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Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: AI Agents, Domains, and DollarsIntroducing dotsIt appears .agent and .agi are about to be the hot new domainsAccenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per MonthUtah will become first state to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication Hacks, Bugs, and PrivacyHackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling foodOpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference roomNorway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places SpaceGoogle thinks SpaceX's Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the groundNASA "troubleshooting" transporter for space station's robotic arm Weird and WackyMan discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 daysTesla wants to jump the Roadster across Snake River Canyon in Evel Knievel-inspired stunt Tech Rec: Sanjay - Tweet Adam - Claude Code Custom Apps Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: META'S HARDWARE BLITZMeta Launches $1,299 VR Headset That Look Like Glasses to Rival Apple Vision ProMeta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAXMeta introduces camera-free AI glassesMeta's Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it's tapping into a much newer trend WHO'S WATCHING (AND PRICING) YOUSeattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceriesIf Flock Wasn't Enough, Dallas' AI Cameras Are Scanning Homes From Garbage TrucksTrump urges renaming AI to 'super intelligence' in UN speech MONEY MOVES IN TECHLovable's annualized revenue crosses $600M as vibe coding takes offExclusive: Infillion acquires location data company Foursquare SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGHSAnthropic says its biology lab has already found something bigInjectable nanoparticles make blind retinas respond to light in preclinical study PLANES AND BIG RIGSUS halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut at construction siteHere's the Tesla Semi... again WEIRD AND WACKYWhat to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcadeVogue sent robots down the runway at Vogue World, and people were not impressed Tech Rec: Sanjay - ZuckOff Adam - Instinct Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! WHO GUARDS THE AI?Trump says no need for more AI regulation, slams Anthropic CEO Dario AmodeiAI caught telling future versions of itself to bypass human controls, OpenAI reveals SECURITY WATCHHackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accountsKeys Not Included: recovering the signing keys for US driver's license barcodes PRICEY GADGETS, MIXED RESULTSDyson $500 AI CameraJet toothbrush users report overheating, charging problemsI wore Snap's $2,200 smart glassesThe Jerk - Optigrab class action suit CHINA MOVES FASTChina's 'next-gen' car wash that leaves cars spotless in just seconds is going viralBYD looking to build 5-minute EV charging network in Canada WEIRD AND WACKYWaymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun,' authorities say Tech Rec: Sanjay - Instinct Adam - Harvest Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: MY MUSE GIVES ME A HUGMeta debuts Muse, its long-planned personal AI agentHugging Face approached Nvidia's Huang weeks ahead of $12.9B acquisitionHumans are "close to being outsmarted" by superintelligence, AI expert says CYBERCAB HITS THE ROADHouse Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla driversTesla Cybercab doesn't have any manual controls — but it does have a hidden virtual joystickWeird #cybercab situation: a rider finds a virtual joystickFeds launch investigation into Tesla's Cybercab deploymentDon't Get in a Crash in a Cybercab APPLE'S FOLDABLE MOMENTApple unveils foldable iPhone DuoApple Introduces Its Most Expensive and Innovative iPhone Yet, the $1,999 Foldable iPhone Duo ALWAYS LISTENING, ALWAYS LEAKINGApple Doesn't Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch's Listening FeaturesHackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year. WEIRD AND WACKYVirtual Taekwondo Takes the Contact Out of a Combat SportWe Asked AI How It Could Kill Humanity. Here's What It Told Us. Tech Rec: Sanjay - SnoozeFlow Adam - Hydrate Spark Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Artificial Intelligence, Ready or Not"Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts'I'm not trying to convince you of anything': AI agents are now emailing researchers to talk about their consciousnessNYC school system unveils aggressive restrictions on AI amid nationwide pushHarvard's $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructorsAmazon Mechanical Turk The Slop BacklashOver 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn's AI slop buttonSide of slop? Bizarre AI food images jump from online to IRL menus The Battle for Lake OntarioTrump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario Courts, Sensors, and Who's WatchingGoogle defeats US justice department bid to force ad tech saleNoise and Motion Monitors in Their Homes? These Tenants Say No. Gadgets and MaterialsNew Spanish nanomaterial cools surfaces by up to 12.9C without electricityDyson launches $499 toothbrush with built-in camera, AI technology Weird and WackyMan pushes Russian humanoid robot. Watch what happens next Tech Rec: Sanjay - Fastpotify Adam - Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Artificial Intelligence, For Better or WorseThis A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in NatureGoldman studied where AI is squeezing labor markets. Here's what it found Gadgets and MachinesFairphone's latest repairable phone is going on sale in the USUnitree shows off