Episode Description
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In this episode:
- United’s Starlink-powered Wi-Fi is the end of airplane mode
- United Adds Caviar Service and Luxe Jammies in Race for Superpremium Travelers
- You can book private chefs and personal trainers on Airbnb now
- Google updating its ‘G’ icon for the first time in 10 years
- Google announces new security features for Android for protection against scam and theft
- Coinbase warns of up to $400 million hit from cyberattack
- Coinbase is replacing Discover on the S&P 500 stock market index: Here’s why and what that means
- Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
- CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
- AMC to Slash Movie Ticket Prices by 50% on Wednesdays
- Perplexity AI wrapping talks to raise $500 million at $14 billion valuation
- New Lego-building AI creates models that actually stand up in real life
- ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider
Weird and Wacky:
- Family shows AI video of slain victim as an impact statement — possibly a legal first
- Max was an all-time bad rebrand
- Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
- NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - SensorPush (previously recommended on episode 106)
- Adam - HP Chromebook 14 Laptop
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