Welcome to System Update where we (Jerry and Daniel) share our slightly humbled and completely biased thoughts on all things tech and tech adjacent. Listen in and agree (or disagree...if you must) with our perspectives in society's modern controversial technosphere.
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An ongoing collection of every podcast that Jason Howell hosts or appears on within the TWiT network. If you want to be sure that you never miss any of Jason's appearances, subscribe to this one feed and worry no more.
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Three ladies, three stories each week about conspiracy theories, urban legends, serial killers, and other weird stuff! Email us your own stories at podcastofthethirdkind@gmail.com!
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Just a fangirl in a world of podcasts so I made my own podcast to fangirl over my favorite podcasts.
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Tech News Weekly 349: First Impressions of Google's Pixel 9
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Apple is forcing Patreon to switch to its App Store billing system, allowing Apple to take 30% of new subscriptions made through its App Store. KOSPA passed in the U.S. Senate recently: what's next for the controversial bill. And Google announced a lot at its Made by Google event, including new Pixel phones and a big push for Gemini AI. Dan Moren o…
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This Week in Tech 991: This Show Is Securities Fraud
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Existential thoughts about Apple services revenue. Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors. Intel plans to lay off 15% of workforce -- at least 15,000 people. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake in Apple by nearly 50%. Amazon pai…
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Tech News Weekly 344: Samsung's Galaxy Ring and Watch Ultra
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The Federal Trade Commission bans an app from being offered to minors. A beloved DVD rental service files for bankruptcy. An old website publication has been resurrected as an 'AI-zombified' website. And what Samsung announced at its latest Galaxy Unpacked event. Amanda Silberling joins Mikah this week on Tech News Weekly! Amanda talks about the FT…
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Tech News Weekly 337: AI News From Google I/O & OpenAI
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week! Jennifer talks about Matter 1.3 being released by the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Mikah is excited by the new accessibility features Apple recently announced. What Google announced at its Google I/O 2024 event. And finally, OpenAI announces GPT-4o. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talk…
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Tech News Weekly 334: Meta Goes Open With XR
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Jason Howell is filling in for Mikah Sargent as Mikah is out! Emily Dreibelbis chatted with one of the moderators of r/ChatGPT on Reddit. The Rabbit R1 AI companion device recently had its launch party, and first impressions are coming out for the wearable device. Meta opens its Quest Horizon OS to developers. And AI finally arrives in the Ray-Ban …
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This Week in Tech 976: Serial Churners
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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024 Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat. How One Author Pushed the Lim…
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Tech News Weekly 320: Unpacking Galaxy Unpacked 2024
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The continuing saga of the Series 9 & Ultra 2 Apple Watches continues as these watches with blood oxygen features are banned again as of January 18th. What were the smart home trends at CES 2024 this year? How big is the scale of surveillance for each Facebook user on Meta's social platform? And a surprise guest returns to today's Tech News Weekly …
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All About Android: Android Faithful is Your New Android Home!
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All About Android fans, listen up! If you were disappointed when the show went away, then you'll be happy to know that Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao, and Mishaal Rahman brought the AAA fun to a new home called Android Faithful. Each week, the AF crew discusses the latest news, hardware, and apps for the world's biggest mobile operating …
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A look back at some of our favorite interviews from the past year: Stu Tartarone, a veteran of AT&T, who helped develop the first cell phone network and make the first cell phone call back in 1983. Stephen Shankland of CNET talks about how 500+ cables that carry 400 terabits of data per second are running across our ocean floor. Joseph Cox of 404 M…
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Tech News Weekly 314: Reverse Engineering iMessage with Beeper Mini
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Some college students are becoming subjected to tracking "opportunities" during their daily lives on campus. How Beeper Mini works in light of news that Beeper has brought iMessage to Android phones. And Apple has confirmed that governments are spying on people's phones through push notifications. Tara García Mathewson from The Markup joins the sho…
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This Week in Tech 956: A Giant Rolling Brick
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Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop ChatGPT's 1st birthday and mainstream AI adoption Microsoft joins OpenAI's board as a non-voting observer Pika raises $55 million for AI video generation tool Amazon launches Q chatbot service for companies Concerns over Q hallucinating responses and leaking data Rethinking r…
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Tech News Weekly 313: Busting the NameDrop FUD
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Amazon has entered the realm of companies offering their very own AI assistant that they've dubbed Amazon Q. How Gen Z is driving the adoption of Generative AI, in the U.K. at least. And starting December 1st, unused Gmail accounts may be permanently deleted if they have been inactive for at least two years. Amazon announced its own AI assistant ca…
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This Week in Google 744: Giant Red Ties
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Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass Reflecting on 18 years at Google Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Ch…
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Tech News Weekly 312: Apple Supporting RCS in 2024
