Show Notes
Can AI help improve the lives of wildlife and people who enjoy them. Meta is leading the pack in smart glasses, but people have a negative view of them often causing owners to not wear them in public. Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Blair Bazdarich, Roger Chang, Joe. Link to the Show Notes. Top Tech Story of the Week: Apple’s Lawsuit Threatens to Disrupt OpenAI’s Bid to Rival the iPhone https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-13/how-apple-s-lawsuit-threatens-to-disrupt-openai-s-bid-to-rival-the-iphone Q2 2026 Global Smartphone Shipments Slump to Lowest Q2 Level in 13 Years as Memory Crisis Deepens https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartphone-shipments-q2-2026 A Framework for Frontier AI: Dawning of a New Age https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/framework-frontier-ai-dawning-new-age-demis-hassabis-cngse/ Samsung’s Foldable Display Technology Is Harder to Damage and Resists Creases https://www.engadget.com/2215470/samsung-foldable-display-technology-is-harder-to-damage-and-resists-creases/ OnePlus Is Officially Leaving the US and Europe https://www.engadget.com/2213731/oneplus-is-officially-leaving-the-us-and-europe/ Discussions: Scientists uncover whale social network in San Francisco Bay https://phys.org/news/2026-05-whale-network-san-francisco-bay.html AI can identify individual birds by their songs https://phys.org/news/2026-06-ai-bird-individual-song.html AI cuts wildlife tracking from months to days https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ai-wildlife-tracking-months-days.html AI tool identifies wild animals by their unique markings https://phys.org/news/2026-06-ai-tool-wild-animals-unique.html How AI is changing life for lab animals https://phys.org/news/2026-07-lab-animals-ai.html Researchers find uncanny valley effect in macaques using 3D avatars https://phys.org/news/2026-07-uncanny-valley-effect-macaques-3d.html#goog_rewarded Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Backlash Has People Afraid https://futurism.com/future-society/backlash-meta-pervert-glasses-afraid The Meta Glasses Backlash Is Changing How (or If) People Use Them https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/ Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Spark ‘Fascist’ Debate https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kylie-jenner-meta-glasses-fascist_n_6a565e74e4b0540b8c7b111a Daily Tech News Show Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/dtns More Discussions: Nvidia Launches Japan’s Cosmos Coalition to Accelerate Robotics https://thenextweb.com/news/nvidia-japan-cosmos-coalition-robotics Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot Tackles the ‘Porch Gap’ in Deliveries https://thenextweb.com/news/boston-dynamics-spot-delivery-robot-porch-gap
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
Blair Bazdarich https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinscience http://www.twis.org @blairsmenagerie
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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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