Daily Tech News Show

Andy Beach tells us why streaming platforms should be more wary of slop fraud, plus Google’s new fitness tracker erodes the Fitbit brand more, and why Anthropic bought all of SpaceX’s data center capacity. Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Why everyone loves the new ReMarkable Paper Pure, and why both Chrome and Edge browsers are misbehaving.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Apple is reportedly checking out Intel and Samsung as alternate sources for its main device chips, and OpenAI is working really hard to bring a smartphone to market as soon as 2027.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Ask.com shuts down after 25 years of answering the world’s questions, and how might the growth of “podslop” could impact the podcast industry in the next year.Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here.

Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of April. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

Google is rolling out Gemini to Google built-in as a replacement to Assistant, and Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum can now be enjoyed on new portable handhelds designed to look like the classic computers.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

OK, not LITERAL goblins, but it’s an interesting gremlin that helps us understand model training. Plus, Sony says don’t worry about the PlayStation DRM, but doesn’t give details, therefore skipping the be happy part.Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here.

Did Sony mean to put DRM back on offline games? And what DIDN’T Elon Musk say on the witness stand Tuesday. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Valve's new Steam Controller is purpose-built for its ecosystem and nothing else, and the "Ask YouTube" search experiment is like a version of Gemini that is specific to YouTube video content.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Show notes can be found here.