Jennifer Pattison Tuohy shares some of the cooler tech she saw at this year's CES. A warning for those using some wireless audio devices. And what happens when you swap the nosebleed sets for a virtual front row experience at a NBA game?

• Jennifer was on the show floor at CES last week! From smart mirrors to smart locks and robotic pets, she shares some of the exciting and fun tech she saw at the convention.
• Mikah warns us about patching your wireless audio devices, as a new vulnerability was discovered that leaves devices open for others to eavesdrop on your conversations.
• And Kerry Wan of ZDNet joins the show to share his experience watching a NBA game within Apple's Vision Pro.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guest: Kerry Wan

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Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah Sargent on the show this week! Lego unveils its Smart Brick. Jacob kvetches about AI's overwhelming presence at CES. We get some on-site reporting from CES. And Utah becomes the first state to allow artificial intelligence to renew medical prescriptions.

• Mikah talks about Lego's new Smart Brick technology that allows you to interact and play with your Lego sets more directly.
• Jacob shares his thoughts about the overall theme of AI that has become front and center at this year's CES event.
• Stephen Robles of beard.fm joins the show live from CES to talk about what he saw at the event.
• And Ruth Reader of POLITICO stops by to talk about Utah being the first state to allow artificial intelligence to begin renewing medical prescriptions for patients.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jacob Ward

Guests: Stephen Robles and Ruth Reader

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Take a look back at some of our favorite interviews from the past year on Tech News Weekly!

• Eric Migicovsky, founder of the smartwatch company Pebble, joins Mikah to talk about exciting news with Pebble.
• Bloomberg antitrust reporter Leah Nylen returns to unpack the latest in the DOJ's case against Google. She explains the three proposed remedies—including a possible Chrome browser divestiture—and what testimony from tech competitors like DuckDuckGo, Perplexity, and OpenAI revealed about Google's dominance in search and AI.
• Leila Zia, Head of Research at the Wikimedia Foundation, outlines their new AI roadmap, which focuses on supporting Wikipedia's volunteer editors rather than replacing them. She details how AI will assist with moderation, multilingual knowledge expansion, and mentorship—all while upholding values of transparency and human agency.
• Scott Stein of CNET is staying busy as he joins the show to share his hands-on impressions of Nintendo's Switch 2 console, Mario Kart World, and its new features.
• And Consumer Reports' Derek Kravitz details Instacart's AI pricing practices.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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