IKEA and Samsung just partnered—but that’s not the real story. Richard Gunther explains how Matter and Thread finally make smart home devices plug-and-play, no platform decisions required.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Richard Gunther.

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DeepSeek launched V4 Flash and V4 Pro with a new Hybrid Attention Architecture the means much more context in a single prompt, and Instagram is testing a new Instants app for ephemeral photo sharing that disappears in 24 hours.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao

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Tim Cook steps down as the CEO of Apple with chief of hardware development John Ternus taking the reins. Is this a shrewd move for the Cupertino company? Will Framework latest version of its modular laptop take modular laptops and Linux mainstream? And we see if the panel can out guess the riddles on today’s quiz!

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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And Korean scientists have developed a way to switch from 2D to 3D in the same display.

Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao and Bodie Grimm

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And at Google Next, Google splits its TPUs and unleashes more powerful workplace agents. Plus, did Anthropic’s Mythos escape containment?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Andy Beach.

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IKEA’s new cheap smart home products don’t need a hub if you already have a Samsung TV, and WhatsApp is testing a new subscription model that makes things prettier but doesn’t remove ads.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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Plus, the age verification law in the US is misunderstood, but still not necessarily good.

Starring Tom Merritt and Rob Dunewood.

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Justin Robert Young explains what’s likely going on with Anthropic’s attempt to resolve its dispute with the US government.

Featuring Tom Merritt and Justin Robert Young.

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 Also, the first Micro-RGB TVs are here and the bargain brand is not who you would expect.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

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DJI released the Osmo Pocket 4 that brings better low light performance and a clip-on fill light, and Andy Beach tells us about an AI Licensing deal in the works for 2,200 publishers.

Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao,, and Andy Beach.

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Plus a shoe company becomes an AI data center service provider. 

Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane.

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