Podcast Episodes

Google limiting free Nano Banana Pro image generation usage, the US patent office says genAI is equivalent to other tools, and Alibaba launched its own AI glasses

- In a support document spotted by 9to5Google, Google notes free users can currently generate two images daily, down from three per day previously. T…

11 months ago

Meta's Oversight Board is fine with leaving manipulated content on Facebook, Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip, and FoloToy's AI teddy bear is back on sale following its brief foray into BDSM

-Apparently misleading protest videos are welcome to stay on Facebook now. Meta's Oversight Board has ruled that the company was right to leave up a …

11 months ago

The best big tech gifts for $100 or less

Even the big guys have affordable gadgets that make great gifts.

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11 months ago

Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel, Trump's Genesis Mission aims to build a centralized AI platform, and OpenAI can't use the term 'Cameo' in Sora

-Now at version 4.5, the new system offers state-of-the-art performance in coding, computer use and office tasks.

-President Donald Trump has issued …

11 months, 1 week ago

iOS 27 will reportedly focus on performance improvements and AI upgrades

Apple is taking the Snow Leopard approach, according to Mark Gurman.

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11 months, 1 week ago

YouTube is the most popular social media platform among US adults, Microsoft isn't releasing a diversity report, and a decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon

-In a 2025 report that looks at social media usage with American adults, the data-driven think tank revealed some nitty-gritty details like year-to-y…

11 months, 1 week ago

Warner signs AI music licensing deal with Udio

Udio's upcoming subscription service will use the label's catalog for AI-generated songs and remixes.

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11 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk blames 'adversarial prompting' after Grok spewed embarrassing, sycophantic praise, sales of a teddy bear were suspended because of its sexually explicit AI, and ChatGPT group chats roll out to everyone

-At some point in the last couple days, Grok began to offer extremely over the top opinions about Musk. The bot claimed that Musk is the "undisputed …

11 months, 1 week ago

Cloudflare outage was not caused by a cyber attack

Matthew Prince, the company's CEO, explained the problem that took major websites offline.

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11 months, 1 week ago

Spotify's SongDNA will show you which songs are sampled on a track, Google Maps using AI to predict if EV chargers availability, and European policymakers want to ease AI and privacy laws

-Spotify has unveiled an upcoming interactive feature called SongDNA designed to show you the samples, collaborators and covers included in a given t…

11 months, 1 week ago