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July 28, 2025
Samsung Unveils a $16.5B Chip Deal With Tesla – DTH
Temu users in the EU face “high risk” illegal products, UK Online Safety Act prompts VPN surge, Imax partners with Runway fort AI Film Festival.
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Age Verification Defeated in Many Ways – DTNSB 5069
You can get a VPN or get more creative and use a video game. Plus, why Web apps are better than native apps.
Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.
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Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode | The VergeUK VPN demand soars after debut of Online Safety Act • The RegisterI ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez‑It | The VergeGoogle failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake severityThe High‑Schoolers Who Just Beat the World’s Smartest AI Models ‑ WSJTemu Accused by EU of Breaking Rules With Illegal Product Sales ‑ BloombergTemu accused by EU regulators of failing to prevent sale of illegal products | AP NewsSamsung to Produce Chips for Tesla (TSLA) in $16.5 Billion Deal ‑ BloombergPayPal to Roll Out ‘Pay With Crypto’ Feature for Merchants ‑ BloombergItch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games | TechCrunchUKIE responds to adult games being pulled from Steam and itch.io after pressure from payment providers | GamesIndustry.bizGwyneth Paltrow Joins Astronomer Coldplay Kiss Scandal in VideoUW researchers plan spinoff for disease‑fighting proteinsOpenAI could rival Google Shopping with ChatGPT ShopJuly 26, 2025
Los muertos siguen cantando en Spotify – NTX 420
Adiós a Uber Moto y Didi Moto, Meta no programará publicidad política en Europa, y artistas muertos lanzan música sintética en Spotify.
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Temas:
-Detienen operaciones de DiDi moto y Uber moto en la CDMX
-Meta suspende publicidad política en Europa
-YouTube shorts incorpora herramientas generativas
-Estados Unidos busca consolidar dominio en Inteligencia Artificial
-Moonshoot AI presenta Kimi K2
-Spotify elimina canciones sintéticas de artistas fallecidos
Análisis: Creaciones después de la muerte
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July 25, 2025
Happy as a Hacker in Slop! – DTNS Live 5068
X is testing to see if Community Notes can help find the posts everyone likes. App developers are pushing back against Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature. How is AI slop impacting the infosec world? And its Friday and Tom has conjured up a new Quiz to help end the week.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Should AI Chatbots Age? – DTNSB 5068
Microsoft’s CEO of AI seems to think so. Plus, Meta says no to political ads, and Samsung crushes a source of UI leaks.
Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao
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Microsoft’s AI CEO thinks Copilot will age and ‘have a room that it lives in’ | The Verge
Microsoft’s AI CEO says Copilot will age with a fixed persona | Windows Central
Copilot Labs: Discover experimental AI initiatives
Intel (INTC) earnings report Q2 2025
Intel beats on Q2 revenue, plans to cut 15% of workforce, cancels factory plans
Intel’s foundry future depends on securing a customer for next-gen chipmaking tech | Reuters
Meta to stop selling political ads in the EU from October | TechCrunch
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal | TechCrunch
OpenAI prepares GPT‑5 launch for August 2025, sources say
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Shines in Coding Tasks — The Information
Sam Altman on AGI, GPT-5, and what’s next — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 1 – YouTube
Apple releases public betas of its new software updates with Liquid Glass | The Verge
Apple releases public preview of iOS 26 for the iPhone
Apple broadens App Store’s age rating system | TechCrunch
Internet Archive is now an official US government document library
Google partners with Italy’s Energy Dome on zero-emission power supply
Inside Energy Dome’s energy-storage-as-a-service plans | Latitude Media
Lyft Plans to Launch Benteler Autonomous Shuttles in US in 2026 – Bloomberg
Samsung puts an end to early One UI leaks – SamMobile
Samsung Pushes for Diverse AI Agents in Galaxy Mobile Devices – Bloomberg
Meta Is Ceasing All Political Ads In The EU – DTH
Meta is ceasing all political ads in the EU, Starlink experienced its first major outage of the year Thursday, and Google is testing a new vibe-coding tool called Opal.
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July 24, 2025
Remote Working From Prison – DTNS Live 5067
iRobot unveiled the Roomba Max 705 Combo, a roller mop-equipped robovac. We look at how remote work can help rehabilitate persons serving out their sentences behind bars. Apple released public betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26, introducing a new design language called Liquid Glass. And new generative AI features are rolling out now for YouTube Shorts and Google Photos. Would we use them?
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The FULL Land of the Lost Experience: Ultimate (106 – “The Stranger”)
We found the soryline atrocious, the acting poor, and mystery flat…but we loved it for all the nostalgia anyway.
Next week: Land of the Lost (309 – “Abominable Snowman”)
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Heads-on with the Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition glasses – DTNSB 5067
Google is bringing Veo video generation to Google Photos, and the Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest selling game console of all time.
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Oakley HSTN Limited Edition ImpressionsGoogle’s CEO says ‘AI is positively impacting every part of the business’Google Photos adding free photo-to-video, Remix, and Create tabGoogle acknowledges Assistant issues with Home, teases ‘major improvements’ comingThe Nintendo Switch 2 Is the Fastest-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. HistoryAmazon is launching a cheaper color KindleFaster Qi2 charging is coming to iPhones and ‘major’ Android phonesStarlink-powered ‘T-Satellite’ service is now live on T-MobileSnapchat will notify your friends when you’ve made it home safeBrave blocks Windows Recall from screenshotting your browsing activityGoogle Is Launching Veo-Powered Gen AI Tools For YouTube – DTH
Google is launching Veo-powered generative AI Tools for YouTube, expanding Google Photos capabilities with Veo-based image-to-video features, and Snapchat’s new “Home Safe” feature alerts friends and family when you arrive home.
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