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Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  The biggest trial in Meta's history starts Monday. Here's what to know Meta trial: 5 key moments from Zuckerberg's testimony Google loses online advertising monopoly case Anthropic’s Claude can now read your Gmail A small US city is experimenting with AI to find out what residents want ​​How Dairy Robots Are Changing Work fo...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say   The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs No Fakes Act Reintroduced in Congress...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed Yankees have an MIT Physicist that built them the Torpedo Bat… Say goodbye to chain crews: The NFL will use camera technology to measure 1st downs Waltz’s team set up at leas...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  OpenAI expects revenue will triple to $12.7 billion this year, source says ​​ Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans JPMorgan Says Quantum Experiment Generated Tru...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Roku tests customer patience with startup video ads Roku Users Are Furious About New Pre-Home Screen Ads   Company Says It Caught Corporate Spy With a Slack Trap BYD Shares Touch All-Time High After Unveiling New Charging Tech Tesla fans expose Tesla's own shadiness in attempt to defend Autopilot crash Elon Musk’s Starl...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  McDonald’s Gives Its Restaurants an AI Makeover AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything Manus probably isn't China's second 'DeepSeek moment' Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip use...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025 Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it's not using people's data for AI An update on our Terms of Use | The Mozilla Blog Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Apple shareholders vote to keep its diversity policies Automattic’s “nuclear war” over WordPress access sparks potential class action Right to Repair Laws Have Now Been Introduced in All 50 US States   Signal shuns Sweden over proposed encryption-busting laws A Billion People Are Watching Podcasts on YouTube Every Month...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Trump administration says it has no plans to fulfill $400 million 'armored Tesla' contract Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever  White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws - Users' locations and texts can be i...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  ​​YouTube Is Buying TikTok Ads to Lure Creators Before US Ban UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations T-Mobile’s Starlink messaging service is now free to try, even if you aren’t on T-Mobile  You Didn't...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies That group has been deleted El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment Bitcoin (BTC) College Savings Plan: Parents Ditch 529 Funds...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world? DeepSeek ‘punctures’ AI leaders’ spending plans, and what analysts are saying ​​Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat Hist...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional DHS guts cyber review board as Trump moves against ‘misuse of resources’ Instagram announces a blatant CapCut clone Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok OpenAI laun...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Everyone’s Downloading a New Chinese Social Media App Before the TikTok Ban ​​With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’ TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well ​​Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says ​​Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices 'Fundamentally wrong': Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of plan to end fact-checking program Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says He’s Nearing Deal to Buy TikTok TikTok tells LA staff i...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Prisons in England and Wales record rapid rise in drones delivering drugs Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya Cloudflare using lava lamps for secure SSL/TLS encryption   US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules Bill requiring US agen...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than G...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Amazon’s online car ‘dealership’ with Hyundai is now live Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion Appeals court upholds law ordering China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face U.S. ban Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $400B net worth, according to Bloomberg LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘b...

Episode 360:  Intro  Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot ​​ OpenAI strikes content deal with Tom’s Guide owner Future Spotify Wrapped is always a mess for parents. The new AI 'podcast' version just makes it worse. A universal ‘Plug and Charge’ protocol for EV charging is coming in 2025 Elon Musk Ju...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Judge rules SiriusXM’s annoying cancellation process is illegal Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter Pokémon Go Data ‘Adding Amplitude to War Is Obviously an Issue,’ Niantic Exec Says Microsoft says it built an Xbox game store on Android but can’t launch it Nintendo Files Court Documents...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon GO player data Microsoft Teams' AI Language Interpreter Will Mimic Your Voice ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses. Elon Musk said what a lot of CEOs think: RTO mandates are meant to make you quit DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Alert, Dies at 74 Amazon shutting down popular streaming service completely Amazon Haul wants to be the new Temu Exclusive-Amazon developing driver eyeglasses to shave seconds off deliveries, sources say O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time ChatGPT saved my l...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  MrBeast Investigation Reportedly Uncovers A "Long History" Of Insider Trading Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You Did OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL? Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation Amazon gets FAA...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes How to take Apple’s hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2 ​​The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people Bodyguards inadvertently expose French President Macron’s location on Strav...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair Sam's Club just opened its first new location in 7 years. It doesn't have any checkout lanes. Walmart-owned Sam’s Club tests a future without checkout lines AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences US to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving...