🚗 A Tesla flying car? 🍎 Apple’s new iPhone Duo sells out. 🛰️ Starlink Mini deals worth a look. Plus: Would you pay to attend a stranger’s wedding? Is the Shop app worth the privacy trade-off? And what happens to your Apple & Google accounts when you’re gone? 📺 Plus, what’s topping streaming! 🎧 New #techradio episode on ALL your favorite networks: tech, privacy & the digital life – at Los Angeles, CA

Techradio 🎧 new episode: Tech news you’ll want to know! 💻 Googlebook sells out almost immediately after its announcement! Take a look at the Meta smart pendant with a Tamagotchi-like twist, and how Gemini lands in the top 10 of the world’s most valuable brands. Sad? the Copilot PC brand is going away, Apple Intelligence & Password Manager info, a safety-first starter phone for kids, classic Castlevania free on iOS & Android, and what’s topping streaming. 🎧 On ALL your favorite networks and my blog!

New 📻 TechRadio is live! • Apple pays $250M over AI • PFAs “forever chemicals” in smartwatch straps • Should you really trust biometrics on your phone? • Those green dots on Android explained • Purina’s new dog & cat kidney & dental tests • Top streaming picks Listen now on your favorite network.  What grabbed you most this week?

Thank you to @thinkers360 for including us on this very important list of 125 top podcasters. We're at around 1,800 episodes since @RealMarcCohen and I began Computer and Technology Radio. Thank you for listening and being interested in our own particular brand of lifestyle consumer technology. – at Los Angeles, CA

Techradio 🎙️ podcast: Apple’s iPhone Pocket & Google’s Store-Calling AI: The Future Just Got Weird 🎧 This week, we’re diving into some exciting shifts in the tech world! Apple is working on a game-changing “iPhone Pocket” that could redefine how a smartphone is carried. 📲 Google’s new feature can now call retail stores on your behalf — saving you time and sanity. Starlink just got cheaper, making satellite internet more accessible than ever. Waymo is rolling robotaxis onto the highways (yes, really), and a growing recommerce movement is helping people save big by buying refurbished #tech and other products. Plus, we run through what's hot in streaming this week. It’s a fun, fast ride! 👉 On your favorite podcast network or on my blog

Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? ✨ In a study, those who used ChatGPT AI to write showed significantly less activity in the brain networks associated with cognitive processing, attention and creativity. ✨ Human intelligence is too broad and varied to be reduced to words such as “stupid”, but there are worrying signs that all this digital convenience is costing us dearly.

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