Could the threat posed by Ransomware be diminishing? A new cyber security report holds some tantalizing data. Why is Microsoft Teams getting Facebook-like functionality? Bloomberg’s sources suggest that Amazon’s belt tightening will raise fears of “lean years ahead” And Stanford and the University of Washington AI researchers trained an AI “reasoning” model for under $50. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Feb 06, 2025•58 min•Season 12Ep. 4951
The Video Game History Foundation has made its archive available for early access, free of charge. Google updates its AI principles removing references to weapons and surveillance. Sonos is planning to launch a streaming TV device later this year in the $200-$400 price range. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 4950
A new app from the Icon Factory called Tapestry pulls together feeds from Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into one timeline. Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told analysts the company will finally get into the mainstream paid streaming subscription game this year. Adobe is adding a new Contract Intelligence feature to its Acrobat “AI Assistant” to scan contracts and flag important details. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes ....
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 4949
OpenAI announced Deep Research, an agentic ChatGPT tool, that lets users ask the chatbot to perform “multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks”. AI companies like Anthropic would like job applicants NOT to use AI on their submission. Fitness+ adds hours of Kendrick Lamar themed workouts to celebrate Super Bowl LIX. And where are all the new GPUs that Nvidia launched? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 4948
LinkedIn’s efforts to bring more video creators on board seems to be paying off. Why is Nintendo going after a Costa Rican grocery store owner? Plus OpenAI launched o3-mini, a new AI reasoning model designed to be both powerful and more affordable. And it's Friday and time for another end of week Fun Time Quiz. Can you figure out the answer before everyone else? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 12Ep. 4947
Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s o1 model into Copilot and gives Copilot users free access to it. PLus Microsoft is making a NPC optimized version of DeepSeek’s R1 model to run locally on Copilot+PC machines. Google is launching “Ask for me,” a new Search Lab experiment that uses AI to call businesses for local service pricing and availability. And Facebook realizes it is no longer relevant to younger audiences. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted o...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 4946
OpenAI tells the Financial Times that it found evidence that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used OpenAI’s proprietary models to train its system. An anti-AI scrapping activist creates a tarpit to trap AI crawlers in an endless maze of links to nowhere. Plus Xbox’s Phil Spencer made an interesting comment about hard exclusives on the platform. And how do teens really feel about the tech industry and the dangers of the AI industry? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Li...
Jan 29, 2025•56 min•Season 12Ep. 4945
As generative AI develops much of the focus has been on the human-like quality of their output. But what does the data show regarding how AI-human interaction creates a feedback loop that impacts our biases? X has partnered with Visa to offer peer-to-peer fund transfer. Is it enough to pull people back to the platform and will existing users even use it? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported on a study that shows almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN. Starring Sarah ...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 4944
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up the tech market with its R1 Reasoning model that it claims has better performance than OpenAI’s o1 model at just 3% to 5 % of the cost. Canadian developer Daniel Supernault has launched a Kickstarter to increase development of federated social media apps. And multiple YouTube viewers say they are getting served hour-long ads on YouTube without an option to skip them. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show No...
Jan 27, 2025•56 min•Season 12Ep. 4943
Scientists from Tufts University have accidentally made a sticky web-like substance not unlike what Spider-man would use. The next generation of Apple’s Car Play, up until yesterday or so, was supposed to come out in 2024. What’s going on with the update and should 3rd party car infotainment systems be put on notice? Plus it's Friday and time to test everyone’s knowledge of Stargate. And how social networks differ around the globe. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe....
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 12Ep. 4942
OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle announced Stargate, a $500 billion investment initiative into building data centers for AI in the US. Sony will end Blu-ray production next month. Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in a Subaru web portal that let them take over car controls and track driver location data. And OpenAI announced Thursday it’s launching a “research preview” of Operator. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Jan 23, 2025•56 min•Season 12Ep. 4941
GDC has released its State of the Game Industry 2025 survey. What does it say about the general mood among game developers, their interest in generative AI and platforms they’re developing for. We look at the highlights from Samsung’s latest Unpacked event where they unveiled new Galaxy S series phones and generative AI services. Plus why is Netflix raising prices again? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 12Ep. 4940
How AI models are helping streamline the process of developing anti-venom for victims of snake bites. We share how we dealt with the “harrowing” ordeal of this past weekend’s TikTok outage. Spotify expands its offerings to include educational courses and self-help content. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 12Ep. 4939
A Pew study found that over a quarter of American teens ages 13 to 17 use ChatGPT for school work. Is this harmful behavior? Goldbelly, the online service that delivers boutique foods across North America, will now deliver Michelin starred meals. And it's Friday. Time for another fun end of week quiz! Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 12Ep. 4938
The US government is looking at ways to avoid having TikTok shut down if it loses its case in the Supreme Court. Plus Intel scores a much needed if very small win in the GPU marketplace. And why are Chinese authorities concerned about the influx of Americans to the platform? Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 16, 2025•59 min•Season 12Ep. 4937
Diamond Comics Distributors, the largest comic book distributor in North America, has filed for bankruptcy. What does this tell us how digital disruption is affecting specialty brick and mortar stores? Plus Nikita Bier, creator of tbh and Gas, has launched a new app called Explode, designed for sending disappearing messages on iMessage. OpenAI and Axios announced the Generative AI company will underwrite the expansion of Axios to four cities of its choice as part of a content-sharing and technol...
