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Tech News Weekly, hosted by industry expert Mikah Sargent, brings you interviews from tech journalists who make or break the top stories of the week. TNW gives 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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12.07.2023

Some college students are becoming subjected to tracking "opportunities" during their daily lives on campus. How Beeper Mini works in light of news that Beeper has brought iMessage to Android phones. And Apple has confirmed that governments are spying on ...

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12.07.2023 TNW 314: Reverse Engineering iMessage with Beeper Mini - Tracking Software, Beeper Mini, Push Notifications Some college students are becoming subjected to tracking "opportunities" during their daily lives on campus. How Beeper Mini works in light of news that Beeper has brought iMessage to Android phones. And Apple has confirmed that governments are spying on ...
11.30.2023 TNW 313: Busting the NameDrop FUD - Amazon Q, Gen Z Generative AI, Gmail Deletion Amazon has entered the realm of companies offering their very own AI assistant that they've dubbed Amazon Q. How Gen Z is driving the adoption of Generative AI, in the U.K. at least. And starting December 1st, unused Gmail accounts ...
11.16.2023 TNW 312: Apple Supporting RCS in 2024 - iMessage Gets RCS, Microsoft Ignite, AI Chatbots Apple has reversed course and is adding RCS support to iMessage next year. What was announced at Microsoft Ignite 2023? And Common Sense Media has ratings for ten chatbots & AI services that parents should be cautious with when their ...
11.09.2023 TNW 311: Humane Launches Its $699 AI Pin - Video Game Unions, Pixel Watch 2, OpenAI Conference The game industry has had a year with the consolidation of organizations and the formation of gaming unions. Jason Howell shares his review of the Pixel Watch 2. And OpenAI had its first developer conference. What was announced at the ...
11.02.2023 TNW 310: Understanding Biden's AI EO - Microsoft's Phi 1.5, News Influencers, AI Revenge Porn President Biden issued an executive order on Artificial Intelligence. How does the US government see AI today based on this executive order? What are the implications of Microsoft's breakthrough with their small AI model, Phi 1.5? And how social media ...
10.26.2023 TNW 309: Cell Phones: The Origin Story - Apple Event Preview, Apple/Google Search Battle, Cell Phones Turn 40 This week on Tech News Weekly, Jason and Mikah go back in time to the origins of cell phones with an AT&T; engineer who helped build the first network, get the inside scoop on Apple's next event from Bloomberg's Mark ...
10.19.2023 TNW 308: Rebutting Andreessen's Manifesto - Humans & AI, 23AndMe Data Leak, Meta Quest 3 How are humans involved in the overall AI process? 23andMe suffers another data leak by hacker "Golem". And the Meta Quest 3 is being used publicly for hilarious and interesting results. Solana Larsen of the Mozilla Foundation and the IRL ...
10.12.2023 TNW 307: Pixel 8 Pro Review - Adobe MAX Announcements, Pixel 8 Pro & Ultra HDR, OpenAI & ChatGPT Voice Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and ...
10.05.2023 TNW 306: Pixel 8'ed: First Impressions - Surface Laptop Studio 2, Olivia Rodrigo, AI Skin Color Google had their Made By Google event this month and announced the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2. The Surface Laptop Studio 2 could be so much more than the device offers. How one group is utilizing ...
09.28.2023 TNW 305: The Promise of Microsoft Copilot - AI & Authors, Net Neutrality, Galaxy Tab S9+ A searchable database to see which author's work is being used to train AI. Microsoft had its big Surface & AI event, and its AI assistant feature, Copilot, was announced. The FCC is looking to bring back net neutrality. And ...
09.21.2023 TNW 304: iPhone 15 Pro vs. Google Pixel - iPhone 15 Pro Review, Google Bard Improvements, Microsoft Leaks, New Amazon Echo Devices This week on Tech News Weekly, Jason and Mikah unpack Apple's new iPhone 15 Pro, improvements to Google's AI chatbot Bard, Microsoft's massive gaming leaks, and Amazon's latest product announcements. Gizmodo's Florence Ion joins to share her review of Apple's ...
09.14.2023 TNW 303: Developers Unite Against Unity - Smart Car Privacy, MGM Resorts, Google Antitrust Game developers using the Unity Engine are crying afoul over Unity's pricing structure. Why are cars the worst product category for user privacy? A cyberattack shut down MGM Resorts for some time. And why the U.S. government is blasting Google ...
09.07.2023 TNW 302: EU Names DMA Gatekeepers - Apple AI, iPhone 15 Pro, Rotten Tomatoes Apple is reportedly spending millions on developing its own generative AI system. Dan Moren talks about what we can expect to get announced at the upcoming Apple event on September 12th. And is the idea behind Rotten Tomatoes rotten? Mikah ...
08.31.2023 TNW 301: Can AI Detoxify Call of Duty? - EV Batteries, Child Safety Bills, Meta's VR Legs The latest advancements in EV battery technology. What is the potential impact of new child safety laws for the open internet? Facebook has finally introduced legs into its Meta Avatars! And AI is starting to be used in Call of ...
