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A thrice-weekly news show about tech + gaming culture

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August 18, 20267 min

OpenAI's New ChatGPT Tracking Feature, Global GitHub Outage Breaks Copilot, Flock CEO Says They Got It Wrong + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/R6kOD Timestamps: 0:00 ChatGPT Computer History 1:25 GitHub outage 2:32 Flock Safety changes 4:12 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:17 Chip shortage warranty woes 4:48 Meta smart glasses harassment 5:13 YouTube view counting change 5:40 Geekom driver virus 6:18 Unitree robot speed claim 6:49 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 15, 202611 min

Firefox Keeps uBlock Origin Alive, Google Must Fix Play Store, Nvidia's $500B GPU Loan Plan + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/43awh Timestamps: 0:00 Firefox Keeps uBlock Origin Alive 1:39 Judge orders Google to fix the Play Store 3:05 Nvidia guarantees its GPUs as collateral 5:29 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:42 Data center hardware heists 6:25 France's social media ban struck down 7:17 Anthropic agents fight each other 8:20 Switch 2 price hike warnings 8:57 Hidden AI prompts in court filings 9:44 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 13, 202610 min

Google's 2026 Pixel Lineup Arrives, YouTube Raises the Monetization Bar, New Mexico Judge Fines Meta $567M + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/lLtog Timestamps: 0:00 Google's 2026 Pixel lineup 2:19 YouTube raises monetization requirements 3:41 Meta ordered to pay $567 million 5:47 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:59 Roku's AI generated channel 6:30 McDonald's loyalty data 7:13 Xbox Elite Series 3 leak 8:01 Brain tissue plays piano 8:48 Google declares Sam Altman dead 9:14 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 11, 20268 min

Illinois Age Checks Hit Every OS, YouTube AI Detector Flags Kurzgesagt, Meta CTO Shuts Down Time Off Question + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/PKbE6 Timestamps: 0:00 Illinois age verification law 1:18 Kurzgesagt flagged as AI slop 2:31 Meta's PTO rant and AI manifesto 4:49 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:56 Valve and Framework breaches 5:28 Verizon outage in SoCal 5:59 FCC drone ban proposal 6:29 Motorola watch phone patent 6:50 AI agent hijacks gym waitlist 7:15 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 8, 20269 min

OpenAI's Donut Shaped Smart Speaker Leaks, Nvidia Sells RTX 50 GPUs at MSRP, CXMT Rejects Apple's Cheap RAM Bid + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/1Bjqb Timestamps: 0:00 OpenAI smart speaker leak 1:05 Nvidia GPUs for MSRP at QuakeCon 2:23 Apple's iPhone 18 RAM problem 4:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:27 Windscribe deGUID script 5:16 Kimi K3 escapes its sandbox 5:58 AI answering 911 calls in New Orleans 6:40 Nashville data center vs the zoo 7:25 ChatTJFB 8:04 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 6, 202611 min

Microsoft Deletes Windows 11 32GB RAM Advice, Apple Seeks Injunction Against OpenAI, Samsung Bans Proxy TV Apps + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/AGuNn Timestamps: 0:00 Microsoft deletes its 32GB RAM advice 1:52 Apple seeks injunction against OpenAI 3:31 Samsung bans proxy hijacking TV apps 6:17 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:31 Legion Go bricked by BIOS update 7:15 EA buyout finalized 8:07 Apple challenges UK backdoor order 8:57 BMW puts Spider-Man ads on dashboards 9:45 Flock cameras wrong 71% of the time 10:20 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 1, 202610 min

LinkedIn Adds AI Slop Button, Labels Want AI Songs Off Charts, AMD Raising GPU Prices + more!

News Sources: https://lmg.gg/J3HFX Timestamps: 0:00 LinkedIn cracks down on AI slop 2:01 AI music charts and the Suno ruling 3:33 AMD raising GPU prices 6:07 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:16 Claude broke into real companies 7:03 Steam Frame FCC certification 7:41 Sony sticking with disc plan 8:11 New York sues Kalshi 8:51 Airlines ban humanoid robots 9:39 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 30, 20268 min

AMD Launches 4GB RX 9050, US Bans Chinese Robots and Inverters, Elon Musk Launches X Money + more!

News sources: https://lmg.gg/hQY2A Timestamps: 0:00 AMD RX 9050 8GB and 4GB 1:22 US bans foreign robot and inverter imports 2:39 X Money launches 4:37 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:45 Steam Machine CAD files and FSR 4.1 5:24 Hugging Face moderation failures 5:57 Reddit forcing desktop logins 6:29 Windows 11 installs OneDrive Photos 7:00 AI touchscreen for capuchin monkeys 7:35 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 28, 20269 min

Claude Chats Appear in Google Search, GrapheneOS Duress PIN Prosecution, RAM Crisis Hits PCs and Phones + more!

News sources: https://lmg.gg/9Vehu Timestamps: 0:00 Shared Claude chats appear on Google 1:39 Man faces prison for wiping his phone 3:08 PC shipments fall as tech gets pricier 5:31 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:37 Huawei may build its own DRAM fab 6:17 Microsoft cracks down on Windows piracy 6:53 Facebook verifies users are human 7:26 Vatican prayer app leaks user data 8:26 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 24, 20268 min

Microsoft Stops LG’s McAfee Ads, Framework Nearly Doubles RAM Prices, Reddit May Cut Off Google AI + more!

News sources: https://lmg.gg/QNLFX Timestamps: 0:00 Microsoft stops LG’s McAfee installs 1:16 Framework cuts some RAM pre-orders in half 2:32 Reddit may block Google’s AI crawler 4:51 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:58 Tech companies defend open-weight AI 5:34 Nvidia reportedly raises GPU kit prices 6:02 Google adds selfie video recovery 6:30 Instagram bans pickup artist accounts 7:10 AI bot haggles over appliance prices 7:42 Credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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