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Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants employees to work 60-hour weeks in the office every weekday to accelerate AI development. Microsoft is shutting down Skype. We look back at our fond and maybe not so fond memories of the service. Plus are return to office policies catering to a company's lowest performing employees? And it's Friday quiz time. Do you know these UK musicians who participated in the silent album titled âIs This What We Want?â.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Social Media and Misinformation are often presented as two sides of the same coin, but what does the data actually say? Andrea Jones-Rooy is here to break it down for us. And surveillance technology used to monitor warehouse workers is being introduced into the office workplace but does it actually measure anything useful? Instagram is looking into the idea of launching Reels as a standalone short-form video app.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Why hasnât Xbox Game Pass turned into the Netflix of games? Scott shares his thoughts. Why is Appleâs decision to end Advanced Data Protection for UK iCloud users drawing such little outcry from the British public. Amazon announced Alexa+, a generative AI-powered version of the venerable voice assistant. And what is Toyota Woven City the companyâs test course for mobility all about?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Miss the old keyboard on the smartphone? Well Clicks is bringing it back for Android phones. In the market of a new EV but not sure where to begin? Emily Forlini is here with an EV buyerâs guide. Would you use free ad-supported software for work? And UK artists and newspapers launch a protest against UK government plans to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Emily Forlini, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Perplexity teases its upcoming web browser and shares a wait list. ASUS debuts a new computer mouse you can smell. Google is pricing its new video generation model Veo 2 at $0.50/sec. And researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have conducted unbiased sampling of YouTube videos uncovering data Google itself wonât share.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Apple will disable its Advanced Data Protection end-to-end encryption feature in the UK. HP forced customers in Europe to wait 15 minutes on the phone to encourage its customers to use chat or social media for support calls. And it's Friday. We quiz you on your knowledge of secret codes and messages in history, corporate logos and movies.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Molly Wood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Amazon MGM has entered into a deal that will allow it creative control over the James Bond movie franchise. Will this be a blessing or a curse for 007? YouTube is planning a new, lower-priced version of its paid video service called âpremium liteâ. An Australian online safety report from eSafety found that children can easily bypass social media age restrictions, something necessary as the government moves forward with a ban on social media for under-16s. And Amazon announced that it surpassed Walmart in Q4 revenue, bringing in $187.8 billion, ahead of Walmartâs $180.5 billion.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Microsoft Research develops a generative AI model that can build out game worlds. Humane, the makers of the failed Humane AI pin, is selling most of its company to HP for $116 million. Eufy announced the FamiLock S3 Max, a video lock that can automatically unlock doors when it reads the palms of authorized people.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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As Apple looks to increase its production of iPhones for the global market in India, China is finding ways to slow that process. Fiverr unveiled new initiatives to attract gig workers to its platform and provide them with generative AI tools. Spotify will launch a âMusic Proâ tier later this year that will offer âHi-Fiâ audio, âremixing tools,â and access to concert tickets. And Waymo is rumored to be developing a subscriber program.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Mastodon is working to add the controversial âquote postsâ feature found on other platforms like X, Bluesky and Threads. A memo shows Meta has plans investments into AI-driven humanoid robots, memo shows. Y Combinator startup Firecrawl seeks to hire an AI agent for $15K a year. Real effort or just free publicity? And we test everyoneâs knowledge of theme restaurants with this weekâs quiz!
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Whatâs the current state of the GPU marketplace and why is it so darn hard to get one? On Monday Meta started a round of performance-based layoffs of roughly 5% of the workforce even though many of those affected met or exceeded performance goals. The UK firm manages to recover 97% of the lithium and 99% of the graphite from a used EV battery. And Paramount channels, including CBS and Nickelodeon, go dark on YouTube TV starting today.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Will Smith, Roger Chang, Joe.
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The ESA is bringing out a new video game show, âInteractive Innovation Conferenceâ. Is this the successor to E3? Scott fills us in. Plus Apple is looking into home robotics to expand its smart home offerings and launching a new health study that will gather data from Apple devices to discover new relationships between different areas of health tracking. And Netflix opened a restaurant?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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How thin can you make a book-foldable smartphone? Oppo has the answer. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealed Americans primarily watch YouTube on TV screens vs mobile screens. Are Jeep infotainment systems filled with persistent ads? And is the next big thing on Netflix, podcasts?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Are generative AI tools detrimental to our ability to think critically? The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit is being held in Paris this week. Do we need to pay attention? Did Super Bowl LIX highlight a tipping point for cryptocurrencies and sports betting? And Google Calendar is paring back its default notable dates in events. Does anyone use that feature?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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We discussed our cable management habits. The UKâs government has reportedly ordered Apple to create a backdoor encrypted user data in iCloud data. Google updates Geminiâs AI response in its Super Bowl ad. And itâs Friday. We test our panel with another round of quiz questions centered on the topic of distillation.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Could the threat posed by Ransomware be diminishing? A new cyber security report holds some tantalizing data. Why is Microsoft Teams getting Facebook-like functionality? Bloombergâs sources suggest that Amazonâs belt tightening will raise fears of âlean years aheadâ And Stanford and the University of Washington AI researchers trained an AI âreasoningâ model for under $50.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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The Video Game History Foundation has made its archive available for early access, free of charge. Google updates its AI principles removing references to weapons and surveillance. Sonos is planning to launch a streaming TV device later this year in the $200-$400 price range.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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A new app from the Icon Factory called Tapestry pulls together feeds from Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into one timeline. Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told analysts the company will finally get into the mainstream paid streaming subscription game this year. Adobe is adding a new Contract Intelligence feature to its Acrobat âAI Assistantâ to scan contracts and flag important details.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.
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OpenAI announced Deep Research, an agentic ChatGPT tool, that lets users ask the chatbot to perform âmulti-step research on the internet for complex tasksâ. AI companies like Anthropic would like job applicants NOT to use AI on their submission. Fitness+ adds hours of Kendrick Lamar themed workouts to celebrate Super Bowl LIX. And where are all the new GPUs that Nvidia launched?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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LinkedInâs efforts to bring more video creators on board seems to be paying off. Why is Nintendo going after a Costa Rican grocery store owner? Plus OpenAI launched o3-mini, a new AI reasoning model designed to be both powerful and more affordable. And it's Friday and time for another end of week Fun Time Quiz. Can you figure out the answer before everyone else?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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