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.

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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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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has a solid idea of what the new Siri features will look like in iOS 27, and Intel announced its Arc G-series chips for handheld gaming.

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

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Xreal?s questionably named X by Xreal glasses play to your pocketbook. Meanwhile DuckDuckGo gets a boat from backlash against Google?s AI mode.

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Reviews of the Google FitBit Air are out, and it?s a stylish and inexpensive alternative to the Whoop, and Ferrari unveiled its first fully electric luxury car, designed in part by Jony Ive, called The Luce.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt

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Bodie Grimm from the Kilowatt podcast talks about vibe coding news sources.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Bodie Grimm.

Link: Why Work is Starting to Look Medieval by Sierra LaDuke

A note from Bodie:

I remixed my project so people can play around with it without affecting my original version: https://kilowatt-curator-clone.lovable.app

I also figured out how to let others Remix a project on Lovable. 

I also created a brief (video and audio) explainer if you want to add it to the end of the episode:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bmb71gyGsH8paiHiAHd2ejoOLpxn8Iro?usp=share_link

-Bodie

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Meta launched the Forum app for iOS that acts as a dedicated app for Facebook Groups that behaves a lot like Reddit, and smart ring company Oura has filed paperwork to prepare for an IPO.

Starring Jason Howell and Jenn Cutter.

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Yes, SpaceX has filed its IPO, and NVIDIA had amazing earnings too. But we also have cheap LiDAR that can see around corners.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter 

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An 8-year-battle to open up Linux-based TV operating systems finally gets a court date. Plus, Stability can now generate 6 minutes of pro music at a go. 

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Jason Howell joins us from Google I/O on all their Gemini dreams. Plus, Microsoft has a Linux Distro!

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Jason Howell.

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Apple?s Siri revamp might launch with an auto-delete control that puts conversation history in the hands of users, and Microsoft is retiring the Teams Together mode view after first launching in 2020 during the pandemic lockdown.

Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood.

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Tom Merritt digs into what's driving the opposition to data centers in the US, and what you need to know to make your own decision about them.

Featuring Tom Merritt.

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Meta opens up its display glasses to third parties and Xreal now sells gaming-oriented specs but is it too late? Also, Huyen teaches us how to turn off Instagram ?Instants.?

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao

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 Insta360 is bringing serious nostalgic vibes with a special edition Go 3S Retro Bundle that is cheaper than the previous model, and the Big 3 US carriers are banding together to improve satellite connectivity throughout the country.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao

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Amazon renames its shopping assistant to Alexa and adds new features. Plus two brothers who wiped out 90 US government databases after being fired. 

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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Instructure reached an agreement to pay attackers of its Canvas portal so students can get back to work, and Thinking Machines announced a research preview of a more natural conversation flow called Interaction Models.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Reddit is testing annoying users with an unskippable pop-up. Meanwhile, Google researchers find an LLM-generated bug and warn that there are more to come.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood

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And thousands of schools facing ransomware as finals loom, but Airpods might get Siri?s Visual Intelligence.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

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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.

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