Daily Tech Headlines

Google announces Gemma 3, iRobot warns it may shut down within a year, Pocket Casts goes free on Windows, Mac, and the web.Show Notes

X suffers a major DDoS attack causing multiple outages, AI chatbots cannot be trusted to cite factual information, and Bluesky now allows 3-minute video uploads.Link to Show Notes

President Donald Trump establishes a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” In The U.S., a newly discovered botnet is believed to be behind one of the largest denial-of-service attacks ever recorded, and Brazil says Apple must allow sideloading within 90 days.Link to Show Notes

Apple is challenging UK’s iCloud encryption backdoor order, the U.K. government appears to have quietly removed encryption advice from its web pages, and a US federal judge denies Elon Musk’s request to block OpenAI from converting to a for-profit company.Link to Show Notes

YouTube announces Premium Lite for $8/month, Nintendo wins against Dstorage, more than 1 million 3rd-party Android devices said to be infected with malware. Show Notes

Apple has introduced new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air models featuring the M3 chip, TSMC announced an additional $100 billion to expand U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, and Waymo and Uber have launched a robotaxi service in Austin.Link to Show Notes

Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce an upcoming AI phone, Lenovo announces new AI-powered laptops, Google shows off new Screenshare feature for Gemini. Show Notes

Meta set to make MetaAI a stand-alone app, Microsoft is retiring Skype after 23 years, and Sora is now available in Europe. Link to Show Notes