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MIT researchers are working on self-assembling electronics. Your phone could someday build itself. Great for Ikea furniture! Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt talk about what we would want this for.
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Apple acquires health startup, Samsung to sell reforms, PS4 may slim down.
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A plan to fight robocalls, a plan to double battery life and Phobos Group's Dan Tentler explains to Roger Chang and Tom Merritt how the NSA's plans for man in the middle attacks might work.
Open episode or article →Leaked NSA hacking tools seem legit, Apple can't work out data connections in watches, and Twitter cracks down on more abuses.
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Uber promises self-driving cars you can ride in by the end of the month? Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt get tot he truth behind the hype.
Open episode or article →Uber sends self-driving cars to pick up passengers in Pittsburgh, T-Mobile's somewhat limited unlimited plans, ICANN becomes independent of US.
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Intel opens up to ARM chip manufacturing and tries to convince us that USB-C will be better than a 3.5mm headphone jack. Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson discuss. One of them is convinced!
Open episode or article →Intel embraces ARM, Kobo makes the largest high-res reader and Univision buys Gawker.
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We talk travel tech with Chris Christensen of the Amateur Traveler podcast.
Open episode or article →Intel launches a VR headset, Xbox wireless controllers come to PCs, Google launches its Facetime competitor.
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