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Published 23 February 2026
e544 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Stories and discussion on rumoured AI devices, addictive predictives, listening through bananas (or mud), and what happens when VR platforms die? Plus the usual assortment or other things.
This week’s episode kicks off with a check in on which tech giants are working on what devices, now? Apple stepping back from headsets but working on glasses and pendants, and OpenAI making some kind of smart Pod for your dumb Home?
Then, there’s discussion of the challenges of privacy when LLMs get access to private email and chats. Oh, and if you’re not sure if your AI is an LLM or a sentience, then Anthropic can’t answer that.
We hope you’re listening to the show in perfect digital quality, but we’re also interested to know if you’ve tried piping it to your ears through any kind of fruit – let us know.
Meta’s fully backing away from VR for Horizon Worlds, and in case Blizzard ever stops making the client software for World of Warcraft, Michael tried an open source version.
Finally, don’t let hackers get hold of your brainwaves! (it could happen)
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Selected Links
AI
Apple AI Glasses
OpenAI and Jony Ive device
Thank god Microsoft is shoving Copilot AI crap into everything. One gets the sense this isn't going to be an isolated occurrence. From Bleeping Computer:
"Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/
— BrianKrebs (@briankrebs@infosec.exchange)
2026-02-18T18:24:34.707Z
HEADLINE: "Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling"
ALT HEADLINE: "All Our Incentives Lead to Bad Outcomes, and Prediction Markets Are Just One Example"
https://futurism.com/future-society/prediction-markets-gambling
— Mike Elgan (@MikeElgan@mastodon.social)
2026-02-16T17:06:59.555Z
Episode 80 on prediction markets
Claude isn’t sure what it is
I gave Claude access to my pen plotter
Audio
Audiophiles can’t tell mud from bananas?
AR/VR
Meta ditching VR for Horizon Worlds
Open Source WoW client
Makers
Reverse engineering a sleep mask
Bonus link
Trek-o-rama