Jonathan Benn

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Join industry expert Jonathan Benn as he combines sharp tech analysis with thought-provoking insights on the digital landscape. From Big Tech heavyweights like Apple and Google to emerging startups, Jonathan breaks down the latest in AI, blockchain, and how regulation impacts these innovations. Tune in to stay ahead in the ever-evolving tech world.

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Jonathan Benn

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AppleTV+ Losing Billions and AI is Making People Lonely 26.03.2025 29:20

Todays Stories: Apple TV+ is Losing Billions https://apple.news/AFCP87X04Q6-PAOeeJylyfQ Apple Watch May Get a Camera https://apple.news/AgV6WOOYzQhKXZJkA277xeA A.I. is Making People Lonelt https://apple.news/AEaLvScKDQTqltokW8peGOg Gemini rolling out real-time Video features https://apple.news/AcqZaKNNCS5Ky2Q2v8-DhrQ

NVidia’s Announces New AI Superchips and Tesla Pushes On with RoboTaxis 20.03.2025 21:36

Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra GB300 and Vera Rubin, its next AI ‘superchips’ — The Verge https://apple.news/A35N3mNPsSguUqBOab9orPg California grants permit for Elon Musk’s ride-hail service, could lead to Tesla robotaxis in state — San Francisco Chronicle https://apple.news/Ay6TAkkMxSN6V-YfL9QIspA Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average — Ars Technica https://...

Why Does Siri Suck So Bad? 11.03.2025 14:06

Today’s Stories: Apple Delays Upgraded Siri: Taking Longer Than We Thought https://www.theverge.com/news/626035/apple-delays-upgraded-siri-intelligence-longer-than-we-thought Apple’s Rumored Smart Home Reportedly Delayed https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/apples-rumored-smart-home-hub-has-reportedly-been-delayed-151515192.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_r...

iPad Air and MacBook Air Get Refreshed, New iPhone Fold Rumors, and Utah Passes App Store Age Bill 06.03.2025 22:56

Today’s Stories: Apple Refreshes the iPad Air (1:55) https://www.theverge.com/news/621625/apple-ipad-2024-launch-price-availability Apple Refreshes Macbook Air (5:52) https://www.theverge.com/news/620695/apple-m4-macbook-air-13-15-announcement-price-specs Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age verification bill (10:27) https://www.theverge.com/news/624981/utah-app-store-age-verifica...

Trump Announces Crypto Reserve, Siri Still Sucks, and Most US Workers Still Don’t Use AI 03.03.2025 24:06

Today’s Stories - Trump names Bitcoin and others as part of coming ‘Crypto Strategic Reserve’ (1:48) - https://apple.news/AMLjbjtZERlWb-7tM_0OaAw Big Tech is bettong on AI, but US workers aren’t Biting (5:48) - https://apple.news/AKttX9b1vR7-yWDAJpKpAJA Siri’s real AI upgrade could still be years away (13:15) - https://apple.news/Autb7aRQcTjKMk1qfbA5brQ World’s largest call center using AI to ‘neu...

A.I. Agents Communicating in Secret Language and Apple Shareholders Vote to Keep DEI 27.02.2025 25:12

Today’s Stories: Apple Shareholders vote to Keep its diversity policies(2:10) https://apple.news/AoEjyWU0UQ6SnbbFCgwRH-w Trump asks Apple to end diversity policies after shareholders vote in favor (7:11) https://apple.news/At_yU4u77QO-swAXBEKCDTQ Apple is Fixing a voice Dictation bug that substitutes “Trump” for “racist” (9:00) Apple is fixing a voice dictation bug that substitutes ‘Trump’ for ‘ra...

Apple Ends Encryption in UK, Hackers Steal $1.5 Billion Ethereum, and BlueSky Eats Itself 24.02.2025 29:50

Today’s Stories: Apple has pulled end-to-end encryption to users in the UK, in response to its government asking the company for a backdoor to user data (2:30) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/apple-pulls-data-protection-tool-instead-of-caving-to-uk-demand-for-a-backdoor/ Hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in ethereum from crypto exchange Bybit, in the biggest digital heist in history. (9...

iPhone 16E Announced, The Argentine President’s Crypto Rug Pull, HP Buys Humane AI, and Spotify HiFi 20.02.2025 30:21

Today’s Stories - Apple Announces iPhone 16E (2:30) - https://www.theverge.com/news/609204/apple-iphone-16e-price-release-date-specs-a18-notch-face-id Argentine President Rugs His People in $Libra Crypto Scam (8:20) - https://apple.news/APlmzty2mShqUNF2GpLdCMQ HP Buys Humane AI for $116 Million (20:20) - https://apple.news/AS-Xx_6rdR8muexoHNNO-lQ Spotify Might Finally Get HiFi Streaming (25:52) -...

