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May 16, 2024Tech News Weekly 337: AI News From Google I/O & OpenAI
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week! Jennifer talks about Matter 1.3 being released by the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Mikah is excited by the new accessibility features Apple recently announced. What Google announced at its Google I/O 2024 event. And finally, OpenAI announces GPT-4o.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talks about Matter 1.3 being released, which brings further support to smart appliances and new features, but laments the fact that most major platforms have yet to adopt even Matter 1.2.

Mikah Sargent is ecstatic about Apple's new accessible features, including Eye Tracking and Vehicle Motion Cues.

Jason Howell attended Google I/O 2024 this past week and gives his recap and thoughts on what was announced at the event.

Finally, Pranav Dixit of Engadget stops by to talk about OpenAI's announcement of the next iteration of its generative AI model, GPT-4o, and how it differs from the previous model.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guests: Jason Howell and Pranav Dixit

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1 hr 19 min
April 25, 2024Tech News Weekly 334: Meta Goes Open With XR
Jason Howell is filling in for Mikah Sargent as Mikah is out! Emily Dreibelbis chatted with one of the moderators of r/ChatGPT on Reddit. The Rabbit R1 AI companion device recently had its launch party, and first impressions are coming out for the wearable device. Meta opens its Quest Horizon OS to developers. And AI finally arrives in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag spoke with a moderator of one of the more popular subreddits on Reddit, r/ChatGPT, about their experience moderating a subreddit of that size and popularity.

Jason Howell talks about the Rabbit R1 AI companion device and how more wearable devices are being developed with AI in them.

Scott Stein of CNET joins the show to discuss Meta's opening its Quest Horizon OS to other developers and Meta's possible goals for allowing third-party developers access to this operating system.

Finally, Victoria Song of The Verge stops by to talk with Jason about the Ray-Ban rolling out multimodal AI to its smart glasses.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Emily Forlini

Guests: Scott Stein and Victoria Song

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1 hr 12 min
April 21, 2024This Week in Tech 976: Serial Churners
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again

Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration

Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe

Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024

Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.

How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright

Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High After Lull

Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal

Tesla asks shareholders to approve Elon Musk's nixed $56 billion pay plan

Cool or creepy? Microsoft's VASA-1 is a new AI model that turns photos into 'talking faces'

GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading advisories

Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric

Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Howell, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 28 min
January 18, 2024Tech News Weekly 320: Unpacking Galaxy Unpacked 2024
The continuing saga of the Series 9 & Ultra 2 Apple Watches continues as these watches with blood oxygen features are banned again as of January 18th. What were the smart home trends at CES 2024 this year? How big is the scale of surveillance for each Facebook user on Meta's social platform? And a surprise guest returns to today's Tech News Weekly to discuss what was announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event.
The sales ban of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US has resumed again as of January 18th as the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied Apple's request to pause the ban over the watches' blood oxygen features.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy returns to the show to talk about the trends of smart homes at this year's CES 2024 event.

A study covered in The Markup that Consumer Reports conducted showcases the amount of data collected by companies and sent to Meta's social media platform, Facebook.

And finally, Jason Howell returns to Tech News Weekly! He chats with Mikah about what was unveiled and discussed at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy and Jason Howell

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1 hr 12 min
January 02, 2024 All About Android: Android Faithful is Your New Android Home!
All About Android fans, listen up! If you were disappointed when the show went away, then you'll be happy to know that Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao, and Mishaal Rahman brought the AAA fun to a new home called Android Faithful. Each week, the AF crew discusses the latest news, hardware, and apps for the world's biggest mobile operating system. Special guests, from journalists, to industry big wigs, to execs from inside the Google mothership join the crew to detail the ongoing evolution of Google's Android. Join us and be a part of the Android Faithful!

Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Huyen Tue Dao

Co-Host: Mishaal Rahman

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2 min
December 26, 2023Tech News Weekly 317: Best of 2023
A look back at some of our favorite interviews from the past year:
Stu Tartarone, a veteran of AT&T, who helped develop the first cell phone network and make the first cell phone call back in 1983.

