionaire’s Lavish Wedding

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In this episode:

• Claiming high user satisfaction, IRS will decide on renewing free tax site
• FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data
• Supreme Court gives SEC a win over Elon Musk
• In surprise move, Musk axes the team building Tesla’s EV charging network
• Tesla jumps 15% after passing key hurdle to roll out advanced driver-assistance tech in China
• Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free system under investigation after fatal crashes
• Amazon says more packages are arriving in a day or less after hefty investment in speedy fulfillment
• LinkedIn launches gaming: 3 logic puzzles aimed at extending time spent on its networking platform
• A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed

Weird and Wacky:

• How AI Will Change the Way You Cook

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In this episode:

• All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics
• The Next Android Update May Add a New Way to Charge Wirelessly
• Elon Musk’s X Launches TV App as It Pushes Video Ambitions
• Amazon launches a new grocery delivery subscription in the US
• After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin

• A First Look at the New High-Speed Train That Will Connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas

• Exclusive: Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road

• Tesla Driver Charged With Killing Motorcyclist After Turning on Autopilot and Browsing His Phone
• Tesla recalls Cybertruck over ‘trapped pedal’ issue seen in owner’s viral TikTok video

• Tesla announces Cybertruck recall at the worst possible time for Elon Musk

• I Used AI To Plan My Wedding: Here's How It Went

• ​​What is the Meta AI tool? Can you turn it off? New feature rolls out on Facebook, Instagram

• Teacher arrested, accused of using AI to falsely paint boss as racist and antisemitic

• Samsung tells its executives to work a 6-day week to ‘inject a sense of crisis’ after posting its worst financial year in over a decade

• The House Passes a TikTok Ban Bill That’s on the Fast Track

• Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

• Roku Says 576K Accounts Compromised in Data Breach

• Google One VPN will be discontinued, Pixel VPN remains with upgrade coming

• Google delays third-party cookie demise yet again

• WordPress.com Owner Buys Beeper, App That Enabled iMessage on Android

• Majority of Americans now use ad blockers
• FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes
• Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense

Weird and Wacky:

• Relief as San Francisco public toilet finally opens – and not for $1.7m after all
• Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts
• Utahns reunited with pet cat they accidentally shipped with Amazon return
• Meet Thermonator, a flame-throwing robot dog with 30-foot range being sold by Ohio company

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In this episode:

• Proton has acquired the encrypted note-taking app Standard Notes
• Early Reviewers of Humane AI Pin Aren’t Impressed
• Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step

• Substack now allows podcasters to sync and distribute their episodes to Spotify

• Ubisoft is deleting The Crew from players' libraries, reminding us we own nothing

• College Football 25: EA's Biggest Success or EA's Biggest Disaster?
• Elon Claims Twitter’s Traffic Is At An All-Time High Because He Can’t Be Bothered To Understand The Misleading Data People Show Him
• Google’s next foldable may be the ‘Pixel 9 Pro Fold’

Weird and Wacky:

• Costco now sells up to $200 million a month in gold and silver

• Trump Media shares plunge more than 14%, after company says Truth Social to launch TV streaming

• Police arrested four people over $300,000 of stolen Lego kits

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In this episode:

• Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders
• Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores
• Apple’s new AI: 3 ways Siri could beat ChatGPT
• Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators
• Exclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot
• EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility
• Spotify’s latest AI feature builds playlists based on text descriptions
• ‘We have reached the limit.’ Clash with Elon Musk prompts calls for social media controls in Brazil
• Elon Musk announces Tesla will unveil a ‘robotaxi’ on August 8
• Meta is accused of censoring a non-profit newspaper and an independent journalist who criticized the company
• New Disney animatronics breathe convincing life into its 2D characters
• ISPs roll out mandatory broadband 'nutrition' labels that show speeds, fees and data allowances

Weird and Wacky:

• Terraform Industries converts electricity and air into synthetic natural gas for the first time
• NYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom

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In this episode:

• Generative AI develops potential new drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law

• ChatGPT no longer requires an account — but there’s a catch

• Instagram co-founders’ AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all

• The AltStore, an alternative app store coming to the EU, will offer Patreon-backed apps

• ​​AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online

• Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit

• Gmail Launched 20 Years Ago on April Fools’ Day
• Google Podcasts shuts down tomorrow, April 2

Weird and Wacky:

• SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket photobombs the moon in incredible award-winning shot
• Taco Bell, Pizza Hut going 'AI-first' with fast-food innovations

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n this episode:

• Reddit pops 48% in NYSE debut after selling shares at top of range
• Reddit sinks below opening price in second day of trading

• LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app

• The US Department of Justice is suing Apple — read the full lawsuit here

• U.S. Sues Apple, Alleges Tech Giant Exploits Illegal Monopoly

• US DOJ’s blockbuster lawsuit against Apple is headline grabber but poses limited near-term impact

• Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’
• Florida governor signs law restricting social media access for children

• DeSantis Approves Social Media Ban For Kids Under 14 In Florida: What To Know

• Millions of Americans could soon lose home internet access if lawmakers don’t act

• Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans ‘parts pairing’

• DoorDash begins piloting drone deliveries in the US

• Adam Neumann makes a $500 million bid for WeWork that could hit $900 million if financing and diligence firm up

• Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux hacked at Pwn2Own Vancouver

• Vulnerability found in Apple's Silicon M-series chips – and it can't be patched

• SAG-AFTRA ratifies TV animation contracts that establish AI protections for voice actors

• Tennessee becomes first state to pass a law protecting musicians against AI
• Sora: first impressions

Weird and Wacky:

• “Game Changer” – This Liquid Can Stop Tooth Decay in Young Children
• Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks
• South Carolina has $1.8 billion in a bank account — and doesn't know where the money came from
• Prankster tricks a GM chatbot into agreeing to sell him a $76,000 Chevy Tahoe for $1

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In this episode:

• Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features
• MrBeast Strikes Amazon Deal For Biggest Competition Series in TV History
• Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotions: Report
• Coca-Cola unveils all-new bottles — sort of
• Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
• Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share in first major social media offering since 2019
• Biden announces $8.5 billion microchip grant to Intel as he sells economic wins to Arizona amid climate worries

Weird and Wacky:

• Google used AI to accurately predict floods up to 7 days in advance
• Monopoly Go Spent More on Marketing Than Sony Spent to Make Spider-Man 2

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In this episode:

• Google, Apple, and Firefox release new Speedometer 3.0 browser benchmark
• Google says Chrome can now protect you better while preserving your privacy
• Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship

• The Tor Project introduces WebTunnel to help you bypass Tor network censorship

• Apple to allow iOS app downloads direct from websites in the EU

• EU parliament adopts 'historic' rules to govern Artificial Intelligence
• House passes TikTok bill. Are TikTok's days numbered? What you need to know.
• Italy regulator fines TikTok $11 million over content checks
• Google won’t let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country
• Amazon plans 'Big Spring Sale' that's not just for Prime members starting March 20
• US health department opens probe into UnitedHealth hack
• Deadly brain cancer shrinks after CAR-T therapy — but for how long is unclear
• FCC Officially Raises Minimum Broadband Metric From 25Mbps to 100Mbps

Weird and Wacky:

• Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert
• ‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78

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In this episode:

• Facebook, Instagram, and Threads were all down
• Red Sea cables have been damaged, disrupting internet traffic

• Google Pauses Gemini’s Image Generator After It Was Accused of Being Racist Against White People

• Impressive Capacity and Extended Lifespan – Scientists Have Invented Recyclable “Water Batteries” That Won’t Catch Fire

• Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future

• Moon Lander Is Lying on Its Side but Still Functional, Officials Say

• Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion on Hold After Seeing OpenAI’s Sora: “Jobs Are Going to Be Lost”

• Spotify HiFi is still MIA after three years, and now so is my subscription

• Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data

• Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT

Weird and Wacky:

• Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6 billion fee
• A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months

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In this episode:

• Bitcoin regains $1 trillion market cap as the cryptocurrency hits over two-year high

• $13M and 3 years later, Superlist hopes to become a decacorn. But will it?

• DuckDuckGo’s privacy browser adds built-in password syncing

• Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private
• Wyze outage led to the cameras of 13,000 customers being shown to other users

• Feds Want to Ban the World’s Cutest Hacking Device. Experts Say It's a ‘Scapegoat’

• OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model

• How companies are using AI to spy on Slack
• Airbnb plans to use AI, including its GamePlanner acquisition, to create the ‘ultimate concierge’

• ChatGPT Went Berserk, Giving Nonsensical Responses All Night

• Disney Outsourcing Blu-Ray, DVD Business to Sony

• Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business

Weird and Wacky:

• Elon Musk Says Neuralink's First Patient Can Move a Computer Mouse With Their Thoughts
• Lab-grown ‘beef rice’ could offer more sustainable protein source, say creators

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In this episode:

• Snap shares drop 30% after company's revenue miss and weak guidance
• Cyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police say
• Waymo driverless car set on fire, destroyed by San Francisco crowd
• Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”

• Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire

• Exclusive: Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy

• Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo
• Notion acquires privacy-focused productivity platform Skiff
• OpenAI-buddy Brilliant Labs unveils eyeglasses with ‘AI superpowers’
• Disney to take $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, work with Fortnite maker on new content

• Microsoft prepares to take Xbox everywhere

• Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption

• Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses
• Elon Musk started buying Twitter shares soon after Parag Agrawal refused to ban an account tracking his private jet, book says
• Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair

Weird and Wacky:

• Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public
• New York has ended its trial of a 400-pound security robot in the Times Square subway station
• Wilson Airless Gen1 Basketball

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In this episode:

• Snap shares drop 30% after company's revenue miss and weak guidance
• Google Maps is getting a major AI upgrade — what you need to know
• Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
• Mozilla Monitor’s new service removes your personal info from data broker sites automatically
• Researchers achieve super-safe, ultrafast Li-ion battery charging
• Apple Is Forcing Users Who Forgot the Password to Their $3,500 Vision Pro to Reset It In-Store
• Don't wear an Apple Vision Pro while driving, Pete Buttigieg says
• Sorting recycling is hard. AI could help.
• Meta says you better disclose your AI fakes or it might just pull them
• Bluesky is ditching its waitlist and is now open to everyone
• Amazon’s new AWS charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoption

Weird and Wacky:

• Adam Neumann is trying to buy back WeWork
• Your Phone Is Not Listening to You

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• Sanjay - 4K HDMI Extender Over IP CAT6 by OREI
• Adam - KIWI design Comfort Battery Head Strap 6400mAh Compatible with Meta Quest 3

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In this episode:

• Nintendo’s Next Switch Coming This Year With LCD, Omdia Says
• Games are helping the New York Times thrive amid media chaos

• Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox

• 26 billion private records leaked in 'mother of all breaches’

• Amazon’s Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell video footage from users
• Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs

• I gave Telly my data and privacy for a free TV - and I don't regret it

• Fake Explicit Taylor Swift Images Swamp Social Media

• This AI app can replace anything in a photo and it is terrifying
• ElevenLabs reportedly banned the account that deepfaked Biden's voice with its AI tools
• Etsy launches ‘Gift Mode,’ a new AI-powered feature that generates 200+ gift guides

Weird and Wacky:

• British zoo has new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots
• The Future of Sustainable Energy? Scientists Create First-Ever Battery Using Hemoglobin
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants brain tech in human patient for the first time
• Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a Real-Life Holodeck

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In this episode:

• Tesla charging woes in the Arctic cold snap blamed on inadequate battery preconditioning
• Result of Cybertruck's 'carrot test' is leaving people concerned for their safety
• Harvard Claims 'Holy Grail' EV Battery Breakthrough. But When Will We See It?
• The US Postal Service’s new EV chargers are here

• Kitepower's Wind Energy System Fits in a Shipping Container

• Sam Altman was asked what humans would still do better than AI—he didn’t have a convincing answer

• Great, AI Can Forge Your Handwriting Now and I'm Concerned!

• Scientists use TV tech to test light-powered internet connections that can be 100 times faster than Wi-Fi

• Drinking This Carbon Monoxide-Infused Foam Supercharges Cancer Therapy in Mice
• Apple might have sold up to 180,000 Vision Pro headsets over pre-order weekend

Weird and Wacky:

• Applebee's $200 date night pass sold out in one minute
• Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations

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In this episode:

• I demoed Bluetooth's Auracast, and its going to be a big deal. Here’s Why

• What if You Never Had to Charge Your Gadgets Again?

• Tesla Optimus robot can't build cars yet, but it is folding clothes

• Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here'

• John Deere, Meet Elon Musk: SpaceX Satellites to Link Farm Giant’s Equipment

• Mr. Beast Drops His First Video On Elon Musk's 'X,' Gets A Whopping 23 Million Views In Just 6 Hours

Weird and Wacky:

• Are fingerprints unique? Not really, AI-based study says
• A woman bought a vintage dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket with a mysterious note

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In this episode:

• Chipotle and Strava team up to help fans achieve wellness goals all January

• Twilio is killing off the Authy desktop app, but Mac users have a work-around

• Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit

• YouTube demonetizes public domain 'Steamboat Willie' video after copyright claim
• SpaceX launches first satellites for cell phone service in dead zones

• FCC plans shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program as GOP withholds funding

• U.S. Moves Closer to Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple

• Apple is sending out payments to iPhone owners impacted by "batterygate." Here's what they are getting.
• The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February

• Samsung Music Frame hands-on: A speaker to match your Frame TV

• Scientists develop world’s first graphene semiconductor in revolutionary computing breakthrough

• New battery material that uses less lithium found in AI-powered search
• Solid-state battery retains 95% capacity over 1,000 charge cycles in VW tests that could resurrect the used EV market

• Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars

• Rabbit’s Little Walkie-Talkie Learns Tasks That Stump Siri and Alexa

• Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations’
• ChatGPT will lie, cheat and use insider trading when under pressure to make money, research shows

Weird and Wacky:

• Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night
• The internet is convinced aliens appeared at a mall in Miami
• When will you die? Meet the 'doom calculator,' an artificial intelligence algorithm

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip KP303 & update on Eve Water Guard
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In this episode:

• Google Maps is ditching cloud-based location history for a more private solution

• Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data

• Intel’s Core Ultra CPUs are here — and they all come with silicon dedicated to AI

• Apple announces new 'contingent pricing' feature for App Store subscriptions
• First 150 kWh semi solid-state battery range test clocks 653 miles on a charge as it streamed live from NIO ET7
• These hot rocks can glow brighter than the sun. They could also help spell the end of fossil fuels
• New technology can rejuvenate and extend the life of old solar panels
• What Would Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount Merger Mean for Cable TV? Some Networks Would Likely Be Sold Off

• Atlanta suburb becomes first to test underground consumer delivery system

• Bird, an Electric Scooter Company, Files for Bankruptcy

• Rite Aid’s ‘reckless’ use of facial recognition got it banned from using the technology in stores for five years
• Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream
• How to stop Dropbox from sharing your personal files with OpenAI

• Apple has halted Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 online sales

• Electro-Cooling Material Makes Solid-State Fridge Viable

• Nasa mission lines up to 'touch the Sun'

• AI Discovers First New Antibiotic in Over 60 Years

• Wi-Fi 7 Signals the Industry’s New Priority: Stability

• YouTuber MrBeast Says NO To Elon Musk’s Invite To Post On X: ‘My Videos Cost millions...'

Weird and Wacky:

• The McCallisters Are One Percenters; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Determines Wealth of ‘Home Alone’ Family
• Early Mickey Mouse Now Belongs To Everyone—So Of Course There's a Meme Token
• Japan scientists create world's 1st mental images with AI tech
• Scientists say they conversed with a whale. It may be practice for aliens
• 34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”

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In this episode:

• How Mark Cuban forced the biggest US pharmacy to upend its business
• Engineers Shatter Fiber Optic Speed Record at 22.9 Petabits Per Second
• Google Fiber is offering early access to $250 per month 20-gig service
• OLED breakthrough could mean cheaper TVs
• Bose discontinues its Frames line of smart glasses.
• Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

• There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works

• Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android
• Some Android phones can automatically send medical data during 911 calls
• Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4
• Google’s best Gemini AI demo video was fabricated
• Federal jury says Google’s app store violated antitrust law

• Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

• The lucky break behind the first CRISPR treatment

• Quick as a Fox: Firefox keeps getting faster

• Spotify to lay off 17 percent of its workforce in latest round of job cuts

• UK accuses Meta of empowering child sexual abusers with encryption rollout

• PreCheck Members Can Soon Breeze Through TSA Security Lines at Self-Service Screening in Las Vegas

Weird and Wacky:

• Lost in space no more: missing tomato found in space station after eight months
• Here’s what intentionally crashing a plane for YouTube clicks gets you
• Steve Jobs Signed 'Apple Computer Company' Check to RadioShack

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• Mailchimp is shutting down TinyLetter
• Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running
• It's official: Evernote will restrict free users to 50 notes
• Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Outlets $100M Annually in Rare Win for Media Industry
• Microsoft secures nonvoting board seat at OpenAI
• Why I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger
• Trader Joe’s Wants All Profits in Trademark Lawsuit Against Trader Trader Joe DeFi Platform
• The US's First EV-Charging Road Powers on in Detroit

Weird and Wacky:

• Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT
• Woman bakes cheeky curse word pies for her grandma and it becomes a quirky holiday tradition
• Pumpkin and apple pie dominate Thanksgiving. See what pie your state searches for most

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In this episode:

• It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox
• NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code
• ‘This is insane.’ Swedish workers are getting under Elon Musk’s skin
• Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership
• Amazon turns Fire TV Cube into a thin client for enterprises
• 33 states accuse Meta of having a big 'open secret' — millions of underage users

Weird and Wacky:

• Director YOLO’d $4M of Netflix budget into Dogecoin, made $27M: Report
• One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades
• The three-year cruise is canceled

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - COLORCORAL Cleaning Gel Universal Dust Cleaner
• Adam - Shark AI Ultra 2in1 Robot Vacuum & Mop with Sonic Mopping, Matrix Clean, Home Mapping, HEPA Bagless Self Empty Base, CleanEdge Technology, for Pet Hair, Wifi, Works with Alexa

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In this episode:

• OpenAI Drama Timeline: All The Twists And Turns, Starring Sam Altman
• Sam Altman returns to OpenAI in a bizarre reversal of fortunes
• Sam Altman joins Microsoft as OpenAI names its third CEO in 3 days
• Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO

• Everything You Need to Know About the Ridiculously Chaotic 'Coup,' Implosion, and Counter-Revolution at OpenAI

• Tech CEO Drama Overview

• Airbnb acquires AI startup for just under $200 million

• Microsoft Teams launches creepy AI webcam trick that cleans up your dirty room

• Several popular AI products flagged as unsafe for kids by Common Sense Media

• Hell freezes over – Apple to support RCS messages from Android phones next year

• Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024

• Amazon will allow auto dealers to sell cars on its site, starting with Hyundai

• Amazon’s new security robot is kind of cute

• How to spot a fake data blocker that could hack your computer in seconds

• Nothing Chats, the Sunbird-based iMessage app, is a privacy nightmare with unencrypted messages and images

• YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users

• Joe Biden’s birthday gift to himself is a Threads account

Weird and Wacky:

• Ultra-White Ceramic Inspired by Beetle Scales Breaks Reflection Record
• Astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars

Tech Rec:

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• Adam - Mario Wonder

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• Tech Tuesday: Tech Inspired Holiday Gift Ideas
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In this episode:

• Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages

• Rivian blames “fat finger” for infotainment-bricking software update

• Waze will start warning drivers about the most dangerous roads

• Prime members can now get a One Medical membership for $9/month
• Aliro could unlock a new future for smart locks and digital keys
• Former Apple designers launch $700 Humane AI Pin as smartphone replacement

• Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers

• Google will delete millions of Gmail accounts next month - here's what you need to know

• Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff
• Nothing company brings iMessage blue bubbles to Android

Weird and Wacky:

• Watch a group of Hot Wheels toy cars zoom down an empty waterslide
• The hijacking of $339,000 worth of rare Japanese KitKats
• Wisconsin couple has tens of thousands of old phones — and nobody to buy them

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In this episode:

• Surprise Discovery Reveals a Whole New Source of Evaporation
• An AI just negotiated a contract for the first time ever — and no human was involved
• WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, files for bankruptcy

• The WeWork soap opera’s latest episode includes filing for bankruptcy

• Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tore his ACL while training for a competitive MMA fight

• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is leaving Seattle for Miami
• Wall Street Bosses See Financial Dangers Everywhere

Weird and Wacky:

• NYC exterminators' new weapon has eliminated nearly 100% of rats from over 100 burrows — and they already have their next targets mapped out
• Robots Are Stealing Your Restaurant Reservations
• 'Couldn't See Anymore:' Bored Ape Conference Attendees Wake Up With Searing Eye Pain, Vision Loss

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In this episode:

• Amazon considers offering veterinary telehealth as it looks to compete with Walmart
• Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud

• Samsung’s Moon photos are fake — but so is a lot of mobile photography

• Google Maps is becoming more like Search — thanks to AI

• Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service

• Automattic is acquiring Texts and betting big on the future of messaging

• Threads Software Limited Gives Meta’s Instagram 30 Days to Desist from Using the Service Name Threads

• Biden issues U.S.' first AI executive order, requiring safety assessments, civil rights guidance, research on labor market impact

• ChatGPT Plus members can upload and analyze files in the latest beta

Weird and Wacky:

• Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air
• This 18-year-old built a better computer monitor that doesn't strain your eyes
• NASA Tech Breathes Life Into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design
• Urban Outfitters is selling 'vintage retro' iPods and millennials' feelings are hurt

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• Sanjay - Eve Water Guard
• Adam - HALO Bolt Compact Portable Car Jump Starter

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In this episode:

• The Problem with Jon Stewart cancellation highlights a problem for Apple’s Content
• Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases

• Apple lines up to support nationwide right-to-repair legislation

• Royal College mulls no confidence move after Excel disaster

• Town Repeatedly Surveilled Man's Yard With Drone Without a Warrant

• Humanoid robots face a major test with Amazon's Digit pilots

• White Castle is hiring robots as fry cooks and seeing improvements in service and order accuracy

• Artists can use a data poisoning tool to confuse DALL-E and corrupt AI scraping

• Pour One Out for the Banks That Invested in Musk’s Twitter

Weird and Wacky:

• The Space-Based Drug Factory That Can’t Come Home - Orbiting lab pioneers space-made medicines—and the red tape needed to land

Tech Rec:

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• Adam - Firefox Add-on - Simple Tab Groups

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In this episode:

• Netflix to Open Stores Where Fans Can Play, Shop and Eat in 2025

• Netflix hikes prices again

• New Device Turns Hot Summer Air Into Drinking Water

• IRS to offer free 'Direct File' pilot to some taxpayers in 13 states for 2024 tax season. Here’s who qualifies
• Comcast starts squeezing 2 Gbps symmetrical internet speeds through decades-old coaxial cables

• Amazon will start testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

• SEC Head: Financial Crash Caused by AI 'Nearly Unavoidable'

• New York City unveils an 'artificial intelligence action plan'

• OpenAI Finally Allows ChatGPT Complete Internet Access

• Ferrari to accept crypto as payment for its cars in the US

• X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year

Weird and Wacky:

• AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time
• Adobe Debuts Dress with Interactive Programmable Digital Display: '...
• Pepper X marks the spot as South Carolina pepper expert scorches his own Guinness Book heat record

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• Adam - Rewind App

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In this episode:

• Gmail for Android rolling out emoji reactions, coming to iOS and web
• Google wins reprieve from $32.5 mln verdict in Sonos patent fight

• Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying

• Tom Hanks calls out dental ad for using AI likeness of him

• How an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok | TechCrunch

• Disney’s Loki faces backlash over reported use of generative AI

• The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation

• Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X, formerly Twitter

• Twitter Is at Death's Door, One Year After Elon Musk's Takeover

• Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch

• Amazon’s live audio-streaming platform Amp closes up shop

• Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack

• Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal data

• Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices

• Atlassian to acquire former unicorn Loom for $975M
• Gallaudet football used brand-new 5G-powered helmets this week to help its deaf athletes
• Rice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves
• Kendall Jenner's AI Chatbot Has Arrived, and It Is Scary Realistic

Weird and Wacky:

• Google open-sourced a hat shaped like a giant keycap—and it actually types

• Ghost in the Machine: How Fake Parts Infiltrated Airline Fleets

• Flipped coins found not to be as fair as thought

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - MiBOXER 8-Bay Smart Charger
• Adam - Kindle Scribe

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In this episode:

• First Blood Test for Dozens of Hereditary Cancers Approved by FDA
• WeWork says it will skip $95 million in interest payments, tanking shares
• US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network
• Spotify Makes Audiobooks Free to Paid Subscribers
• Zoom Docs arrives to take on Google Docs, Notion
• Google is making it harder for bulk senders to fill your Gmail with spam

Weird and Wacky:

• Dead grandma locket request tricks Bing Chat’s AI into solving security puzzle

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• Adam - Harvest

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In this episode:

• Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist controlled by up to 32 people
• TikTok debuts new tools and technology to label AI content

• Artifact is becoming Twitter, too

• Elon Musk Says X Users Are Posting Fewer Posts Per Day Than People Had Been Tweeting

• Neuralink is recruiting subjects for the first human trial of its brain-computer interface
• Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water

• Ford the first OEM to offer digital license plate

• Amazon Prime Video Content to Include Ads Starting Early 2024

• Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope

• EU's Thierry Breton tells Apple to open everything to rivals

• Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music
• Google Messages has been installed 5 billion times

• Widow of man who died driving off collapsed bridge sues Google for directing him there

• FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutrality

• Meta’s smart glasses can take calls, play music, and livestream from your face
• Meta’s AI chatbot plan includes a ‘sassy robot’ for younger users
• ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak
• An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station

Weird and Wacky:

• If You Resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets, the IRS Is Watching
• The SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System (aka R2-D2) worked by tracking the stars and was so powerful that it could see the stars even in daylight
• Artist Who Submitted Empty Canvases to Danish Museum Must Repay $70,000
• Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing instead
• Bob Menendez asks how much a kilo of gold is worth. We answer.

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• Sanjay - Yale Assure Lock 2
• Adam - Lapse App

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In this episode:

• ‘Toy Story’-Themed Animated Simulcast Of NFL Game Set To Stream On Disney+ And ESPN+
• Spotify launches 'daylist' because it knows your music taste varies throughout the day
• Single-bladed floating wind turbine promises half the cost, more power
• Scientists Invented a Super-Slippery Toilet That Nothing Sticks to
• Hallmark and Venmo will let people send cash with greeting cards

• Ring’s new Pet Tag puts a QR code on your dog or cat’s collar to help if they go missing

• Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online

• California lawmakers pass bill to make it easier to delete online personal data

• Google to pay $93m in settlement over deceptive location tracking

• Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one

• Google Bard AI Dips into Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube

• TikTok will fund Black Friday deals to take on Amazon

• Elon Musk says X may go behind a paywall for everyone so he can 'combat vast armies of bots'

• Billionaire Crypto Promoter Mark Cuban Lost Nearly $1M In Common Scam

• Instacart soars 40% in its trading debut

Weird and Wacky:

• Coca-Cola launches beverage created with the help of artificial intelligence
• Crayola, beloved for its crayons, is now selling flowers
• Bear spotted at Disney World prompts closure of parts of Magic Kingdom
• US military asks the public for help finding its missing F-35 fighter jet after its pilot had to eject while training over South Carolina

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• Sanjay - Leviton Smart Switches
• Adam - iTailor

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In this episode:

• This AI-powered app wants to optimize Google Maps' multi-stop routes
• A bumper sticker mocking Elon Musk is sparking a polarizing debate about what it means to drive a Tesla
• Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocks San Francisco Ambulance, Fire Department Says
• Facebook is getting rid of the News tab in Europe
• China bans government officials from using iPhones at work
• Da Vinci robot surgeon removes inoperable tumor, saving patient’s life

Weird and Wacky:

• Study discovers unexpected link between internet use and dementia
• Toothpaste Ingredient Could Extend the Range of Electric Cars

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Home Assistant Yellow
• Adam - Ember Mug 2

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In this episode:

• Apple lends support to California State Right to Repair bill
• Why some people are buying MacBook Pros with broken displays
• Magic Leap AR headset that set the stage for Apple Vision Pro will ‘cease to function’
• Why Streaming Services Are Pushing Subscribers to Ad Tiers
• Max will launch a 24/7 CNN stream for all subscribers next month
• Threads on the web widely rolling out
• X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history
• OpenAI Launches Business Version of ChatGPT That Competes With Microsoft
• A VC firm has built an AI-powered pitch deck generator for startup founders — and is giving it away for free
• Google’s AI-powered note-taking app is the messy beginning of something great
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tells employees it's 'past' time to commit to the company's RTO mandate and their jobs are at stake
• Smucker's has found a return-to-office solution that workers seem to like — in-person work for only 22 weeks a year

Weird and Wacky:

• Pokémon Game That’s All About Sleep Hits 10 Million Downloads
• Columbus Dispatch pauses AI sports writing tool following viral story

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium
• Adam - Namelix

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In this episode:

• A long term vision for YouTube’s medical misinformation policies
• Linear TV Viewing Drops Below 50% of U.S. Television Usage for First Time, Streaming Hits Record High: Nielsen

• Netflix finally streams video games, too

• American Airlines sues a travel site to crack down on consumers who use this trick to save money

• Cruise Agrees to Reduce Driverless Car Fleet in San Francisco After Crash

• Taxi drivers are earning more from viral TikToks than from rides

• IBM Plans To Replace Nearly 8,000 Jobs With AI — These Jobs Are First to Go

• Microsoft retracts AI-written article advising tourists to visit a food bank on an empty stomach
• Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
• LinkedIn and CLEAR Continue to Enhance Digital Safety, Expand Free Identity Verification to Canada's LinkedIn Users

• Experian fined $650,000 for not letting you opt out of its spammy emails

• ‘Broken’ solar panels manufactured specifically for South Africa

• Revolutionary Electrolyzer Efficiently Converts CO2 into Renewable Propane Fuel
• LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery
• Russia’s Luna-25 probe crashes on the moon
• Scientists Extracted a Pink Floyd Song From Someone's Brain Waves. Here’s what it sounds like

• A Drug For Regrowing Teeth Could Be Available Within The Next Decade

• Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment

• Elon Musk says users on X, formerly Twitter, will lose ability to block unwanted followers, eliminating key safety feature
• Social Platform Friend.tech Gains 100K Users in Days Even in Depths of a Bear Market
• Threads on the web is here

Weird and Wacky:

• LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it
• Cheese and chips: parmesan producers fight fakes with microtransponders
• The original voice of Mario is stepping away from the role, Nintendo says

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - TimeGuessr
• Adam - Clean Monday Meals

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In this episode:

• Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon
• CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking
• Google is helping pilots route flights to create fewer contrails, which is better for the climate
• Amazon Cuts Dozens of House Brands as It Battles Costs, Regulators
• BlueJeans, Verizon’s Google Meet competitor you’ve never heard of, is shutting down
• Prepare your Firefox desktop extension for the upcoming Android release
• Musk dumps remaining Twitter-branded stuff in auction
• Video calls are coming to X, formerly Twitter, CEO confirms
• These 5 New High-Speed Trains Are Coming to the U.S.
• Inspired by attacks on bakery, state law allows doxing victims to sue online harassers for money

Weird and Wacky:

• The Mic Cardi B Threw at a Fan Just Sold for Nearly $100,000 on eBay
• San Francisco's North Beach streets clogged as long line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill
• Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Fold 'N Fly
• Adam - 10fastfingers.com

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In this episode:

• Musk's X to pay legal bills of people 'unfairly treated' for posting on platform
• Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Their Checkmark of Shame
• France's AFP sues Musk's X social media, cites refusal to discuss payment for news
• Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges
• How Tesla’s yarn unspooled
• Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000
• Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter's Book: Invites Employees to Sleep 'On Campus' for a Fee
• Google is making Reading mode settings slightly harder to access in Chrome
• Google Messages turning on RCS by default, group E2E encryption launches
• YouTube uses AI to summarize videos in latest test
• The remote work revolution is officially dead: Zoom just told employees to return to the office.

• End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work

• Zoom can now train its A.I. using some customer data, according to updated terms

• New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy
• True shape of lithium revealed for the first time
• City of Hope scientists develop targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research
• NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void

Weird and Wacky:

• Mattel wants to pay you $277 an hour to play Uno
• Pay no attention to the USB port behind the “no USB” sticker

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Benro SLIM Aluminum Lightweight Travel Tripod Kit
• Sanjay - Framework Laptop

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In this episode:

• 'Blaze Your Glory!': Twitter Has a Bizarre New Slogan After 'X' Rebrand
• “Blaze your glory!”—Twitter’s “X” becomes first one-letter iPhone app
• Twitter’s Obnoxious 'X' Sign Is Gone
• Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it.
• Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible
• Google Docs brings line numbers to everyone's documents
• Multiview comes to YouTube and gets official YouTube TV launch, but with limits
• Need a friend? There’s an app for that
• EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by end of 2025

• The Power Station - Some Like It Hot

• The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On

• Ultra-fast niobium batteries boast 6-min charge for Lotus Elise-based EV
• A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments

• A spectacular superconductor claim is making news. Here’s why experts are doubtful

• Fiber-infused ink enables 3D-printed heart muscle to beat

• Dude who made a USB-C iPhone is back with an AirPods case that has a replaceable battery
• U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
• Pentagon hit by ‘critical compromise’ of US air force communications
• NASA is launching its own streaming service later this year
• NASA accidentally severs contact with Voyager 2 probe 12 billion miles from Earth

Weird and Wacky:

• Uber self-driving car test driver pleads guilty to endangerment in pedestrian death case
• You could win free sandwiches for life if you change your name to 'Subway’
• Interactive map shows which US cities will be underwater in 2050

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Flash Museum
• Adam - Tactical Pen – Self Defense Pen & Multi-tool Pen - Flashlight Survival Pen

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In this episode:

• Twitter becomes X
• Musk Says Twitter Will Change Logo to X, ‘Bid Adieu’ to Bird
• Twitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbol

• The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name

• Twitter Announces Coming Restrictions on How Many DMs Non-Twitter Blue Users Can Send

• Your iPhone Can Now Decode the Warning Lights in Your Car

• iPhone 15 might not get a spectacular battery tech upgrade after all

• Meta cancels Quest Pro, stops development of Quest Pro 2

• Threads Is Already Losing Its Allure for Users, Adding Urgency for New Features

• Scripps Research scientists develop AI tool to track the detailed evolution of viral pandemics

• India’s AI newsreaders are multilingual, cost-saving and ‘never tired’. Can they replace humans?
• Apple is already using its chatbot for internal work

• Sam Altman's Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches

• IRS moves forward with a new free-file tax return system, supporters and critics mobilize

• Signal is finally getting a major feature Telegram launched four years ago
• Exotic New Silicon-Based Speakers Are Coming to Next-Generation Earbuds
• TikTok is adding support for text posts

• A battle of rickshaw apps shows the promise of India’s digital stack

• Amazon says it’ll ditch plastic padded mailers

• Reddit takes control of popular subreddit that protested API changes

Weird and Wacky:

• Scientists Stunned As Cracked Metal Heals Itself Before Their Eyes

Tech Rec:

• Adam - OCEARCH Shark Tracker
• Sanjay - Batteryless jump starter

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• Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59
• The Biden administration is tackling smart devices with a new cybersecurity label
• Meta is giving away its AI tech to try to beat ChatGPT
• WormGPT - The Generative AI Tool Cybercriminals Are Using to Launch BEC Attacks
• Apple Preps Ajax Generative AI, ‘Apple GPT’ to Rival OpenAI and Google
• The tech that could make the iPhone 15 last hours longer – and change phones forever
• First Tesla Cybertruck to Roll Off the Line Looks Like It Has a Misaligned Door
• The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers
• France set to allow police to spy through phones
• Netflix’s Next Act Is Investing in Video Games

Weird and Wacky:

• Woman in France hit by suspected meteorite while drinking coffee on her porch
• AI resurrection of Brazilian singer for car ad sparks joy and ethical worries
• Hyundai put speakers in its new electric car so you can blast fake engine noises around your neighborhood — see it in action
• A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
• Bipartisan Measure Aims to Force Release of U.F.O. Records

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - CardPointers
• Adam - Pi.ai

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In this episode:

• Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links
• How to join the Threads beta program and get new features early
• Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads
• US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam
• Google’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals
• BMW introduces Smartglasses for Motorcycling
• Farmer owes $82,000 in contract dispute over use of a 'thumbs-up' emoji, judge says
• Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Soon Be Banned in U.S. for the first time

Weird and Wacky:

• This $3,000, 32-inch e-ink display brings newspaper front pages to your wall
• Japanese man travels 4,000 miles to spell ‘marry me’ on Google Earth
• The process of making traditional Japanese clothing. A Japanese factory that produces kimono.
• Humanoid robots address concerns at AI summit in Geneva

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Learn.xyz
• Sanjay - Beeper

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In this episode:

• Threads, Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Has Arrived
• Threads, Instagram's Twitter competitor, is expected July 6
• Twitter competitor Threads won't let you delete your account unless you also delete Instagram
• Twitter isn't showing tweets unless you're logged in | Engadget
• Twitter's apps are breaking following Elon Musk's decision to cap tweet rates
• Twitter rate limits even dumber than we thought; Reddit winning continues

• The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so

• A flying car that can also drive on the road was approved for testing

• Apple's Market Cap Reaches $3 Trillion
• The user-repairable Fairphone 4 is finally coming to the US
• Toyota announces solid-state battery discovery that may let it catch up with Tesla faster
• Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on any site

Weird and Wacky:

• Japan Airlines Will Rent You Clothes (Bizarre Sustainability Initiative)
• NASA just locked four people in a fake Mars base for a year
• Giant kites could pull ships across the ocean – and slash their carbon emissions

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Farmer's Fridge
• Adam - True Link Financial

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In this episode:

• Lawyers fined $5K for using ChatGPT to file lawsuit filled with fake cases
• Meta to follow through on Facebook, Instagram block in Canada after content bill advances

• As Canada Passes Corrupt Link Tax, Meta Says No More News Links In Canada

• TikTok is discontinuing its BeReal clone

• Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake
• John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion Battery
• America's largest EV charging network adopts Tesla's NACS connector
• The Pixel Fold shows how far ahead Samsung’s folding phones are

• The Biden administration’s $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway

• Nasa recovers 98% water from urine and sweat on ISS; breakthrough to help in long space missions

• First space factory is already testing how to make drugs in space
• DeepMind claims its next chatbot will rival ChatGPT
• House restricts congressional use of ChatGPT
• We've reached peak tech bro, with billionaires suggesting cage fights and bench-press contests
• Universal Analytics is going away

Weird and Wacky:

