Best Pixel Parents Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 88 - RIP Console Wars (?) + Festive Gaming Buying Guide 2025 - Pixel Parents Podcast 1:34:48

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This week we’re taking a look back at the Console Wars: the daft bits, the fanboy era, and what it’s become in the age of “play anywhere.” Who won? Who lost? Has the battle shifted to storefronts (Game Pass, PS Plus, Steam, Epic) instead of plastic boxes? We’re also reviewing CloverPit and joining in the fun, sharing our looting tales from Arc Raid…

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It’s Not You vs. Your Teen — It’s All of Us vs. Addictive Tech | Dino Ambrosi 28:32

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Could reframing one conversation turn your teen from defensive to collaborative about screen time? Host Patricia Cangas talks with Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, who turned his college struggle with phone addiction into a program now reaching over 50,000 students. Dino walks through surprising data showing 70% of teens at top schools self…

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Parenting in Pixels 35:45

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Send us a text Presley has been reflecting on her own journey with the smart phone and social media as she's been reading a new book for one of her classes, and she's anxious to discuss it. Listen in as Presley and Val discuss both the mental, relational, and spiritual aspects of our cultural departure from a play-based childhood and the challenges…

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The Story: Will AI Agents Build a Unicorn? 27:32

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Can you run a billion dollar company with only one human employee? Journalist Evan Ratliff, along with technical advisor Maty Bohacek, join Oz to answer this question. Evan is host of the hit podcast Shell Game. In Season 1, he used AI agents to imitate his voice, which he sent out into the world to interact with customer service agents, scammers, …

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Introducing The Unshakeables 1:51

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The Unshakeables podcast from Chase for Business and iHeartMedia's Ruby Studio dives into the unbelievable “What are we gonna do now?” moments that changed everything for small business owners. From mom-and-pop coffee shops to auto-detailing garages, every small business owner knows that the journey is full of the unexpected. A single make-or-break…

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Shell Game: Minimum Viable Company 33:56

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This is the first episode of the second season of Shell Game. Journalist Evan Ratliff tells a story of entrepreneurship in the AI age; or, how he tried to build a real company, run by fake people. Meet Kyle Law and Megan Flores, Evan’s AI agent cofounders, as he puts to the test the claims about an emerging future in which AI employees work alongsi…

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Behind The Screens: Dr Colman Noctor & Clare Daly 1:01:53

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Jess is joined by Dr Colman Noctor and Clare Daly, Cork solicitor and board member of Cyber Safe Kids to talk about the realities for parenting in the digital age.

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The Story: What Does the Future of War Look Like? 32:34

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This week, what does defense technology look like in 2025? Oz talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Filkins about his recent piece in The New Yorker titled “Is the US ready for the next war?” They discuss how the Ukraine and Israel are reimagining what warfare looks like in the 21st century, Silicon Valley’s race toward fully autonomous…

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Perfectionism & The Fear of Failure: The Parenting Duo Nobody Wanted 26:24

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Send us a text Welcome back to The Whole Person Parenting Podcast! In today's we’re jumping into everyone's favorite toxic duo, perfectionism and the fear of failure—otherwise known as “Tuesday” for many parents. So grab your coffee, take a pause from the grind of life, and maybe hold off on tossing that glitter-covered craft your toddler made that…

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Week in Tech: Could a Dead Cat Sink Waymo? 32:47

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Would you buy a boat or a midcentury sideboard from your high school pals? Because Oz’s alma mater has opened an exclusive online marketplace for just this purpose! This week, Oz spins a yarn about Kitkat, the San Francisco cat killed by a Waymo. Locals are furious. Karah fills us in on Blued and Finka, the gay dating apps being censored by the Chi…

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Garda National Economic Bureau on staying safe online 16:10

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Detective Superintendent Michael Cryan of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau joins Jess to talk about the levels of economic fraud in Ireland and how to stay safe online.

