Has Steam’s new publishing rule given third-party electronic payment processors control over game listings? Casting has been announced for the Legend of Zelda movie. We pick our fantasy cast. Seagate’s HAMR-based hard drives are now available to consumers, with 30TB models going for $600. And does Razer’s new Core X V2 signals a new start for eGPUs?

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Plus, the new Zelda movie gets its Link and Zelda, and both ethically sourced AI and cement.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.

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The live-action Legend of Zelda movie has cast its princess and hero

Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy

OnePlus solves fast dual charging for your phone and watch like no one else

The deluge of faster Qi2.2 wireless chargers is here

Faster wireless chargers coming to iPhone, but don’t buy one yet

Meet the cement transport ship that makes cement ingredients while sailing

Trump: GOP holdouts now back crypto bill after failed vote

Nvidia’s resumption of AI chips sales to China tied to rare earths deal – report

Razer’s $350 eGPU chassis only comes with a Thunderbolt 5 cable

Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy

Research leaders urge tech industry to monitor AI’s ‘thoughts’

Apple Reportedly Taps Samsung Display for First Foldable iPhone Screens

Apple’s iPhone fold might sell for less than expected due to supply chain strategy: UBS

Skype for Business gets a few more months.

Reddit has started age verification checks for UK users to comply with the Online Safety Act. Uber will partner with Baidu to let people schedule rides with its robo-taxis outside the US and China. Microsoft is testing energy saver settings based on your workflow instead of just your battery level. And are accented AI voices an important feature for users?

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Reddit implements age verification checks in the UK, and Google strikes a deal with Brookefield for hydropowering a few of its AI facilities in Pennsylvania.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Would you use Google’s NotebookLM as a destination for information and not just a tool? What is “Crypto Week” in the US House of Representatives and who does it benefit? Justin explains. The Commodore 64 Ultimate is the first new hardware from Commodore’s new management. And two brother-in-laws from Michigan got so fed up with Xfinity they made their own fiberoptic ISP.

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But do we want it? And the Commodore 64 is back for real this time. Not an emulator!

Starring Tom Merritt, and Robb Dunewood.

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https://www.engadget.com/mobile/google-exec-says-the-company-will-unify-android-and-chromeos-120053895.html

https://www.thurrott.com/google/323304/google-finally-admits-its-combining-android-and-chromeos

https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/i-think-you-see-the-future-first-on-android-googles-android-leader-sameer-samat

https://www.androidauthority.com/chrome-os-becoming-android-3500661/

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/14/iphone-17-to-be-announced-week-of-september-8/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/stablecoin-bill-poised-to-pass-as-house-kicks-off-crypto-week

https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/microsoft-copilot-a-i/323261/thanks-microsoft-google-snags-top-windsurf-talent-after-nixed-openai-deal

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-gemini-flaw-hijacks-email-summaries-for-phishing/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/jack-dorseys-latest-app-tracks-sun-exposure/

https://www.theverge.com/news/705470/byd-self-parking-crash-liability

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/discords-virtual-reward-orbs-launches-out-of-beta/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/malaysia-to-require-permits-on-trade-of-high-end-us-ai-chips

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-13/nvidia-s-huang-says-china-s-military-unlikely-to-use-us-ai-chips

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-commodore-64-ultimate-computer-is-the-companys-first-hardware-release-in-over-30-years-pre-orders-start-at-usd299

https://www.commodore.net/

Belkin will end support for its WEMO smart home products. Johns Hopkins University researchers developed an autonomous surgical robot that can do most of a gallbladder removal. How to tweak Windows 11 to look and feel more like Windows 10. And it’s time again for our Friday Fun Quiz, this time about Samsung history.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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But not all the time. Plus, Comcast gets rid of data caps.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

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https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdownhttps://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/

https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdfhttps://metr.org/about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METRhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/belkin-ends-support-for-most-wemo-devices-and-its-wemo-app/

Study: Apple’s newest AI model flags health conditions with up to 92% accuracy

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/intel-ai-robotics-realsense.html

RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

Samsung is exploring new wearable form factors such as earrings and necklaces

https://www.theverge.com/news/705046/hmd-global-nokia-scaling-back-us-market

https://therecord.media/russian-basketball-player-arrested-in-france-ransomware

Comcast Forced To Retreat From Broadband Data Caps (Sort Of) Due To Competition From 5G Wireless And Community Fiber

https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-and-openais-agi-fight-is-bigger-than-a-contract/

https://www.semafor.com/article/07/11/2025/singapore-esim-startup-raises-220-million

Is Cloudflare positioning itself as the new Sheriff in town when it comes to AI bots scraping sites? Intel admits it’s further behind its competitors in fab and AI technologies. After catching OpenAI’s bot telling users about a fake music notation feature, sheet music platform Soundslice built it. And YouTube is making changes to stop the spread of AI slop and plans on closing the platform’s Trending section.

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Samsung says it’s Trifold smartphone is expected sometime this year, and Dr. Niki talks about Colossal’s plans to genetically engineer moa birds. [23:06]

Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt and Dr. Niki.

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