• Netflix to Stream Titanic on July 1 Following Submersible Tragedy, Draws Ire for Supposed 'Poor Taste'
• False 911 Calls Skyrocket During Bonnaroo as the iPhone Mistakes Dancing for Car Crashes

Tech Rec:

• Mickey - Obsidian
• Adam - Marvel Snap

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• Anker's new Solix home energy storage includes a modular solar battery system
• Virgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks
• Google Lens can now identify rashes and other skin conditions
• Samsung confirms Galaxy Watch 6 coming later this year with AFib notifications
• You can download Instagram Reels now
• Netflix Tweaks Its Top 10 Rankings, Adds View Count
• Spotify's revamped desktop app lets you browse and organize your libraries like you do on mobile
• Spotify Plans New Premium Tier, Expected to Include HiFi Audio
• Twitter Hit With $250 Million Copyright-Infringement Lawsuit From Music Publishers
• Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent
• Squarespace Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Google Domains Assets
• Japan pushes for Apple and Google to allow sideloading
• Amazon shuts down customer’s smart home devices after delivery driver’s false racism claim
• FTC sues Amazon over 'deceptive' Prime sign-up and cancellation process
• Anti-Homeless Mayoral Candidate Uses AI to Create Fake Images of 'Blight'
• Now Rivian Is Adopting Tesla’s EV Charging Port, With Supercharger Access in 2024
• Atlanta mayor's new official vehicle is a Rivian
• Texas pulls reverse Tesla Magic Dock move as it mandates NACS connector on subsidized CCS charging stations
• European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries
• Every Louisiana driver’s license holder exposed in colossal cyber-attack

Weird and Wacky:

• Passenger brings projector on plane and plays film on overhead bin
• Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle
• Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Ren Systems
• Adam - Upwork

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In this episode:

• Reddit blackout: Subreddits to go private on Monday
• WhatsApp’s new Channels feature brings social media to your messaging app
• Meta, King of Copycats, Grabs at Twitter Users With Instagram Spinoff
• Twitter Decides To Stop Paying Google, Despite Relying On It For Multiple Tools

• More affordable version of Apple Vision Pro expected to arrive in 2025

• Netflix password crackdown boosts new subscribers to highest level since Covid began

• A First Look At The Impact of Netflix’s Password Sharing Crackdown

• A Toyota EV drove 1,200 miles without stopping to charge thanks to electric roads with wireless charging

• Toyota unveils electric roadmap that includes 600-mile range EVs, solid-state tech
• GM owners will be able to charge their EVs at Tesla Superchargers
• Uber Wants To Take Turo’s Whole Thing

Weird and Wacky:

• I just bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, and I regret nothing
• Japan has a wild idea to launch a satellite made of wood in 2024
• Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT
• Owner of ‘Area 51’ Nevada License Plate Flooded With Tickets Thanks to Novelty Tags
• The Beatles will release a final record, using John Lennon's voice via an AI assist

Tech Rec:

• Mickey - Kindle Scribe
• Adam - https://www.ooakfinder.com/

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In this episode:

• Apple Vision Pro is here and we're never leaving the house — 21 things it can do that'll wow you

• Apple Reveals Vision Pro Mixed Reality Headset

• Meta Quest 3 Launches Later This Year, Lower Prices + Improvements for Quest 2

• Telly dual-screen TV first look: it’s free and may be the future
• BeReal is adding a messaging feature called RealChat
• Amazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members
• Google Wallet for Android now supports digital IDs
• Federal Judge Makes History in Holding That Border Searches of Cell Phones Require a Warrant

BREAK

• Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff
• Artifact news app now uses AI to rewrite headline of a clickbait article
• Keyword Blocking, now on Artifact
• Airbnb sues New York City over short-term rental restrictions
• In a First, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space
• Pentagon awards SpaceX with Ukraine contract for Starlink satellite internet
• SEC Says Binance Misused Customer Funds, Ran Illegal Crypto Exchange in US
• Don't store cash in Venmo and PayPal, US regulator warns

Weird and Wacky:

• Mark Zuckerberg wins gold and silver in his first Jiu-Jitsu tournament

• Video shows moment Mark Zuckerberg lost controversial jiu jitsu match that sent Meta in a PR spin

• We're Deeply Skeptical, But a Government Whistleblower Claims the US Has Recovered "Non-Human" Spacecraft

• Decoding small QR codes by hand

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - The Most Dangerous Writing App
• Adam - Input Recorder

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In this episode:

• Whistleblower Drops 100 Gigabytes Of Tesla Secrets To German News Site
• Elon Musk's Neuralink says it has FDA approval for study of brain implants
• Nvidia shares surge to record close with 24% rally
• Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material

PAUSE

• These high-quality headphones can last years longer than Sony and Bose alternatives
• YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTube videos
• Lyft’s secret plan to take control of its maps — and its future

Weird and Wacky:

• US to give away free lighthouses as GPS makes them unnecessary
• Here’s What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT
• A lawyer faces sanctions after he used ChatGPT to write a brief riddled with fake citations

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - PageProbe - Automatic Page Monitor
• Adam - Opus Clip

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In this episode:

• Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk
• Apple just dropped an unbelievable new iPhone feature like it's no big deal
• Uber rolls out updates, including a way for teens to book rides
• Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) Launches Georgia Digital Driver’s License and ID in Apple Wallet
• ESPN Plans to Stream Flagship Channel, Eyeing Cable TV’s Demise
• Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams
• WhatsApp finally lets you fix typos in sent messages
• Here's your first look at San Antonio's new esports gaming center

BREAK

• Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison May 30
• The Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It
• Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
• Fake Pentagon attack hoax shows perils of Twitter’s paid verification
• Disney closing ultra-expensive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel
• Google will disable third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users in Q1 2024
• Hyundai will pay $200 million after a TikTok challenge exposed a huge security flaw
• AT&T has some concerns about Starlink and T-Mobile’s satellite-to-cellular plans
• The College Kid Who Tracks Elon Musk’s Jet Is Now Doing The Same Thing For Ron DeSantis

Weird and Wacky:

• What the Beep? Die-Hards Refuse to Let Go of Their Pagers
• To combat loneliness, Dutch supermarket chain has special checkout lane where one can chat with the cashier

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Omnivore
• Adam - OpenAI launches free ChatGPT app for iOS

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In this episode:

• Elon Musk names NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO
• Tesla Recalls Virtually Every Car It Has Sold in China
• A Former Pilot On Why Autonomous Vehicles Are So Risky
• Toyota: Car location data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years
• IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax prep giants

Break

• Swiss startup edges closer to first-ever space debris collection
• Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable Hearing
• WhatsApp is getting locked conversations

• www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts

• Attorney General James Secures $615,000 from Companies that Supplied Fake Comments to Influence FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules

• 47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022

Weird and Wacky:

• YouTuber Trevor Jacob admits to crashing plane for views
• ‘Friends’ characters transformed into toddlers with AI: ‘Adorable’
• Midjourney-Created Fake Ikea Bomb Shelter Furnishings Catalog - It is shockingly convincing

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Name That Thing - Word Game
• Sanjay - This Word Does Not Exist

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In this episode:

• Scientists Use GPT AI to Passively Read People's Thoughts in Breakthrough
• Bard AI in Google Messages could be the writing assistant you never knew you needed
• Wendy’s, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot

• CKE partners with 3 drive-thru AI firms

• Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams

• Tucker Carlson partners with Twitter for new show
• Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative platform needs big revamp

Break

• Discord is growing up, so everyone needs to pick a new username

• Discord’s username change is causing discord

• Chrome has a solution for sites constantly asking to prove you're human

• Gen Zers Are Snapping Up Flip Phones. They Might Be Onto Something.
• Intel OEM Private Key Leak: A Blow to UEFI Secure Boot Security
• A New Startup Hopes to Let Property Owners Make Money From EV Chargers

Weird and Wacky:

• The Luvly O Is an $11,000 Flatpack Microcar

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Shop App
• Adam - HTML to Markdown Converter

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• Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms
• BeReal says it has more than 20 million daily active users | Engadget
• New York’s MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on Twitter
• Twitter's former CEO has a new app that looks a lot like Twitter
• Apple and Google team up to stop unwanted AirTag tracking
• Google on why Authenticator sync isn’t E2E encrypted, but option coming later
• Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure for $223M and goes all-in on the enterprise
• Earth.com files for bankruptcy, owing $5 million for domain name
• Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
• AI Political Ads Are Here, and No One Knows How to Handle Them
• Canva AI can turn photos into a professional headshot
• AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart
• Fakespot is acquired by Mozilla

Weird and Wacky:

• Is your desk chair messing with your screen?

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - News Minimalist
• Adam - Dropbox Capture

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• Amazon Adds Much-Needed Feature to Boost Dialogue in Movies and TV Shows
• Michelin Has Tested Its Uptis Airless Tires at 130 MPH, and Results Are Positive
• World's largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density
• MoviePass has landed a deal with Walmart to sell subscriptions in stores across the country
• Apple is reportedly building a paid AI health coach
• The iPhone 14 feature you never want to use saved three trapped BYU students

BREAK

• Google gives Bard the ability to generate and debug code
• Google's Authenticator App Just Got a Handy New 2FA Tool

• https://defcon.social/@mysk/110262313275622023

• German magazine fires editor over AI 'interview' with Michael Schumacher

• Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt
• Mullvad VPN Hit With Search Warrant in Attempted Police Raid
• Maleficent: Dragon catches fire during Disneyland show

Weird and Wacky:

• Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks
• Parrots taught to video call each other become less lonely, finds research

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - 9 out of 10 Dentist
• Adam - A View From My Seat

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• Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity
• Chat-GPT Pretended to Be Blind and Tricked a Human Into Solving a CAPTCHA
• Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award
• Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era
• Actually, Charging Your Phone in a Public USB Port Is Fine!
• Spotify abandons Heardle less than a year after buying it
• New macOS malware steals sensitive info, including a user's entire Keychain database
• How to set up Apple's new savings account on an iPhone

Ad Break

• They’re Over Being Real
• Instagram takes on Linktree and others with support for up to 5 'links in bio
• Netflix Gains 1.75 Million Subscribers, Axes DVD-Rental Business

• Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later

• Firefox may soon reject Cookie prompts automatically

• Meta encryption ‘blindfolds’ authorities to child abuse, crime agencies claim

Weird and Wacky:

• AB InBev’s Beck’s makes ‘futuristic’ beer using artificial intelligence
• FBI arrests guardsman who applied for job on RentAHitman.com

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Temp Mail
• Sanjay - FlorisBoard

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• Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers
• NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label
• Uber's CEO became an undercover boss in a used Tesla and was surprised by how rude some riders can be
• Tesla hit with class action lawsuit over alleged privacy intrusion

AD BREAK

• This USPS facility in Utah does nothing but decipher your bad handwriting
• Don’t use public phone charging stations: FBI

• PortaPow USB data blocker

• Colorado Approves First-Ever Agricultural Right to Repair Bill

• New Nasa director swears oath on Carl Sagan’s book instead of Bible

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - International Dark Sky Week
• Adam - RedKetchup

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• Principal Sends $100,000 of School Funds to Fake Elon Musk, Claims She Was 'Groomed'
• ChatGPT: Mayor starts legal bid over false bribery claim
• Levi’s use of AI models to increase diversity incites backlash
• Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism
• Microsoft adds Bing AI chat to SwiftKey keyboard for Android
• Oops: Samsung Employees Leaked Confidential Data to ChatGPT

AD BREAK

• Netflix appears to be working to bring games to TV with the iPhone as a controller
• How tiny, cheap smart speakers unlocked the rise of digital payments in India
• Researchers built sonar glasses that track facial movements for silent communication
• Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World
• Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death
• A scam so clever, that YouTube jumps in to warn all of its users
• Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy”

Weird and Wacky:

• Texas dad says glitch in ‘Find My iPhone’ app directs angry strangers at his home

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Human Values Test
• Sanjay - Google Flights

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• Amazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network and it’s gigantic
• Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks
• Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter ‘For You’ feed
• Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion
• Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
• The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions
• Judge Rules Against Internet Archive on Controlled Digital Lending | Authors Alliance
• TikTok ban backup plan? ByteDance-owned Instagram rival Lemon8 hits the US App Store’s Top 10

Ad Break

• Microsoft Now Claims GPT-4 Shows 'Sparks' of General Intelligence
• Levi's Will Use AI Models Alongside Human Ones
• The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality
• IFTTT now has AI-powered automations for paying subscribers
• Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute
• Here's why Apple released a new iPhone app for classical music only
• Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company’s Layoffs Plan
• 4G internet is set to arrive on the moon later this year

Weird and Wacky:

• Cultured meat firm resurrects woolly mammoth in lab-grown meatball
• Wikipedia’s new sound logo: Winner of The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest announced

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Bitwarden
• Adam - PromptPal

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In this episode:

• Bing AI Chat versus Google Bard: A first look
• Meta's paid verification program goes live in the US
• Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech is coming to Panera Bread
• UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor on the moon
• Duolingo is working on a music app
• Mozilla launches a new startup focused on 'trustworthy' AI

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• Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion) | Insid...
• Multiple Internet to Baseband Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems
• Hyundai Promises To Keep Buttons in Cars Because Touchscreen Controls Are Dangerous

Weird and Wacky:

• Elon Musk Sets Poop Emoji as an Autoreply to Twitter’s Press Email

Tech Rec:

• Adam - VistaSocial
• Sanjay - New York Times Daily Mini Crossword Puzzle

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In this episode:

• Apple will launch its standalone classical music app on March 28th
• Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans
• Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
• Meta winds down support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook
• Microsoft Teams will let you transform into a 3D avatar in May
• Researchers shrink camera to the size of a grain of salt
• It Sure Seems Like Amazon Is Making a New Web Browser

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• Hilariously sad: My great mobile provider, Mint, will sell to T-Mobile
• UK data center startup offers to heat Britain's swimming pools with waste heat
• DuckDuckGo’s building AI-generated answers into its search engine
• Future NASA moonwalkers to sport sleeker spacesuits
• Ember is in the baby bottle business now
• TSA Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Unnecessary Pat-Downs

Weird and Wacky:

• Should we automate the CEO?
• Researchers think alien civilizations might be creating black holes to store quantum data
• Meet the Man Spending 100 Days Underwater for Science
• Match Group’s CEO says he spent $50K in three months on Clash of Clans

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• Sanjay - Dumb Password Rules
• Adam - Future Tools

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• OpenAI will let developers build ChatGPT into their apps
• Grammarly adding ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more
• Museum Under Fire for Showing AI Version of Vermeer Masterpiece
• 'Most disturbing website on Internet' can find every single picture that exists of you
• Using A.I. to Detect Breast Cancer That Doctors Miss

Ad Break

• Elon Musk publicly mocks Twitter worker with disability who is unsure whether he’s been laid off
• Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire
• How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday
• U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks
• US probes Tesla Autopilot, steering wheels that can come off
• Amazon is shutting down eight cashierless Go stores
• New ‘Dashboard’ Allows Travelers to See Which Airlines Seat Families Together
• U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations
• The privacy loophole in your doorbell

Weird and Wacky:

• Why some travelers fly across the world without leaving the airport

Tech Rec:

• Adam - StoryBrand BrandScript
• Sanjay - TabFS

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In this episode:

• Robot window washers are here to clean our skyscrapers
• Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
• Chinese startup Realme launches $649 smartphone it says can be fully charged in just over 9 minutes
• UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas For Directly Regulating The Internet, Service Providers
• U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations

Break

• From backyard trick shots to a $100m theme park - The Hustle
• LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to security breach in 2022
• Space community considers launching Moon timezone
• OpenAI will let developers build ChatGPT into their apps
• Microsoft's new AI chatbot has been saying some 'crazy and unhinged things'

Weird and Wacky:

• Teacher Charged After Crypto Mining Operation Discovered in School Crawl Space

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Time Buddy - Clock & Converter
• Adam - Recipe Calculator

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In this episode:

• Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles, says Full Self-Driving Beta software may cause crashes
• The broken Twitter everyone warned us about is finally here
• Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS

• Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication

• Facebook and Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month

• Instagram's co-founders' personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features
• Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You
• Domestic violence hotline calls will soon be invisible on your family phone plan

BREAK

• City of Atlanta embraces AI to improve customer service
• More than 200 books in Amazon's bookstore have ChatGPT listed as an author or coauthor
• Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers
• Spotify Debuts a New AI DJ, Right in Your Pocket — Spotify
• Snoop Dogg Brings Death Row Music Catalog to TikTok

• Conner Price

• New Breakthrough Brings Quantum Computers a Huge Step Closer

• Your Google docs are about to look a little bit different
• Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch
• GM Patents Self-Cleaning Touch Screen That Erases Fingerprints

Weird and Wacky:

• NBA Commissioner Adam Silver unveils streaming experience of the future via the NBA App!
• Airless Basketball Prototype
• This iPhone just sold for a record-breaking $63,000 at auction

Tech Rec:

• Adam - McCheapest
• Sanjay - Every Noise

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In this episode:

• Microsoft Cuts Jobs in HoloLens, Surface, Xbox as Layoffs Continue
• IRS builds out task force to explore running its own free e-file system
• Spotify's latest feature lets users exclude playlists from impacting recommendations
• Tesla's biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD

AD BREAK

• Tesla will open some of its charging stations to other electric cars
• Elon Musk wanted more Elon Musk on Twitter so Twitter is now all Elon Musk
• AI is dreaming up drugs that no one has ever seen. Now we’ve got to see if they work.
• Dutch host first summit on 'responsible' use of AI in the military
• I'm Hating It: McDonald's AI-Powered Drive-Thru Sucks

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Artifact
• Adam - Color wheel - color theory and calculator | Canva Colors

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In this episode:

• RIP To The Best Bots On Twitter
• Elon Musk will share Twitter ad revenue — but only with creators who pay for Twitter Blue
• Twitter broke after deploying 4,000-character Tweets

• Twitter Went Down Because Employee Accidentally Deleted Data

• Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count

• Twitter founder Jack Dorsey mocked new owner Elon Musk's company over a major outage
• U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off the Coast of the Carolinas
• AMC Theatres® Presents Sightline at AMC, the Next Evolution of Value Pricing at the Movies With Multiple Options to Meet the Viewing Preferences of AMC Moviegoers – Including a Lower Ticket Price for Select Seats.
• ‘Disrespectful to the Craft:’ Actors Say They’re Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI
• NASA will launch a Mars mission on Blue Origin’s New Glenn
• The internet is falling out of love with Google – and it’s Bing’s time to shine

Weird and Wacky:

• Long-lost secret letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, have just been decoded
• The Coca-Cola phone is a real thing, and it’s absolutely stunning

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Scam Charge
• Sanjay - Downdetector

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In this episode:

• Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S.
• Smaller, Cheaper Flow Batteries Throw Out Decades-Old Designs
• Frontier rolls out 5Gbps fiber internet across the US
• FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls
• Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information
• Report: Apple is planning both a foldable screen and a kickstand for the iPad
• ChatGPT creator rolls out 'imperfect' tool to help teachers spot potential cheating

Break

• Microsoft blames router IP address change for global outage
• Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA
• Elon Musk pushes forward with Twitter payments vision
• Electric vehicle "spontaneously combusts" on California freeway. Oh you know the brand
• Surgeon General says 13 is 'too early' to join social media
• Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household
• Walmart throws shade at Amazon over new $150 minimum for free grocery delievery

Weird and Wacky:

• Missing Tiny, Deadly Radioactive Capsule Spurs Nationwide Search in…
• Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia

• Seeking a Needle in a Haystack, Australians Find Lost Radioactive D...

