August 17, 2025

Tech Addicts 2025 - A Monopolistic Perplexity

1 hour 24 minutes

Gareth and Ted swelter as they chat about Perplexity AI eyeing Google Chrome, Microsoft court action over Windows 10, a battery issue with the GPD Win 5, Insta360 new 8k drone, Linux Mint Zara beta, FydeOS, VPNs vs Proxies and Honor Magic V Flip 2.

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Feedback, Fallout and Contributions

Bloody sun is coming out Sunday here which means I'm going to roast in this tin can (with windows doors shut for noise) or have fans and dogs and trains noise aplenty - so my vote is to get underway asap please!

Camera Creations now has its own website (well, kind of)! I decided to stop paying through the nose for domains and SSL registrations so dumped it, Steve Litchfield style, on my homepage! As he rightly points out, that's what he does with all his stuff and has never had a problem - the RSS feeds are the important bit for the podcast world. Anyway, so it's at tedsalmon.com/cameracreations - bare-bones for now but I'm beginning to agree with Steve - keep it simple. Everyone's on social media now anyway, not websites! I might move all my stuff the same way over time as domains expire etc. I also dumped my main tedsalmon.com site back to basics (from the Google Sites fluffy-look one it has been) - so that also needs work.

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News

This new Ryzen Max gaming handheld is too powerful to hold a battery Perplexity AI wants to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion (more than twice the value of Perplexity)! It's Better Left with Google Microsoft is being sued for killing Windows 10 Gemini is about to remember everything, unless you tell it not to Brits are turning from VPNs to Proxies to resist age verification - but their data may be at risk Insta360 8K drone immerses you in an alternate reality of human flight Pixel 10 Pro Fold first foldable with IP6/8 rating - a breakthrough moment in foldables? Honor Magic V Flip 2's display can withstand 350,000 folds, 5,500mAh battery confirmed

Banters: Knocking out a Quick Bant

FydeOS - ChromeOS Flex rival - with Android Apps, full support, unlike FlexOS Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" Is Available for Public Beta Testing - with fingerprint authentication (I have one on my laptop) Download Link for Cinnamon - is it a simple process to get onto the Beta? Recommended?

Bargain Basement: Best UK deals and tech on sale we have spotted

AMD Ryzensets 5 9600X - £131.99 (cheaper than 7600x right now) AMD Ryzensets 9 9900X - £289.99 Canon PowerShot V10 Vlogging Starter Kit £299 from £439 WOLFANG 64GB MP3 Players - £20.99 POCO F7 Ultra 512GB/16GB £559 from £619 from £699 (also the 256GB/12GB for £529) HONOR Pad 10,12.1 inches Wi-Fi Tablet - £199.99 Pen - £79 Google Pixel Tablet with Charging Speaker Dock £379 from £399 from £699 - one last shoutout!