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In this episode: 

• I spent three months with Telly, the free TV that’s always showing ads
• $55 Billion Deal for Electronic Arts Is Biggest Buyout Ever
• EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion

• Vibe working: Introducing Agent Mode and Office Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name
• OpenAI adds Instant Checkout shopping feature to ChatGPT
• OpenAI is launching the Sora app, its own TikTok competitor, alongside the Sora 2 model
• Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.5 in latest bid for AI agents and coding supremacy
• Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

• DoorDash launches delivery robot in latest push into autonomous technology
• Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60%
• Elon Musk’s Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster
• FCC accidentally leaked iPhone schematics, potentially giving rivals a peek at company secrets
• Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses

Weird and Wacky: 

• Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson 
• Retail Stores May Soon Use Drones to Chase Thieves
• The man who's never owned a cellphone
• Nazi Symbols Found Hidden In James Gunn’s Peacemaker Dance, Now Being Banned

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Piloting Claude for Chrome \ Anthropic 
• Adam - Ulanzi Tripod

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In this episode: 

• Elon Musk sparks backlash after issuing 48-hour assignment to employees: 'This is due by noon on Thursday'
• Three crashes in the first day? Tesla’s robotaxi test in Austin
• Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before 60 miles
• Tesla is looking to redesign its door handles following trapped-passenger reports
• U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly
• That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus

• Disney Is Raising Streaming Prices to as Much as $19 a Month
• Apple Warns All iPhone Users—Do Not Use Google Chrome
• MLB will use robot umpires in 2026
• Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of data center buildout
• New cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency
• Goodwill CEO says he’s preparing for an influx of jobless Gen Zers because of AI—and warns, a youth unemployment crisis is already happening
• Trump says Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and Murdochs will be involved in TikTok deal

Weird and Wacky: 

• NYC’s newest EV charger hangs 10 feet high on a lamppost
• Startup uses AI to fight art forgeries—with hyper-realistic copies
• Scientists Create Clear Coating To Invisibly Turn Windows Into Solar Panels
• Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges
• Inventor of $399 Vibrating Chef's Knife Says It Requires '50% Less Force to Cut'

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - amFilm Privacy Screen Protector 
• Adam - iPhone 17 Pro

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In this episode: 

• Meta leaks its new smart glasses with a display
• Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller
• Women use ChatGPT as much as men
• How People Are Using ChatGPT: OpenAI Study
• Americans want AI to stay out of their personal lives
• AI Podcast Start Up Plans 5,000 Shows, 3,000 Episode a Week
• Exclusive: Anthropic's Claude is getting better at building itself, Amodei says
• Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code
• Tesla's 'self-driving' software fails at train crossings, some car owners warn
• Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday
• Donald Trump signals US and China have struck TikTok deal
• A Solution to the C.I.A.’s ‘Kryptos’ Sculpture Goes Up for Auction
• Framework Reveals Upgradable Laptop GPU
• Robinhood Unveils New Fund To Open Private Markets To Everyday Investors
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• Kayak co-founder takes on Calendly with new Supercal scheduling platform

Weird and Wacky: 

• Albania Names AI Chatbot as New Corruption Minister
• Landlines are making a comeback… with children
• Can grapevines help slow the plastic waste problem?
• McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants' Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’
• Massive Attack Turns Concert Into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Papermark 
• Adam - Manus.im

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In this episode: 

• Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy
• Musk's $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises
• Lyft’s first ‘robotaxis’ are live in Atlanta
• Amazon's Zoox jumps into U.S. robotaxi race with Las Vegas launch

• Interim NASA head tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon
• Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast

• Google reframes its statements about the "rapid decline" of the open web
• Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel 'fake'
• Grok can rewrite Wikipedia to remove falsehoods and add missing context: Elon Musk
• Virginia Tech adopts artificial intelligence into the admissions process
• “AI Inbreeding,” The Phenomenon Threatening Artificial Intelligence
• OpenAI and Microsoft reach tentative deal to revise partnership
• OpenAI Realignment to Give Nonprofit Over $100 Billion Stake - Bloomberg

• Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity executive says Meta endangered billions of users in new suit
• Signal’s first paid feature adds encrypted media and message backups
• Introducing Signal Secure Backups
• Robinhood, a Broker Built for Social-Media Age, to Launch Its Own Social Network

• Netflix, Amazon Set Alliance to Broaden Connected-TV Impressions for Ad Buyers
• Spotify adds lossless streaming after 8 years of teasing

Weird and Wacky: 

• A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer
• E-Paper Display Refresh Rate Reaches New Heights
• How to make metals from Martian dirt - CSIRO
• Burger King hacked, attackers 'impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices' — systems described as 'solid as a paper Whopper wrapper in the rain,’ other RBI brands like Tim Hortons and Popeyes also vulnerable
• OpenAI-Backed AI-Made Animated Movie Headed to Theaters
• This 30-year-old CEO says his AI negotiator can successfully haggle down the price of a car by thousands of dollars

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Submarine Cable Map
• Adam - Imprint App

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In this episode: 

• OpenAI is building an AI jobs platform that could challenge Microsoft’s LinkedIn
• Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million
• What is a Clanker and why are people on social media using it as an anti-AI slang?
• Tokyo uses AI to warn residents to prepare for the worst with simulation of Mount Fuji erupting
• Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

