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August 21, 2025
Meta Institutes An AI Hiring Freeze After An Unprecedented Hiring Frenzy – DTH
Meta halts AI hiring in its superintelligence divisions, Masimo sues US Customs and Border Protection after it permitted Apple to start selling Apple Watches again, and Agentic browsers are full of security flaws.
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Where Are They Now – Experiment Week 5087
Amos catches up with DTNS crew emeritus Jennie Josephson and Rich Stroffolino to find out what they’ve been doing since their time on Daily Tech News Show.
Starring Amos, Jennie Josephson, Rich Stroffolino
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August 20, 2025
Android Faithful LIVE Coverage Google Pixel 10 Event – Experiment Week 5086
Android Faithful’s Florence Ion and Ron Richards are joined by special guest Juan Bagnell for the very first edition of Android Faithful live coverage of a product announcement event for Made By Google 2025! After the rollout of the Pixel 10 line, Google drafter a star studded lineup of Jimmy Fallon, The Jonas Brothers, Stephan Curry and more to help bring the Pixel 10 lineup and Gemini AI functionality to the masses. Was it a success or was it cringe? Tune in to see what we thought!
Starring Florence Ion, Ron Richards, Juan Bagnell
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Google Launches Pixel 10 Lineup – DTH
Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds arriving October 16th, Grok chats are showing up in Google Search, Amazon readying a $400 Android tablet?
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August 19, 2025
All U.S.-bound iPhone 17 Models Will Be Made In India – DTH
All models of the iPhone 17 headed to the U.S. will be manufactured in India, the UK has withdrawn its request for a “back door” in Apple’s iCloud, and SoftBank has invested $2 billion in Intel.
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beauTECHfication – Experiment Week 5085
Ever wondered how a beauty app knows your exact skin tone, or why it took until 2017 for most brands to realize people come in more than 12 shades? Our pilot episode decodes the likely tech behind BoldHue’s color-matching technology, debugs the cultural earthquake that was Fenty Beauty’s 40-shade launch unpacked that exposed the beauty industry blind spots, and glows up with Eunice W. Johnson, the visionary who created Fashion Fair Cosmetics decades before inclusion became trendy. Learn more about his show at beautechfication.com
Starring Nica Montford
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August 18, 2025
Google Offers $36M in Australian Antitrust Case With Telstra & Optus – DTH
Will Meta debut Hypernova smart glasses in September? Do Grammarly’s new AI tools help students and educators with writing and grading? Will you buy Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds 3 FE?
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TechTV Scrapbook: Adam Sessler – Experiment Week 5084
Roger interviews Adam Sessler host of TechTV/G4TV’s Extended and later X-Play video game review show. We explore his experience at the network and the changing landscape of video game journalism.
Starring Adam Sessler, Roger Chang
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August 17, 2025
Robb Dunewood’s Second Brain – Part 2 – DTNS WEEKEND
Robb Dunewood follows up to answer questions about the tools and procedures he uses for his “Second Brain.”
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Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
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Evernote
https://evernote.com/
Snipd
https://www.snipd.com/
Obsidian
https://obsidian.md/
Notion
https://www.notion.so/
Norm:
How can someone best get started with their own second brain setup? Is it effective to use Google Docs for notes, perhaps with calendar events for quick mobile notes? Does logging reflections daily improve actual memory, or is its value primarily in accessibility?
Martin L:
Does Robb tend to have a note per subject?
thatCharlieDude:
What are Robb’s thoughts on why Evernote might be better than Obsidian for the type of data entry he discussed?
Proud Patron Paul:
How does Robb automatically back up his Evernote data to Google Drive and Dropbox?
Scott:
How does Robb automatically sync his backup notes?
Eduardo S:
Can Robb elaborate on how he uses Professor Crane’s and Tiago Forte’s advice in his system?
Part 1
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August 16, 2025
GPT5 se comió a mi amigo – NTX 423
WhatsApp bloqueada en Rusia, General Electric traslada producción fuera de México, y la gente rechaza ChatGPT-5
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-Planean red troncal en sudeste mexicano
-GE traslada producción fuera de México
-WhatsApp tendrá nuevas funciones
-Rusia bloquea WhatsApp y Telegram
–ChatGPT 5 se comió a mi amigo
Análisis: El horror de humanizar herramientas
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