Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 168

Episode 168: It’s Time for AI Chip Alliances, Emotional AI Chatbots, GTA VI’s Arrival, and Apple’s Thinner Vision

Welcome back to the WTR, where Karl and Jay discuss the latest tech news, gadgets, games, and films!

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This week we covered:

• News
  • MediaTek and Nvidia are gearing up to tackle the AI PC market hand-in-hand, with an all-new chip
  • UK watchdog looking into Microsoft AI taking screenshots
  • Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot
  • Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses
  • Twitter is officially X.com now
  • BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI
• Gaming
  • Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025
  • Microsoft to add next Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass, WSJ reports
• Rumours
  • Apple is said to be working on a ‘significantly thinner’ iPhone
  • Second-generation AirTag again rumored to be announced in 2025

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