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The reviews embargo has lifted for the Google Pixel 9a today. I have had the phone. I actually have it in my hands right now. Can you hear it when I tap it? That's it. That's it. I've had the phone for more than one week and I actually took it to Colorado last weekend for a hang with my friend and DTNS regular Shannon Morse. We had a great time putting it through its paces.

In the mountains of Colorado, also took it to Meow Wolf is what it's called. Really cool place. Most controversial change, of course, is the rear facing camera design. The signature pixel camera bar is removed and it's replaced with this inset pill shaped camera array. It's like inset into the device. So there is no protrusion.

The main camera gets an upgrade that brings its aperture to F 1.7, making it, I found a solid low light performer. So again, you know, pixels and cameras doing good stuff. However, the ultra wide camera on the, on the device is the same one that's been used for the past three years. And it still does a good job, but you're starting to kind of see the need for an update, maybe a, you know, maybe a larger pixel megapixel count so that you can have larger images or some sort of update there.

And then eight gigs of RAM, which essentially means it doesn't support the full suite of Google's AI feature set. Things like pixel screenshots, call detection for scams. So the AI detecting when there's a scam on the call that you're on, that is not included as a feature on this device. And then finally, vapor chamber discovered in a pre-release teardown. They didn't mention it, but it's there. And a very, very large battery, the largest Pixel has ever seen.

in their A-series. So, I mean, this is kind of DTNS meets Android faithful as sometimes happens when you and I are on the same DTNS episode. But the embargoes did lift and, you know, this had a little bit of controversy in it, how it was announced and then immediately kind of postponed for the pre-orders and everything. And we don't really have a clear indication yet as far as like why that is.

Well, I mean, I guess my question is, Jason, do you miss the camera bar at all? Do you think that, I mean, it is kind of like in isolation, what do you think of design? But then in, as a, as a member of the pixel wider family, what do you think?

Is that's different? Yeah. Well, so I do have a full review up on my YouTube channel to search for Jason Howell. And you can see and in that I actually make the make the claim that if I didn't know this was a pixel and it was just the device like here's a new device by a random company and it looks like this, it doesn't have the camera bar because there's no attachment to the pixel camera bar. I'd be like, oh, that's a pretty phone. And I do think that it's a pretty phone.

But knowing that it's a pixel, I can't help but shed at least a little bit of a tear over the fact that like this is this is Google's signature that they've built up over the last three or four years. And yes, things change. It's not like the pixel 10 doesn't have the camera bar. The leaks that we've seen show that the camera bar is going to be there.

They just did it for the 9A, maybe as a differentiation. Because it sits alone in that kind of design language, it feels like a total departure. And so, I don't know, I kind of wish that there was a camera bar. At the same time, if you're just throwing a camera bar into place just to have a camera bar and it doesn't actually need it, I mean, I could understand that too. Like, why do that? But, you know, other than this is a signature of the Pixel line and people who really like that design approach are...

are going to miss it. Myself included. It does. I will say that the inset pill shape camera reminds me of, as an Android developer, it's probably my bias, but it reminds me a little bit of like material design language a little bit. Just because in the last update, like material three, they've gone very pill-y.

there's an abundance, a cornucopia of pill shapes. So you're right. I can't help, but think that at the very least, even with that, the really cool Star Trek visor, we still have a touch of material. And I think there was, I forgot we covered this ages ago, but there was a design award that I think the pixel phone in particular one ages ago, because of the synergy between the hardware and the software design. I don't know. Um,

Um, so I don't know, maybe they're echoing that or something. Well, yeah. And material as it, as it were, it's been around for so long at this point, but it was always built on like a digital representation of physicality of, of organic materials and,

And so, yeah, you're right. You're absolutely right. The camera bar itself, or sorry, the camera, I don't even know what to call it. The inset camera thingy. Is that what we call it? You know, it does have a little bit of that material kind of quality to it. And that unifies the software to the hardware. That's a really good point. I just, you know, it's,

I like the sci-fi look of that protruding, like elongated camera bar that Google has going. And luckily it is going to be on the 10 as far as we know. So it's not, you know, gone entirely. It just is for the A series. Oh, wow. It's just funny they went the opposite. Before it was protruding, now it's insets.