new Superman robot that it says can outrun Usain Bolt and jump 6.5 feet Bets and the LawFlightAware withdraws lawsuit against Kalshi over flight-cancellation markets Weird and WackyAmazon seemingly leaked Jason Statham's entire Mutiny movieUtah man buys world's cheapest new car from China and is stunned by what it looks likeMan dressed as Darth Vader defends Flock cameras to San Diego City Council Tech Rec: Sanjay - MurdokuAdam - What Adam built on Lovable most recently Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! Rules, Courts, and ConsequencesFrance to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls from August 11France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses growsFlightAware Sues Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Prediction Markets Infrastructure Under StrainWater system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief after suspected Iran attacksIs Your Website Down? Outage Hits Hosting Provider Namecheap Look Up: The Sky AboveNASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another yearSpace mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes Sun-Powered EverythingPlug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. BackyardsAptera Solar EV Weird and WackyFenix Flexin isn't even denying using AI to make 'Rubberz' anymoreAI agent hacks gym to get its owner spot in pilates classPerson Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With ThemPeople are finding out firsthand why you 'can't' pour water down the Hoover DamBuc-ee's dodges John Oliver to sue another small business Tech Rec: Sanjay - The Seinfeld ChroniclesAdam - Claude to grocery shop Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! AI Music Under the MicroscopeIs this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop?Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo The AI Arms RaceAnthropic's AI used fake human profiles to trick people in safety testIt's official: Anthropic is building an in-house chip team for Claude Platform Shifts and Broken PromisesLinux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North AmericaApple's 'Private Relay' Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses Markets, Bets, and Bad IncentivesElon Musk issues ominous warning as SpaceX short interest hits danger zoneSenators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets Weird and WackyBMW Is Showing Commercials On Their Car's Dash Screens And They Want You To Think It's A Treat Tech Rec: Sanjay - Crystal WarsAdam - Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

AI GOES ROGUE: BREAKOUTS & KILL SWITCHESOpenAI says Hugging Face breach caused by its models'Unprecedented': OpenAI says AI models autonomously hacked another companyAnthropic says three Claude models reached real-world systems during testingHouse AI 'kill switch' bill unveiled as OpenAI hack raises alarms AI MEETS REAL LIFEAI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confidentChatGPT's medical advice nearly killed a Florida man, lawsuit claimsLinkedIn introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' buttonOpenAI Ads: Advertise in ChatGPT PRIVACY & SECURITY WATCHPrivate Claude chats exposed in Google and Bing search resultsA whole bunch of people's Claude chats are publicly accessible onlineLG to ban residential proxies from smart TV appsGrapheneOS duress PIN could land a man in prisonA missing underscore sent an innocent man to prison for 18 months BIG TECH SHAKE-UPS & POLICYFirefox 153 brings native Containers to the browserJack Dorsey made an open-source Slack for humans and agentsFramework's premium laptop is shipping with less RAMStripe in talks to buy AI-model marketplace OpenRouterThe secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AIFrance joins a global move toward restricting social media for children ROBOTS, DRONES & RECORD FLIGHTSThe US government just banned RoombasUnited Airlines bans humanoid and animal-like robots from all flightsLondon Gatwick introduces robotic parking serviceResearchers build a low-visibility drone that uses motion blurAirbus A350 flies 24 hours nonstop from Australia to France WEIRD AND WACKYWhite House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged Kalshi trades"Drawing" the Mona Lisa with GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, and GrokPolitician reads AI prompt during assembly Tech Rec: Sanjay - Decoy Font: A TTF font that hides what you type Adam - Supabase Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Robots & MedicineHumanoid Robots Just Performed Live Surgery for the First Time EverFirst Robotic Single-Port Mastectomy in the U.S. by a Robot Named "Carol" Data, Privacy & SurveillanceScott McNealy: "You Have Zero Privacy Anyway. Get Over It"WNBA Players Scored a Historic Labor Contract — With One Big CaveatNearly a Million Passports and Photo IDs Left Unprotected OnlinePapa Johns Can Predict When Your Fridge Is Empty Policy, Platforms & SocietyUK Plans Default Midnight Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-OldsNetflix May Add Always-On Channels. That's Just Cable.Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to CheatFinland's Last Analogue Landline Phones Go Silent After 150 Years Science, Space & the FrontierFCC Approves Orbital Space Mirrors; First Test Satellites Launch This YearHard but Lightweight "Bio-Metal" Discovered in Sea Worm JawsHow to Hide from Killer Drones Weird and WackyAutonomous Flying Umbrella Follows and Shields Users from Rain and SunlightThe Uniqlo T-Shirt with an Obfuscated Bash Script on the Back Tech Rec: Sanjay - Knockoff Adam - Granola Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: AI FRONTIER & FALLOUTIt's Not About Anthropic vs. OpenAI AnymoreAsian AI Startups Launch Mythos-Like ModelsAnthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 5Claude Fable 5 Makes a Dramatic ReturnFord Rehires 'Gray Beard' Engineers After AI Falls ShortAI Is Creating America's Next Underclass MONEY, MARKETS & CRYPTOBig Tech and Wall Street Team Up on a StablecoinHow Trump Made $1B on Crypto While Investors LostBending Spoons Surges 40% on First Day of TradingZuckerberg Is Building Another Product Nobody Asked For SCIENCE, HEALTH & BODIESLouisiana Man Functionally Cured of Sickle CellGlobal Review Confirms mRNA Vaccines Are SafeLab-Grown Retinal Cells Show Promise for Eye TherapiesPhysical Pressure Could Double EV Battery LifeDrummer Rediscovers Passion After Life-Changing Accident PRIVACY & SECURITYSupreme Court Restricts Geofence WarrantsLastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen — AgainHackers Shoveled Snow, Got Network Admin Access WEIRD AND WACKYHeinz Releases 'Unofficial' Ketchup Over FIFA BlackoutCoder Ranks Which Coworkers Stress Him Out via WhoopArtificial Skin Lets Robots Sense Heat and Pressure Tech Rec: Sanjay - Boardy Adam - Whoop Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: AI Frontier Anthropic's Mythos model found vulnerabilities in classified US government systemsAnthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack Robots & the Road Waymo recalls about 3,900 robotaxis after some drove into freeway construction zonesHyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank exits for $325 million Big Tech & the Money Tim Cook calls the memory crisis a "hundred-year flood"Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centersWindows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates Weird and Wacky Giant banana pulled over in MontanaFintech employee burned through $80,000 in tokens on a 'brainrot shooter game' Tech Rec: Sanjay - Bonsaii Paper Shredder Lubricant Sheets Adam - Govee Water Sensors Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: AI FRONTIER & POLICYWhen AI builds itselfStatement on the US directive to suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5US warned Anthropic that Fable 5 was jailbroken, firm 'refused' to fix itAmazon CEO's talks with US officials triggered the crackdownA startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs BIG TECH DEALS & IPOSAnthropic IPO 2026: confidential S-1 filedSpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60 billionSpaceX stock jumps 20% in first full day of trading DEVICES & CONSUMER TECHWWDC 2026: Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple IntelligenceApple partnering with Google and Nvidia for advanced AI modelApple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sicknessSnap unveils $2,195 Specs AR glasses SCIENCE & HEALTH TECHWorld-first: therapy to make cells young again trialled in a personMidjourney goes from cat images to full-body ultrasound scansMidjourney is working on a full-body ultrasonic scanner WEIRD AND WACKYMcDonald's brings back the fried apple pie for America's 250thHenkel adhesive helps complete the Sagrada Familia's towers Tech Rec: Sanjay - Charityvest Adam - Refyn bolt action pen Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

In this episode: AI INDUSTRY & BUSINESSAnthropic confidentially files IPO prospectus with SECElon Musk Laid Out 602 Goals. We Counted How Many He Hit.'Disrupted or dead': AI is crushing a generation of startups built before ChatGPT AI SAFETY & POLICYDario Amodei: "Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power"Trump signs AI safety order seeking voluntary review of new models PRIVACY & SECURITYHackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedLarry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior" TECH INNOVATION & CULTUREMicrosoft's next-gen quantum chip cuts timeline to useful quantum computing"Nobody's making games for the retired people" — The underserved market for grey gamers WEIRD AND WACKYHoming pigeons navigate using magnetic macrophages — in their liversThe Google Pixel Watch 5 may have been spoiled by the creator of BorderlandsZuckerberg's superyacht quietly slips into Elliott Bay after days of hecklers Tech Rec: Sanjay - Firecrawl Adam - Lovable for Project Management Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: AI's Money & PowerAnthropic leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startupAnthropic releases new model, Opus 4.8AI sticker shock hits corporate AmericaAI model simulation: Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Grok vs. GeminiGoogle hates you AI Agents Take ActionYour AI agent can now trade for you on RobinhoodRobinhood lets customers use AI to trade stocks, make credit card purchases The Vatican vs. The AlgorithmI Read the Pope's 240-Page Encyclical. I'm Astounded by What He Wrote.Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI? Big Business ShakeupsDropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down after 19 yearsIntroducing Ford Energy Screens, Streams & Self-DrivingSpotify is narrating magazine articles nowRoku Is Revamping Its Homescreen for the First Time in Over a DecadeBlind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding Alone Weird and WackyMark Zuckerberg's mega yacht docks in Seattle in the wake of Meta layoffsF.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His HomeGoogle employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading betI vibe-coded a billionaire jet tracker to warn people about a possible apocalypseMicrosoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" Tech Rec: Sanjay - OpenTools / OpenPrinter Adam - Gibson Guitar App Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.