08.24.2023 TNW 300: Inside the Books3 AI Dataset - Credit Data Dox, Galaxy Z-Fold 5 Review The "Book3" AI training dataset and fair use in AI. How hackers can easily steal your personal information for just $15. Jason Howell reviews the Samsung Galaxy Z-Fold 5. Kyle Barr of Gizmodo joins the show to talk "Book3", an ...
08.17.2023 TNW 299: Revenge of the Robotaxis - Cord-Cutting Costs, AI Life Coach, QR Phishing The economics of streaming services is changing, with pricing going up to pre-cord cutting days. Robotaxis are operating 24/7 in San Francisco now. Google & DeepMind are exploring AI life coaching and the growing use of QR codes for phishing ...
08.10.2023 TNW 298: Would Apple Acquire Disney? - Unknown Tracker Alert, Thread & Matter, Sandisk Jason Howell talks about Android rolling out its "Unknown tracker alerts" system in conjunction with Apple to help detect AirTags that may have been placed on you nefariously. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge talks about Thread and the challenges ...
08.03.2023 TNW 297: cDc's Encryption Solution - Subsea Cables, Inflation Reduction Act, IBM & NASA The Cult of the Dead Cow has developed new encryption technology that would allow messaging and social networking apps not to hold users' personal data. Joseph Menn of The Washington Post stops by the show to discuss this new technology. ...
07.27.2023 TNW 296: Galaxy Unpacked: An Iterative Update - Nothing Phone 2, Captchas, Car Infotainments Kyle Kiang, VP of North America for the Nothing brand, joins the show to discuss the Nothing company and the Nothing Phone 2. Mikah Sargent talks about Captcha boxes and how Captcha's may soon be going away with new technology ...
07.20.2023 TNW 295: Oppenheimer: Powered By Palm Pilot - Apple GPT, Netflix Growth, AI Therapy Apple is testing its own version of ChatGPT, called Apple GPT, as a way to catch up to what OpenAI has done with AI so far. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg breaks it all down. Jason shares his story of the ...
07.13.2023 TNW 294: The Revolving Roundabout of Social Media - Microsoft Activision, Classic Video Games, Nothing Phone The Microsoft Activision merger has taken another step forward in finally happening. However, the FTC has filed an appeal after losing its battle in court. Iain Thomson of The Register talks about everything happening with the case thus far. So ...
07.06.2023 TNW 293: Can Meta's Thread Replace Twitter? - Apple Gaming, AI Voices, Google Reader Meta has officially launched its answer to Twitter called Threads. Richard Lawler from The Verge talks about what Threads is about. Mikah Sargent talked about Apple's gaming porting tool for macOS, discovered by Christina Warren a couple of episodes ago, ...
06.29.2023 TNW 292: The Ashes of Google Iris - Google Ads, Marvel Secret Invasion, PlayStation Google's ad business has been facing much scrutiny in recent years, and new a new report shows that Google hasn't been following its own agreed-upon standards for its ads being played on third-party sites. Patience Haggin of The Wall Street ...
06.22.2023 TNW 291: I Wish I Was Spatial - Pixel Tablet, Rivian & Tesla Supercharger, Nord N30 5G Pixel Tablet reviews are in! Joe Maring from Digital Trends joins the show to share his review of the Pixel Tablet and why he dislikes the tablet. Sam Abuelsamid chats with Mikah about Rivian's decision to adopt the usage of ...
06.15.2023 TNW 290: Apollo's Christian Selig Talks Reddit - Google Ad's, Gaming on Mac, AI Beatles Song Christian Selig, the developer of the Reddit app Apollo, joins the show to talk about Reddit's changes to its API and whether Reddit will make any changes or reverse its API update. The European Commission issued a formal antitrust complaint ...
06.08.2023 TNW 289: What It's Like Wearing the Vision Pro - Spotify, Dyson Zone, Adobe Firefly Kerry Flynn of Axios joins the show to talk with Jason Howell about Spotify combining its two divisions, Parcast and Gimlet, into one operation called Spotify Studios and what this means for Spotify and podcasting in general. Jason Snell got ...
06.01.2023 TNW 288: Meta Announces Quest 3 - Right to Repair, WWDC 2023, Reddit API Kyle Wiens of iFixit joins the show to talk about where the right-to-repair in the United States is, as Minnesota & California became the most recent states to pass their own right-to-repair laws. Dan Moren of SixColors stops by to ...
05.25.2023 TNW 287: Surgeon General Warns of Social Media - Build 2023, Adobe Firefly, AI in Health Daniel Rubino of Windows Central comes back to the show to discuss the biggest announcements from this year's Microsoft Build 2023 event. Stephen Shankland of CNET talks about his experience using Adobe's new generative AI tool, Firefly, and how it ...
05.18.2023 TNW 286: Tick Tock for TikTok in Montana - Telly TV's, Google, Apple's AR/VR Headset Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok as of Wednesday officially. Caroline Mimbs Nyce of The Atlantic stops by the show to discuss what happens next. How does a free TV sound? Mikah talks about the company Telly, ...
