In this episode, we've covered NFTs, GPTs, SBF, FCC, and SVB. And if you're not into 3-letter acronyms, we've got the rest of the week's tech news and some great picks and tips for you to tech better. Enjoy!

Followup: 

Social Media Marketing World (01:00)

NFTs are going strong… at Starbucks as stamps (05:00)

OpenAI rolls out GPT-4 (07:10)

SBF got $2B in loans from his own company (09:40)

Facebook to cut about 11,000 more jobs - Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers (10:35)

FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages (11:50)

Samsung’s new Texas chip plant cost now over $25B (13:05)

YouTubeTV prices going up again - YouTubeTV rolls out multi view for March Madness (14:50)

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2023 (19:20)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Phishing schemes, mobile browsers, app downloads, VPN, device management (20:35)

Takes:

SVB and others go under - Etsy payments delayed after SVB demise - Roku had a ton of money at SVB (26:00)

T-Mobile to buy Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile in a $1.35B deal (32:20)

HP printer update bricks third-party ink (34:45)

The privacy loophole in your doorbell (36:45)

Americans lost record $10.3B in online scams last year (41:00)

Bonus Odd Take(s): Book a minute (42:30)

Tetris release now closer to WWII than today (48:15)

Picks of the Week: 

Dave:  SmallRig Cage with Built-in Quick Release Plate for Arca-Swiss and Cold Shoe for Sony ZV-E10- 3531 (50:30)

Nate:  Amazon Flowers (53:25)

Notpicks Giveaway (56:10)

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Apple has a "new iPhone" and a classical musical service coming. Facebook is simplifying messaging again, and a Beluga whale saves a phone from the bottom of the ocean. You know a typical week in tech news. We've also got two great picks and some great tips throughout, enjoy!

Followup: 

Apple reveals a yellow iPhone 14 (01:30)

Apple captures 8 of 10 spots in list for global best-selling smartphones (04:35)

Apple launches its new classical music streaming app for preorder (07:50)

Spotify’s new design is part TikTok (10:30)

Free MLS Season Pass from T-Mobile (14:25)

Grammarly adding AI text creation (17:35)

Wyze Wireless Gaming Headset (19:15)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Show wifi password in iOS devices (22:15)

Takes:

Messenger’s finally coming back to the Facebook app (28:00)

Outlook for Mac is now free to use (30:30)

Amazon ads bigger than the entire global newspaper industry (34:15)

Oregon man stranded in remote snow-covered road uses drone to signal for help (35:35)

A Beluga whale picks up a girl’s phone from the bottom of the ocean (37:20)

Bonus Odd Take: Museum of Failure virtual tour (38:20)

Picks of the Week: 

Dave: Sony ZV-E10 Camera (40:35)

Nate:  Meater Plus (45:40)

Notpicks Giveaway (51:30)

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We came up with some great innovations this week including a new emoji and dumb electric cars. We've got a wide range of tech news, tips, and picks to help you tech better.

Followup: 

Apple Watch battery repair - iFixit guide (00:50)

Screen Time passcode to avoid iPhone access (03:20)

Help out Tweetbot and Twitterrific (05:15)

Snapchat is releasing its own AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT (06:30)

iOS 16.4 - New emojis - class page turn animation is back (08:00)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: SIRI: “Remind me about this…” (11:00)

Takes: 

Lenovo’s rollable laptop and smartphone (15:15)

You can now kind of sync iMessage with Windows 11 (17:30)

Future Fords could repossess themselves (18:55)

JPMorgan Chase requires tech workers give 6 months notice before quitting (20:45)

TikTok adds screen time limits for teens and more (22:25)

BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private (23:50)

LastPass Breach Update (25:40)

Bitwarden passes annual audit with flying colors (26:20)

Bonus Odd Take: Triple Drop - Everyone on the Office is Pam - AI Creep Mart - TikTok Unclogging Drains (29:00)

Picks of the Week: 

Dave: [Newest] 62" Selfie Stick Tripod with Remote - Kaiess Tripod for iPhone, High Strength Legs & Extendable Tube Tripod Stand, Fit for iPhone 13 Pro Max/13 Pro/12 Pro Max/Samsung S22/Camera/GoPro (32:35)

Nate:  Robinhood (38:20)

Notpicks Giveaway (42:35)

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AI is everywhere, it will even take your phone calls for you or be your personal radio DJ. That might make you want to check out the Global Day of Unplugging that we cover. That and so much more to help you tech better!

