iPhone Event, $700 PS5, AI in AU

• Of course: Everything Apple announced at the iPhone 16 event
• VR vs AR
• Taylor Swift endorses Harris/Walz, mentions AI imagery pushed her to be public
• No, Kamala Harris wasn't wearing earing headphones, and those things barely even exist
• PS5 Pro is real and crazy expensive at $700
• Meta admits to scraping every Australian's account to train its AI, with no opt out
• Australia's PM wants to ban social media for kids, potentially those between 14-16
• What is AI best at now? Improving products you already own
• Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully complete the first private spacewalk
• 'Right to Repair for Your Body': The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
• Flappy Bird vs Flappy Bird creator
• Microsoft wants to remove low-level access
• Mark Zuckerberg is done apologizing
• Prius sets 93MPG Coast-Coast Record
• Italian Retro Video Game Pirates!
• Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a lot of fun!
• Hot Ones coming to Netflix?

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Anthony Ha

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Starlink Backtracks, AI Royalty Heist

• The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink
• Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator
• Elon Musk and the rise of supranational oligarchs
• Telegram quietly updates website to allow abuse reports following founder's arrest
• The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
• FBI busts musician's elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
• PwC tells employees it will use location data to police 'back-to-office' rule
• Apple's planned chatbot should have no 'personality'
• The Electric Vehicle Future Is Coming. Just a Little More Slowly.
• Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy
• Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew

Host: Iain Thomson

Guests: Mike Elgan and Emily Dreibelbis

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AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp

• Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
• Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App
• Telegram founder Pavel Durov transferred from police custody to court after arrest in France
• Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk's X
• Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'
• End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
• Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke
• Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know
• Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of 'fraudulent' ads using his likeness through AI
• China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips
• 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Review: A Search for a Black Luminary

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock, Louis Maresca, and Wesley Faulkner

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