Are we witnessing an AI-fueled gold rush or the early signs of an epic crash? Listen to these hard-hitting discussions on bubbles, breakthroughs, and the real impact behind Silicon Valley's AI obsession.<ul> 
<li>Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI</li> 
<li>The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to Be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.</li> 
<li>'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges</li> 
<li>Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal</li> 
<li>It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas</li> 
<li>Amazon Prime Video Pulls AI-Powered Recaps After Fallout Flub</li> 
<li>Could America win the AI race but lose the war?</li> 
<li>Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026</li> 
<li>Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses</li> 
<li>The countdown to the world's first social media ban for children</li> 
<li>US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry</li> 
<li>Reddit making global changes to protect kids after social media ban - 9to5Mac</li> 
<li>There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale</li> 
<li>Paramount CEO Made Trump a Secret Promise on CNN in Warner Bros. Convo</li> 
<li>Whatnot's Schlock Empire Shows Digital Live Shopping Can Thrive in America</li> 
<li>The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away</li> 
<li>Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case</li> 
<li>Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect</li> 
<li>Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable - Slashdot</li> 
<li>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps The Game Awards — analysis and full winners list</li> 
<li>Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program</li> 
<li>An ex-Twitter lawyer is trying to bring Twitter back</li></ul> 
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&lt;p&gt;Are we witnessing an AI-fueled gold rush or the early signs of an epic crash? Listen to these hard-hitting discussions on bubbles, breakthroughs, and the real impact behind Silicon Valley's AI obsession.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to Be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Amazon Prime Video Pulls AI-Powered Recaps After Fallout Flub&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Could America win the AI race but lose the war?&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;The countdown to the world's first social media ban for children&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Reddit making global changes to protect kids after social media ban - 9to5Mac&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Paramount CEO Made Trump a Secret Promise on CNN in Warner Bros. Convo&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Whatnot's Schlock Empire Shows Digital Live Shopping Can Thrive in America&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable - Slashdot&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clair Obscur: Expedition 33&lt;/em&gt; sweeps The Game Awards — analysis and full winners list&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;An ex-Twitter lawyer is trying to bring Twitter back&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte"&gt;Leo Laporte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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Can Small Models Outrun the Data Center Boom?

This Week in Tech 1062: The Architects of AI

This Week is the week for Cosmic! Jeff looks at a tiny NAS and Jonathan chats about the Orange Pi 6 Pro. Gnome says no more AI in extensions, Microsoft brings the Hornet, and you shouldn't be running Gogs. The Rust experiment is over, and CachyOS is eating Arch's lunch! For tips we have StarLit for your terminal weather needs, a primer on keeping eyes on the /var directory, and how to check whether your system has a good time source. You can find the show notes at <a href="https://bit.ly/3KPUqki" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3KPUqki</a> and enjoy! 
Host: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jonathan-bennett">Jonathan Bennett</a> 
Co-Hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/69Beep" target="_blank">Jeff Massie</a> and <a href="http://robertpcampbell.com/" target="_blank">Rob Campbell</a> 
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&lt;p&gt;This Week is the week for Cosmic! Jeff looks at a tiny NAS and Jonathan chats about the Orange Pi 6 Pro. Gnome says no more AI in extensions, Microsoft brings the Hornet, and you shouldn't be running Gogs. The Rust experiment is over, and CachyOS is eating Arch's lunch! For tips we have StarLit for your terminal weather needs, a primer on keeping eyes on the /var directory, and how to check whether your system has a good time source. You can find the show notes at &lt;a href="https://bit.ly/3KPUqki" target="_blank"&gt;https://bit.ly/3KPUqki&lt;/a&gt; and enjoy!&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/jonathan-bennett"&gt;Jonathan Bennett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Co-Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/69Beep" target="_blank"&gt;Jeff Massie&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://robertpcampbell.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Rob Campbell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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COSMIC is Here, the Rust Experiment is over, & Gnome Says No More AI

Untitled Linux Show 233: Tiny Tater Tots

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Curt asks Mikah Sargent about a good replacement to the Pocket app, an app that allowed you to save articles for later reading, which Firefox discontinued back in July of 2025. 
 
