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Two Blokes Talking Tech

TBTT #732 - AI Personalisation, who's winning that battle?

14 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What personalization features did Google announce for Gemini?

0.031 - 17.55 Stephen Fenech

Just say that again. Stephen? When do you ever know what you're doing? Every week is the same story. We think, what are we going to talk about? We've got nothing to talk about. And then we end up talking for an hour and 10 minutes. You did propose taking a week off. Yeah. I said, why don't we just have a week off? Let's just blow it off.

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17.53 - 39.08 Stephen Fenech

Well, I mean, it's a great idea if you hadn't already been here for six hours. Yeah, exactly right. But you've come all this way. While I'm here, I've got to do something. You've gone through passport control. Yeah. You've made it further than Kelly Holiday and here you are. Hey, while I'm here, that's it. Let's lay down some stuff. Yeah. Right. Next week we'll have a week off.

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40.663 - 50.352 Stephen Fenech

Imagine we took a midweek just week off just randomly. Wow. I don't think anyone would care. I'd be able to play golf, mate. I don't think we'd get an email. You don't reckon? What are your thoughts?

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Chapter 2: How is digital ID funding impacting renters?

51.353 - 76.536 Stephen Fenech

You mean if we just didn't do two blokes for one week? I think if we just disappeared for a week, no content. No content for a week, people would think what happened. They'd be sending out a search party. I don't think they would. So you mean if none of us, tech guide, EFTM, nothing for a week? Yeah. Podcast goes dark. Yeah. Like it could be in like a strike. Strike for what? Exactly.

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76.797 - 93.641 Stephen Fenech

Higher wages. I want double. Yeah. I want double what I'm getting. Hang on. We do get paid. Well, we do have sponsors. I was thinking about the listener. We want higher revenue fees from the listeners, yeah. We're going to up the price. We're going to double the price. This is an announcement, folks. Double the price on the podcast.

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93.942 - 107.519 Stephen Fenech

Thanks to the federal budget from July the 1st, 2026, double the price for this podcast. This feed is going to cost you twice as much. Yep. Sorry. That's the unfortunate nature of the changes that Jim Thomas has made.

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Chapter 3: What are the latest JBL headphones and their features?

108.04 - 128.444 Stephen Fenech

Stephen is pretty upset about them. Inflation. I won't get him started about it, but trust me, he's – Pretty upset. Yeah, not happy. Hi. Not happy. Couldn't give a rats. Yeah. And it is what it is. Yeah. It's, you know, upward pressure, all these costs of living pressures. We have to put the price up. Who's Grogu? He's in the Mandalorian. No, you just missed it on the- That's Baby Yoda.

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128.464 - 135.713 Stephen Fenech

On the baseball. Baby Yoda. Exclusive star. There's a new movie coming out next week. Grogu Bobblehead on May the 14th, Star Wars night.

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135.993 - 161.511 Stephen Fenech

yeah anyway Stephen's upset but we're going to not talk about the budget yeah we're not going to talk the actual things but yeah it's things could have been if it was up to me I would have it would have been a few different things yeah We're not in government. Who's we? I was in – we, you and me. Yeah. Also, I was in Griffith on the weekend, as we'll talk about on the private show, I'm sure.

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163.394 - 168.723 Stephen Fenech

And I didn't realise Griffith was in the Farrah district. Yeah, the by-election.

Chapter 4: How does the ASUS ProArt GoPro edition perform for creative tasks?

168.763 - 189.728 Stephen Fenech

So it was like polling booths and stuff. We were there on voting day. Oh, yeah, wow. Of course. Swung hella orange. Oh, did it ever, yeah. Yeah. Did it ever. Yeah. Just another bunch of politicians who didn't see it coming. Isn't it wild? And it was funny how I loved how, like, Jim Chalmers was calling the Libs gutless and sort of saying, yeah, it was a bloodbath.

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190.51 - 192.695 Stephen Fenech

But Labor didn't even put up a candidate. They never do.

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193.317 - 215.268 Stephen Fenech

They never do. Yeah. The Libs had a crack. Well, it was their old seat. Yeah. They'd want to have a crack. They got solid dusting just there. They got smashed. And it was, yeah, one nation to the rescue. Yeah. Not to the rescue. It's going to be elected. I am getting popcorn ready for the next federal election. It's going to be great. Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what happens.

