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March 10, 2025 Even DVDs Can Rot – DTNS Live 4972
What’s the story behind the agentic AI Manus and why is it making waves in the AI community. Is your DVD and Blu-ray collection a risk from disc rot? Skype is going away May 5th so why is Microsoft issuing an update for it? And after delaying the rollout of its upcoming Siri AI upgrade Apple is now delaying its rumored smart display.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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March 10, 2025 The Scoop on US Science Funding – DTNSB 4972
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.
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Smarter Siri delay could be caused by major security concerns
Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’ | The Verge
M3 iPad Air review roundup
Chromecast (2nd gen) and Audio cannot Cast in ‘Untrusted’ outage [U]
Foxconn Builds FoxBrain, Its Own AI Model – WSJ
TSMC’s Sales Quicken in First Two Months in Upbeat Note for AI – Bloomberg
New Chirp tool uses audio tones to transfer data between devices
Agibot unveils AI model that allows humanoid robots to perform real-world tasks | South China Morning Post
Forza Horizon 5 will require a Microsoft account on PS5 | The Verge
Google Pixel 4a’s painful “update” was due to battery overheating risk – Ars Technica
Meta’s latest limited edition Ray-Ban smart glasses are here – and they’re fancy | ZDNET
Japan’s service robot market projected to triple in five years | TechCrunch
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March 07, 2025 You Can’t Be Siri-ous – DTNS Live 4971
Can LEDs banish the blight of acne? Is Apple’s AI push stalled? Meta’s Threads is testing a feature that lets users add interests to their profiles. And we got another end of the week Quiz with focus on ionic phones from pop culture.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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March 07, 2025Tom Is No Fun – DTNSB 4971
The US military uses AI, and we put a brain in a jar. But Don’t worry! We promise it will be all right. We think. Plus, the red LEDs ARE good for your skin!
Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.
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Pentagon to give AI agents a role in planning, operations • The Register
World’s First “Biological Computer” Runs AI Models On Actual Human Brain Cells – Yanko Design
Meta’s next Llama models may have upgraded voice features | TechCrunch
Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS
The M3 MacBook Air is officially discontinued, but the M2 MacBook Air will live on elsewhere and that’s good news | TechRadar
M3 Ultra on par with M4 Max in CPU benchmark performance
Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’ | The Verge
Toyota launches its cheapest smart EV in China, aims to up market share | Reuters
At-Home LED Devices for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Acne | JAMA Dermatology | JAMA Network
Can at-home red-light therapy really cure acne?
Was Manus another DeepSeek moment? Chinese AI agent faces doubts after rapid rise to fame | South China Morning Post
No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard – Ars Technica
Mistral releases new optical character recognition (OCR) API claiming top performance globally | VentureBeat
AMD says top-tier Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D CPUs arrive March 12 for $599 and $699 – Ars Technica
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March 06, 2025 Thread Lightly on Reddit – DTNS Live 4970
When is thin too thin for smartphones? Why are so many sites moving content behind a paywall and does it bode for tightening ad sector? Reddit is introducing new tools to improve user engagement and help prevent rule violations. And 1Password has a new feature to add a specific physical location to items.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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March 06, 2025Apple has a Fever for a Foldable – DTNSB 4970
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.
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Kuo: Apple’s First Foldable iPhone to Feature Book-Style Design, Sell for Over $2,000
Kuo: Apple Developing Faster ‘Refreshed’ C1 Modem With mmWave Support for Mass Production Next Year
iOS 18.4 beta introduces AI-powered review summaries in the App Store
Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks
Prime Video is beginning an AI dubbing pilot program for select movies and series
Apple’s Use of SiTime in iPhone 16e Fuels Stock Rally for Chipmaker
Google Search’s new ‘AI Mode’ lets users ask complex, multi-part questions
Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content
Reddit’s rule check feature will help users avoid breaking subreddit rules
YouTube will soon restrict creators from mentioning certain online gambling sites
Alibaba’s new open source model QwQ-32B matches DeepSeek-R1 with way smaller compute requirements
OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’
OpenAI Makes its GPT 4.5 Model Available for ChatGPT Plus Members
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March 05, 2025 The Age of M3 Ultra – DTNS Live 4969
Apple’s unveiled refreshes for the Mac Studio and MacBook Air. Are they enough of uplift to warrant an upgrade? Plus cheap EVs are still unfulfilled wish. But VW plans on changing that with new entry-level EVs next year and in 2027. And users of Sesame’s demo of its conversational speech model report feel emotionally connected to it. Google announced an experimental “AI Mode” in Search to compete with services like Perplexity AI and ChatGPT Search.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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March 05, 2025 The Most Conversational AI Yet – DTNSB 4969
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.
