Smart home tech, Ralph Lauren in the metaverse, smart toilets, and snacks

In this episode of Big Tech Little Tech, Shaun Weston and Rick Huckstep discuss smart home technology, including security concerns and the market for smart speakers. They include smart devices in the kitchen and fun IoT gadgets. What are the misconceptions about smart home tech, and what do smart toilets and snacks have to do with anything?

Plus, the CEO of Ralph Lauren's investment in the metaverse, declining TV viewership, Google's collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm, and the wind-powered cargo ship Pyxis Ocean. The news roundup includes AI-generated art, EU's battery regulation, Microsoft's bid for Activision, and OpenAI's GPT 3.5.

And did you know there's exclusive content for BTLT fans in our new Patreon channel? Well, there is!

Find ⁠⁠⁠Shaun on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Rick on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by Jason Shaw on ⁠⁠⁠Audionautix.com⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Beatoven.ai⁠⁠⁠, Alex-Productions at https://soundcloud.com/alexproductionsmusic, and Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay.