Tech News Weekly (Video)

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  • TNW 378: Apple's Upcoming OS Overhaul - AI Creative Writing, Xbox Copilot, AI Citations

    Does OpenAI have the capability for creative writing? Would you want to be coached in gaming through AI? What is Apple planning for its possible operating system redesign? And does AI have inconsistencies when providing the correct information to search queries?

  • Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week. Amanda talks about OpenAI and Sam Altman's social media post about how OpenAI is good at creative writing.
  • Mikah talks about Microsoft's plan to launch Xbox Copilot, an AI-powered gaming assistant that can offer tips, guides, and information about the games you are playing.
  • Mark Gurman of Bloomberg stops by to talk about Apple's plans to dramatically overhaul the look of its operating systems with the next iterations of iOS, iPadOS, and Mac OS.
  • And Mikah talks about a study from the Tao Center and how AI systems are frequently providing incorrect information and citations from various sources and news articles.

    • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling

    Guest: Mark Gurman

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      • 1 hr 2 min
    • TNW 377: MWC 2025: Marvelous Mobile Tech - Updated iPad's, M4 MacBook Air, AI-Powered Dubbing

      There was something in the air for sure as Apple released updates to the iPad and iPad Air, alongside the M4 MacBook Air and Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M4 Ultra chips. Some of the exciting and interesting devices shown at the Mobile World Congress 2025 event. The recent iOS 18.4 beta introduced AI-powered summaries in the App Store. And Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its video content.

    • Dan Moren of SixColors joins Mikah Sargent to talk about the new devices announced throughout the week: the updated iPad and iPad Air, MacBook Air with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio with the M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips.
    • Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to share with Mikah some of the new and exciting devices that came out of the Mobile World Congress 2025 event, alongside the more interesting concepts and gadgets from the event.
    • Mikah talks about the the latest iOS 18.4 beta that is out now and how it has introduced AI-powered review summaries in the App Store.
    • And continuning the trend of AI-powered features, Amazon's Prime Video is testing AI-powered dubbing for some of its select videos in English and Spanish.

      • Host: Mikah Sargent

      Guests: Dan Moren and Patrick Holland

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        • 1 hr 14 min
      • TNW 376: Amazon's New AI-Powered Assistant - Claude Plays Pokemon, Framework Desktop

        Anthropic's Claude AI is now playing Pokemon through Twitch - albeit slowly. Emily Forlini was at the Amazon event this past week and talks about Alexa+ that was announced at the event. And Framework announced a new desktop PC, but did Framework really need to get into the PC desktop space?

      • Mikah Sargent talks about how Anthropic's Claude AI is being utilized to play Pokemon Red through Twitch.
      • Emily Forlini attended Amazon's February 2025 Devices & Services event in New York and talks about Alexa+ which was announced at the event, and what could possibly happen to Amazon Prime when Alexa+ starts to roll out to users in the coming weeks.
      • And Sean Hollister from The Verge talks about Framework's first foray into a desktop PC. He spent some time with the PC and shares his thoughts on it!

        • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini

        Guest: Sean Hollister

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          • 1 hr 7 min
        • TNW 375: Apple's New iPhone 16e - RIP Humane AI Pin, NVIDIA's AI Platform for American Sign Language

          In this episode, Mikah Sargent is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge to discuss NVIDIA's work on an AI platform for American Sign Language and her review of the Skylight Calendar Max. Zac Hall of 9to5Mac talks about the new iPhone 16e, and Scott Stein of CNET discusses the end of the Humane AI Pin.

        • NVIDIA is collaborating with the American Society for Deaf Children and creative agency Hello Monday to develop Signs, an online platform that uses AI to help people practice and understand American Sign Language. The platform aims to create a validated dataset to account for variations in signing and provide real-time feedback to learners.
        • Jennifer reviews the Skylight Calendar Max, a 27-inch digital touchscreen display for managing family schedules. She finds the AI-powered Sidekick feature, which can parse various data formats to create calendar events, to be incredibly useful and a potential glimpse into the future of AI in smart home devices.
        • Zac Hall discusses the newly announced iPhone 16e, which replaces the iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 14. Priced at $599, it offers a modern design with Face ID and an A18 chip for Apple Intelligence features, making it a compelling upgrade for those with older iPhones.
        • The Humane AI pin is being sold to HP for $116 million, and users will lose access to its services on February 28th, 2025, with no recourse or refunds for most customers. Scott Stein shares his experience reviewing the AI pin, its shortcomings, and his thoughts on the future of AI-augmented devices and their relationship with smartphones.

          • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

          Guests: Zac Hall and Scott Stein

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            • 1 hr 3 min
          • TNW 374: AI's First Major Copyright Loss - AI Reliance, AI Chatbots, Google

            It's an AI-filled episode of Tech News Weekly! Is AI making us think less critically than before? Are AI chatbots accurately summarizing news? A BBC study finds that they are not. Google plans to use machine learning to estimate a user's age. Thomson Reuters wins the first major AI copyright case within the US.

          • Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week! Amanda talks about a study on how over-reliance on AI tools can lead to diminished critical thinking skills.
          • Mikah shares a BBC study that looked into AI chatbots and how they performed poorly at summarizing news, with over half of the summarizations containing glaring errors.
          • Emma Roth of The Verge joins the show to discuss Google utilizing machine learning to estimate users' ages based off their browsing history and YouTube activity.
          • And Mikah talks about Thomson Reuters winning the first big US AI copyright case.

            • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling

            Guest: Emma Roth

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              • 55 min
            • TNW 373: AI Wins a Grammy - Uber Rides With Waymo, Sonos Streaming Box, Meta's VR Devs Struggle

              In this episode of Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and CNET's Abrar Al-Heeti talk the latest developments in self-driving tech, Sonos' work on a new streaming box, an AI-assisted Beatles song winning a Grammy, and the current state of Meta's Quest platform according to developers.

            • Uber is expanding its partnership with Waymo, allowing people in Austin to summon a Waymo robo-taxi through the Uber app. Abrar shares her experiences with self-driving cars and discusses the evolving relationship between Uber and Waymo.
            • Sonos is reportedly working on a new streaming box codenamed "Pinewood," which includes an HDMI switch to address inconsistencies in smart TV firmware and software. The device is expected to cost between $200 and $400, and it aims to provide a full-featured streaming sound setup.
            • An AI-assisted Beatles track, "Now and Then," won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance, sparking conversations about the role of AI in music and art. The US Copyright Office has stated that AI tools used to assist in the creative process don't undermine the copyright of the work.
            • Developers are struggling with declining sales and visibility on the Meta Quest app store, despite record revenue for Meta Reality Labs. Meta's focus on its own Horizon Worlds app seems to be at the expense of traditional VR games. Some developers find it more profitable to sell on other platforms like Steam and PlayStation VR.

              • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

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                • 1 hr 4 min
              • TNW 372: Return of the Pebble Smartwatch - Bookshop.org, WordPress, DeepSeek

                Bookshop.org is now offering a Kindle alternative. How hackers are hijacking WordPress sets to put out malware. And how people are freaking out about DeepSeek since it made a huge splash this past week.

              • Dan Moren is joining Mikah Sargent this week! Dan talks about how Bookshop.org is now selling e-books, but Dan has concerns about how this could present technological challenges with DRM and app store fees.
              • Mikah shares how hackers are hijacking WordPress sites and using them to push out malware for both Windows and Mac machines.
              • Mikah also talks about how DeepSeek has made a huge splash in the technology world since this past Sunday and what has happened with the technology community and AI as a whole.
              • And Eric Migicovsky, founder of the smartwatch company Pebble, joins Mikah to talk about exciting news with Pebble.

                • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren

                Guest: Eric Migicovsky

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                  • 1 hr 3 min
                • TNW 371: A Look Into the Galaxy S25 Ultra - PowerSchool Hack, Subaru Security Flaws

                  A massive data breach affected millions of students, parents, and teachers. Someone discovered security flaws within Subaru vehicles. And everything that was announced at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025.

                • Emily Forlini is joining Mikah Sargent this week! Emily talks about a massive security incident with software company PowerSchool, in which 62 million students' personal data was stolen, along with parents and teachers.
                • Mikah talks about how a security researcher discovered a security flaw within a Subaru vehicle that gave them access to its location data through web vulnerabilities.
                • And Patrick Holland from CNET joins the show to discuss everything unveiled at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, including the S25 phones.

                  • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini

                  Guest: Patrick Holland

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                    • 55 min
                  • TNW 370: TikTok Might Shut Off Its US App - CES 2025, Windows 10 Office EOS

                    A whole slew of smart products were unveiled at CES 2025 this year. Could this year be the year of smart home devices? TikTok is inching closer to being shut off in the US in a few days. And following Microsoft's announcement of end of support for Windows 10, the company announced it will no longer offer support for the Office 365 apps on Windows 10 after October 14th, 2025.

                  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has returned from CES 2025! She spent her time at the convention checking out all things smart home devices on the show floor and shares with Mikah Sargent some of her favorite devices she covered for The Verge.
                  • Kaya Yurieff of The Information joins Mikah to talk about the latest on the imminent shutdown of TikTok in the US that is scheduled to happen on Sunday, January 19th.
                  • And Ben Wilson from Windows Central stops by to talk about Microsoft's announcement that the Office 365 apps on Windows 10 will no longer be offered support after October 14th, 2025, coinciding with the end of support for the operating system.

                    • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

                    Guests: Kaya Yurieff and Ben Wilson

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                      • 1 hr 6 min
                    • TNW 369: Checking In With CES 2025 - Siri NOT Spying, Meta's Misinformation Gamble, NVIDIA COSMOS

                      This week on Tech News Weekly, host Mikah Sargent is joined by guest co-host Dan Moren to discuss Siri privacy concerns and how Apple could leverage AI to improve the user experience. Jason Hiner of ZDNET.com reports on CES 2025 on the latest TV displays, NVIDIA's AI innovations, and more. Then Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, weighs in on Meta's controversial decision to end fact-checking on its platforms.

                    • Dan's latest column explores how Apple could use AI to benefit users by improving spam filtering, search capabilities, and automation. Implementing these features would align with Apple's focus on simplifying technology.
                    • Apple released a statement clarifying that Siri recordings are not being used to build ad profiles, despite an ongoing conspiracy theory that devices are always listening. In reality, ad targeting is based on online behavior.
                    • At CES 2025, new TV display technologies were announced including brighter OLED panels likely using "tandem OLED" and a new mini-LED backlight system from Hisense for improved color depth.
                    • Lenovo showcased an expensive laptop prototype with a screen that rolls up to double in size, though it may have limited practical appeal for now.
                    • NVIDIA unveiled COSMOS, an AI framework to generate synthetic training data for robots and self-driving systems, which could accelerate future autonomous innovations.
                    • Offbeat CES products included an electric spoon that makes low-sodium foods taste saltier to promote healthier eating, and aggressively priced TVs from TCL.
                    • Meta announced it will end fact-checking and rely on community moderation, which CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed argues will amplify the spread of misinformation and cause real-world harms.

                      • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren

                      Guests: Jason Hiner and Imran Ahmed

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                        • 1 hr 7 min

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