Yeah, right. Exactly. And I will just also punctuate excellent battery life. You know, 5100 milliamp hours is the largest that a Pixel device has ever seen. And that has been one big kind of criticism that Pixels have gotten in the past is why can't you give us devices with bigger batteries? Turns out they threw that into an A-series phone. So you're getting a lot for five hundred dollars.

And continually speaking, that's always been the case in the last handful of years for their A-series phones. I feel like it's consistently a great, if not one of the best value options in Android right now. I honestly, I'm really excited for your review, Jason, just because I feel like the mid-range is so important and has become such an important segment of smartphones that

I really like seeing good ones. Yeah. Yeah. I completely agree. By the way, there is a giveaway. I've never done a giveaway before, but me and Shannon collabed. And so go check out the video and you'll find out more information about that. Well, DTNS is made possible by you, the listener. Thanks to Jeffrey Zilks, Alo, Adam L., Tony Glass, and Michael Engel. Yeah. One, two, three, four. You're all awesome. You all win an award. Thank you.

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Well, after yesterday's late breaking news of the 90-day pause on tariffs in the U.S., markets rallied with the tech-filled Nasdaq seeing its second best day in history, climbing more than 12% in response. Apple also saw its best day since 1998 with a 15% increase, a reprieve from one of the company's worst 40 performances since 2000. Tesla, Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet all saw big gains as well.

But at the time of this recording, markets have gone south once again with NASDAQ dropping 5.9%. All of this just punctuates the instability of big tech in a, let's say, dramatic moment of flux for the industry. Yeah, when prepping this show, you know, and I got this from Tom, I'm always kind of like looking for the consumer angle on stories like this because we're not really a stock marketer.

show. I'm not invested in any stocks, so it's not my cup of tea. But I do think it's important to note this particular part of the story because we've been so used to stability by a large degree in big tech. And right now, things are swinging from best day to worst day back to best day in a matter of like three days. It's really remarkable what's going on right now.

Yeah. And we can't help that won't impact their strategies and thus at the very tail end us as consumers. So 100 percent. And this ties right into what you just said. If you feel like you are suffering from a case of tariff whiplash, laptop company Framework knows firsthand how you feel. They announced 10 percent price hikes yesterday on all of their computers.

only to then revert to their normal pricing one hour later after immediately catching wind of the 90-day pause on tariffs in the U.S. almost immediately after they posted that update. Some prices will still reflect the tariff increases that are remaining in China, however. As they say, timing is everything.

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Well, Tesla has officially entered the Saudi Arabian market for the first time, though the company faces significant challenges there. Infrastructure is underdeveloped with only 101 charging stations, mostly in urban areas. Long distance travel is hindered by the lack of chargers on major routes like the Riyadh Mecca Highway, which stretches 559 miles without a single charger. Hmm.

The move follows improved relations between Elon Musk and Saudi leadership after a 2018 feud over a failed privatization deal. Yeah, Tesla really wants to be there. It's been a challenge to say the least so far. It sounds like some of the moves that are happening between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia right now has Musk really hitting hard on striking these deals in there so that

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Well, I'm down with MCP. You know me. I know you. You even got a teacher that says that, right? Yes, I do. That's how much you're down with it? Yeah. Absolutely. Well, I mean, yeah. Interchange is always a good thing. 100%.

Well, during Google Cloud Next event, the company quietly launched Firebase Studio, a cloud-based platform that brings vibe coding to life for developers and non-developers. The platform is browser-based and integrates generative AI into the entire app development process from prototyping to deployment. Gemini AI is combined with tools like GenKit and Project IDX to drive app design through natural language, images, or pre-built templates.

