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Can AI save wildlife and win over humans? While Meta’s smart glasses battle public side-eye, physical AI is surging. Nvidia just united 22 Japanese robotics giants under its new open-world model, while Boston Dynamics is testing its Spot robot to trot deliveries straight to your door.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Blair Bazdarich, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe

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Digital photographer, Ant Pruitt, is here to talk about his 30-day personal photography challenge and how it made him a better photographer. Plus Netflix, ElevenLabs and the Gene Wilder estate recreated the voice of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka to use as the narrator for its new reality show “Wonka’s The Golden Ticket.” We discuss the implications and what it really means for the afterlife of well-known actors likenesses being used after their death. Sony announced it would end production of physical game discs starting in January 2028. Roger shares how he feels about losing physical game discs. And we end...

Sarah shares her experience Vibe coding her new website. Tim Cook warns customers that prices for iconic Apple products are going up. We check out the new prices and share what we think of them. Plus the prices for the new Steam Machines have been made public and aren’t cheap. Finally we end our week with a quiz on American culinary delights.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Show regular Andrea Jones-Rooy decided to challenge themselves by facing their fears and posting videos on Instagram every day for 100 days. Andrea explains how the experiment worked and if it did indeed help them overcome their fears. Plus this week the US Government ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its Fable 5 and Mythos models to only US citizens causing Anthropic to restrict its access for everybody. And we end the week with a horror quiz!!

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Nica Montford and Terrance Gaines from the snobOS podcast, share their thoughts on the announcements from WWDC 2026. Plus 2026 FIFA World Cup has started and we talk about all the tech being used to keep track of the games and elevate security at the different venues. Finally its the end of the week and we have another great debate around what we would give up for a million bucks.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nica Montford, Terrance Gaines, Len Peralta, Roger Chang

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The CEO of Sophia Space, Rob DeMillo, is here to explaining what’s different about space startups in 2026 vs. five years ago. Plus Nvidia announced a new Soc the RTX Spark which combines 20-Core Grace CPU With a 5070-Like Blackwell GPU and a partnership with Microsoft that will see a version of Windows for the platform. And we’ve got a special space movie quiz to help end the week.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Rob DeMillo, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Ferrari unveiled its EV supercar and Tim Stevens is here with a first hand appraisal of the new machine. Plus DuckDuckGo, provides an AI free version of its search engine at noai.ducduckgo.com. Is this backlash against Google’s AI search implementation? And would you be interested in test driving old and obsolete Operating Systems from days of yore? Then the Virtual OS Museum is the place for you. Finally we end the week with a road trip quiz!

Starring Sarah Lane, Tim Stevens, Roger Chang, Joe

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Google I/O 2026 was this week and Google unveiled a new Gemini search tool allowing you to add images and video to your search query. TechCrunch says “Google Search as you know it is over”, we discuss what that means. Plus Warby Parker worked with Google and Samsung on new smart glasses that were also announced at Google I/O. Is the smart wearables market big enough for another entrant? And we end the week with a weighty debate.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nica Montford, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Google announced a number of new initiatives and products this week. Ron Richards from Android Faithful is here with the major highlights. Plus A professor and research fellow at Sheffield Hallam University posted five tips on The Conversation for using screens as a parent. We review what was said and share what we think of them.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Ron Richards, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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What are options for running Intel Mac software on an Apple Silicon Mac? Bloomberg’s Nate Lanxon shares his top favorites with us. Plus what does the data say about the effects of cell phone bans on student behavior and classroom performance? And we have a quiz lined up to test your knowledge of translations in history!

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe.

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A new study finds that AI chatbots can be addictive but are the way they’re designed partly to blame? Plus Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI is going on this week. We share if we find the story interesting from an information point of view because of the details that will be divulged or because its just entertainment? And we do another round of our popular Name The Price on Zillow game!

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Amber MacArthur, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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