Followup: 

Samsung says users will be able to clone voice to respond to calls (02:00)

Spotify launches DJ, AI-powered music and commentary (05:15)

ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books (06:10)

Pixel’s Magic Eraser coming to iOS (09:45)

Amazon Health and One Medical (12:45)

Microsoft is forcibly removing Internet Explorer from your PC (17:30)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Indent a list in Apple Notes (19:30)

Takes:

Global Day of Unplugging (23:30)

Is the Apple Watch being banned? (27:15)

Original iPhone sells for $63,356 at auction (30:55)

Valve bans 40,000 accounts after laying a trap for cheaters in Dota 2 (32:35)

Crypto mining operation found in school crawl space (33:50)

Pirated Final Cut Pro infects Mac with crypto-mining malware (35:40)

Woman not happy with Apple after iPhone stolen (37:25)

Bonus Odd Take: A.N. Lucas’s 88x31 button collection (42:45)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Omniklad for iPhone 13 Pro Max Case, 100% Genuine Leather Magnetic Cell Phone Case Compatible with MagSafe, Microfiber Lining, All-Round Protection, Barrier Pro Semi Flexible Case - Brown (45:45)

Bonus Odd Pick: All-in-One Audiobook by Playaway (49:30)

Nate: 540° Rotation Magnetic Charging Cable, 3 in 1 Magnetic Phone Charger [4-Pack, 3ft/3ft/6ft/10ft] 3A Fast Charging Cable Support Data Transfer USB Magnet Charger Cable for iPhone/Micro USB/Type C Device (52:45)

Notpicks Giveaway (57:40)

Isla's Girl Scout Cookie Link (58:45)

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We are truly all over the place with this week's news but we do have some of our common followup topics and some great tips and picks to help you tech better. Enjoy!

Followup: 

Temu boots (02:10)

SBF in trouble for watching Super Bowl (04:10)

Twitter will charge for SMS 2FA (05:25)

ChatGPT leaking Amazon corporate secrets (08:45)

US might have shot down hobby club’s balloon (10:20)

Ted Lasso Season 3 Trailer (12:00)

Costco carrying Wyze products (12:25)

Z-Library returns (14:00)

Microsoft Patch Tuesday (16:00)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Facebook account security (16:40)

Takes:

Meta debuts paid Meta Verified (20:25)

Meta aims to increase transparency in ad targeting (22:40)

Cell phones in prison (23:45)

Hyundai and Kia forced to update software due to TikTok challenge (25:20)

Pig Butchering scams are evolving fast (26:40)

Bonus Odd Take: Wonders of Street View (29:25)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Trader Joe’s Organic Stevia Extract (31:40)

Nate: Parallels Desktop (34:55)

Notpicks Giveaway (39:10)

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There's a lot of AI news to cover this week, call us crazy, but we think this might be a thing. We've also got some Super Bowl talk, tech job cuts, balloons, bloated phones, and so much more. Enjoy!

Followup: 

Super Bowl Ads (00:55)

FTX’s new boss explains security weaknesses (05:15)

Mastadon continues to lose users (07:00)

Google Bard flubs answer in ad (09:40)

Microsoft’s ChatGPT event (11:25)

You can jailbreak ChatGPT (12:10)

Getty Images sues Stable Diffusion for copyright infringement (13:10)

Disney cutting 7000 jobs (14:05)

Yahoo to lay off more than 20% of staff (115:55)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Control+Enter for spreadsheets and more ()

Takes:

US shoots down 4th object from the sky (21:20)

Samsung Galaxy S23 comes with 60GB of storage used (23:50)

SF subway runs off floppy disks (25:35)

Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software (26:50)

Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users’ control (29:00)

Bonus Odd Take: Vulture’s Stunt Awards (30:20)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Synology DS420j NAS (32:05)

Nate:  Free PDF Tools (38:30)

Notpicks Giveaway (41:35)

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We spend some time getting caught up on ChatGPT for the first part of the show. After that we get into our usual wandering through a wide range of tech news, tips and picks. Enjoy!

Followup: 

ChatGPT Plus (00:55)

ChatGPT won’t talk about Trump (04:10)

ChatGPT sets record for fasting-growing user base (05:20)

Google will unveil ChatGPT competitor (05:40)

The slickest con artist of all time (07:00)

Amazon’s drone delivery off to a slow start (10:20)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Filter Unknown Senders (12:10)

Takes:

MrBeast gets flack for helping 1,000 blind people (15:50)

Apple quarterly results - More than 2 billion active devices (20:15)

Amazon reports first unprofitable year since 2014 (21:45)

Smart appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect their appliances (22:55)

Netflix hasn’t confirmed plans to stop password sharing yet (24:30)

Bonus Odd Take: Vintage calculator emulators (25:35)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: COOPLUS Mens Ankle Socks Athletic Cushioned Breathable Low Cut Tab With Arch Support-6Pairs (28:45)

Nate: Thwip (33:00)

Notpicks Giveaway (37:10)

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Have you tried ChatGPT yet? Even if you have, we have a fun resource to get to know it better. Also, stick around for the bonus odd take to see if you might be suffering from Pac-Man Pinky. We're all over the world of tech this week to help you tech better!