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Episode 87 – Golden Years: 20 Years of Xbox 360 (Plus: The Game Awards Predictions) – Pixel Parents Podcast 1:41:48

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It’s a chunky one this week as we take a loving look back at 20 years of Xbox 360, peak online play, era-defining blockbusters and ask: what made it so damn good? We also share our predictions for The Game Awards and react to the Xbox Partner Showcase! Also, we’ve got the verdict on Dispatch and share our thoughts on Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 And i…

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The Story: The UK’s Race for Second Place in the Chip Wars 30:36

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This week, Oz talks to Nick McKeown, who is a member of the PM’s Council of Science and Technology, where he advises the British government on the best opportunities for economic growth in the tech sector. And according to Nick, that opportunity is AI Chips. He argues that the UK is in a good position to take second place in the race to design the …

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Unlocking Our Quantum Future 53:41

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Malcolm Gladwell heads to San Francisco Tech Week to talk with IBM’s new Director of Research Jay Gambetta in front of a live audience. They discuss IBM’s plans to scale quantum computing power, the groundbreaking experiments already underway, and what impact these new computers could have on chemistry, medicine, and even finance. This is a paid ad…

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Behind The Screens: Parenting teenagers in the digital age 1:16:39

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Jess is joined by Alex Cooney of Cyber Safe Kids, Daragh McCashin of the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dr Brendan Kelly of Trinity and school principal Jean Ward to talk through the realities of parenting teenagers in the digital age.

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The Story: The Man Testing Out the Future of Prosthetics 26:24

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This week, we dive deep into the future of prosthetics. Karah speaks with Jim Ashworth-Beaumont, who lost his arm in a traumatic bike accident. Most people upon recovery would be given a traditional prosthetic arm, but Jim is something of an expert in prosthetics and his peers have outfitted him with an experimental, high-tech device. He talks abou…

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Episode 86 - In Conversation with Patrick Klepek: Gaming, Parenting & More! - Pixel Parents Podcast 1:42:50

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Support us FREE! Get bonus shows FREE! - www.patreon.com/pixelparents This week we’re joined by Patrick Klepek (Editor Remap, and Editor/founder Crossplay) for a wide-ranging chat on games media, parent-gamer life, and how we all keep the joy of play alive! We also break down State of Play Japan (what landed, what didn’t), chat the all new Steam Ma…

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The Story: Will NVIDIA Save or Ruin the World? 36:02

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This week, Oz sits down with Stephen Witt, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and author of The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip. They’ll discuss what's made NVIDIA the most valuable chip company in the world — and the most valuable publicly traded company, period. And how a single piece of hardwa…

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Week in Tech: Who’s Behind the First Hit AI Artist? 29:49

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Do school cell phone bans actually work? This week, Oz tells us why Europe is investing so heavily in defense tech and why one company is investing in cockroaches… Karah introduces us to Billboard’s first charting AI musician, Xania Monet — and the humans that make her possible. Google dreams of data centers in space, school phone bans are making l…

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Episode 85 - One Year of PS5 Pro: Worth It or FOMO? (Plus The Outer Worlds 2) - Pixel Parents Podcast 1:24:34

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Support us FREE! Get bonus shows! - www.patreon.com/pixelparents It’s been a year with the PS5 Pro. Was it a smart upgrade or pure FOMO? We break down the first year of Sony’s priciest console: what actually improved, who it suits, and whether we’d buy it today if we didn’t already own one. We’ll also ask where this leaves the PS6 conversation. Plu…

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Behind The Screens: What parents of primary school children need to know 1:09:33

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This is part one of a four-part special focusing on parenting in the digital age. Jess is joined by Alex Cooney of CyberSafeKids, Dr Daragh McCashin of the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, and Dr Brendan Kelly of Trinity College. This was recorded in front of a live audience in Dublin. This project was in partnership with CyberSafeKids and funded by the T…

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The Story: How Is Tech Driving Deportations? 26:20

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404 Media’s Joseph Cox joins Oz to discuss his extensive reporting on the technology ICE is using in the agency’s mass deportation efforts. Joseph sheds light on how widespread ICE’s reach is, from facial recognition to location tracking to information databases. And the shift in how major tech companies are interacting with this current Trump admi…

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Key considerations before you buy an EV 22:44

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Derek Reilly of Nevo.ie joins Jess to preview the upcoming EV show, which is taking place on November 7th and 8th in the RDS. What do you need to consider before you buy an EV?