• Clever Hacker Finds the Perfect Way to Creatively Vandalize London's Knightrider Court

• Sleep Company Will Pay You to Eat Cheese Late at Night
• Fashion of the Future: Sweaters Made From Human Hair
• This Seinfeld/Pulp Fiction deepfake is a little too good

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Asteroid Launcher
• Adam - Personal Values Assessment

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In this episode:

• Twitter hired experts for case against Musk—now Musk won’t pay them...
• Elizabeth Holmes made an 'attempt to flee the country' after her conviction, prosocuters say
• WiFi Routers Used to Produce 3D Images of Humans
• New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi

Break

• U.S. ‘No Fly List’ Leaks After Being Left in an Unsecured Airline Server...
• NYSE says Tuesday's trading glitch due to 'manual error'
• Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog
• Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising...
• Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening

Weird and Wacky:

• Undercover agents for Russia asked Google how to 'disappear' from trouble. They got caught and sent to prison for years.
• ‘Authentic’ Splash Mountain water sells on eBay after ride closes at Walt Disney World

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Anki
• Sanjay - Rotten Recipes: Find flavors pairings

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In this episode:

• Tesla suddenly slashes prices on many models. ‘I think the real driver for all of this is falling demand.’

• The Cheapest And Most Expensive Cars To Maintain, Ranked

• A Tesla buyer says she feels 'duped' and 'taken advantage of' after missing out on a $13,000 price cut

• Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
• Twitter officially bans third-party clients with new developer rules

• Third-party Twitter apps are facing issues, users say

• Tweetbot is down again

Break

• Using LastPass? You need to switch urgently, says security firm
• NSA asks congress to reauthorize warrantless data collection
• Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In
• Samsung 'Self-Repair' Program Adds Galaxy S22 Phones, Some Galaxy Books
• The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is the first-ever hybrid Corvette
• A job application written by ChatGPT fooled recruiters and beat more than 80% of human candidates to an interview
• Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to step down as chief executive

Weird and Wacky:

• Netflix offers $385,000 for private jet attendant - BBC News
• Want a Giant Neon Twitter Bird? You’ll Have to Bid More Than $17,000

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Samsung Galaxy Watch5
• Adam - Anker Wireless Charging Station & 20W Charger

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In this episode:

• Deere & Co. will allow farmers to repair their own equipment
• Minnesota company rolls out fully electric fire truck
• The FAA has ordered a temporary nationwide pause on all domestic flights until 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning following a computer failure impacted flights.
• Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon – but many aren’t sticking around

• Medium embraces Mastodon

• A New Direction for Mojo Vision’s Groundbreaking Technology

• Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela

AD BREAK

• Two Minor League baseball pitchers with the exact same name — and eerily similar looks — took a DNA test to find out if they’re actually related after years of being confused for one another.…
• Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports
• Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
• A college student created an app that can tell whether AI wrote an essay
• OpenAI has begun testing a paid, enterprise-focused version of its viral ChatGPT bot -- and surveying users about their pricing preferences.

Weird and Wacky:

• Employee TikTok reveals a floor show upgrade from floppy and DVD—possibly for the last time.
• Laser-charged Chinese drone can stay in the air indefinitely

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Daily Art App
• Sanjay - dimensions.com

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In this episode:

• Former Zulily software engineer charged for theft scheme inspired by ‘Office Space’ movie
• Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users
• Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings
• With Only 6 Words, Patagonia Explained the Brilliant Reason It Closed All of Its Stores and Paid Its Employees to Take a Week Off
• Innocent Black Man Jailed After Facial Recognition Got It Wrong, His Lawyer Says

AD BREAK

• Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generation ‘Qi2’ standard based on MagSafe
• Goodyear shows off 90 percent sustainable tires and traction-tracking treads at CES 2023
• Microsoft Bing With ChatGPT Reportedly Launching In March
• Pee is the magic number, as Withings puts a urine analysis lab in your toilet
• Introducing Project Leonardo for PlayStation 5, a highly customizable accessibility controller kit
• Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks

Weird and Wacky:

• ‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Portable Secret
• Adam - Philips Hue Lights

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In this episode:

• Twitter experiences a widespread global outage
• California Bans Tesla From Marketing Its EVs As "Full Self-Driving"
• For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans
• Andrew Tate detained in Romania over rape and human trafficking case
• Study finds AI assistants help developers produce code that's more likely to be buggy

AD BREAK

• What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained
• Comcast Xfinity accounts hacked in widespread 2FA bypass attacks
• DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites
• India makes USB Type-C charging must for device makers from March 2025
• Delta will reportedly make its in-flight Wi-Fi free

Weird and Wacky:

• 73-year-old pays $370/month to live in a plane he bought for $100,000 from a salvage yard: ‘I have no regrets’

Tech Rec:

• Adam - Kindle Unlimited
• Sanjay - FollowUpThen

New Year’s Resolutions

• Adam - learn a skill for 30-minutes a day
• Sanjay - get control of the inbox, say no more

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In this episode:

• After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on "promotion" of other social platforms
• Elon Musk launches poll asking if he should quit as Twitter CEO

• Twitter Users Say Elon Musk Should Quit as Boss

• Elon Musk suggests journalists want to cause harm to him and his family after restoring suspended Twitter accounts

• Twitter Reinstates Suspended Accounts of Several Journalists

• MSG defends using facial recognition to kick lawyer out of Rockettes show

• Electric school buses are practically free now
• Amtrak unveils new train cars with plenty for customers to love - The Points Guy

AD BREAK

• Google will soon translate your doctor's terrible handwriting
• Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions
• Some universities are now restricting TikTok access on campus
• Nike Training Club on Netflix Launches Dec. 30: Everything You Need to Know
• FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail, will live with his parents

Weird and Wacky:

• James Cameron Commissioned A Scientific Study To Settle The Long-Running Debate Over Whether Jack Could Have Joined Rose On Her Makeshift Raft In “Titanic”
• Hands-On With Dyson’s $1,000 Air Purifying Headphones

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Mayfair
• Adam - Timer+

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• ElonJet
• Musk bans Twitter account tracking his jet, threatens to sue creator
• Elon Musk Is Taking Legal Action Against Student Who Tracks His Private Jet

• Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists

• Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon

• Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show
• A Tesla owner says his Model Y ordered him to pull over before it suddenly shut down, trapping him inside

AD BREAK

• US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says
• DoNotPay is launching an AI chatbot that can negotiate your bills
• ChatGPT Is a Tipping Point for AI
• AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease
• FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas
• We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue.
• Supreme Court asks for Biden administration's views in Google copyright case
• Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation

Weird and Wacky:

• Parents who say their kids won't eat or shower because they're addicted to Fortnite slam Epic Games with lawsuit
• Stop It Video

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - The age of everyone
• Adam - Canva MagicWrite

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• Tesla finally delivers first electric Semi to Pepsi after years of delay
• Tesla says it is adding radar in its cars next month amid self-driving suite concerns
• Twitter will reportedly charge $11 on iOS for Blue subscription to offset App Store fees
• Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe
• Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’
• The future of watching football is here
• We gave ChatGPT a college-level microbiology quiz.
• Lastpass says hackers accessed customer data in new breach
• NFTs minted on FTX break
• North Carolina Power Outages
• A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet
• San Francisco temporarily bans police robots from using lethal force

Weird and Wacky:

• ‘Goonies’ house in Astoria sells to a fan who wants to protect the landmark
• This ATM at Art Basel has a twist: It posts a picture of you with your bank balance
• Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Meething
• Adam - TinyWow

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In this episode:

• Elon Musk summons Twitter engineers amid mass resignations and puts up poll on Trump ban
• Elon Musk posts pictures with engineers as they leave a Twitter 'code review' at 1:30 a.m.
• Banned Twitter users return: ‘We’re coming back with a vengeance’
• Twitter has stopped enforcing its covid misinformation policies
• 11 (and counting) things journalism loses if Elon Musk destroys Twitter
• Elon Musk says Twitter will begin manually authenticating Blue, Grey, and Gold accounts as soon as next week

AD BREAK

• The World Cup's New High-Tech Ball Will Change Soccer Forever
• Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud
• San Francisco police get green light for deadly robots
• Apple Says Your iPhone's Usage Data is Anonymous, but New Tests Say That's Not True
• If you have hemophilia, you can now get a one-time gene therapy for $3.5 million
• Lab-grown blood injected into live human beings for the first time

Weird and Wacky:

• 14-yo Crowned ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ for Headphones That Treat Ear Infections With Blue Light
• SF’s New 'Futuristic’ Public Toilet Breaks Down On Just Third Day On the Job

Tech Rec:

• Adam - OpenAI
• Sanjay - Pkge.net

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• Elon Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter employees: Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out
• Musk Steps Up Purge of Twitter Engineers Who Criticize Him
• Twitter Closes All Of Its Office Buildings as Employees Resign En Masse
• Musk declines former tech CEO's offer to run Twitter for him
• Elon Musk says he's sleeping at Twitter's HQ 'until the org is fixed'
• Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down
• Twitter is bringing back end-to-end encrypted DMs
• New Twitter accounts won’t be able to buy Blue verification for 90 days

• 'FTX Has Been Hacked'

• Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts

• Exclusive: Jeff Bezos says he will give most of his money to charity
• Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Thousands of Employees
• Nike to Open Its Own Virtual Sneaker Store and Trading Platform
• Today @Cruise launched daytime driverless rides.
• DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking Protection beta is now available to all Android users
• Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

Weird and Wacky:

• To be built in Saudi Arabia, this $5 billion gigayacht concept is so massive that it can dwarf an oligarch’s superyacht
• ‘A whole new world’: Georgia debuts all-terrain wheelchairs at its state parks

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Aspiration Bank
• Adam - iRobot Vacuum (Roomba)

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• Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back
• Twitter Employees File Class-Action Lawsuit for Mass Layoffs with No Notice
• Elon Musk’s response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation

• Twitter lost more than 1.3 million users in the week after Elon Musk bought it

• Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week

• Signal is the latest app to roll out a Stories feature
• ‘Batteries on wheels’: EV buses could help decarbonize more than just transit

• Atlanta Public School gets federal funding for 25 electric buses

• AirBnB Displaying total price and simplifying checkout

• AirBnB thread from CEO

• New Startup Develops Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

• Amazon’s leaked ‘Clinic’ would connect patients to telemedicine
• The lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI that could change the rules of AI copyright

Weird and Wacky:

• Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game
• Your next car might not drive if you've been drinking

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Lose the Very
• Adam - Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2

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In this episode:

• Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweets conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi
• Musk says Twitter will charge $8/month for blue check mark
• GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover
• Elon Musk begins mass layoffs of Twitter staff
• Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors
• Elon Musk’s Twitter is working on paid-video feature with ‘high’ risk
• Instagram down: Users complain about app crashing 30 seconds after using it
• AI Image Generators Routinely Display Gender and Cultural Bias
• The City of Atlanta Banned E-Scooters in 2019. The Impact Was Profound
• Could hologram technology be the future of video calls? - BBC News
• Teens Turn to TikTok in Search of a Mental Health Diagnosis
• Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not
• Tesla Semi accelerates with otherworldy speed and sound in new video

Weird and Wacky:

• RIP Food delivery robot
• Forget Musical Chairs! Drive On These 9 Highways And They’ll “Sing” To You.
• NASCAR Driver Beats Other Racers Using Insane Physics Trick He Saw In A Videogame

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Logitech Litra Glow Premium LED Streaming Light
• Adam - QuickForget

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In this episode:

• Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweets conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi
• Musk says Twitter will charge $8/month for blue check mark
• GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover
• Elon Musk begins mass layoffs of Twitter staff
• Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors
• Elon Musk’s Twitter is working on paid-video feature with ‘high’ risk
• Instagram down: Users complain about app crashing 30 seconds after using it
• AI Image Generators Routinely Display Gender and Cultural Bias
• The City of Atlanta Banned E-Scooters in 2019. The Impact Was Profound
• Could hologram technology be the future of video calls? - BBC News
• Teens Turn to TikTok in Search of a Mental Health Diagnosis
• Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not
• Tesla Semi accelerates with otherworldy speed and sound in new video

Weird and Wacky:

• RIP Food delivery robot
• Forget Musical Chairs! Drive On These 9 Highways And They’ll “Sing” To You.
• NASCAR Driver Beats Other Racers Using Insane Physics Trick He Saw In A Videogame

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Logitech Litra Glow Premium LED Streaming Light
• Adam - QuickForget

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• Poll results: https://twitter.com/sanjay/status/1583471252227862528
• "Chief Twit" Elon Musk arrives at TwitterHQ carrying a sink
• Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and fires top executives
• Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second
• Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with ‘blatant’ misinformation about voting in midterms
• YouTube will let doctors and nurses apply to be labeled as reliable
• Netflix Profile Transfers
• Introducing LinkedIn Audio Events
• Scientists design algorithm that 'reads' people's thoughts from brain scans

• Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI

• Apple confirms the iPhone is getting USB-C

• Google's Android Will Force iPhone Users to Read Descriptions of Reaction Emojis
• Spotify pulls audiobook purchases from iOS app after Apple blocks updates
• Lego to discontinue Mindstorms robot line after a 24-year run

Weird and Wacky:

• Arizona GOP Secretary Of State Candidate Insists ‘Deep State’ Google Is Blocking His Website; Turns Out He Requested It Not Be Indexed
• Pilot creates largest portrait of Queen Elizabeth in charity flight over UK
• The Newest Card-Carrying Members of AARP: 20-Somethings

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - AllTrails
• Adam - BallotReady

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• Detroit Airport's 'Parallel Reality' Screen Shows You Only Your Flight Details, Passengers in Disbelief
• California drivers can now sport digital license plates on their cars
• Company Documents Show Meta’s Flagship Metaverse Falling Short
• Facebook parent Meta admits defeat after Giphy deal is blocked by UK regulators
• The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it
• How is a thief taking thousands from London gym-goers?
• Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce

• The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say Nice Things About Each Other

• Artist Damien Hirst Burns Paintings When Buyers Purchase NFT

• Heat from fingertips can be used to crack passwords, researchers find
• Automatic Cheating Detection in Human Racing
• Spooky artificial intelligence ‘can accurately predict the future’
• Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast
• Adobe’s latest AI prototype gives even the worst dancers some impressive moves
• MacKenzie Scott gives the Girl Scouts nearly $85 million

Weird and Wacky:

• What famous monsters from books look like, according to AI
• 2 California bakers create a life-size Han Solo out of bread

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Obsidian.md
• Adam - PlayPhrase.me

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• Signal will remove support for SMS text messages on Android
• Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge
• $1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified by Report It Only Had 38 Active Users
• Russian-speaking hackers knock multiple US airport websites offline
• Call it data liberation day: Patients can now access all their health records digitally

• CNN accused of rug pull as it abandons its NFT project

• Gen Z canceled the ‘hostile’ thumbs-up emoji

• Snap a photo of your living room, and InteriorAI will redesign it
• Your future home could be inflated in 15 minutes and filled with concrete
• Roku’s new smart home products are just a first step
• Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps
• NASA will soon test a massive inflatable heat shield
• Astronomers have unveiled the world’s largest digital camera
• SpinLaunch Completes its 10th Test

Weird and Wacky:

• Elon Musk sells $1 million worth of new perfume, 'Burnt Hair'
• Lufthansa "bans AirTags in luggage" after passengers publicly shame it
• The iPhone 14 keeps calling 911 on rollercoasters

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Google Maps Location Sharing
• Adam - Spark Mail App

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In this episode:

• Elon is now buying twitter
• Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial
• Twitter shares surge 22% after Elon Musk revives deal to buy company at original price

• With 11 Short Words, Elon Musk Just Revealed His Plans for Twitter. There's Only 1 Problem

• Elon Musk Doubles Down on Plan to End Ukraine War for Some Reason

• Banished for an Unleashed Dog: Airbnb Bans Bewilder Guests and Hosts
• EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
• Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters

• First-ever graphene circuit generates limitless power from thermal motion

• Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.26 Million to Settle S.E.C. Charges Over Crypto Promotion

• Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China
• The Coinbase film: Documentary or vanity project?
• Tesla is now building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without ultrasonic sensors

Weird and Wacky:

• Deepfake Bruce Willis may be the next Hollywood star, and he’s OK with that [Updated]
• Look of the Week: Bella Hadid's spray-on Coperni dress
• Pixelated clothing at Paris Fashion Week is metaverse fashion flipped on its head

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Workflowy
• Adam - NFC Tools

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In this episode:

• Elon is now buying twitter
• Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial
• Twitter shares surge 22% after Elon Musk revives deal to buy company at original price

• With 11 Short Words, Elon Musk Just Revealed His Plans for Twitter. There's Only 1 Problem

• Elon Musk Doubles Down on Plan to End Ukraine War for Some Reason

• Banished for an Unleashed Dog: Airbnb Bans Bewilder Guests and Hosts
• EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
• Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters

• First-ever graphene circuit generates limitless power from thermal motion

• Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.26 Million to Settle S.E.C. Charges Over Crypto Promotion

• Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China
• The Coinbase film: Documentary or vanity project?
• Tesla is now building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without ultrasonic sensors

Weird and Wacky:

• Deepfake Bruce Willis may be the next Hollywood star, and he’s OK with that [Updated]
• Look of the Week: Bella Hadid's spray-on Coperni dress
• Pixelated clothing at Paris Fashion Week is metaverse fashion flipped on its head

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Workflowy
• Adam - NFC Tools

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In this episode:

• Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
• Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show
• James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I.

• Darth Vader's voice in Obi-Wan Kenobi was entirely AI-generated

• Walmart Is Making Its First Move Into the Metaverse With Virtual Worlds on Roblox

• Google’s making it even easier to remove your personal info from search
• Google kills Stadia, will refund game purchases

• Some Google Photos users finding that old images have been ‘corrupted’ [Updated]

• Zynga’s Marko Lastikka teams up with Netflix to open new studio

• This Surveillance Artist Knows How You Got That Perfect Instagram Photo
• Netflix expands its password-sharing crackdown
• Turnstile is Cloudflare’s latest attempt to rid the web of CAPTCHAs
• Amazon's new Kindle Scribe is an e-reader you can write on — here are the 6 best features we know about so far
• DALL·E Now Available - Without Waitlist

Weird and Wacky:

• Random: This Super Mario Maker 2 Fan Spent Seven Years Crafting 'Super Mario Bros. 5'
• Ghoulish moans are haunting the intercoms of American Airlines flights

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Lively HSA

Adam - Use The Keyboard

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In this episode:

• Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
• Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show
• James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I.

