34:I[87147,["https://cdnweb.anghami.com/web-mobile/_next/static/chunks/735aef09a7a954b1.js","https://cdnweb.anghami.com/web-mobile/_next/static/chunks/6ff7e0b019a69e0e.js","https://cdnweb.anghami.com/web-mobile/_next/static/chunks/4668df70eddfe672.js","https://cdnweb.anghami.com/web-mobile/_next/static/chunks/eb71b52e489edaf8.js","https://cdnweb.anghami.com/web-mobile/_next/static/chunks/bf6a79bd8d1ab730.js"],"default"] 35:T54e,Apple's next-gen Siri is still far off, but this week the company announced that it'll be using Google's Gemini AI for its new foundation models. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Igor Bonifacic discuss why Apple teamed up with Google again, instead of OpenAI or Anthropic. Also, they chat about Meta's Reality Lab layoffs, which is refocusing the company on AI hardware like its smart glasses. Meta announces 1000+ layoffs, closes 3 VR studios as it shifts focus to AI hardware – 2:12Gemini can now pull context from the rest of your Google apps including photos and Youtube history – 12:31Framework raises the price of its desktop by $460 because of the global RAM shortage – 18:36NVIDIA may revive the RTX 3060 and kill off 5070 Ti due to its VRAM demands – 21:57Apple creates a subscription bundle for Pro creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic, and others – 23:00Tesla’s Full Self Driving is also going subscription only, a year costs $999 – 29:15Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight unauthorized AI likenesses – 33:27Apple announces that its long delayed ’smarter Siri’ will be powered by Google Gemini – 35:15X finally responds to Grok’s CSAM and nudity generation with limits – 51:46Cursor claims their AI agents wrote 1M+ lines of code to make a web browser from scratch, are developers cooked? – 57:5236:T42f,RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we expect to get more expensive. (SSD prices are definitely creeping up too!). Also, we discuss Meta poaching Alan Dye, one of Apple's design executives, and what this could mean for Meta's upcoming devices. And yes, whatever they have next will likely revolve around AI. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, plans deep cuts to his company’s metaverse development – 1:09Longtime Apple UI designer Alan Dye to join Meta’s AI division – 7:08US DOT cuts fuel efficiency standards, doubles down on gas cars – 25:40Waymo autonomous cars recently started driving more aggressively – 31:30Amazon halts its anime dub beta because it sounded terrible – 38:00WTF, RAM?? Will Smith joins to talk about why RAM prices are spiraling upward – 44:05Around Engadget: Metroid Prime 4 is a return to form after 18 years on ice – 1:04:42Working on – 1:07:36Pop culture picks – 1:08:3237:T477,

So it turns out Meta isn't a monopoly, at least according to a federal judge. In this episode, we dive into Meta's victory in the FTC's antitrust case, which it seems to have won mainly thanks to TikTok's existence. Also, we chat about the Cloudflare issue that took down a huge portion of the web this week, as well as Roblox's plan to collect kids' selfies for age verification. We also carve out some time to chat with the audience and answer your pressing tech questions.

Meta won its antitrust case, will keep control of Instagram and WhatsApp – 2:30

Chat with the Livestream: Flickr’s repository of aughts memories and who uses Facebook anymore – 23:59

The Cloudflare issue that took down a lot of the web? It was a database error – 32:49

Google’s new Gemini 3 model is now available – 34:57

Roblox wants tens of millions of kids to send them a selfie for age verification – 38:27

TikTok’s screen time management function now includes an…affirmation journal? – 41:30

Around Engadget – 43:47

Working on – 50:36

Pop culture picks – 52:27

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