Google announced new hardware at the Made by Google Event. Honor is talking about their wild robot gimbal phone. Pluse we have all the other tech news and plenty of fun to get caught up on.
INTRO (00:00)
Columbia House Is Shutting Down (04:35)
MAIN TOPIC: New phones and more (10:30)
- Made by Google 2026 – New Pixel phones and more
- More than 1 billion people are using the Gemini app every month
- Honor launches its Robot Phone with a built-in folding gimbal and some crazy promo videos
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Photos Image Search iOS 27 (29:45)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (35:35)
- US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers
- Person hides prompt injection in legal filing telling AI to side with him
- Apple CarPlay expands to select pontoon boats with on-water navigation
- Transparent iPhone case grows moss and plants inside
- More than 30 Minnesota water systems targeted in cyberattack
- Most Australian teens still on social media three months after under-16 ban began
- A group of teen hikers relied on Google Maps, it was a disaster
WITHIN REACH! Dave is leading 11-8, Round 21, Dave goes first (38:40)
TAKES:
- California fines data broker for first time under privacy law (44:30)
- PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider (46:55)
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday – August 2026 (50:55)
BONUS ODD TAKE: The Digital Graveyard – Rip.so (53:00)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Dave: Camera Strap Canvas Brown Shoulder Strap with Quick Release Buckles (57:10)
