Can Googlebooks replace a MacBook or PC laptop? Are AI charms the future of personal AI or just a dead end? We discuss these important topics plus answer this important viewer question “Which jobs will be looked upon as buggy whip manufactures in the near future?”

Starring Sara Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Iyaz Akhtar, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe

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Google Gemini Now Supports Live Avatars for Enterprise Agents
Google Brings Video Avatars to Gemini 3.8 Live Agents
Microsoft Expands Copilot AI Coding With Anthropic
Microsoft Readies Its AI Agent for Putting Work on Autopilot
Meta Horizon Create Lets You Make AI Games on Your Phone
Bill Gates Warns AI Could Become Powerful Enough to Lead to a Billion Deaths
Google Tests AI-Powered Call for Me Feature on Pixel 11 Series
Google Photos’ Clueless-Inspired Virtual Closet Arrives on Android and iOS
SpaceX Sets Starship’s First Orbital Flight for September 28
Tesla Moves to Electrify Trucking After a Decade of Work and Delays
OpenAI Is Preparing a $500 ChatGPT Pro Max Plan With Faster Codex
Can Googlebook?
Pre-Order Googlebook
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Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2026

Meta’s new Muse Charm makes agentic AI cute. Plus Rob DeMillo joins to talk about Google launching its Tensor Processing Units into space.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Rob DeMillo.

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Meta Launches $1,299 VR Headset That Looks Like Glasses to Rival Apple Vision Pro
Mark Zuckerberg Unveils $1,299 Meta VR Glasses With AI Agent
Meta VR Glasses Promise a Lightweight Headset Launching in Spring 2027
Meta Holograph Avatar for AI and VR Glasses Hands-On
Meta Debuts $349 Camera-Free Ray-Bans and Brings Muse to Glasses
Meta Will Stop Training AI on Smart Glasses Visual Data if You Opt Out
Meta Brings Muse AI Agent to Smart Glasses
Everything New Coming to Meta’s AI Agent Muse
Meta Puts Its AI Assistant on a Keychain
Meta Debuts Palm-Sized Muse Charm AI Device
Zuckerberg’s AI Muse Charm Could Be Meta’s iPod Moment
Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2026
Meta’s VR Glasses Are One-Sixth the Weight of Apple Vision Pro
Google Project Suncatcher Launches Its First TPU
Alphabet, Google, SpaceX and AI Data Centers
OpenAI Agents Tried to Hack Four More Websites While Seeking Data
OpenAI Agent Hacked an Australian Government Website
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Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2
Qualcomm Brings AI to Audio Wearables With Snapdragon Sound Elite
Apple and Qualcomm Renew Global Patent Licensing Agreement
Google Says Gemini 4 Is Coming as Soon as Possible
Oracle Cites Force Majeure for Project Jupiter in New Mexico
Oracle Cites Force Majeure on Controversial Data Center
Claude Helps Discover CRISPR-Like Enzyme System in Bacteriophages
Microsoft Unveils New Surface Pro and Surface Laptop With Snapdragon X2 Plus
Amazon to Expand Robot-Making Capacity With $100 Million Indiana Hub
Tencent Offers Payment App for Visitors to China
Apple Software Update Fixes iPhone 18 Pro Rebooting Bug
Apple Releases watchOS 27.0.1
McDonald’s New AI Drive-Thru Voice Takes Orders in English and Spanish
iPhone 18 Pro Technical Specifications
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Jason Howell reports from the Snapdragon Summit on the new Snapdragon Elite Gen 6 models, plus most of the world feels good about AI, so why is the West such a downer?

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Jason Howell.

