The “free for now” AI moment
One of the big conversations this week is around Adobe Firefly opening the gates for unlimited image and video generations—at least until mid-March. The crew talks about why companies do this (get you hooked), but also why it’s still worth exploring right now if you’re creating promos, openers, or social clips. 

AI hits gaming: the Project Genie ripple
Chachi’s Video Game Minute drops a bigger question: what happens when generative tools reduce the need for traditional creative labor, and how does the industry react when that shift feels immediate? 

Pittsburgh corner: arcade church + LEGO skyline dreams
On the local front, a new arcade opens inside an old church in Duquesne with a one-time entry fee and a whole lot of machines set to free play—instantly landing on the crew’s “we should go there” list. 
And then there’s the LEGO Ideas “Pittsburgh” build: the skyline, the incline, the vibe… and yes, a “bus in a sinkhole.” The crew makes the case for voting it into existence. 

Gadget pick: Cell2Jack = landline nostalgia, modern convenience
Dudders’ Awesome Thing of the Week is Cell2Jack—letting your cell phone ring through a home handset so you can stop missing calls and bring back that “anyone can answer the house phone” feeling. 

Switch 2 upgrades: worth it or nah?
The crew breaks down what “Switch 2 Editions” even mean in practice (and how pricing/extra content is landing), using Mario Wonder’s multiplayer design as a touchpoint. 

Black History Month spotlight: James West
Podnar’s spotlight highlights inventor James West and how the electret microphone helped make modern microphones small, practical, and everywhere—like, literally in your phone. 

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Chatting the tech news of the week with Amanda Narcisi of Bold Pittsburgh with a first look at Apple Fitness, Michael Sorg, Katie Dudas and John Chichilla!

• Amanda kicks off with her first Apple Fitness experience.
• Katie gives us some Animal Crossing Snow Boy making tips!
• Chilla is holding onto that old hardware.  Neverware's CloudReady ChromeOS business is being purchased by Google!
• Sorg is full on Tik Tok.  And so is this Podcast!
• Google Experiment Blob Opera eats our time
• intel Hackboard attempts to fill the Raspberry Pi gap
• So long Periscope.  How do I go on Twitter Live?

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Chatting the tech news of the week including a solar Game Boy, Apple's latest event announcement, and Fall DIY in Animal Crossing with Katie Dudas, John Chichilla and Mike Sorg!

• Dudders is digging the New Fall DIY on Animal Crossing
• Chilla is looking forward to the Apple Event September 15
• Sorg is digging the experimental Solar Powered Game Boy
• Rizz shared the just leaked/announced Microsoft Next-Gen Xbox Series S Is Only $299
• Twitter adding headlines and descriptions to some its trends
• Facebook paying users to log off before election
• As if Google doesn’t have enough of your data, Google verifies company and tells you why they’re calling you
• Nintendo announce Super Marie games for the 35th anniversary and the Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit RC cars that interact with your Nintendo Switch.
• Amazon Phone Trees: a story of hacking and victory for Amazon.
• Apple's 'floating' store in Singapore will open on September 10th
• Grabango launches cashierless checkout in a Giant Eagle supermarket in Pittsburgh

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Chatting the tech news of the week including roadside assistance in a real break down, getting political in Animal Crossing and going to the red planet with Katie Dudas, John Chichilla and Mike Sorg!

• Chilla talks about the Huandai Blue Link that helped him on the road side coming back from Erie
• Dudders saw that Joe Biden's team is breaking campaign signs to Animal Crossing
• But don't forget Bernie Sanders has a full video game, Super Bernie World
• Sorg is enjoying the National Geographic Mars show on Netflix that mixes a dramatization in the future with a current documentary on space travel and Space X's attempts to get there.
• Twitter is updating to make Quote Tweets easier to get to
• Batman and the Riddler come to Waze!
• Elon Musk unveils V2 of the Neuralink brain-machine interface surgery bot
• Flight Simulator flying into Hurricane Laura
• Fortnite locks out Apple players across platforms for Season Four and Marvel content like the Black Panther statue.
• This one changed Chilla's life on iOS/Carplay and he highly welcome it on Google Maps
• Uber using selfie technology to determine if both driver and passengers are wearing a mask

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Chatting the tech news of the week including streaming video, offensive Animal Crossing, new video game news, and more! with Dave Podnar and Mike Sorg!

