Gadgets We're Loving Right Now!

While Marques is away representing Team USA in China, Andrew and David hold down the fort and discuss all the tech news of the week! Topics range from a Microsoft x Croc collab to new Instagram rules around who is allowed to go live on. They close it out with show-and-tell, discussing new gadgets that they've really been enjoying lately. It's a fun one!

Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:30 Microsoft x Crocs collab 05:14 YouTube collabs 13:20 New OpenAI open-weight models 24:01 Wix (Sponsored) 25:05 Nintendo Switch price hikes 34:56 Ghost 6.0 released 40:21 Instagram Live updates 46:09 Ad 46:34 Show and tell 01:11:39 Trivia answers

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Links: Verge - Microsoft XP Crocs: https://www.theverge.com/microsoft/717965/microsoft-crocs-windows-xp-bliss-wallpaper-theme OpenAI - GPT-OSS: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss/ Google - Pixel 10 AI Ad: https://youtu.be/ZR_6Z1IDD8s?si=JPzBjZIehjADeH0N TechCrunch - Instagram requires 1000 followers to go live: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/instagram-now-requires-users-to-have-at-least-1000-followers-to-go-live/ A New Social: https://anew.social/

Gadgets we're loving: Peak Design Pro Tripod (Kickstarter): https://geni.us/X2rA3 seenda Mouse: https://geni.us/dmgVN MOVAS Tripod Stand: https://geni.us/li7M4 ⁠(Not Boring) Camera app: https://notbor.ing/product/camera

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