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This week, we probe each other’s knowledge of common acronyms from the early internet, the mobile era, and the AI boom. So fire up your LLM, send an RCS, and tell your BBS pals the game is afoot.

A world-class saloon for the people, from China’s biggest name in EVs. It’s here to best Elon’s offering, and it may well be the car to do it.

This week, we discuss the changing business of TikTok Shop and the different ways influencers sell all those cheap goods on social media.

This week, we talk about the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple, and how its outcome—whether Apple wins or loses—might change how we text each other.

This week, we discuss how the new (very good) Netflix series 3 Body Problem fits into the sci-fi pantheon.

This week, we discuss the push by US lawmakers to ban the social video platform, and we debate the consequences of a TikTok ban for creators and for the rest of the tech industry.

This week, we talk about the rocky rollout of Google’s Gemini image generator, and some internal tensions recently reported by company employees.

This week we chart the rise of Nvidia, the company whose chips, servers, and data centers have fueled the growth of artificial intelligence.

This week, we talk about the recent job cuts across the tech industry, the increased challenges of landing a tech job, and how those shifts are affecting the workforce.

This week, we look at how domain squatters are using generative AI tools to crank out clickbait, and ask what Google is doing about it.

This week on Gadget Lab, we trace the first decade of Slack, and we examine how the chat app has altered both the workplace and our personal lives—for better or worse.

This week, we learn what it feels like to use Apple's new mixed reality headset, and we examine the various ways Apple envisions people interacting with each other while wearing the devices.

This week, we discuss how generative artificial intelligence will affect the 2024 US elections. We also consider the ways regulators, social platforms, and the voting public are dealing with it.

This week, we dig into all the big news from CES and identify some of the best, weirdest, and saddest stuff we saw at the show.

This week, we talk about a new study that shows a sharp rise in orders for abortion pills by women who aren’t pregnant yet. This comes at a time when abortion access in the US is under threat.