• Dave loves what P3R (the company behind the Pittsburgh Marathon) is doing for social media outreach during the Coronavirus era
• Sorg is marveling at the biggest takeaway from Ubisoft making a deal with Parsec, using streaming services for preview play for journalists. Ubisoft used this and Cyberpunk used GeForce Now.
• And in the spirit of Dudders, we look at Animal Crossing's new fireworks, which immediately get the dick firework treatment and characters falling on their face.
• Google announces Pixel 4a phone
• Finally Apple updates one of its webcams and some new internals on the 27" iMac
• Disney to release Mulan online via Disney Plus on Sept. 4, for $30 in US
• More information on xCloud Streaming coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Battletoads will be part of it August 20!
• Microsoft confirms free 'Halo Infinite' multiplayer running at 120FPS
• Alto coming to more platforms. This is such a relaxing game!
• We attempt to have a non-political discussion about Tik Tok

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Chatting the tech news of the week with Ron Krause, Katie Dudas, John Chichilla and Mike Sorg!

• Dudders is looking forward to the Animal Crossing update coming July 30th including Fireworks, Dream Islands, and island recovery.
• Krause is finding the new All Apps Screen organization on iOS 14 beta very helpful
• Sorg is trying to make sure bugs and plants are not trying to kill him with the Insect Identification and PlantScape apps on iOS to identify with a picture.
• Chilla is looking forward to Alexa's upcoming mobile app update.
• Amanda from Bold Pittsburgh shared with us in the AwesomeCast Facebook Group the amazing looking Game Boy cartridge player, the Analogue Pocket that can also play Game Gear and other mobile consoles from yesteryear
• Amanda also has her hands on the Lume Cube Mini Panel for camera lighting.
• We look back at the Xbox Game Pass reveal event and how that has shaped how we view Microsoft's gaming strategies.
• Movies Anywhere moves ahead and makes Watch Party a little more accessible.

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Chatting the tech news of the week!

• Podnar has had some hands on time with the Photoshop Camera for iOS
• Katie gives us an Animal Crossing update including swimming and some sweet dives!
• Sorg expanded his gaming by setting up a laptop and television to play Xbox One upstairs via streaming.
• SiriusXM buys podcast service Stitcher for $325M and Katie hopes for better Podcast integration from it.
• We look at the Apple "Work from Home" promotional video.
• We talk about the Apple "Doom Bounce" when you open the Apple Mail app by accident on a Mac.
• Amazon has a smart shopping cart.
• The first life-size Gundam statue will be completed outside of Japan in 2021 for China.
• 'The Sims' Is Getting a Reality TV Show and we talk about the lockdown era resurgence of the game.
• We talk about TikTock being banned for Demecratic and Republican parties, Wells Fargo, Amazon, and how serious it could be.

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• Chilla is looking at iOS14 accessibility features
• Dudders talks about the Animal Crossing Travel Guide app
• Rob deep dives the Wyze Cam Outdoor and the possibilities of outdoor videography
• Sorg played this week with the GeForce Now and Xbox XCloud streaming services on his newly acquired Samsung Galaxy S8
• Brian submits his Airglide Navarro 110 inflatable kayak for Awesomeness
• Rizz and Doug discussed the end of Microsoft's Mixer
• NBA restart plan includes using Oura rings to catch COVID-19 symptoms
• Sony's Aibo robot will now greet you at the front door and consider a taxidermy opportunity
• WWDC News: iOS 14 has widgets, Apple ditches Intel for it's own Mac processors and CarKey for your iPhones.

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This week the crew gather on a light news week to dig into some Awesome Tech Things, including:

• Dudders teaches us about the Animal Crossing Turnip Exchange. But don't tell Nintendo
• Chilla is excited by the Star Wars Squadrons Video Game
• Boston Dynamics will let you buy a Spot robot dog for $74,500
• KFC has a video game console?
• Cameo now lets people pay up to $15K to have a Zoom call with a celebrity. And I can't remember any of Jeremy Piven's movies.
• Wired looks at the tech around the 9/11 event. What would that look like with today's connectivity?
• Carnegie Museums, Phipps, Pittsburgh Zoo, and others are reopening with timed ticketing. And PGHMuseums.org makes it easy to get them lined up.
• Shrink your dongles by buying this dongle
• Arcade1Up Announces Ms. Pac-Man, Marvel vs. Capcom Cabinets
• The Wyze Band is part fitness tracker, part Alexa smart home controller