• Tesco trials avocado ripeness scanners
• Garmin Debuts High-End Sports Watch Ahead of Apple’s New Model
• Polar Unveils Whoop-Like Fitness Band Without a Subscription Fee
• Paramount and Activision partner on Call of Duty live-action film

• Jury slams Google over app data collection to tune of $425 million
• Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

• Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
• Trump Administration Moves to Ease Rules for Self-Driving Cars
• This startup wants to sell a fully self-driving car you can own, no supervision required
• Who Needs a Pilot? This New Autonomous Air Taxi Can Fly Passengers Hundreds of Miles

• Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters: An analysis of transparency vs. anonymity in the VPN ecosystem, and implications for users

Weird and Wacky: 

• Brand new $1M luxury yacht tips over and sinks just minutes after launching — forcing crew to jump overboard
• CEO who snatched boy's hat at US Open says he made 'huge mistake'
• Anthropic tasked an AI with running a vending machine in its offices, and it not only sold some products at a big loss but it invented people, meetings, and experienced a bizarre identity crisis

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS Battery Backup 
• Adam - Clockify

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In this episode: 

• U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector
• Elon Musk is lying about Tesla’s self-driving and I have the DMs to prove it
• Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme harmed X, Grok
• Perplexity Will Share Revenue From AI Searches With Publishers
• Apple in talks to use Google's Gemini AI to power revamped Siri, Bloomberg News reports
• Malaysia Launches Ryt Bank -- The World's First AI-Powered Bank
• Michigan Supreme Court Rules Unrestricted Phone Searches Violate Fourth Amendment
• Nothing busted using professional photos as Phone 3 samples
• Spotify is adding DMs
• Why MIT Study On Enterprise Market Is Pressuring AI Stocks
• Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence

Weird and Wacky: 

• Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes
• Will Smith’s concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
• Restaurant battles fake deals offered by Google AI: ‘It’s coming back on us’

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Claude Code
• Adam - Safari

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In this episode: 

• Amazon now sells used Hertz rental cars
• Biometric ‘eGates’ to be tested at these US airports, CLEAR announces: How they work 
• Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin on seven blockchains
• White House launches TikTok account with Trump saying 'I am your voice'
• Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations

Weird and Wacky: 

• Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says 
• Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination
• How Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes
• Toothpaste made from hair provides natural root to repair teeth
• A new generation is uncovering the tiny doodles left by engineers on old microchips
• Netflix Launching Astrology Hub: Streamer to Recommend Shows Based on Your Sign
• Marines managed to get past an AI powered camera “undetected” thanks to hiding in boxes

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Historical Tech Tree 
• Adam - PikaPods.com

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In this episode: 

• Flipper Zero DarkWeb Firmware Bypasses Rolling Code Security
• Dial-up Internet to be discontinued
• AI Firm Perplexity Makes $34.5 Billion Bid For Google's Chrome Browser 
• Anthropic offers Claude chatbot to US lawmakers for $1
• Sam Altman’s new startup wants to merge machines and humans
• The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI 
• AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
• ​​AI can make us UK's biggest firm, Rolls-Royce says
• ​​An AI-powered coding tool wiped out a software company’s database, then apologized for a ‘catastrophic failure on my part’
• ​​Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case
• Illinois bans AI therapy as some states begin to scrutinize chatbots
• ​​Women with AI ‘boyfriends’ mourn lost love after ‘cold’ ChatGPT upgrade
• Reddit will block the Internet Archive
• How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content
• 
  
• Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules
• Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court 
• California's wildfire moonshot: How new technology will defeat advancing flames
• Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce in more than 1,000 cities
• As Streaming Bills Pile Up, Sling TV Tries New Tactic: a Low-Cost One-Day Pass

Weird and Wacky: 

• Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke
• The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
• PSA: YouTube will start guessing your age from today (Updated)
• Woman, 30, Says Oura Ring Detected 1st Sign She Had Stage 4 Cancer — 8 Months Before Doctors Did

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Cloudgazing 
• Adam - CleanMyMac

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In this episode: 

• GPT-5 is being released to all ChatGPT users
• Hiding secret codes in light protects against fake videos 
• Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal
• Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
• High costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups
• China’s Unitree R1 Is a Humanoid Robot Costing Less Than $6,000
• Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case
• Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash
• Hackers leak 13,000 user photos and IDs from the Tea app, designed as a women's safe space
• A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
• Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access 

Weird and Wacky: 

• Vote for the stamp you want to bring back!
• Welcome to the Grocery Store Where Prices Change 100 Times a Day
• Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen.
• CCTV Footage Captures the First-Ever Video of an Earthquake Fault in Motion, Shining a Rare Light on Seismic Dynamics
• Coffeematic PC

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Linear ( Linear sent me down a local-first rabbit hole | Bytemash ) 
• Adam - Gamma.app

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In this episode: 

• OpenAI CEO tells Federal Reserve confab that entire job categories will disappear due to AI
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Warns Bankers, Regulators of Coming Fraud ‘Crisis’
• Netflix admits to using AI in one of its shows
• Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff
• News/Media Alliance Secures Takedown of Illegal Paywall Bypass Website 12ft.io
• Surprising Science: How Electric Cars Quietly Transform Urban Air
• Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket
• Your Android phone is getting better at warning you about earthquakes
• FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices

Weird and Wacky: 

• Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP
• Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro With Bus Stop For Their Grandkids

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Swappa 
• Adam - AccuWeather App

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