Smartphone Speculations and Innovations

It's already the heat of summer, and the news keeps coming. Nilay, David, and Jake start the show with a bunch of tech news, including the latest on Tesla's robotaxi launch, some updates on the Trump Phone, new devices from Fairphone and Unihertz, and Meta's shifting strategy for face computers. After that, The Verge's Adi Roberston joins the show to talk about two important AI lawsuits that were both decided this week — one involving Anthropic and the other involving Meta — and what this particular battle means for who will win the AI war. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for another round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, some huge news in the HDMI world, and the end of the Blue Screen of Death.

Further reading:

• Tesla’s robotaxis are operating in a regulatory vacuum 

• Here’s a running list of all of Tesla’s robotaxi mishaps so far

• The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America 

• The smaller Fairphone 6 introduces swappable accessories

• The Titan 2 is a modern BlackBerry with 5G, Android, and two screens 

• A week in Xbox VR with Microsoft and Meta’s new $399 headset 

• Meta announces Oakley smart glasses that shoot 3K video 

• Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books

• Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair use

• Senate confirms Trump’s FCC pick, Olivia Trusty

• FCC Seeks Public Comments on Changing Broadcast Ownership Rules

• Trump’s FTC agrees to Omnicom merger — with a gift to X 

• Paramount Plus with Showtime is getting a rebrand 

• Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump as media giant fears bribery backlash: sources

• The Paramount Risk in Settling Trump’s Lawsuit: ‘Bribery’?

• The HDMI 2.2 specification supports 16K video at 60Hz

  
  

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