The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl

By Jay & Karl

Two guys, one podcast and a whole load of the latest technology news, games and gadget reviews, film insights and the occasional rant! Join us as we review the main tech talking points of the week!... more

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The podcast currently has 197 episodes available.

The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl episodes:

January 10, 2025Episode 195: Ringing in 2025 with Android XR, CES Highlights, and Pioneering Tech Advances
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
Google announces Android XR, a new OS for headsets and smart glasses

Qualcomm wins a legal battle over Arm chip licensing

UK watchdog launches inquiry into IBM's HashiCorp acquisition

Meta will appoint Republican Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, as Nick Clegg steps down

Home Assistant Voice

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CES 2025
Nvidia
Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs

Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits

AMD
AMD announces next-gen Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs with AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling

AMD announces ‘Fire Range’ and Ryzen AI Max, its most potent laptop chips yet

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D is ‘the world’s best processor for gamers and creators’

Other
Dude, you got a Dell, period! RIP XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, Precision

Rumours
iPhone SE 4 could be branded as iPhone 16E: Here’s why that makes sense

M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in ‘server grade’ chips

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1h 14min
December 20, 2024Episode 194: Reflecting on 2024’s Games, Films, and Tech; Anticipating 2025’s Innovations and Apple’s Next Moves
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
- A look back at the best of 2024 and forward to 2025

- Games

- Films

- Tech

- Rumours

- WSJ: iPhone 17 Air to be cheaper than expected; foldable iPhone on track for 2026

- Apple reportedly releasing foldable iPad in 2028, potentially running macOS apps

- For its next trick, Apple is reportedly preparing a Magic Mouse redesign
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53min
December 13, 2024Episode 193: It’s Time for China’s Chip Restrictions, Apple’s Modem Moves, OpenAI’s Premium Tools, and Apple Watch Ultra 3 Lifesaver Rumours
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
China limits US export of chipmaking materials following sanctions

Apple-designed 5G modem coming to 2025 iPhones will be worse than Qualcomm’s

Apple Vision Pro Could Soon Support PlayStation VR2's Controllers

OpenAI is charging $200 a month for an exclusive version of its o1 ‘reasoning’ model
OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot

Sora is OpenAI’s new video generation tool, here’s everything it can do

Apple’s Johny Srouji likely on Intel’s new CEO short list

Rumours
Apple Watch Ultra 3 may get a new lifesaving feature
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44min
December 09, 2024Episode 192: It’s Time for Intel’s Leadership Shake-up, New Battlemage Cards, Musk’s Pay Controversy, and iPhone 17 Air Speculations
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
Intel’s CEO hasn’t turned the company around, and now he’s no longer CEO
Gelsinger departs Intel with $9.7M handshake

Intel announces $249 Arc B580 and $219 Arc B570 ‘Battlemage’ graphics cards

Judge confirms decision to sink Elon Musk’s $56B pay package despite Tesla shareholder vote

Brazilian company still believes it owns the ‘iPhone’ trademark as it awaits trial

Apple offered Indonesia $10M then $100M, but it now expects $1B within a week

This $89 Wi-Fi router is designed to let you run whatever firmware you want

Rumours
iPhone 17 Air’s slim design could prioritize thinness over features

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39min
November 30, 2024Episode 191: It’s Time for Google’s Chrome Divestiture, Apple’s eBook Antitrust Close, Sony’s New Handheld Console, and Future CarPlay Innovations
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

Apple ebooks antitrust investigation closed, likely because it was irrelevant

Sony’s making a handheld console to compete with Nintendo and Microsoft

How a digital “you” can sit through your agonizing web conference calls

Rumours
Next-gen CarPlay assets found in public database as launch draws near

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45min
November 22, 2024Episode 190: It’s Time for FTX’s Billion-Dollar Binance Battle, Apple’s EU Scrutiny, Steam’s DLC Deadline, and Apple’s Smart Home Innovations
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
FTX is suing Binance to recover nearly $1.8 billion

Apple gets EU warning for prohibited ‘geo-blocking practices’ on the App Store and other services

Steam tighten up rules for games with season pass DLC: "you have to commit to completing that content on time"

Rumours
Apple’s rumoured six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025

Apple reportedly releasing AirTag 2 next year with these 3 improvements

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43min
November 15, 2024Episode 189: It’s Time for EU’s Apple Probes, New Space Surveillance Capabilities, Nvidia’s Streaming Limits, and Intel & Apple’s Future Tech Forecasts
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
EU commission assessing whether the iPad offers sufficient interoperability with third-party headphones and ‘smart pens’

Apple to be fined for breaching EU’s Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reports

NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites

NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft

Nvidia are slapping a 100-hour monthly cap on GeForce Now streaming, with charges for extra time

Rumours
Kuo: iPhone 18 Pro to feature upgraded main camera with variable aperture

Kuo: Apple to release its own smart home camera in 2026, with AI features

Intel's Battlemage GPUs rumoured to arrive in December, well ahead of AMD and Nvidia's next-gen chips

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50min
November 08, 2024Episode 188: It’s Time for Concord’s Final Bow, Apple’s Satellite and Acquisition Moves, Nvidia’s Arm Ambitions, and Visionary Apple Rumours
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
Concord isn't coming back, and the developer is done for too

Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity

Apple is snapping up one of the best non-Adobe image editors, Pixelmator

Nvidia's 'high-end' Arm-based chip for PCs will reportedly go into production in 2025

Microsoft is asking for 30 of your American dollars to keep Windows 10 safe for a year after it's put out to pasture

Hunt for Bitcoin's elusive creator Satoshi Nakamoto hits another dead-end
Rumours
Kuo: Cheaper ‘Apple Vision’ headset delayed beyond 2027

Apple is ‘seriously considering’ Vision device that offloads compute to your iPhone

Apple reportedly releasing ‘total redesign’ for MacBook Pro in 2026
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50min
November 01, 2024Episode 187: It’s Time for Patent Battles, Licensing Turmoil, Tesla’s Self-Driving Snag, Record Fines, and Apple’s New Lineup
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
Jury rules Masimo smartwatches infringe Apple design patents

Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business

Elon Musk finally admits Tesla’s HW3 might not support full self-driving

Russia has fined Google $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or more money than actually exists on Earth, all because it's upset about some YouTube channels

Apple
Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip

Apple’s new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad have USB-C

Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV

Apple shows off new M4 MacBook Pro lineup in final announcement video of the week
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39min
October 26, 2024Episode 186: It’s Time for Altman’s New Crypto Venture, Sophos’s Major Acquisition, Space Setbacks, and Apple’s Upcoming Reveals
Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!
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In This Episode:
News
Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name

Sophos to snatch Secureworks in $859M buyout: Why fight when you can just buy?

A satellite made by Boeing just fell apart in space

Apple teases new Macs in a 'week of announcements' that starts Monday

Media
Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release

Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek spy movie has a release date

Rumours
New Magic Mouse, Trackpad and Keyboard coming soon – but don’t expect anything exciting
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44min

FAQs about The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl:

How many episodes does The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl have?

The podcast currently has 197 episodes available.