Ep. 558: Google has new hardware, robot phones, and more tech news

Google announced new hardware at the Made by Google Event. Honor is talking about their wild robot gimbal phone. Plus, we have all the other tech news and plenty of fun to get caught up on.

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INTRO (00:00)

Columbia House Is Shutting Down (04:35)

MAIN TOPIC: New phones and more (10:30)

Made by Google 2026 - New Pixel phones and more

More than 1 billion people are using the Gemini app every month

Honor launches its Robot Phone with a built-in folding gimbal and some crazy promo videos

DAVE'S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Photos Image Search iOS 27 (29:45)

JUST THE HEADLINES: (35:35)

US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers

Person hides prompt injection in legal filing telling AI to side with him

Apple CarPlay expands to select pontoon boats with on-water navigation

Transparent iPhone case grows moss and plants inside

More than 30 Minnesota water systems targeted in cyberattack

Most Australian teens still on social media three months after under-16 ban began

A group of teen hikers relied on Google Maps. It was a disaster

WITHIN REACH! Dave is leading 11-8, Round 21, Dave goes first (38:40)

TAKES:

California fines data broker for first time under privacy law (44:30)

PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider (46:55)

Microsoft Patch Tuesday - August 2026 (50:55)

BONUS ODD TAKE: The Digital Graveyard - Rip.so (53:00)

PICKS OF THE WEEK: 

Dave:  Camera Strap Canvas Brown Shoulder Strap with Quick Release Buckles (57:10)

Nate: Go Green Power GG-5OCT GoGreen Power 5 Outlet Surge Protector, Black (GG-5OCT)Go Green Power GG-5OCT GoGreen Power 5 Outlet Surge Protector, Black (GG-5OCT) (01:00:45)