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S11 Ep 531Amazon Alexa+, Nvidia Say AI Boom Still Going Strong, Sora Gets ChatGPT Integration, Microsoft-OpenAI Approved in UK, McDonald’s Gets AI Infusion, Google-HP Project Starline 3D Calling
Top Stories: Amazon announced Alexa+ with new features Nvidia says AI Boom is far from over OpenAI’s Sora will get ChatGPT Integration to produce better videos After 2 years, the UK gives Microsoft and OpenAI clearance form Antitrust officials McDonald’s is implementing AI in their restaurants HP and Google team up on Project Starline for 3D video calling
S8 Ep 530Facebook Deleting Live Videos, HP Ends 15 Min Wait, Gmail Changes Authentication, Google Shuts Down Extensions, YouTube Premium Lite, Microsoft Office “Free: With Ads, Microsoft To End Skype
News and Updates: Facebook will start deleting Live videos after 30 days HP halts the 15 minute wait to talk to customer service Gmail switching to QR Codes and Authentication App instead of SMS Chrome updated the Extensions Software and killed off a lot of extensions, including uBlock YouTube launches Premium Lite in US to be ad free for $7.99/month Microsoft testing a free version of Office with ads Microsoft will end Skype in May 2025
S8 Ep 529Smart Glasses Help Visually Impaired, AI Not Generating Value, Think Deeper and Voice Are Now Free, Robots Running Half Marathons
Meta’s smart glasses are enhancing the lives of visually impaired Microsoft CEO questions whether AI is creating value Microsoft has made Think Deeper and Voice AI assistants Free of charge Robotics companies have their bots running half marathons along side human runners
S11 Ep 528MLB Bot Calling Balls and Strikes, YouTube Premium “Lite”, Apple Vision Pro getting AI, AT&T SplitPay vs, Splitwise App, Meta’s Subsea Internet Cable Circumnavigates
News and Updates: Major League Baseball will use the bots for balls & strikes in Spring League YouTube is creating a Premium “Lite” plan with reduced ads Apple Vision Pro headsets is getting Apple Intelligence, finally AT&T created SplitPay, but Splitwise is better Meta is building a 31K mile subsea Internet cable that will go around the globe
S9 Ep 527Tariffs are affecting cheap products from China, Musk Bid for OpenAI, AI Hype or Revolutionary, Hank Azaria Replaced By AI?
New tariffs are driving prices for Temu products thru the roof Elon Musk offered $97 Billion to buy OpenAI Is AI just hype, or is it revolutionary? Hank Azaria penned an OpEd that he thinks Gen AI is going to try to replace him
S11 Ep 526Gulf of America on Google Maps, Google’s reCAPTCHA is Useless, Ads in Jeeps, iOS Emergency Update, AirPods as Hearing Aids
News and Updates: Google Maps and Apple Maps have changed the name to Gulf of America in the US, not abroad Google’s reCAPTCHA is useless against bots, but a big money maker Ads are popping up in Jeeps on the display when the vehicle comes to a stop Apple released an emergency update for the iPhone Apple AirPods can be used as hearing aids
S11 Ep 525The Vatican Warns About The Risk of A.I., Dating Apps And The Challenges They Face
The Vatican releases a very written warning about the risks of A.I., while acknowledging its potential The Big Story: Bumble CEO steps down after changing the platform Dating Apps have serious challenges, can they resolve their issues Are Dating Apps getting worse? I. and the Dating App, will it help or make it worse?
S11 Ep 524Stop Changing Passwords, GM Super Cruise, NY Times Flashback, Meta Smart Glasses And The Fate Of The Metaverse, Farewell To The TrackPoint Nub
News and Updates: NIST says using a password manager is better than changing passwords GM got out of the Robotaxi business, but will still use the autonomous driver technology NY Times 1st published article on the WWW Meta to add extra display to the Ray Ban Smart Glasses Meta also will decide the future of The Metaverse Lenovo will do away with the red TrackPoint nub on ThinkPad laptops
S8 Ep 523Interview with Don Monistere, CEO General Informatics
The Big Story: Interview with Don Monistere, CEO General Informatics The Joseph Piediscalzo “Chief” Multimedia & Distance Learning Studio at SLU and why that is special! General Informatics Kickoff Celebration benefitting Boys & Girls Club The outlook for IT in 2025
S9 Ep 522TikTok Reprieved, Social Media “Me Toos”, POTUS & AI Investment, Microsoft’s Dumb Rebrand, $765 Million In Bitcoin To Stay In A Landfill
News and Updates: President Trump sends a message to TikTok and gets a 75 day reprieve Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram all say, “We can do short form videos too”! Users are not as committed to TikTok as ByteDance once thought President Trump investing in datacenters to help advance AI Is Microsoft 365 Copilot the dumbest rebrand since “New Coke”? A UK man looses laptop with the password to $765 Million in Bitcoin to a landfill