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Apple’s Thin Phone and Reduced Marketshare – DTH

Apple’s got a thinner phone than Samsung but it also has a thinner premium marketshare thanks to… Google?

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Live With It! – Moggie Cat Tracker

Any cat owner can tell you that tracking a feline’s behavior can be tricky at the best of times. Enter the Moggie cat tracker. It claims to offer a detailed recording of your cat’s activities, health and weight changes. Does it live up to the claims? Dr. Niki tells us all about it.

Starring Sarah Lane and Dr. Nicole Ackermans

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Highlights:

– Price: $149 USD
– Launched Sept 2023, but one year today from their first shipment – relatively new
– Not a GPS tracker (I have indoor cats and you should too), but activity tracker more like garmin
– Uses “AI” for activity monitoring (machine learning). Trained on video annotation (similar to my research!). Also developing a computer vision tool. Validating through beta testers.
– Hardware: Gyroscope & accelerometer
– Use cases: tracking health, tracking weight changes, if you travel a lot

Cordkillers 566: Hits, Drama, and Critterz

HBO is renaming its secondary channels while OpenAI helps make an AI-animated movie, Sophie Turner picks up dual pistols as Lara Croft, and YouTube proves football streams can pull in bigger crowds than Amazon.

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Apple introduces the ultra-slim iPhone Air – DTNS 5100

A complete rundown of all hardware announced by Apple at its “awe dropping” event, and Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the car.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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AirPods Pro 3

Apple Watch Series 11

Apple Watch SE 3

Apple Watch Ultra 3

iPhone 17

iPhone Air

iPhone 17 Pro

Anthropic Judge Blasts $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement

Claude can create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets for you now in chat

Google pulls the Pixel 10’s Daily Hub to ‘enhance its performance’

Xbox is coming to cars thanks to an LG and Microsoft partnership

Signal Adds Support for Secure Backups

‘Shake to summarize’ a webpage in Firefox when running iOS 26

A Judge Rejected Anthropic’s $1.5 Billion Piracy Settlement – DTH

A judge rejected Anthropic’s $1.5 billion piracy settlement, OpenAI refutes claims of a California exit due to regulatory issues, and the U.S. has ended agreements with European nations to counter disinformation from countries like Russia, China, and Iran.

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YouTube’s Free NFL Game Gains Inches – DTNS 5099

Millions watched a free NFL game, but should it have been millions more? Plus, riots over social media in Nepal, and the important things to know about Apple’s Tuesday announcement.

Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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YouTube NFL Game Ratings: Livestream Averages 17 Million ViewersFull game broadcast on demandGoogle finally details Gemini usage limits | The VergeGemini Apps limits & upgrades for Google AI subscribers – Gemini Apps HelpGoogle to make it easier to access AI Mode as defaultUS Mulls Annual China Chip Supply Permits for Samsung, Hynix – BloombergC1 modem planned for the iPhone 17 Air slower on some carriersKuo: AirPods Pro 3 Coming Soon, But Bigger Upgrade Arriving Next Year – MacRumorsExclusive | OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film – WSJChatGPT makes Projects feature free, adds a toggle to split chatUber and partner Momenta will start testing robotaxis in Europe next yearTesla changes meaning of ‘Full Self-Driving’, gives up on promise of autonomy | ElectrekAnthropic coughs $1.5 bn to authors whose work it stole • The RegisterApple faces lawsuit over alleged use of pirated books for AI trainingIFA 2025: Eero Signal Adds Cellular Backup to Home Wi-Fi – Thurrott.comWe saw the next Boox Palma and… is that a color E Ink screen and cellular connectivity? | The VergeNepal Sees Deadly Clashes as Protests Erupt on Social Media Ban – BloombergNepal: 19 dead in Gen Z protests at corruption and social media banWhy are Nepal’s Gen Z protesting a social-media ban? | Context by TRFResearchers claim that a Raspberry Pi’s Wi-Fi can provide “clinical-level heart rate monitoring” without the need for a wearableCarlo Acutis, ‘God’s influencer’ who died age 15, declared a saint by Pope Leo | Catholicism | The Guardian

OpenAI Contributing Tools Towards Theatrical Animated Film – DTH

Anthropic agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion dollars to authors over training models on copyrighted books without permission, Vodaphone Germany features AI Influencer on TikTok, and select Porsche and Audi vehicles can now use the Tesla Supercharger network.

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Cambios al dominio de Google – NTX 425

Cinépolis lanza canal de streaming, Anthropic paga multa millonaria y cambios en el dominio de Google en internet.

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-CURP necesaria para nuevas líneas telefónicas
-Cambia la gestión satelital en México
-Lanzan Cinépolis Channel
-Anthropic sentenciado a multa por violación de derecho de autor
-Google deberá compartir datos con su competencia

Análisis: Cambios en el dominio de Google

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Anthropic To Pay $1.5B Over Copyright Lawsuit – DTH Weekend Edition

The EC fines Google €2.95B for abusing adtech dominance, Lenovo unveils the Legion Go 2, OpenAI may produce its own AI chips in 2026.

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Lenovo releases the laptop Kraken at IFA – DTNS 5098

Threads is about to get a 10,000 character limit (sort of), and OnePlus and Hasselblad end their nearly five year camera romance once and for all.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

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Lenovo updates its beefiest and bulkiest laptops IFA 2025: Lenovo Opens Show with Three Exciting New Proofs of Concept Legion Go 2 official: Lenovo’s new flagship handheld costs $1,099 — and up You can now attach 10,000 character blogs to your Threads posts Google Fined $3.5 Billion by EU Over Ad-Tech Business Everything Apple Plans to Show at Sept. 9 ‘Awe Dropping’ iPhone 17 Event OpenAI links up with Broadcom to produce its own AI chips OnePlus and Hasselblad are ending their five-year partnership Google Photos now lets you animate your camera roll with Veo 3 for free Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again | TechCrunch