Total Jason (Audio)
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Episodes
Jacob Ward joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! More insights into the Musk vs. OpenAI trial. Everything unveiled at The Android Show: Google I/O Edition 2026. And the Canvas cyberattack.
- Jacob has been covering the Musk vs. OpenAI trial since he was last on the show. He talks about the trial and some of the more interesting things that have occurred during the trial.
- Jason Howell stops by to talk about everything that wa...
Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A look into a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech. How AI is impacting learning for kids in schools. Samsung touts a new privacy feature for its latest phones. And Apple is ramping up its new product releases as it catches up in the AI race.
- Emily talks about her time at the FBI and a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech.
- Mikah chat...
Spies aren't just in the shadows anymore—AI has turned every smartphone and social feed into a battlefield of influence and surveillance. This episode exposes how intelligence agencies, rogue states, and even TikTok are using machine learning to reshape what we know, believe, and fear.
- Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure
- Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document
- OpenAI CEO Declares 'Code Red' to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, ...
Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! Microsoft launched its fall feature drop for Copilot, including a new AI avatar called Mico. Amazon is making headlines with its robotic automation efforts and also unveiled new AR smart glasses for delivery drivers. Jason Howell stops by to discuss Samsung's new Galaxy XR headset, their answer to Apple's Vision Pro.
- Emily discusses Microsoft's new AI avatar Mico,...
Will iRobot's new Roomba's bring the company back to the forefront of robotic vacuums? What to know about Amazon's change of handling voice recordings through Alexa devices. Two new PebbleOS watches are available for pre-order! And the lowdown on the new Pixel 9a smartphone that Google recently announced.
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week! Jennifer talks about the new Roombas that iRobot has un...
Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins us this week! Did OpenAI's Sora video generation model train on gaming and streaming content? A judge ruled that Automattic is to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org. And Image Playground, Genmoji, and more generative AI features now available within Apple Intelligence.
- Amanda talks about how OpenAI's Sora video generation model is supposedly training on video games and strea...
The FTC is making it easier for you to cancel your subscriptions. Apple is celebrating ten years of Apple Pay. Android 15 is rolling out now to Pixel devices. And Amazon announced new Kindle devices, set to be released at the end of October.
- Fresh off her appearance on This Week in Tech, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy celebrates the FTC's new rule, making canceling a subscription service easier.
- Mikah Sargent talks about Apple's cel...
Apple is forcing Patreon to switch to its App Store billing system, allowing Apple to take 30% of new subscriptions made through its App Store. KOSPA passed in the U.S. Senate recently: what's next for the controversial bill. And Google announced a lot at its Made by Google event, including new Pixel phones and a big push for Gemini AI.
- Dan Moren of Six Colors joins Mikah this week! Dan talks about Apple forcing Patreon to swi...
- Existential thoughts about Apple services revenue.
- Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors.
- Intel plans to lay off 15% of workforce -- at least 15,000 people.
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake in Apple by nearly 50%.
- Amazon paid almost $1 billion for Twitch in 2014. It's still losing money.
- Goo...
The Federal Trade Commission bans an app from being offered to minors. A beloved DVD rental service files for bankruptcy. An old website publication has been resurrected as an 'AI-zombified' website. And what Samsung announced at its latest Galaxy Unpacked event.
- Amanda Silberling joins Mikah this week on Tech News Weekly! Amanda talks about the FTC banning the app NGL from offering its social app to minors following a ruling ...
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week! Jennifer talks about Matter 1.3 being released by the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Mikah is excited by the new accessibility features Apple recently announced. What Google announced at its Google I/O 2024 event. And finally, OpenAI announces GPT-4o.
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talks about Matter 1.3 being released, which brings further support to smart applian...
Jason Howell is filling in for Mikah Sargent as Mikah is out! Emily Dreibelbis chatted with one of the moderators of r/ChatGPT on Reddit. The Rabbit R1 AI companion device recently had its launch party, and first impressions are coming out for the wearable device. Meta opens its Quest Horizon OS to developers. And AI finally arrives in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
- Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag spoke with a moderator of one of t...
- Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
- TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again
- Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration
- Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe
- Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024
- Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
- How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
- Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High A...
The continuing saga of the Series 9 & Ultra 2 Apple Watches continues as these watches with blood oxygen features are banned again as of January 18th. What were the smart home trends at CES 2024 this year? How big is the scale of surveillance for each Facebook user on Meta's social platform? And a surprise guest returns to today's Tech News Weekly to discuss what was announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event.
- The ...
All About Android fans, listen up! If you were disappointed when the show went away, then you'll be happy to know that Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao, and Mishaal Rahman brought the AAA fun to a new home called Android Faithful. Each week, the AF crew discusses the latest news, hardware, and apps for the world's biggest mobile operating system. Special guests, from journalists, to industry big wigs, to execs from inside ...
A look back at some of our favorite interviews from the past year:
- Stu Tartarone, a veteran of AT&T, who helped develop the first cell phone network and make the first cell phone call back in 1983.
- Stephen Shankland of CNET talks about how 500+ cables that carry 400 terabits of data per second are running across our ocean floor.
- Joseph Cox of 404 Media (formerly of Vice) about AI voices and the future of it when a comput...
Some college students are becoming subjected to tracking "opportunities" during their daily lives on campus. How Beeper Mini works in light of news that Beeper has brought iMessage to Android phones. And Apple has confirmed that governments are spying on people's phones through push notifications.
- Tara García Mathewson from The Markup joins the show to talk about her article detailing a college students' day as they are subjec...
Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop
- ChatGPT's 1st birthday and mainstream AI adoption
- Microsoft joins OpenAI's board as a non-voting observer
- Pika raises $55 million for AI video generation tool
- Amazon launches Q chatbot service for companies
- Concerns over Q hallucinating responses and leaking data
- Rethinking reactions to Tesla's Cybertruck design
- Police warn about issues ...
Amazon has entered the realm of companies offering their very own AI assistant that they've dubbed Amazon Q. How Gen Z is driving the adoption of Generative AI, in the U.K. at least. And starting December 1st, unused Gmail accounts may be permanently deleted if they have been inactive for at least two years.
- Amazon announced its own AI assistant called Amazon Q. Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag stops by to talk about the Amazon Q cha...
- Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
- Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials
- Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass
- Reflecting on 18 years at Google
- Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running
- AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips
- Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies
- Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?
- Adobe's ...
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