Jan 15, 2025•58 min•Season 12Ep. 4936
Is social media an addiction? If so can we treat its obsessive use by some the same way we treat individuals with substance abuse problems? Andrea explains what the data says. Plus a lawsuit alleges Nvidia’s Cosmos World Foundation Models trained on YouTube videos without their permission and why Nvidia believes it hasn’t. And TSMC’s Arizona plant begins fabbing 4-nm chips and does this hearld a new American renaissance in silicon chip production? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Andrew Jones-R...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 12Ep. 4935
TikTok is just days away from being banned from operating in the US if it doesn’t sell its American operations to a non-Chinese owner. Justin has a theory of what could possibly save TikTok. Plus the outgoing Biden administration has proposed an ““Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion” Monday that would keep high performance GPUs used in AI servers out of China. And fire watch app Duty Watch has seen a spike in users as fires blaze across Los Angeles county. Starring Sarah Lane...
Jan 13, 2025•58 min•Season 12Ep. 4934
A recent survey by Deloitte has shown a drop in EV interest. Why has interest in EVs waned? Sports-focused streaming service Venu, co-founded by Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox Corp., has been discontinued. With a possible TikTok shut down in the US on the horizon, what are some alternatives? Plus we engage with some introspective questions in our Friday end-of-week debates. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 12Ep. 4933
We discuss the winners of Best of CES 2025. Plus Meta backtracks on its policy of allowing political content on its platform. And we discuss the LA Fires and how it has impacted the DTNS crew. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 12Ep. 4932
Tom finds Matter is slowly making its way across more IoT smart home devices. Robert Heron is here with details on Home Theater technology trends for this year including even larger screens, brighter OLED displays, and laser short-throw projects. Plus Robb Dunewood shares the results of his quest to find better microphones for podcasting. And Jason Howell discovers an AI powered earbud that does translation. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe....
Jan 08, 2025•59 min•Season 12Ep. 4931
It’s day 2 of our CES coverage. Allison found a space heater for beehives, an emotional support robot for pets, iFixit’s latest DIY repair tools. Plus Robb has found a potentially life changing tool for those with dyslexia. Tom’s found several new smart glasses. And Bodie shares what he learned from Lightship RV about the future of EV RVing and Pivotal’s single seat EVTOL. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Allison Sheridan, Bodie Grimm, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe. Link to the Show Not...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr
We're down in Las Vegas reporting from the Consumer Electronics Show 2025. We have a great discussion on AMD's event, TCL's announcements, new pinball machines from Stern, wearables, robot lawnmowers and Robb had a chance to talk to the CEO of Stellar about their product to provide mobile internet access to vehicles. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 06, 2025•58 min•Season 12Ep. 4929
Can putting data centers in space provide much needed benefits and what are the challenges? Hoping to appeal to a younger crowd Meta is rolling out features to let users create AI characters on Instagram and Facebook and why some say the results look more like spam more than anything else. Roger brings a quiz about Las Vegas. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 03, 2025•56 min•Season 12Ep. 4928
On this episode. Is the web browser extension coupon code tool, Honey, running a scam using influencers to peddle its product? Plus Meta swaps out its Global Affairs President, former leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, with Joel Kaplan, Clegg’s deputy and a well connected Republican. How much do you like your barber? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Jan 02, 2025•47 min•Season 12Ep. 4927
Should AI be used in police reports? Robb and Justin have different thoughts. Justin shares his impression on OpenAI·s Sora. When do you think this will be a useful thing? YouTube raises its prices and the group discusses cable and streaming platforms. What do you consider bloatware? James the Trucker sends in his thoughts on the multiverse. OpenAI introduces ·Santa Mode· to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
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