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&lt;p&gt;On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Curt asks Mikah Sargent about a good replacement to the Pocket app, an app that allowed you to save articles for later reading, which Firefox discontinued back in July of 2025.&lt;br /&gt; 
&lt;br /&gt; 
Don't forget to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! hot@twit.tv&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent"&gt;Mikah Sargent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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Alternatives to Pocket Reader

Hands-On Tech 246: Replacing Pocket

This week, we talk with our favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber. When so many people were touting their private spaceflight dreams in the 1980s, Manber took the next enormous stride and actually made it happen. He formed the Office of Space Commerce within the US Department of Commerce at the invitation of the Reagan administration, forged the first commercial relations with the then-Soviet Union, bridged that into the post-USSR period, and was responsible for the first commercial spaceflight to the then-mothballed Soviet-era Mir space station with a crew that stayed there for 70 days. He then went on to develop a variety of commercial space enterprises, from the first commercial platform to release smallsats from the ISS to initiating the Bishop airlock that became part of the space station. He also started Nanoracks, the first privately developed and standardized satellite deployment mechanism to fly. Finally, he initiated Starlab, the private space station currently under development by Voyager Technologies and a consortium of aerospace companies. Join us for this very special episode with one of the key founders of NewSpace! 
 
Headlines:<ul> 
<li>SpaceX Plans 2026 IPO and Possible $1.5 Trillion Valuation</li> 
<li>NASA Loses Contact with Mars Maven Orbiter</li> 
<li>Discussion of Star Trek's New Starfleet Academy Series Trailer</li></ul> 
Main Topic: Privatizing Orbit and the Roots of Commercial Space<ul> 
<li>Jeffrey Manber Details His Early US-Russian Commercial Space Collaborations</li> 
<li>His Space Journalism Origins and Shaping Commercial Space Policies</li> 
<li>Inside the Launch of Commercial Space Fund and the Office of Space Commerce</li> 
<li>First US Commercial Contracts with the Soviet Union and Mir Space Station</li> 
<li>Navigating Washington Policy and Export Licenses for Soviet Deals</li> 
<li>Attempt to Privatize Mir: Mirkorp, Leasing the Space Station, and Commercial Astronaut Crews</li> 
<li>The Rise of Nanoracks and Commercial Payloads on the ISS</li> 
<li>Building Starlab: Partnerships, Scale, Launch Plans, and Commercial Design</li> 
<li>Comparing Starlab's Ambitions to Vast, Axiom, and China's Tiangong</li> 
<li>Evaluating SpaceX's Public Offering and Its Impact on Elon Musk's Strategy</li> 
<li>Jeffrey Manber's Other Projects: Writing About Newspace and President Lincoln</li> 
<li>Thoughts on America's Future in Commercial Orbit and Personal Memoir Plans</li></ul> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/rod-pyle">Rod Pyle</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/tariq-malik">Tariq Malik</a> 
Guest: <a href="https://voyagertechnologies.com/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Manber</a> 
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&lt;p&gt;This week, we talk with our favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber. When so many people were touting their private spaceflight dreams in the 1980s, Manber took the next enormous stride and actually made it happen. He formed the Office of Space Commerce within the US Department of Commerce at the invitation of the Reagan administration, forged the first commercial relations with the then-Soviet Union, bridged that into the post-USSR period, and was responsible for the first commercial spaceflight to the then-mothballed Soviet-era Mir space station with a crew that stayed there for 70 days. He then went on to develop a variety of commercial space enterprises, from the first commercial platform to release smallsats from the ISS to initiating the Bishop airlock that became part of the space station. He also started Nanoracks, the first privately developed and standardized satellite deployment mechanism to fly. Finally, he initiated Starlab, the private space station currently under development by Voyager Technologies and a consortium of aerospace companies. Join us for this very special episode with one of the key founders of NewSpace!&lt;br /&gt; 
&lt;br /&gt; 
Headlines:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;SpaceX Plans 2026 IPO and Possible $1.5 Trillion Valuation&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;NASA Loses Contact with Mars Maven Orbiter&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Discussion of Star Trek's New Starfleet Academy Series Trailer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Main Topic: Privatizing Orbit and the Roots of Commercial Space&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Jeffrey Manber Details His Early US-Russian Commercial Space Collaborations&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;His Space Journalism Origins and Shaping Commercial Space Policies&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Inside the Launch of Commercial Space Fund and the Office of Space Commerce&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;First US Commercial Contracts with the Soviet Union and Mir Space Station&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Navigating Washington Policy and Export Licenses for Soviet Deals&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Attempt to Privatize Mir: Mirkorp, Leasing the Space Station, and Commercial Astronaut Crews&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;The Rise of Nanoracks and Commercial Payloads on the ISS&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Building Starlab: Partnerships, Scale, Launch Plans, and Commercial Design&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Comparing Starlab's Ambitions to Vast, Axiom, and China's Tiangong&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Evaluating SpaceX's Public Offering and Its Impact on Elon Musk's Strategy&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Jeffrey Manber's Other Projects: Writing About Newspace and President Lincoln&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Thoughts on America's Future in Commercial Orbit and Personal Memoir Plans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/rod-pyle"&gt;Rod Pyle&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/tariq-malik"&gt;Tariq Malik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://voyagertechnologies.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jeffrey Manber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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The Pioneering Work of Jeffrey Manber

