#SGGQA 344: Windows 11 Start Menu Ads, Google Photos AI Editor for All, The INSANE Costs of AI!

The FCC is requiring ISPs to list ALL their costs, and it’s shocking this wasn’t a rule before! Windows is bringing more “suggestions” to the Start Menu. Adobe’s “ethical” AI was trained on images from a “non-ethical” AI. Google is bringing AI editor to ALL phones, but also ending support for their ONE VPN.

And we should talk a bit about how INSANELY expensive AI is…

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 343 with TK Bay: FCC Net Neutrality Vote, Apple Home Robots, Android Location Trackers, No Cheap Tesla, Judge Tosses AI “Enhanced” Video

The FCC is voting to replace Net Neutrality! Judge throws out phone camera evidence over AI manipulation! Tesla MIGHT be scrapping plans to release a cheaper car! Apple might make robots? Android’s new desktop mode is a babystep back in the right direction!

And we HAVE to chat about Android’s Find My network starting to launch.

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 342 – No Foolin! How do YOU feel about Gadgets right now?

We tried to do something different this week for April Fools day, but that FAILED BAD. Instead, I scrambled to do a “casual chat” show, and we had a lovely time talking about tech and laptops.

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 341: DOJ Sues Apple, EU Investigating Apple for DMA Non-Compliance, Qualcomm’s X Elite Chip is a SCREAMER

We’re simplifying this week’s show. Apple is in regulator crosshairs, and a landmark case has been filed by the DOJ. Facebook and Google are facing scrutiny in the EU. Everyone on social media has suddenly become a legal scholar.

And I got to play with a new chip for laptops that might seriously disrupt how we use Windows.

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 340: No Pornhub in TX, Tesla Prices Plummet, Apple to use Google AI, FCC Fails Us on Broadband Speeds

Good morning!

Pornhub leaves Texas over new age verification system! Tesla used prices are in free fall! Apple might turn to Google’s Gemini to add more AI to the iPhone! Sony might drop their iconic XPERIA design! A new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has been revealed!

And whats going on with all the influencers using old cameras?

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 339 – Apple Caves on Epic Ban, Pixel 8 Wont Get Gemini, Nikon Acquires RED, Windows Dumps Android Apps

TECH NEWS!

Apple caves to EU regulators and reinstates Epic’s account. Nikon acquires cinema camera manufacturer RED. Microsoft is dropping support for Android apps in Windows. Adult Swim Games and Rooster Teeth shutter in the same week. A new study shows almost no link between social media and site traffic. Apple finally cancels the car we all know they wouldn’t ever make.

And we really have to hash out this Pixel 8 thing. What’s going on with Gemini Nano?

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 338: PJ Pod – Fun New Toys, Getting Scary Sick, and TOO MUCH RAIN

Normally we do our pajama podcast on the last Monday of every month, but there was TOO much news to cover in February! I’m taking a break!

We’ll wander wherever the chat takes us!

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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#SGGQA 337: Xiaomi 14, OnePlus Watch 2, Honor Magic 6 Pro, Microsoft’s New AI Eraser, MWC!

Tech News Monday!

MWC IS UPON US! And there are a TON of gadgets to talk about! Embargoes have lifted on Xiaomi, Honor, and OnePlus!

Also we should spend a little time talking about the terrible state of Google search, and how it’s killing review sites. More layoffs, sites shutting down, and it seems good journalism is in danger…

Let’s get our tech week started right!

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