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June 16, 20266 min

EA created an entire division to push more in-game ads

Branded content and ad campaigns, it’s in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 16, 20267 min

India temporarily blocking Telegram to prevent exam fraud, Google Earth's flight simulator is now available, and millions of songs were used for AI music training

-The government recently annulled the results of a key medical school entrance test because it said that the answers were leaked ahead of time on Telegram. -The Atlantic has published four searchable databases of music that has been used to train AI models. The scope is pretty staggering, with 12 million tracks in one database, 9 million in another, and the two final ones each containing about 100,000 songs. -Google Earth has a flight sim mode of its own, and it can now be accessed by anyone globally via their browser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 15, 20265 min

Google sues Chinese scammers using Gemini AI for fraud

The company is also promoting legislation to fight the potential of AI to create 'massive' scams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 15, 20266 min

Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion, Trump threatened a 100 percent tariff on French wine over the country’s tech tax, and the UK will ban social media for children under 16

-The Fox Corporation announced it will be acquiring Roku, best known for its streaming device ecosystem for about $22 billion for Roku, or $160 per share. -Ahead of the G7 conference in France, Donald Trump is once again threatening massive tariffs on France if it doesn't remove its three percent digital tax on US tech companies. -The UK is banning young people under 16 from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 12, 20265 min

Artemis III's life support: How a spacesuit keeps astronauts alive on the moon

The astronaut wears Prada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 12, 20267 min

Apple says Siri AI won't suck up to you, Textiles that can produce drinking water from the air, and the Trump phone is practically the same as an HTC handset

-Apple designed Siri to put up and maintain boundaries, so to speak. "Siri really wants to say, 'Listen, that's not what I'm here for, right? I'm here to help you. I can help you get things done.” -A special textile to create a jacket capable of atmospheric water harvesting used a special fabric designed to collect moisture from the air and gather it in detachable harvesting units rather than simply having the textile absorb the water. -A teardown of the Trump Mobile T1 revealed that it's basically the same as an HTC handset. iFixit concluded the T1 is "a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 11, 20266 min

Snap will no longer allow younger teens' Spotlight videos to be publicly viewable

Maybe it wasn't a great idea to let 14-year-olds post videos to Spotlight in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 11, 20267 min

Anthropic backtracked on its policy that 'sabotaged' researchers' work, Bluesky will a Reddit-style communities this year, and Deezer will now help you find AI music on other streaming platforms

-Anthropic is walking back a policy that discreetly hamstrung researchers using its new Claude Fable 5 LLM to create competing AI models. -Bluesky said that communities will be smaller spaces inside the one big space that Bluesky provides, where you can find and talk to people who are interested in the same topics you are. -Deezer made its AI-detection tool available to other streaming companies in an effort to stem the rise of AI slop and fraudulent streams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 10, 20265 min

The UK is investigating Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

The first phase of the CMA's probe into the $110 billion deal could last for two months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

June 10, 20268 min

Waymo made a virtual human driver to improve its robotaxis, Seattle will impose a year-long ban on large data centers, and Kalshi will require employment info for some bets

-Waymo's ReD is based on a neuroscientific concept called active inference, which posits that people are always trying to minimize surprise. -The Seattle City Council has unanimously approved a moratorium on the construction of new large AI data centers for one year. -Kalshi will require users to disclose where they work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices