The weirdest tech we saw at CES 2025

Lyft has committed to buy 'hundreds' of the AVs for its own fleet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

-Apple is updating its Security Bounty program this November to offer some of the highest rewards in the industry. It has doubled its top award from $1 million to $2 million for the discovery of "exploit chains that can achieve similar goals as sophisticated mercenary spyware att ... Show More

Developers will have to change how their apps work in the state too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

RealSense is building vision tech that helps machines like robots and drones navigate and respond to a 3D world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Once the creatures of science fiction, robots with human-like bodies and artificial-intelligence brains are getting jobs at warehouses and factories stacking, sorting and lifting. WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims explains what it’ll take to get these bots from warehouses to ho ... Show More

Plus: Chinese robotics company Geekplus Technology weighs second listing in China. And tech leaders praise President Trump at White House dinner. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics. Also, Y Combinator is asking the court to deny Apple’s appeal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

The startup has commissioned a demonstration unit of its organic flow battery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

After investing in robotics startups for 10 years, Seth Winterroth, a partner at Eclipse, said the time to invest in robotics has never been better. The robotics startup market has matured and the hardware and software powering these bots has gotten significantly better — and che ... Show More

Plus: The Elon Musk-Donald Trump feud reignites over Republicans’ tax-and-spending bill. And robots are about to outnumber humans in Amazon warehouses. Katie Deighton hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many factory owners invested heavily in automation as the best way to meet customer demand. But now, factories are adding fewer new robots as production slows and more human workers take on manufacturing jobs. WSJ reporter Bob Tita and host Zoe Thoma ... Show More

Timestamps:0:00 let's get weird0:17 Mirumi and wacky robots2:09 Stretchable, rollable, suckable displays3:26 Truck + copter, other wacky cars5:26 QUICK BITS INTRO5:36 Controllers / auto-keyboard6:56 Phone-like devices8:01 Solar freakin' fabrics8:30 Kirin Electric Salt Spoon News ... Show More

Tech entrepreneur Amjad Masad joins Tucker for the deepest and most interesting explanation of AI you’ll ever see.  (00:00) Artificial Intelligence(10:00) Bitcoin(22:30) The Extropians Cult(31:15) Transhumanism(42:52) Are Machines Capable of Thinking?(47:38) The Difference Betwee ... Show More