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August 7, 2025
The FULL Land of the Lost Experience: Last (313 – “Medicine Man”)
Tom and Amos finally get past the production quality, but now Brian has reversed course. How do you see it?
Next week: Bonanza (101 – “A Rose for Lotta”)
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ChatGPT-5 Chooses the Right Model For You – DTNSB 5077
Apple will manufacture all of its iPhone and Apple Watch glass at a Corning facility in the US, and Dr. Niki explains why putting wires in mouse eyes might be a good thing.
Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt and Dr Niki.
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GPT-5 is being released to all ChatGPT users (The Verge)Google’s AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta (TechCrunch)Apple and Corning partner to manufacture all iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky (Apple Newsroom)Samsung to produce image sensors for Apple’s iPhone in Texas (Financial Times)Trump eyes 100 percent chips tariff, exempting firms that invest in the US (Bloomberg)Trump urges ‘conflicted’ Intel CEO Tan to resign immediately (Bloomberg)Japan: Apple must lift browser-engine ban by December (Open Web Advocacy)Review: Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio (Ars Technica)The Framework Desktop made me fall for small-form-factor PCs (The Verge)Framework Desktop (2025) review: Powerful, but perhaps not for everyone (Engadget)DJI’s first robovac features drone tech and a transparent design (The Verge)Samsung To Produce Sensors For Phone 18 In Austin – DTH
US President announces 100% tariff on foreign semiconductors, cyberattack on the U.S. federal court system ompromises sensitive legal records, The Browser Company intros $20/month Pro subscription.
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August 6, 2025
See Plus+ – DTNS Live 5076
Disney plans to shut down the standalone Hulu app and merge it into the Disney+ app next year. Google says internal findings contradict a Pew Research report saying people clicked on fewer links when using Google’s AI overviews. Scott gives us the highlights from Augmented World Expo 2025. And does toxic social media impact young and older users differently?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Prompt Injection Attacks Get Worse – DTNSB 5076
Plus, goodbye to Hulu’s app and hello to Instagram Maps.
Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach.
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Microsoft’s new AI agent can autonomously detect malware
Project Ire autonomously identifies malware at scale – Microsoft Research
Nvidia says its chips don’t have backdoors, wants to keep it that way | PCWorld
China Draws Red Lines on US Chip Tracking With Nvidia Meeting – Bloomberg
Two arrested for smuggling AI chips to China; Nvidia says no to kill switches | TechCrunch
Hulu App to Be Phased Out; ‘Fully Integrating’ Into Disney+
Disney to Combine Hulu, Disney+, Launch ESPN Streaming App – Thurrott.com
ESPN streaming service to launch August 21
Disney’s ESPN to acquire NFL media assets in major deal | Reuters
Streaming rights for WWE events will move to ESPN – Los Angeles Times
Instagram takes on Snapchat with new ‘Instagram Map’ | TechCrunch
Trump, Apple to Announce Fresh $100 Billion US Investment – Bloomberg
Google is rolling out a fix for Pixel back button issues | The Verge
ChatGPT now tells users to take a break — GPT-5 looms | Windows Central
ChatGPT adds mental health protections for users: See what they are
Amazon Will Offer OpenAI Models to Customers for First Time – Bloomberg
OpenAI announces two “gpt-oss” open AI models, and you can download them today – Ars Technica
Anthropic Unveils More Powerful Model Ahead of GPT-5 Release – Bloomberg
Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked – Ars Technica
Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator | VentureBeat
TP-Link Unveils Its First Wi-Fi 7 Travel Router, Redefining On-the-Go Performance & Security
Apple To Announce New $100 billion Commitment To U.S. Manufacturing – DTH
OpenAI releases first open-weight LLMs, Nvidia Nvidia rejects adding backdoors or kill switches to its AI chips, Hulu and Disney+ app to merge next year.
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Cordkillers 562: Skip to the Good Part
YouTube rolls out AI-powered “Jump Ahead” on TV apps, and Fox reveals its pricey new streaming play. Plus, Roku gets cheeky with a $2.99 ad-free service, Spider-Man gets a new look, and South Park switches streamers.
This week on The FULL Experience: Land of the Lost (313 – “Medicine Man”)
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August 5, 2025
Reasonable Storage Isn’t – DTNS Live 5075
Google unveiled Genie 3 for interactive 3D worlds, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.1, and Roku introduced a new $2.99 streaming service.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Amos, and Joe.
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Inside Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 world model – DTNSB 5075
Cloudflare calls out Perplexity for evading no-crawl directives, and Windows XP and Clippy are coming for your feet!
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Elon Musk Is Bringing Vine Back… Sort Of – DTH
The U.S. General Services Administration has added OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to its list of approved AI vendors, Perplexity is again under scrutiny for improperly scraping content, and X is working to restore the video archive for Vine.
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