Reports are trickling out that Apple plans to expand into different product categories. What to know about Bluesky, the social media network growing in popularity and users following the U.S. elections. And some advancements with ChatGPT and OpenAI that seek to help users out more daily.

• Mark Gurman of Bloomberg joins the show to discuss how Apple is aiming to catch up with the smart home market by releasing a wall-mounted, AI-powered display unit.
• Mikah Sargent continues the conversation on Apple with the company's push into other markets with glasses, home devices, and mixed-reality headsets.
• Following the 2024 U.S. elections, there's been more chatter about Bluesky, a social media network alternative to Twitter / X. So, what is Bluesky?
• And Mikah talks about how ChatGPT is starting to work with other apps on your Mac computers, and OpenAI almost ready to launch a tool to help its users automate tasks.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guest: Mark Gurman

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Emily Forlini is filling in for Mikah Sargent this week! Lyft is entering the robotaxi space as it partners with a robotaxi company. Some of the latest self-driving tech is making its way into vehicles. Is ChatGPT's search feature a worthy rival to Google Search? And what does the feature hold for technology as the US enters a new administration in the coming months?

• Abrar Al-Heeti talks about autonomous vehicles as Lyft partners with robotaxi companies to explore deploying autonomous vehicles within its network and how a company called Zoox seeks to deploy robotaxis in San Francisco and Las Vegas in the coming weeks.
• Emily Forlini continues the autonomous vehicle discussions about new self-driving systems being utilized in GM and Ford vehicles.
• Lance Ulanoff of TechRadar stops by to talk about his experience using ChatGPT Search and how it can rival the dominant Google search engine.
• And Dan Patterson from Blackbird AI chats with Emily about how the tech industry's future could be shaped in the coming years.

Hosts: Emily Forlini and Abrar Al-Heeti

Guests: Lance Ulanoff and Dan Patterson

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Like Google, Amazon has a list of products the tech company discontinued. Is one of your favorites on the list? What Apple announced this past "Mac Week." What GitHub announced at its GitHub Universe 2024 event. And how Apple's Genmoji generator will operate when it's released with the future iOS 18.2 release.

• Mikah Sargent talks about a great article from The Verge highlighting a handful of Amazon Echo products that the tech company has discontinued over the years.
• Dan Moren of SixColors joins the show again to discuss the new M4 Mac products that the company announced this past week.
• Martin Woodward, VP of DevRel for GitHub stops by to talk about some of the new things that GitHub announced at its GibHub Universe 2024 event, including the new GitHub Spark.
• And Mikah talks about Apple's Genmoji service that is slated to come in iOS 18.2 and some of the things you can and cannot do with it.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Dan Moren and Martin Woodward

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