Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Industry expert Mikah Sargent interviews tech journalists who break the top stories of the week, offering fresh perspectives and in-depth insight into the fast-paced world of technology. New episodes are released every Thursday.
Episodes
TNW 458: Congress Takes Aim at Flock - Why AI Agents Look & Feel Inviting
Amanda Silberling joins Mikah Sargent on this week's episode of Tech News Weekly! Common Sense Media labels ChatGPT for Teens as an "unacceptable risk." AI agents from companies such as Meta and OpenAI are "cute washing" to make them feel friendlier. A federal judge ruled a Flock license plate search unconstitutional. And organs-on-chips, simulations, and AI models are starting to replace animal
TNW 457: Are AI Models a Risk to Humanity? - Apple's Rumored Smart Display
Abrar Al-Heeti is guest-hosting this episode of Tech News Weekly and is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy for the first half of the show! Apple's smart home display could be closer than we think. Is the iPhone Duo going to be for most consumers? Are there too many satellites in orbit? And a leaked IPO filing from Anthropic shows concerns within the company that its AI models pose a risk to humani
TNW 456: Meta VR: Quest Gets a Glow-Up - Meta VR Glasses
Dan Moren of Six Colors joins the show this week! Meta's Muse has a zero-day vulnerability. Rat brains can power an AI model? Why are we hearing more about AI agents escaping their testing environments? And Meta's new VR glasses.
Dan talks about a new zero-day exploit that affects Meta's Muse AI agent, which allows an app or terminal command that can impersonate the AI agent and easily gain acce
TNW 455: The Trouble With "Health Age" - Wearables, Metrics, and the Truth About Your Well-Being
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show this week! AI-generated "news" sites. Are "health age" scores helpful, or harmful? Google Home now supports the Model Context Protocol. And Apple unveils a new photo verification technology for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
Mikah shares a story about Futurism's investigation into Brown Brothers Media reveals a network of AI-generated "news" sites - complet
TNW 454: Apple's New iPhone Duo - Apple Event Recap & Anthropic AI Alarms
Jacob Ward explores the resignation of an Anthropic AI researcher and mounting alarms over AI's potential dangers, while Dan Moren recaps Apple's major iPhone event, new hardware, and controversial AI-powered features.
AI researcher Jacob Coxon quits Anthropic, warning the company is "gambling with our lives," an admission echoed by Anthropic's own AI safety leads, as calls for regulation grow l
TNW 453: Scammers Cash In on GTA 6 - Why Cybercriminals Strike Fast When Hype Is High
Apple enters the John Ternus era as he becomes CEO ahead of the anticipated iPhone event, a climate scientist exposes the real energy costs of AI use, a bezel-free concept phone debuts at IFA, and Malwarebytes warns GTA fans about dangerous fake "GTA 6 Extended Look" downloads.
Apple kicks off the John Ternus era as CEO, just ahead of a much-anticipated iPhone event—facing challenges in AI, manu
TNW 452: Meta's $18B Social Media Settlement - What This Means for Kids & Social Media
Meta pays up in a landmark teen safety settlement & establishes new online safety measures for teens, Raspberry Pi goes official on the cyberdeck craze, and looking at what Apple unveiled earlier this week & looking ahead to Apple's September event.
Meta settled a lawsuit with over 47 states and territories over harms to teens, agreeing to independently tested age verification, daily tim
TNW 451: AI Is Eating Rare Books - Rare Books Gutted for AI Training
Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins the show to talk about her review of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Meta's smart glasses are slowly becoming a concern in the workplace, and Amazon is destroying rare books & utilizing them as AI training data.
Abrar Al-Heeti shares her review of the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, noting how foldables have become nearly indistinguishable in size from standard phones like the iPhone
TNW 450: Amazon Training AI Models on Twitch Streamers - Streamers's Content Training Amazon's AI's
Jacob Ward is guest-hosting this week, and Amanda Silberling joins Jacob for the first half of the show! Amazon is using Twitch streamers to train its generative AI models. The EU's Transparency Code now requires tech companies to label AI-generated content. The Bay Area's AI wealth isn't affecting all cities. And security experts express concerns following an OpenAI model's hack on Hugging Face.
TNW 449: Explaining the SpaceX Moon Crash - Why a SpaceX Rocket Collided Into the Moon
Dan Moren of Six Colors joins the show. A newly disclosed flaw was discovered in Apple's iCloud Private Relay. What is the phenomenon, "spiralism," and its ties to AI chatbots? Apple's Siri AI finally makes its way into the iOS 27 beta. And a SpaceX rocket impacted the Moon, but is it as big a deal as the headlines are making it?
