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TNW 287: Surgeon General Warns of Social Media - Build 2023, Adobe Firefly, AI in Health May 25, 2023

Daniel Rubino of Windows Central comes back to the show to discuss the biggest announcements from this year's Microsoft Build 2023 event.
Stephen Shankland of CNET talks about his experience using Adobe's new generative AI tool, Firefly, and how it integrates with Photoshop.
Heather Kelly of the Washington Post stops by to share a guide she wrote about teens, smartphones, and social media following the Surgeon General's advisory about social media's effect on the youth's mental health.
Finally, Mikah shares a story about a paralyzed man being able to walk naturally again with some implants and through artificial intelligence.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Stephen Shankland, and Heather Kelly

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TNW 286: Tick Tock for TikTok in Montana - Telly TV's, Google, Apple's AR/VR Headset May 18, 2023

Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok as of Wednesday officially. Caroline Mimbs Nyce of The Atlantic stops by the show to discuss what happens next.
How does a free TV sound? Mikah talks about the company Telly, which is looking to give away its line of TVs to thousands of people with a catch that its TVs would constantly play ads on a secondary display.
Google is looking to delete inactive personal accounts starting in December. Jason talks about some ways you can save your account from being deleted this way.
Finally, Mikah talks about a great article by Mark Gurman about Apple's upcoming release of its widely anticipated AR/VR headset and how the stakes are high for Tim Cook with the forthcoming device announcement.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Caroline Mimbs Nyce

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TNW 285: Generative AI Comes to Google Search - Waymo Hands-On, Google IO, Peridot May 11, 2023

Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Land stops by the show to talk with Jason about Google's announcement of AI integrating with its search engine.
Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah to discuss her experience riding in one of the Waymo ride-hailing self-driving vehicles.
Jason Howell just returned from Google IO this past Wednesday. He shares his experience at this event since 2019 and his hands-on time with the Pixel Fold & Pixel Tablet.
Finally, Mikah talks about Niantic's new mobile AR game, Peridot, and what it is doing differently compared to Pokemon Go.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Barry Schwartz and Abrar Al-Heeti

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TNW 284: Passkey Mania - AI Drake & The Weeknd, Wikipedia, Virtual Kidnapping May 04, 2023

Have you heard of the new hit song by Drake & The Weeknd, Heart on My Sleeve? Well if you did, it wasn't actually sung by Drake & The Weeknd. Mia Soto from The Verge explains how that song was generated using AI and what happened after that song got sprung online to the world.
AI is really taking the tech world by storm. But what happens when AI-generated content and misinformation start to seep into places like Wikipedia, where millions of people visit the site daily? Jason talks about that in his story of the week.
Larry Magid from ConnectSafely.org stops by the show to talk about his experience with a virtual kidnapping scam and what he took away from that moment.
Finally, Steve Gibson of grc.com and Security Now talks about Google launching its support for Passkeys and what this means for the future of passwords.

Host: Jason Howell

Guests: Mia Sato, Larry Magid, and Steve Gibson

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TNW 283: Colorado's John Deere Decision - Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, Amazon Halo, Apple AR/VR Headset Apr 27, 2023

A new bill was unveiled Wednesday to set a minimum age in the US for social media usage. Shoshana Weissmann of the R Street Institute joins the show to share her thoughts on this bill.
Mikah talks about Amazon shutting down its Halo division and what will happen to those who bought the device within the last year.
Mark Gurman returns to the show to talk more about Apple's approach to the development of its upcoming AR/VR headset and how it will be marketed to possible customers with a "scattershot" approach to what the device is capable of.
Finally, Jason talks about Colorado Governor Jared Polis signing a state law allowing farmers a right to repair tractors and other equipment themselves, a law that the company John Deere heavily opposed.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Shoshana Weissmann and Mark Gurman

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TNW 282: Adieu to Netflix DVDs - Bluesky, Apple AR Headset, Loadstar Apr 20, 2023

Bluesky is a Twitter-like service that Jack Dorsey backs. Jay Peters of the Verge has spent some time with the service and shares his thoughts about Bluesky with Mikah and Jason.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has the scoop on Apple's rumored mixed-reality headset that is supposed to be announced at the upcoming WWDC event in June.
Jason shares his thoughts about the era of Computer Magazines with publications of Maximum PC and MacLife set to become available in digital form only.
Finally, Mikah talks about how Netflix is set to shutter its DVD service that's been running since 1998 on September 29th.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Jay Peters and Mark Gurman

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TNW 281: Did Elon Musk Dissolve Twitter? - HBO's 'Max', Substack Notes, ChatGPT Water Apr 13, 2023

Nitisha Pahwa of Slate stops by the show to talk about Twitter as a company is no more and instead, Twitter Inc. has been merged into a new entity called X Corp.
Mikah talks about HBO rebranding its online streaming service, HBO Max, into just 'Max' and the changes that come with this rebranding.
Taylor Lorenz of The Washington Post chats with Mikah and Jason about Substack rolling out a new feature called Notes, which functions similarly to Twitter.
Finally, Jason talks about some "thirsty" ChatGPT. More specifically, research from some universities suggests that around 185k gallons of water have been used to cool down data centers for services like ChatGPT.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Nitish Pahwa and Taylor Lorenz

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TNW 280: Emoji Dialect - AI Headlines, The Poop Emoji, Tesla Workers Apr 06, 2023

Ant Pruitt talks with Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt about how AI is dominating news headlines and finding the middle ground between the excitement of what AI can do and the doomsay of AI.
Mikah Sargent shares two stories this week. The first is about the "poop emoji" & the legal history behind emojis in the last couple of years.
Secondly, Mikah talks about a report from Reuters about how Tesla workers acquired & shared sensitive images recorded by customers' Tesla vehicles.
Finally, Sam Abuelsamid joins the show to talk about how old laptops & EV batteries, California's requirement for half of heavy truck sales to be electric by 2035, and Tesla setting a new record for itself after delivering more than 420l EVs in Q1 of 2023.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt

Guests: Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt, PhD and Sam Abuelsamid

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TNW 279: The Twitter Advertiser Exodus - Adobe Firefly, Apple Pay Later, WiFi Protocol Flaw Mar 30, 2023

Ant Pruitt talks about the beta launch of Firefly, Adobe's AI generative platform, and the idea of training AI ethically and correctly.
Dan Moren of Six Colors chats with Mikah Sargent about Apple's Pay Later program and the announcement of WWDC taking place from June 5th - June 9th.
Ant Pruitt shares how since Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter, groves of advertisers have refused to advertise on the social media platform.
Finally, Mikah tells us about a security flaw in the WiFi protocol standard, IEEE 802.11, that allows attacks to trick access points into leaking network frames in plaintext form.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Dan Moren

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TNW 278: Loop & Bing Chat: Microsoft's Updates - TikTok Design, Beethoven's DNA, AI Myths Mar 23, 2023

Callum Hood from the Center for Countering Digital Hate joins the show to talk about TikTok and the concerns about the platform's algorithm in recommending harmful content to teens.
Daniel Rubino of Windows Central stops by to talk about Microsoft Loop and Bing Chat AI.
Mikah shares a report that sheds light on Ludwig von Beethoven's genomes and his overall health problems.
Finally, Tatum Hunter of The Washington Post talks about artificial intelligence, the idea of AI Literacy, and how people struggle to separate news about AI as fact or fiction.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Callum Hood, Daniel Rubino, and Tatum Hunter

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