Jay + Karl

The Weekly Tech Rant

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Two guys, one podcast and a whole load of the latest technology news, games and gadget reviews, film insights and the occasional rant! Join us as we review the main tech talking points of the week!

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Jay + Karl

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Episode 180: It's Time for OpenAI's $100 Billion Rescue, Concord's Shutdown, Starlink's Compliance, and Bluetooth's Upgrade 06.09.2024 40:41

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker’s market valuation to over $100 billion Con...

Episode 179: It’s Time for ARM and AMD’s Bold Moves Against Nvidia, EU iPhone App Flexibility, and Apple’s‘Glowtime’ Event 31.08.2024 39:07

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Arm reportedly spooling up major new GPU architecture to take on Nvidia AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead EU iPhones will be...

Episode 178: It’s Time for Strategic Shifts at Cisco and Apple, Google’s Pixel 9 Unveiled, and the Latest in iPhone and AirPods Rumours 20.08.2024 44:58

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Rumours We love hearing from you! Drop us a line in the comments or tweet us at @WeeklyTechRant

Episode 177: It’s Time for Intel’s Costly Reconfigurations, Expanded Game Worlds, and Apple Watch SE Speculations 12.08.2024 43:28

Episode 177: It’s Time for Intel’s Costly Reconfigurations, Expanded Game Worlds, and Apple Watch SE Speculations Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Intel Bleeds Red, Plans 15% Workforce Layoff and...

Episode 176: It’s Time for Intel’s CPU Crisis, Delayed Apple Intelligence, Key Security Breaches, and Colourful iPhone 16 Revelations 05.08.2024 46:18

Episode 176: It’s Time for Intel’s CPU Crisis, Delayed Apple Intelligence, Key Security Breaches, and Colorful iPhone 16 Revelations Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Intel has no plans to recall t...

Episode 175: It’s Time for CrowdStrike’s Global Windows Snafu, Musk’s Big Texas Shift, Cellebrite’s iPhone Conundrum, and Ultra-Slim iPhone Rumours 31.07.2024 55:08

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas Cellebrite can’t unlock most iPhones running iOS 17.4 and later Trump shooter used Android phone from Samsung; cracked by...

Episode 174: It's Time for Skeleton Key's AI Threat, TSMC's 2nm Milestone, Big Moves at Google and X, and Xbox's Pricing Strategy 16.07.2024 46:42

Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News 'Skeleton Key' attack unlocks the worst of AI, says Microsoft TSMC ahead of schedule on trial production of 2nm chips; iPhone 17 first in line Humane execs...

Episode 173: It’s Time for Cloudflare’s AI Defence, Tap-to-Pay Evolution, Security Breaches Galore, and Meta’s Smart Glasses Challenge 09.07.2024 41:30

Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News Cloudflare debuts one-click nuke of web-scraping AI Tap-to-pay could get more capable and more complicated Authy hack exposes phone numbers of 33M users; Twilio confirms Microsoft’s Midnight Blizzard source code breach also impacted federal agencies Here comes a Meta Ray-Ban...

Episode 172: It’s Time for Apple’s DMA Challenge, Encryption Policy Shifts, SpaceX’s ISS Mission, and Glimpses of Future Apple Innovations 28.06.2024 52:20

Episode 172: It’s Time for Apple’s DMA Challenge, Encryption Policy Shifts, SpaceX’s ISS Mission, and Glimpses of Future Apple Innovations Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | Listen on Youtube | All Major Platforms In This Episode: June 2024 - ep172 (Season 5)...

Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future 21.06.2024 50:58

Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future Welcome to the WTR with your hosts, Jay and Karl, delving into the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films! Available On: • Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify | All Major Platforms In This Episode: News AMD AMD’s first Zen 5 CPU is the ‘monster’ Ryzen 9 9950X A...

Episode 170: It’s Time for WWDC 2024 Announcements and AI Advancements 14.06.2024 47:35

This week we covered: Software iOS 18 / iPadOS 18 WatchOS 11 macOS 15 AI Apple Intelligence As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

Episode 169: It's Time for Microsoft Build Revelations, PSVR 2 Expands, ICQ's Farewell, and AI's Role at Apple WWDC 06.06.2024 36:59

This week we covered: News Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced Sony made a PSVR 2 adapter for PC support ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Apple confirms WWDC keynote details for AI-focused iOS 18, Platforms State of the Union, and more Gaming Microsoft confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to Xbox Game Pass As a...

Episode 168: It's Time for AI Chip Alliances, Emotional AI Chatbots, GTA VI's Arrival, and Apple's Thinner Vision 24.05.2024 45:09

This week we covered: News MediaTek and Nvidia are gearing up to tackle the AI PC market hand-in-hand, with an all-new chip UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses Twitter is officially X.com now BreachForums, an online bazaar for s...

Episode 167: It's Time for Nintendo's Emulator Crackdown, Apple's Let Loose Event Unveilings, and Foldable Future Teasers 12.05.2024 41:49

This week we covered: News Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8,000 emulator-related DMCA takedowns Apple Event iPad Pro M4 SOC iPad Air 6 Pencil Pro Magic Keyboard “Pro” Rumours Apple allegedly planning foldable 20.3-inch hybrid for 2025, foldable iPhone in 2026 As always, we'd love to hear your comments Find us on Twitter @WeeklyTechRant

Episode 166: It's Time for Investigatory Powers Law, Tarkov Tumult, Razer's Mask Misstep, Fallout's Return, and iPad Pro's AI Leap 07.05.2024 47:39

This week we covered: News UK's Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition Escape From Tarkov studio boss says he "did not foresee" players would get mad about charging extra for PvE Apple’s iPadOS will have to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act too Razer made a million dollars selling a mask with RGB, and the FTC is not pleased Film/TV Fallout Disco Sea...

