About this episode

Heather Brooker discusses various topics including technology in surgery and business updates while filling in for Amy King.

Heather Brooker fills in for Amy while she is out on vacation on this Wednesday edition of Wake Up Call. She opens the show talking with ABC News correspondent Shannon Kingston about Marco Rubio leading the charge against the idea of tolling the Strait of Hormuz. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about the redesign to Google Images, Apple releasing the first public betas, Anthropic being free for classrooms, and a smartwatch safety tip. Denise Pellegrini from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Heather talking with ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan about robots taking over in the surgical room. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Heather Brooker

Guests: Shannon Kingston, Rich DeMuro, Denise Pellegrini, Jim Ryan

Topics covered

• surgery
• technology
• business
• stock market
• tolling
• robots

Keywords

• surgery
• robots
• technology
• business
• stock market
• Google Images
• Apple beta
• Anthropic
• tolling

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Organizations: ABC News, Google, Apple, Anthropic, Bloomberg Media

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