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YouTube’s yearly creator letter ends with AI promises, and vertical video dreams. Plus a robot hand that can do way more on its own than you can with your clumsy two attached flesh hands.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Dr Niki.Links to stories discussed in this episoe can be found here.

Realme's P4 Power smartphone touts a whopping 10,001mAh battery capable of more than three days on a charge, and Andy Beach tells us why we shouldn’t call things “AI”.Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

At CES 2026, Robb talked with CrackBerry Kevin about the upcoming Clicks Communicator. They reminisced about old times and their love for the BlackBerry Bold series of devices before getting an overview of the Clicks Communicator. They also talked about the brand new Clicks Power Keyboard, Clicks for Moto Razr, and why we probably won't see a Clicks for Samsung Galaxy Flip.

Smartglasses companies XREAL and Viture are getting ready to duke it out in court, and Dr. Niki shares what kinds of biomechanics robotics she saw at SICB.Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt, and Dr. Niki.Show notes found here.

Plus, A new version of Wine is aout and it’s simpler to launch programs, and why Microsoft is spending so much money on Anthropic Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Andy Beach. Show notes can be found here.

Why you might want to let Gemini access your Gmail and Search history. Plus, the new chip shortage isn’t RAM, it’s glass.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Apple targets digital creatives with the debut of its "Apple Creator Studio" subscription package, and Moxie Marlinspike is bringing end-to-end encryption to the open-source AI chatbot world with the release of Confer.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

OpenAI and Anthropic make a play for the health industry; meanwhile, Apple had its best year ever.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb DunewoodShow notes can be found here.

 FCC is about to approve changes that will make Wi-Fi advocates very happy, and Bose deserves a lot of credit for open sourcing its nearly end-of-life SoundTouch Wi-Fi speakers.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes can be found here.