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Tech News Weekly hosted by Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent brings you interviews from tech journalists who make or break the top stories of the week. Jason and Mikah give you more context and perspective, with an in-depth look at the fast-paced world of technology and how it is changing our lives.

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TNW 270: Live Nation Answer...

01.26.2023

Mishaal Rahman joins the show to talk about some of the changes Google is making to its Android business in India after some antitrust directives in the country. Amanda Silberling from TechCrunch shares details from the Senate hearing with Ticketmaster ...

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01.26.2023 TNW 270: Live Nation Answers to Senate & Swifties - Google, AI-Generated 80's Horror Film, DoNotPay Mishaal Rahman joins the show to talk about some of the changes Google is making to its Android business in India after some antitrust directives in the country. Amanda Silberling from TechCrunch shares details from the Senate hearing with Ticketmaster ...
01.19.2023 TNW 269: Twitter's Unpopular API Changes - M2 Mac Minis, OpenAI, Steam Deck Craig Hockenberry of The Iconfactory and developer of the first Twitter app, Twitterrific, talks to Mikah Sargent about the sudden change to Twitter's API as numerous 3rd party Twitter apps no longer work. Dan Moren of Sixcolors stops by to ...
01.12.2023 TNW 268: Can ChatGPT Make Microsoft a Profit? - Tesla in Review, Experimental ChatGPT, AI Articles Reed Albergotti from Semafor joins the show to chat about the potential deal between Microsoft and the owner of ChatGPT, where Microsoft would invest $10 billion into the ChatGPT service. Patrick George of The Verge talks about the state of ...
01.05.2023 TNW 267: Apple Books Narrated By AI - Apple's Headset, Qi2 Wireless Charging, GPTZero Jason Howell chats with Wayne Ma of The Information as he gives insight into the technology powering Apple's still-in-development mixed-reality headset. Sean Hollister of The Verge talks about the new Qi2 wireless charging standard and what this means for non-Apple ...
12.29.2022 TNW 266: Tech News Weekly's Best Interviews of 2022 - A Look Back At Some of Mikah and Jason's Favorite Interviews of 2022 Mark Harris shares the tale of folks with retinal implants who received notice that their bionic eyes are nearing obsolescence. Open AI researchers Prafulla Dhariwal and Aditya Ramesh talk about DALL•E 2. Denise Howell talks about the tech and legal ...
12.22.2022 TNW 265: Mastodon, Twitter, Digital Growth & Decline - Netflix Ads, Mastodon, Facial Recognition Sarah Krouse from The Wall Street Journal talks about how Netflix's offering of an ad-supported tier is going for the company in their hopes of staying profitable. David Carr of Similiarweb discusses some of the most prominent digital growth and ...
12.15.2022 TNW 264: Google Activates Matter For the Smart Home - DoNotPay, Apple's Walled Garden, Instagram Joshua Browder of DoNotPay.com has the world's first AI lawyer that can allow you to negotiate your bills. He stops by to talk about it. Mark Spoonauer of Tom's Guide joins the show to talk about Apple's rumored decision to ...
12.08.2022 TNW 263: Swifties Sue Ticketmaster - Apple Security, OpenAI, AI Portraits Mark Gurman from Bloomberg joins the show to talk about Apple adding new user security options to further protect one's data within Apple's ecosystem. Mikah Sargent has an interesting conversation with someone special about ChatGPT & OpenAI. Jason Howell talks ...
12.01.2022 TNW 262: LastPass, Hive, and Eufy's Security Woes - LastPass Security, SFPD Robots, Anker's Eufy Cameras Steve Gibson of Security Now joins the show to talk about LastPass's recent security incident that stems from some information gathered from a previous security breach that LastPass suffered earlier this year. Matthew Guariglia from the Electronic Frontier Foundation stops ...
11.17.2022 TNW 261: ID.me Scrutinized by House Committees - Evernote buyout, Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1, iPhone Emergency SOS Dan Moren from Six Colors walks through the details of Apple's rollout of Emergency SOS features for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. Jason details Qualcomm's next-gen augmented reality chip, the Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1. Mikah shows the heat ID.me ...
11.10.2022 TNW 260: Big Tech Layoffs - Meta Layoffs, Mastodon, Twitter Verification Meta announced a huge round of layoffs in its company. Gerrit De Vynck from The Washington Post joins the show to discuss some of the layoffs' details. Stephen Shankland from CNET stops by to talk about Mastodon, what he liked ...
