An Overwhelming Avalanche of Slop with Daniel Bader

About this episode

Will Sattelberg and Daniel Bader discuss the Galaxy S26 launch and various tech topics including AI and tech optimism.

Welcome to The Sideload episode 24, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will welcomes Daniel Bader back to the show. With the entire industry traveling for either Samsung or Mobile World Congress, Daniel and Will sit down to talk about the Galaxy S26 launch, before spiraling into a deep conversation on AI, the RAM shortage, SiriusXM curators, tech optimism, iPods, and much, much more. Subscribe YouTube Podcasts Pocket Casts Spotify Apple Podcasts https://youtu.be/crvDE14XAcE Sponsored by NordVPN : Listeners to The Sideload can save up to 77% on a two-year subscription and score a free Amazon gift card by signing up for NordVPN using this link . Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this week’s episode. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:19 - Galaxy S26 and AI 00:26:42 - Tech optimism and where it's all headed 01:03:51 - Wrap-up Hosts Will Sattelberg Daniel Bader Listen to more 9to5 Podcasts Pixelated 9to5Mac Happy Hour Electrek Space Explored Feedback? Drop us a line at gtips@9to5g.com , leave a comment on the post, or reach out to our producer . And for even more Android discussion, dive into the official 9to5Google forums !

People in this episode

Host: Will Sattelberg

Guest: Daniel Bader

Topics covered

• Galaxy S26
• AI
• tech optimism
• RAM shortage
• SiriusXM
• iPods

Keywords

• Galaxy S26
• AI
• tech optimism
• RAM shortage
• SiriusXM
• iPods
• Mobile World Congress

Sponsors

NordVPN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SiriusXM

Products: Galaxy S26, iPods

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