Firebase Studio is in preview now. - And you're gonna do some vibe coding or what's the deal? - Okay, so I'm an old lady programmer. So if I never hear the phrase vibe coding in my life again, I'll be happier. But I like the intention of it. And actually Firebase is a really important tool for us Android developers and a lot of different people. It's this really cool, a backend as a service. You can get all kinds of stuff that you would need for a full app, like all in one place.

So this makes just a ton of sense. Like it's not just vibe coding where you could just like throw something together and it kind of works and it's cool because you kind of got your crazy idea. You could also make it a really grown up app as well. If I'm understanding and if Firebase includes a lot of the other stuff, this is kind of a big deal. And I do love that that kind of link between design and development is always been kind of like a hard thing.

like link, but for like a lot of average people like myself or average developers like myself who have no design talents. So I am excited and I'm going to use this. You be sure I'm using. I think I'm going to get you a t-shirt that says, I love vibe coding. I would, I will say thank you and you'll re-gift it. I will re-gift it from you, Jason, but I would. It's okay. I get it. I understand that.

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Well, those are the essentials for today. Let's dive a little deeper in the ongoing stories and follow up. You likely have not been able to avoid the headlines that say that dire wolves are back. Well, are they? Tom asked Dr. Nikki. So, Tom, have you watched Jurassic Park? I have. Yes. Multiple times. What was your ethical takeaway from that movie?

Just because we can doesn't mean we should. Isn't that the ethical takeaway of Jurassic Park? So I think you would not have a chance of working at Colossal Biosciences because they had a different takeaway. Oh, it's our old friends again. Colossal Biosciences. Oh, yes. I feel like Colossal these days, every time they come out with a story, they're waiting for me to go on DTNS and talk about it. So.

Here we are. Yes. Thank you, Colossal, for giving Dr. Nikki topics for DTNs. I love it. And we're going to debunk it. So this came out on March 7th. Colossal Biances spread their the word of their latest PR stunt, which came in the form of two very cute little puppies that they have been calling. And I use hand quotes here, dire wolves.

They named them Romulus and Remus. Of course they did after the founders of Rome. They also have a younger sister named Khaleesi because of course they did. Of course, Game of Thrones. Got it. Okay. All right. From Game of Thrones. But of course, as is usually the case with the last few stories about Colossal,

These puppies are not quite what they claim to be. Yeah, I think most people know dire wolves from Game of Thrones, whether it's the book or the TV show. But there was a real thing that was a dire wolf. What was the actual dire wolf?

Yeah. And Tom, you're near LA, right? Yeah. So have you been to the La Brea Tar Pits? I have multiple times. Have you seen the giant wall of dire wolf skulls that they have there? Now that you mentioned it, yes, yes. One of the coolest places in the country. I haven't been, but I can't wait to go. So, okay.

They are in the La Brea Tar Pits because direwolves are animals from the Pleistocene, also known as the Ice Age. This is an epoch that ended about 11,000 years ago. In LA, they got trapped in tar and then the fossils got pulled out and put in the museum, which is how you got to see them. So what we are calling direwolves are large canids, not necessarily wolves. They look very similar to a wolf, but a little bit bigger and stockier.

And they're, in fact, genetically completely distinct from wolves. And we figured this out in 2021 when they were able to pull out ancient DNA fragments from a tooth, I believe. So Canid is the family? Is that right? Yeah, it's a larger family. So like dogs are in there, wolves...

wolves are in there and I'm trying, I think foxes may also be in there, but I might be wrong. Uh, but well, dog looking things, but not necessarily the same genus. And we'll get to that.

the reason that dire wolves and wolves look similar is due to something called convergent evolution. Have you heard of this term before? Yes. That's when two things evolve separately, but they're very similar for, because of the pressures of the environment. Yeah, perfect. And it's one of my favorite things about evolution. I think it's really cool, but exactly. So, um,

These animals underwent, they lived in with areas with similar environmental pressures. They're both carnivores hunting, maybe similar prey. And it leads to them evolving similar adaptations and appearances. Similarly, how the Tasmanian tiger looks are really a lot like a coyote, despite it living in Tasmania at the time and being a marsupial. Oh, I didn't know that. That's cool. Yeah. Even their teeth are very closely resembling. So it's pretty cool.