Episode 165: It's Time for AI in the Skies, Robotic Revelations, Embracer's Odd Split, Meta's Horizon OS, and Snapdragon's Laptop Challenge 28.04.2024 46:35

This week we covered: News US Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot is a swiveling, shape-shifting nightmare After Embracer Group's acquisitions and subsequent troubles, the company is splitting into three oddly-named entities Meta Rebranding Quest Software Horizon OS, Will Run On New Headsets From ASUS, Lenovo, More The full Snapdragon X CPU line-up...

Episode 164: It's Time for Bankman-Fried's Sentence, Microsoft's Strategic Hires, Twitter's Paid Posting Plans, and Google's Big Merger 19.04.2024 47:48

This week we covered: News FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief D-Link issues rip and replace order for besieged NAS drives Elon Musk returns to his ultimate galaxy brain plan for Twitter: charging people to post Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions Rumours Vision Pro en...

Episode 163: It's Time for Next-Gen Water Warfare, Apple's AI Ambitions and Legal Battles, SpaceX's Secret Satellite Mission, and iPhone 17's Display Innovations 27.03.2024 49:28

This week we covered: News Super Soaker spiritual successor Spyra just shrank its USB-C water blaster SpaceX is reportedly building a network of spy satellites for US intelligence Apple acquires fundamental AI smarts by buying DarwinAI Apple might use Google Gemini to power some AI features on the iPhone US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones Rumours iPhone 17 rumor: Apple developing...

Episode 162: It's Time for the TikTok Ultimatum, Digital Security Breaches, Epic's Apple Reconciliation, and Starship's Next Leap 19.03.2024 45:50

This week we covered: News House passes bill that bans TikTok unless ByteDance sells Roku hackers breach 15,000 accounts and are selling them online Epic Games just got unbanned by Apple — again Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems Microsoft’s AI Copilot for Security launches next month with pay-as-you-go pricing SpaceX is cleared to attempt its third Stars...

Episode 161: It's Time for the M3-Powered MacBook Air, Seasonal iPhone colours, Epic Scam Alert, VMware's New Chapter, and Apple's EU Challenge 12.03.2024 46:23

This week we covered: News The MacBook Air gets an M3 upgrade . Here are the new iPhone case and Apple Watch band colors for spring That 189GB Epic Games "hack" may have been a scam aimed at other hackers VMware EUC by Broadcom to be Acquired by KKR Apple hit with first-ever EU fine following Spotify complaint Bambu Lab Mini A1 Rumours New CAD renders reveal iPhone SE 4 redesign that fi...

Episode 160: It's Time for Samsung's Galaxy Ring Vision, MWC 2024 Highlights, Nvidia's AI Triumph, and the Apple Controversy Unfolds 03.03.2024 56:28

This week we covered: News Samsung has big ambitions for the Galaxy Ring MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona Nvidia’s role in the AI wave has made it a $2 trillion company As $500m EU fine looms, Apple accuses Spotify of wanting ‘limitless access’ to its tools for free Killing the Apple car is depressing and sad Meta and Microsoft ask EU to reject Apple’s new ap...

Episode 159: It's Time for iMessage's Legal Clearance, Nvidia's Local AI Leap, and VMware's Shift, Plus Xbox's Bold Updates and Quest 3's Zuckerberg Endorsement 25.02.2024 0:43

This week we covered: News iMessage antitrust threat removed, as EU says it’s not a dominant service Nvidia’s Chat with RTX is a promising AI chatbot that runs locally on your PC Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software After trying the Vision Pro, Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 ‘is the better product, period’ Xbox Updates Microsoft confirms new Xbox hardware will...

Episode 158: It's Time for Microsoft's Major Layoffs and Meta's AR Ambitions, Plus Apple's European App Revolution 01.02.2024 45:29

This week we covered: News Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees Meta ‘optimistic’ about Vision Pro as it hopes to be the ‘Android’ of the AR/VR world Apple… Hell has frozen over Apple announces reduced commission structure for apps in Europe Apple announces support for third-party iPhone app stores in the EU, coming with iOS 17.4 Apple says third-party app marketplace cr...

Episode 157: It's Time for Apple's Vision Pro Unveiling and Prescription Lens Revelation, iPhone's High-Altitude Survival, Intel's GPU Innovations, and iPhone 16 Rumours 26.01.2024 49:21

This week we covered: News The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February Prescription lenses for Vision Pro to cost $149 – far less than predicted iPhone from onboard Alaska Airlines incident found; survives 16,000-foot drop Intel's next gen Battlemage GPUs are up and running in its labs, and work on its next-next generation Celestial architecture is well underway Xreal Air 2 Ultra ‘Vision Pro...

Episode 156: It's Time for CES 2024 Tech Extravaganza and SEC's Social Media Shockwave 13.01.2024 48:08

This week we covered: CES The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 is the funkiest gadget mashup at CES 2024 The Wi-Fi 7 era officially begins with the introduction of certified devices Intel reveals its full 14th-gen CPU family at CES, including a powerful 24-core laptop chip AMD Unveils Ryzen 8000G Series Processors: Zen 4 APUs For Desktop with Ryzen AI AMD releases even more Ryzen 5000 CPUs, keeps its l...