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Pokemon Smart Legos, Magic the Gathering goes Star Trek and Transformers Matrix of Leadership! Those are among the trending toys from The Toy Guy for this holiday season. Chris Byrne, "The Toy Guy", chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

AI made phishing easier — Google's Kimberly Samra on how Gmail and Chrome fight back

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Ready for a subscription clothing service for men…that uses AI to help pick styles and offers free shipping…on returns too…without having to do laundry? Welcome to Taelor. With prices starting at 69 dollars a month…six garments at a time….every month…the idea is to make staying stylish simple. Co-founder Anya Cheng..says there is lots of flexibility..

“For example, if you buy a three shipment per quarter program, then once you wear the first six clothes, you return, you can get a second shipment right away. Or you don’t. You’re like the next two or three weeks I don’t need it.”

If you check out our full interview online, you’ll find discount codes…or just use the code Podcast25 to get twenty five dollars off your first month at Taelor.style.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

Why build humanoid robots that look.... human? That is the focus at Realbotix which is taking orders now for Series 1 robots. Don't mistake them for toys. So what are they for? CEO Andrew Kiguel chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Amazon's Amanda Doerr explains how Alexa for Shopping shows up to a year of price history and alerts you when a product drops below your price.

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A toothbrush with AI built in whether app connected or not. That's what you'll find in the new flagship brush from Philips Sonicare. What else should you know about the DiamondClean 9900 Prestige? Senior Manager of Professional Education and Relations Heather McGuire chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

A pen that's an AI assistant? Flowtica spokesman Jack Farrell shows Techstination correspondent Nate Levas the Flowtica Scribe, a real pen that also records meetings and gives you a full transcript and summary of what was said, by whom, and about what, right in the app. Price: $159 with a charging cable, or $209 with the case. Flowtica also has the Verso, an e-ink AI companion, coming soon.

Flowtica is giving consumers choices when it comes to AI assistants. And the features are unique, from the Scribe pen to the Flowtica Verso. Spokesman Jack Farrell chats with Techstination Correspondent Nate Levas.

Most buyers start house hunting before they talk to a lender. PenFed Home's Mark Burrage explains why confidence comes first, and how PenFed's Very Important Buyer program pairs you with a mortgage team and a real estate agent.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. About ten years after the arrival of the original speech coaching app, LikeSo 2.0 is here with some new features. The idea, says founder and speech coach Audrey Mann Cronin…is to help anyone become better in public speaking and conversations…

“I think social media and the advent of AI has shown to further diminish our ability to effectively communicate human to human. Using AI for tasks that are automated, it doesn’t give us the opportunity for these face to face conversations and it can really weaken our ability to have confident, authentic conversations.”

You can get going for free but it is iOS only for now. Look for LikeSo2.0 in the app store.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.