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Phones Are Just Phones These Days - DTNS Live 5139

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Show Notes

Android Faithful’s Jason Howell is here with details on the Pixel 11 phone. Plus Anthropic announced this week it would embed watermarks in text. And a plea for a revival of reading from 120 years ago. Finally we end our week with the Great Debates: Smartphones that can always find the perfect place to eat or a phone that can always find the right things to say in any conversation.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Jason Howell, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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