This Week in Space 189: Privatizing Orbit

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly this week! The former CEO of Hinge left his position this week to launch an AI-powered dating app. Pebble is coming out with its take on a smart ring. What is the AI Model Context Protocol? And could grocery delivery services be using AI to charge different prices for groceries to consumers?<ul> 
<li>Amanda talks about a new AI-powered dating app called Overtone that the former CEO of Hinge, Justin McLeod, has founded.</li> 
<li>Pebble is coming out with its own smart ring with a built-in microphone, and Mikah has some quarrels with the device.</li> 
<li>Mikah talks about the Model Context Protocol, or MCP: an approach companies like Google and OpenAI have adopted that would allow AI agents to access information online in a standardized manner easily, and now Anthropic has donated the protocol to the Linux Foundation.</li> 
<li>And Derek Kravitz of Consumer Reports joins the show to talk about its investigation into Instacart utilizing artificial intelligence that would offer different prices of the same product to consumers.</li></ul> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/amanda-silberling">Amanda Silberling</a> 
Guest: <a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/about-us/our-people/our-experts/derek-kravitz/" target="_blank">Derek Kravitz</a> 
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&lt;p&gt;Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on &lt;em&gt;Tech News Weekly&lt;/em&gt; this week! The former CEO of Hinge left his position this week to launch an AI-powered dating app. Pebble is coming out with its take on a smart ring. What is the AI Model Context Protocol? And could grocery delivery services be using AI to charge different prices for groceries to consumers?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Amanda talks about a new AI-powered dating app called Overtone that the former CEO of Hinge, Justin McLeod, has founded.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Pebble is coming out with its own smart ring with a built-in microphone, and Mikah has some quarrels with the device.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Mikah talks about the Model Context Protocol, or MCP: an approach companies like Google and OpenAI have adopted that would allow AI agents to access information online in a standardized manner easily, and now Anthropic has donated the protocol to the Linux Foundation.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;And Derek Kravitz of Consumer Reports joins the show to talk about its investigation into Instacart utilizing artificial intelligence that would offer different prices of the same product to consumers.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent"&gt;Mikah Sargent&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/amanda-silberling"&gt;Amanda Silberling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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Is AI Making You Pay More for Grocery Deliveries?

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