Listen "Episode 184 - Google's Web War, Vision Pro Sports, AI's Secret Backdoors & big tech deals."
Episode Synopsis
Google's ad-tech practices are reportedly harming independent websites, while Sony is teasing new GPU technology for its next PlayStation and Apple is launching the first live, immersive sports experience for the Vision Pro. In business news, NeuroBlade's development team is set to join Amazon Annapurna, and control of NSO Group is expected to transfer to producer Robert Simonds. A comment from Sam Altman caused a 7.4% jump in Figma's stock. In acquisitions and funding, Panthera has acquired DevOcean for automated cyber risk removal, and the elderly care startup Sensi.AI has raised $45 million. On the security front, a new report finds that AI models can acquire backdoors from a very small number of malicious documents.https://www.theverge.com/tech/790711/google-doj-ad-tech-remedies-wikihow-open-webhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjjtcqzagxhttps://www.theverge.com/news/797640/sony-ps6-handheld-gpu-ray-path-tracing-amd-radiance-coreshttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/skqytwbaexhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/skmwotr6eghttps://www.theverge.com/news/797970/apple-vision-pro-immersive-nba-lakers-gameshttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/ai-models-can-acquire-backdoors-from-surprisingly-few-malicious-documentshttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hkvnjwhpxehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hk00w1mbagl
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