• Darth Vader's voice in Obi-Wan Kenobi was entirely AI-generated

• Walmart Is Making Its First Move Into the Metaverse With Virtual Worlds on Roblox

• Google’s making it even easier to remove your personal info from search
• Google kills Stadia, will refund game purchases

• Some Google Photos users finding that old images have been ‘corrupted’ [Updated]

• Zynga’s Marko Lastikka teams up with Netflix to open new studio

• This Surveillance Artist Knows How You Got That Perfect Instagram Photo
• Netflix expands its password-sharing crackdown
• Turnstile is Cloudflare’s latest attempt to rid the web of CAPTCHAs
• Amazon's new Kindle Scribe is an e-reader you can write on — here are the 6 best features we know about so far
• DALL·E Now Available - Without Waitlist

Weird and Wacky:

• Random: This Super Mario Maker 2 Fan Spent Seven Years Crafting 'Super Mario Bros. 5'
• Ghoulish moans are haunting the intercoms of American Airlines flights

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Lively HSA

Adam - Use The Keyboard

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In this episode:

• Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95%
• Coloradans can now pay state tax bills with cryptocurrency
• TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now
• Hilton to design astronaut suites, facilities for Voyager’s private space station Starlab
• Watch out, Zoom - Slack is here to eat your lunch
• Framework’s new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable
• Elon Musk Says the Optimus, Tesla's Human-Like Robot, Will Premiere on September 30 Amid Investor Hesitancy
• Twitter is facing an exodus of hundreds of workers since Elon Musk pitched them on his vision for the company three months ago

AD BREAK

• Uber apparently hacked by teen, employees thought it was a joke

• Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems

• Google accidentally transferred a quarter of a million dollars to a blogger and took almost a month to ask for it back

• Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges

Weird and Wacky:

• 3D printed Blizzflosser is the most customized and quickest way to gently floss all your teeth at once
• The last man selling floppy disks says he still receives orders from airlines
• Watch this team of drones 3D-print a tower

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - USB-C to USB-A adapter & Buy Mullvad cards on Amazon! (ep 175)

Adam - Carrot Weather

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In this episode:

• Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95%
• Coloradans can now pay state tax bills with cryptocurrency
• TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now
• Hilton to design astronaut suites, facilities for Voyager’s private space station Starlab
• Watch out, Zoom - Slack is here to eat your lunch
• Framework’s new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable
• Elon Musk Says the Optimus, Tesla's Human-Like Robot, Will Premiere on September 30 Amid Investor Hesitancy
• Twitter is facing an exodus of hundreds of workers since Elon Musk pitched them on his vision for the company three months ago

AD BREAK

• Uber apparently hacked by teen, employees thought it was a joke

• Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems

• Google accidentally transferred a quarter of a million dollars to a blogger and took almost a month to ask for it back

• Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges

Weird and Wacky:

• 3D printed Blizzflosser is the most customized and quickest way to gently floss all your teeth at once
• The last man selling floppy disks says he still receives orders from airlines
• Watch this team of drones 3D-print a tower

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - USB-C to USB-A adapter & Buy Mullvad cards on Amazon! (ep 175)

Adam - Carrot Weather

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• Good buy, Type O’s: iMessages can finally be edited
• Uber Eats to Begin Delivering Food with Autonomous Vehicles
• Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors
• Locked Out of ‘God Mode,’
• The Nissan Leaf can now officially power buildings
• Brush up on your office lingo with Biz Jargon voice navigation

• Copywriter website: Joe Coleman

• Zoom Readies Email and Calendar Products

• Canva moves beyond graphic design to launch a visual worksuite
• A 22-year-old TikToker fooled millions by pretending to be an AI-generated image
• Peloton's founder is severing his last remaining ties with the embattled company
• California sues Amazon
• Twitter shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favor of Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal
• Patagonia reinvents itself again

Weird and Wacky:

• Man Asks AI to Recreate His Photos
• This Muzzle, Er, Microphone Lets You Swear Around Friends

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Water Resistant Atomic Clock
• Adam - The Magic Email

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• Good buy, Type O’s: iMessages can finally be edited
• Uber Eats to Begin Delivering Food with Autonomous Vehicles
• Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors
• Locked Out of ‘God Mode,’
• The Nissan Leaf can now officially power buildings
• Brush up on your office lingo with Biz Jargon voice navigation

• Copywriter website: Joe Coleman

• Zoom Readies Email and Calendar Products

• Canva moves beyond graphic design to launch a visual worksuite
• A 22-year-old TikToker fooled millions by pretending to be an AI-generated image
• Peloton's founder is severing his last remaining ties with the embattled company
• California sues Amazon
• Twitter shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favor of Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal
• Patagonia reinvents itself again

Weird and Wacky:

• Man Asks AI to Recreate His Photos
• This Muzzle, Er, Microphone Lets You Swear Around Friends

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Water Resistant Atomic Clock
• Adam - The Magic Email

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In this episode:

• Can new technology tell if you’re lying on LinkedIn?
• Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M
• Samsung says customer data stolen in July data breach

• ‘LOTR: The Rings Of Power’ Forges Biggest Premiere Viewership Ever For Amazon Prime Video

• Floppy disks in Japan: Minister declares war on old-fashioned technology

• Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast, using cables you may already own
• Farewell, Typos! Twitter Unveils an Edit Button.
• Real Money, Fake Musicians: Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme

Weird and Wacky:

• An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy.
• Hacked Russian Taxi App Orders Dozens of Cabs to the Same Address, Chaos Ensues

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Fanttik X8 APEX Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor
• Adam - YouTube TV

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In this episode:

• Jack Dorsey’s biggest regret is Twitter became a company
• T-Mobile & SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year
• The man who tracks Elon Musk's jet says he would stop if Elon took him on a flight and gave him an interview
• French tax officials use AI to spot 20,000 undeclared pools
• Panera Bread tests artificial intelligence technology in drive-thru lanes

• MTV VMAs: Eminem and Snoop Dogg Perform as Bored Apes in the Metaverse

• California to install solar panels over canals to fight drought

• Soon electric vehicles could charge faster than your iPhone
• Cox Rolls Out Cellphone Service With Starting Price of $15
• US theaters will sell $3 movie tickets on September 3rd
• The shift to WFH is the largest shock to labor markets in decades
• Crypto.com accidentally sent a woman $7.2 million instead of $68

Weird and Wacky:

• Hear me out: chill your earbuds before you wear them
• A Giant Truck Designed to Shake the Ground Like an Earthquake or an Approaching Dinosaur
• Why Totino’s Needs 25 Ways to Make Pizza Rolls

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Momondo
• Adam - myQ Chamberlain Smart Garage Control

Adam: Alexa play “Welcome to Atlanta”

Sanjay: Google play “Welcome to Atlanta”

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In this episode:

• MoviePass to relaunch on Labor Day in beta form with pricing ranging from $10-$30 a month
• WeWork Cofounder Adam Neumann’s New Real Estate Startup Sounds An Awful Lot Like One He Invested In Two Years Ago
• Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
• Twitter’s Former Security Chief Accuses It of ‘Misleading’ Public on Security Practices
• Instagram's next feature might be a copy of BeReal

• Meta confirms it’s making a BeReal clone for Instagram

• How Data Is Changing the College Experience

• This app beeps every time your computer sends data to Google
• AI detects Parkinson’s disease by tracking your breathing patterns
• Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll
• Apple Workers Pound the Table for More Work From Home Options
• Peloton strikes a deal to sell fitness equipment and apparel on Amazon

AD BREAK

• Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home actually save energy? Three engineers run the numbers
• More Than ‘Weird’: Roku Embraces Original Programming
• Disney Plus users furious over Avatar’s sudden removal ahead of cinema re-release
• YouTube removes

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In this episode:

• WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion
• A16z is betting big on Adam Neumann's new real estate startup

• Adam Neumann thinks we want ‘community-driven’ living, but how has that worked out in the past?

• New TV show from MGM called ‘Ring Nation’ uses surveillance video footage from Ring cameras

• Did Fortune Favor The Brave? If You Invested $1,000 In Bitcoin When Matt Damon Said, You'd Have This Much Now
• New technology pulls clean drinking water from the air, 24 hours a day, with no energy input
• InMotion unveils ‘fastest in the world’ 87 MPH V13 Challenger electric unicycle
• A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave
• 1 million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar-reflective paint
• Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach
• “It’s Potentially Illegal”: As Crypto Crashed, Coinbase Stopped Some Notifications

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• Nearly half of all teens say they use the internet ‘almost constantly,’ survey finds
• Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser

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In this episode:

• Amazon buying iRobot in a $1.7 billion all-cash deal
• Elon Musk sells 7.92 million Tesla shares worth $6.88 billion
• Jeff Bezos' Megayacht Was Quietly Towed From a Dutch Shipyard — Watch the Video
• California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot
• DuckDuckGo browser’s stricter privacy protection will also apply to Microsoft scripts now
• Slack resets passwords after exposing hashes in invitation links

AD BREAK

• Netflix is expanding its push into video games, but few subscribers are playing along
• Burger King just emailed everyone a blank receipt in a whopper of a mistake
• Phishers who breached Twilio and targeted Cloudflare could easily get you, too
• Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

Weird and Wacky:

• Britney Spears - Toxic (on Devices feat. Epilator)
• Boeing 737 mysteriously discovered in random field and no one knows how it got there
• Copy-paste error results in Nevada homebuyer getting 87 properties for the price of one home

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - GeoGuessr - Siberia or Japan? Expert Google Maps Players Can Tell at a Glimpse.
• Adam - Spotify Car Thing

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In this episode:

• T-Mobile Is Tracking Users by Default. How to Turn It Off
• These Companies Know When You're Pregnant—And They're Not Keeping It Secret
• Secret Service may disable iMessages to avoid repeat of Jan. 6 controversy
• Elon Musk countersues Twitter over merger, but details aren’t yet public
• Elon Musk’s antics turn owners and would-be buyers against Tesla: ‘I love my vehicle, but I really wish I didn’t have to respond to my friends and family about his latest tweet’
• The Space Force is scrapping the annual fitness test in favor of wearable trackers
• Spotify wants users to pay for separate ‘Play’ and ‘Shuffle’ buttons
• Trailblazing Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols dies at 89

AD BREAK

• Thousands of Solana wallets drained in multimillion-dollar exploit
• Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals
• Tim Hortons Offers a Free Coffee and Pastry for Spying on People for Over a Year
• Samsung Repair Mode ensures your data isn’t stolen during phone repair
• FTC Seeks to Block Virtual Reality Giant Meta’s Acquisition of Popular App Creator Within
• Anti-aging drugs are being tested as a way to treat covid

Weird and Wacky:

• Creepy AI asked to predict what the last human on Earth will look like – the results suggest a mutant future
• Researchers repaired cells in damaged pig organs an hour after the animal’s death
• Have you seen the chairs that automatically return to their origina

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In this episode:

• Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient
  • Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient
• Twitter Pares Office Space to Save Cash, Deepen Remote-Work Tilt
• Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House
• Don’t Look Now, but Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill
• Google delays when Chrome will phase out third-party cookies to 2024
• The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris
• Hackers scan for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure
• Apple politely explains why iPhone cases are a waste of money

AD BREAK

• Tesla's $1.5 Billion Bet on Bitcoin Went Exactly as You Might Have Expected--Not Good
• Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Reports First Ever Revenue Drop
• Spotify Hits 188M Paying Subs, Exceeding Expectations, and Grows Quarterly Ad Revenue
• Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet
• Google Maps rolls out location sharing notifications, immersive views and better bike navigation

Weird and Wacky:

• 765 Price Canyon Rd, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
• It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - https://loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ng/

Adam - Rhodia A5 Webnotebook, Dot, Black

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In this episode:

• Judge grants Elon Musk an October court date, in early win for Twitter
  • Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover trial set to start in October
  • Twitter blames Musk and ad market headwinds for declining revenue
• Mattel to launch SpaceX vehicles as new Matchbox toys and collectibles
• Tesla gets exclusive lane at a US-Mexico border crossing
• Instagram’s new payments feature lets users buy products via DMs
• Fad or frenzy, BeReal is having a real moment right now
• Amazon makes Prime Video look more like Netflix (and every other streaming app)
• Microsoft is launching a Facebook rip-off inside Teams
• Slack is increasing prices and changing the way its free plan works

AD BREAK

• Looking to get your funds out of a collapsed crypto platform? Don’t get your hopes up
• FCC chair seeks to raise national broadband standard
• Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing
• Meta’s Forced Sale of Giphy Halted as UK Court Orders Review
• Lawmakers Urge FTC to Reign in Deceptive VPN Advertising

Weird and Wacky:

• How one company has pigeon-proofed all of New York City
• BMW Wants to Charge for Heated Seats. These Grey Market Hackers Will Fix That.

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Raindrop.io
• Adam - https://snaptik.app

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In this episode:

• Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals
• How Elon’s bizarre Twitter takeover saga could have just been a cover for him to sell $8.5 billion in Tesla stock
• Japan Wants to Bring Artificial Gravity to the Moon
• Peloton will stop making its own bikes
• Spotify Buys Music Trivia Game Heardle

AD BREAK

• Marriott Hotels suffers fresh data breach, 20GB of information leaked
• Honda Vehicle Vulnerability Allows Remote Unlocking And Starting
• White House says Americans should be ‘really careful’ about using period tracker apps
• Amazon says more than 300 million items sold during ‘biggest’ Prime Day event

Weird and Wacky:

• Could Your Old Poop Cure You of Future Diseases?
• Musician Plays Solo on Enormous 69 String Bass
• A couple spent $300,000 building a hidden underground home that you can enter by going down a 12-foot spiral slide — tucked inside an unassuming tent

Tech Rec:

• Clara - Daylio
• Adam - Stream Deck

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In this episode:

• The Hummer EV produces more CO2 than a gas-powered sedan
• Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware
• FIFA will track players’ bodies using AI to make offside calls at 2022 World Cup
• Amazon is giving Prime subscribers a free year of Grubhub+ deliveries
• TikTok is reportedly giving up on its live shopping plans in the US and Europe
• Facebook Accessed Deleted User Data, Fired Screener Claims
• Robocalls Are (Finally) Being Shaken Up
• U.S. adds ‘Cryptoqueen’ to most-wanted list over alleged $4 billion fraud

AD BREAK

• Hacker claims to have stolen 1 bln records of Chinese citizens from police
• A HackerOne Employee Stole Vulnerability Reports From Security Researchers
• British Army’s YouTube and Twitter accounts were hacked to promote crypto scams
• Steve Jobs Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
• No bids on Chevy’s first NFT, even though it came with a free Corvette Z06
• Tesla Is No Longer the World's Biggest Electric Vehicle Producer
• Tesla EVs can now scan the road for potholes and adjust the suspension height

Weird and Wacky:

• Chinese Company Under Fire Because Its Ice Cream Doesn’t Melt
• Jeff Bezos’ $500 Million Superyacht Is Now Stuck In Rotterdam

Tech Rec:

• Clara - The Story Graph
• Adam - Secura 60-Minute Visual Countdown Timer

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In this episode:

• Micron’s new 1.5TB microSD can record video for five years straight
• Wearable muscles offer an impressive upper-body endurance boost
• Sleep pods are coming for passengers flying economy
• U.S. FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores

AD BREAK

• Tesla Cuts 200 Autopilot Workers as California Site Closes
• Newly developed algorithm able to predict crime a week in advance with 90% accuracy
• Avoiding USB-C on iPhones may get harder for Apple as Brazil considers mandate
• Smart contact lens prototype puts a Micro LED display on top of the eye
• How to survive the inevitable CD revival
• Amazon agrees to drop Prime cancellation ‘dark patterns’ in Europe

Weird and Wacky:

• Inside giant flying luxury hotel that can stay in the air for years
• Engineer Designs Functional Bicycle With Back Wheel Split Into Two Half Wheels
• Random: "Die-Hard Nintendo Fan" Reportedly Forked Out Over $40K To Ask For A New F-Zero

Tech Rec:

• Clara - Swimply

Adam - Airthings Corentium Home Radon Detector

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In this episode:

• Ted Sarandos Explains Why Netflix Will Add New Ad-Supported Tier to Streaming Service
• Microsoft Thinks It Should Be Easier To Interrupt People During Meetings, And It's Kind of Brilliant
• Twitter tests 'notes' feature with 2,500 word limit
• Apple Watch becomes ultimate lifeguard after calling 911 for swimmer trapped in cold river
• The US needs a common charger, Dems say

AD BREAK

• Israel Ministry of Defense to test drone-packing advanced robotic tank
• Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to unionize
• When Customers Say Their Money Was Stolen on Zelle, Banks Often Refuse to Pay
• A NASA rover just found trash on Mars
• A Single Beaver Caused Internet Outages in Canada

Weird and Wacky:

• Scientists create tiny fish-shaped robot that ‘swims’ around picking up microplastics
• Amazon's new pitch: let Alexa speak as your relatives from beyond the grave

Tech Rec:

• Clara - https://alar.my/

Adam - EpocCam

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In this episode:

• The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
• Spotify comes for audiobooks
• Sony’s new PlayStation Plus launches in US with over 800 games
• Ready Life, Black-Owned Fintech Aimed at Economic Empowerment
• Crypto Market Sinks Below $1 Trillion After Latest DeFi Blowup
• Coinbase’s Hiring Freeze Shatters Crypto Hopefuls’ Career Plans
• Convicted scammer Anna Sorokin says she is now selling NFTs
• US releases new driver-assist crash data, and surprise, it’s mostly Tesla
• MIT researchers uncover ‘unpatchable’ flaw in Apple M1 chips
• Meta adds voice controls for Horizon Worlds, which defaults to live chat with strangers
• Google Chrome’s on-device machine learning blocks noisy notification prompts
• Peacock confirms a test that rewards paid subscribers with $15 movie tickets or $7 rentals
• Netflix announces games tied to its popular shows
• Microsoft is working on games for Microsoft Teams

Weird and Wacky:

• Legendary Spanish galleon shipwreck discovered on Oregon coast

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Layoffs.fyi

Adam - This is a True Story - survival game

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In this episode: * The Jan. 6 Committee Wants Twitter’s Internal Slack Messages. Twitter Is Fighting It * Sheryl Sandberg was under investigation at Meta for using corporate resources to plan her wedding, report says * iHeartMedia and State Farm Enter the Metaverse * All Smartphones Must Use The Same Charger By 2024 Says EU, UK Will Not Follow * Yuga Labs Confirms Discord Server Hack; 200 ETH Worth of NFTs Stolen * Seth Green's Stolen NFT Ape 'Is Home,' Safe and Digitally Sound * Epic Games CEO Bashes Crypto Exchanges Over Fake Fortnite Token * Nasa forms independent team to study unexplained UFO sightings + NASA: Water Monitor Lakes and Reservoirs * Elon Musk’s Bot Problem on Twitter Is Extraordinary * Amazon urges consultant to ‘push’ message from minority groups * Microsoft to curb use of non-competes, drop NDAs from worker settlements, disclose salary ranges, launch civil rights audit * Amazon-Native Brand’s Anker Sales Hit $1B

Weird and Wacky: * Scientists make ‘slightly sweaty’ robot finger with living skin * A surgically implanted, 3D-printed ear marks a medical advance * A New Biogel Claims to Repair Heart Attack Damage

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• Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta after 14 years
• U.S. charges OpenSea ex-employee in first NFT insider trading case
• New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics
• Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says This Controversial Habit Makes Them Smarter
• Amazon is launching an invite-based ordering option, starting with the PS5 and Xbox Series X
• Dollar General piloting self-checkout-only stores
• Graduates from Gwinnett high school receive Airbnb stocks from alum
• Giant Deep Ocean Turbine Trial Offers Hope of Endless Green Power
• DeLorean Alpha5 Electric Sports Car
• Tesla Hollywood Drive-In Diner
• The test run of Netflix’s crackdown on password-sharing is not going well
• American Girl Launches New Family-Friendly Podcast Network
• Supreme Court puts Texas social media law on hold while legal battle continues
• Twitter is building a tool for keyword alerts, in case you need more Twitter notifications
• Dip in Dots is into cryogenics
• Spotify Podcasters Are Making $18,000 a Month With Nothing But White Noise
• Cats Memorize Their Friends' Names, Study Reveals
• Sanjay - https://nathanfriend.io/inspiral-web/
• Adam - https://www.monarchmoney.com/

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In this episode:

• Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down from company's board of directors
• Twitter jumps after Musk increases commitment in takeover bid to $33.5 billion, in talks for other funding
• TikTok to launch LIVE creator subscriptions this week
• Walmart expands its drone-delivery service to reach 4 million households
• Hawaiian Airlines Plans to Fly Electric Planes That Glide Just Above the Water
• Ukraine Is Using Quiet Electric Bikes to Haul Anti-Tank Weapons
• Google’s foldable ‘Pixel Notepad’ has reportedly been postponed

AD BREAK

• Teenager who rejected Elon Musk’s offer to stop tracking his private jet has now stumbled upon Mark Zuckerberg’s new jet
• Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape, Which Was Supposed To Star In His New Show
• DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement
• Amazon Opens First Physical Fashion Retail Store
• NY State is giving out hundreds of robots as companions for the elderly

Weird and Wacky:

• Tom Brady’s hole in one captured by a drone following the ball

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Curvy in HTML5
• Adam - Use your iPhone to id plants

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In this episode: * Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake account data * DeepMind researcher claims new ‘Gato’ AI could lead to AGI, says ‘the game is over!’ * Exclusive: John Deere closes in on fully autonomous farming with its latest AI acquisition * Tech groups ask Supreme Court to block Texas social media law\ * San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras * Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself * Apple Delays Plan to Have Staff in Office Three Days a Week + Apple Executive Who Left Over Return-to-Office Policy Joins Google AI Unit * Apple reportedly testing E Ink outer display for upcoming foldable * Apple Shows AR/VR Headset to Board in Sign of Progress on Key Project * Netflix Exploring Live Streaming For First Time; Plans To Roll Out For Unscripted Series & Stand-Up Specials * Google adds project management features to Docs and they're pretty cool * Google lets personal users stay on ‘no-cost Legacy G Suite’ with custom Gmail domain * Peloton teases new rower at Homecoming event * Framework’s new laptop means the promise of modular gadgets might be coming true * Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’

Weird and Wacky: * Pizza on the move

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In this episode: * Google teases smart glasses prototype that translates languages in real time * Starlink is coming to Hawaiian Airlines in a bid to try and fix in-flight Wi-Fi * The music lives on - iPod touch will be available while supplies last * Electrifying: This Startup’s Add-On Turns Trucks Into Hybrids in Minutes * Elon Musk may be temporary CEO of Twitter after deal closes, report says * Elon Musk Says He’d Allow Trump Back on Twitter, Get Rid of Permanent Bans + Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's permanent Trump ban * Elon Musk Warns He May ‘Die Under Mysterious Circumstances’ After Threat From Russian Official * Google Play now blocks paid app downloads, updates in Russia * How millions of Russians are tearing holes in the Digital Iron Curtain

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• Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022
• The Biden administration is capping the cost of internet for low-income Americans
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• California runs on 100% clean energy for the first time, with solar dominating

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In this episode: * Researchers find Amazon uses Alexa voice data to target you with ads * Bored Ape Yacht Club caused Ethereum fees to soar to astronomical levels * Undefined's next-gen "silent" ion propulsion drone: still noisy * Your iPhone can alert you to breaking glass, smoke alarms and other dangers * Chip shortage threatens mattresses: Sleep Number production suffering * Car buyers balk at monthly fees for add-on features + BMW took heat, for example, for trying to make heated seats available only by subscription. * Musk seeks to use less of his fortune with bid for more Twitter funding * Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout * Will the next wildfire be prevented by a 14-year-old’s innovation? * Swarming drones autonomously navigate a dense forest (and chase a human) * U.S. Army To Test Networked Drone Swarms * Lego to expand online ambitions by tripling total of software engineers * Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds * This company wants to use carbon dioxide to store renewable power on the grid * GitHub users will be required to use two-factor authentication by 2023 * Apple, Google, and Microsoft will soon implement passwordless sign-in on all major platforms * Disney+ may be next

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In this episode:

• Twitter poised to agree $46.5bn takeover with Elon Musk, reports say
• Twitter says mass deactivations after Musk news were ‘organic’
• A quarter of all the electricity in this county is powering Bitcoin mining
• Bored Ape Instagram account hacked: NFTs worth $2.8 million stolen
• Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document

AD BREAK

• Mini Cooper reveals new steel electric bikes with “unlimited range”
• Google now lets you remove your phone number and email address from search results — here's how
• The cost of Zoom
• Airbnb Adopts Work-From-Anywhere Approach, Including Overseas

Weird and Wacky:

• Cops fired for ignoring robbery to catch Snorlax in Pokemon Go denied court review
  • Episode 216
• Snap launches a $230 flying camera called Pixy

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Netflix Codes
• Adam - Ride with GPS

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In this episode:

• Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+
• Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election
• Etsy sellers eye forming a union after going on strike
• Ukraine Ramps Up Cyber Defenses to Slow Surge in Attacks
• SpaceX shut down a Russian electromagnetic warfare attack in Ukraine last month — and the Pentagon is taking notes
• Tesla says robotaxi is coming in 2024, and it won't have a steering wheel

AD BREAK

• Netflix to introduce ad-supported plans in a major shift
• Disney+ glitch is causing missing episodes for fan-favorite series
• US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves
  • Microwave (disaster) | SimCity
• Muting your mic reportedly doesn’t stop big tech from recording your audio
• BeReal, an app that focuses on authenticity, is surging

Weird and Wacky:

• Tesla Tequila shows up in official store for $420, sells out immediately
• MIT engineers introduce the Oreometer

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Journey.io
• Adam - Insight Timer

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In this episode: * The Twitter board is reportedly not interested in Elon’s takeover offer * Elon Musk is no longer Twitter's largest shareholder and says he is 'not sure' his takeover bid will be successful * Mark Cuban: Elon Musk is ‘f–king with the SEC’ with Twitter buy offer * Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter Stake * Tesla Has Reportedly Been Using Bots Since 2013 to Manipulate Stock Prices * ‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280 * Trump's Truth Social verifies Fox News account, but Fox says it's not theirs

AD BREAK

• Why Your Home Needs Its Own Email Address
• Wikipedia community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations
• Ethereum Trader Bought $400K in Tokens on Coinbase Shortlist—Before It Was Public
• Ethereum’s Highly-Anticipated Upgrade Will Be Later Than June
• Avatar startup Genies hits $1 billion valuation in latest raise
• Sony Goes Big On Epic Games With Whopping $1 Billion Investment
• DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop
  • DuckDuckGo announces a new privacy-focused Mac web browser

Weird and Wacky: * More People Are Cloning Their Pets Despite the Cost * Can you live forever on a computer? * Anti-aging technology is coming. Here’s how you ca

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In this episode:

• Why Apple Is Preparing to Let You Subscribe to Your iPhone
• With Peloton Guide, the Fitness Company Bets Big on Body Tracking
• Fast's collapse won't be unique
• DeLorean Will Debut Its New Electric Model on Aug. 18 in Monterey
• Amazon to Spend Billions on Space Launches as SpaceX Ramps Up Satellite-Internet Service
• In a stunning victory, Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union

AD BREAK

• Oops! Microsoft scraps embarrassing tweet that featured an M1 iMac
• Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief
• Epic’s new RealityScan app can make 3D models from smartphone photos
• Epic and Lego partner to build a metaverse for kids
• Elon Musk, Twitter's largest shareholder, asks users if they want an edit button
• Twitter is dealing with harassment with a 'don't @ me' feature
• Mailchimp says an internal tool was used to breach hundreds of accounts
• Google Search’s new highly cited label helps you get to the source of a story

Weird and Wacky:

• National Weather Service faces helium shortage for weather balloons
• Spot goes to Pompeii: Why a robot dog is patrolling ancient ruins
• 300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools' Day

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - skiff.org & occasionalwraps.com
• Adam - https://typora.io/

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In this episode:

• Exclusive: YouTube's plans for podcasting
• Samsung is working on a Galaxy self-repair program with iFixit
• Mojo Vision unveils latest augmented reality contact lens prototype
• Otter's AI now spares you the pain of summarizing meetings
• Dyson Zone Is Real: How the Air-Purifying Headphones Work
• One-Third Of U.S. Netflix Subscribers Share Their Passwords, Survey Finds
• NFT bloat results in a lot of dead mints, says new blockchain data
• NFT Collection Failures Begin to Mount in Flashback to ICO Bust

AD BREAK

• Microsoft is finally making it easier to switch default browsers in Windows 11
• Epic and Fortnite is now the single biggest corporate donor to Ukraine
• He Built a $3 Billion Business to Solve Calendar Headaches. Here's His Vision for the Future of Meetings
• New Google Calendar feature takes the back-and-forth out of scheduling
• Hackers steal $620M in Ethereum and dollars from Axie Infinity maker Sky Mavis’ Ronin network

Weird and Wacky:

• Demand for Safe Rooms Skyrockets in Los Angeles
• Chalamet Coughs, Dune Wins: Predicting Best Picture Winners Using Coughs and Sneezes
• The Internet Story Tale

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Ian's Shoelace Site
• Adam - docs.new

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In this episode: * Epic is donating two weeks of Fortnite proceeds to Ukraine relief * Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died * Uber reaches deal to add all NYC taxi cabs to its app * Hyundai's solar car roof isn't as dumb as it sounds * Gas and go. Pay later. How some drivers are dealing with higher fuel costs. * YouTube to stream free, ad-supported TV shows for the first time * Roku OS 11 will let you set your own photos as a screensaver

AD BREAK

• Twitter expands downvote test worldwide
• Instagram launches chronological and 'favorites' feeds for all users, but they can't be the default
• These Smart Glasses Want to Replace Your Laptop
• In a first, brain implant lets man with complete paralysis spell out thoughts: ‘I love my cool son.’
• Snap buys mind-controlled headband maker, NextMind
• If your passwords are less than 8 characters long, change them immediately, a new study says
• Google routinely hides emails from litigation by CCing attorneys, DOJ alleges
• Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history
• Sick of constant sirens and construction noise? This sleek window gadget could block it out

Weird and Wacky: * BookTok Book List With 43 Billion Views Has Sent Barnes & Noble Sales Soaring * Zoom's new virtual avatars let you show up to your next meeting as a dog * The UK May

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In this episode:

• Russian agents threaten Google, Apple representatives with prison time: report
• YouTube blocks any and all content tied to Russian state media
• Hacked News Channel and Deepfake of Zelenskyy Surrendering Is Causing Chaos Online
• White House briefed TikTok influencers on Russia's invasion of Ukraine
• U.S. clears way for truly driverless vehicles without steering wheels
• The Magic Leap 2 blurs the line between AR and VR — and it’s beautiful

AD BREAK

• Apple Made a Nine-Minute Ad About the Great Resignation and It's Awkwardly Brilliant
• Facebook’s Parent Company Will Make Employees Do Their Own Laundry
• Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram
• Google's domain name registrar is out of beta after seven years
• Netflix Will Prompt Subscribers to Pay for Users Outside Their Households in New Test to Address Unauthorized Password Sharing (EXCLUSIVE)
• Amazon completes $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM
• Tile launches its anti-stalking safety feature in its mobile app
• Elon Musk predicts date for first crewed landing on Mars

Weird and Wacky:

• Worms and cockroaches inspired this robot that can unclog any pipe
• Slack is down... to collaborate on these limited-edition sneakers

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Burst Oral Care
• Adam - https://fast.com

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In this episode:

• A new iron curtain is descending across Russia’s Internet
• Twitter says it’s trying to fully restore service in Russia
• PayPal shuts down its services in Russia citing Ukraine aggression
• Visa and Mastercard Suspend Their Operations in Russia
• Netflix Suspends Service in Russia Amid Invasion of Ukraine
• Spotify bounces back as Discord hobbles back online after outage
• Amazon launches a Clubhouse competitor that turns everyone into a DJ
• Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It’s Not Their Problem.

AD BREAK

• Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity to provide free cybersecurity to vulnerable industries
• Apple Sets April 11 Return-to-Work Deadline for Corporate Staff
• Tech Companies Are Reopening Their Offices, but Tech Work Has Changed Forever
• Washington became the second state to pass the Silenced No More Act
• Disney+ to launch cheaper ad-supported tier later this year

Weird and Wacky:

• Unique Floating Fire Station to Open on San Francisco Waterfront
• A Data Hero Organized L.A.’s Taquerías Into a Taco Matrix Based On Cost and Reviews

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Heardle
• Adam - DaisyDisk

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In this episode:

• Ukraine Turns to NFTs for War Funding After Raising $46M in Cryptocurrency
• Teen who tracked Elon Musk’s jet turns his attention to Russian oligarchs
• Google Turns Off Maps Features in Ukraine That Inadvertently Showed Russia’s Invasion
• Western allies agree to expel some Russian banks from SWIFT payments system
• 'Heartbreaking.' Airbnb CEO promises free housing for Ukraine's refugees
• No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income – NAPC

AD BREAK

• Google will ask employees to spend three days a week in the office starting April 4
• Uber's Explore tab aims to create new excuses to go out
• Amazon opens first Whole Foods equipped with cashierless technology
• Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR
• Even in the metaverse, you can’t escape the taxman

Weird and Wacky:

• Gold bars stolen from 1746 shipwreck returned to France from the US after decades-long investigation

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - GetDex.com
• Adam - Duolingo

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In this episode:

• Russia Could Use Cryptocurrency to Blunt the Force of U.S. Sanctions
• SEC Probes Trading by Elon Musk and Brother in Wake of Tesla CEO’s Sales
• Slack is back online after an outage cut many users off
  • Salesforce’s Slack is fixed after 5-hour outage Tuesday
• Trump's Truth Social tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted
• Truth Social already censoring content, bans user who made fun of Trump Media CEO
• QAnon founder may have been identified thanks to machine learning
• These crypto enthusiasts are trying to raise $4 billion to buy the Denver Broncos

AD BREAK

• Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google Project Zero
• Virgin Hyperloop switches focus from passengers to cargo as it lays off half its staff
• Michelin and GM Working on Airless Tire for Next-Gen Bolt, Report Says
• Spotify's Car Thing available to all premium users
• Sports stadium aerial-camera technology is now being used to construct buildings

Weird and Wacky:

• A dad took down a whole town's internet trying to limit kids' screen time
• Take a look at the most expensive and outrageous RV in the world – Its two-story, costs $3M+, it expands sideways, and has a pop-up nightclub

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Bypass Paywalls Clean

Adam - Skip Redirect Extension

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In this episode:

• The out-of-control rocket about to hit the moon is not a SpaceX Falcon 9, astronomers now say: report
• MoviePass 2.0 plans summer relaunch with credits, theater partnerships but no unlimited movies
• Coinbase’s bouncing QR code Super Bowl ad was so popular it crashed the app
  • Coinbase's Mystery QR Code Super Bowl Ad Is a Security Nightmare
  • A Floating QR Code Was the Best Ad of the Super Bowl. There Was Just 1 Problem
• Gulfport property sells in historic NFT house auction
• Revolutionary new solar panels don’t need sunlight to generate energy

AD BREAK

• Israeli camera sees through walls from over 300 feet
• Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
• Cisco Made $20 Billion-Plus Takeover Offer for Splunk
• Mozilla warns Chrome, Firefox ‘100’ user agents may break sites

Weird and Wacky:

• Brain implant can wirelessly translate your thoughts to text with 94% accuracy
• Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
• The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s ‘high five’ photos
• Growing MANGO Tree From Seed - ONE YEAR Time Lapse

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - MP02 cell phone from Punkt
• Adam - Calendly’s share times via email feature

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In this episode: * Spotify CEO hints HiFi tier delay is related to licensing issues * Alfa Romeo unveils new electric-hybrid SUV with NFT, blockchain technology * Twitter’s direct DM test is a terrible idea * GoPro keeps recording as parrot steals it from tourists and flies off * IRS announces transition away from use of third-party verification involving facial recognition * America’s Bitcoin Miners See Georgia as the New U.S. Hot Spot * Feds arrest married couple, seize $3.6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds * New spinal implant gets paralyzed people up and walking * A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is possible

AD BREAK

• MIT scientists create a super plastic that’s 2 times stronger than steel
• Apple announces new Tap to Pay feature that turns iPhones into contactless payment terminals
• People Are Selling AirTags with Disabled Speakers that Are Totally Not for Stalking
  • Apple Announces AirTag Updates to Address Unwanted Tracking
• Gopuff stocks its warehouses with items purchased from Instacart, spending tens of thousands per month on the service
• Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial

Weird and Wacky: * Watch robots perform ‘industrial origami’ to fold sheets of steel into an electric scooter * Nearly 500-Mile Lightning Bolt Crosses Three States, Sets World Record

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In this episode: * Why did Meta lose $200B+ in value? * Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games * Sony buys Halo-creator Bungie as video game wars go next level * Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts * Tesla recall: ‘Full Self-Driving’ software runs stop signs + Regulators Force Tesla to Recall 54,000 Vehicles Because They Are Programmed to Break the Law * The gas station of the future will have treadmills, gardens, and solar panels—but no gas * A Boeing 747 burns one ton of fuel while taxiing. This electric towing system could help * Ember, known for keeping coffee hot, builds a shipping box to keep vaccines cold

AD BREAK

• The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to use burner phones. Here's why.
• Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions
• SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month
• Frogs Regrow Limb With New Treatment
• Sold by Amazon Shut Down After Washington State Investigation
• Jeff Bezos’s New Superyacht to Force Dismantling of Dutch Bridge
• North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
• MoviePass 2.0 - event coming February 10, 2022

Weird and Wacky: * https://github.com/k-wong/nft-to-silly-jpeg

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In this episode:

• Research shows gas stoves leak methane even when turned off
• Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured
• Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data
• SpaceX signs a deal to rocket military cargo around the world
• Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon

AD BREAK

• White House instructs government agencies to beef up cybersecurity, adopt ‘zero trust’ in new memo
• Biden Formally Backs Right-to-Repair Movement
• AMD, Nvidia GPU Prices Are Finally Beginning to Drop
• A Deepfake Phone Call Dupes An Employee Into Giving Away $35 Million
• Billionaire Mark Cuban launches online pharmacy aimed at lowering generic drug prices
  • “One drug for diabetes patients, metformin, sells for $3.90 for a 30-day supply, compared to a retail price of $20, the pharmacy said. A 30-count of imatinib, which is used to treat leukemia and other cancers, goes for as low as $17.10 at Cuban's pharmacy compared with $2,502.60 at other pharmacies.”
• Facebook and Instagram may help you create and sell NFTs
• Unique Beatles and John Lennon Items From Julian Lennon’s Collection Up for NFT Auction

Weird and Wacky:

• Researchers create prototype device that generates electricity from shadows
• Motorized Coffee Table With a Pinball Machine Inside That ACTUALLY WORKS!
• ​​She didn't trust her movers. A single Apple AirTag proved she was right

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Restore Privacy
• Adam - https://freezingcam.com/

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In this episode: * Microsoft Buys Scandal-Tainted Activision in Bet on Metaverse + $68.7 billion * Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse * Twitter brings NFTs to the timeline as hexagon-shaped profile pictures + Major Twitter NFT implementation problem. * An NFT restaurant opening in New York will serve up status with a side of seafood * Is Tumblr on the road back to relevance? * Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’ll work remotely and stay in a new rental every 2 weeks + Twitter thread from CEO * Instagram launches early test of creator subscriptions in the US * Locket, the #1 app in Apple’s App Store, uses a trick hiding in plain sight

AD BREAK

• Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying for Workspace this year
• Manslaughter charges follow Tesla driver’s Autopilot red light run
• Airlines Cancel Some Flights Ahead of U.S. 5G Wireless Launch
• Winnebago will reveal an electric motorhome at Florida RV super show next week
• 75 million gallons of paint is wasted each year. This startup turns them into brand new cans

Weird and Wacky: * NFT Group Buys Copy Of Dune For €2.66 Million, Believing It Gives Them Copyright

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In this episode:

• Drone carrying a defibrillator saves its first cardiac arrest patient in Sweden
• These “invisible headphones” sit on your desktop and beam sound directly (and only) to your ears
• Panasonic will start offering workers a four-day working week
  • This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently
• PayPal Is 'Exploring' Launching Its Own Stablecoin
• AP to launch NFT photography marketplace built by Xooa
• Magic Leap Goes After Medical Customers With Augmented Reality Headset
• Signal: New year, new CEO

AD BREAK

• Uber driver who got a hotel room for teen passenger after being stuck on I-95 gets offered a new job
• A Google Street View car spotted a missing criminal and it led to an arrest
• Airbnb’s new experiment to reduce racism
• Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta has an ‘assertive’ driving mode that ‘may perform rolling stops’
• Teen hacker finds bug that lets him control 25+ Teslas remotely
  • So, I now have full remote control of over 20 Tesla’s in 10 countries and there seems to be no way to find the owners and report it to them…
• T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in the US [U]
  • I was able to turn this on. I’m not sure this story is accurate
• Wordle is tech born of love that asks nothing in return

Weird and Wacky:

• Farmer Makes His Cows Wear VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production
• Two Los Angeles cops fired for ignoring robbery to chase a Snorlax in Pokémon GO

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In this episode:

• TikTok Got More Traffic Than Freakin' Google in 2021
• Signal's Cryptocurrency Feature Has Gone Worldwide
• BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink
• John Deere breaks new ground with self-driving tractors you can control from a phone
• DuckDuckGo says new desktop browser will help you ditch Chrome in 2022
• Hackers Tried Recycled Passwords on More Than a Million Accounts

AD BREAK

• YouTuber figured out Asus Z690 Hero motherboards melted down due to backward capacitor
• LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised
• How Elon Musk’s Software Focus Helped Tesla Navigate Chip Shortage
• FCC prevails in 6 GHz court challenge led by AT&T
• After 50 Years, Scientists Set to Open Sealed Apollo Soil Sample
• Theranos

Weird and Wacky:

• Scientists can now track animals using only air
• Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live plug with penny
• Tesla owner blows up his Model S with dynamite over $22,000 battery replacement

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Wordle

Adam - https://agoodmovietowatch.com/

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Tech Talk Y'all is taking a break until the new year. So stay tuned, don't forget about us, and look for some big tech news early next year!

