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Ask a chatbot the same thing twice, and you might expect two different answers. Mikah Sargent runs one everyday request through ChatGPT five times and gets back the same basic text, two of them word for word. He explains where differences come from, what research says about why tuned chatbots can narrow the range of their answers, and why these replies left out what only he knew. Then he fills in the blanks and adds examples to show what prompt engineering really means, with four habits for getting answers you'd actually use.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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Are you drowning in notifications before you even finish your morning coffee? This episode explores clever Focus tweaks and next-level notification controls that can reclaim your sanity and protect your attention.

• Managing device distractions: Do Not Disturb and Focus basics

• Apple Watch and iPhone notification mirroring explained

• Customizing Focus modes for work, sleep, and driving

• Sharing Focus status and syncing settings across devices

• Letting important contacts break through Focus barriers

• When to create custom Focus modes beyond Apple's defaults

• Vacation Focus workaround to silence Microsoft Teams notifications

• Experiences and pros/cons with Apple Intelligence Reduce Interruptions

• Tiered approach to notifications across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Notification Center

• How to triage and silence notifications for sanity

• Screen Time insights for adjusting Focus and habits

• News: Focus features boost automation and Siri Shortcut integration

• iOS 27 gesture changes—Siri AI vs Notification Center in Control Center

• App Caps: Apple's Invites app and Brick device for strong app blocking

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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Scott Wilkinson is way into Dark Matter, a streaming series on Apple TV+ starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. Based on a novel by Blake Crouch, it explores the notion of parallel universes and one physicist's invention that allows travel between them. Unlike many depictions of this idea, Dark Matter is much more character-driven and thoughtful. Highly recommended!

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Is the AI gold rush running on shaky ground? Get the inside story on Anthropic's blockbuster IPO, massive compute bets, and why some insiders think the industry's economics just don't add up.

Anthropic's IPO S-1 Spells Out a Future of Promise and Peril

DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans

(Marissa Meyer) Maybe We All Need an A.I. Wife

Whoops: Meta's Muse Share Links Disclosed All Sorts Of Super-Sensitive User Data

Everybody is freaking out over the NYTimes adding AI to the Cooking app

Wikipedia but only for things a half hour walk away from you

Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down

"WSJ: The Bull Case for AI Armageddon

For investors mulling the Anthropic share offering, a 10% chance of extinction may be a 90% win for your portfolio"

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau

Co-Host: Jason Hiner

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Microsoft released new Windows 11 Experimental builds. A new round of buyout offers has been presented to 25% of Microsoft's global workforce. Microsoft fixed a major Authenticator flaw for Android. And... no major XBOX news?

Windows

Paul has confirmed a theory weʼve discussed about why Microsoft is really improving Windows 11 this year.

Windows Insider Program

Four new builds - Mobile device controls in Quick Settings, native Internet speed test.

Corporate

Microsoft offers buyout offers to almost 25 percent of its global workforce.

Hardware

This week in Paulʼs RTX Spark local AI coding fails - plus, the first step is realizing itʼs not you, itʼs the technology.

Some advice for using AI.

Software

Microsoft fixes major Authenticator flaw on Android.

PowerToys adds two new utilities, so many other updates.

The Browser Company announces the inevitable end of Arc browser.

AI

Anthropic files for IPO, warns that its work could end humanity.

Canva releases its first AI model, for images.

Opera brings local AI to its desktop web browsers with WebAI standard-to-be.

Apple is bringing AI assistant to its iWorks apps - Apple copies Microsoft again!

XBOX and Gaming

No real news this week, which is rare, but a few thoughts about the new Call of Duty.

Tips and Picks

Tip of the Week: Yes, the Windows Setup workarounds still work in 26H2.

Windows 11 version 26H2 arrived recently and Iʼve now tested the installer on multiple Arm64 and x64 PCs and the local account workarounds we all know and love still work. My advice: Use Rufus to create install media.

App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox

With a year or so of major improvements to its web browser, Mozilla has launched a big ad campaign to get Firefox users back.

RunAs Radio this week: PostgreSQL with Elizabeth Christensen

Brown liquor pick of the week: Vardberg Born

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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