Category: SGGQA Podcast

ISPs tell the FCC that “excellent service” is why their customers stay. AI companies are squeezing utilities to increase energy costs to consumers. Only 700,000 CoPilot+ laptops have been sold this quarter. Intel’s CEO has stepped down. My pal Jaime Rivera is leaving Pocketnow.

Qualcomm vs MediaTek vs Google, Who’s making the best phone chip for 2025?

And let’s chat a little about headphone jacks on mobile devices…

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 374: Snapdragon X Laptops Flop, Phone Chips Battle, Do People Want Headphone Jacks Back?”

I’m back from India!

After a whirlwind trip to New Delhi, I’m back in the States, and I have a LOT of thoughts on the conference I attended. MediaTek covered my travel and accommodations, but it was also an opportunity to test out a BUNCH of gear for travel.

From new bags, to multi-monitor setups, what tech worked? Let’s chat travel!

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 373: Back from MediaTek India, New Phone Chips, and the Travel Tech I Love! PJ Pod!”

MY FIRST TRIP TO INDIA!

I’m on two hours of sleep, and that means we’re going to ramble pretty hard about travel, phone processors, and some of the recent news in the United States. This is gonna be a WACKY show, but I’m excited for this event!

Continue reading “SGGQA 372 Jetlagged in India to Talk About MediaTek!”

Happy Monday!

The courts are arguing over Net Neutrality again! The DA investigating Musk over $1 Million prices is getting death threats. Russian fines Google an IMPOSSIBLE amount of money. Microsoft stock is down after earnings call, they’re delaying Recall again, and they’re already set to abandon “CoPilot” branding to copy Apple. Tidal needs more marketing, so Jack Dorsey fired the marketing team. Intel is in ROUGH shape. NVIDIA might make an ARM chip. Apple is buying a popular photo editing app.

And lets talk about those Snapdragon 8 Elite benchmarks…

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 371: Snapdragon 8 Elite Runs HOT, Microsoft Fumbles AI Strategy, Net Neutrality Argued Before Judges, Apple Buys Pixelmator”

Happy Monday!

Cable companies want a stay on the FTC’s new Click To Cancel rule. The McFlurry machine can now be repaired! Videos games can not be archived for history. Redditors are working to pollute Google search results. Intel’s chips are underwhelming AND showing issues.

And we should probably chat about these new phone chips from Qualcomm and MediaTek…

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 370: Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Dimensity 9400, Redditors Pollutes Google Search, Free the McFlurry!”

Happy Monday!

The FCC is taking aim at broadband caps! The FTC’s new click to cancel rule should be popular with consumers. Now GOOGLE is looking to invest in nuclear power for AI. Elon Musk is facing increased scrutiny, as ALL his business are now in regulator crosshairs. Qualcomm killed off their dev kit. LG filed a new phone patent. OnePlus 13 was caught in the wild. Samsung has a new foldable out.

And what’s up with my glasses? I think I look pretty good in glasses…

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 369: OnePlus 13 Spotted, Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, New LG Phone Patent, Qualcomm’s Canceled Dev Kit”

Happy Monday!

Samsung is having another rough week as company executives admit the brand is in crisis. The DOJ is proposing BROAD measures to split departments like Android and Chrome away from Google. Google is working on new search tools and a Linux terminal for Android. GoG makes fun of Steams new disclosures ahead of California digital media law.

And we should probably chat about gaming, XBox, and mobile app stores…

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 368: DOJ Proposes Android Split from Google, Samsung in Crisis, XBox Purchases Coming to Android App”

Happy Monday!

Samsung is having a rough week. From almost selling off their foundry to potentially cancelling the Exynos 2500. OpenAI scams more investors into paying their current bills. California Governor vetoes AI bill. Microsoft maybe wasn’t joking about buying a nuclear plant to power their data centers. Amazon is going to ramp up more ads for Prime Video.

And we should probably chat about more Reddit drama…

Let’s get our tech week started right!
Continue reading “#SGGQA 367: Samsung Bricks Phones and Cancels Exynos, OpenAI Doubles Company Valuation, Reddit Cracks Down on Mods Again”