Ep. 461: Google's NotebookLM and AI Podcasts - Plus more tech news, tips, and picks!

Google's NotebookLM is an AI note-taking service that can take information and summarize it for you in a variety of ways. One of those ways is a podcast summary, where an AI male and female host will have a discussion about the information. We tried it on our last episode, are we out of a job? You be the judge. We've got plenty of other tech news to talk about like Starlink and SpaceX continuing to come through for those stranded on Earth and in space. Finish out the episode with a fun bonus odd take and our picks of the week.

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INTRO (00:00)

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days (04:00)
Another Apple Event Coming (08:25)

MAIN TOPIC: Google NotebookLM (09:15)
- Google makes its note-taking AI NotebookLM more useful
- A fake podcast about Episode 460

DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Turn off Always on Display (25:25)

JUST THE HEADLINES: (32:55)
- Potatoes are better than human blood for making space bricks, scientists say
- Earth will have a temporary ‘mini moon’ for two months
- Google Flights now uses Amtrak data to show ‘trains to consider’ alongside flights
- Cheetos food coloring turns mice transparent
- OpenAI asks investors not to back rival start-ups such as Elon Musk’s xAI

TAKES:
- Starlink offers free service to victims of Hurricane Helene - FCC lets Starlink provide service to cell phones in areas hit by hurricane (35:05)
- Submerged - Official Trailer - Apple Vision Pro (39:15)
- Christian Selig’s unofficial YouTube app for the Vision Pro just got taken down (41:50)
- Apple says final iPod Nano and iPod shuffle models are now obsolete (43:35)
- Microsoft Patch Tuesday is today, report next week
- Chinese hack of US ISPs shows why Apple is right about backdoors for law enforcement (47:00)

BONUS ODD TAKE: Finalists for the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (48:35)

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Dave: DJI Neo, Mini Drone with 4K UHD Camera for Adults, 135g Self Flying Drone that Follows You, Palm Takeoff, AI Subject Tracking, QuickShots, Stabilized Video, Built-In Propeller Guard (50:40)

Nate: Short USB-C Cable [5 inch], 100W PD Fast Charging, 2022 New USB C to USB C Short Cable, Thunderbolt 3 for MacBook, Android Auto, External SSD and More Type-C Devices; 20Gbps Data Transfer (54:30)