Google is shutting down the DeepMind AlphaFold team and moving researchers into Gemini and Isomorphic Labs, and Hugging Face is one of four entities impacted by OpenAI's agentic cyberattack.

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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Motorola's new Android app called Indigenous Collections is all about the preservation of indigenous language and culture, and Model Context Protocol got its biggest update to date to make AI agents in the enterprise more practical at scale.

Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.

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But it?s a weird search index quirk that?s causing it. Plus, a bellwether case about data rights at the US border.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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When you have to have a ComicCon policy for something, it?s mainstream. And everyone but OpenAI and Anthropic signs an open letter supporting open weight models. 

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao

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Amazon Hopes that adding games will make Prime Video more sticky

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

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You?d think they?d be mad, but Hugging Face has nothing but praise for OpenAI. Plus, Robb Dunewood joins us to break down the new Samsung Galaxy Foldables.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Robb Dunewood.

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Samsung has a new credit card that goes toe to toe to the Apple Card, and xMEMS announced a new fan-on-a-chip that's designed to keep heat down on smartglasses and XR headsets.

Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

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Kimi is the second coming of Deep Seek, and Hugging Face thinks the US needs to change how ti thinks about AI safety.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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Kimi K3 is a new frontier-level open-weights model from Moonshot AI out of China that gives properietary models a run for their money, and robotics research has now given us the ability to get dressed without having to use our hands and it's... kinda wierd.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

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Vital Signals introduced a $399 smart ring that is meant to replace Blood Pressure Cuffs without a subscription fee attached, and 1Password says it is letting Claude tap into its password vault and 2-factor codes safely.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao

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OpenAI's new Codex Micro keyboard is a $230 niche control center for ChatGPT agents, and Bloomberg says OnePlus is days away from announcing its exit from the US market.

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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Microsoft announced its finally removing promotional noise from the Windows 11 Search Box, and New York has become the first US state to place a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers.

Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.

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More than 200 economists and tech leaders signed a ?We Must Act Now? letter encouraging policymakers to understand and address the AI moment, and the European Union is planning a ban of children under 13 from using social media with staged access as they get older.

Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.

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What games made them lifelong gamers? Jenn Cutter and Roger Chang revisit the six titles that started it all, from Roger's 8-bit classics King's Quest and Star Trek to Jenn's Mario adventures on the NES and SNES.

Starring Jenn Cutter and Roger Chang.

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Hammond and Amos walk through some of the common problems they face producing daily news podcasts, relate tales of woe, and share some advice for those wanting to create their own content.

Starring Anthony Lemos, Hammond Chamberlain

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Roger catches up with Scott Herriott, former host of ZDTV/TechTV?s Internet Tonight, for a nostalgic trip behind the scenes of early days at the cable network. Scott talks about how the show was built from scratch, the real reason Michaela Pereira wasn't co-hosting from day one, and the one infamous website from the dot-com era that is still permanently burned into his brain.

Follow Scott at Squatchfilms.com

Starring Scott Herriott and Roger Chang

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Welcome to Ctrl-Alt-Upcycle, your weekly survival guide for the modern tech economy. Patrick and Roger show you how to beat rising prices by squeezing every drop of value from the gear you already own?and hunting down the absolute best deals when you actually do need a replacement. Stop buying new. Start upcycling.

Starring Patrick Norton and Roger Chang

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Huyen and Niki talk tech and science. Discussing their favorite news this month and interrogate AI's place in learning.

Starring Dr. Niki Ackermans, Huyen Tue Dao 

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Tanner Goodman returns to update us on why, even though he?s still skeptical about general-purpose LLMs, a nuclear power plant may be one of the best places to use them.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Tanner Goodman.

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 Is India?s concern about fraud warranted? PLus, Dr. Niki joins us to talk about what she thinks fo Claude Science.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Dr. Niki

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Also, Fable 5 is back, but it?ll cost you. And the father of the internet steps down at Google.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Waymo and Uber end their Phoenix pilot collaboration after three years, and TIDAL won't pay any royalties to AI generated music on its platform.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Plus, Comcast is splitting itself in two, and Apple targets 9GB of RAM for iPhones.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of June

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

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Microsoft raises prices, but also lowers some, as does Framework and Commodore. We also talk about Android?s new virtual controller for foldable gaming. 