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Week in Tech: Anti-Party Tech, Rigged Card Shufflers and ‘Mad Max’ Mode 29:55

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Do you find facelifts frightening? This week, we celebrate sp0o0ky Halloween by NOT having a party at an AirBnB. Oz unpacks the gadget-filled poker scandal, and Karah contemplates the importance of international accents. Tesla’s new full self-driving profile,“Mad Max” mode, breaks traffic laws. And the scariest thing of all: AI has its own will to …

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Episode 84 - Our Gaming Pile of Shame (The Big Halloween Special) - Pixel Parent Podcast 1:41:23

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Join our FREE Patreon for bonus shows and support the show: www.patreon.com/pixelparents It’s our Halloween Special, and we’re naming our personal Gaming Pile of Shame… the games we still haven’t played or beaten on the backlog, which has grown monstrous and out of control! Nowhere to hide, it’s time to expose just how depraved our buying habits ha…

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The Story: Is Your Pregnancy App Actually Helping? 27:47

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Ever feel like tech is actually fueling your worries? This week, we explore the murky world of parenting tech and pregnancy apps with Amanda Hess, who is the author of “Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age” and a writer-at-large for the New York Times covering technology and internet culture. Amanda shares with Karah how pregnancy changed…

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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna: Creating Smarter Business with AI and Quantum 53:04

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Malcolm Gladwell sits down with IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna in a special live episode of Smart Talks with IBM. They discuss the groundbreaking potential of quantum computing, the transformative impact of AI on business, and how Krishna’s visionary predictions from the 90s continue to guide IBM’s innovations. This is a paid advertisement fro…

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Ghosts & Angels (Our Not So Halloween Episode) 35:37

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Send us a text Presley and Val continue the conversation on the intergenerational transmission of trauma by discussing two well-known psychoanalytic concepts known as "Ghosts" and "Angels" in parenting, and how they can be considered in Christian parenting. Things are getting spooky as around here! Episode 4 of The Whole Person Parenting Podcast aw…

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Week in Tech: To Catch a Cheater 32:03

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Should facial recognition be available to everybody? This week, Oz shows off his new swag from the company of the moment, Colossal Biosciences, and tells us about his visit to the labs’ responsible for Woolly Mice and Dire Wolves. Then, Oz and Karah unpack how facial recognition is being used by viral sites like Cheaterbuster AI and investigate the…

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Episode 83 - Game Genres We’ve Grown Into (And Out Of) - Pixel Parents Podcast 1:40:02

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SUPPORT US AND JOIN OUR FREE PATREON: www.patreon.com/pixelparents This week we’re getting honest about taste shifts: the game genres we’ve grown into (and the ones we’ve quietly fallen out of). From rogue-likes and tactics to racing sims and survival horror, we list the genres that finally clicked and the ones that just don’t hit like they used to…

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Are the Pixel 10 Pro XL and 10 Pro Fold worth the money? 13:25

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John Reilly of TheEffect.net joins Jess as they review the new flagships from Google. Do the devices live up to the hype and are they worth the money?

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Handheld gaming: Xbox ROG Ally 14:52

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John Reilly of TheEffect.net joins Jess to review the handheld Xbox ROG Ally.

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The Story: What China Tariffs Really Signal 28:02

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This week, we’re joined by tech analyst and researcher, Dan Wang, to help analyze the evolving relationship between the US and China. In Dan’s new book, Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, he introduces a new framework, comparing and contrasting China's “engineering state” to the US’s “lawyerly society”. We also hear Dan’s take on Chin…

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The Story of YouTube: 25 years on 12:28

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Jess takes a look back at the origin of YouTube, the Google deal and the current status of the platform.

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AI Jess: Why you shouldn't believe everything you hear 4:23

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AI Jess takes over the show to explain how AI voices are on the rise, and why you should be wary of them.

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Week in Tech: The Antichrist, the Billionaire and God in the Machine 31:30

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Is it no longer ‘borderline illegal’ to be Christian in Silicon Valley? This week, Oz and Karah are diving deep into Peter Thiel’s 4-part lecture series on the Antichrist and they unpack why the tech industry might be getting more religious. Plus, Oz spills the tea on the Dutch-China microchip drama. Space junk is falling from the sky. The cops are…

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Episode 82 - Sleeping Giants: The Devs and Games We’re Most Anticipating - Pixel Parents Podcast 1:41:57

