Tom chats with Jason about his jump into independent content creation, and smartwatch shipments decline for the first time ever. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. Links to today's stories can be found here .
Mar 11, 2025•30 min•Ep 4973•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Niki updates us on the latest plus, why the new Siri is delayed, and the Pixel 4a got the battery-killing update. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .
Mar 10, 2025•32 min•Ep 4972•Transcript available on Metacast The US military uses AI, and we put a brain in a jar. But Don't worry! We promise it will be alright. We think. Plus, the red LEDs ARE good for your skin! Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here.
Mar 07, 2025•29 min•Ep 4971•Transcript available on Metacast Broadcom addresses a few nasty zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its hypervisors, and Pison CEO John Croteau talks about how its wearables are improving the world of medicine. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here .
Mar 06, 2025•27 min•Ep 4970•Transcript available on Metacast Plus Jason Howell reports from the Nothing party in Barcelona but has something to say about the new Nothing phones. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to stories in this episode can be found here .
Mar 05, 2025•31 min•Ep 4969•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Tencent launched super apps as a service, and why the US may not have ended all cyber command activities against Russia. Starring Tom Merritt . Links to stories covered in this episode can be found here .
Mar 04, 2025•28 min•Ep 4968•Transcript available on Metacast External NPUs and solar-powered laptops, plus new EV battery tech. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .
Mar 03, 2025•27 min•Ep 4967•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Skype will go down for good and Mozilla insist it does not want to sell your data to AI. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here .
Feb 28, 2025•27 min•Ep 4966•Transcript available on Metacast Sony cuts the price of the PlayStation VR 2 by $150, Amazon gets into the Quantum computing game with Ocelot, and Dr. Niki says that Spam is a problem for science as well as email. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes can be found here .
Feb 27, 2025•28 min•Ep 4965•Transcript available on Metacast Amazon announces a new voice assistant, 5G comes to space and why that Casio Watch ring is worth wearing. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to today's stories can be found here .
Feb 26, 2025•28 min•Ep 4964•Transcript available on Metacast Samsung's Secure Folder has a revealing privacy flaw, OnePlus Watch 3 is delayed, and Ron Richards and Tim Stevens talk about pinball virtualization. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories can be found here .
Feb 25, 2025•30 min•Ep 4963•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, why Microsoft and Google don’t have to comply with the UK encryption issue that Apple does, and a computer mouse that smells nice. Starring Tom Merritt and Rob Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .
Feb 24, 2025•25 min•Ep 4962•Transcript available on Metacast Bloomberg’s Nate Lanxon joins us to talk about how it affects him, plus faster 3D printing and AI is coming to robots Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show Notes can be found here .
Feb 21, 2025•30 min•Ep 4691•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Niki talks about quantum pigeon guidance, and the new Oppo Find N5 inspires us to talk about other cool phones from across the world. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes can be found here
Feb 20, 2025•27 min•Ep 4960•Transcript available on Metacast We don’t mean the smart home standard, we mean like solid, liquid and gas. Also Biran Brushwood shares the new tech making his video studio shine. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to the stories in this episode can be found here .
Feb 19, 2025•29 min•Ep 4959•Transcript available on Metacast It’s not just customs exemptions that keep Temu retail prices down. In fact it’s in large part because they don’t take sales commissions. Plus how Pinball is borrowing from video games. And the cheapest EVs in Thailand! Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Links to the stories in this episode can be found here ....
Feb 18, 2025•29 min•Ep 4958•Transcript available on Metacast Arm plans to make its own chips this summer and Tom explains why that’s such a big change. Plus TikTok is back in US app stores. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here
Feb 14, 2025•25 min•Ep 4957•Transcript available on Metacast Amazon has a beta shopping feature that includes sales on brand websites, and Mitzula ate at the new Netflix restaurant in Las Vegas! Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here
Feb 13, 2025•27 min•Ep 4952•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Apple wants to improve your health and cut down on the number of Apple accounts you have. And a trustworthy source on the US Department of Government Efficiency. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter Links to stories in this episode can be found here .
Feb 12, 2025•30 min•Ep 4955•Transcript available on Metacast The AI Action Summit wraps up in Paris, NotebookLM Plus gets a wider release, and Tim Stevens and Ron Richards discuss pinball preservation. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to today's stories can be found here .
Feb 11, 2025•30 min•Ep 4954•Transcript available on Metacast President Macros promotes it with deepfakes and huge spending on Data Centers. Plus why the US doesn’t get cheap EVs. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .
Feb 10, 2025•25 min•Ep 4953•Transcript available on Metacast Huawei sees its fastest growth in four years, the ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra is here, and cheese gets Google AI in hot water yet again! Starring Tom Merritt and Shannon Morse. Show notes can be found here .
Feb 07, 2025•28 min•Ep 4952•Transcript available on Metacast Starring Jason Howell and Shannon Morse . Show notes can be found here
Feb 06, 2025•23 min•Ep 4951•Transcript available on Metacast And actual tech news like a bad Zyxel router vulnerability, Amazon may finally improve its voice assistant and the Verge got a sneak look at Sonos’s streaming TV device. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Story links can be found here .
Feb 05, 2025•30 min•Ep 4950•Transcript available on Metacast Apple takes on Evite with Invites, and Kenneth Kohlmann talks about a modular landscaping robot called Yarbo. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt. Links to stories can be found here .
Feb 04, 2025•29 min•Ep 4949•Transcript available on Metacast Gary Shapiro tells us when failure is good, and OpenAI launches an agent with the same name as Google’s agent. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here .
Feb 03, 2025•28 min•Ep 4948•Transcript available on Metacast We also talk to Gary Shapiro about what it takes to put on CES and why it’s been so enduring. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Show notes can be found here .
Jan 31, 2025•31 min•Ep 4947•Transcript available on Metacast New Intel Lunar Lake Surface laptops, plus a look at how tariffs could impact tech in the US. Starring Jason Howell and Shannon Morse . Show notes can be found here .
Jan 30, 2025•27 min•Ep 4946•Transcript available on Metacast A chip vulnerability in Apple Silicon isn’t great, plus why OpenAI’s concern about DeepSeek is hilarious but justified. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter. Show notes can be found here .
Jan 29, 2025•27 min•Ep 4945•Transcript available on Metacast Plus, Andrew Mayne goes deep on the DeepSeek hype. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Link to the show notes can be found here .
Jan 28, 2025•28 min•Ep 4944•Transcript available on Metacast