Tech News Weekly 426

Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A look into a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech. How AI is impacting learning for kids in schools. Samsung touts a new privacy feature for its latest phones. And Apple is ramping up its new product releases as it catches up in the AI race.

• Emily talks about her time at the FBI and a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech.
• Mikah chats about an agentic AI that was developed to attend lectures and do homework for you, delving into the conversation about AI's impact on a child's learning development.
• Jason Howell of Android Faithful joins the show to talk about everything announced at the Galaxy Unpacked event that happened in San Francisco, including Samsung's new Privacy Display feature.
• And Mikah talks about Mark Gurman's look into the work Apple is ramping up on as it works to catch up in the AI era of tech.

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Links

• Meet FBI Special Agent Iris: A 3-Legged Dog Who Can Sniff Out Hidden Tech | PCMag
• What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
• [Galaxy Unpacked 2026] A First Look at the Galaxy S26 Series: Samsung’s Most Intuitive AI Phone Yet – Samsung Global Newsroom
• We Hated This for 20 Years. Now It’s Back.
• Apple Ramps Up Work on Glasses, Pendant and Camera AirPods for AI Era - Bloomberg
• Apple’s Touch-Screen Laptop to Have Dynamic Island, New Mac Interface - Bloomberg