Couch Time: Entertainment and Tech Insights

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz discuss the Apple Macbook Air M3 review, Jon Stewart's take on AI, and a whole lot more of this week's tech news.

Further reading:

• Apple MacBook Air M3 review: small upgrades 
• It’s time for a hard reset on notifications
• Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers 
• Microsoft is working on an Xbox AI chatbot
• Samsung says Bixby’s still not dead
• The world needs more gadgets like LG’s briefcase TV 
• Jon Stewart on AI, Lina Khan, and the other things Apple didn’t want him to say
•  A first look at Europe’s alternative iPhone app stores
• Will the Apple antitrust case lawsuit affect your phone’s security?
• How Meta’s global head of safety approaches online age verification
• Is TikTok still TikTok without the algorithm?’
• The US House banned staffers from using Microsoft Copilot
• FCC will vote on restoring net neutrality rules
• X’s ‘complimentary’ Premium push gives people blue checks they didn’t ask for
• Spotify’s price is reportedly going up again 
• AI George Carlin case settled as performers demand better protection 
• OpenAI’s voice cloning AI model only needs a 15-second sample to work
• Google Podcasts is gone — and so is my faith in Google 

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