TNW 366: Nvidia's Affordable AI Supercomputer - Surf Social, Home Theater Tech, Elemind
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Nvidia announces a tiny $249 AI supercomputer for AI hobbyists. The company Flipboard has a new social media system that allows you to create your own curated feeds. A look back at this past year's home theater tech with a friend of the network. And a look into sleepwear tech that will help you take a nap - on demand.
- Emily Forlini of PCMag talks about Nvidia's unveiling of a $249 palm-sized supercomputer that can help a variety of people with the power of AI to power their passion projects and hobbies.
- Mikah Sargent talks about Surf Social, a new social media network from Flipboard that allows you to create curated feeds and share them with others
- Scott Wilkinson of Home Theater Geeks stops by to discuss 2024's home theater tech, what excited Scott the most, and what he looks forward to in the coming year.
- And Nasha Addarich Martínez of CNET joins the show to talk about new sleepwear tech that can help you take a nap on demand.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Nasha Addarich Martínez
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, Emily Forlini is here, and we kick off the show by talking about a story she recently wrote about |
| 0:08.4 | NVIDIA's new palm-sized supercomputer. How you can use it to bring AI smarts into your home or create new projects. |
| 0:19.2 | It's all about the AI hobbyist, and we're getting pretty excited about it. |
| 0:22.6 | Then I talk about the new social media app that aims to bring all of those disparate social media networks together in one place. |
| 0:32.6 | But what's the impact on those companies? |
| 0:34.6 | Emily asks some great questions, and we try to dive in. After that, |
| 0:39.1 | Scott Wilkinson of Home Theater Geeks fame stops by the show to give us the rundown of this |
| 0:44.4 | year in Home Theater Tech and what he's looking forward to in the new year before we round out the |
| 0:49.2 | show with a nap. Well, sort of. Nasha Adirichz joins the show to talk about the $350 headband that says, |
| 0:58.0 | hey, I can help you nap a little bit better and a little bit faster. All of that coming up on |
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| 1:34.7 | This is Tech News Weekly, episode 366, with Emily Forlini and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Thursday, December 19th, 2024, NVIDIA's affordable AI supercomputer. |
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