584: Sure, We Can Talk

We're not too thrilled about the Mr. Beast collab with Google, or Google Maps renaming Lake Ontario. We explain why the latter happens every time a lake gets unnecessarily renamed. 

New phone, new problems. Andy regales us with the tale of upgrading to the Pixel 11 Pro XL. 

Andy pretends he's got a four-year-old Pixel that needs upgrading. You'll never guess what happens next. And why is Google buying up Spirit Airlines' data? 

This week, Google unveiled the Pixel 9 line, Apple turned its eye toward Patreon, and many anniversaries arrived. 

Timestamps: 0:00 i'm a one-tech pony 0:12 Google can keep paying Mozilla and Apple 1:50 Amazon eliminates Prime sharing 2:58 Dolby Vision 2 'Authentic Motion' 4:31 Saily! 5:27 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:34 PS5 getting SSD nerf 6:18 It was an AI garbage bag 6:51 Tesla Master Plan kinda sl ... Show More

Today on the flagship podcast of unfolded aspect ratios: 01:03 -The Verge's David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Alex Cranz discuss the present and future state of Google — it’s this big, complicated, massively successful company that suddenly feels like it’s under threat in a huge num ... Show More

Spotify announced a ton of stuff at a live event, Google is back in the political ad game, and we say goodbye to an iconic music duo. Plus more tech news! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

I talk about some of the stuff coming out of CES that I found interesting. Plus we hear about Google alienating its employees and get a story on an NFT art heist. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor ... Show More

Apple self-repair, Windows 11 Rollout, Intel Security Flaw, and more! 0:00 - Intro 0:12 - Apple's Face Turn 1:02 - Microsoft will be getting pushy 1:39 - Another Intel security flaw! 2:35 - Sponsor - Brilliant 3:22 - Xbox Cloud Gaming 3:50 - Amazon says goodbye to UK Visa! ... Show More

Timestamps: 0:00 chin up 0:11 AMD keynote: Ryzen 9000 2:21 Nvidia keynote: RTX AI PCs 4:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:50 Qualcomm keynote: Snapdragon desktop 5:27 ASUS ROG Ally X 6:02 PSVR2 to PC adapter 6:40 Sonos Ace headphones 7:14 Google employee leaked Nintendo stuff News Sources: ... Show More

Hands on with Samsung's new foldable phones, watches and earbuds at their latest virtual event; TCL makes TV's with Google software; new details on Apple's upcoming iPhone upgrades; Google Search tips and tricks; Twitter changes it up; Norton buys Avast; Google adds air quality t ... Show More

0:00 NOT AGAIN 0:08 Pixel 6 Tensor chip design 1:21 A Tale of Two PS5s 2:13 Wikipedia vs. China 3:00 iFixit Mahi driver kit 3:32 QUICK BITS 3:36 Windows 11 needs TPM in VMs 3:59 AMD down to make ARM chips 4:26 Facebook troll farms report 4:57 Google, App ... Show More

Meta and Snap each plan to introduce new AR glasses, but you probably won't be able to get your hands on them. Plus, Cruise strikes up a partnership with Uber, Google introduces a photo editing feature that muddies the waters and an enterprising hacker attempts to fake his own de ... Show More