Daily Tech News Show

We break down the new Kindles, talk about Gemini 4 Argon, and assess the iPhone’s China comeback.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah LaneShow notes here.

Apple’s going to release a smart home hub in a few weeks. Plus, the real US AI story you’re not hearing as much about and why you should care about a new Fire TV Stick!Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

It’s Dev Days for OpenAI, so they added a new $500-a-month plan. Plus, a way to use batteries to remove CO2 from the air. And we interpret Anthropic’s IPO filing so you don’t have to be a financial pro to understand it.Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

NVIDIA’s Open Agent Safety Platform is a reference design for how agents can be confined and monitored, and Bose released its USB-C powered Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds to tap into the growing wired headphone resurgence.Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Can Googlebooks replace a MacBook or PC laptop? Are AI charms the future of personal AI or just a dead end? We discuss these important topics plus answer this important viewer question "Which jobs will be looked upon as buggy whip manufactures in the near future?"Starring Sara Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Iyaz Akhtar, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, JoeLinks to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Meta’s new Muse Charm makes agentic AI cute. Plus Rob DeMillo joins to talk about Google launching its Tensor Processing Units into space.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Rob DeMillo.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Jason Howell reports from the Snapdragon Summit on the new Snapdragon Elite Gen 6 models, plus most of the world feels good about AI, so why is the West such a downer?Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Jason Howell.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

A few hundred layoffs and some other studio moves continue the changes at Xbox, plus Beats 360 modular headphones and an LLM for ancient Greek.Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter and Dr. Niki.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Ron Richards got his hands on the new Googlebooks, which are great laptops for Android users. Plus, the Mac Mini and Mac Studio reviews are out, and why AI might NOT kill us all. Yet. Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Ron Richards.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.