Stephen Shankland of CNET talks about how 500+ cables that carry 400 terabits of data per second are running across our ocean floor.

Joseph Cox of 404 Media (formerly of Vice) about AI voices and the future of it when a computer can replicate another person's voice, especially without their permission.

Christian Selig, developer of the Apollo Reddit app, about Reddit's changes to its API and whether Reddit will make any changes or reverse its API update.

Amanda Silberling from TechCrunch about the Senate hearing with Ticketmaster and the ticketing fiasco with Taylor Swift concert tickets being sold through Ticketmaster's platform.

Heather Kelly of The Washington Post and her guide on teens, smartphones, and social media following the Surgeon General's advisory about social media's effect on the youth's mental health.

Amanda Silberling again about the plethora of new social media services since Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter last year.

And finally, J.D. Capelouto of Semafor about OpenAI's announcement of Chat GPT-4.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell

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2 hr 17 min
December 07, 2023Tech News Weekly 314: Reverse Engineering iMessage with Beeper Mini
Some college students are becoming subjected to tracking "opportunities" during their daily lives on campus. How Beeper Mini works in light of news that Beeper has brought iMessage to Android phones. And Apple has confirmed that governments are spying on people's phones through push notifications.
Tara García Mathewson from The Markup joins the show to talk about her article detailing a college students' day as they are subjected to a plethora of software tracking one's data on computers, how it's being shared with colleges, and the general privacy implications of being a college student.

Beeper has announced an app called Beeper Mini that brings iMessage to Android phones. Eric Migicovsky, co-founder of Beeper, stops by to discuss the app.

Mikah Sargent shares his story of the week about how Apple has confirmed that governments are spying on people's phones through push notifications that we regularly get.

And Jason Howell shares some big news at the end of the show.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell

Guests: Tara García Mathewson and Eric Migicovsky

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1 hr 11 min
December 03, 2023This Week in Tech 956: A Giant Rolling Brick
Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop
ChatGPT's 1st birthday and mainstream AI adoption

Microsoft joins OpenAI's board as a non-voting observer

Pika raises $55 million for AI video generation tool

Amazon launches Q chatbot service for companies

Concerns over Q hallucinating responses and leaking data

Rethinking reactions to Tesla's Cybertruck design

Police warn about issues with NameDrop social media app

Why Apple adding RCS may not resolve green vs blue bubbles

Apple dropping Goldman Sachs as Apple Card issuer

Inside Spotify Wrapped's annual personalized listening stats

Fears over Plex exposing users' viewing habits

Black Friday online sales hit record $9.8 billion in US

Cyber Monday sales beat estimates at $12.4 billion

Extreme complexity in rebuilding an ultimate car pinball machine

Kiss launches digital avatars for virtual concerts

Host: Jason Howell

Guests: Rich DeMuro, Tim Stevens, and Abrar Al-Heeti

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2 hr 26 min
November 30, 2023Tech News Weekly 313: Busting the NameDrop FUD
Amazon has entered the realm of companies offering their very own AI assistant that they've dubbed Amazon Q. How Gen Z is driving the adoption of Generative AI, in the U.K. at least. And starting December 1st, unused Gmail accounts may be permanently deleted if they have been inactive for at least two years.
Amazon announced its own AI assistant called Amazon Q. Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag stops by to talk about the Amazon Q chatbot.

Dan Moren of SixColors joins the show to reassure you that iOS 17's NameDrop feature is not dangerous at all.

Jason Howell shares a study on how Gen Z in the U.K. is driving the general adoption of Generative AI.

And Mikah Sargent warns us that if you have a Gmail account you haven't used in some time, it may be permanently deleted starting in the beginning of December.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Emily Forlini and Dan Moren

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1 hr 8 min
November 29, 2023This Week in Google 744: Giant Red Ties
Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials

Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass

Reflecting on 18 years at Google

Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running

AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips

Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies

Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?

Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds

Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end?

A new low in manels

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern

Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers

Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O

Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence

Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral

Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool

Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account

Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites

Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files
Picks of the week
(Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run

(Paris) Pentiment

(Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine

(Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine

(Ant) City Nerd on YouTube

(Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 22 min

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