January 23, 2026

The end of the Sony era in TVs

1 hour 41 minutes

Nilay owns a Sony TV. He loves his Sony TV, and he's a little sad that it appears this era of Sony TVs is ending. He and David talk through the news of a new joint venture between Sony and TCL, before digging into OpenAI's new-fangled plan to make money (spoiler alert: it's ads!), and some new news about an AI gadget Apple may or may not be working on. Then it's time for the lightning round: Brendan Carr, Netflix, the Trump Phone, and much more.

Further reading:

The TikTok deal could finally close this week.

Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL

What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs OpenAI’s 2026 ‘focus’ is ‘practical adoption’

OpenAI releases a cheaper ChatGPT subscription

Ads are coming soon to ChatGPT, starting with shopping links

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Apple is turning Siri into an AI bot that’s more like ChatGPT

FCC Targets Colbert and Kimmel in New Crackdown on Late-Night TV - The New York Times

Bureau Provides Guidance on Political Equal Opportunities Requirement | Federal Communications Commission

Free TV startup Telly only had 35,000 units in people’s homes last fall

Microsoft wants to build 15 data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

OpenAI says its data centers will pay for their own energy and limit water usage

Netflix will revamp its mobile UI this year

600,000 Trump Mobile phones sold? There’s no proof.

YouTubers will be able to make Shorts with their own AI likenesses

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