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June 19, 2025

Microsoft Is Reported To Lay Off Thousands Of Employees Starting In July – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Microsoft is reported to lay off thousands of employees starting in July, Facebook is rolling out passkey support for its mobile app, and Texas Instruments plans to invest over $60 billion in U.S. chip production.

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Published on June 19, 2025 08:43

The FULL 24 Experience: Ultimate (124 – “11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.”)

Maybe not the best Ultimate episode of the FULL experience yet, but there was a lot to say about how not best it was.

Next week: 24 (809 – “Day 8: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.”)

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Published on June 19, 2025 06:00

June 18, 2025

Barbie’s Dream AI – DTNS Live 5043

The initials DTNS in a multicolored 1980s style with the word LIVE underneath in white on a black background. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy expects the company’s corporate headcount to shrink in the coming years as generative AI tools take over some tasks. Netflix signs a deal with French network TF1 to stream its broadcast channels in France. Mattel and OpenAI have a new partnership that will see the toy maker integrate OpenAI’s products into its design process and power new toys. And Xbox announces a new partnership with AMD that will see AMD hardware in the next-gen Xbox and the system NOT locked into one store.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Published on June 18, 2025 14:24

YouTube Shorts Now Averages 200B Daily Views – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft lobby against U.S. states enacting AI regulations, new 90-day TikTok ban delay set in the US, Honda launches and lands its first reusable rocket in Japan.

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Published on June 18, 2025 11:06

June 17, 2025

Cordkillers 555: Ad Nauseam

Amazon ups its ad load while everyone scrambles for streaming ad dominance. Meanwhile, Nielsen crowns streaming as king of TV.

This week on The FULL Experience: 24 (124 – “11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.”)

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Published on June 17, 2025 20:32

ChatGPT Adds Pounds – DTNS Live 5042

The initials DTNS in a multicolored 1980s style with the word LIVE underneath in white on a black background. Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that for the first time a majority of Americans got their news via social media over TV, direct websites and apps. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is telling countries they need to develop Sovereign AI. We explain what that is and what it can mean for AI development. Is the best way to store renewable energy sand? Finland thinks so.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Published on June 17, 2025 14:25

Social Media News Is Where It’s At in the USA – DTNSB 5042

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Published on June 17, 2025 11:59

President Trump Will Probably Extend The TikTok Ban Deadline – DTH

DTH-6-150x150President Trump said he will probably extend the June 19th TikTok ban deadline, social media and video apps have surpassed television as the primary news source for Americans, and OpenAI has secured a $200 million, one-year contract with the U.S. Defense Department.

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Published on June 17, 2025 07:59

June 16, 2025

The FULL 24 Experience: First (101 – “12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.”)

Tom’s first forray into the time-synched world of 24 left him curious and entertained…but we knew it would.

Next week: 24 (124 – “11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.”)

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Published on June 16, 2025 21:04