11.03.2022 TNW 259: The Mastodon in the Room - Twitter, VR in Your Car, PS VR2 Elon Musk is dominating the news space with his acquisition of Twitter last week. Russell Brandom from The Verge joins the show to discuss what Elon has done with the company since then. Janko Roettgers from Protocol comes back to ...
10.27.2022 TNW 258: Why Ticketmaster's So Pricey - TikTok, YouTube, Rising Streaming Costs Kari Paul from The Guardian joins the show to talk about The Guardian's guide on TikTok and the influence TikTok can have on aspects of people's lives, including the upcoming 2022 elections. Jason Koebler of Vice talks about Ticketmaster and ...
10.20.2022 TNW 257: Netflix Reinvents Itself - New iPads, DiscMaster, Pixel Watch Teardown Jason Howell talks with Zac Hall of 9to5Mac about the new iPads announced this week, what is making people excited about the new base model iPads, and why some people are a bit confused and disappointed about the new iPad ...
10.13.2022 TNW 256: Inside the Meta Quest Pro - 2022 Holidays, CNN NFTs, Project Starline First, Jason Howell talks about the upcoming Holiday Season & what Adobe has forecasted for projected sales during this online shopping season. Next, Ant Pruitt is covering Mikah Sargent in this episode. Ant talks with Richard Lawler of The Verge ...
10.06.2022 TNW 255: Google Reveals The Pixel 7, Pro, Watch - Matter, AI Bill of Rights, Kindle Scribe Mikah Sargent talks about the announcements from Google's Pixel 7 event and what's to come from the company. Stacey Higginbotham joins the show to talk about the release of Matter, the smart home interoperability protocol, and what this means for ...
09.29.2022 TNW 254: RIP Google Stadia - AI Art, Dreamforce, Fast Company Hack Chloe Xiang from Vice joins the show to talk about the emergence of AI images, the tools behind them, and how possibly images of yourself are being used without your consent. Aisha Counts of Protocol stops by to talk about ...
09.22.2022 TNW 253: iPhone 14 Teardown - YouTube, Pico Headset, DeepMind Shahram Mokhtari from iFixit joins the show to talk with Jason about the iPhone 14, 14 Pro, 14 Max, and iFixit's teardown of the device. Becca Ricks from the Mozilla Foundation joins the show to talk with Mikah about the ...
09.15.2022 TNW 252: Ethereum Merged - Inflation Gadgets, Leg Lengthening, TikTok Now David Yaffe-Bellany from The New York Times joins the show to talk about Ethereum's upgrade to its architecture, called The Merge, and how this could be a big deal in Crypto. Janko Roettgers from Protocol joins the show to talk ...
09.08.2022 TNW 251: What We Saw at Apple's "Far Out." iPhone Event - Apple Event, Google Event, GPT-3 Mikah Sargent talks to Dan More of SixColors about Apple's "Far Out" event and the products announced at the event, such as the new Apple Watches, AirPods Pro, and the iPhone 14 lineup. Jason Howell jumps in quickly to talk ...
09.01.2022 TNW 250: Cable vs. 5G: Internet Showdown - "Instagram Face", AI Artwork, AI Test Kitchen Jared Newman from Fast Company talks about some big changes coming to traditional cable internet companies and why 5G is causing these changes. Tate Ryan-Mosley of MIT Technology Review discusses beauty filters and the bans these filters are facing online. ...
08.25.2022 TNW 249: Pinterest Civil Rights Investigation in California - iPad in Space, YouTube Chip, Plex Data Breach Zac Hall, 9to5Mac writer and space enthusiast, talks about NASA launching a rocket to space soon that'll have important cargo, including an... iPad? Issie Lapowsky of Protocol discusses how Pinterest is facing a civil rights investigation in the state of ...
08.18.2022 TNW 248: What Will Apple Announce in September? - OTC Hearing Aids, U.S. Streaming, iOS VPN's Jaipreet Virdi, Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware, joins the show to talk about the unintended consequences of over-the-counter hearing aids being more easily available starting in October. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg spills the beans about when Apple's next ...
08.11.2022 TNW 247: Hands-On With Z Flip 4 and Z Fold 4 - BeReal, AmazonOne, Facebook Florence Ion of Gizmodo and All About Android joins the show to talk and show off some of what was announced at Samsung's August Galaxy Unpacked event. Lizzy Lawrence of Protocol talks about the BeReal photo-sharing app, the future of ...
08.04.2022 TNW 246: AirPods Pro vs Pixel Buds Pro - Tech Lifespan, Zelda TASBot, CHIPS Act Geoffrey Fowler from The Washington Post joins the show to talk about the lifespan of electronic devices and what can be done to increase their lifespan. Allan Cecil, aka DwangoAC, talks about TASBot and the unique Ocarina of Time speedrun ...
