Episode 408: This week in Temu

Notnerd Podcast: Tech Better

We start off with a lack of audio from nate, but we've got a lot of Temu talk, epic driveway cam, and more robots. Plus a bunch more tech talk from news, picks, tips, and ramblings. Plenty of live comments from the viewers, too.

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Intro (00:00)

Followup:

When they switched from the 30-pin connector to Lightning, Phil Schiller said would be the connector for “the next decade”. That was the iPhone 5 in 2012 (04:55)

MacOS Sonoma is out (06:20)

iPhone 15 OverheatGate Seems to Be a Nothingburger (08:30)

Netflix ships its last DVD (09:25)

Made by Google event on the 4th (11:35)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Lock white balance after video recording in iOS 17 (15:45)

Just the headlines: (22:05)

FBI Indicts Wall Street Banker For Doing Crimes On Xbox 360

The robot wolves trying to scare off Japan's bears

Spotify tests voice translation feature for podcasts

Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns

World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials

Takes:

Meta Connect: All the details on Quest 3, Ray-Ban smart glasses, AI chatbots (24:05)

AI-generated ‘subliminal messages’ are going viral (29:30)

Nearly 500 brands exited the smartphone market during 2017-2023 (31:45)

YouTube is giving creators violating policies a way to wipe out their warnings (33:30)

Food delivery robots are feeding camera footage to the LAPD (35:45)

Bonus Odd Take: There I Ruined It (38:25)

Picks of the Week:

Dave: Temu LED Pixel Display, Programmable LED Screen (42:25)

Nate: Plustek Photo Scanner - ephoto Z300, Scan 4x6 Photo in 2sec, Auto Crop and Deskew CCD Sensor. Support Mac and PC (47:35)

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