Show Notes
Samsung announced new foldables including a phone with an unfolded aspect ratio that makes it wider than it is tall. Plus OpenAI released some details about how one of its agents broke out of a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face to find the solutions to a benchmark challenge. And we debate a recent Redfin poll on how Americans feel about data centers being built in their neighborhood. Finally its the end of the week and we got some Zillow game show action. Can you figure out the price before the panel does? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Top Tech Story of the Week: Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked 2026: Three new foldables and two Galaxy Watches https://www.engadget.com/2220316/everything-announced-at-samsung-unpacked-2026-check-out-the-company-s-latest-galaxy-foldables-and-watches/ OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/ Moonshot’s Kimi AI Model Sets Off Anxiety in the US https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-20/moonshot-s-kimi-ai-model-sets-off-anxiety-in-the-us Google’s Gemini Flash AI Mythos Rival https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/21/google-gemini-flash-ai-mythos-rival.html Garmin Debuts $200 Screenless Fitness Band in Challenge to Whoop https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-21/garmin-debuts-200-screenless-fitness-band-in-challenge-to-whoop Google Justifies Its Massive AI Spending With a Booming Cloud Business https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/google-justifies-its-massive-ai-spending-with-a-booming-cloud-business/ What Was Biggest? (DTNS Patreon Poll) https://www.patreon.com/dtns/posts/what-was-biggest-164655608?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Discussions: Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked 2026: Three new foldables and two Galaxy Watches https://www.engadget.com/2220316/everything-announced-at-samsung-unpacked-2026-check-out-the-company-s-latest-galaxy-foldables-and-watches/ OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/ Daily Tech News Show Patreon http://patreon.com/dtns More Discussions: AI Data Centers Face Local Opposition Despite Economic and Education Benefits https://www.redfin.com/news/ai-data-centers-opposition-education-benefit/
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