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Uber signs up Zipline drones and GrubHub contracts with Serve Robotics. PLus NVIDIA makes a less risky backing of OpenAI’s Ohio data center and whether adding AI to dogs who can smell cancer is is scientifically sound. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Dr. NikiShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Niki takes us deep into the past to explore what ancient hand axes can tell us about human intelligence, technology, and the way our ancestors thought. Plus, what archaeology can teach us about innovation.Dr. Nicole Ackermans: https://nicoleackermans.comTechnical Tea: https://technicaltea.showSapiens — Hand Axes: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/hand-ax/Jonathan Dombrosky: https://jonathandombrosky.comDaily Tech News Show: https://dailytechnewsshow.comSupport DTNS: https://patreon.com/DTNSFeaturing Dr. Nicole Ackermans and Dr. Jonathan Dombrosky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ChatGPT Computer History gathers how you use your computer for constant context within ChatGPT, and the CMF Clip Pro buds are getting favorable reviews for environmental awareness and comfort.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 It’s a day of changing policies. US lets private companies hack back sometimes, Flock increases privacy controls, and Twitch lets you opt out of AI training. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue DaoShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s what’s inside that counts. And with the new Pixels, that’s Gemini. Also, somebody tried to phish everyone using WiFi on a Delta flight.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lenovo's ThinkBook patent codenamed Project Swan will bring horizontal rollable displays to its laptop form factor, and Apple is reportedly splitting the release of its premium iPhone 18 devices from its cheaper ones.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google finally opens back up to a game store, meanwhile a vulnerability in UK military drones may not be as bad as it seems.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb DunewoodShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Niki helps us understand how TimeShifter can actually reduce your jet lag with solid science.Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr. Nicole Ackermans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

But will it have a hole? Also, Google open sources the solution to hurricane preparedness.Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue DaoShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the first new Bose QuietComfort headphones in three years. Plus, Dolby Vision 2 comes to HiSense, a Samsung soundbar that doesn’t need a subwoofer, and smart glasses displays that don’t need prescription inserts.Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue DaoShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, Sunbird is back for iMessage on Android and Disney+ wants TikTok users to post there.Starring Tom Merritt, and Sarah LaneLinks to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft released details of a Hotel Wi-Fi attack capable of breaching 365 accounts, and OpenAI shares a collection of screenshots and emails to defend itself against Apple's trade secret lawsuit against it.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A court order indicates Apple continues to fight. Plus, new Googlebook laptops coming from Lenovo and expensive gaming laptops from Razer.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of JulyStarring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to storied discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony says its reserved enough memory for all those PS5s it plans to sell this year with the release of GTA 6, and CipherX sells a mail-order permanent tattoo technology that's pain free and pretty cheap.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DJI's Osmo Pocket 4B is out but you might have a hard time getting it in the US, and Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 aims to be the Android OS for physical AI and humanoid robots.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google is shutting down the DeepMind AlphaFold team and moving researchers into Gemini and Isomorphic Labs, and Hugging Face is one of four entities impacted by OpenAI's agentic cyberattack.Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Motorola's new Android app called Indigenous Collections is all about the preservation of indigenous language and culture, and Model Context Protocol got its biggest update to date to make AI agents in the enterprise more practical at scale.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

But it’s a weird search index quirk that’s causing it. Plus, a bellwether case about data rights at the US border.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you have to have a ComicCon policy for something, it’s mainstream. And everyone but OpenAI and Anthropic signs an open letter supporting open weight models. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue DaoShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon Hopes that adding games will make Prime Video more stickyStarring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’d think they’d be mad, but Hugging Face has nothing but praise for OpenAI. Plus, Robb Dunewood joins us to break down the new Samsung Galaxy Foldables.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Robb Dunewood.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samsung has a new credit card that goes toe to toe to the Apple Card, and xMEMS announced a new fan-on-a-chip that's designed to keep heat down on smartglasses and XR headsets.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimi is the second coming of Deep Seek, and Hugging Face thinks the US needs to change how ti thinks about AI safety.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimi K3 is a new frontier-level open-weights model from Moonshot AI out of China that gives properietary models a run for their money, and robotics research has now given us the ability to get dressed without having to use our hands and it's... kinda wierd.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vital Signals introduced a $399 smart ring that is meant to replace Blood Pressure Cuffs without a subscription fee attached, and 1Password says it is letting Claude tap into its password vault and 2-factor codes safely.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue DaoShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI's new Codex Micro keyboard is a $230 niche control center for ChatGPT agents, and Bloomberg says OnePlus is days away from announcing its exit from the US market.Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft announced its finally removing promotional noise from the Windows 11 Search Box, and New York has become the first US state to place a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More than 200 economists and tech leaders signed a “We Must Act Now” letter encouraging policymakers to understand and address the AI moment, and the European Union is planning a ban of children under 13 from using social media with staged access as they get older.Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What games made them lifelong gamers? Jenn Cutter and Roger Chang revisit the six titles that started it all, from Roger's 8-bit classics King's Quest and Star Trek to Jenn's Mario adventures on the NES and SNES.Starring Jenn Cutter and Roger Chang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hammond and Amos walk through some of the common problems they face producing daily news podcasts, relate tales of woe, and share some advice for those wanting to create their own content.Starring Anthony Lemos, Hammond Chamberlain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roger catches up with Scott Herriott, former host of ZDTV/TechTV’s Internet Tonight, for a nostalgic trip behind the scenes of early days at the cable network. Scott talks about how the show was built from scratch, the real reason Michaela Pereira wasn't co-hosting from day one, and the one infamous website from the dot-com era that is still permanently burned into his brain.Follow Scott at Squatchfilms.comStarring Scott Herriott and Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Ctrl-Alt-Upcycle, your weekly survival guide for the modern tech economy. Patrick and Roger show you how to beat rising prices by squeezing every drop of value from the gear you already own—and hunting down the absolute best deals when you actually do need a replacement. Stop buying new. Start upcycling.Starring Patrick Norton and Roger Chang Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Huyen and Niki talk tech and science. Discussing their favorite news this month and interrogate AI's place in learning.Starring Dr. Niki Ackermans, Huyen Tue Dao  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tanner Goodman returns to update us on why, even though he’s still skeptical about general-purpose LLMs, a nuclear power plant may be one of the best places to use them.Featuring Tom Merritt and Tanner Goodman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Is India’s concern about fraud warranted? PLus, Dr. Niki joins us to talk about what she thinks fo Claude Science.Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Dr. NikiShow notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, Fable 5 is back, but it’ll cost you. And the father of the internet steps down at Google.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo and Uber end their Phoenix pilot collaboration after three years, and TIDAL won't pay any royalties to AI generated music on its platform.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, Comcast is splitting itself in two, and Apple targets 9GB of RAM for iPhones.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of JuneStarring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft raises prices, but also lowers some, as does Framework and Commodore. We also talk about Android’s new virtual controller for foldable gaming. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google is about to roll out its external billing changes to the Play Store, and Micron earnings are through the roof as demand for its chips continue to sky rocket.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rockstar Games revealed the price and release date of its highly anticipated game Grand Theft Auto 6, Meta is reportedly developing its own prediction market app called "Arena."Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta announced new lower cost smart glasses including a collaboration with Kylie Jenner, and University of California is turning old Google Pixel phones into computing clusters for university-scale data center workloads.Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The west’s big security agencies issue a sincere warning on AI risk acceleration, plus Microsoft’s Satya Nadella wants to change the tone on AI.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom chats with Brian Dunaway from Play Retro about Commodore venturing out from nostalgia computing to nostalgia digital detox phones with the Commodore Callback 8020."Commodore - The Future We Were Promised™"  https://commodore.net/"Long-forgotten brand is bringing back the flip phone with no apps — and tech-weary fans are relieved: ‘Take my money’ - AOL"  https://www.aol.com/articles/long-forgotten-brand-bringing-back-173550000.html?guccounter=1"8Bit Computer Club – The once a week meet up where we celebrate the history and future of 8bit Computing."  https://8bitcomputer.club/"Play Retro | Scott Johnson"  https://frogpants.com/en-usd/pages/playretro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Porter joins us to talk about life working inside a data center. What assumptions do you have that may not fit the facts, and what surprising things does he know that nobody talks about?Google Data Centers Websitehttps://datacenters.google/Craig’s websitehttp://djfission.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can find Daily Music Headlines here.Netflix is bringing KPop Demon Hunters to Major League Baseball stadiums across the U.S. with special “KPop Demon Hunters Nights” scheduled for August and September, featuring themed giveaways, merchandise, jerseys, bobbleheads, in-game entertainment, and postgame drone shows at select ballparks.netflix.comLong-lost footage of The Beatles performing “Can’t Buy Me Love” on the BBC music show Top of the Pops in 1964 has been discovered on a 35mm film negative, offering significantly better quality than previously known off-air recordings.nme.comA new documentary celebrating the legacy of British band Pulp, titled Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?, is set to premiere later this year on MUBI, combining footage from the band’s biggest-ever arena show with four decades of previously unseen archival material.music-news.comTaylor Swift has been named Wembley Stadium’s most-photographed artist, according to new research from photo-book company Popsa, with Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd, and Bruce Springsteen rounding out the top five.music-news.comGrammy-nominated producer Tay Keith, born Brytavious Chambers, has died at age 29 after being found in his Nashville apartment during a police welfare check, with authorities saying no foul play is suspected and an official cause of death still pending.pitchfork.comSpotify is kicking off its new “Reserved” ticketing program with Role Model, giving select Spotify Premium subscribers early access to purchase tickets before the general public based on fan engagement such as streams, saves, shares, and location.digitalmusicnews.comSouth Korea has launched a new $2.2 million government-backed fund to help smaller and independent K-pop agencies expand internationally, with 10 selected agencies eligible for up to about $218,000 per year for as many as three years.digitalmusicnews.comAnd it’s Friday, so let’s take a listen to some of the fresh songs out this week:“Is It Love” by Tyla“Heaven” by Myles Smith“On Your Mind” by FKA Twigs and Lil Yachty“Talking Dirty” by Chlöe and Timbaland“New America” by KennyHoopla Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Niki helps us understand the importance of this BCI advance, plus Apple signals a price increase.Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Dr. NikiShow notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Its first new smart speaker in six years is smart. Plus, Qualcomm wants to be the chip in every wearable. And turns out people don’t react well to you saying your product has AI.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.