This will be fun!

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This week the Trump phone supposedly launches (or does it?), Figure gives us a humanoid robot demo, and Google at the Android show releases Android 17, Googlebook and more.

Episode 301

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Trump Mobile: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/05/12/trump-mobile-t1-phone-shipping/90046321007/
Figure humanoid robot demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luU57hMhkak
The Android Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXCCleAddEA

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Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski

Stock assets: Getty Images

0:00 Intro
0:20 Trump phone launch
1:33 Figure humanoid demo
2:21 The Android Show
5:00 Stonks
5:17 Release Monitor
6:53 The Brief

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