Can Tesla’s upcoming robotaxi service make in-roads into the Austin market? Justin thinks so. Tom gives us the latest on AI regulation in Congress’s upcoming budget bill. Bloomberg reports Apple is considering acquiring Perplexity AI. And why is the world’s largest and most powerful digital camera on the top of South America’s Andes?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Should Apple buy Perplexity, or some other company? Plus, we check with a French TV watcher about how they feel about Netflix streaming TF1 channels.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Patrick Beja.

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https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/690720/meta-buy-thinking-machines-perplexity-safe-superintelligence

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/iphone-16-apple-ai-hardware

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/22/iphone-all-screen-design-two-stages/

https://www.engadget.com/ai/perplexitys-ai-powered-browser-opens-up-to-select-windows-users-180629870.html

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-big-promises-and-unanswered-questions/

https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/lenovo-promises-17-hours-of-battery-life-on-its-new-chromebook-plus-14-130018894.html

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/teslas-first-robotaxi-rides-kick-off-in-austin-texas-100015076.html?src=rss

https://www.engadget.com/ai/texas-will-require-permits-for-self-driving-cars-starting-in-september-164755457.html

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/openai-pulls-promotional-materials-around-jony-ive-deal/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/controversial-ban-on-ai-rules-will-stay-in-trump-tax-bill

https://www.wired.com/story/india-is-using-ai-and-satellites-to-map-urban-heat-vulnerability-down-to-the-building-level/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/huawei-s-new-laptop-adds-to-evidence-of-stalled-chip-advance

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-deepseek-aids-chinas-military-090153898.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-06-22/xiaomi-to-unveil-prices-for-new-yu7-suv-at-june-26-launch

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/23/amazon-kuiper-satellites-musk-starlink.html

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This weekend, Dr. Nicole Ackermans talks with Dr. Carly York about her new book The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, exploring how seemingly silly experiments reveal serious scientific breakthroughs.

Featuring Dr. Niki and Dr. Carly York.

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CEO of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince, stated in an Axios article that search traffic referrals have plummeted as people increasingly rely on AI. Meta announced new Oakley smart glasses starting at $399. We talk to Andrew Mayne about his interview with OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. And its Friday we test your knowledge of shave headed tech CEOs.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Andrew Mayne, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Plus, you can now wear Meta’s Llama model in Oakley frames.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.

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https://www.engadget.com/wearables/meta-and-oakley-announce-new-perfomance-ai-smart-glasses-for-athletes-140312796.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/meta-launches-399-oakley-ai-glasses-with-3k-video-recording

Android Users Can Now Open Shared Office Documents Without a Microsoft Account

SoftBank reportedly looking to launch a trillion-dollar AI and robotics industrial complex

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/masayoshi-son-s-next-bet-a-1-trillion-ai-robotics-hub-in-arizona

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/foxconn-looks-to-set-up-new-tamil-nadu-unit-to-make-iphone-enclosures/articleshow/121960374.cms#google_vignette

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-foxconn-talks-deploy-humanoid-robots-houston-ai-server-making-plant-2025-06-20/

Report: Google’s switch to TSMC for Pixel 10 chip was a ‘shock’ and wake-up call for Samsung

https://www.theverge.com/news/690179/microsoft-block-google-chrome-family-safety-feature

https://www.engadget.com/ai/cloudflare-ceo-says-people-arent-checking-ai-chatbots-source-links-120016921.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/19/ai-search-traffic-publishers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-20/one-in-four-indians-uses-only-a-mobile-for-netflix-social-media-and-skips-tv

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-delay-executive-order-3211a98113615be44cf92b32dca69a8e

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-19/jd-com-viral-stunt-revives-china-food-delivery-feud-with-alibaba-meituan

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/19/ios-26-beta-hidden-new-ringtone/

https://www.techradar.com/phones/ios-26-could-get-a-new-secret-ringtone-and-iphone-fans-cant-decide-whether-its-bleak-or-a-banger

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy expects the company’s corporate headcount to shrink in the coming years as generative AI tools take over some tasks. Netflix signs a deal with French network TF1 to stream its broadcast channels in France. Mattel and OpenAI have a new partnership that will see the toy maker integrate OpenAI’s products into its design process and power new toys. And Xbox announces a new partnership with AMD that will see AMD hardware in the next-gen Xbox and the system NOT locked into one store.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Plus new AR glasses, a smart home hub from Eufy and more.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Patrick Schlott.

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Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that for the first time a majority of Americans got their news via social media over TV, direct websites and apps. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is telling countries they need to develop Sovereign AI. We explain what that is and what it can mean for AI development. Is the best way to store renewable energy sand? Finland thinks so.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Plus Dr. Niki helps us understand why certain scientific studies are given the green light.

Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.

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Meta’s Threads Is Declaring War on Spoilers – Hollywood Reporter

Meta’s Threads app will now let users mark posts as containing spoilers, blurring text or images until tapped. Can LLM chatbots like ChatGPT be causing problems for those already suffering from mentally instability? An Oxford professor explains why they think AI alone cannot solve the productivity puzzle. And Ford tackles Pikes Peak race to summit with a heavily modified Mustang Mach-E.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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