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March 7 · 9 min
Nvidia GPUs ascendant, Anthropic fights back, xAI in trouble + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 why? is a good question 0:09 Nvidia GPU monopoly 2:04 Anthropic to fight Pentagon 4:51 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:46 Apple blocks ByteDance-owned apps 6:29 Apple Music adds AI music tags 7:00 Macbook Neo benchmarks 7:40 Wikipedia AI translation issues 8:19 Roblox AI re-phrases bad chats NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/HpyUt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
March 5 · 11 min
Macbook Neo, M5 Pro/Max, OpenAI backtracks, Meta Glasses Video leaks + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 I'm just ASKING 0:18 Macbook Neo, M5 Pro, M5 Max 2:38 OpenAI manages Anthropic backlash 4:31 Meta Glasses videos exposed? 7:05 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:12 Windows 12 this year NOT 7:54 Pixels get Android desktop mode 8:27 Scalper bots making RAM crisis worse 9:11 'Coruna' iPhone exploits 10:04 Xiaomi has robot 'interns' NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/23Aj3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
March 3 · 10 min
Microsoft vs 'Microslop', iPhone 17e, M4 iPad Air, Wacky MWC concepts + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 you're stronger than you know :) 0:14 'Microslop' banned in Copilot Discord 1:21 MWC - the normal stuff 3:02 MWC - the weird stuff 6:15 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:28 Ryzen AI 400 PRO chips 7:03 California OS age verification law 7:47 YouTube Shorts AI tests 8:22 Omar Yaghi's water harvesting machine 9:03 CDE Time Capsule NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/0w8kw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 28 · 10 min
Lenovo Legion Go Fold, Anthropic rejects US govt, Meta AI Safety SNAFU + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 it's like it never ends! 0:09 Lenovo Legion Go Fold 1:39 Anthropic rejects Pentagon 3:04 Meta AI Safety head gets OpenClaw'd 5:51 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:04 Nvidia SHIELD TV gets another update 6:43 Nvidia GPU driver causes fan issues 7:24 Block cuts nearly half workforce 8:07 Tecno modular phone conccept 8:38 Burger King AI headsets NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/BaEmc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 26 · 13 min
Fresh Nvidia N1X leaks, Samsung Unpacked highlights, US Defense Dept. vs Anthropic + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 National Technographic 0:15 Fresh Nvidia N1X leaks, job listings 1:47 Galaxy Unpacked 2026 highlights: S26 Ultra 4:21 DoD vs Anthropic 8:18 QUICK BITS INTRO 8:31 Discord delays global age verification 9:20 Misleading OneDrive 'storage' listings 10:12 Farmers refuse to sell land for data centers 10:52 Panasonic TV deal with 'Skyworth' 11:48 Spotify x Liquid Death Eternal Playlist Urn NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/x2boW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 24 · 12 min
Phil Spencer retires, Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, Hacktivists vs. Persona + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 time is wacky! Ah. Oh well! 0:14 Phil Spencer leaves Xbox / Microsoft 2:20 Wikipedia blacklists archive . today 4:03 Discord, Persona, and surveillance 7:36 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:43 Sam Altman: AI needs your food 8:30 Has AMD stopped Ryzen Z1 updates? 9:15 Nova Lake-S maybe delayed to 2027 9:48 3D-print an electric motor! 10:29 Kohler Anthem EvoCycle shower NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/HctVI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 21 · 11 min
Win11 update breaks things, Zuck at Addiction Trial, Toxic Headphones(?) and more!
Timestamps: 0:00 can't even handle it 0:14 Windows 11 update broke stuff 1:32 Zuckerberg at social media trial 3:43 Are headphones poisonous now(...?) 6:49 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:01 Intel AI customer support 7:54 Ring doubles down on Search Party 8:42 ShinyHunters does 2 more hacks 9:32 FBI warns about ATM jackpotting 10:09 Substack x Polymarket NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/jcGRa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 19 · 10 min
Apple Glass / Camera Airpods, Memory Crisis Update, Discord Update + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 wooow. who's your stylist? 0:09 Apple Glasses, AI pendant, camera Airpods 1:18 Steam Deck OLED shortage 3:01 Discord Persona concerns 5:27 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:43 Disney cease-and-desist over Seedance 2.0 6:32 OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator 7:19 Acer, Asus laptop sales halted in Germany 8:05 T-Mobile Live Translation 8:48 China Spring Festival Gala robots NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/UhZvj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 14 · 13 min
Lease a PS5, Ring x Flock partnership cancelled, China Space Race + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE 0:11 PlayStation Flex - PS5 leasing 2:28 Ring cancels Flock partnership 4:30 China v. Bezos v. Musk space race 8:28 QUICK BITS INTRO 8:38 Cash App Payment Links 9:12 Spotify big into vibe coding 10:07 Meta adding face recognition to glasses 10:50 iOS 26.3 transfer to Android 11:38 Isaac 0 laundry folding robot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/nzYaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 12 · 11 min
W11's Snapdragon X2-exclusive update, Meta/Google addiction trial start + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 quick li'l scream here one sec 0:07 Win11 26H1 for Snapdragon X2 only 2:20 Meta, Google addiction trial 5:53 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:05 Discord clarifies age verification 7:15 Google updates 'Results About You' 7:58 Threads 'Dear Algo' feature 8:49 Hacktivist breaches stalkerware 9:47 MrBeast buys finance app NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/Ejony Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 10 · 10 min
Discord Global Age Verification, Ayaneo Next II, Arrow Lake refresh + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 we've got a situation 0:12 Discord global age verification 2:31 Ayaneo Next 2 price 5:01 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:08 Arrow Lake refresh 6:00 W11 setup adds Copilot 6:25 Dutch authorities seize VPN server(?) 7:00 OpenAI Dime earbuds 7:41 SpaceX: Moon before Mars 8:56 Soft, warm robot waifus lol sorry NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/K4f48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 7 · 11 min
No New Nvidia GPUs, iPhone Lockdown Mode Success, EU vs TikTok + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 WHALE LAN, TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW 0:19 No new Nvidia GPUs until 2028 - report 1:46 iPhone Lockdown mode stops FBI 3:33 EU vs TikTok over addictive design 6:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:58 Wayback Machine fights link rot 7:43 Windows 11 update drops frames 8:19 NASA allows smartphones in space 9:02 Substack data breach 9:43 Questions about Gemini shopping NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/wZ98Z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 5 · 12 min
Adobe Animate un-discontinued, Intel's new GPU plan, RentAHuman.ai + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 feeeeeeling hot hot hot! 0:15 Adobe Animate discontinued, then not 2:14 Intel hires GPU veteran... 3:52 Moltbook (last time) + Rent-a-human site 7:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:33 Copilot in File Explorer 8:08 France raids X offices, Spain social ban 9:11 MORE Ryzen CPUs fried in ASRock mobos 10:07 AMD adopting Intel's 'FRED' 10:54 GitHub's plan to deal with vibe coding slop NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/C94rA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
February 3 · 10 min
Firefox AI kill switch, SpaceX sats, xAI merger, Notepad++ hack + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 i saw the soup, and it opened up... 0:09 Firefox announces AI kill switch 2:02 SpaceX 1M+ satellites, xAI merger 3:44 Notepad++ hack, patch 5:36 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:47 Apple store adds Mac customization 6:30 iOS 26.3 location privacy feature 7:11 Fire TV sideloading crackdown 7:54 Moto G17 gets no OS updates 8:51 Hair computers! NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/54TmY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 31 · 13 min
Microsoft promises to fix Windows, Annie's Archive lawsuit, Moltbook + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 i am one wild and crazy guy!! 0:11 Microsoft promises to fix Windows 2:30 Annie's Archive sued for 13 TRILLION 4:22 Moltbook, social network for AI agents 7:34 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:47 Nvidia GPU prices are out of control 8:26 Tesla discontinues Model S and Model X 9:22 US cyber security chief uses ChatGPT 10:39 Google Project Genie, GFiber 3Gig 11:37 Custom lung machine on demand NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/AMloV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 29 · 11 min
Aluminium OS spotted, Big Social Media Lawsuit, "Moltbot", + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 the chip is good! what! 0:15 Android desktop OS leak 1:46 TikTok settles social media lawsuit 3:17 Locally-hosted AI assistant Moltbot 6:04 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:18 Intel XeSS 3 multi-frame gen rollout 7:00 China says yes to H200 chips 7:45 Iran opening internet but really closing it 8:45 Amazon misfires layoff email 9:29 Figure Helix O2, Fauna Robotics Sprout NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/3lRZQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 27 · 11 min
Intel Panther Lake, BitLocker Keys Issue, TikTok US updates + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 just bring it next time :) 0:18 Intel Panther Lake reviews 2:10 Microsoft gives up BitLocker encryption keys 4:04 TikTok US changes, confusion 6:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:40 W11 update leaves users unable to boot 7:24 Stop Killing Games EU petition update 8:18 Dept of Transportation using Gemini 8:58 JBL speakers split songs into stems 9:37 Ordering Domino's via Wii in 2026 NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/keKvM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 24 · 11 min
YouTube wants GOOD Slop, Website card skimmers, Tesla nixes Autopilot + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 I honestly dono man 0:13 YouTube wants creator-made slop 1:24 Canada Computers website card skimmer 3:00 Tesla discontinues Autopilot 6:37 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:50 TikTok deal is done 7:30 Apple working on AI pin 8:00 ASUS mobo Ryzen 9800X3D issue 8:38 Anbernic controller with heartbeat sensor 9:12 Robotic hand crawls on its own NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/O8927 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 22 · 11 min
Nvidia N1X imminent, AI Bubble Wobbles, Sony Bravia run by TCL + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 for scryin' out loud! 0:11 New Nvidia N1X leaks 1:54 CEOs are starting to worry about AI 3:18 Sony cedes Bravia TV control to TCL 5:50 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:04 AMD GPUs paused until 2027? 6:54 Twitter open-sources algorithm 7:25 French court okays App Tracking Transparency 8:12 Sarco pod is back, now with AI 9:11 Stretchy OLED display!! NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/tvwj0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 20 · 9 min
W11 no-shutdown bug, RAM Crisis effects, Google appeals 2020 ruling + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 Windows; a trick of Mephistopheles 0:07 Windows 11 bug prevents Shut Down 1:23 Data centers get 70% of RAM in 2026 2:38 Google appeals old monopoly ruling 4:55 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:06 Spotify price hike 5:43 Musk plans to beat Intel, AMD 6:26 xAI datacenter's sketchy power 7:04 Healing spray! 7:42 TikTok microdrama app NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/77HAl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nvidia GPUs ascendant, Anthropic fights back, xAI in trouble + more!