So in this case, gray wolves are Canis lupus. So they're from the Canis genus, like dogs. And dire wolves are from a completely different genus, Anocyon, if I hopefully pronounce that right, Anocyon diaris. And as our friend of the show, Riley Black, mentioned on Blue Sky, the last time they shared a common ancestor was 5 million years ago. So pretty far apart. A little ways back, yeah. A little bit. Before my time. So...

Did Colossal make a dire wolf and de-extinct it, quote unquote? I'm guessing the answer, but tell me. Yeah.

Yeah, as you may now have followed of our past stories, including last month's woolly mouse, your hunch is correct. They did not quite de-extinct it as they claim. They did a lot of work for a giant PR stunt and we'll get to why I think that's weird. But the scientists at Colossal did decipher some parts of the dire wolf genome using these ancient DNA samples, I'm assuming from the previous study.

They inserted them then into certain gene areas of the gray wolf and they use domestic dogs as surrogates to carry gene edited pups.

And they report that these pups are white. You've probably seen the picture at this point. They're pretty stocky. They're stockier than a gray wolf, like thicker limbs and skulls. And also they howl differently. It sounds like you can make an argument that there is dire wolf in these pups. But would you define them as being a dire wolf? A few edited genes does not a dire wolf make, Tom, as far as I'm concerned. Okay.

A wolf has 19,000 genes. We've got about 30,000. And colossal scientists made 20 edits within 14 genes of the gray wolf. So this is more like a clone of a gray wolf with 20 gene edits.

Some people have called this a vaporware wolf. To me, it's like putting genetic makeup on a pig. It basically disregards the reality of what this species actually was and how it lived and instead just pulls out selected aesthetic traits that are going to make for a good new stunt and it sticks them in another species. And that's not even counting for if you really want to get deeply into genetics, maybe you've heard that

can affect your genes, like how, you know, don't eat microplastics because it can have some detrimental effects. Yeah, go ahead. So why do this?

Like, like I understand that. Hold on, hold on. I'm building up. I will continue on environmental effect just to be clear. Like imagine if this was a real dire wolf, things like variations in hormone levels, temperature. It was cold during the ice age, parental investment, even here they're raised by, uh,

I think hounds, dogs, domestic dogs. These things can all change the genetic pathways of how the offsprings grow during, you know, the embryonic phase and later. And of course, none of that is captured in this minimal gene edits, just looking for a cool phenotype. So

To your point, why? Yeah, it seems like this is something that there's some there is actual science to it. They are actually taking, you know, ancient DNA. They are putting it in a living animal. It makes a viable animal. But but I'm not sure what you get out of doing it here other than being able to make the headline that says dire wolf DNA is in the pub.

And I agree with you. I have a hard time wrapping my head around this. It feels almost like Colossal is more of an entertainment company almost than a science company. However, it's a ridiculous amount of work to do what they did. And I want to break down the steps to show you just how much work this would be. And every step is also 10 times more work than it sounds because it's science.

So first they had to acquire ancient dire wolf specimens from a museum and reliably extract ancient DNA, which is really, really hard to do and keep enough fragments that are usable because ancient DNA is super finicky. It degrades with time. And like I said, these were like 11,000 year old specimens or more. Then they have to patch together this DNA with missing sequences from the genome with the wolf DNA.

like parts from the wolf again, which is a different species. So not super compatible. And then they have to edit the current gray wolf genome to accept these changes. Then there's more steps. They take, they make a gene edited nucleus and they inject this into a gray wolf ovum or egg cell. So we've been doing this for a while, the injection, you've probably seen this

a black and white image of like a little needle going into an egg. This is kind of from the Dolly, the sheep ages. We're quite good at this now. Still a lot of work. More steps are coming. They produced 45 of these ova cells and they developed them into embryos in the lab. That sounds like not a lot of work. It is an incredible amount of work. Then they took three, I believe of these embryos and inserted them into the uteri of the surrogate dogs and

I was concerned about this because usually with things like cloning, you get a lot of stillbirths and miscarriages, but they said there were none, according to what they said to the reporters. They also adopted the dogs back out to a shelter after this, which seems really irresponsible to me. But anyway, and the pups were born by C-section. So that's the whole list of how much work was put into this for basically a PR stunt.

