TF News | Tech Week in Review | Episode 38

Tech Week in Review

Welcome to Tech Week in Review! In today's episode, AI officially takes center stage — and pulls everyone with it.

From Google’s blistering AI hardware roadmap to OpenAI’s transformation into your holiday shopping concierge, this week is all about scale. Ride along as Waymo and Pony.ai push robotaxis deeper into U.S. and European cities, Warner Music teams up with an AI music bot, and surgeons step into VR-powered organs. Plus, we cover the darker edges of the tech world: lawsuits, cybercrime, and mounting energy demands.

Episode 38 is fast, dense, global — and mandatory listening.

Stay sharp. Stay curious. Stay integrated.

📌 Topics A & E Cover:

• ⚡ Google to double AI capacity every six months—hardware becomes the new scoreboard

• 🛍️ OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a holiday shopping assistant

• 🧠 Alibaba’s AliGenie links retail AI directly to revenue

• 🚗 Waymo gets DMV approval for autonomous rides across Northern California

• 🇪🇺 Bolt + Pony.ai team up to test robotaxis across Europe

• 🤖 Memo home robot tackles real chores with human-like dexterity

• 🎶 Warner Music signs AI generator Suno—no lawsuits, just licensing

• 🧬 Custom gene therapy treats rare disorder in a young boy

• 🧠 VR and AI help surgeons rehearse operations using 3D holograms

• 🔌 Genesis Mission to accelerate AI breakthroughs, strain power grids

• ⚡ U.S. data centers projected to use 12% of electricity by 2028

• 👮‍♂️ U.K. trials Bobbi AI chatbot for non-emergency police work

• 🧒 EU proposes U16 social media ban without parental approval

• 💻 AI lawsuit: OpenAI accused after teen suicide, raising ethical stakes

• 🔐 New malware mimics Windows Updates to hijack user behavior

• 🕹️ Gaming-focused malware spreads via cheat programs

• 📉 Tariff talks on chipmakers trigger global market turbulence

• 🧾 AI begins replacing junior-level roles in auditing, law, and analysis

• 🛰️ Amazon’s Project Kuiper shows off gigabit-speed beta with compact dish

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Join Adam and Eve as they unpack these stories with insight and humor, offering clarity on how technology continues to shape, challenge, and sometimes disrupt our world.

TechFyle's weekly podcast, Tech Week in Review, provides a digest of significant tech news. The podcast presents several overarching technological trends that inform listeners about the most important technological developments and discussions of the past week.

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