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<p>Your daily consumer tech news update, plus the latest gadget reviews and straight talk about how the latest tech innovations affect you, with USA TODAY's Brett Molina and Mike Snider. Discover more great podcasts from USA TODAY at <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">usatoday.com/podcasts</a>.</p>
10 episodes featuring Talking Tech
Bloomberg Tech
AI spending tests the limits of infrastructure and trust
The episode connects record computing commitments, shifting product strategies, geopolitical uncertainty, and safety concerns to the next phase of AI’s expansion.
Sep 25, 2026 · 53 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI’s next frontier runs from model costs to robot power
The episode connects cheaper frontier models, uncertain safety coordination, robotics investment, and health hardware to a broader contest over economic and geopolitical power.
Sep 23, 2026 · 56 min
WSJ What’s News
Trump turns midterms into a referendum on his presidency
The episode connects Trump’s political gamble to war, inflation, census rules, monetary policy, and the energy demands of artificial intelligence.
Sep 10, 2026 · 12 min
Bloomberg Tech
Apple tests Ternus’s strategy with a costly foldable iPhone
The iPhone Duo puts Apple’s next product era under scrutiny while exposing the supply, pricing, and AI bets shaping the technology market.
Sep 10, 2026 · 50 min
Bloomberg Tech
Amazon diversifies AI chips as infrastructure hits physical limits
The episode connects a major chip-supply shift to the labor, power, compute, and manufacturing constraints shaping AI’s next phase.
Sep 8, 2026 · 52 min
Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia turns custom AI chips into an ecosystem strategy
Nvidia’s investment in MediaTek tests whether control of the interconnect can preserve its influence as hyperscalers build more of their own AI silicon.
Aug 31, 2026 · 51 min
WSJ What’s News
Investors shrug as U.S. debt crosses $40 trillion
The episode examines why Treasury demand remains strong even as the government’s borrowing path raises longer-term sustainability concerns.
Aug 19, 2026 · 10 min
Bloomberg Tech
AI infrastructure boom tests markets, regulators and communities
The episode connects enormous AI investment with shareholder returns, financing risk, energy and construction backlash, inflation, and public accountability.
Aug 19, 2026 · 53 min
WSJ What’s News
Cash piles rise as economic signals weaken
The episode connects cautious investing, slowing consumer activity and synthetic media to decisions that could reshape markets and public trust.
Aug 14, 2026 · 12 min
WSJ What’s News
Cuba’s fuel crisis collides with AI rules and restaurant apps
The episode connects a worsening humanitarian emergency with political gridlock, industry-led AI oversight, and digital competition reshaping everyday access.
Aug 13, 2026 · 11 min