23andMe’s Bankruptcy Fallout – EV Vehicles, Age Verification, MCP

Some alternatives to Teslas. A law in Utah makes app stores rather than companies responsible for age verification. 23andMe files for bankruptcy. And OpenAI is following in the footsteps of its rival, Anthropic.
• Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week! Emily talks about some alternatives to Teslas that cover various price ranges.
• Mikah talks about a new law passed in Utah that pushes the responsibility of age verification from tech companies to app stores.
• Geoffrey Fowler of The Washington Post joins Mikah to talk about 23andMe filing for bankruptcy, why you should swiftly delete your DNA information from the company, and shares how you can delete that information.
• And OpenAI is following Anthropic in adopting the company’s standard for connecting AI models to data.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini
Guest: Geoffrey Fowler
Tech News Weekly episode 380
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