In this episode, Ray Cochrane digs into "algorithmic outing," new research showing that social feeds can infer your sexual orientation before you have consciously come out. He also covers Meta's privacy-aware AI infrastructure, Alberta's 466-million-line code scan with Claude, NVIDIA on reinforcement learning, and the many journeys of learning Rust. Along the way, he hits Google DeepMind's A24 deal, WhatsApp usernames, and scuba-diving cyborg cockroaches. Finally, he looks up with Webb's puzzling early universe, NASA's emergency telescope rescue, and a gorgeous aurora from orbit.
In this episode, Chris Cochrane dives into Apple's $599 MacBook Neo - the cheapest Mac laptop ever made - and whether it spells trouble for Chromebook makers. He also covers Samsung's CEO blaming AI for rising phone prices, Framework raising RAM prices for the third time in three months, Meta unveiling four custom AI chips, NVIDIA's GTC 2026 conference preview, a billion-dollar bet against large language models, Microsoft's game-changing Project Helix Xbox with native Steam support, Windows 11's new Xbox Mode, and SpaceX gearing up for a critical Starship Flight 12 test.
1855 kicks off with a bombshell AP investigation revealing how Silicon Valley giants IBM, Intel, NVIDIA, Oracle, and more spent decades building China's surveillance state. Also covered, malicious Chrome extensions stealing credentials from 170+ sites, Microsoft's ambitious Rust migration plans, China's combat-ready humanoid robot, and Japan restarting the world's largest nuclear plant. -Want to be a Guest on a Podcast
Nvidia reported earnings after the bell that beat Wall Street expectations, and provided stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter, CNBC reported. Nvidia shares fell 8% in extended trading. Nvidia said it expects about $28.7 billion in current-quarter revenue, versus $31.7 billion expected by analysts, according to StreetAccount. That would be an increase of 80% from a year earlier. Revenue continues
Tech companies are turning to controversial tactics to feed their data-hungry artificial intelligence models, vacuuming up books, websites, photos, and social media posts often unbeknownst to the creators, WIRED reported. AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training data, but an investigation by Proof News found some of the wealthiest AI companies in the world have used material
Microsoft posted “Microsoft and NVIDIA announce expansive new gaming deal” on its Microsoft News Center: On Tuesday, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced the companies have agreed to a 10-year partnership to bring Xbox and PC games to the NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, which has more than 25 million members in over 100 countries. The agreement will enable gamers to