Can Googlebook Bridge The Gap? – DTNS 5361

Can Googlebooks replace a MacBook or PC laptop? Are AI charms the future of personal AI or just a dead end? We discuss these important topics plus answer this important viewer question “Which jobs will be looked upon as buggy whip manufactures in the near future?” Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Iyaz Akhtar, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe Link to the Show Notes. Quick Hits: Google Gemini Now Supports Live Avatars for Enterprise Agents https://www.thurrott.com/google/342034/google-gemini-now-supports-live-avatars-for-enterprise-agents Google Adds Creepy Avatars to Gemini 3.8 Live's Agents https://www.engadget.com/2268587/google-video-avatars-gemini-3-8-live-agent/ Microsoft Unveils New Copilot Features for Home, Code, and Autopilot https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/microsoft-copilot-ai-coding-anthropic.html Ready to Put Your Work on Autopilot? Microsoft Readies Its AI Agent for ... https://www.pcmag.com/news/ready-to-put-your-work-on-autopilot-microsoft-readies-its-ai-agent-for Meta Horizon Create Will Let People Build AI Games on a Phone https://www.macobserver.com/news/meta-horizon-create-ai-games-phone Bill Gates Warns AI Is Powerful Enough to Lead to a Billion Deaths https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-25/bill-gates-warns-ai-powerful-enough-to-lead-to-a-billion-deaths Google is Testing AI-Powered Call for Me Feature on Pixel 11 Series https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/google-pixel/342044/google-is-testing-ai-powered-call-for-me-feature-on-pixel-11-series Google Photos 'Clueless'-Inspired Virtual Closet Is Now Available on Android and iOS https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/google-photos-clueless-inspired-virtual-closet-is-now-available-on-android-and-ios/ SpaceX Starship's First Orbital Flight Test On Track After Successful Launch Rehearsal https://www.engadget.com/2268608/spacex-starship-first-orbit-flight-set-for-september-28 Tesla Finally Moves to Electrify Trucking After a Decade of Work and Delays https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/tesla-finally-moves-to-electrify-trucking-after-a-decade-of-work-and-delays OpenAI Is Preparing a $500 ChatGPT Pro Max Plan With Faster Codex https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-preparing-a-500-chatgpt-pro-max-plan-with-faster-codex/ Discussions: It's time for the BIG TECH QUESTION of this week. Our question is: Can a Googlebook effectively replace a Mac or PC? Vote on which side you would join in our poll at patreon.com/dtns Can a Googlebook effectively replace a Mac or PC? https://www.patreon.com/dtns/posts/can-googlebook-170553089?pr=true Googlebook: The Laptop Your Android Phone Has Been Waiting For https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/googlebook/pre-order-googlebook/ patreon.com/livewithit https://www.patreon.com/cw/livewithit More Discussions: Wednesday at Meta's Connect conference, Meta showed off a little keychain-looking device called the Muse Charm. It's a tamagotchi-sized device with a 2-inch touchscreen, two cameras and a fingerprint sensor. Our next question of the week is: Is Do you want an AI charm/keychain like this? Of any kind? Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2026 https://www.engadget.com/2267230/everything-announced-at-meta-connect-2026 Today’s guest: Len Peralta https://patreon.com/len https://lenperaltastore.com https://www.twitch.tv/lenperalta https://x.com/lenperalta https://mstdn.party/@lenperalta Iyaz Akhtar https://www.pcmag.com/authors/iyaz-akhtar http://thisoldnerd.com https://x.com/iyaz https://mas.to/@iyaz Show Links: https://dailytechnewsshow.com https://dailytechnewsshow.com/ntx https://knowalittlemore.com http://dailytechnewsshow.com/store https://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/support Sarah Lane Links: https://sarahlane.com https://x.com/sarahlane https://medium.com/@sarahlane https://masto.ai/@sarahlane https://havesuchagoodday.com Tom Merritt Links: https://tomsnewbook.com https://swordandlaser.com/store https://www.cordkillers.com