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

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Google is about to roll out its external billing changes to the Play Store, and Micron earnings are through the roof as demand for its chips continue to sky rocket.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao

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Rockstar Games revealed the price and release date of its highly anticipated game Grand Theft Auto 6, Meta is reportedly developing its own prediction market app called "Arena."

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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Meta announced new lower cost smart glasses including a collaboration with Kylie Jenner, and University of California is turning old Google Pixel phones into computing clusters for university-scale data center workloads.

Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.

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The west?s big security agencies issue a sincere warning on AI risk acceleration, plus Microsoft?s Satya Nadella wants to change the tone on AI.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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Tom chats with Brian Dunaway from Play Retro about Commodore venturing out from nostalgia computing to nostalgia digital detox phones with the Commodore Callback 8020.

"Commodore - The Future We Were Promised?"  https://commodore.net/

"Long-forgotten brand is bringing back the flip phone with no apps ? and tech-weary fans are relieved: ?Take my money? - AOL"  https://www.aol.com/articles/long-forgotten-brand-bringing-back-173550000.html?guccounter=1

"8Bit Computer Club ? The once a week meet up where we celebrate the history and future of 8bit Computing."  https://8bitcomputer.club/

"Play Retro | Scott Johnson"  https://frogpants.com/en-usd/pages/playretro

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Craig Porter joins us to talk about life working inside a data center. What assumptions do you have that may not fit the facts, and what surprising things does he know that nobody talks about?

Google Data Centers Website

https://datacenters.google/

Craig?s website

http://djfission.com

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Netflix is bringing KPop Demon Hunters to Major League Baseball stadiums across the U.S. with special ?KPop Demon Hunters Nights? scheduled for August and September, featuring themed giveaways, merchandise, jerseys, bobbleheads, in-game entertainment, and postgame drone shows at select ballparks.

netflix.com

Long-lost footage of The Beatles performing ?Can?t Buy Me Love? on the BBC music show Top of the Pops in 1964 has been discovered on a 35mm film negative, offering significantly better quality than previously known off-air recordings.

nme.com

A new documentary celebrating the legacy of British band Pulp, titled Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?, is set to premiere later this year on MUBI, combining footage from the band?s biggest-ever arena show with four decades of previously unseen archival material.

music-news.com

Taylor Swift has been named Wembley Stadium?s most-photographed artist, according to new research from photo-book company Popsa, with Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd, and Bruce Springsteen rounding out the top five.

music-news.com

Grammy-nominated producer Tay Keith, born Brytavious Chambers, has died at age 29 after being found in his Nashville apartment during a police welfare check, with authorities saying no foul play is suspected and an official cause of death still pending.

pitchfork.com

Spotify is kicking off its new ?Reserved? ticketing program with Role Model, giving select Spotify Premium subscribers early access to purchase tickets before the general public based on fan engagement such as streams, saves, shares, and location.

digitalmusicnews.com

South Korea has launched a new $2.2 million government-backed fund to help smaller and independent K-pop agencies expand internationally, with 10 selected agencies eligible for up to about $218,000 per year for as many as three years.

digitalmusicnews.com

And it?s Friday, so let?s take a listen to some of the fresh songs out this week:

?Is It Love? by Tyla

?Heaven? by Myles Smith

?On Your Mind? by FKA Twigs and Lil Yachty

?Talking Dirty? by Chlöe and Timbaland

?New America? by KennyHoopla

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Dr. Niki helps us understand the importance of this BCI advance, plus Apple signals a price increase.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Dr. Niki

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Its first new smart speaker in six years is smart. Plus, Qualcomm wants to be the chip in every wearable. And turns out people don?t react well to you saying your product has AI.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Commodore has a new digital detox flip phone called the Callback 8020 that has strict limits on what it can and can't do, and Microsoft unveiled new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro devices with Snapdragon X2 processors and steep price increases.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Justin Robert Young helps us understand Anthropic?s latest fight with the government, plus why Fox is buying Roku and the UK is banning social media for kids.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Justin Robert Young

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Patrick Beja joins us from France to discuss the dispute between the EU and Apple over releasing Siri AI there.

