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Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.
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Google rolls out system updates for Android, Wear OS and Google TV devices. What features and functionality do they add? Plus as Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, plans a European Union launch in December is it becoming a viable alternative to “X”? And we delve into the reason why Apple relented and decided to include RCS capability into the iPhone.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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The WSJ says Apple is looking to end its relationship with Goldman Sachs that it currently uses to support several financial products including Apple Card. Plus Is the new Microsoft Outlook a potential privacy risk? And Unity is cutting jobs and closing offices as part of a company reset. We explain what might be going on.
Starring Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Winter driving is no fun but a little planning can go a long way to making it more safe and less stressful. Patrick Norton is here to tell us how. Plus we go over all the big announcements from AWS’s re:Invent conference for cloud customers. And we look at Ofcom’s latest study of AI use in the UK.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Dayton, Ohio police are warning parents to disable the "Bringing Devices Together" setting in AirDrop for children. And Research from the Graz University of Technology, Austria suggests that Zoom fatigue is real. Plus we go over leaks for Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S24 flagship phone.
Starring Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Nvidia delays is H20 AI developed specifically for China until Q1 2024, Pixel 8 owners report circular bumps under the screen, and Nearly 8.5 million Welltok user's patient data exposed in MoveIt breach.
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Broadcom completes its $61 billion acquisition of VMware, Cruise plans to resume operations in one U.S. city, and OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued by non-fiction writers…
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Sam Altman is returning as OpenAI CEO. We explained what happened. And Spotify announced three major changes to how it pays royalties to musicians. Plus we explain everything you need to know about "The Strange $55 Million Saga of a Netflix Series You’ll Never See." Labels will be charged a fee when “flagrant” streaming fraud is detected. Seems reasonable.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Home Theater expert Robert Heron is here with the perfect home theater gift buying recommendations in time for the holiday season. Plus Nothing Chats and Sunbird the app developers that boasted they could access the iMessage protocol to give Android users blue bubbles has had its message app pulled from the Google Play store. And on Dua Lipa’s “At Your Service” podcast for BBC Sounds, Tim Cook told the singer: “We’re a company that believes in working on succession plans, so we have very detailed succession plans.” What does it mean?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, Joe.
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GM’s robotaxi startup Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt announced his resignation. And We go into the details behind OpenAI’s board firing of CEO Sam Altman.
Starring Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.
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EV’s might be the future of personal automobiles but Toyota thinks that some drivers might still want an old-fashioned stick shift. Cleaning up car based pollution isn’t just about EVs. You also need to address the environmental impact of tires. Tim Stevens explains. And why are Amazon and Hyundai teaming up to sell cars online?
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Tim Stevens, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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