Welcome to the Bear Lair!* (No, it’s nothing like that other show.) As we continue to explore the world of AI tools and vibe coding, we invited a few enterprising Vergecast fans to share their projects — and we invited The Verge’s Hayden Field to judge them with us. We’ll see what people are working on, and whether any of them will make us fabulously wealthy.*We came up with this name before we became aware that someone else thought of it first... no relation to the APTNtv show Bears'

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Hon Hai's results beating revenue expectations as the infrastructure boom rolls on, in another sign the AI spending spree isn't slowing down. Plus, the AI boom leads to a billionaire boom as Tech's richest are now worth a combined $4.6 trillion. And, how Apple's new CEO is putting his own stamp on the company and making design a much bigger priority.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pranksy’s claim that Bored Apes helped ruin NFTs sparks a long debate over what actually went wrong during the last NFT cycle, from copycat projects and over-financialization to the communities that kept people engaged. The conversation also digs into builder persistence, product-market fit and when sticking with a project starts creating diminishing returns. Earlier in the show, ApeCoin’s recent move and ApePay lead into a broader discussion about whether spending volatile tokens makes sense...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the show! Get your special hosting deal at https://pressable.com/wpminuteBecome a WP Minute Supporter & Slack member at https://thewpminute.com/supportOn this episode of The WP Minute+ podcast, Matt Medeiros sits down with Brian Richards to discuss the evolving economics of event sponsorship and the restructuring of LoopConf US. Brian shares why he is moving away from traditional corporate sponsorship models in favor of an attendee-funded approach,

Football season is underway, and prediction markets are booming. But what are the numbers about trading volume at Kalshi, Polymarket and beyond really telling us? Eric Ramsey of TickerTracker (and Event Horizon contributor) stops by to break it down.Plus a look at recent developments in prediction markets with Daniel O’Boyle of InGame.Show notes:Kalshi raiseNovig tooVs. FanDuel and DraftKings valuationsBrad Allen@BradAllenNFLKalshi worth nearly twice as much as Flutter and DraftKings combined

Scott, Wes, and CJ ask whether Ruby on Rails is really dead (and whether Rust is just Rails you don't have to read), then dig into Meta's new Muse agent, which is free, comes with its own VM, and is already reading messages nobody asked it to. Plus: upm, a tiny TypeScript npm replacement, Opus 5.5 moonlighting as a motion designer, Tart VMs on Apple Silicon, and a foundry for gloriously bad web fonts.Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 01:11 upm is a tiny fast npm Pooya Parsa’s launch post

NEAR just got a new institutional gateway, but the ETF may only be the beginning of the story. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley and Sovereign’s Sal Ternullo join David to unpack why investors are starting to view NEAR through the lens of AI, how NEAR Intents has already processed more than $32 billion in volume, what staking and token buybacks mean for the asset, and why a future filled with many AI models, chains, agents, and stablecoins could play directly into NEAR’s strengths.--- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM

Support the show and join patreon for $2 a month: https://patreon.com/techtualchatter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In Episode 222, HD and CyberShortieee are back in the building after a two-week break to tackle federal breach chaos, rogue AI agents, and big career questions! They dive into Cybersecurity Awareness Month, ShinyHunters hacking fbijobs.gov, and unencrypted Pentagon files exposing over 3 million records. The duo also breaks down

Jason Kint, the CEO of Digital Content Next, has kept a close eye on some of the biggest tech antitrust and copyright court cases. Kint has a knack for finding particularly incriminating court records in complex ongoing lawsuits. We talk to Kint about the pressures that human creators are under in an AI world, the New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI, and why Meta's Cambridge Analytica scandal is relevant again.YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/knlbTd5Pij4 Subscribe at 404media.co Learn

