Vaporware: The Software Edition

What’s driving America’s growing backlash against surveillance tech? Taylor Lorenz (User Mag) unpacks the outcry over Flock cameras and why the company thinks they are being unfairly targeted. Then, Gerrit De Vynck (The Washington Post) breaks down Mark Zuckerberg’s latest AI man ... Show More

As Oz predicted, 2026 may very well be the year of the robot. At least, that’s what the robotics companies are promising. Oz sits down with Stephen Witt, author and frequent contributor to The New Yorker, to find out whether humanoid robots are really ready to hit the market. Spo ... Show More

As Kyle, Megan, and the gang get to work ideating on the perfect product, Evan is left grappling with some uncomfortable questions about his AI collaborators — whose every attribute and memory he controls. To inform how he thinks about his own unnerving power to create and manipu ... Show More

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Timestamps: 0:00 honestly i still don't know 0:09 SteamOS update for 3rd party devices! 1:29 OpenAI buys Jony Ive's company 2:46 Veo 3 goes viral, Claude 4 4:07 Scentbird! 5:24 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:31 Xiaomi Xring O1 6:14 Intel Arc B770 lives 7:08 Mozilla kills Pocket, Fakespot 7:4 ... Show More

0:00 listen up kids 0:11 Intel Project Endgame 1:41 W11 Pro Microsoft account  2:29 Android Privacy Sandbox 3:25 Seasonic 4:08 QUICK BITS 4:16 Intel DG1 cards on Taobao 4:49 Ian Cutress leaves Anandtech 5:27 Bionic Eyes made obsolete 6:07 Ubisoft is open ... Show More

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Today on the flagship podcast of payment processing fees: 04:36 - The Verge's David Pierce travels to meet Keegan McNamara, an artisan who is making unique computers for more purposeful use cases. A visit to the one-man computer factory 27:11 - Liz Lopatto and Alex Heath join the ... Show More

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0:00​ - Have you had your Tech Booster? 0:05​ - Is AMD Rembrandt a work of Art? 1:14​ - Apple didn't want to say they were hacked 2:20​ - Your Gas Prices have been hacked!!!! 3:17​ - Manscaped 3:42​ - People want privacy with Apple 4:21​ - Apple Airtags Jailbroken 4:54​ - ... Show More

A flying boat. A camera in the closet. Goggles that cover your eyes completely while you fly a drone? Jefferson Graham contends this was the craziest week ever in tech--but chances are, we won't really see all these products. Listen in to see which ones Jeff believes will actuall ... Show More