05.11.2023 TNW 285: Generative AI Comes to Google Search - Waymo Hands-On, Google IO, Peridot Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Land stops by the show to talk with Jason about Google's announcement of AI integrating with its search engine. Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah to discuss her experience riding in one of the Waymo ...
05.04.2023 TNW 284: Passkey Mania - AI Drake & The Weeknd, Wikipedia, Virtual Kidnapping Have you heard of the new hit song by Drake & The Weeknd, Heart on My Sleeve? Well if you did, it wasn't actually sung by Drake & The Weeknd. Mia Soto from The Verge explains how that song was ...
04.27.2023 TNW 283: Colorado's John Deere Decision - Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, Amazon Halo, Apple AR/VR Headset A new bill was unveiled Wednesday to set a minimum age in the US for social media usage. Shoshana Weissmann of the R Street Institute joins the show to share her thoughts on this bill. Mikah talks about Amazon shutting ...
04.20.2023 TNW 282: Adieu to Netflix DVDs - Bluesky, Apple AR Headset, Loadstar Bluesky is a Twitter-like service that Jack Dorsey backs. Jay Peters of the Verge has spent some time with the service and shares his thoughts about Bluesky with Mikah and Jason. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has the scoop on Apple's rumored ...
04.13.2023 TNW 281: Did Elon Musk Dissolve Twitter? - HBO's 'Max', Substack Notes, ChatGPT Water Nitisha Pahwa of Slate stops by the show to talk about Twitter as a company is no more and instead, Twitter Inc. has been merged into a new entity called X Corp. Mikah talks about HBO rebranding its online streaming ...
04.06.2023 TNW 280: Emoji Dialect - AI Headlines, The Poop Emoji, Tesla Workers Ant Pruitt talks with Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt about how AI is dominating news headlines and finding the middle ground between the excitement of what AI can do and the doomsay of AI. Mikah Sargent shares two stories this week. The ...
03.30.2023 TNW 279: The Twitter Advertiser Exodus - Adobe Firefly, Apple Pay Later, WiFi Protocol Flaw Ant Pruitt talks about the beta launch of Firefly, Adobe's AI generative platform, and the idea of training AI ethically and correctly. Dan Moren of Six Colors chats with Mikah Sargent about Apple's Pay Later program and the announcement of ...
03.23.2023 TNW 278: Loop & Bing Chat: Microsoft's Updates - TikTok Design, Beethoven's DNA, AI Myths Callum Hood from the Center for Countering Digital Hate joins the show to talk about TikTok and the concerns about the platform's algorithm in recommending harmful content to teens. Daniel Rubino of Windows Central stops by to talk about Microsoft ...
03.16.2023 TNW 277: GPT-3 vs. GPT-4: What's New? - SVB, TikTok US Ban, Microsoft Copilot Friend of the network, Alex Wilhelm of TechCrunch, stops by to talk about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and what has happened since then. J.D. Capelouto of Semafor talks about OpenAI announcing Chat GPT-4 and all the impressive things ...
03.09.2023 TNW 276: Spotify App Update: Noise, Not Music - Lightship EV RV, LinkedIn, Apple Music Classical Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag joins the show to talk about a company called Lightship and its EV RV that could entice Jason to get one for himself. Harry McCracken of Fast Company stops by the show to talk about LinkedIn ...
03.02.2023 TNW 275: The Clock Is Ticking on TikTok - Flipboard, OpenAI API, Bluesky Mike McCue, Co-Founder and CEO of Flipboard, joins the show to share how Flipboard is getting into the Fediverse by adding support for Mastodon in its app. Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch comes on to talk about a proposed bill called ...
02.23.2023 TNW 274: DJ Spotify In The House! - EV Motorcycles, Glucose Apple Watch, AI Writing Tim Stevens comes on the show to talk about his experience with electric motorcycles and possibly convinces Jason to pick up an electric motorcycle himself. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg talks to Mikah about Apple's significant progress in adding blood glucose ...
02.16.2023 TNW 273: Kia Responds to TikTok's 'Kia Challenge' - AI Matchmaking, Bing ChatGPT, Tile Trackers Michael Kaye from OkCupid comes onto the show to talk about the company using artificial intelligence to help those find the love of their life through OkCupid's matchmaking service. Sam Abuelsamid talks about the TikTok challenge, dubbed 'The Kia Challenge,' ...
02.09.2023 TNW 272: Netflix Password Crackdown Has Begun - AI Replica Voices, Bing, Android 14 Preview 1 Joseph Cox of Vice stops by to talk about his reporting of AI voices and the future of it when a computer can replicate another person's voice, especially without their permission. Daniel Rubino from Windows Central talks about Microsoft unveiling ...
02.02.2023 TNW 271: Eufy's Security Camera Kerfuffle - Samsung S23 Ultra, Chat GPT & Bing, AI Boom Mr Mobile himself, Michael Fisher, joins Jason and Mikah to talk about the Galaxy event held this week and the new S23 lineup that Samsung announced. Reed Albergotti of Semafor stops by to talk about the next iteration of ChatGPT, ...
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 ...

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