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Qualcomm Launches Two New Smartphone Chips With Emphasis on AI
Qualcomm Is Making Two Versions of Its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Chip
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Upgrades Android Flagships
Optimism About AI Is Globally Widespread but Uneven
Global Views on AI: Gallup Poll
Americans’ Views of Data Centers Have Turned More Negative
The More Americans Hear About Data Centers, the Less They Like Them
Google Announces Custom YouTube Feeds and New Podcast Features
YouTube Clinches Coachella Livestream Through 2030
YouTube’s Conversational Video Editor Lets Creators Make Edits in Natural Language
YouTube Custom Feeds Let You Steer the Algorithm
YouTube Makes Comments More Fun and Fandom More Lucrative for Creators
Logitech Unveils New Gaming Accessories in Its Pro Line
Logitech’s Yeti 2 Brings the USB Mic Into the Modern Age
Discord Rolls Out Its Revised Age Verification
PitPro’s First Tire-Changing Robot Goes Live in Canada
Microsoft Wants to Show You Ads Between Boss Fights
If Your Mac Is Running Out of Space After macOS 27, Check This Setting
Apple Intelligence Is Using 30GB on Some Macs With macOS 27
Mac Studio SSD Storage Is Replaceable While Mac Mini Loses the Option
Apple Reportedly Working on a Screenless Fitness Tracker
Apple Developing New Fitness Tracker to Rival Whoop
OpenAI Daybreak Heads to Ukraine for Cyber Defense
AI Glasses Shipments Surged 263% in the First Half of 2026
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Sol and Luna
Geely Unveils Ultrafast AI-Powered EV Charging
Jev’s New AI Primitives for Coders
OpenAI Forms Maths Advisory Group Around 100 Open Problems
Why AI Is Leaving Many Employees More Overworked and Less Productive
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A few hundred layoffs and some other studio moves continue the changes at Xbox, plus Beats 360 modular headphones and an LLM for ancient Greek.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter and Dr. Niki.

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Xbox Transfers Rare and Halo Franchise to Activision, Proposes Ninja Theory Closure Amid Restructure
Xbox Announces More Job Cuts and Studio Reorgs, With Next Halo Developed by Activision
Xbox Reset Continues With 268 Job Cuts and Activision Making the Next Halo
Ninja Theory Faces Closure Amid Xbox Layoffs
Recapping a Devastating July for Xbox
Shopify to Use Meta’s Muse for Agentic Checkout
Muse, Meta’s Extraordinarily Privileged AI Assistant, Has a Serious Zero-Day
Meta’s New Muse AI App Tops Charts and Draws Strong Early Reviews
Wall Street Expects Meta’s AI Agent to Become a New Revenue Engine
Beats Announces $350 Beats 360 Headphones
Beats 360 Headphones Launch
Beats 360 Headphones Review
Xiaomi Introduces MiMo V2.6 Open-Source AI Model Family
Xiaomi’s MiMo V2.6 Pro Debuts Alongside Cheaper V2.6 Flash
Tencent Releases AI Image Model to Catch ByteDance and Alibaba
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5
AI Models Built From Rat Brains Are About to Become a Reality
Apollo AI Model Helps Unlock Ancient Greek Secrets From Papyrus
Adobe Premiere Launches on Android
Alibaba Unveils AI Chip to Drive 20GW of Data Centers by 2032
XPeng’s Humanoid Robots Walk Out After Being Assembled
Apple Music Hall Adds Live Event Recording
Sonos Ships Beam Ultra Soundbar and Ace Ultra Headphones
iPhone 18 Pro Users Report Face ID Issues
Amazfit Takes on Garmin With Its Own Solar Technology
watchOS 27.2 Beta 2 Brings Back the App Switcher With a New Gesture
Bungie Tries to Hit the Reset Button After Years of Mistakes
Microsoft to Retire Microsoft 365 Companion Apps
Microsoft to Retire Microsoft 365 Companion Apps in December
Vibe-Coded Modern Task Manager Runs on Mac and Linux
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Ron Richards got his hands on the new Googlebooks, which are great laptops for Android users. Plus, the Mac Mini and Mac Studio reviews are out, and why AI might NOT kill us all. Yet.

Starring Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, and Ron Richards.

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Pre-Order Googlebook
Google’s $899 Googlebook Is a Bet That You’ll Buy a New Laptop for Gemini
Googlebook Is a Laptop That Works Better With Your Android Phone
Googlebook Laptops Launch October 4 Starting at $899
Googlebook Launch
Googlebook OS Hands-On
Googlebook Questions Answered
MediaTek’s Dimensity CX-C10 Max Will Power New Googlebook Initiative
Inside the Tiny, Unfixable Eye: iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max Teardown
The iPhone 18 Pro Is Tricky to Repair According to iFixit
Apple Mac Mini Late 2026 Review
Apple M6 Mac Mini Review: $300 Price Hike Spoils a Nice Upgrade
Apple Mac Studio M5 Ultra Review
M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents
Apple Mac Studio M5 Ultra Review
Could AI Really Kill All Humans?
Amazon Blocks Muse as Perplexity Files Amended Complaint
Google Fined by Irish Watchdog for Location Data Rule Breach
Siri AI Settlement Website Is Now Live
Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google’s AI
Clicks Communicator Shipments Begin in December
HomePad to Launch Next Month With New Features
Apple’s Home AI Hub Details, Apple Fitness Layoffs, and More
OnePlus 16 Design and Color Options Officially Revealed
Xiaomi 18 Pro Series Gets an Official Launch Date
RatHat Malware Attacks Android Phones
PlayStation x LISA Controller Collaboration Announced
YouTube Video
Humanoid Robot Sales Hit 7,000 Globally Last Year
China Slows Humanoid Robot IPOs

Scott Stein, CNET Editor at Large, walks through the new Steam Frame VR headset, where it sits in the pantheon of VR devices in 2026, and whether its price is justified.

