What's the deal with the Facebook Phone?

Who’s afraid of China’s open-source AI models? Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post) breaks down the secret battle between Silicon Valley and Chinese AI labs, why Anthropic was surveilling China-based users, and whether "adversarial distillation" is a national security threat or jus ...  Show more

Did you love TechStuff’s last episode, 'The Tech That Helps You Live Forever', and want to hear more from Mangesh Hattikudur? Check out Episode 5 of the podcast Skyline Drive: How to Live Forever. In this season of Skyline Drive, Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Mental_Floss ...  Show more

Kara and Scott are back! They talk about Zuckerberg's supposed shift towards more privacy on Facebook and, well, we'll believe it when we see it. Meanwhile Congress is ramping up its efforts on shaking up how we think of antitrust and big tech companies. They get into what they e ...  Show more

Apple may incorporate some of the features of the Samsung Galaxy S21 in its next-generation phones. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of this feature. We also talk about Facebook testing letting advertisers avoid topics and WhatsApp using Status messages to try to reassure ...  Show more

Twitter is a buzz with leaked photos of an alleged pink iPhone 13. In this episode, we discuss the truth behind those images. We also talk about a study that shows that Zoom chats may protect older people against dementia and a massive database of fake Amazon reviews that was exp ...  Show more

Facebook unveils new Portal video chat devices, including a model for your TV; A look at the Nintendo Switch Lite; Alexa gets smart about the election; the popular Pocket Casts podcast app goes free; new features in iOS 13; a cool new Roku feature that lets you search by movie qu ...  Show more