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Geekshow Helpdesk: The Lost Boys

Jul 17, 202450 minEp. 254
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-You were a good boy, RedBox. Look at the flowers: https://www.engadget.com/say-goodbye-to-redbox-130044411.html?guccounter=1

-Interesting competition for Harmony remotes:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24184673/switchbot-smart-home-universal-remote-matter-bluetooth

-New LLM for spreadsheets!!!!!!

https://slashdot.org/story/24/07/15/2330243/microsoft-unveils-a-large-language-model-that-excels-at-encoding-spreadsheets?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-New A/C tech uses much less energy:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/16/2112235/cutting-edge-technology-could-massively-reduce-the-amount-of-energy-used-for-air-conditioning?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Apple trained their AI on scraped YouTube videos:

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2037316

-Prime Day pickups?

-Samsung Galaxy Unpacked:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/10/24194881/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-ring-ai-z-fold-6-flip-watch-7-ultra-buds

-Oh. Dear… another breach.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/12/business/att-customers-massive-breach/index.html

-Class action time!

https://www.pcmag.com/news/atts-major-data-breach-sparks-another-class-action-lawsuit

-Am I screwed? Maybe not directly?

-Owen Showcases his gadget dominance. New 12bay NAS M.2 2280 nvme storage array.

-Life sucks, Everything sucks, We are all going to die!

 https://bgr.com/science/changes-in-ocean-currents-could-destroy-the-planet-new-study-suggests/

-Dark Comets will be the thing that gets us!

https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/dark-comets-may-be-a-much-bigger-threat-to-earth-than-we-thought-new-study-warns

 

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