Have your say: here's why Siri AI isn't coming to EU iPhones and iPads ? and why users are totally split on the issue

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/have-your-say-heres-why-siri-ai-isnt-coming-to-eu-iphones-and-ipads-and-why-users-are-totally-split-on-the-issue

Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-delayed-in-eu-for-ios-27-and-ipados-27/

Thomas Regnier post on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-regnier-24a05810b_what-is-the-true-story-behind-apples-decision-activity-7470439874664280064-TuEt/

« Ils ont complètement ignoré nos préoccupations » : Apple explique pourquoi Siri AI n?arrivera pas en Europe 

https://www.numerama.com/tech/2271421-ils-ont-completement-ignore-nos-preoccupations-apple-explique-pourquoi-siri-ai-narrivera-pas-en-europe.html

"Siri AI will not be available initially in the EU on iOS and iPad OS. We're working hard to find a path forward to preserve our users' privacy and security."

Digital Markets Act May 2023

- among other things, requires interoperability for gatekeeper platforms

Apple requested an exemption to the DMA for Siri AI and did not get it.

Apple claims complying with the DMA would "give any AI system nearly unlimited access to a user?s device, as well as the ability to act on that access autonomously without a user?s ongoing visibility and control. That includes the ability to read and send messages, make purchases, access files, and execute actions across any app."

"Apple designed a solution called Trusted System Agent???an intermediary that would allow virtual assistants to safely access the same features and capabilities as Siri AI for devices in the EU. Apple also shared a plan to launch Siri AI in the EU while gradually rolling out this new solution over an 18-month period." 

The EU digital affairs spokesman Thomas Regnier said: "Apple was simply unable to develop interoperability solutions that meet essential EU privacy and security standards." 

He wrote on LinkedIn, "But instead of offering a compliant solution, Apple asked to be exempted from its interoperability.?

Patrick is here to help us understand the context of the DMA and what it is meant to achieve.

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Nothing brand smartphones and headphones will soon be available in Best Buy stores and online for the first time, and a software update to Amazon's delivery vans is turning off the air conditioning for drivers after 30 seconds as the summer heats up.

Starring Jason Howell and Sarah Lane.

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Xbox is about to get serious about winning. And YouTube adds messaging in a good way.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao

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Is AI or ?Nightmare Eclipse? the cause of the huge patch drop? Plus an $80 foldable mouse you?ll love.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Apple isn't using nearly as much Gemini in its models as you might have thought, and OpenAI filed for its IPO while Perplexity targets 2028 for its public offering. 

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Tom, Sarah, Robb, and Nica Montford from SnobOS break down what just happened at WWDC.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane, and Nica Montford

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Full details from Apple's WWDC next Monday are leaked and we wonder why this always happens, and Dr. Niki tells us how we might someday regrow our teeth.

Starring Jason Howell, Jenn Cutter, and Dr. Niki Ackermans.

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We also talk about Nintendo?s replaceable battery in Europe, some hope for energy storage, and an explanation of Apple's smart glasses strategy as well.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter

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Microsoft shows off its plans for an agentic OS, while the Supernatural VR app gets a new more expensive lease on life.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Microsoft brings its new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box to the stage at its Build developer conference, and Anthropic is expanding access to Claude Mythos to about 150 more organizations worldwide.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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NVIDIA puts out a CPU meant for Windows machines, while Dell joins the laptops gunning for the MacBook Neo. And its chips, chips, chips as Computex kicks off.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter look back on the biggest tech stories of May

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

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Anthropic released Opus 4.8 bringing Dynamic Workflows to Claude Code and Effort settings to everyone else, and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded at launch marking a huge setback for Jeff Bezos' internet satellite plans.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao

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