TNW 320: Unpacking Galaxy Unpacked 2024 - Apple Watch Ban, CES & Smart Homes, Facebook
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 18 January 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The continuing saga of the Series 9 & Ultra 2 Apple Watches continues as these watches with blood oxygen features are banned again as of January 18th. What were the smart home trends at CES 2024 this year? How big is the scale of surveillance for each Facebook user on Meta's social platform? And a surprise guest returns to today's Tech News Weekly to discuss what was announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event.
- The sales ban of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US has resumed again as of January 18th as the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied Apple's request to pause the ban over the watches' blood oxygen features.
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy returns to the show to talk about the trends of smart homes at this year's CES 2024 event.
- A study covered in The Markup that Consumer Reports conducted showcases the amount of data collected by companies and sent to Meta's social media platform, Facebook.
- And finally, Jason Howell returns to Tech News Weekly! He chats with Mikah about what was unveiled and discussed at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2024.
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Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy and Jason Howell
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, I am Micah Sergeant, and this week I kick things off with a story of the week. |
| 0:06.0 | We've got to understand where things are when it comes to the Apple Watch Series 9, the Apple Watch Ultra 2, |
| 0:12.0 | and that sales ban that is in place for the device |
| 0:16.0 | Then I am joined by Jennifer Patterson Toe of the verge to talk about CES smart home |
| 0:21.8 | trends yes there's lots to talk about about CES Smart Home trends. |
| 0:23.0 | Yes, there's lots to talk about. |
| 0:25.0 | There are lots of new devices |
| 0:26.6 | and even more when it comes to matter |
| 0:30.0 | and where the smart home is and where it's going. |
| 0:33.0 | Afterwards, we talk about another story of the week. |
| 0:35.4 | This time, it's about Facebook, collecting lots of data |
| 0:39.8 | from companies who are sending Facebook and Meta information about you, how you can get |
| 0:46.4 | your data, how much data is collected, it's an eye-opener. |
| 0:50.9 | Before I round things out with a very special guest. |
| 0:54.0 | It's Jason Howell who joins me to talk about Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024. |
| 1:00.0 | Stay tuned for this episode of Tech News Weekly. |
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