Featuring Jason Howell and Scott Stein.

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Which cables should you keep and which can you finally ditch? Roger and Patrick Norton tackle the tangled mess of cables taking over our closets and garages, and attempt some much-needed cable therapy.

Starring Patrick Norton, Roger Chang

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https://www.cablematters.com
https://www.anker.com/collections/cables

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Molly Wood, Jenn Cutter, Amos, Roger Chang, Joe.

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We think big enterprises are the most likely to buy Snap Specs, plus the Apple Watch reviews are in, and more AI safety instances and a framework for dealing with them!

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Dr. Niki.

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Snap Launches $2,195 Specs Smart Glasses
Snap Shares More Details About $2,195 Specs AR Glasses and Verizon Partnership
Snap Launches Enterprise AI Service
Snap Specs Hands-On: Standalone AR Glasses Are Here
Snap Introduces Standalone AI Assistant Specs Intelligence
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Review
Apple Watch Series 12 Review
Apple Watch Series 12 Review
AI Agents Can Modify Themselves Without Humans Telling Them To
OpenAI Reports Six AI Misalignment Incidents
AI Coach Agent Finds and Uses Worker Cheat Spreadsheet
OpenAI Says Its Agents Went Off the Rails Another Six Times
US and China Security Experts Propose Nuclear-Style Safeguards for AI Risks
AI Model Watermarking Changes Agent Behavior
OpenAI Details Safety Incidents From AI Testing
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Congress Examines AI Data Center Utility Costs
Nvidia and Google Join Emerald Coalition on Data Center Power
EU Kids Act Proposes Social Media Ban for Children Under 13
Bose Unveils $199 Sport Open Earbuds and Second-Gen Ultra Open Earbuds
Google Pixel Phones Pwned in Zero-Click Attacks
Anthropic Brings Claude to Microsoft Documents
Huawei Plans New AI Chip for Q1 2027 as It Takes on Nvidia
Lucid and Bolt Plan at Least 25,000 Robotaxis Across Europe
A Digital Fly Brain Has Taken Over the Internet
Nature: Fruit Fly Brain Research
FlyWire
Scientists Unveil the First Complete Map of an Adult Fruit Fly’s Brain
Google Research: Mapping the Male Fruit Fly Brain
Whole Neural Scan of a Fly Discussion
Artificial Analysis
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We look over the largely growing reviews of the iPhone 18 Pro, plus what Flock Cameras actually capture and a security industry perspective on securing agents.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

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Apple M5 Ultra Chip Benchmark
Apple Explains the iPhone 18 Pro’s New Camera Mode
Apple Explains How the iPhone 18 Pro’s New Reference Image Camera Mode Works
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Review
iPhone 18 Pro Max Review
iPhone 18 Pro Review
The Longest-Lasting iPhone Battery Ever
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How It Tracks Cars and People
Stolen Flock Camera Data Shows How the Surveillance System Works
Zuckerberg Favors Evaluators Over an AI Safety Slowdown
Financial Times Report
Microsoft AI Chief Warns Anthropic’s Humanlike Claude Is Risky
OpenAI’s Rogue Agents Probed Hugging Face Weaknesses Before Major Hack
The AI as Normal Technology View
Apple’s Vulnpocalypse Brings a Record-Setting Number of Security Patches
Mythos Has Made 2026 Patching Hell — It Might Make 2027 a Breeze
Microsoft Will Hold a Windows Event on October 7
Samsung Android 17 and One UI 9 Update List
Samsung Brings One UI 9 to the Rest of the Galaxy S26 Series
Boox Palma 3 Upgrades to Aluminum and Android 16
Canon’s First Retro Camera Review
Mozilla Partners With Mistral on Firefox Smart Window
Mistral Aims to Grow Its Consumer AI Base Through Mozilla Partnership
Apple May Return to the Server Market
OpenAI Tests ChatGPT Sponsored Agents
Typesafe AI Debuts a Model for Machines That Plays Doom
Adobe Announces Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2027
AWS Says Wartime Damage Means Some Middle East Cloud Resources Are Gone for Good
A Digital Fly Brain Has Taken Over the Internet

Steam Frame reviews say that the VR headset is ambitious and expensive with limited games support, and newly developed perovskite solar cells can charge more efficiently underwater than traditional silicon solar cells.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jason Howell.

