TNW 306: Pixel 8'ed: First Impressions - Surface Laptop Studio 2, Olivia Rodrigo, AI Skin Color

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Google had their Made By Google event this month and announced the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2. The Surface Laptop Studio 2 could be so much more than the device offers. How one group is utilizing credit card points to corner concert tickets for popular artists. And how AI bias tests are overlooking a key aspect of skin color.

Mark Spoonauer of Tom's Guide was at the Google event and shares his hands-on time with the Pixel 8 phones and Pixel Watch 2.
Monica Chin of The Verge shares her review of the Surface Laptop Studio 2 announced at Microsoft's September event and why the laptop left her underwhelmed, especially with a new lineup of Intel chips coming out later this year.
Jason Howell shares a very interesting story from 404 Media about a group called the "Buyer's Club" buying concert tickets for popular artists like Taylor Swit with credit card points.
Finally, Mikah Sargent talks about an interesting paper from Sony about how AI algorithms overlook key skin color aspects.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Tech News Weekly, I'm Micah Sargent, and back, and Jason Howell is here.
0:05.0	First, we talk to Mark Spoon Hour of Tom's Guide about the Google event.
0:11.6	There's the Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel Watch 2, and all of the other announcements
0:16.4	Google made. There's a great conversation, and, uh, well, Mark had an opportunity to actually
0:22.4	try these gadgets. Then, Monica Chin of the Verge stops by to tell us about the surface
0:28.3	laptop studio too, and how it compares to the current surface lineup that Microsoft has.
0:35.3	It's a really in-depth discussion. We get very nerdy, and I think it's a great time.
0:39.2	Then, our stories of the week. First, Jason Howell's story about, uh, these
0:44.4	sly people who are using credit card point systems to buy tickets and getting more points,
0:52.6	and, and spent, it's a mess, but it's a way for more tickets to get taken, uh, from the likes
0:58.8	of Olivia Rodrigo so that you have to buy them from a reseller. Oh, it's very frustrating.
1:04.0	Then, my story of the week, which is all about how Sony is looking at AI bias tests and how
1:11.2	they're really not doing it when it comes to skin tone. There's a whole lot more involved than
1:15.9	just a simple 10 point scale. Stay tuned for a wonderful episode of Tech News Weekly.
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1:33.3	This is Tech News Weekly Episode 306 recorded Thursday, October 5th, 2023, pixelated first impressions.
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