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Support the show! Join our FREE Patreon for more! Visit - www.patreon.com/pixelparents This week, we catch up on what we’ve been playing including Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, and Hades II, then dive into our main topic: Sleeping Giants — the game devs who’ve gone quiet or still haven’t dropped the banger we’re all waiting for. Who has the big press…

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What Video Games Teach: How Kids Learn Through Play | Dr. Kelli Dunlap 42:35

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What do Minecraft, D&D, and Fortnite actually teach your child's developing brain? Dr. Kelli Dunlap, a licensed clinical psychologist with a master's in game design and executive director of Take This, joins us to explore video games as tools for learning and development. Dr. Dunlap explains why humans play, what games teach children at different a…

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TechSupport: Pixel Peeping - How to Spot AI Video 29:57

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This week, it’s all about Sora. OpenAI’s updated video generator and the invite-only social media app. AI Video just got so much easier to make, and harder to detect… Karah and her guest, Jeremy Carrasco, who runs the social media accounts showtoolsAI, demo how Sora works and how you can determine if a short video you’re watching was created with A…

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Episode 3: "A Generational God" 33:48

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Send us a text In this episode, Presley and Val explore the generational aspects of parenting from what you bring to parenting, to how God works in generational ways. Join us as we journey into spaces where the past meets the present and begin to discover where your own experiences and those of your parents' converge. Episode 3 - here we go!…

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Week in Tech: Did Social Media Just Change Forever? 33:14

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Are you ready to bond over AI videos? This week in tech news, OpenAI dominates the game. Their new social media app is the talk of the internet, they signed a massive chip deal that rocked the industry, and they just released tech that gets ChatGPT one step closer to becoming the 'everything app'. Then, Oz answers the question, “Have we passed peak…

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When is the "right time" to give your child a device? 9:16

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Alex Cooney of Cyber Safe Kids and Dr Brendan Kelly join Jess at the 'Behind the Screens' event to talk about this important issue. The full podcast will be available soon.

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EV Roundup: BYD Dolphin Surf, Tesla and Toyota 24:08

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Derek Reilly of Nevo.ie joins Jess with a roundup of news and reviews from the world of EVs.

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FoundIt: The Irish answer to lost and found 9:45

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Jess is joined by Alan Sparks of FoundIt.ie

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Episode 81 – Is It Time to Embrace Slow Gaming? + Ghost of Yotei Impressions– Pixel Parents Podcast 1:32:05

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This week, we’re slowing things right down. Between Ghost of Yotei, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Hades II and Silent Hill f — we’ve been bouncing between chaos and calm. But it’s got us asking: Is it time we all embraced slow gaming? We're unpacking what “slow gaming” even means, why it might be exactly what we need, and how it could help us actually fini…

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The Story: Spies vs. AIs 24:40

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This week, we check in on the CIA and how it’s faring in the age of AI. Oz sits down with David Ignatius, a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post to discuss his article, “A Band of Innovators Reimagines the Spy Game for a World with No Cover.” Ignatius has been covering US foreign policy and the CIA for almost four decades and he recent…

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Week in Tech: Does 'Workslop' Affect Your Workplace? 32:33

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Do you know the definition of a friend? This week in tech news, workplaces may not be getting a good return on their AI investments and a new wearable goes all in on advertisements, but they are getting defaced. Then, Italy has a new AI regulation law and there’s a buzzy new “actress” in Hollywood. On Chat and Me, how one listener is personalizing …

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Episode 80 - Is Xbox Game Pass Still the Best Deal in Gaming? + Hades II Impressions - Pixel Parents Podcast 1:37:09

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This week, we’re reacting to the Xbox Game Pass price hikes and asking the big question… Is it still the best deal in gaming? We also go deep on Hades II to share our impressions of what may already be a serious GOTY contender, as well as our thoughts on Silent Hill f as spooky season gets off to a flying start. And in this week’s main topic, we ar…

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Will OpenAI's Sora 2 app kill social media? 16:38

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Glen Mulcahy joins Jess to discuss OpenAI's new DeepFake generator, Sora2.

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Inside the NFL: How tech is changing the game 27:14

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Jess was at Croke Park last Sunday as the NFL took centre stage. Whilst there, she met with Julie Souza, Global Head of Sports at AWS and Mike Lopez, Senior Director of Football Data & Analytics at the NFL to hear how technology is changing the game.