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Pre-Orders for Android-Based Googlebook Laptops Open September 21
Lenovo Googlebook 15: Specs, Images, OLED, Core Ultra, and Gemini
Google Drops Googlebook Teaser and Preorder Date
Steam Frame Costs More Than $1,000, Release Date and Reservation Queue Confirmed
Valve Opens Waitlist for $1,059 Steam Frame Headset
Steam Frame: The Ars Technica Review
HTC Vive Eagle Review
Fujifilm Instax Link Wide 2 Puts Smartphone Photos Onto Instant Film
A New Solar Cell Could Generate Electricity Underwater
Daily Tech News Show Store
OpenAI Buys Smartphone Camera Maker Glass Imaging for $300 Million
PlayStation Blackout Protest Fails
GM Gives Its Most Important Trucks a New UI and Includes CarPlay
Researchers Say They’ve Found a Way to Rein In Rogue AI Agents
September’s Windows 11 Patch Needs an Emergency Patch of Its Own
Microsoft Releases Emergency Windows 11 Updates
Battery Draining Faster After Updating to iOS 27? Don’t Panic
Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold 2 Release and Price Rumors
Agility Robotics Unveils Humanoid Designed to Work Safely Alongside Humans
MediaTek Uses TSMC’s 2nm Process for Its Latest Chip
Scientists Teleport an Image Across 100 Quantum Channels at Once
BBC News Report
Physicist Does the Math on Star Trek’s Picard Maneuver
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Code spotted inside of iOS27 shows how real AI model choice might present itself inside the OS, and Justin Robert Young talks about how AI has become the top political issue heading into the US midterms.

Starring Jason Howell, Robb Dunewood, Tom Merritt, and Justin Robert Young.

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• https://en.sedaily.com/international/2026/09/14/rivals-unite-anthropic-openai-google-push-ai-standards-body
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/openai-s-altman-voices-support-for-pacing-ai-development
• https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-ai-industrys-behind-scenes-push-police
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/microsoft-joins-ai-firms-calling-for-caution-with-ai-models
• https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/12/openais-sam-altman-says-it-would-be-ill-advised-to-go-public-in-2026/
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/trump-rejects-calls-for-ai-guardrails-blasts-anthropic-s-amodei
• https://www.ft.com/content/4564e6a5-69e9-40a6-bf0f-a888f2f4f002?syn-25a6b1a6=1
• https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-ipo-nasdaq-october-listing
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/china-rejects-ai-fearmongering-after-amodei-urges-slowdown
• https://www.ft.com/content/8715d1c6-054d-4eab-bcad-147acebfd2a9?syn-25a6b1a6=1
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/13/china-xi-ai-tech-brics.html
• https://thenextweb.com/news/china-state-security-minister-claude-mythos-gpt-5-5-cyber
• https://thenextweb.com/news/beijing-amodei-ai-slowdown-cold-war
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/beijing-bans-drones-in-sweeping-curbs-after-citic-tower-crash
• https://www.engadget.com/2257834/siri-ai-is-here-as-apple-releases-ios-27-macos-golden-gate-and-other-major-os-updates/
• https://www.engadget.com/2252944/prepare-iphone-ios-27-update/
• https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/14/iphone-duo-hidden-display-setting-explained/
• https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/14/siri-can-be-swapped-out-for-chatgpt-claude/
• https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/13/apple-designing-iphone-game-controller/
• https://thenextweb.com/news/apple-watch-siri-recap-live-rewind-eavesdropping-laws
• https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/14/apple-stores-to-lose-video-walls/
• https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-agents-rubygems-attack-api-keys-hugging-face
• https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/sources-say-automattics-board-is-out-after-failed-attempt-to-oust-ceo-matt-mullenweg/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/DailyTechNewsShow/comments/1wg0c23/waymo_pulls_over_calls_cops_on_juvenile_riders/
• https://www.axios.com/2026/09/14/netflix-amazon-youtube-streaming-coalition
• https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/starcraft-3-release-2030-1236859626/
• https://www.ft.com/content/c1f17709-7fc8-4afc-8ac9-38cd923f0064?syn-25a6b1a6=1
• https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-propose-new-legislation-on-minors-protection-on-thursday/
• https://www.notebookcheck.net/Casio-s-new-G-Shock-watch-with-step-tracking-now-available-in-more-markets.1398171.0.html
• http://patreon.com/dtns