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We've got Ron Krause, John Chichilla, Katie Dudas, and Mike Sorg together (from their respective social-distancing studios) to talk this week's tech talk headlines, including:

• Krause has returned to Android, and he has a new wireless charging stand he's sharing as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is from the recent Apple announcement - the new MacBook Pro 13.
• Katie found some "new" headphones for her iPhone X as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
• For Star Wars fans, Disney+ dropped a new Disney Gallery behind the scenes for The Mandalorian.
• A drone disguised as a hummingbird was used to capture footage of a Monarch Butterfly swarm.
• Apple will be hosting WWDC as a virtual conference.
• PIT is utilizing a UV cleaning robot to clean the Pittsburgh airport.
• We learned about the Roomba Olympics thanks to Katie and TikTok.
• And, there's Roomba beer pong?!?!
• RTX Voice will update your Nvidia graphics to improve quality of calls.
• Unity training classes make it possible to start making your own games with a master class in game development.
• Jay and Silent Bob are in a videogame! Mall Brawl is coming soon to Nintendo.
• Katie is giving us our weekly Animal Crossing New Horizons update with the addition of weeds.
• Chilla is sharing something new from Logitech that can make content creation easier.
• Finding webcam shortages frustrating? Turn your Canon camera into a webcam with some handy-dandy software.
• Krause is sharing some gaming updates with us.
• Cyberpunk2077 is teasing a June 11 event.

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Mike Pound returns to the show to join Katie Dudas and Mike Sorg as we take a look at this week's tech news topics, including:

• Katie's Awesome Thing of the Week involved an Animal Crossing New Horizons party!
• Mike Pound is sharing Its Literally Just Mowing as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Tired of the same-old-same-old Zoom meetings? Invite a llama or goat with Goat 2 Meeting!
• There's a new iPhone to help you keep in touch while social distancing.
• Katie is sharing the grief of trying to unlock her iPhone while wearing a mask.
• Google is adding some new features to Google Meet.
• Mike Pound is sharing how the Science of Well Being course has helped him with the transition to work-from-home.
• NASA and SpaceX are scheduled for launch on May 27th - - marking the FIRST crewed flight for SpaceX, and the first US launch in about a decade.
• Apple is releasing a new Fraggle Rock series - - filmed entirely on iPhone 11 in creators' homes.
• Lyft is launching an essential delivery service.
• Have you had a chance to check out the Steak Umm twitter account?
• Premier League football (soccer for our fellow Americans) stars face off in an eSports tournament.
• Ever picked up a Starbucks coffee with a drone?

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Doug Derda joins Katie, Sorg, and Chilla as we're all social distancing from our respective studios to talk this week in tech news, including:

• Chilla is sharing something bright as his Awesome Thing of the Week - Five Times August!
• Doug is bringing us virtual playdates with Snapology via Zoom as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Katie is bringing us up to date on the changes to TikTok in response to COVID-19 situations.
• Sorg is sharing Quibi as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Facebook released a couples-only chat app to help you during quarantine life.
• A mayor in Italy is using drones to scream profanities at residents ignoring lockdown.
• We're crossing our Animal Crossing New Horizons with Zelda!
• Chilla is telling us about people setting cell towers on fire.
• Anyone else notice weird things with your Facebook? Oh, we have! And, we're talking about it.
• Did you know Tesla gives their robots X-Men names?

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• Katie's Awesome thing of the Week is British Library’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibit available online
• Chilla is excited about the FCC requiring phone companies to authenticate Caller ID
• Brian is getting a lot our of his Mirosoft Surface Hub, and expanded with his KETAKY Microsoft Surface Pro USB/HDMI hub like this one.
• Sorg likes the new trend of professional sports like NBA and NASCAR adopting esports as an alternative to their events
• Everyone's favorite Weather App Dark Sky has been acquired by Apple
• Pornhub Donates 50,000 Surgical Masks to Coronavirus Frontliners in NYC and a sex worker COVID-19 relief fund
• Want to travel at home? Earth Cam.no cost but to get all $4.99 in app purchase on iOS
• Dudders fills us in on the seedy world of Animal Crossing High Stakes Musical Chairs
• The Office’s John Krasinski launched a YouTube channel dedicated to good news
• Miss the Sidekick or Android G1? Here's a new keyboard slider phone on indiegogo!