07.28.2022 TNW 245: Net Neutrality's Next Chance - Facebook, Ring & Nest, Data & Automobile's Farhad Manjoo from The New York Times joins the show to talk about being wrong about Facebook and his regrets about the company. Ry Crist of CNET talks about Amazon & Google sharing video footage from its Ring & Nest ...
07.21.2022 TNW 244: Chiplets: The Future of Computing - Internet Health Report, OpenAI, One Medical Solana Larsen, editor of the 2022 Internet Health Report published by the Mozilla Foundation, joins the show to talk about the report and the direction of artificial intelligence. Max Cherny from Protocol stops by to talk about chiplets, what they ...
07.14.2022 TNW 243: The Uber Files - MacBook Air M2 Review, Netflix & Microsoft, TikTok Dan Ackerman from CNET has the MacBook Air M2 in hand and talks about his review of the device. Richard Lawler from The Verge discusses how Netflix is partnering with Microsoft and its ad platform to start an ad-supported streaming ...
07.07.2022 TNW 242: Apple's New "Lockdown Mode" - Digital Markets Act, TikTok Challenge, Apple Watch Ben Brody of Protocol joins the show to talk about Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act in Europe and what that means for Big Tech. Mikah talks about a story of two girls dying after trying a viral TikTok ...
06.30.2022 TNW 241: Privacy in a Post-Roe World - Nothing Phone 1, Data & Privacy, Nanometre Chips Daniel Bader from Android Police joins the show to talk about the Nothing Phone 1, the hype behind the device, and how the phone seeks to stand out amongst its competitors. Next, Denise Howell stops by to talk about the ...
06.23.2022 TNW 240: Meta Prototypes Our VR Future - 13" M2 MacBook Pro, Instagram Age Verification, Amazon Proteus Devindra Hardawar from Engadget joins the show to talk about his review of the 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro. Harry McCracken from Fast Company shares his thoughts about the prototype hardware showcased from Meta's Reality Labs and what the future of ...
06.16.2022 TNW 239: 3 + 2 = Web5? - Dorsey's Web5 Idea, Meta's Time Limit, Health Data Protection, Activision's SEC Filing Jack Dorsey wants to skip Web3 and Web4 and go straight to a decentralized Web5 ... or does he? Instagram is adding new features and partnerships to encourage young people to take a break from the social media platform. New ...
06.09.2022 TNW 238: EU Charges Forth With USB-C - WWDC Roundup, Apple Passkey, Meta Watch Cancelled, Dall-E Mini Dan Moren from Six Colors walks through a number of the major announcements from Apple's WWDC developer conference. Scharon Harding from Ars Technica details the EU law that will require technology companies to use USB-C for charging devices. Mikah shows ...
06.02.2022 TNW 237: SCOTUS Tackles Texas Law - WWDC Preview, Crypto Regulation, Sheryl Sandberg, SCOTUS & Texas The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a temporary hold for Texas's social media law. Apple's World Wide Developers Conference kicks off on June 6 and the company will announce the next iterations of its operating systems. Technologists have penned an ...
05.26.2022 TNW 236: Apple's Malicious Compliance - Suing for Instagram Addiction, DuckDuckGo's Privacy Woes, iPhone Repair California's AB-2408 aims to hold social media companies responsible for social media addiction. DuckDuckGo comes under scrutiny for its deal with Microsoft. Apple's Self-Service Repair Program leaves a lot to be desired. Researchers set their sites on social media dissociation. ...
05.19.2022 TNW 235: Content Moderation in the Crosshairs - Black Tech's "Pipeline Problem", GrubHub Promo, Fentanyl Online Mukund Rathi from the Electronic Frontier Foundation walks through the history of the Texas HB 20 law that prohibits content moderation on social media platforms. Amber Burton from Protocol talks about black representation in tech and the deep work required ...
05.12.2022 TNW 234: Open-Sourcing Microsoft 3D Movie Maker - 3D Movie Maker, mental health apps, Google I/O, Meta VR/AR Microsoft makes available the video-creation tool 3D Movie Maker. The Mozilla Foundation shares its research regarding mental health apps and their privacy policies and protections. Google announces new hardware at its Google I/O developer conference. Meta's Mark Zuckerberg shares a ...
05.05.2022 TNW 233: Big Tech Reacts to Roe v. Wade - Calif. Crypto Regulations, Roe v. Wade, Sonos Voice, Vinyl Upgrade Governor Gavin Newsom of California has signed an executive order regarding the regulation of cryptocurrency in the state. With the Supreme Court's potential Roe v. Wade ruling around the corner, Big Tech is responding. Sonos will reportedly launch a virtual ...
