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March 4, 2025
Apple Introduces New M3-Powered 11-Inch and 13-Inch iPad Air Models – DTH
Apple has introduced new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air models featuring the M3 chip, TSMC announced an additional $100 billion to expand U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, and Waymo and Uber have launched a robotaxi service in Austin.
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March 3, 2025
Thank You, Claude! – DTNS Live 4967
Allison Sheridan shares her experience with getting rid of her landline after 42 years. Should parents of young children expose them to generative AI at an early age? Lenovo announced some wild new laptop form factors and concepts.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Allison Sheridan, Roger Chang, Joe.
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MWC in Barcelona Gets Conceptual – DTNSB 4967
External NPUs and solar-powered laptops, plus new EV battery tech.
Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.
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“The Lenovo Solar PC Concept feels like a device whose time has come”
“Lenovo’s new AI laptops for MWC 2025 include the Yoga Pro 9i Aura edition and the IdeaPad Slim 3x”
“Lenovo teases solar-powered and foldable screen concept laptops”
“MWC 2025: Lenovo Announces New AI Laptops, Plus Concept PCs and External NPUs – Thurrott.com”
“Google’s Gemini now lets you ask questions using videos and what’s on your screen | TechCrunch”
“Google’s New Tech Means Video Calls May Not Be the Death of Us After All – WSJ”
“TCL reveals pricing for NXTPAPER 11 Plus and 60 Series phones”
“MWC 2025: TCL Brings AI to Super-Bright RayNeo X3 Pro Smart Glasses | PCMag”
“Xiaomi 15 and 15 Ultra launch: Price, specs, availability”
“Xiaomi Wants to Make Modular Magnetic Lenses for its Phones | PetaPixel”
“Belkin Showcases Next-Gen Charging, Audio, and Docking Solutions at MWC 2025”
“Finland-based Nokia supplier launches kid-safe smartphone”
“Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new ‘AI Phone’ priced at under $1K | TechCrunch”
“MWC 2025: Stability AI Partners with Arm on Generative AI Audio for Mobile – Thurrott.com”
“MWC 2025: Qualcomm X85 5G Modem Hits 12.5 Gbps – Thurrott.com”
“Tim Cook teases new Apple product this week: ‘There’s something in the air’ – 9to5Mac”
“(21) Tim Cook on X: “This week. https://t.co/uXqQaGNkSk” / X
“Mozilla rewrites Firefox’s Terms of Use after user backlash | TechCrunch”
“Firefly’s Blue Ghost becomes second private spacecraft with moon landing”
“Opera Previews a Web Browser AI Agent – Thurrott.com”
“Chinese Buyers Are Ordering Nvidia’s Newest AI Chips, Defying U.S. Curbs – WSJ”
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office Investigates TikTok, Reddit, Imgur Over Children’s Data – DTH
Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce an upcoming AI phone, Lenovo announces new AI-powered laptops, Google shows off new Screenshare feature for Gemini.
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March 1, 2025
América Móvil detiene acuerdo con SpaceX – NTX 401
Adiós a Skype, Amazon presenta Alexa+ y el porqué de la pelea entre Slim y Musk.
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-Skype dejará de funcionar
-Flashes competirá con Instagram
-Amazon presenta Alexa+
-Warner Bros. Games cierra estudios de videojuegos
-América Móvil detiene negociaciones con SpaceX
Análisis: Musk vs Slim
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February 28, 2025
R.I.P. Skype – DTNS Live 4966
Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants employees to work 60-hour weeks in the office every weekday to accelerate AI development. Microsoft is shutting down Skype. We look back at our fond and maybe not so fond memories of the service. Plus are return to office policies catering to a companies lowest performing employees? And its Friday quiz time. Do you know these UK musicians who participated in the silent album titled “Is This What We Want?”.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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OpenAI’s Last Unreasonable Model – DTNSB-4966
OpenAI’s Last Unreasonable Model
Plus, Skype will go down for good and Mozilla insist it does not want to sell your data to AI.
Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.
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OpenAI’s new GPT-4.5 model is a better, more natural conversationalistOpenAI announces GPT-4.5, warns it’s not a frontier AI model | The VergeOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company is ‘out of GPUs’ | TechCrunchOpenAI unveils GPT-4.5 ‘Orion,’ its largest AI model yet | TechCrunchOpenAI’s GPT-4.5 is better at convincing other AIs to give it money | TechCrunchMicrosoft hangs up on Skype: service to shut down May 5, 2025 | TechCrunchMozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it’s not using people’s data for AI | TechCrunchMeta plans to release a standalone Meta AI appMeta announces experimental Aria Gen 2 research smart glassesAMD’s $549 Radeon 9070 and $599 9070 XT are gunning for NVIDIA’s mid-range throneAMD’s Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target ‘4K gaming at a 1440p price’ | PCWorldAMD’s Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT start at $549, ship March 6th | The VergeIntel delays first Ohio chip factory in New Albany, againThe New York Subway strapped Pixels to subway cars, for scienceIntel delays its Ohio chip factory to 2030 | TechCrunchNHL officials are wearing Apple Watches on ice | The VergeTecno Spark Slim concept features unbelievable 5.75mm profile – GSMArena.com newsApple Provides Reason for iPhone 16e’s Lack of MagSafe – MacRumorspatreon.com/dtnsdailytechnewsshow.comMicrosoft Is Retiring Skype – DTH
Meta set to make MetaAI a stand-alone app, Microsoft is retiring Skype after 23 years, and Sora is now available in Europe.
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#506 – SECs Unit
February 27, 2025
How Do We Measure “Better”? – DTNS Live 4965
Social Media and Misinformation are often presented as two sides of the same coin, but what does the data actually say? Andrea Jones-Rooy is here to break it down for us. And surveillance technology used to monitor warehouse workers is being introduced into the office workplace but does it actually measure anything useful? Instagram looking into the idea of launching Reels as a standalone short-form video app. And OpenAI announced GPT-4.5, its latest and largest AI model, available as a research preview.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.
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