Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

EVs Overtake Petrol, Restaurants Lock Up Phones, AI Hits the Brakes and Robot Dogs Take to the Farm.

Tech Talk with Mathew Dickerson

Show Notes

August Amped: EVs Electrify Australian Sales and Overtake Petrol for the First Time. Pocket-Pause Push: Restaurants Reclaim Real-World Relationships. Brakes on the Bots: What an AI Slowdown Would Actually Look Like. Undies, Urinals and Unusual Insights: The Ingenious Ig Nobels. Tomorrow Through Ten-Year-Old Eyes: Robots, Risks and a Remarkable 2050. Algorithmic Arms Race: When Viral Views Turn into Dangerous Dares. Pitch-Perfect Performances: Auto-Tune Takes Centre Stage. Paws on Patrol: Robot Dogs Dig into Digital Farming. Accent Attack: AI Voices Turn Familiar Speech into a Fraudster’s Friend.

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