Followup: 

SBF tried to influence witness through Signal (00:45)

Dave Rubin spends a few days with the Twitter team (02:25)

Awesome ChatGPT prompts (05:45)

Banks teaming up to create digital wallet, challenging PayPal and Apple Pay (07:15)

Amazon launches RxPass Prime add-on (09:00)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Hide alerts in messages (12:10)

Takes:

Smartphone shipments suffer the largest-ever decline last quarter (16:40)

Streaming movies get half the Oscar nominations of last year (21:15)

The State Department is in turmoil over a font change (23:05)

GoTo says hackers stole online backups and encryption key (25:30)

U.S. says it hacked the hackers to bring down Hive ransomware gang (27:40)

Bonus Odd Take:

1982 High Tech Rec local news report (29:35)

Mac 30th Anniversary Icons (32:30)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Donut 80 (34:15)

Nate: Unibene Slim Metallic Retractable Ballpoint Pens - Matte Sliver & Black, Nice Gift for Business Office Students Teachers Wedding Christmas, Medium Point(1 mm) 6 Pack-Black ink (35:55)

Notpicks Giveaway (40:20)

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Another week where the tech news isn't all that positive. But we do our best to put a fun spin on it and give you tips and picks to help you tech better!

Followup: 

Macintosh’s 39th birthday today (00:30)

Notnerd's 7th birthday Jan. 9th - Episode 1 (01:30)

Feds seize almost $700M in assets from FTX (03:15)

Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients (04:15)

Trump looking to get out of Truth Social (06:20)

Apple announces revamped HomePod (08:30)

ChatGPT pro version could be coming at $42/mo (13:50)

Google, Microsoft, Amazon and other tech companies have laid off more than 70,000 employees in the last year (16:00)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Kill & Yank. If you don’t want to lose what’s on your clipboard, you can use Ctrl + K to cut and Ctrl + Y to paste using a second clipboard. (18:30)

Takes:

Microsoft’s new VALL-E can duplicate your voice in 3 seconds (23:25)

New podcast creation has fallen off a cliff (28:10)

Amazon closing down Smile program (31:45)

PayPal accounts breached in large-scale credential stuffing attack (34:40)

U.S. airline accidentally exposes ‘No Fly List’ on an unsecured server (35:35)

Mailchimp hacked again (36:40)

Hacker stole data for 37 million T-Mobile customers (37:10)

Ransomware revenue is down as more victims refuse to pay (38:00)

Bonus Odd Take: Niche Museums (39:00)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Orion Web browser for iOS (42:50)

Nate: Snailax 3-in-1 Foot Warmer and Vibration Foot Massager & Back Massager with Heat, Fast Heating Pad & 5 Massage Modes, Feet Warmers for Women, Men for Plantar Fasciitis Relief… (45:00)

Notpicks giveaway (50:20)

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We start off with some brand new announcements from Apple and Wyze. After that, we get into our usual tech news with some great tips throughout. Enjoy!

Breaking News:

New M2 MacBook Pros and Mac minis (01:15)

Wyze Cam OG (06:20)

Followup: 

SBF invested in fund that invested in FTX - SBF starts a Substack - Miami removing FTX sponsorship from arena (10:45)

Twitter Garage Sale (14:00)

Third-party Twitter apps stop working (18:15)

Microsoft looking to invest $10B in ChatGPT - Lots of sketchy ChatGPT apps popping up (21:40)

FCC Robocaller crackdown (27:55)

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2023 (28:35)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Video Screenshots & Cleaner Screenshots on Mac (32:35)

Takes:

Tim Cook takes $35 million pay cut that he recommended (36:25)

JP Morgan says startup founder used millions of fake customers for acquisition (38:30)

A corrupt file led to the FAA ground stoppage - FAA struggles to modernize air traffic control (40:50)

20% of the US Dept. of the Interior passwords were hacked in report (42:40)

Bonus Odd Take: https://www.mouseprint.org/ (46:50)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Xbox Series X (51:20)

Nate: PXN MFi Game Controller for iOS, 6603 Speedy Wireless Joystick Gamepad for iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV (53:45)

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