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Apple has reversed course and is adding RCS support to iMessage next year. What was announced at Microsoft Ignite 2023? And Common Sense Media has ratings for ten chatbots & AI services that parents should be cautious with when their kids interact with them. Breaking news Thursday morning as Apple has announced that they are adding RCS support to i…
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This Week in Google 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know
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Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs …
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Hands-On Tech: Google Pixel Watch 2 Review
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Jason Howell reviews the new Pixel Watch 2 smartwatch from Google. He discusses the pros like improved software, Fitbit integration, and excellent battery life compared to last year's model. But he also highlights cons like limited sizing, proprietary bands, and big repairability concerns. Overall a nice upgrade by Google but still some key shortco…
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Tech News Weekly 311: Humane Launches Its $699 AI Pin
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The game industry has had a year with the consolidation of organizations and the formation of gaming unions. Jason Howell shares his review of the Pixel Watch 2. And OpenAI had its first developer conference. What was announced at the event? Nathan Grayson of the newly launched Aftermath news site to talk about how the game industry has been impact…
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TWiT News 399: OpenAI DevDay Keynote 2023
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At its inaugural developer conference DevDay, OpenAI unveiled major upgrades like GPT-4 Turbo, a more advanced AI model that's 3x cheaper than GPT-4 and a 128k token context window that can handle much longer prompts. They also launched new multimodal capabilities so developers can integrate vision, speech, and image generation into apps. Key highl…
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Tech News Weekly 310: Understanding Biden's AI EO
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President Biden issued an executive order on Artificial Intelligence. How does the US government see AI today based on this executive order? What are the implications of Microsoft's breakthrough with their small AI model, Phi 1.5? And how social media influencers sharing news are starting to have more reach to a younger generation than legacy news …
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Tech News Weekly 309: Cell Phones: The Origin Story
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This week on Tech News Weekly, Jason and Mikah go back in time to the origins of cell phones with an AT&T engineer who helped build the first network, get the inside scoop on Apple's next event from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, social media trends, and more. We kick off the show by chatting with Stu Tartarone, a veteran of AT&T who helped develop the f…
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Tech News Weekly 308: Rebutting Andreessen's Manifesto
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How are humans involved in the overall AI process? 23andMe suffers another data leak by hacker "Golem". And the Meta Quest 3 is being used publicly for hilarious and interesting results. Solana Larsen of the Mozilla Foundation and the IRL Podcast joins the show to talk about human beings, the data workers behind AI systems being used daily. Dave Ka…
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Tech News Weekly 307: Pixel 8 Pro Review
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Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and we demonstrate the new ChatGPT voice features. • Ant Pruitt stops by Tech News Weekly to give us a rundown of what Ad…
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Tech News Weekly 306: Pixel 8'ed: First Impressions
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Google had their Made By Google event this month and announced the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2. The Surface Laptop Studio 2 could be so much more than the device offers. How one group is utilizing credit card points to corner concert tickets for popular artists. And how AI bias tests are overlooking a key aspect of skin color. Mark Spoo…
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At their Made by Google '23 event, Google shared an update to their Pixel Buds Pro and unveiled the Pixel Watch 2, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Pro. Hosts: Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT cod…
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Hands-On Tech: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ Review
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Get an in-depth look at the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ 5G in this hands-on review. Jason Howell covers the sleek design, vibrant AMOLED display, long battery life, S Pen integration, One UI software, and more. See why this just might be the best premium Android tablet yet, even with the high price tag. Get the Galaxy Tab S9+ 5G: https://a.co/d/gUyA…
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Officially fangirling over the officially unofficial podcast that recaps my favorite shows.By First Ever Podcast by Selita O. Paea
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Fangirling over Risk!, my favorite story telling podcast, and why you should go check it out!By First Ever Podcast by Selita O. Paea
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In this Mini Episode, I'll fangirl over Kanban and how it helps me everyday.By First Ever Podcast by Selita O. Paea
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Fangirling over the first podcast that got me into podcasts which also happens to be one of the most popular podcasts of all podcasts.By First Ever Podcast by Selita O. Paea
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This week on Podcast of the Third Kind, celebrities who either murdered people, were murdered, or were accused of murder. It's a big category, y'all. We discuss Marilyn Monroe, Bob Crane, and Snoop Dogg. We also talk a lot about RTX, which is happening RIGHT NOW (when I post this anyway), but you know, we record a week early.…
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This week we talk about people who almost got murdered, but survived! Charly's story about a potential victim of the Nightstalker reminds us that Cat and Emma know way too much about serial killers. Emma invites us to subscribe to Ross Miner's YouTube channel where he talks about his experience. Cat goes back to the late 90's and the Railway Killer…
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