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While the City of Pittsburgh may be in a state of self-quarantine, the crew can still gather on the internet! We've got Sorg, Katie, Ryan Haggerty, and Chilla on to talk this week in tech news, including:

• Katie is sharing her present and future Awesome Thing of the Week to help her get through her isolation - - Animal Crossing!
• More video game options - - Ryan Haggerty is sharing Castlevania Symphony of the Night as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Chilla's Awesome Thing of the Week is actually Scot MacTaggart and his great use of Zoom and Slack to keep people connected.
• Sorg is sharing Netflix Party as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Thanks to Amanda for sharing how to clean our Apple products!
• We're getting some really great updates on Apple TV (just in time for our self-quarantine) including Central Park from the co-creator of Bob's Burgers.
• Speaking of great options to cut the cord, there's a Beastie Boys documentary coming out, too.
• Among many things that have cancelled, E3 2020 hit the list. We're sharing some general thoughts.
• Apple's WWDC is getting ahead of the curve by moving to an online format.
• Pornhub is giving away free premium access during the Coronavirus outbreak.
• We're checking out Concept Board as an online whiteboard option.
• We're checking out some of the things content creators like Stephen Colbert are doing to do their shows without an audience.
• Can't go to the zoo or aquarium? A few places are live streaming options.
• Headspace and other meditation and calming platforms have free options to help people re-center during this period of uncertainty.
• Did you know you could share your digital movie library on iTunes?
• Nvidia is using spare GPU clock cycles to help fight COVID-19.
• KIVA is running a webinar to help small business adapt to changes during the Coronavirus shutdown.
• Looking for an app to keep you up to date with location-based news alerts? Everbridge is a great option.

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It’s our last episode before our Christmas edition next week, and we’re feeling pretty festive already.
Sorg is sharing his Awesome Thing of the Week. Desert Bus is (finally) on VR!
Chilla has some Android news as his Awesome Thing of the Week with a file-to-file transfer option.
Sorg is discussing just how much data our tech savvy household uses. It’s almost staggering.
There’s a YouTube video from 1999 that talks about Amazon. It’s amazing.
Whiteboard app is coming to Microsoft.
According to Sorg, Nintendo is like the Disney vault of video games.
With games like Animal Crossing, where’s the Legend of Zelda integration for our phones?
Amazon is not happy with Google. Or is that the other way around?
YouTube will no longer be available on Amazon devices?!?!
How about a stripped down blogging tool without social media tools? There’s such a thing to get you back to the basics of blogging, without the bells and whistles.
HP has a wearable computer for VR!
Google updated Google Home to now accept multiple commands. Chilla has been waiting for this day for so long.
Sorg is showing off his teddy bears.
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Chilla is kicking things off with his Awesome Thing of the Week with Tesla chargers.
Another creature has been released from The Last Jedi. Katie is telling us about Vulptex as her Awesome Thing of the Week.
John Carman is talking about his options for Black Friday sales as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
Sorg’s Awesome Thing of the Week is a video map of atmospheric changes and hurricanes.
We’re sharing what we’re thankful for as we head into Thanksgiving.
Sorg and friends are getting into a deep dive about iPhone and Android options now that phones are holding up better – negating the “need” to upgrade.
Looking to get an iPhone X? You can actually check Walmart’s offerings as an option.
A hologram player that lets you interact with 3D holograms? Yes, please.
Want a smart light switch with Echo capabilities? There’s a solution for that.
Katie is all about the dino nuggets and Animal Crossing! She’s sharing some news about that second one now.
Tesla has a semi truck.
KFC has an escape pod (faraday cage)?
Our John Carman is not the guy that made the news for being a misogynistic New Jersey politician.
Ello is back! And, it’s now for creatives.
Windows 10 is offering a Star Trek like journal.
Do yourselves a favor – if you’re not already following him, follow John Carman on Twitter (@carmanavenue).
After the show remember to:

Shop small with our neighbors here in Beechview this weekend. For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1535469116534745/

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion?

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: John Carman (@carmanavenue), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders), Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron), and John Chichilla (@chilla).

Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

Remember to check out our friends at River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media who replay the show on their stream throughout the week!

Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

Support AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk