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Plus, famous people protest superintelligence, and GM brings Gemini into the car.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Jason Howell.

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Continue reading “Who Should Get the Galaxy XR Headset – DTNS 5130”

Napster is back again with a holographic AI agent for your MacBook, Apple is giving iOS users a toggle switch to make Liquid Glass easier to use.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Good news for data center power consumption and for Samsung’s chip-making.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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• Major AWS outage across US-East region sows chaos online • The Register
• Amazon’s AWS outage has knocked services like Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo and more offline
• Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more | The Verge
• Service health – Oct 20, 2025 | AWS Health Dashboard | Global
• Exynos 2600 Wipes The Floor Against The Competition; Samsung’s Internal Testing Shows 6x Higher AI Performance Than A19 Pro, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 & More
• Report: all Galaxy S26 models will use the Exynos 2600, but not in all regions – GSMArena.com news
• Apple’s (APPL) iPhone 17 Is Selling 14% Better Than Predecessor in US and China – Bloomberg
• iPhone Air, One Month Later: My Camera and Battery Fears Have Been Put to Rest – CNET
• I took an iPhone Air on vacation to test its two biggest floors
• X is testing a new way of opening links in posts to improve engagement
• X to launch marketplace for buying inactive handles | TechCrunch
• Rainbow laser chip could help stop AI from eating power
• Rainbow-on-a-chip’ could help keep AI energy demands in check — and it was created by accident | Live Science
• Alibaba Cloud says it cut Nvidia AI GPU use by 82% with new pooling system— up to 9x increase in output lets 213 GPUs perform like 1,192 | Tom’s Hardware
• Oura is redesigning its app weeks after Ceramic Ring launch
• Apple Now Faces App Store Challenges in China, Too – MacRumors
• Adobe might’ve just solved one of generative AI’s biggest legal risks | ZDNET
• Windows 11’s October update causes a serious recovery mode glitch – but there’s a workaround | ZDNET
• OpenAI confirms GPT-6 is not shipping in 2025
• (21) Eric Migicovsky on X: “Pebble is officially back on iOS and Android!” / X

Dr. Niki reviews the science prizes. We talk about that they are, how they affect our use of technology, and why they may or may not be all that important.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Nicole Ackermans.

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OnePlus unveiled a big OxygenOS 16 release coming with the OnePlus 15, and Andy Beach talks about the Screen Actors Guild’s first AI casting.

Starring Jason Howell, Jenn Cutter, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.

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Show Notes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-16/apple-readies-high-end-macbook-pro-with-touch-hole-punch-screen

https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/apples-m6-macbook-pro-generation-will-reportedly-offer-touchscreens-203029809.html?src=rss&guccounter=1

https://www.engadget.com/oxygenos-16-has-new-lock-screen-customization-options-and-a-novel-gemini-integration-184958404.html?src=rss

https://www.404media.co/hackers-dox-hundreds-of-dhs-ice-fbi-and-doj-officials/

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/800868/anthropic-claude-skills-ai-agents

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/

https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-dangerous-decline-in-human-visitors/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/apple-f1-media-deal-streaming.html

OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/apple-tv-gets-rare-discount-in-peacock-streaming-bundle/

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/108287/steam-just-broke-its-concurrent-user-record-with-41-6-million-gamers/index.html

https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-shutting-down-its-desktop-messenger-app-202539375.html