Will AI replace apps as the primary interface for technology? Meta’s CTO thinks so. Netflix rolls out dialogue only subtitles. In Australia an AI-generated radio host of a four-hour show went unnoticed for months. And we end the week with another quizzical quiz that we’ll test your knowledge of life after death through technology in big and small screen.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Plus, how YouTube is the hope for Google, and maybe TSMC is the hope for Intel.

Starring Tom Merritt, and Huyen Tue Dao, and Bodie Grimm.

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https://www.theverge.com/news/655930/google-q1-2025-earnings

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/alphabet-googl-q1-earnings-report-2025.html

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/youtube-q1-2025-earnings-ad-revenue-alphabet-1236377343/

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-confirms-gemini-watches-android-auto-3548054/

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/alphabet-says-waymo-may-offer-robotaxis-personal-ownership-future-2025-04-25/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/alphabet-s-profit-gets-8-billion-boost-from-spacex-investment?

https://searchengineland.com/youtube-ai-overviews-search-results-test-454595

https://www.engadget.com/ai/youtube-is-testing-its-own-version-of-ai-overviews-145353147.html

https://www.theverge.com/news/655969/intel-q1-2025-earnings-first-new-ceo-lip-bu-tan

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/intel-cfo-says-tariffs-raise-chance-for-economic-slowdown-recession.html

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/intel-confirms-layoffs-as-it-tries-to-make-engineers-more-productive-143825752.html?src=rss

https://www.techinasia.com/news/intel-sees-surge-demand-older-chips-uncertainty-grows

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/intel-ceo-says-he-met-with-tsmc-ceo-discuss-collaboration-2025-04-24/

https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/apple-may-shift-all-us-bound-iphone-production-from-china-to-india-133049630.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-25/china-s-baidu-upgrades-ernie-ai-models-and-slashes-prices

OpenAI rolls out a ‘lightweight’ version of its ChatGPT deep research tool

Netflix Introduces Dialogue-Only Subtitles

https://www.theverge.com/news/655784/netflix-subtitle-option-spoken-dialogue-only-english

Facebook cracks down on spammy content by cutting reach and monetization

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-machine-learning-bug-flagging-adobe-emails-as-spam/

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-quantum-messages-km-infrastructure.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/microsoft-recall-ai-pc

Apple is planning to shift all US iPhone production to India, Intel is moving to a 4-day per week in-office policy, and Meta has laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Reality Labs division.

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Can training an LLM on your work enable it to reproduce it with the same precision and quality? Would an energy efficiency label sway your decision on which smartphone or tablet you bought? Is 2025 the year when AI becomes a central pillar in which companies organize themselves around? And Uber, Volkswagen team up to launch US robotaxi service with self-driving, electric microbuses.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Adobe updates its Firefly generative model with vector image support, and Tom talks with Sean Hollister about toilet tech in Japan.

Starring Jason Howell, and Huyen Tue Dao, and Sean Hollister.

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• New smartphone labels for battery life and repairability are coming to the EU

• Adobe releases new Firefly image generation models and a redesigned Firefly web app

• Why Discord founder Jason Citron is stepping down from CEO job | exclusive interview

• TSMC shows off 1.4 nm chip tech that will appear in future iPhones and other devices

• Motorola’s new Razr Ultra brings the wood back panel back

• OnePlus 13T launches with Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, ‘Shortcut Key,’ and more

• Uber, Volkswagen pair up to launch robotaxi service in US with self-driving, electric microbuses

• Tesla begins ‘FSD Supervised’ ride-hail tests with employees in Austin, Bay Area

Perplexity brings AI voice assistant to iOS app

Adobe released the latest versions of its Firefly AI models, TSMC unveils a new technology for creating faster AI chips, and Tesla has begun testing its Full Self-Driving ride-hailing service.

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OpenAI has expressed interest in buying Chrome if the Department of Justice forces Google to divest it. Nintendo says not everybody who wants a Switch 2 on launch day will not be able to get one. Bethesda officially drops The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered the same day they reveal. Why is everyone going crazy for it? And its YouTube’s 20th birthday. We discuss how a video-sharing platform has become an entertainment giant and an even larger repository of video people don’t watch.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Meta rolls out live translations for its Ray-Ban smart glasses, Intel reportedly preparing to lay off more than 21,000 employees, WhatsApp rolls out a new Advanced Chat Privacy feature.

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Plus, Europe drops its first fines against Apple and Meta for violating the Digital Markets Act.

Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Dr Niki.

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• EU Commission Press Release

• WSJ: Apple, Meta Fined by EU

• The Verge: Apple Faces EU DMA Probe

• Thurrott: €700M EU Fine for Apple, Meta

• TechCrunch: Apple, Meta Breach Competition Rules

• MacRumors: Google Fi Gains iPhone Integration

• The Verge: Google Fi’s New Plan

• Thurrott: Google Makes Fi Relevant Again

• Bloomberg: OpenAI Would Buy Chrome

• Ars Technica: OpenAI Eyes Chrome

• Bloomberg: OpenAI Chief on Search Importance

• Thurrott: Google May Have Killed Privacy Sandbox

• Engadget: Chrome Keeps Third-Party Cookies

• TechCrunch: YouTube Adds New Features

• 9to5Google: YouTube Turns 20

• The Verge: Switch 2 Preorders Surge

• Engadget: Nintendo Misjudges Switch 2 Demand

• Bloomberg: Solar Cells May Replace Batteries

• Tech in Asia: SK Hynix Tops Memory Market

• Android Authority: One UI 7 Rollout Resumes

• The Verge: Meta’s Smart Glasses Add Translation

• Engadget: WhatsApp Blocks Content Sharing in Chats

• TechCrunch: Threads Opens Ads Globally

Would you like your artistic legacy to live on in an LLM? With the age of tap to pay phone, how do you let your waiter know you’re ready to pay? A Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to develop a ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool. And Instagram launches a mobile video editor. Does CapCut have competition?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Joe.

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