Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis

The Question of the Week: You guys talk about it, but how big is Google?

The Big Stories:
• Schools ban smartphones, social media usage goes down, things get better
• 43% of schools already have a ban on smartphones, very few actually enforce the ban
• Parents struggle with smartphone ban more than students
• Should smartphones be allowed in the classroom?

News and Updates:
• TikTok sues U.S. Gov’t to block the sale/ban law
• iPhones are having trouble with Zero-Click Spyware
• A 3rd party iOS App store launches in the EU
• Passkeys go over the 400 Mil users on Google
• Microsoft brings passkey support to Office accounts
• LinkedIn launches games on their platform, now you can brag about goofing off
• Starlink is 60% of all spacecraft in orbit

The Big Stories:
- Is the Gen AI Hype leveling off?
- Google says Gen AI will not take jobs any time soon
- Gen AI could start replacing call centers in 2025
- Microsoft investing Billions in AI Infrastructure where most call centers are now
- Catholic group created an “AI Priest” bot, who gave strange answers and is no longer a Priest

News and Updates:
• FCC bringing back Net Neutrality
• TikTok says it will shut down US presence before selling
• ByteDance, TikTok and Douyin and why this is complicated
• NHTSA is investigating Tesla’s Autopilot claims and capabilities, and fatal crashes the cause
• Tesla laying off 14K employees, still more to come

The Question of the Week: What’s next for Tik-Tok?

The Big Stories:
- Datacenters growth explosive growth in numbers and consumption
- Trends why datacenters are growing
- AI and Cloud Computing are culprit for datacenter power and resources consumption

News and Updates:
• Space Force to practice “On -Orbit Aggression” exercises in space
• Starlink is forced to crackdown on unauthorized users in Sudan, Zimbabwe, South Africa and more
• NASA looking for better ways to get samples back from Mars rover projects
• NASA needs to create a time standard for the Moon
• Will battery power large home appliances
• Roof top solar panels creating too much power in Southern California