Meet Elon Musk’s DOGE Engineers, Apple Intelligence on Vision Pro, and The NY Times Adopts AI Tools 17.02.2025 35:23

Today’s Stories: Elon Musk’s Young DOGE Engineers (3:00) - https://apple.news/AeWDdFIzyQLuFFnYbVpqH0Q Android 16 Features (14:00) - https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/android-16-will-bring-these-5-upgrades-to-your-phone-including-one-i-cant-wait-to-try-out Apple Intelligence Coming to Apple Vision Pro (23:00) - https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/vision-pro-will-reportedly-get-apple-intelligence-...

Musk Wants to Buy OpenAI and Apple Might Make a Humanoid Robot 13.02.2025 22:17

Today’s Stories: Musk tries to buy OpenAI (3:30) https://apple.news/A6IPS-bJWTOShmgACmw1AAQ UK and US snub France by refusing to sign AI summit declaration (8:35) https://apple.news/AEi3TIH-CTTOpJ3vm-gSQjg Apple Interested in Making Humanoid Robot (14:26) https://www.investors.com/news/technology/apple-stock-humanoid-robot-in-development/ AppleTV Now on Android (18:30) https://www.apple.com/newsro...

New iPhone SE, NVIDIA and Carnegie Melon Release Humanoid Robot Movement Framework, and PSN Outtage 10.02.2025 17:26

Today’s Stories: New iPhone SE Announcement Rumor(2:55) https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/09/apple-could-launch-a-new-iphone-se-and-powerbeats-pro-2-on-february-11/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACFOCYlJfWZP1cdh9B10Il4s-7vR34xNca_DIdqBoX5_2krHe1bORRl4PP87Bbh8a7fxw-M2Ck_tcrYtlnip5ANSeMCUy-_zwFpEoZLe1knNrZNdlw_ Carnegie Melon and NVIDIA Releas...

Amazon Relying on Cloud Earnings to Justify AI Spend, Gemini Update, and iOS Malware Scandal 06.02.2025 21:37

Today’s Stories: Amazon’s Cloud Business Faces Crucial Test (2:40) https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazons-cloud-business-faces-crucial-test-after-rivals-microsoft-google-stumble-2025-02-05/ Huge Gemini AI Update (10:18) https://www.theverge.com/news/606530/gemini-ai-app-flash-thinking-2-0-update iPhone pp Store Malicious Malware (16:00) https://www.theverge.com/news/606649/ios-iphone-app-store...

Apple Gives Up on AR Glasses, OpenAI Introduces Deep Research, and Musk Gains More Government Power 03.02.2025 25:47

Today’s Stories - Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project (4:04) https://www.theverge.com/news/604378/apple-n107-ar-glasses-canceled OpenAI Introduces Deep Research (10:37) https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/ Musk to give update on reform effort amid questions about his power (20:42) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-give-update-reform-effort-amid-questions-ab...

DeepSeek Might Not Be As Impressive as We Thought, and Meta Doubles-Down on AI Spending 30.01.2025 22:05

Today’s Stories: "It's The New TikTok": National Security Concerns Spike Over China’s DeepSeek (3:52) https://apple.news/AVfrpF4_fQEqtfMJE0KhRcw OpenAI Is Probing Whether DeepSeek Used Its Models to Train New Chatbot (10:50) https://apple.news/AHu8TmYSvSIO0Y47gZxtrcA Mark Zuckerberg: DeepSeek shows why U.S. must be AI's 'global open source standard'; no reason to rethink spending (14:44) https://a...

X is Barely Breaking Even, OpenAI announces Operator, and Deepseek kicks GPT-4o’s Ass 26.01.2025 23:58

Todays stories: X Barely Breaks Even (2:50) https://apple.news/Aus-LJD8WQeaw5weVOnAK5g OpenAI Announces Operator (10:11) https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/openai-launches-operator-an-ai-agent-that-performs-tasks-autonomously/ Deepseek Has Silicone Valley Talking (17:52) https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/26/deepseek-gets-silicon-valley-talking/

TikTok’s Back, Elon Hates on Trump’s AI Plan, and Ross Ulbricht Pardoned 23.01.2025 28:40

Todays stories Biden’s White House says TikTok’s threat to go dark is a ‘stunt’ (3:07) https://apple.news/AZdtQmOUOT--aoY8cl6GOiA Trump Announces $500 Billion Investment in AI Infrastructure (11:26) https://apple.news/AR-rBMhFoTGS9vYy0JgpYQA Musk Pours Cold Water on Trump-Backed Stargate AI Project (16:20) https://apple.news/AxWj2XQLuS3eJOoYZ2Ry5dw Who is Ross Ulbricht, The Silk Road Founder Trump...

