Can Googlebook Bridge The Gap? – DTNS 5361

Iyaz Akhtar joins us to take on the big tech question of the week, what is a Googlebook good for? Plus, why does Iyaz think an AI charm is a good idea? Join us! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Huyen Tue Dao, Iyaz Akhtar, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe Quick Hits: Google Gemini Now Supports Live Avatars for Enterprise Agents https://www.thurrott.com/google/34203... Google Adds Creepy Avatars to Gemini 3.8 Live's Agents https://www.engadget.com/2268587/goog... Microsoft Unveils New Copilot Features for Home, Code, and Autopilot https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/micro... Ready to Put Your Work on Autopilot? Microsoft Readies Its AI Agent for ... https://www.pcmag.com/news/ready-to-p... Meta Horizon Create Will Let People Build AI Games on a Phone https://www.macobserver.com/news/meta... Bill Gates Warns AI Is Powerful Enough to Lead to a Billion Deaths https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... Google is Testing AI-Powered Call for Me Feature on Pixel 11 Series https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/andro... Google Photos 'Clueless'-Inspired Virtual Closet Is Now Available on Android and iOS https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/24/goo... Tesla Finally Moves to Electrify Trucking After a Decade of Work and Delays https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/tes... OpenAI Is Preparing a $500 ChatGPT Pro Max Plan With Faster Codex https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news... Discussions: It's time for the BIG TECH QUESTION of this week. This week, Google launched Googlebooks, laptops from six different manufacturers that all start at $899 and all promise as much functionality as your typical thin and light laptop. They also integrate well with Android phones and Google's Gemini. But they are not Windows or Macs. And they are not Chromebooks. Who are they for? That's what we aim to find out. Our question is: Can a Googlebook effectively replace a Mac or PC? Vote on which side you would join in our poll at patreon.com/dtns Can a Googlebook effectively replace a Mac or PC? https://www.patreon.com/dtns/posts/ca... Googlebook: The Laptop Your Android Phone Has Been Waiting For https://blog.google/products-and-plat... Want product reviews after the honeymoon? Then join us on Live With It! Each week we talk about the tech in our lives, from kitchen solutions to home security, to fire trucks. Yep, you heard that right! This week firefighter Bodie Grimm joins us to talk about something few people understand. The tech of fire trucks. We’re on YouTube at    / @livewithitshow  , and big thanks to everyone who keeps us trying out new things at patreon.com/livewithit   / livewithit   More Discussions: Wednesday at Meta's Connect conference, Meta showed off new smart glasses, a new VR headset called Meta VR Glasses, and interestingly, a little keychain-looking device called the Muse Charm. It's a tamagotchi-sized device with a 2-inch touchscreen, two cameras and a fingerprint sensor. The idea is you activate it and can ask questions, using the cameras if you want to ask questions about something in view. It has WiFi and 5G for it's connectivity and you don't need to unlock a phone or open an app to use it. Meta says it will be on sale by December but they didn't tell us a price. Our next question of the week is: Is Do you want an AI charm/keychain like this? Of any kind? Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2026 https://www.engadget.com/2267230/ever... Today’s guest: Len Peralta   / len   https://lenperaltastore.com   / lenperalta   https://x.com/lenperalta https://mstdn.party/@lenperalta Iyaz Akhtar https://www.pcmag.com/authors/iyaz-ak... http://thisoldnerd.com https://x.com/iyaz https://mas.to/@iyaz Show Links: https://dailytechnewsshow.com https://dailytechnewsshow.com/ntx https://knowalittlemore.com http://dailytechnewsshow.com/store https://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/sup... https://dtns.tv/wiki Sarah Lane Links: https://sarahlane.com https://x.com/sarahlane   / sarahlane   https://masto.ai/@sarahlane https://havesuchagoodday.com Tom Merritt Links: https://tomsnewbook.com https://swordandlaser.com/store https://www.cordkillers.com https://awordpodcast.com