TEH 276: AI regulation and apocalypse. Lessons Off the Grid. Satellite Texting.

**In This Episode:** Lessons Off the Grid, Satellite Texting, Apple’s Latest Gadgets and AI Regulation This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by **Leo Notenboom**, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and **Gary Rosenzweig,** the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) ### Top Stories - 1:37 **LN:** My new Apple purchase - AirPods – https://www.apple.com/airpods-5/ - LibrePods – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.kavishdevar.librepods&hl=en-US&pli=1 - 3:00 **GR:** New earphones. Beats Studio Pro. - 8:11 **LN:** AI regulation, does it stand a chance? - 11:38 **LN:** AI apocalypse, do we stand a chance? - 15:30 It is people - 17:48 **GR:** Tech review of my Grand Canyon trip - Solar… not so much: 👎 - 24:21 what I should have done instead - iPhone 17 Pro Max 👍, Sony camera: needed more access and right lens, X5 👍 for lots of reasons - 37:35 Satellite text messages: 👍 - 40:00 LN: VERY interested for SAR animal rescue reasons. - 42:00 The satellite system being used - 43:39 Being offline: 👍👍👍 (no withdrawal symptoms) ### Ain’t it Cool - 50:23 **LN:** Neagly on Amazon Prime. A Reacher spin-off that delivers. - 51:18 **GR:** Where the Water Goes by David Owen ### BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion - 53:30 **LN:** What Happened When My “Bank” Called Me – askleo.com/195987 - 54:51 **GR:** https://macmost.com/how-to-use-the-combined-spotlight-and-siri-ai-menu-in-macos-golden-gate.html ### Transcript - teh\_276