Macbook Neo, M5 Pro/Max, OpenAI backtracks, Meta Glasses Video leaks + more!

Microsoft vs 'Microslop', iPhone 17e, M4 iPad Air, Wacky MWC concepts + more!

Lenovo Legion Go Fold, Anthropic rejects US govt, Meta AI Safety SNAFU + more!

Fresh Nvidia N1X leaks, Samsung Unpacked highlights, US Defense Dept. vs Anthropic + more!

Phil Spencer retires, Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, Hacktivists vs. Persona + more!

Win11 update breaks things, Zuck at Addiction Trial, Toxic Headphones(?) and more!

Apple Glass / Camera Airpods, Memory Crisis Update, Discord Update + more!

Lease a PS5, Ring x Flock partnership cancelled, China Space Race + more!

W11's Snapdragon X2-exclusive update, Meta/Google addiction trial start + more!

Discord Global Age Verification, Ayaneo Next II, Arrow Lake refresh + more!

No New Nvidia GPUs, iPhone Lockdown Mode Success, EU vs TikTok + more!

Adobe Animate un-discontinued, Intel's new GPU plan, RentAHuman.ai + more!

Firefox AI kill switch, SpaceX sats, xAI merger, Notepad++ hack + more!

Microsoft promises to fix Windows, Annie's Archive lawsuit, Moltbook + more!

Aluminium OS spotted, Big Social Media Lawsuit, "Moltbot", + more!

Intel Panther Lake, BitLocker Keys Issue, TikTok US updates + more!

YouTube wants GOOD Slop, Website card skimmers, Tesla nixes Autopilot + more!

Nvidia N1X imminent, AI Bubble Wobbles, Sony Bravia run by TCL + more!

W11 no-shutdown bug, RAM Crisis effects, Google appeals 2020 ruling + more!