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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.

Why you need to be really careful with these agents, but also really careful about what’s possible on your platform. And also be really careful with LED flashlights. We’ll explain.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here.

IKEA and Samsung just partnered—but that’s not the real story. Richard Gunther explains how Matter and Thread finally make smart home devices plug-and-play, no platform decisions required.Featuring Tom Merritt and Richard Gunther.

DeepSeek launched V4 Flash and V4 Pro with a new Hybrid Attention Architecture the means much more context in a single prompt, and Instagram is testing a new Instants app for ephemeral photo sharing that disappears in 24 hours.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao Show notes found here.

Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will Framework latest version of its modular laptop take modular laptops and Linux mainstream? And we see if the panel can out guess the riddles on today’s quiz!Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes.

And Korean scientists have developed a way to switch from 2D to 3D in the same display.Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Bodie GrimmShow notes found here.

And at Google Next, Google splits its TPUs and unleashes more powerful workplace agents. Plus, did Anthropic’s Mythos escape containment?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Andy Beach.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

IKEA’s new cheap smart home products don’t need a hub if you already have a Samsung TV, and WhatsApp is testing a new subscription model that makes things prettier but doesn’t remove ads.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Show notes can be found here.