Daily Tech News Show

What the court case in Los Angeles indicates about the fate of social media companies. And Nintendo raises the price of physical media.Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn CutterShow notes can be found here.

Plus, making supercapacitors from bourbon leftovers.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here.

Anthropic Claude Code can now control the computer in claw-like fashion, and Apple Maps is about to get sponsored results inside its maps.Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Plus, the best prompts for chatbot users, new and old.Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.Show notes can be found here.

 Google will add a 24-hour delay for users sideloading unauthorized apps, and Chris Ashley tells us why Counter-Strike 2 players are upset with a seemingly small update.Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Chris Ashley.Show notes found here.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says modern smartphone apps will be replaced with agentic actions under the hood, and Uber taps Rivian for a big robotaxi roll-out in San Francisco and Miami by 2028.Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.Show notes found here.

Plus, the Pentagon fires back against Anthropic, and Google helps identify more iOS malware. Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.

Why improved lighting in games has received a lot of hate, plus, you can now run Doom on the human brain.Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here.