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Ad firms settle with the FTC over boycotts. SpaceX is floating Tesla. Meta passes Google in ad revenue. Snapchat cuts 1000 jobs, while CEOs admit there is no benefit to AI.

Windows Recall has some MAJOR vulnerabilities.

DJI Osmo Pocket 4 has been banned from the USA. Insta360 and Oppo look like they might be making competitors. Oppo shows off a small camera focused phone, while OnePlus shows us a Gaming Ace. Valve delivers a Proton beta for ARM.

And we NEED to talk about the vivo X300 Ultra!

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 439: Osmo Pocket 4 Banned in USA, OnePlus Gaming Phone, a weekend with the vivo X300 Ultra!”

Apple is taking Epic back to court over App Store fees. YouTube hikes prices on premium again. Italy says NO to Netflix rate hikes. Study says Americans are dropping streaming services. Data center projects are struggling, while Google might turn to fossil fuels to power their AI. France launches a plan to use Linux instead of Windows for government systems.

OnePlus might be making a gaming handheld? Framework could be working on a Linux system. Insta360 launched a selfie screen. Huawei’s Pura foldable looks familiar.

And we HAVE to talk about the Oppo Find X9 Ultra leaks!

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 438: YouTube Price Hikes, Apple App Store Fees, Oppo Find X9 Ultra Leaks, OnePlus Gaming Handheld?”

More drama around Elon Musk’s defrauding of twitter investors. UK government backtracks on AI permissions. Adobe penalties listed in subscription lawsuit. Tim Cook claims he’s not political. OpenAI plans to double current employee count.

FireFox is adding a free VPN tier. Microsoft starts damage control on Windows 11 reputation. Amazon might try another phone. Google details the silly restrictions on installing apps.

And I’ve been spending some quality time with the iQOO 15R!

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 436: OpenAI needs more Human BRAINS, Android Side-Loading Explained, iQOO 15R Impressions!”

Adobe is settling a lawsuit with the DOJ. The EU is looking to an alternative office suite. Amazon is removing 4k video streaming for the poors. Meta is doing another round of layoffs, while the company looks to buy MORE AI nonsense. Google sells off their fiber broadband business. Oppo and Vivo announce price increases. Apple launches the AirPods Max 2. Samsung is looking to make benchmarking easier for developers. Google Play Games is offering game trial downloads!

Digg is dead. Again.

And we can chat about the Steam Frame and Steam Machine news!

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 435: Oppo and Vivo Price Increases, AirPods Max 2, Steam Machine Verified, Adobe Lawsuit Settlement”

Musk is in court trying to explain tweets that shook up company stock prices. LibreOffice scores a win against the EU. Oracle is slashing jobs as datacenter funding dries up. Nvidia slowing investments in OpenAI, and OpenAI hits the brakes on Adult Content. Google is absolutely ripping off websites and hurting their traffic. Vivo is showing off some hot new BIG camera sensors on the X300 Ultra.

And we have to chat about these new MacBooks!

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 434: New MacBooks, AI Adult Content, Data Center Investments Drying Up”

It’s a crazy week launching all the big headlines from MWC 2026!

Robots, and AI, and WACKY new phones!

Plus we should spend a little time discussing Samsung’s “new” Galaxy S phones.

We’re keeping this week’s show a little more casual, but we’ll still get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 433: Samsung Flops, iPhone 17e Announced, MWC News, Pajama Podcast!”

It’s an AI heavy episode, and I’m bringing out some big guns!

OpenAI is making some hardware, and while that’s kinda stupid, we’re REALLY more concerned about the plans for adult content. Disney and Paramount are putting pressure on Bytedance to remove copyrighted characters from Seedance Gen AI tools. Google and Microsoft are trying to find influencers to promote AI, but fewer are taking the cash.

And I have a chat with Michael Nordquist, VP of Product Marketing at AMD, to talk about the hardware side of consumer AI.

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 432: OpenAI Speakers, CoPilot Snoops on Confidential Info, An Interview about AI with AMD’s Michael Nordquist”

EU Commission claims the TikTok algorithm is bad for you. Tech stocks took a hit last week. Colleges look to ban smartglasses for testing. OpenAI’s scheme to eat up all the RAM is also hurting their own products. Samsung is skipping magnets on the S26. Vivo is looking to compete with action cameras. Steam Machine is delayed because of component costs, but why did we think it would be cheap?

Let’s get our tech week started off RIGHT!

Continue reading “#SGGQA 431: EU vs TikTok, Steam Machine Delayed, AI Bubble Deflating, Colleges Ban Smartglasses”