Tech News Weekly (Audio)

Tech News Weekly (Audio)

Industry expert Mikah Sargent, brings you interviews from tech journalists who make or break the top stories of the week. Get the freshest perspective and in depth insight into the fast-paced world of technology from Tech News Weekly. Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.

Episodes

July 17, 2025 58 mins

Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week! A look into Synchron's headquarters, Beeper relaunches its messaging services after being acquired by Automattic, OpenAI releases its new agentic AI service, and an AI service company is hosting over 5,000 nonconsensual AI models of real people.

  • Emily shares her time checking out Synchron, a company developing brain-computer interface implants that is considered a signific...
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Dan Moren joins us this week! Rumors are circulating about an A18 MacBook Pro and iPhone 17 Air from Apple, Samsung just held its Galaxy Unpacked event this month and unveiled updates to some of its products, AI bots are scraping obituaries for profit, and a new browser war is emerging between two AI companies.

  • Dan Moren talks about the rumored A18 MacBook Pro and iPhone 17 Air that Apple could announce this year as ways to a...
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Amanda Silberling joins Mikah Sargent this week for Tech News Weekly! X is piloting the use of AI chatbots to generate Community Notes. The Supreme Court's porn ruling and what it means for internet privacy. Microsoft tests using AI to diagnose medical cases. And what's new with the Nothing Phone 3?

  • Amanda shares the story she wrote for TechCrunch about how the social media company, X, is testing an AI program that can help g...
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This week on Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini explore RFK Jr.'s ambitious plan to get health trackers on every American's wrist, Apple's CarPlay Ultra facing resistance from automakers, landmark AI copyright rulings, and Fairphone's latest sustainable smartphone offering.

  • RFK Jr.'s Wearable Health Initiative - Emily Forlini discusses the HHS Secretary's vision for every American to wear health trackers within...
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This week on Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talk cybersecurity vulnerabilities with over 40,000 exposed internet cameras, Wyze's new security features following past breaches, a study on youth mental health and addictive tech use, and the launch of Trump Mobile's new phone and cellular plan.

  • 40,000 Exposed Internet Cameras: A cybersecurity investigation by BitSight reveals that over 40,000 interne...
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Abrar Al-Heeti is joining Mikah Sargent this week! Abrar is excited about one of the new features Apple announced for iOS 26 that could be important for a rumored device next. Would you be willing to be matched with others based on your search history? Some of the new things discovered in the teardown of the Nintendo Switch 2. And Meta is in hot water again over AI chatbots posing as licensed therapists.

  • Abrar talks about the...
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Amanda Silberling is joining Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! Initial hands-on impressions with the Nintendo Switch 2. Reddit sues Anthropic. Amazon will be testing humanoid robots to deliver packages. And what could be announced at WWDC25.

  • Scott Stein of CNET is staying busy as he joins the show to share his hands-on impressions of Nintendo's Switch 2 console, Mario Kart World, and its new features.
  • Amanda talks...
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Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! Apple is rumored to announce a major OS redesign and unified naming scheme at WWDC this year. How YouTube creators are competing against traditional television. Insights into research showing technology use and association with reduced cognitive decline. And how North Koreans have stolen over $6 billion in cryptocurrency through U.S. remote jobs.

  • Dan Moren talks abo...
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Emily Forlini and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy are taking the reins of this week's episode! Does a robot vacuum really need an arm to help keep your home floors clean? Inside the chaotic struggle to keep Fisker EVs maintain connectivity. A wireless way to charge your low-powered smart devices. And insight into Sam Altman's company, OpenAI, acquiring Jony Ive's AI startup company, io.

  • Jennifer shares her thoughts on Roborock's Saro...
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Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! A quick preview of Android 16 and Material 3 Expressive ahead of Google I/O with CNET. If you received a 'Lopez Voice Assistant' email, you may be owed a settlement. Apple is finally rolling out its rebranded 'CarPlay Ultra', which was unveiled years ago. And the age of paranoia with deepfakes and scams.

  • Patrick Holland of CNET joins Mikah to talk about his first look into Android 16 a...
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