225: RAMAGEDDON

This week Chris and Rod have follow up on Palantir as NHS England confirms company staff can indeed access patient data, whilst Greater Manchester maintains its firm refusal to adopt the data platform. We also look at improving shipping estimates for the MacBook Neo and how the EU browser choice rules have delivered millions of new users to Firefox. In the news, London police are celebrating fixed facial recognition cameras after recording suspects collared every 35 minutes, and Congress launches an investigation into the Canvas data breach. Plus, we dive into a massive wave of Google announcements, including Android 17's AI overhaul, a major makeover for Android Auto, Gemini Intelligence app automation, and the arrival of Android-powered Googlebooks later this year. The main show sees Chris and Rod break down their definitive personal top three tech items they absolutely couldn't live without, ranging from MacBook Pros and Ubiquiti network storage to iPads, alongside a list of tech they would happily chuck in the bin. 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:51 - Follow up 01:02:35 - App of the Week 01:04:03 - Thing of the Week