Tech's Wild Week: TikTok Bans, Microplastics, and AI Mysteries
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- Edgewise Media
- Published
- Fri 17 Jan 2025
- Episode Link
- https://techtalkyall.com/episode/techs-wild-week-tiktok-bans-microplastics-and-ai-mysteries
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In this episode:
- Everyone’s Downloading a New Chinese Social Media App Before the TikTok Ban
- With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’
- TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well
- Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
- Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
- OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
- University of Waterloo researchers engineer bacteria to eat microplastics. But is it a pipe dream?
- Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
- 2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey
Weird and Wacky:
- Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
- Some Paris Olympic athletes ask for medals to be replaced after quickly deteriorating
- Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It’s Now a $200 Million Fiasco
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Sonos Roam 2
- Adam - Cube Timer, Gravity Sensor Flip Timer
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