<p>Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah Sargent on the show this week! Lego unveils its Smart Brick. Jacob kvetches about AI's overwhelming presence at CES. We get some on-site reporting from CES. And Utah becomes the first state to allow artificial intelligence to renew medical prescriptions.</p><ul> <li>Mikah talks about Lego's new Smart Brick technology that allows you to interact and play with your Lego sets more directly.</li> <li>Jacob shares his thoughts about the overall theme of AI that has become front and center at this year's CES event.</li> <li>Stephen Robles of beard.fm joins the show live from CES to talk about what he saw at the event.</li> <li>And Ruth Reader of POLITICO stops by to talk about Utah being the first state to allow artificial intelligence to begin renewing medical prescriptions for patients.</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/byjacobward.bsky.social" target="_blank">Jacob Ward</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenrobles" target="_blank">Stephen Robles</a> and <a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/ruth-reader" target="_blank">Ruth Reader</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>Tech News Weekly</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly</a>.</p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free audio <em>and</em> video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://joindeleteme.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2026-01-08 15:44:30