Today

Spotify now has over 300M subscribers

Plus - Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B; Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6m 41s

Yesterday

Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?

Plus - Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT; Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7m 51s

Aug 1

Spotify launches ‘User Notes’ to let users add memories to songs, and more

Plus - Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI; LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6m 41s

Jun 2021

Tech New: The Era of Killer Robots

A report claims Google purposefully hit location tracking settings to discourage users from turning them off. Facebook funds a questionable report. And we learn about a military drone that attacked targets autonomously. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcas ... Show More

31m 52s

Feb 2024

Thu. 02/08 – Google Releases Gemini Ultra 1.0

Google has released Gemini Ultra 1.0, renamed Bard as Gemini and looks to be replacing Google Assistant with Gemini. Disney has invested in a big stake of Epic Games to get at Fortnite IP. Leaked images of the Pixel Fold 2. And what if OpenAI is facing the same strategic dilemma ... Show More

16m 2s

May 2022

Mark Zuckerberg shows off what Meta's next VR headset can do

UK's Royal Mail aims to open up to 50 drone routes for rural deliveries, Mark Zuckerberg shows off what Meta's next VR headset can do Sony reveals its newest flagship noise-canceling headphones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3m 46s

Jan 2024

AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $70M

As search engine incumbents — namely Google — amp up their platforms with gen AI tech, startups are looking to reinvent AI-powered search from the ground up. It might seem like a Sisyphean task, going up against competitors with billions upon billions of users. Learn more about y ... Show More

8m 19s

Jun 2024

‘Star Wars’ lasers and waterfalls of molten salt: How Xcimer plans to make fusion power happen

The startup has been pursuing a ground-up redesign of a well-understood technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5m 4s

Oct 2025

TNB Tech Minute: Quantum-Computing Firms in Talks to Give U.S. Equity Stakes

Plus: Amazon tests new robots and AI tools in its warehouses and delivery vans. And China releases a five-year plan that includes becoming more self-sufficient technologically. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about ... Show More

1m 46s

Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to k...