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In this episode:

Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries

FDA Approves New Eye Drops that Could Replace Glasses for Millions

A potential hangup for quantum computing: Cosmic rays

CISA warns 'most serious' Log4j vulnerability likely to affect hundreds of millions of devices

Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, an update to Adobe Spark

Biden will sign an executive order to move government services online

Exclusive: Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights

Fusion Experiment Reaches Vital Power Generation Milestone

AD BREAK

Spotify Is Launching Podcast User Ratings, Playing Catch-Up to Apple

Amazon Ring patents describe a dystopian future where networks of cameras identify 'suspicious' people by recognizing their faces, retinas, skin texture, gait, voice, and even odor

End of Service Notice - Alexa

Twitter adds auto captions feature to make videos more accessible

Apple now lets you choose contacts who can access your account when you die. Here’s how to set it up

Apple launches AirTags and Find My detector app for Android, in effort to boost privacy

Weird and Wacky:

Reddit-trained artificial intelligence warns researchers about... itself

Lifelike Robotic Hand Is a Bit Too Close to Terminator for Our Liking

How a $300K Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT accidentally sold for $3K

Canon Develops New Sensor That Takes Color Photos in Almost Total Darkness

This Inflatable Motor Scooter Can Fit in a Backpack and Transport You Into the Future

Tech Rec:

Sanjay - Personal Capital

Adam - https://www.redditreads.com/

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In this episode:

• The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users
• Kickstarter Will Move Its Crowdfunding Platform to Blockchain
• Tesla Cybertruck RV attachment hits $100M in pre-orders
• Musk Warns SpaceX Possibly Facing Bankruptcy
• Apple, Adam McKay, Jennifer Lawrence Team on Elizabeth Holmes Movie ‘Bad Blood’
• Apple AirTag Linked to Increasing Number of Car Thefts, Canadian Police Report
• Sony to halt production on yet another camera due to semiconductor shortages

AD BREAK

• Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11’s controversial default browser changes
• Raising the Standard for Protecting Teens and Supporting Parents Online
• Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances
• AWS launches its second Top Secret region
• An Amazon server outage caused problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and deliveries

Weird and Wacky:

• 5 Apps You Can Use to Create NFTs on Your iPhone, and How to Sell Them
• The 'Home Alone' house could be yours for one night only
• Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Identify Whether Your Cat Is a Psychopath
• Airtable Valuation to Double to $11.7 Billion in New Funding

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Steezy
• Adam - https://darksitefinder.com/

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In this episode:

• Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars
• GA Tech student captures once-in-a-century image of lunar eclipse
• Adele got Spotify to remove the shuffle button from album pages
• Rolls-Royce claims it has the world's fastest electric airplane
• Meta Forced To Sell Giphy After U.K. Regulator Pressure
• Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal will replace Jack Dorsey as CEO

AD BREAK

• UK will require new homes to have EV chargers starting in 2022
• ‘Buy the Constitution’ Aftermath: Everyone Very Mad, Confused, Losing Lots of Money, Fighting, Crying, Etc.
  • ConstitutionDAO Is Shutting Down After Unrelenting Chaos
• Spotify debuts a ‘Netflix Hub’ featuring music and podcasts tied to Netflix shows and movies
• DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android

Weird and Wacky:

• The Pentagon Forms New Department to Watch and Study UFOs
• Tesla and Elon Musk mock ‘silly Apple Cloth’ with new $50 Cyberwhistle

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Downbeats
• Adam - Sony ZV-E10 with Sigma 16mm lens

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• Netflix Testing TikTok-Like 'Kids Clip' Feature for Younger Viewers
• Ford and Purdue University Created a Cable That Fully Charges an EV in 5 Minutes
  • Electric vehicles could fully recharge in under 5 minutes with new charging station cable design
• FBI system hacked to email 'urgent' warning about fake cyberattacks
  • Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website
• Bitcoin's long-anticipated Taproot upgrade is activated
• Staples Center goes crypto
• Google Maps Warns You About Crowded Areas With Updated 'Busyness' Feature
• The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says
• Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It
• Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game preservation
• Apple to begin do-it-yourself repair program for iPhones, Macs next year
  • Apple to offer self-repair service for iPhones
• Spotify’s new Podcast Subscriptions expand to global markets - not sure we should keep this one
• MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch
• Meta’s sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets
• New Drug Class Reverses Paralysis in Mice
• Sanjay - Vida Protective Masks
• Adam - Vidyard phone app

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Taking a break next week

In this episode:

• Five points for anger, one for a ‘like’: How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation
• Facebook is changing its name to Meta as it focuses on the virtual world
• FTC Study Confirms ISPs Collect a Scary Amount of Your Personal Data
• Amazon now delivers more US packages than FedEx
• Faze Clan to go public through $1 billion SPAC deal
• PayPal says it is currently not pursuing Pinterest acquisition

AD BREAK

• Tesco opens first “just walk out” store to take on Amazon
• Paleontologist Jack Horner of Jurassic Park Fame Launches Dinosaur NFTs To Fund Scientific Research
• Amazon’s Clubhouse competitor may let you DJ your own radio show
• Adobe brings Photoshop and Illustrator to the web
• Chipotle cancels in-restaurant Boorito deal for $1 million free burrito giveaway, $5 Halloween meals

Weird and Wacky:

• China's Lipstick King sold an astonishing $1.7 billion in goods in 12 hours — and that was just in a promotion for the country's biggest shopping day
• Teen Girls Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok Could Be a Factor.
• BJ Novac’s photo got put in the public domain, and great endorsements insued

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - This Sneaker Does Not Exist

Adam - Castro Podcast Player

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In this episode:

• Tesla officially launches its insurance using ‘real-time driving behavior,’ starting in Texas
• Governor Wants to Prosecute Journalist Who Clicked ‘View Source’ on Government Site
• US govt reveals three more ransomware attacks on water treatment plants this year
• Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
• Spotify Adds Virtual Merch Tables for Music Artists in Pact With Shopify
• Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11
• PayPal Is Exploring a Purchase of Pinterest

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• Continuous scrolling comes to Search on mobile
• The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro can make calling customer service less nightmarish
• Valve bans blockchain games and NFTs on Steam, Epic will try to make it work
• Bitcoin Hits All-Time High Above $66K on Strength of ProShares ETF Debut
• Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency

Weird and Wacky:

• DIY Airless Bicycle Tires
• https://duckduckgo.com/tty/
• Woman Realizes AirTag Has Been Tracking Her For Hours — But Police Say They Can’t Do Anything Until Stalker Shows Up
• How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible

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• Adam - Cloudflare family DNS protection

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In this episode:

• Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely, indefinitely. Affected businesses react
• Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon
• Coinbase Pitches Blueprint for Special Crypto Regulator
• Canva is getting into video
• Blue Origin successfully sends William Shatner and crew to edge of space and back
• Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation
  • Magic Leap has raised another $500 million, readies new headset
• Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then They Got Scammed.
• Google Search Wants to Curate Big News. It Could Be a Minefield
• Twitter's tool for removing unwanted followers arrives for web users
• Drones can now fly through forests at 40kmph — run and hide, humans

Weird and Wacky:

• Tesla To Sell Beer In Cybertruck-Inspired Bottle At Giga Berlin
• Mattel Mega lets you build a Tesla Cybertruck out of 3,000-plus bricks

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• Sanjay - WiFiman, Might Could podcast
• Adam - new iPhone 13

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This week on Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the Facebook outage, Ozy Media, a crypto company giving away millions, Tesla, Amazon, brain implants, and much much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about new Twitter features, Amazon's new gadgets, a crypto trader hampster, and much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Apple, Facebook, the CIA, OpenSea, and much more!

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In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the MailChimp acquisition, Genius's sale, Canva's huge fundraise, robots that avoid poop, and much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all, we talk about Apple's walk back, Amazon paying for college, Facebook's new smart glasses (that will inevitably fail), and much more.

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about hackable Hondas, Locast shutting down, more app store changes, high tech wooden floors, and much more!

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This is the 200th episode of Tech Talk Y'all! In this episode, we talk about police-controlled drones, Samsung TV that can't be stolen (and still work), AirBnB doing good things, drones delivering 1,200 chickens, and much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Netflix, Yik Yak (you read that right), Facebook, Toyota, T-mobile, a new Tesla bot (an actual humanoid robot), and much much more!

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In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Apple, Google, Space X's billboard in space, a flying motorcycle, and much more!

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In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about LinkedIn, Amazon TV, a CEO in trouble for fraud, tech recs, and weird and wacky!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about games, games, and more games. Plus Duck Duck Go's new email server, weird and wacky articles, and our weekly tech recs!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Bezos going to space, right to repair, an 18-year-old going to space, a Delta pilot suing Delta over an App, and much more! Plus, our weird and wacky articles and tech recs!

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In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Google Play hacks, remote work (again), Woz supporting right-to-repair, Iceland's 4-day work week, and more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about billionaires going to space, Robinhood going public, Netflix's net neutrality, and much more.

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the new Windows 11, the passing of John McAfee, the petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to earth and much much more.

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the new Windows 11, GM's electric vehicles, AT&T whining, new Twitter tools, and a lot more. We also talk about weird and wacky articles and give our tech recs!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Jeff Bezos going to space, Facetime coming to Andriod, Google as a utility company, a Tesla restaurant, and much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Apple's privacy, why Amazon employees may now want more "brownie breaks," Wikipedia swimming in money, and much more!

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In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all, we talk about a HUGE number of employees that would rather work from home than make an extra $30K (you read that right). All while, Google is still building a multi-billion dollar new campus, Snap is betting big on augmented reality e-commerce, Tesla is dabbling with lidar, and much much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the AT&T Discovery merger, TikToks founder quitting the social media company because he's not good at social interactions, the dip in Elon's finances due to his appearance on SNL, and lots more!

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In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about google going nuclear, Netflix playlists (which seems weird), a Florida man, Ebay selling NFT's (cause, why not), plus our weird and wacky and tech recs segments that everyone loves!

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In this week's episode, we talk about Yahoo and AOL (hopefully the last time) being sold, Google encouraging two-factor authentication, amazingly funny (and scary) Instagram ads that Facebook won't show you, a boy that ordered $3k of Sponge Bob popsicles, and much much more!

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the fight between Roku and YouTube TV, Telecom companies make some bad PR moves, an app that lets you create NFT's for free, and so much more! 

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y’all we talk about an electric Ferrari, a self-driving car crash, a drunken self-driving car (?) and so much more! 

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In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about iMessage, Topps getting into the NFT game, Spotify's Car Thing (yes, that's its real name), Clubhouse, a casino hacked through a fishtank thermometer, and of course our tech recs!

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In this episode, we talk about NFTs (again), Twitter, Twitch, Tom Brady, Best Buy's new service to compete with Amazon Prime (and it may be a good deal for a lot of people), and much more.

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In this episode:

• Discord’s new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now
• What Biden's infrastructure plan would do for tech
• It’s game over for Arizona’s controversial App Store bill
• Google Play limiting Android 11+ apps from seeing what’s installed on devices this May
• Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says

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• Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency
• Netflix lays out plans to slash its greenhouse gas emissions
• Army moves Microsoft HoloLens-based headset from prototyping to production phase
• Virgin Galactic rolls out latest generation of spaceship
• Scientists Collected Human DNA From the Air In a Breakthrough

Weird and Wacky:

• Staples and Office Depot want to help you prove your Covid-19 vaccination
• VW confirms it will rebrand its U.S. unit as 'Voltswagen'
• Drone pilot melts his machine for stunning volcano video
• Goodwill Employee Finds $42,000 Hidden in Donated Sweaters, Returns Money to Owner
• A Man Found 15,000 Bees in His Car After Grocery Shopping

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• Sanjay - Ghost.org
• Adam - https://doodle.com/en/

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• Loans that hijack your phone are coming to India
• Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,915,835.47
  • Dorsey said previously he would convert the winning bid into bitcoin and donate it to GiveDirectly for its Africa Response, and he tweeted his receipt Monday afternoon. GiveDirectly is a charitable organization which gives money directly to people living in poverty.
• (205) NFTs Are a Pyramid Scheme and People Are Already Losing Money
• (280) Trading App Robinhood Says It Files Confidentially for IPO
  • Exclusive: Robinhood aims to allow users to buy into IPOs - sources
• (347) ‘Browser Isolation’ Takes On Entrenched Web Threats

• (416) Firefox 87 is out today, adds Smart Block for improved private browsing

• (470) Discord exploring sale that could be worth more than $10 billion

• (~525) Slack now lets you DM anyone
• (~660) Elon Musk says people can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin
  • In the firm’s refund policy, Tesla cautioned buyers that should they seek to return their electric car and obtain a refund, the company can choose to pay them back in U.S. dollars or bitcoin. Tesla notes that it reserves the right to refund the customer in U.S. dollars at the exact price bitcoin was worth at the time of purchase.
• (725) Zoom introduces new SDK to help developers tap into video services
• (777) YouTube experiment will auto-detect products in videos and provide related content links
• (840) Medium has roughly 725k subscribers and nobody knows what's next
• (927) Prince Harry lands new job as a tech executive
  • Like Many Americans, Prince Harry Now Juggling Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet

Weird and Wacky: * Your Vaccination Card Will Score You Free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts All Year * (1096) Is That Ship Still Stuck?

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In this episode:

• Twitter plans to let anyone start hosting Twitter Spaces in April
• Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison
• Dropbox will have a free password manager in April — if you’ve got 50 or fewer passwords
• Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales
• We finally know how bad for the environment your Netflix habit is
• Morgan Stanley becomes the first big U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to bitcoin funds
• Mini will introduce last gas model in 2025, go all-electric by 2030

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• A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16
• Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up
• Researchers working on material that could yield 700TB optical discs
• Scientists developed a clever way to detect Deepfakes by analyzing light reflections in the eyes
• Stripe closes $600M round at a $95B valuation
• Boeing Autonomous Drone Piloted by Artificial Intelligence Successfully Completes First Flight

Weird and Wacky:

• How to Defeat Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot in 1:1 Combat
• Escape Zoom Meetings by Faking Technical Issues and Crying With This App
• Fuggit BTTF Knit House Shoes
• Wannabe Final Fantasy character buys exoskeleton that lets him wield giant sword

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• Sanjay - MonicaHQ CRM
• Adam - Hubspot CRM

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In this episode:

• Senators Call for 100Mbps Minimum Broadband Standard
• Bitcoin’s Climate Problem
• Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M
• Gogo delays 5G launch due to chipset shortages
• Netflix Begins Test to Crack Down on Password Sharing Outside Your Household

AD BREAK

• Made in Tel Aviv and New York: Instagram Lite
• Russia botches Twitter throttling, cripples anything with t-dot-co in the name – including Reddit, Microsoft

• Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million

  • Beeple’s 'The First 5000 Days', the 1st purely digital NFT based artwork offered by a major auction house has sold for $69,346,250.

Weird and Wacky:

• Please do not give billionaire Jack Dorsey money for his tweet
• New Study Proposes Warp Drive That Might Actually Work
• An Old Macy's Was Turned Into A New High School In Vermont And It Still Looks Like A Store

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• Sanjay - Corsair HS35 - Stereo Gaming Headset
• Adam - Reaper

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• 1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?
• Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak

• Jack Dorsey's Square to acquire majority stake in Jay-Z's music service Tidal

  • Square acquires majority of Tidal, Jay-Z’s streaming service, in $297 million deal.
  • Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT
  • Google says it won’t use new ways of tracking you as it phases out browser cookies for ads
  • Netflix has created a TikTok clone that lets people scroll through funny clips
  • Amazon in Talks to Carry Many NFL Games Exclusively on Prime Video

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• F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy
• Va. becomes 2nd state with consumer data protection law
• Twitter users on Android can now join the platform’s Clubhouse-like Spaces
• Volvo Cars to be fully electric by 2030
• Elon Musk moved to Texas and embraced celebrity. Can Tesla run on Autopilot?

