Show Notes
Show regular Andrea Jones-Rooy decided to challenge themselves by facing their fears and posting videos on Instagram every day for 100 days. Andrea explains how the experiment worked and if it did indeed help them overcome their fears. Plus this week the US Government ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its Fable 5 and Mythos models to only US citizens causing Anthropic to restrict its access for everybody. And we end the week with a horror quiz!! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes.
Top Tech Story of the Week: Anthropic Halts Access to Top AI Models After U.S. Ban on Foreign Use https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-halts-access-to-top-ai-models-after-u-s-ban-on-foreign-use-a4bca2cc Snap is finally about to ship AR glasses — and they cost $2,195 https://www.theverge.com/tech/950492/snap-specs-ar-glasses-launch-date-preorder Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/qualcomm-wants-to-be-the-chip-inside-whatever-replaces-your-smartphone-and-it-just-announced-two-products-toward-that-end/ The all-new Google Home speaker has finally arrived for $100 https://www.engadget.com/2194871/the-all-new-google-home-speaker-has-finally-arrived-for-100/ Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Make History With Record-Breaking IPO https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-11/elon-musk-s-spacex-set-to-make-history-with-record-breaking-ipo DTNS Patreon Post: Top Tech Story https://www.patreon.com/dtns/posts/top-tech-story-161451888?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Andrea Jones-Rooy — Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jonesrooy Anthropic Halts Access to Top AI Models After U.S. Ban on Foreign Use — WSJ https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-halts-access-to-top-ai-models-after-u-s-ban-on-foreign-use-a4bca2cc Live With It Show — YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@LiveWithItShow Snap unveils $2,195 Specs AR glasses as Spiegel bets on a post-smartphone future https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/snap-unveils-2195-specs-ar-glasses-spiegel-bets-on-post-smartphone.html Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/qualcomm-wants-to-be-the-chip-inside-whatever-replaces-your-smartphone-and-it-just-announced-two-products-toward-that-end/
Today’s guest: Len Peralta https://patreon.com/len https://lenperaltastore.com https://www.twitch.tv/lenperalta https://x.com/lenperalta https://mstdn.party/@lenperalta
Andrea Jones-Rooy http://behindthedatashow.com http://www.jonesrooy.com @jonesrooy Show Links: https://dailytechnewsshow.com https://dailytechnewsshow.com/ntx https://knowalittlemore.com http://dailytechnewsshow.com/store https://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/support https://dtns.tv/wiki Sarah Lane Links: https://sarahlane.com https://x.com/sarahlane https://medium.com/@sarahlane https://masto.ai/@sarahlane https://havesuchagoodday.com Tom Merritt Links: https://tomsnewbook.com https://swordandlaser.com/store https://www.cordkillers.com https://awordpodcast.com
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