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Uber signs up Zipline drones and GrubHub contracts with Serve Robotics. PLus NVIDIA makes a less risky backing of OpenAI’s Ohio data center and whether adding AI to dogs who can smell cancer is is scientifically sound.  Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Dr. Niki Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Niki takes us deep into the past to explore what ancient hand axes can tell us about human intelligence, technology, and the way our ancestors thought. Plus, what archaeology can teach us about innovation. Dr. Nicole Ackermans: https://nicoleackermans.com Technical Tea: https://technicaltea.show Sapiens — Hand Axes: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/hand-ax/ Jonathan Dombrosky: https://jonat...

ChatGPT Computer History gathers how you use your computer for constant context within ChatGPT, and the CMF Clip Pro buds are getting favorable reviews for environmental awareness and comfort. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 It’s a day of changing policies. US lets private companies hack back sometimes, Flock increases privacy controls, and Twitch lets you opt out of AI training.  Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s what’s inside that counts. And with the new Pixels, that’s Gemini. Also, somebody tried to phish everyone using WiFi on a Delta flight. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lenovo's ThinkBook patent codenamed Project Swan will bring horizontal rollable displays to its laptop form factor, and Apple is reportedly splitting the release of its premium iPhone 18 devices from its cheaper ones. Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google finally opens back up to a game store, meanwhile a vulnerability in UK military drones may not be as bad as it seems. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Niki helps us understand how TimeShifter can actually reduce your jet lag with solid science. Featuring Tom Merritt and Dr. Nicole Ackermans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

But will it have a hole? Also, Google open sources the solution to hurricane preparedness. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the first new Bose QuietComfort headphones in three years. Plus, Dolby Vision 2 comes to HiSense, a Samsung soundbar that doesn’t need a subwoofer, and smart glasses displays that don’t need prescription inserts. Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, Sunbird is back for iMessage on Android and Disney+ wants TikTok users to post there. Starring Tom Merritt , and Sarah Lane Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft released details of a Hotel Wi-Fi attack capable of breaching 365 accounts, and OpenAI shares a collection of screenshots and emails to defend itself against Apple's trade secret lawsuit against it. Starring Jason Howell , Tom Merritt , and Dr. Niki . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A court order indicates Apple continues to fight. Plus, new Googlebook laptops coming from Lenovo and expensive gaming laptops from Razer. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of July Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter . Links to storied discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sony says its reserved enough memory for all those PS5s it plans to sell this year with the release of GTA 6, and CipherX sells a mail-order permanent tattoo technology that's pain free and pretty cheap. Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DJI's Osmo Pocket 4B is out but you might have a hard time getting it in the US, and Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 aims to be the Android OS for physical AI and humanoid robots. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google is shutting down the DeepMind AlphaFold team and moving researchers into Gemini and Isomorphic Labs, and Hugging Face is one of four entities impacted by OpenAI's agentic cyberattack. Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Motorola's new Android app called Indigenous Collections is all about the preservation of indigenous language and culture, and Model Context Protocol got its biggest update to date to make AI agents in the enterprise more practical at scale. Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

But it’s a weird search index quirk that’s causing it. Plus, a bellwether case about data rights at the US border. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you have to have a ComicCon policy for something, it’s mainstream. And everyone but OpenAI and Anthropic signs an open letter supporting open weight models.  Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon Hopes that adding games will make Prime Video more sticky Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’d think they’d be mad, but Hugging Face has nothing but praise for OpenAI. Plus, Robb Dunewood joins us to break down the new Samsung Galaxy Foldables. Starring Tom Merritt , Sarah Lane , and Robb Dunewood . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samsung has a new credit card that goes toe to toe to the Apple Card, and xMEMS announced a new fan-on-a-chip that's designed to keep heat down on smartglasses and XR headsets. Starring Jason Howell , Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao . Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimi is the second coming of Deep Seek, and Hugging Face thinks the US needs to change how ti thinks about AI safety. Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimi K3 is a new frontier-level open-weights model from Moonshot AI out of China that gives properietary models a run for their money, and robotics research has now given us the ability to get dressed without having to use our hands and it's... kinda wierd. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.