We’re recovering from Christmas, ending the year, and getting ready to head to CES in Vegas next week. We have tech news to catch up on and so much more, all to help you get out there and tech better!
INTRO (00:00)
We’re heading to CES (04:40)
MAIN TOPIC: Gift guide results & Christmas (12:15)
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Track Flights Directly via Messages and Spotlight (24:00)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (28:20)
- AI minted more than 50 new billionaires in 2025
- Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel championships
- Some of the DOJ’s careful redactions can be defeated with copy and paste
- Breach forces Ubisoft to take “Rainbow Six Siege” offline
- New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings
- New NASA boss Isaacman says U.S. will return to the moon within Trump’s term
- Russia plans a nuclear power plant on the moon within a decade
TAKES:
- YouTube shuts down channels using AI to create fake movie trailer watched by millions (32:00)
- ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped (36:00)
- Spotify music library scraped by pirate activist group (37:30)
BONUS ODD TAKE: Floor 796 Project (39:00)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
RAMAZON PURCHASE OF THE WEEK (52:40)