The new scam that’s forcing people to call cyber criminals, Belkin’s new iPhone screen protectors that do more than just protect your screen, the telcos join forces to activate Temporary Disaster Roaming, Samsung has released new Galaxy Tab S12 tablets, we check out the Sennheiser HD 480 Pro Plus headphones, Snapmaker launches its new U1 3D printer in Australia and we’ll answer all your questions in the Tech Guide Help Desk.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News and Updates:Hackers Claim FBI Breach: ShinyHunters claims it stole 2-3TB of sensitive FBI personnel data—including agents' home addresses, spouses' names, and medical info—via the bureau's jobs portal, seizing the site and posting a defacement banner. Chinese hacking incidents inside FBI surveillance systems. initial threats tied to an FBI advisory about its tactics, ShinyHunters later said it never intended to publish the stolen data, calling the whole episode a "marketing campaign" rather

A 2025 solo-author paper on non-generative decision models, a 2026 frontier-lab launch that looks a lot like it, and what these fast, non-autoregressive models can and can't actually do.Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new book available for purchase on https://mythicaltokenmonth.com/ Come have a chat on our Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4UNKGf3 Buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/datascience Check my company Amethix Technologies

Continuous improvement is supposed to create learning that compounds over time. In many factories, however, improvement work still depends heavily on workshops, spreadsheets, isolated reports, and what people remember from the previous shift. A Kaizen event can create visible progress, but a few weeks later the same loss often appears again under slightly different production conditions. The issue is not always the quality of the improvement idea. The bigger problem is that teams often cannot prove

Join Joe Progran for the latest in tech news, covering China's expanding data centers, SpaceX's Starship milestone, Reddit's API shutdown, AI security threats, innovative startups, new AI regulations, and cutting-edge developments in AI models and cybersecurity, all highlighting how 2026 continues to reshape our digital world in unexpected and fascinating ways.

The leading conference in image processing, VISION 2026, is about to kick off. Two years ago, AI was discussed on the trade show floor for its potential, but at this year’s event, it has become far more prevalent. Machine vision systems are smarter and more automated than ever, creating a need for better synthetic data for users demanding high-quality training data to advance their own AI ambitions.Florian Neithammer is the head of trade fairs and events at Messe Stuttgart. On this special episode

Pilotless Progress: Plane Proves Cross-Country Autonomy. Robot Road Rules: Who Cops the Fine When Driverless Cars Cross the Line? Bin There, Seen That: AI Garbage Trucks Grade the Grass. Simulated Skills: Speeding Up Smarter Robot Training. Festival Fraud: AI Makes Scam Stalls Frighteningly Convincing. Gemini Goes Rogue: Google’s AI Accidentally Hacks the Real World. Bottle Bots: AI Accelerates Plastic’s Path Back to the Fridge. Silicon Style: Tech Titans Turn T-Shirts into Tribal

Docsalot founder Faizan Khan sits down with APIs You Won't Hate host Mike Bifulco to talk about helping devs automate and build better docs for their products... and more!Docsalot - Agent-readable docs, for developers and AI agentsDocsalot on GitHubDocsalot on LinkedInAll Them APIs - Compare APIs before your agent writes the integrationFaizan Khan - on TwitterCreators & Guestsfaizan khan - Guest Mike Bifulco - Host Click here to view the episode transcript.

The latest report is that Apple will hold a Smart Home Event on October 13th. I'll break down my reviews of the Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4, Mac mini, and Mac Studio. Plus, iPhone 18 Pros are having some issues.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A million people have been asking me to do something like this. So by popular demand here is a mix of some artists that I've been using in my videos. Be sure to check them out and show your support! All artists are listed below with time coding and links. ENJOY!Track 000:00 M.I.A. - Bring The Noize (J.u.D. Remix)https://soundcloud.com/judexperienceTrack 100:47 Taquwami -- You R Everythinghttps://soundcloud.com/taquwamiTrack 204:04 Tourist - Your Girlhttps://soundcloud.com/touristmusicTrack 308:32

Zeekr 7X owner Tim joins us to talk about his learnings from an outback QLD road trip. What he wished he knew, how he prepared and how the charging network stacked up in those vital moments.MG Australia's Product Planning Manager Kevin Kou joins the boys to discuss the brand's success in Australia, the lineup of EVs and what's to come. And Trevor and Stephen go around the block in the KIA EV6. We'd love to hear from you, text or WhatsApp 0477 657 657