04.28.2022 TNW 232: Snap Pixy Takes to the Skies - Musk Buys Twitter, Apple's Self Service Repair, Inside Autocorrect Faiz Siddiqui from the Washington Post walks through Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and how its also impacting his other businesses. Dan Moren from Six Colors details Apple's Self Service Repair kit for iPhone users and who the kit is ...
04.21.2022 TNW 231: CNN+ Is Shutting Down - Emotion AI, Netflix, CNN+ Closure, BeReal Sales software and video-conferencing applications turn to computer vision for more insight into impact. Netflix is facing a stock drop after it announced plans to tackle poor subscription rates. Just a few weeks after its launch, CNN+ is reportedly shutting ...
04.14.2022 TNW 230: Musk's Offer To Buy Twitter - Instagram DM Harassment, Twitter NFT's Value Decline, CNN+ Stumbles Imran Ahmed from the Center For Countering Digital Hate talks about the negligence of Instagram in protecting women from misogynistic harassment via direct message on the platform. Owen Thomas from Protocol walks through the possibilities facing Twitter in light of ...
04.07.2022 TNW 229: Twitter's Embed Mess - Twitter's Blank Embeds, DALL•E 2, r/Place, Senate's Big Tech Bill Along with plans for an edit button and Elon Musk joining its board, Twitter made another change recently: It changed the way deleted Tweets appear in embeds. OpenAI revealed the latest iteration of its AI-generated art engine, DALL•E 2. Reddit ...
03.31.2022 TNW 228: Not So Wyze - What is Virtual Kidnapping, Deepfaked Profiles on LinkedIn, NFL+ Coming Soon Ant and Jason ponder what the NFL+ streaming service might look like and if it can compare to the Sunday Ticket. Author David Kushner talks about his investigation into virtual kidnapping and its traumatic and monetary impact on its victims. ...
03.24.2022 TNW 227: The Fall of Lapsus$ - ADHD Video Game, Mac Studio Teardown, Brain Implant for the Paralyzed Mikah shares what the video game that was approved by the FDA to be prescribed for children with ADHD looks like and what it could mean for the games industry. Joseph Cox from VICE has been following the Lapsus$ extortion ...
03.17.2022 TNW 226: Russians Turn to Clubhouse - iPhone SE, Meta Supervision, Clubhouse in Russia, Automattic's Internet Reviewing Apple's new lower-cost iPhone, the iPhone SE. Meta (Facebook) plans to add new parental supervision controls to its Meta Quest (Oculus Quest) headset. Russians turn to the Clubhouse app for news and information. Automattic shares its vision of the ...
03.10.2022 TNW 225: Gig Work Leaves Russia - Crypto Executive Order, AI and the Military, Molecular Drinks Printer Nikhilesh De from Coindesk shares his thoughts on what President Biden's Executive Order might mean for crypto in the US. Kate Kaye from Protocol talks about how AI is intersecting with the military and how its not always about killer ...
03.03.2022 TNW 224: Steam Deck (In the Face) - Apple's March 8 Event, Valve Steam Deck, Twitter Birdwatch, OnePlus Buds Z2 Apple's March 8 event is just around the corner, and the company is rumored to announce a few new products. Valve's Steam Deck is making its way into the hands of pre-order customers and reviewers. Twitter makes its fact-checking service, ...
02.24.2022 TNW 223: PlayStation VR2 Gets Real - Apple AR Headset, Astro Home Robot, Cyber Warfare, Paid Tumblr Accounts Scott Stein from CNET breaks down the details of Sony's upcoming PlayStation VR2 system and touches on when Apple might release its headset to market. Mark Gurman from Bloomberg tried to track down the owners of Amazon's Astro home robot, ...
02.17.2022 TNW 222: Android Privacy Sandbox Explained - Google Ad Privacy, Obsolete Bionic Eyes, DOJ Crypto, Printer DRM Google announces plans to bring its Privacy Sandbox to Android. Retinal implant patients are faced with obsolescence. The Department of Justice creates a cryptocurrency enforcement team. Dymo adds DRM to its thermal printers and paper. First, Ryne Hager from Android ...
02.10.2022 TNW 221: Galaxy Unpacked, UNPACKED! - AirTag Privacy, EARN IT Act Explained, $4.5 Billion Dollar Crypto Scheme Florence Ion from Gizmodo walks through Samsung's Unpacked 2022 event and shows off the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Dan Moren from Six Colors details how Apple is changing AirTags in light of recent privacy concerns. Jason does an explainer of the ...

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