Main Show starts at 6:40

Meta announced Thursday it’s redesigning Facebook Marketplace with collaborative tools. Spotify is launching a feature for its audiobooks, called Recaps, which will appear once you’ve listened to about 15-20 minutes of a book. Molly Wood discusses how power is the biggest barrier to AI infrastructure growth, not chips. And has Google recently made an about-face when it comes to how it handles Android apps, especially sideloaded ones?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Molly wood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Main Show starts at 6:02

How is AI really impacting human employment? A new study from the Budget Lab at Yale has the data. Plus Disney and YouTube TV still haven’t come to an agreement on carriage rates. Google is adding Gemini to its Android and iOS Google Maps apps in the US and India. 

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Main Show starts at 5:55

Trish Hershberger is here with a first hand review of Asus’s ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming machine. Is it a portable Xbox Series, a handheld gaming PC, or does it even matter? Plus companies note a rise in fraudulent and fake expense receipts with the advent of generative AI. GM is letting go of 1,200 employees at its Detroit EV plant, 550 at its Ohio battery spot, and furloughing another 850 in Ohio and 700 in Tennessee. And Threads lets you publish disappearing posts.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Trisha Hershberger, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Main Show starts at 9:19

Is the Xbox hardware long for this world? Recent moves by Microsoft seem to suggest it may not be. Can fitness trackers really help you reach your fitness goals? Mattress company Eight Sleep added an “outage mode” to its smart beds after an AWS outage left thousands of users unable to adjust temperature or incline settings. And OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, its chromium based web browser this week.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nicole Lee, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Main Show starts at 5:09

Pinterest added new feed controls, including limiting AI-generated content in their recommendations. Windows 10 officially went out of support on Tuesday, October 14th. What does this mean for folks still using Windows 10? Allison Sheridan explains why you should consider getting a USB Cable tester and a multimeter. Plus is Netflix trying to steal some of YouTube’s market share by bringing video podcasts to the platform?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Allison Sheridan, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Main Show starts at 7:15

New York City files a lawsuit against Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and TikTok, alleging their platforms are fueling a youth mental health crisis. During OpenAI Dev Days keynote, CEO Sam Altman announced a few new products for ChatGPT users and developers. Discord says around 70,000 global users may have had their government ID photos, names, usernames, emails, the last four digits of credit cards, and IP addresses exposed. And Synology walks back its policy of forcing users of its Plus series of NASs to use Synology branded drives.

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

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Main Show starts at 3:40

How could AI powered real time sports player tracking impact sports betting? Amazon and Google announce their fall lineups of smart home and entertainment devices. Mark Gurman’s sources say Apple is redirecting resources away from a lighter, cheaper Vision Pro headset towards AI-powered smart glasses. And is OpenAI’s Sora 2 just made for copyright infringement?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Main Show starts at 7:05

It looks like a divestment of TikTok in the US. What does that look like and what would it mean? Neon Mobile pays users to record their phone calls and then sells that audio to AI companies to train models. Would you sign up? Is Apple finally giving in and bringing touchscreens to the MacBook Pro? And Nate Lanxon gives us a first-hand review of the new Apple AirPods Pro 3.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nate Lanxon, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Thinking about upgrading your home Wi-Fi to a mesh network? Sarah shares her experience with the Netgear Orbi 850 Series Tri-band WiFi 6 Mesh System—and whether a similar setup might be a good fit for your home or office.

Starring Sarah Lane, Roger Chang

Highlights

- Coverage up to 7,500 sq. ft. and for up to 100 devices. Extend coverage up to 2,500 sq. ft. with each additional satellite (sold separately, can be bundled)

- Supports wifi 6 (wifi 7 for newer versions will run you about $2000 for the same setup)

- Compatible with ISPs up to 2.5Gbps including cable, satellite, fiber and DSL. Connects to your existing cable modem, replaces your WiFi router

- 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports on both the router and each satellite

- Orbi app for management and speed tests

- Price- $680 on Amazon, refurbished models come down to around $400

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Main Show starts at 7:30

Andrea Jones-Rooy is here to explain what data sets say about how misinformation is consumed and shared and who’s responsible for making it. Plus we discuss the results of an OpenAI study detailing how people utilize ChatGPT. Meta unveiled its $799 Ray Ban Display smart glasses at Meta Connect. And a viewer is curious about our take on Australia’s social media ban on those 16 years of age or younger.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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