← Daily Tech Headlines
Loading summary
Transcript9 lines
- [00:01]
Host
Want to get this show ad free? Head to dailytechnewshow.com subscribe to find out how.
- [00:12]
Capital One Sponsor
This episode is brought to you by Capital One Capital One's tech team isn't just talking about multi agentic AI. They already deployed one. It's called Chat Concierge and it's simplifying car shopping using self reflection and layered reasoning with live API checks. It doesn't just help buyers find a car they love, it helps schedule a test drive, get pre approved for financing and estimate trade in value. Advanced, intuitive and deployed. That's how they stack. That's technology. At Capital One.
- [00:42]
Host
Everyone deserves to be connected. That's why T Mobile and US Cellular are joining forces. Switch to T Mobile and save up to 20% versus Verizon by getting built in benefits they leave out. Check the math@t mobile.com switch and now T mobile is in US cellular stores.
- [01:02]
T-Mobile Sponsor
Savings versus Comparable Verizon plans plus the cost of optional benefits plan features in Texas and fees vary. Savings with three plus lines include third line free via monthly bill credits Credit stop if you cancel any lines. Qualifying credit required.
- [01:12]
Grow Therapy Sponsor
Was January supposed to be your big fresh start? Well, sometimes the pressure to fix everything at once just can leave you feeling stuck. Grow Therapy makes it easier to reset at your own pace. With therapy that's covered by insurance and built around your life, you can search by what matters like insurance, specialty, identity or availability availability and get started in as little as two days. And if something comes up, you can Cancel up to 24 hours in advance at no cost. Whatever challenges you're facing, Grow Therapy is here to help. Grow accepts over 100 insurance plans, including Medicaid in some states. Sessions average about $21 with insurance, and some pay as little as $0 depending on their plan. Visit growththerapy.com acast to get started. That's growththerapy.com academic acast growthherapy.com acast availability and coverage vary by state and insurance plan.
- [02:20]
Jen Kutter
These are the daily tech headlines for Wednesday, February 25, 2026. I'm Jen Kutter. A new Pew Research center study published Tuesday says 54% of teens between 13 and 17 years old use chatbots for school assignments. A previous study from 2024 had usage at 26%, and in 2023 the number was 13%. A survey of 1,458 teens showed 44% used AI for school assignments, some or a little, and 10% for most or all assignments outside of homework. 47% of teens used chatbots for fun, 42% for summarizing all types of content and 12% for emotional support and advice. In a survey with parents of the teens, only 18% said they'd be comfortable with the teens using chatbots for emotional support and advice, with 69% okay for kids using it for entertainment and 79% for searching for information. Apple is rolling out an update to its age assurance tools to comply with restrictions in place in Brazil, Australia and Singapore, as well as in the US for upcoming law changes in Utah and Louisiana. The update to the declared age range API, now in testing, will perform a check in the App Store automatically, though developers may also need to confirm users are adults. The API will further assist devs to identify when age requirements and parental approvals apply, according to Bloomberg sources. Payment processing firm Stripe is considering acquiring all or parts of PayPal holdings, which includes PayPal and Venmo. Sources say any possible negotiations are in a very early stage, with no guarantees it will proceed. Stripe's annual letter shared on Tuesday that the company is making a tender offer to bring company value up to? 159 billion, a 74% increase from last year. PayPal currently has a market cap of approximately $40 billion. Stripe and PayPal declined to comment. On Tuesday, federal US District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco dismissed a lawsuit From Xai accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets. The suit claimed former XAI employees took GROK source code and other confidential information with them when joining OpenAI. In the dismissal, Judge Lin noted the absence of allegations of misconduct by OpenAI itself. Only the employees and XAI has the option to refile. A separate suit of XAI suing former engineer Xu Chengli alleging taking trade secrets to ChatGPT is ongoing. The UK Information Commissioner's Office fined Reddit 14.5 million pounds over failure to apply a robust age assurance mechanism resulting in Reddit illegally using the personal information of users under 13 years old. The ICO fine follows the issue of provisional findings against Reddit from July 8, 2025. Reddit will appeal the fine and criticize the ICO for demanding more collection of private information. Japan's antitrust authority, the Fair Trade Commission, raided Microsoft Japan's offices on Wednesday over suspected violations of the Anti Monopoly act for unfair trade practices. According to Nikkei Asia's sources, Microsoft Japan set conditions making it impossible to use Azure on clouds other than Microsoft's or otherwise causing higher fees. The Fair Trade Commission will seek clarification on practices with Microsoft's head office in the U.S. researchers from the American Institute of Physics developed an experimental technique for detecting smartphones that have been tampered with or otherwise contained hidden modifications from a distance without needing to physically examine a device. The method involves scanning a phone's radio component when transmitting signals, comparing transmissions to the device's normal fingerprint to detect any changes. Future use cases include the scanning of phones entering secure areas and ensuring devices for resale are unaltered, and a new app called Nearby Glasses and can warn users if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses like Meta's Ray Bans. The app is currently available through the Google play store or GitHub and searches for specific Bluetooth signatures, sending a push notification when detected. Developer Yves Jean Renaud said he was inspired to make the app after reading reports from 404 Media of people using smart glasses to harass others and the potential upcoming facial recognition features. After being notified about smart glasses in proximity, the Play Store page states, a user may act accordingly. For more discussion on the tech news of the day, subscribe to the Daily Tech news show@dailytechnewssshow.com where you can also find the show notes and links to every headline. Please remember to rate and review daily Tech headlines on your podcast service of choice from everyone here at Daily Tech Headlines. Thanks for listening.
- [07:48]
Capital One Sponsor
This episode is brought to you by Capital One. Capital One's tech team isn't just talking about multi agentic AI. They already deployed one. It's called Chat Concierge and it's simplifying car shopping using self reflection and layered reasoning with live API checks. It doesn't just help buyers find a car they love, it helps schedule a test drive, get pre approved for financing and estimate trade in value. Advanced, intuitive and deployed. That's how they stack. That's technology. At Capital One.
- [08:17]
Host
Everyone deserves to be connected. That's why T Mobile and US Cellular are joining forces. Switch to T Mobile and save up to 20% versus Verizon by getting built in benefits they leave out. Check the math@t mobile.com switch and now T mobile is in US cellular stores.
- [08:37]
T-Mobile Sponsor
Savings versus Comparable Verizon plans plus the cost of optional benefits plan features in Texas and Feesbury. Savings with three plus lines include third line free via monthly bill credits credit stop if you cancel any lines. Qualifying credit required.