TikTok Goes Dark for US Users, Creators Move to RedNote, and Trump Launches Memecoin 20.01.2025 29:20

TikTok Goes Dark for 170 Million Users (3:00) https://apple.news/A7fncHD7sQyaeujyS_7Aezg TikTok Influencers Angry About Ban (8:20) https://apple.news/AdFYkmORLQw6hx533xpjx-w Rednote Users Experiencing Censorship (14:19) https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/16/tech/tiktok-refugees-rednote-china-censorship-intl-hnk Trump Launches Meme Coin (23:40) https://apple.news/Ap1y00N4uSXSV-sZyfaOaYA

Meta's 5% Layoffs, DJI Removes Drone Geofencing, Character.ai Sued, and are TikTok's Jobs in Trouble? 16.01.2025 33:59

Today's Stories: Meta Layoffs (3:09) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/technology/meta-layoffs.html DJI Removes Drone Geofencing (6:06) https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24343928/dji-no-more-geofencing-no-fly-zone Character.ai Sued by Mom (14:25) https://www.businessinsider.com/character-ai-lawsuit-plantiff-age-guardrails-after-teen-suicide-2025-1 TikTok Tells US Staff They'll Keep Their...

Watch Duty's Big Moment, Amazon and Meta Axe DEI, and The Supreme Court Sides with TikTok Ban 13.01.2025 36:21

Today's Stories: Supreme Court on TikTok Ban (2:20) https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/supreme-court-skeptical-of-ban-on-tiktok/ Amazon and Meta Remove DEI (15:30) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/meta-end-diversity-programs-ahead-trump-inauguration-2025-01-10/ Apple Keeps DEI https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/12/apples-board-recommends-shareholders-vote-against-proposal-to-elimina...

Meta Copies X's Community Notes, Sam Altman Denies Sex Scandal, Nvidia at CES, and Microsoft Job Cuts 09.01.2025 27:56

Today's stories: 1. Meta Policy Change (3:20) https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-community-notes-x-rcna186468 2. Nvidia CES Announcements (10:35) https://mashable.com/article/nvidia-ces-2025-live-keynote-everything-announced 3. Sam Altman Denies Sexual Assault Allegations (16:50) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/openais-sam-altman-denies-sexual-abuse-allegatio...

Meta's AI-Profiles Suck, Apple Intelligence Lags, and Man Steals a Waymo 06.01.2025 32:07

Todays' stories - Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well. (5:50) https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24334946/meta-ai-profiles-instagram-facebook-bots The Rise of the AI-Influencer (12:00) https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-the-rise-of-the-ai-influencer/ Apple is prioritizing privact over winning the AI race (19:43) https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/apple-intelligence/appl...

Uber & Lfyt Paying Massachusetts Drivers $32/hr, Apple's New Strategy for Selling Vision Pros + The New Record for Fastest Internet 02.07.2024 30:45

This Week's Stories - New world’s fastest internet can download Black Ops 6 in less than a second https://www.dexerto.com/tech/new-internet-speed-record-can-download-black-ops-6-in-less-than-a-second-2804030/ In-store Vision Pro demos will see two big changes this month https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/01/in-store-vision-pro-demos-will-see-two-big-changes-this-month/ Apple Reclassifies iPhone X, Ho...

Surgeon General Proposes Social Media Warning Labels, OpenAI Transitions to For-Profit, + Amazon Charging to Make Alexa Smarter 24.06.2024 56:09

This Week's Stories Surgeon General on Warning Label for Kids and Social Media (14:31) https://apple.news/AIehBHRYPTLKOyze75OPYzQ OpenAI Might Transition to For-Profit (21:31) https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-ceo-says-company-could-become-benefit-corporation-information-2024-06-15/ Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI rev...

Tesla Shareholders Vote to Reinstate Elon Musk’s $56 billion Pay Package, Microsoft Delays Recall + BeReal Acquired for $500 Million 17.06.2024 46:17

This week's stories: Elon Musk Pay Package (6:00) - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/tesla-shareholder-elon-musk-pay-package-at-annual-meeting.html Microsoft Bonuses Tied to Cybersecurity (12:15) - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/microsoft-employees-cybersecurity-work-will-factor-into-their-pay.html Microsoft Delays Recall (17:00) - https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-ai-recall-windows-6ba8df3...

WWDC 2024, Apple Intelligence, iOS 18 + Elon Musk Wants to Ban iPhones, OpenAI's First CFO, Spotify Raises Prices, and NY's Bill Against Algorithms for Kids 11.06.2024 1:00:32

This week's stories - WWDC: Vision OS - (08:15) iOS 18 - (10:41) AirPods - (23:25) AppleTV - (23:51) Apple Watch - (24:14) iPad OS - (26:27) MacOS Sequoia - (28:25) Elon Musk Wants to Ban iPhones - https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-he-will-ban-apple-devices-if-it-integrates-os-with-openai-2024-06-10/ OpenAI's First CFO - https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-hires-sarah...