The hosts recount a comical incident of buying a robot vacuum on Prime Day without using their company's affiliate link, leading to canceling the order and reordering correctly. They discuss the new AI features of the vacuum, including the ability to talk to it, and share stories about their previous robot vacuum, Bruce.
This week, an assassination attempt for the social media age: what the platforms got right and wrong in the chaotic aftermath. Then we talk with the Times reporter Teddy Schleifer from this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee about the wave of Silicon Valley billionaires stepping up to back Trump. And finally, we talk to The Times’s Styles reporter Callie Holtermann about facial fitness gum, a “jawmaxxing” product targeted at teen boys online.
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