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TikTok is rolling out its “Manage Topics” feature globally. Nintendo will NOT provide review copies of the upcoming Switch 2 console. We explain away the FUD surrounding inaccurate beliefs about how waterproof our devices are. And Reddit rolls out the ability to hide your post history on your profile. Good or bad idea?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wall Street Journal’s reports that Meta plans to fully automate ad creation using AI by 2026. Justin asks the question. Are data centers the new tech bubble? Are Apple TVs a good example of a privacy-first streaming hardware? And why we should stop anthropomorphizing generative AI tools.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, will summarize long emails unless you opt out. AI dev platform, Hugging Face, introduced two new open source humanoid robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. Even with RCS, messaging Android users from an iPhone still kind of sucks. Will Apple address that at WWDC 2025? And it’s Friday Quiz time. Who spoke the quote, Steve Jobs or ChatGPT?Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trisha Hershberger is here with the latest PC building trends she saw at this year’s COMPUTEX tradeshow. And Anthropic’s CEO paints a stark picture of what AI could do to the entry level white collar job market in the next 1 to 5 years. Instagram now supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos. And why SteamOS could make Windows irrelevant on handheld gaming PCs.Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the biggest obstacle towards wider AI adoption in game development coming from gamers? YouTube has maintained the largest share of TV viewing for three months now according to Nielsen’s The Gaugue report. Why Microsoft’s attempt to get 3rd party devs to update through the Windows Update tool is the best thing since sliced bread. And Apple plans on releasing a new gaming App that will supersede Game Center.Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WhatsApp finally made it to iPad, Salesforce is dropping $8 billion on Informatica to boost its AI game, and Realme launched two phones with monster batteries that charge in under an hour. Meanwhile, The Browser Company hit pause on Arc to chase the AI wave with its new Dia browser.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Amos, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How reliable are LLMs when it comes to judgements in sensitive areas? Turns out not so much. How oversharing information online can make you a bigger target for cyber criminals. And can LLMs do a better job being CEO than a human could? Plus it's Friday and it's time to screw you thinking caps on as we quiz our panel about bad product names.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Space, the final frontier for startups. Rob DeMillo is here to talk to us about the Space startup scene. Anthropic releases hybrid LLMs Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4. Will Jony Ives' AI device be more successful than Rabbit or the Humane AI pin? And is Google harming its own ability to compete in the LLM space with its confusing naming conventions?Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple officially provides support for the Apple Vision Pro on the Godot game engine. OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s product development company called io. Is YouTube the secret sauce for self-improvement? And Volvo will be the first automaker to integrate Google’s Gemini AI chatbot into its automobiles.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss all the announcements from Google I/O. Patrick’s here with a first-hand guide on how to prepare for connectivity and power outage during natural disasters. And Marshall, the guitar amplifier company, has introduced its first home theater soundbar.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.