Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy (#SGGQA)

Ad firms settle with the FTC over boycotts. SpaceX is floating Tesla. Meta passes Google in ad revenue. Snapchat cuts 1000 jobs, while CEOs admit there is no benefit to AI.Windows Recall has some MAJOR vulnerabilities.DJI Osmo Pocket 4 has been banned from the USA. Insta360 and Oppo look like they might be making competitors. Oppo shows off a small camera focused phone, while OnePlus shows us a...

Apple is taking Epic back to court over App Store fees. YouTube hikes prices on premium again. Italy says NO to Netflix rate hikes. Study says Americans are dropping streaming services. Data center projects are struggling, while Google might turn to fossil fuels to power their AI. France launches a plan to use Linux instead of Windows for government systems.OnePlus might be making a gaming...

Musk lost a court case! Meta and Youtube lost a court case! Internet service providers won a court case! RAM prices are fluctuating, but Sony and Netflix are hiking prices. Microsoft had a really bad quarter. Vivo announces the X300 Ultra! Android might get a handy feature back soon!And I have to say a fond farewell to the Mac Pro...Let's get our tech week started off RIGHT!--Show Notes and Links...

More drama around Elon Musk's defrauding of twitter investors. UK government backtracks on AI permissions. Adobe penalties listed in subscription lawsuit. Tim Cook claims he's not political. OpenAI plans to double current employee count.FireFox is adding a free VPN tier. Microsoft starts damage control on Windows 11 reputation. Amazon might try another phone. Google details the silly restrictions...

Adobe is settling a lawsuit with the DOJ. The EU is looking to an alternative office suite. Amazon is removing 4k video streaming for the poors. Meta is doing another round of layoffs, while the company looks to buy MORE AI nonsense. Google sells off their fiber broadband business. Oppo and Vivo announce price increases. Apple launches the AirPods Max 2. Samsung is looking to make benchmarking...

Musk is in court trying to explain tweets that shook up company stock prices. LibreOffice scores a win against the EU. Oracle is slashing jobs as data center funding dries up. Nvidia slowing investments in OpenAI, and OpenAI hits the brakes on Adult Content. Google is absolutely ripping off websites and hurting their traffic. Vivo is showing off some hot new BIG camera sensors on the X300...

It's a crazy week launching all the big headlines from MWC 2026!Robots, and AI, and WACKY new phones!Plus we should spend a little time discussing Samsung's "new" Galaxy S phones.We're keeping this week's show a little more casual, but we'll still get our tech week started off RIGHT!--Show notes and links: https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4b5Support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy by contributing to...

It's an AI heavy episode, and I'm bringing out some big guns!OpenAI is making some hardware, and while that's kinda stupid, we're REALLY more concerned about the plans for adult content. Disney and Paramount are putting pressure on Bytedance to remove copyrighted characters from Seedance Gen AI tools. Google and Microsoft are trying to find influencers to promote AI, but fewer are taking the...

EU Commission claims the TikTok algorithm is bad for you. Tech stocks took a hit last week. Colleges look to ban smartglasses for testing. OpenAI's scheme to eat up all the RAM is also hurting their own products. Samsung is skipping magnets on the S26. Vivo is looking to compete with action cameras. Steam Machine is delayed because of component costs, but why did we think it would be cheap?Let's...

Happy Monday!Tesla is cancelling cars to build more robots. TikTok is getting uninstalled at a higher rate than last year. Apple is committing to more greed with YOUR subscriptions! NVIDIA is pumping the brakes on another investment in OpenAI.And we should chat about how 2026 really is shaping up to be the year for Linux! At least in gaming...Let's get our tech week started off RIGHT!--Show Notes...