Weird and Wacky:

• We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year

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• Sanjay - 2fa.directory
• Adam - Mercury Bank

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• Spotify to launch HiFi high-quality-audio subscription later this year
• Latest Firefox release includes Multiple Picture-in-Picture and Total Cookie Protection
• Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business

• The NFT Market Tripled Last Year, and It’s Gaining Even More Momentum in 2021

  • Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000
  • Greg Mike
  • Why France’s New Tech ‘Repairability Index’ Is a Big Deal

AD BREAK

• Facebook strikes last-minute deal with Australia around news content
• Net neutrality law to take effect in California after judge deals blow to telecom industry
• Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets
• The Army Is Building the World's Most Powerful Laser Weapon. Ever.
• A quantum computer just solved a decades-old problem three million times faster than a classical computer

Weird and Wacky:

• MyHeritage now lets you animate old family photos using deepfakery

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• Sanjay - Mullvad.net
• Adam - Google Authenticator App

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In this episode:

• Maryland Approves Country’s First Tax on Big Tech’s Ad Revenue
• Luxury car brand Jaguar to go all-electric by 2025
• LastPass will restrict free users to only one type of device starting next month
• Samsung develops high-bandwidth memory with integrated AI processing

AD BREAK

• Apple Pay can now be used to spend Bitcoin
• Here’s a first look at Microsoft’s xCloud for the web
• Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia
• Airbnb Announces Plans to Open Atlanta Technical Hub

Weird and Wacky:

• AT&T scrambles to install fiber for 90-year-old after his viral WSJ ad
• Got no milk: Nestle creates vegan KitKat bar

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Click & Grow
• Adam - Clubhouse

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In this episode:

• The 5-second Reddit Super Bowl ad you probably missed
• This Google Play Pass app with over 10 million installs has been outed as malware
• Twitter Considers Subscription Fee for Tweetdeck, Unique Content
• Epic’s new MetaHuman tool lets you craft realistic faces inside a browser
• The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs

• Biden will sign an executive order to fuel the U.S. semiconductor industry

  • US Chip Firms to Biden: We Need More Funding to Remain Competitive

AD BREAK

• Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Police Say

  • Hacked Water Plant in Florida Relied on Shared Password, Windows 7
  • Researcher hacks over 35 tech firms in novel supply chain attack
  • Justice Department drops challenge to California net neutrality rules
  • States leapfrog federal government in restraining tech
  • Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment

Weird and Wacky:

• GoDaddy wins our 2020 award for most evil company email
• New wearable device turns the body into a battery
• China Swears It Isn't Building a Time Machine

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - xBox Series X
• Adam - Toonly.com

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In this episode:

• Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO
• Apple Greenlights TV Series on WeWork, With Anne Hathaway
• The iPhone's Face ID Will Soon Work With a Mask—if You Have an Apple Watch
• Google Explores Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature
• Nike’s new Flyease Go shoes snap right onto your feet

AD BREAK

• Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion
• Tesla Will Recall 134,000+ Vehicles Affected by Inevitable eMMC Failure
• Elon Musk claims Neuralink created a brain implant that a monkey is using ‘to play video games with his mind’
• Samsung Believes the Automotive Chip Shortage Could Impact Phones
• We Now Know How Much Scalpers Warped PS5, Xbox, Zen 3, Ampere Markets
• South African government releases its own browser just to re-enable Flash support

Weird and Wacky:

• SpaceX All-Civilian Space Mission Raffle
• Scientists have taught spinach to send emails and it could warn us about climate change
• The story behind 'Blue Check Homes': How an SF artist created a fake company that fooled thousands

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Freshworks
• Adam - Substack

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In this episode:

• Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
• Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation
• NBCUniversal is bringing its live events to Twitter users globally
• Robinhood Is Losing Thousands of Traders to a China-Owned Rival

AD BREAK

• Musk Targets Telecom for Next Disruption With Starlink Internet
• Firefox 85 removes Flash and adds protection against supercookies
• Walmart is expanding its robot-powered fulfillment centers to ‘dozens of locations’

Weird and Wacky:

• Lord Of The Rings Lego Build Sets New World Record With 150 Million Pieces
• Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries?

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Iubenda
• Adam - Typeform

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In this episode:

• Jack Ma Emerges for First Time Since Crackdown on Ant, Alibaba
• Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner
• Virgin Orbit just earned the orbit part of its name

AD BREAK

• WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode
• Instacart to Cut 1,900 Jobs, Including Its Only Union Roles
• Amazon offers Biden resources for COVID-19 vaccine rollout
• As promised, Twitter made Joe Biden’s @POTUS account start with zero followers

Weird and Wacky:

• Man found living in Chicago airport for three months 'due to fear of Covid'

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Polaroid
• Adam - Brackets

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In this episode:

• Roku Acquires Rights to Quibi’s Content
• Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP
• Airbnb, HotelTonight cancel all Washington, DC, metro reservations ahead of Inauguration
• Parler’s amateur coding could come back to haunt Capitol Hill rioters
• This is Sony’s Airpeak drone

AD BREAK

• Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes
• WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook, and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal, a smaller encrypted messaging app
• The Future of Phone Design: Flexible Screens That Roll Up
• Ford Halts Focus Car Plant for Full Month Due to Chip Shortage

Weird and Wacky:

• The Pentagon will have to reveal all the information it has about UFOs
• Refrigerators Are Finally Embracing the Good Ice

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Qoins
• Adam - Everydollar

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In this episode:

• Google, Alphabet employees unionize

• Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business

  • Besides providing login credentials, the former employee also showed Ticketmaster managers how to exploit a flaw in the URL generation scheme the rival used for unpublished ticketing webpages. To prevent the pages from being accessed by outsiders before they were made public, each one had a unique numerical value. The former employee told his new employer that the values were generated sequentially, and outsiders could use this information to view artist pages while they were still in early draft stages.
  • Slack starts 2021 with a massive outage

AD BREAK

• Billionaire Jack Ma Hasn’t Been Seen in 74 Days

  • Jack Ma’s absence from public eye sparks Twitter discussions
  • Alarms about Ma’s whereabouts weren’t set off until he was replaced last week as the lead judge of a talent show for entrepreneurs, Yahoo! Finance reported. His photo was also removed from a list of judges on the show’s website, fueling speculation that the Chinese government may have gone beyond scuttling an IPO to chastise Ma for his speech.
  • Visualized: The terrifying amount of data Facebook Messenger collects compared to Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp
  • Twitter acquires Breaker podcast app, will integrate its team to Spaces

Weird and Wacky:

• This Company Is Selling Gold-Plated Apple Headphones for an Absurd Price

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - TheStreamable.com
• Adam - soapboxhq.com - a service I’m about to try out

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In this episode:

• Law banning “rental” fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday
• Congress (Once Again) Sells Out To Hollywood: Sneaks CASE Act And Felony Streaming Bill Into Government Funding Omnibus
• Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads
• FarmVille Once Took Over Facebook. Now Everything Is FarmVille.
• Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology
• Let’s Encrypt comes up with workaround for abandonware Android devices

AD BREAK

• Cyberpunk 2077: how 2020's biggest video game launch turned into a shambles
• Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Dell join legal battle against hacking company NSO
• He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition software led to the arrest of the wrong man, lawsuit says
• Amazon Buys Wondery as Podcasting Race Continues

Weird and Wacky:

• Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Work
• Christmas Day Wonder: Gingerbread Monolith Mysteriously Appears at SF Park

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Aegis
• Adam - memrise

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In this episode:

• Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs and other services go down in multiple countries
• Disney Plus is increasing its price to $8 a month starting in March 2021
• Roku and AT&T reach agreement to distribute HBO Max
• Science Just Confirmed Elon Musk's Favorite Interview Question Is Brilliant (You Should Steal It)

• U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack

  • Joe Biden warns he will be tough on state sponsors of cyberattacks, as U.S. suffers massive hack
  • Security Researcher: ‘solarwinds123’ Password Left Firm Vulnerable in 2019
  • GitHub says goodbye to cookie banners
  • Amazon Zoox unveils self-driving robotaxi

Weird and Wacky:

• Googling for ‘Baby Yoda’ will bring him into your living room via augmented reality
• Guy drops iPhone out of plane, iPhone survives, takes video of entire ordeal
• Microsoft files patent for a chatbot that 'could' become the 'twin' of a deceased person
• A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? | GPT-3

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - locast.org
• Adam - New Silicon MacBook Pro

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In this Episode:

• Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
• Amazon, Amex to Fund Software Developers in New GitHub Program
• French army gets ethical go-ahead for bionic soldiers
• FTC and states sue Facebook on antitrust grounds
• Adobe to block Flash content from running on January 12, 2021
• Disney unveils Star, its Hulu replacement for international Disney Plus subscribers
• Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed
• On Trusting Macintosh Hardware
• Apple announces $549 AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones, coming December 15th
• Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol
• Weather Service faces Internet bandwidth shortage, proposes limiting key data

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Warby Parker
• Adam - Dropbox Vault

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In this Episode:

• Tony Hsieh, Zappos Luminary Who Revolutionized the Shoe Business, Dies at 46
  • Tony Hsieh, key figure in downtown Las Vegas revitalization, dies at age 46
• A New Zealand Startup Is Using Microbes to Suck Solid Gold Out of E-Waste
• Gut-Wrenching Photos Show Damage at Arecibo Observatory Following Collapse
• Alphabet’s Loon hands the reins of its internet air balloons to self-learning AI
• Salesforce will buy Slack for $28 billion
• Visa Partners With Ethereum Digital-Dollar Startup That Raised $271 Million
• US Lawmakers Introduce Bill That Would Require Stablecoin Issuers to Obtain Bank Charters
• Hulu’s Watch Party feature is now available to all subscribers
• Discovery to launch streaming service in January starting at $4.99 per month, Verizon customers get year free
• Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max

Weird and Wacky:

• Did John McCracken Make That Monolith in Utah?
• That Mysterious Monolith in the Utah Desert? It’s Gone, Officials Say
• Elon Musk wanted to call his new tequila ‘Teslaquila’ but Mexico said no

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - RODE PSA 1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm
• Adam - Stamp Ready

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In this Episode:

• Microsoft Teams takes on Zoom with free all-day video calling on the web
• Prolonged AWS outage takes down a big chunk of the internet
  • People Can’t Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon’s Cloud Servers Are Down
• Salesforce Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Slack Technologies
• Twitter to relaunch account verifications in early 2021, asks for feedback on policy
• Scientists produce rare diamonds in minutes at room temperature

Weird and Wacky:

• Canadian officials warn drivers not to let moose lick their cars
• A Weird Monolith Is Found in the Utah Desert
• Fugitive Maryland couple found after 9 months on the lam because of 'Words with Friends'

Tech Recs:

• Sanjay - Shure X2U XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter
• Adam - Darn Tough Socks

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In this Episode:

• Disappearing Tweets? Twitter Now Has a Feature for That
• Messaging app Go SMS Pro exposed millions of users’ private photos and files
• Google completes global RCS rollout as Messages starts testing default end-to-end encryption
• Firefox 83 arrives with HTTPS-Only Mode and faster performance
• Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st
• Dolly Parton, Country Saint, Funded Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine
• Hulu will increase the price of its live TV service again on December 18th
• This Device Reads Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Through Their Veins
• This startup wants to replace the white cane for blind people
• Not a test anymore: SpaceX, NASA launch 4 astronauts from Cape in historic mission

Weird and Wacky:

• MeowTalk: Alexa developer’s app to translate cat’s miaow
• Suspect tries to escape FBI agents using underwater "sea scooter" in frigid California lake

Tech Recs:

• Sanjay - Shure SM7B
• Adam - Evernote Screen Capture Feature

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In this episode:

• Google made an app for creditors to lock you out of your financed phone if you don’t make payments
• Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021
• Election 2020: Michigan voters approve Proposal 2, protecting electronic data
• Uber rolls out a new feature that lets you book a ride 30 days in advance
• Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test
• Stretchable, self-healing, recyclable device could be the future of wearables
• Many websites will stop working on older Android versions in 2021
• Biden’s victory was just what tech wanted. Now what?
• Zoom and other ‘stay-at-home’ stocks got crushed on the positive vaccine news
• Scientists Develop Nasal Spray That Can Disable Coronavirus
• Netflix Picks France to Test First Linear Offering
• Sonos launches a paid, lossless-quality version of its radio service

Weird and Wacky:

• Best Facial Recognition Fail Ever

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - MaxRewards
• Adam - Freshbooks

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In this episode:

• Apple added a secret button to your iPhone, and you may not have even noticed
• The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer

• Massachusetts voters pass right-to-repair expansion opening up car data

  • Massachusetts Just Passed the World’s Most Advanced Right to Repair Law
  • WhatsApp Brings Disappearing Messages To Its Platform
  • Spotify Rolls Out Standalone Streaming On Apple Watch App: TechCrunch
  • Coronavirus: NHS COVID app failed to record potential exposures due to error
  • Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition
  • WeWork employees used an alarmingly insecure printer password
  • Fortnite to Return to iOS via Nvidia GeForce Now Streaming Servic

Weird and Wacky:

• Driverless race car sums up 2020 by swerving into a wall for no reason

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - CopyQ
• Adam - Alfred

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In this episode:

• To Encourage Autonomous Vehicles in Your State Create a No-Fault Insurance Pool
• How to turn on Zoom’s new end-to-end encryption—and why you may not want to
• UK to ban sale of carrier-locked phones from December 2021
• Ticketing Tech Company Experience Shutting Down
• Netflix is raising the price of its most popular plan to $14 today, premium tier increasing to $18
• Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground
• Alphabet’s Loon sets a new record for longest stratospheric flight
• Influencers’ next frontier: their own live shopping channels
• Instacart will accept food stamps for grocery delivery
• Harley-Davidson unveils a gorgeous new electric bike called Serial 1

Weird and Wacky:

• BioVYZR 1.0 - Personal Air Purifying Shield
• 7,600 tons of buildings move from Shanghai streets

Tech Recs:

• Sanjay - Nite Ize Radiant 3-in-1 LED Mini Flashlight, 80 Lumen Flashlight, Lantern, Signal Light in One
• Adam - Copy Clip

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In this episode:

• Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency
• Google confirms the Nest Secure has been discontinued
• Google Monopoly Case by U.S. Sets Stage for Multi-Pronged Attack
• Hulu Gets Sidelined in Disney’s Global Streaming Ambitions

• Quibi is shutting down

  • Quibi apps arrive on Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV, but are they too late?
  • The first AI model that translates 100 languages without relying on English data
  • Hacked Billboards Can Make Teslas See 'Phantom Objects,' Causing Them to Swerve or Stop Abruptly
  • The Hummer is back as a 350-mile range ‘electric supertruck’ that can drive diagonally
  • PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
  • Dropbox's family plan offers a shared 2TB for $17 per month

Weird and Wacky:

• Meet the Excel warriors saving the world from spreadsheet disaster
• NASA and Nokia are putting a 4G network on the moon
• An unused Carnival cruise ship could soon become a floating office where techies, YouTube influencers, and 'digital nomads' can live and work remotely
• Japanese theme park lets you work from a Ferris wheel

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Tripp Lite ISOBAR4ULTRA
• Adam - YouTube Audio Library

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In this Episode:

• Robinhood Users Say Accounts Were Looted, No One to Call
• Google’s Nest announces new smart thermostat with simpler design, lower price
• Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform
• Dropbox is the latest San Francisco tech company to make remote work permanent
  • S.F. rent prices plunge as much as 31% — steepest decline in U.S., new report says
  • Zoom prepares to roll out end-to-end encryption in 4 phases
• Zoom will start letting people host online events with paid admission
• Airbnb Combats Surge in Party Houses After Covid Shuts Nightclubs
• New Consumer Alert on Yelp Takes Firm Stance Against Racism
• Snapchat among first to leverage iPhone 12 Pro’s LiDAR Scanner for AR
• Meditation App Calm Said to Seek Funds at $2.2 Billion Valuation
• San Diego cuts off all streetlight sensors over privacy concerns
• ‘DeFi’ Replaces ‘Blockchain’ as the Must-Have Crypto Mon
• Scientists Have Discovered a Genuine Room-Temperature Superconductor

Weird and Wacky Tech:

• Machu Picchu reopens for a single tourist who's been stranded in Peru for seven months
• Google introduces song matching via humming, whistling or singing

Tech Recs:

• Sanjay - Raindrop.io
• Adam - Belkin Desktop Charging

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In this episode, we talk about nuclear fusion, SNL, and many more fun things.

In this Episode:

• Airbnb blocking some rentals over Halloween to halt parties
• G Suite is now Google Workspace
• Android's new Sound Notifications will alert you to 'critical sounds' around you
• Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show
• House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple enjoy ‘monopoly power’ and recommend big changes
• Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest
• Facebook to defy new Turkish social media law
• AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet
• Apple’s T2 Security Processor Has an Unpatchable Security Flaw
• Apple officially announces iPhone 12 event for October 13: ‘Hi, Speed’
• An Excel error may have led England to under-report COVID-19 cases
• A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company
• Jack Dorsey’s Square purchases $50 million worth of bitcoin
• Waymo is opening its fully driverless service to the general public in Phoenix

Weird and Wacky:

• ‘S.N.L.’ Had a Live Audience. It Went Home With Paychecks.
• John McAfee arrested after DOJ indicts crypto millionaire for tax evasion

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Calm
• Adam - https://www.locast.org

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In this episode:

• Why Allbirds Launched a Proprietary Shopping App
• When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed
• New Xbox app on iOS will let you stream games from console to iPhone/iPad
• This tiny device can scavenge wind energy from the breeze you make when you walk

• Google launches Nest Audio speaker, successor to Google Home, available Oct. 5 for $99

  • Sonos sues Google for infringing five more wireless audio patents
  • Walmart’s new store design proves browsing is dead

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• Google’s Epic response: Android 12 will make it easier to install app stores
• Disney+ now lets you binge watch with friends, even when you're not together
• Amazon will now let you pay with your palm in its stores
• Cloudflare’s privacy crusade continues with a challenge to one of Google’s big data source

• Why Coinbase will struggle to ban politics from the workplace

  • Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortable with its mission
  • Facebook’s billions are backing two tech direct listings on Wednesday: Palantir and Asana

Weird and Wacky:

• Three railroad workers built a 'man cave' under New York's Grand Central Terminal

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Leviton AGTR1-W SmartlockPro Dual Function AFCI/GFCI Receptacle

Adam - Lenovo Chromebook C330 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop

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In this episode:

• Peacock Launches on Roku Across the U.S.
• CIA’s new tech recruiting pitch: More patents, more profits

• Google launches a work-tracking tool and Airtable rival, Tables

  • KilledByGoogle.com
  • Google is pulling the plug on paid Chrome extensions over the next year

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• Greenlight Now Valued At $1.2B Following $215M Series C
• Newsom bans new gas cars — and begs Trump for a fight
• Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house
• Amazon removes the $500 Prime Bike, says it has nothing to do with the Peloton knock-off

Weird and Wacky:

• Man redesigns iPhone home screen in the style of MS Paint, with glorious results
• Star Wars' Mark Hamill, Star Trek's Patrick Stewart Face Off in Uber Eats Commercial

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - MonicaHQ CRM
• Adam - Quizlet App

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In this episode, we talk about the Duty-Free shop, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and many more fun things.

In this episode:

• Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S., Beating Microsoft
• How to blur your house on Google Street View (and why you should)
• A bug in Joe Biden’s official campaign app exposed a treasure trove of voter information
• Lyft Offers 50 Percent Off Election Day Rides
• Here’s everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event
• Microsoft pulled its underwater data center out of the sea in Scotland
• Waze launches lane guidance, trip suggestions, traffic alerts, and more
• Tesla bug allows other electric cars to charge for free at new Superchargers
• Exclusive: The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke

Weird and Wacky:

• SIA eyeing 'flights to nowhere' to give a lift to ailing business
• Scientists May Have Found Evidence of Life in the Clouds of Venus
• Fighter pilot says UFO he chased in 2004 committed 'act of war'
• The Freshest Los Angeles Mansion Around

Tech Recs:

• Sanjay - Steelcase Series 1
• Adam - Rode Shotgun Mic

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In this episode:

• Guy runs 'Doom' on a pregnancy test and wait, what?
• Xbox Series X launches on November 10th for $499

• Epic says Apple's disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Fortnite soon

  • Epic says that Sign in with Apple for Fortnite will still work after all
  • BLURtooth vulnerability lets attackers overwrite Bluetooth authentication keys
  • Tech’s Next Big Task: Taking the Office Water Cooler Virtual
  • Beyoncé’s Label Sony Music Bets Its Next Big Hit Will Be a Podcast
  • Silicon Valley’s new stock exchange opens for business
  • Dozens of Amazon's own products have been reported as dangerous -- melting, exploding or even bursting into flames. Many are still on the market
  • Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes puts mental state at issue, to be examined by U.S. experts