Google held its Made by Google event today, announcing the new Pixel 9 phone lineup, plenty of Gemini AI, and other stuff. After the announcement, they held a cringe-worthy afterparty to show off a bunch of celebrities. We also catch up on the rest of the week’s tech news and share some great tech tips and picks.
INTRO (00:00)
FOLLOWUP: Logitech says it has no plans for a subscription-based ‘Forever Mouse’ (02:50)
MAIN TOPIC: Google Pixel Event and “After Party” (03:40)
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: iCloud+ (13:15)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (29:20)
- Teacher spends 1800 hours building the hovercraft of his childhood dreams
- Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda says it’s okay if we end up marrying AI chatbots
- Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks
- Excess memes and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate, researcher warns
- Google DeepMind develops a ‘solidly amateur’ table tennis robot
- Mayonnaise could help improve fusion energy yields
TAKES:
- Starlink Mini is now available for anyone in the US to roam (31:25)
- Humane Ai Pin woes worsen as recent returns exceed sales (34:45)
- Instagram will now let you share 20 photos per post (36:05)
- This Vision Pro emulator brings Nintendo’s Virtual Boy back to life (38:15)
- Forget Midjourney — Flux is the new king of AI image generation and here’s how to get access (39:30)
- Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push (41:25)
BONUS ODD TAKE: Things Organized Neatly (43:40)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Big updates to PPOTW: (47:40)
Dave: Regal Unlimited (49:20)
RAMAZON PURCHASE – Giveaway! (57:20)
