Big Tech Little Tech

Shaun Weston 44 - Meta financials, wearables, WhatsApp opens up, and Facebook’s 20

The biggest stories in technology aren't always easy to wrap your head around. Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston unravel the strings, break down the headlines, and make tech simple enough that even your mum will understand. (At least, that's the aim.) See episode notes at https://btltpod.com, find Rick at https://rickhuckstep.com and Shaun at https://www.shaunweston.co.uk

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Episodes

Meta financials, wearables, WhatsApp opens up, and Facebook’s 20

OpenAI goes to university, HeyGen goes to Davos, and the Apple Mac turns 40

Perplexity funding, ChatGPT Store, Rabbit r1, Bitcoin ETF, and holo Elvis

OpenAI vs New York Times, Apple vs Masimo, vinyl sales, NFT music, and Oppenheimer

Neom and other mega projects, Boring Teslas, Archax, porn face scanning, and transparent wood

Japan tech, Society 5.0, Japanese toilets, Sky OV, and Tamagotchi remembered

AI and the future of work, Abigail Bailey, Morphobot, and The Coming Wave

Global fintech, Rewind Pendant, Tom Hanks, and Jack Conte

A screen-less future, Humane AI, chatbot comedy, and Tower Bridge CGI

AI's potential to transform the traditional teaching model

Smart home tech, Ralph Lauren in the metaverse, smart toilets, and snacks

Eye-tracking technology, Descript, AlterEgo, purple tomatoes and food apps

Has Elon Musk dropped the ball?

Deepfake technology, Meta Llama 2, Twitter-X, Microsoft makeup, and WorldCoin

Starlink internet satellite, Threads, MSG Sphere, and VR events

Vision Pro, metaverse, Oculus, Blackrock Bitcoin, and AI jobs

Apple Vision Pro, Nasa X-Link, VirtualBrain, Swedish Chef, and travel currency

Brain implants, Neuralink, dumb AI, Drops of God, and Ryan

Google search AI, Sanctuary AI, 3D Titanic, and Sting

AI companions (plus live demo), Apple Card savings, and birthday vibes

Social media’s pros and cons, Starbucks NFTs, Starship and Bing AI

Pausing AI development, 3D cheesecake, Arc, E3 and mobile alarms

VTubers, Lil Miquela, DPReview, Spotify and conker police

Anti-ageing technology, GPT-4, floatovoltaics, and a tech acronym quiz

MWC Barcelona, ChatGPT in classrooms, James Bond, and Spotify’s dwindling fortune

Spy tech, blue tick verification, NBA avatars, and f***ing Shrinking

Google antitrust, ChatGPT, Avatar, and a new dodo

AI lawyers, Holoride, John Deere seed tech, and face ID for rats

Technology in 2023, Twitter rehab, Mui Board, and restaurant robots

Gadget gifts, ChatGPT, Apple Music Sing, and flying cars

Generative AI, killer robots, delivery robots, and Christmas films

Mastodon, The Infinite Conversation, surveillance, and Citizen Smith

Health tech, What3Words, joint replacement science, and Interpol

Online shopping, ecommerce giants, Siri, and subtitles

Young people’s data, Instagram, Peloton, and air fryers

Apple Far Out, wearables, AirPods, and desert island favs

NFTs, Artemis, Twitter abuse, and dessert dilemmas

Amazon One palm authentication, BeReal, CyberOne, and great drummers

Litigious Musk, Facebook’s slide, Amazon Care, and England Lionesses

Amazon, Facebook memo leaks, and Apple AR-VR headsets

Metaverse, VR headsets, Passkeys, and Apple Pay Later

TikTok addiction, Sheryl Sandberg, and robots

Bitcoin, TikTok, deepfakes, iPod

Elon, Airbnb, free speech, remote working