TNW 401: Made by Google: Pixel 10, Watch 4, and More - Google Introduces Pixelsnap
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly! An info-sharing app is creating a privacy, harassment, and security crisis for its users. AI-generated stories are infiltrating news sources. And everything unveiled at this year's Made by Google Event.
- Amanda talks about an app called TeaOnHer that has exposed users' personal data, such as driver's licenses.
- Mikah shares how Wired and Business Insider recently removed published freelance articles on their websites after information was brought forward that indicated these articles were AI-generated.
- And Patrick Holland of CNET was at the Made by Google event on August 19th and shares his thoughts on everything unveiled!
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling
Guest: Patrick Holland
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch is here. |
| 0:04.3 | We talk about tea and tea on her and the security issues with both applications. |
| 0:12.4 | Afterward, I talk about how a number of very well-known tech publications have had to pull articles that seem to be written by an AI journalist. |
| 0:24.6 | Afterward, Patrick Holland of CNET stops by to tell us everything we need to know about Google's made by Google event. |
| 0:31.6 | It's Pixel 10, it's PixelBuds Pro, it's Pixel Watch, and of course, AI. |
| 0:39.0 | All of that coming up on Tech News Weekly. |
| 0:43.7 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:45.5 | From people you trust. |
| 0:48.1 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:51.8 | This is Tech News Weekly, episode 401 with Amanda Silverling and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Thursday, August 21st, 2025, made by Google, pixel 10, watch four, and more. |
| 1:07.2 | Hello, and welcome to Tech News Weekly. This is the show where we talk to and about the people making and breaking that tech news. |
| 1:14.5 | I am one of your hosts. |
| 1:16.7 | My name is Micah Sargent. |
| 1:18.4 | And I am joined for this episode by TechCrunch's own Amanda Silberling. |
| 1:25.0 | Hello, Amanda. |
| 1:26.3 | Hello, I am here. How are you doing? I'm doing well. How are you doing? |
| 1:32.7 | You know, I think we have two sort of demoralizing stories set up for us to talk about. So, yeah, yeah. |
| 1:42.1 | So let's actually just get right into it. So for people tuning in for the |
| 1:47.0 | first time, the way that we kick off the show is by talking about our stories of the week. |
| 1:52.6 | These are the stories in some cases that have been written by one of the people or are just |
| 1:58.4 | stories that we think are interesting and worth sharing with all of you. |
| 2:02.5 | Amanda, tell us what's going on in the world of apps. |
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