Tue. 04/16 - YouTube's Algorithms Continue To...

Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash and started pretraining Gemini 4. China weighed tightening AI export controls, Bessent said the US would probe Chinese model distillation, Apple prepped a Klarna-backed leasing program, and OpenAI passed 10M Codex and Work users. Google launches G ...  Show more

Alibaba launched Qwen3.8 Max as Moonshot paused Kimi K3 signups amid demand. The Trump administration weighed a slow squeeze on Chinese AI, Hugging Face used China's GLM-5.2 after US guardrails blocked its breach forensics, and Google built a Gemini chip. Alibaba launches a 2.4T ...  Show more

There's a lot of tech news about the role of tech in surveillance. It's not particularly happy news. We also talk about how Android users are watching more TikTok videos than YouTube videos. And I feel old. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comS ...  Show more

A lot happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about NVIDIA scraping YouTube videos before jumping into a new iOS feature that lets you get rid of ads on websites. Then, it's all about Google. David goes over the new Google TV and Nest thermostat before talking ...  Show more

Timestamps: 0:00 whaddo I look like, some kinda Lord? 0:13 YouTube responds to low-view count issue 3:03 Switch emulator Eden on Play Store 4:17 China's Nvidia antitrust ruling 5:19 Ground News! 6:16 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:31 US says TikTok deal on with China 7:10 Snapdragon 8 Elite ...  Show more

Timestamps: 00:00 my little tech babs 00:08 YouTube age estimation model rolls out in the US 02:03 Reddit blocks Internet Archive over AI scraping concerns 03:08 Elon Musk vs. OpenAI drama escalates 04:33 Vessi! 05:28 QUICK BITS INTRO 05:33 Former Intel CEO’s plan to “save” the c ...  Show more