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“Apple Upgrades MacBook Air, Mac Studio After Sales Resurgence (AAPL) – Bloomberg”
“Apple launches new Mac Studios with M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips | The Verge”
“Apple debuts M3 Ultra in refreshed Mac Studio with up to 512GB memory | Tom’s Hardware”
“Apple announces MacBook Air with M4 chip and a price cut | The Verge”
“Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg | TechCrunch”
“AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT is the most exciting GPU to launch in years”
“AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT review and benchmarks | The Verge”
“AMD’s new RX 9000 GPUs only officially support UEFI systems | Tom’s Hardware”
“Nvidia RTX 5070 launch day live: Heaps of non-MSRP cards and a handful of MSRP ones released today, but surprise surprise, stocks are low | PC Gamer”
“Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards won’t launch until later this month | The Verge”
“Judge denies Musk attempt to block OpenAI from becoming for-profit”
“YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription | TechCrunch”
“Apple refuses to break encryption, seeks reversal of UK demand for backdoor – Ars Technica”
“Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order | TechCrunch”
“Xpeng to test autonomous driving system in Hong Kong”
“Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online – Ars Technica”
“Google is expanding AI Overviews worldwide, and adding an AI Mode | The Verge”
“Malaysia to pay $250m for access to Arm chip designs”
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March 04, 2025 Braking the Ice With Hockey Tech – DTNS Live 4968
What’s got everyone excited about the NHL’s smart watch app for referees? Google Messages is adding a scam detection tool for Android users. Smartphone concepts that use full size camera lenses make a reappearance at this year’s Mobile World Congress. And Hasbro announces a Monopoly App Banking, replacing cash and the banker with a mobile app to manage all transactions in the board game. Would you play it?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Tasia Custode, Roger Chang, Joe.
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March 04, 2025 Thin is in at Mobile World Congress. But why? – DTNSB 4968
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.
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“Nothing’s new budget Android phones make Samsung and Apple look bad | ZDNET”
“Nothing’s Phone 3A and 3A Pro use AI to organize all your stuff | The Verge”
“Google Improves Gemini on Android and iPhone – Thurrott.com”
“Gemini app on iPhone adds Control Center, lockscreen widgets”
“Meta and Internet Society team up to expand internet access around the world”
“Tencent Cloud unveils platform to build super app”
“LlamaIndex launches a cloud service for building unstructured data agents | TechCrunch”
“Geely to launch smart driving system for all its car brands”
“Xiaomi to expand EV sales globally after SU7 Ultra success”
“Apple iPad Air 2025: launch, price, and specs | The Verge”
“Apple introduces new iPad Air with M3 chip, Apple Intelligence”
“AI Massage Startup Raises $83 Million, Brings Robots to Equinox – Bloomberg”
“TSMC is investing an additional $100 billion into semiconductor manufacturing in the US”
“In-Depth Analysis of TSMC’s New Investment Plans in the United States: TSMC stands out as the most successful non-US company in negotiations with the Trump administration | by 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) | Mar, 2025 | Medium”
“Foxconn Mega-AI Plant in Mexico to be Ready in a Year Despite Trump Tariffs – Bloomberg”
“Pentagon Denies Report of Halt in Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia – Bloomberg”
“Starlink Rival Eutelsat Triples on EU Defense Spending Plan”
“China Adds 15 American Companies to Export-Control List”
“Exclusive: China to publish policy to boost RISC-V chip use nationwide, sources say | Reuters”
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