And I don't quite, I mean, it made them a ton of money, like they're worth $10 billion. So I guess that's why, but there's more to it. That could be enough. It does seem like they want to do actual science, that they're doing actual science here. And then they're, they're, they're, they're elevating it in the public mind beyond what they've actually done. And maybe that's in order to, to raise more money, which, you know, could be meant to

help them to make even better strides in this. Yeah. And I think that's the, like, that's the part they should be talking about is like, this is cool science and like gene editing saves people's lives and like advancing gene editing is a worthy cause, but it feels so tone deaf in the current circumstance. Yeah.

Like, why wouldn't you use this kind of work to save currently endangered species, which is a part of what they say they do. But for example, the black footed ferret, for example, if you've heard about that has 300 remaining individuals in the wild. This one has been cloned before. Why not, you know, help out with this population? Yeah, because black footed ferret doesn't have as good SEO as dire wolf. That's why. Exactly. And there's even endangered wolves like the red wolves that we could save. But I think it's just not as flashy as a news story. Yeah.

I do want to mention something and see if you can guess. So before we wrap up, did you notice anything missing from this supposed great breakthrough in science? I'm going to kick myself for not noticing, but it sounds like they did the science. They just claimed, they just exaggerated the claim in the end. How do we know that they did the science? Oh. Other than the puppies that are there. Okay, so they published all of this, right? Yeah.

I don't know. Oh, so there's no peer review. There's no raw data and there's no published it. I'm sure it, maybe it'll come out. I don't know. They don't really favor this and all the ethics of side of like all of this. One of the big issues for me is that this is not peer reviewed and it's

So scientists, you know, working on peer review with their peers, sharing data, confirming findings, replicating results. That is how you make up the basics of science. That's why we have a lot of trust in scientists, because they're all working together to make sure that this is real.

Um, if we don't do that, we run the risk of having more things like vaporware wolves. So that part I think should be highlighted. Yeah. If this is not published and peer reviewed, then it starts to become just a cash grab in my mind. Which so far it is because I have not seen the publication. Uh, well, if anybody does send it to us, feedback at dailytechnewsshow.com. We'd love to see that, uh, as well. Dr. Nikki, thanks so much.

Thanks for having me, Tom. See you next time they come out with, I don't know, a dodo maybe. If you have feedback about anything that gets brought up on the show, get in touch with us on the socials. At DTNS Show on X, formerly Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Blue Sky, and Mastodon at mastodon.social. For TikTok and YouTube, you can find us at Daily Tech News Show. ♪

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We end every episode of DTNS with some shared wisdom. Thank you for your shared wisdom. Jim Video has a question. So Jim Video asked in Discord, I was wondering when I get text spammed in a group text, should I reply that this is a spam message to help the other recipients or go directly for the spam button, not letting the spammer ever know I read the message?

Oh boy. Okay. I'm sure like, let's both answer this. I already know my answer. My answer is flag it immediately, move on. Like I, and I totally understand wanting to save other people, but you put yourself in more risk when you do that. And I think, I think in that scenario, you just, you have to do what's, what's safest for you. I, I 100% agree. And I, I really get it. Like you really like

I totally get it. But I also agree. Like you actually give them more information when you respond, even if you're trying to be helpful. So that'll, yeah, I, I agree. Hopefully we just get the message to everyone that they should just ignore spam and move on.

I suppose if it's a group text and somebody in the group text actually does respond and like buys into it or whatever, then we would see that. And maybe then we send that person a direct text and say, hey, don't do that. That's a bad idea or something like that. But so maybe you go that, you know, that extra step. But yeah, like you said, the more signals you give them, the more they get what they came for, really, at the end of the day. What are you thinking about? Got some insight into a story? Share it with us.

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