Wed. 06/24 – Oculus Go and Olympus (and Force...

Meta agreed to pay up to $16.68B to settle state claims it hooked kids on Facebook and Instagram, with teen time limits attached. Z.ai unmasked Ox Alpha, Amazon killed Mechanical Turk, and Reuters detailed Zuckerberg's aborted AI-native purge. Links Filing: Meta agrees to pay up ...  Show more

Apple refreshed the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra and gave the Mac mini M6 silicon, at higher prices. OpenAI's Jalapeño chip beat Nvidia on efficiency, Perplexity went fully local, WhatsApp toughened logins, and Uber livestreamed teen rides. Links Apple updates the Mac Stud ...  Show more

0:00 such a diva 0:05 Sideloading is NOT A JOKE 1:02 Facebook stops facial recognition 2:02 US agencies gotta fix bugs 2:55 Ridge Wallet 3:28 QUICK BITS 3:58 Tesla recall again 4:26 Apple VR/AR headset  5:03 Netflix Games rolls out 5:28 Squid Game crypto ...  Show more

Facebook changed its name, but will it change its game? Also, some folks in Oregon want to know how much water Google uses. A suspicious cryptocurrency turns out to be a scam. And YouTube is done making Rewind videos. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastn ...  Show more

Today’s tech headlines: EU charges Apple over payment restrictions on iOS devices, Meta’s high-end VR headset described as ’a laptop for the face’, Square Enix sells studios behind Tomb Raider and Deus Ex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Oprah and Apple TV cut the cord on their deal while Netflix's Dahmer series breaks records. Kara and Scott discuss what it all means for the streaming industry. Also, Apple rolls back iPhone production while Amazon rolls out new hardware. Advertisers blast Twitter after ads appea ...  Show more