Apple's iCloud Private Relay has a newly disclosed flaw that can l
TNW 448: The Math Behind Apple Upgrade - Understanding Apple Upgrade
Jacob Ward from The Rip Current joins the show this week! Looking into the fallout from an OpenAI model breaching Hugging Face. Winamp returns with a Deezer-powered streaming relaunch. Breaking down the math behind Apple's new leasing program. And shared Claude chats are turning up in Google search results.
Last week, an OpenAI Model autonomously hacked into Hugging Face while performing a cyber
TNW 447: Google Says AI Isn't Taking Your Job - AI Isn't Killing Jobs?
Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins the show this week! AI isn't taking your job, per a report from Google. Gen Z is gravitating towards more "dumb" and simpler tech. An OpenAI model hacked Hugging Face. And Americans are uniting against data centers.
A new Google report analyzing 14.6 million AI conversations finds most workplace AI use is "shallow," with automation rare and collaboration mor
TNW 446: Is OnePlus Really Gone for Good? - Why OnePlus is Leaving the US & Europe
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins the show this week! Is Google's AI Search failing kids? OpenAI could be releasing its first device: a proactive AI-smart speaker. OnePlus is exiting the US & European market. And Microsoft's Comic Chat is now open source.
Common Sense Media finds Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode miss warning signs like suicidal ideation and validate disordered eati
TNW 445: The Rise of AI-First Schools - Is AI the Way of Learning in the Future?
Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! XBOX resets itself. Wealthy families are leaning towards AI tutors to better prepare their kids. AI is starting to get into the "Wrapped" trend with users' data. And New York is the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses.
Microsoft laid off thousands more Xbox employees this week, and spun off gaming studios such as Compulsion Games
TNW 444: The End of the PlayStation Disc - The Beginning of the End of Physical Games?
Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent on the show this week! Do Americans trust driverless vehicles? Safety tools for Social Media are failing kids. Sony is ceasing the production of physical games in January 2028. And a Supreme Court ruling guts the government's use of geofence warrants.
A new Pew Research survey finds only 5% of U.S. adults have ridden in a driverless car, and 71% say the
TNW 443: $2K Specs, $299 Meta Glasses - Snap's Foray Into Smart Glasses
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Tech News Weekly with Mikah Sargent! Matter 1.6 is unveiled. A federal probe has been opened into Tesla. Snap and Meta are making major moves in smart glasses this week. And is the rising cost of tech becoming too much?
Jennifer talks about Matter 1.6 and some of the new features that come with the newest version of the technical standard for smart home
TNW 442: Android 17's Best New Features, Explained - What's New in Android 17
Dan Moren of Six Colors is in this week for Tech News Weekly with Mikah Sargent. Apple will likely raise the prices of its products in the future. Roku is being bought by Fox. Android 17 arrives for your smartphone! And could your devices come pre-installed with backdoor software?
Dan talks about an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Wall Street Journal and how it's unavoidable that the co
TNW 441: Siri AI: Initial Impressions - Siri AI & the Next Iteration of Apple's Operating Systems
Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week! Anthropic launches Fable 5, its newest AI model. The FCC seeks to end the use of burner phones in the US. And everything Apple unveiled at WWDC 2026.
Amanda talks about Anthropic's newest AI model, Fable 5, its first consumer-accessible version of its powerful Mythos model.
Mikah shares a story from 404 Media about the FCC's push to
TNW 440: Inside a High School's Deepfake Nightmare - When Deepfakes Go Too Far in Schools
Abrar Al-Heeti joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! Google & Microsoft held developer keynotes the past few weeks, with Apple's WWDC conference happening soon. The growing crisis of AI-generated deepfakes in schools. And China's dominance in actuator manufacturing.
Abrar & Mikah chat about the stretch of major tech conferences with Google & Microsoft's tech conferences
TNW 439: Can Apple's New Siri Catch Up? - iOS 27 Siri AI Overhaul
Dan Moren from sixcolors.com joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly. A new report from Mark Gurman highlights new details for iOS 27. A look into a trend in London involving phone thefts & the lengths they go to unlock stolen devices for resale. And the Vatican unveiled its new papal encyclical on artificial intelligence.
Dan talks about a new report from Mark Gurman on Bloomberg