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Chapter 5: What issues is Dua Lipa facing with Samsung?

215.288 - 238.012 Stephen Fenech

I don't know. There's a lot of mixed feelings about this budget and a lot of people have got some reservations about it. I've heard a lot of small business owners and business associations sort of talking it down a bit. It's a bit of a hit. The capital gains increases and stuff and the changes to negative gearing, it's going to have a wide effect. I'm not sure it'll cost them the election.

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238.032 - 253.815 Stephen Fenech

I'll call it. Well, you know, if there was a Well, the reason they did it, and they were talking about this, like Charles Crouch, I watched the Nine coverage, which was really good. Charles Crouch has said it best. He said they wouldn't do this if they had an opposition that could challenge them.

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253.835 - 271.671 Stephen Fenech

So they chose this time where the opposition's probably at its weakest, and they thought they'd just sort of get it through. If they had a solid opposition who had a chance of actually catching them and kicking them out of government, they might not have gone as radical as they did.

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271.651 - 293.085 Stephen Fenech

if I was Angus Taylor I'd feel suitably insulted by that and hopefully go to another level so come on mate do something pretty hard when you've got three people in Parliament do something there's not much they can do yeah well you know what it's a real challenge mate it's a look it's not the election's not for another two years yet yeah so there's plenty of time to get moving yeah

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293.993 - 315.361 Stephen Fenech

Crack the whip. Yeah. Interesting. Interesting times, folks. Interesting times. And I'm sure South's is doing really well. South's had a win. Have they? I convinced you not to change your tip, mate. Thank you for that. I did have some reservations myself, but I always stick solid. So you tip the South every week. You wouldn't dare tip against. No. I'm not in a tipping comp. Oh, really?

Chapter 6: How does AI influence the competitive landscape between Google and Apple?

315.402 - 334.277 Stephen Fenech

No. Haven't been for years. Why? I just keep forgetting. I'd be forgetting to put it in. Yeah, same here. We should do a two by two. Just me and you. Yeah. I think I know who'd win that. Yeah, I'm coming literally last in our family one, so I'm pretty sure I'd be coming. I saw you tipped Brisbane too then. I should have told you to change to Manly though. Manly were specials at home that night.

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334.257 - 350.027 Stephen Fenech

All right, I would have got good points because everyone tipped Brisbane except like two people, I think. Oh. Damn, I should have taken that. Maybe you could just log in and do my tips for me, Rui. Hey, mate, if you need help, mate, you can talk to me. Hang on, hang on. I don't think I've done them this week. All right, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, we're going to do them live. Yep. Footy tips.

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350.468 - 366.572 Stephen Fenech

Don't forget, this is Magic Ground, so they're all at Suncorp, so there's no home ground advantages. Is there a reason that matters? Well, it's South supplying the Dolphins, and it's our home game, and it's on their home ground. Right. Yeah, so they've got the home ground advantage, even though South's name comes first.

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Chapter 7: What are the implications of the federal budget on technology services?

366.652 - 393.635 Stephen Fenech

I'm going to log into Disney just to put my tips in. No, I want to put my tips in. Hang on. Do it off air, mate. No, I want to do it right now. Do it off air. I'm sure this is brilliant podcasting. Edit tips. No, round, what is this, round 10? Round 11. You sure? Pretty sure, yeah. Magic round. I'm ninth. That is so embarrassing. Tip now. NRL round 11. Sharks v. Bulldogs. Sharks.

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Rabbitohs v. Dolphins. Hello. You just said the Dolphins' home game. Rabbit's a win. We're in form, mate. Oh, the Dolphins are eighth in the lead. Okay. Tigers, Manly. Manly. Roosters, Cowboys. You know what?

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Chapter 8: How can digital ID streamline the rental application process?

406.613 - 427.166 Stephen Fenech

I'd go Tigers. Oh, Tigers are just behind them. I'd go Tigers there. Yeah, okay. They've had a couple of big losses. They're going to bounce back. Roosters, North Queensland. Roosters. Eels, Storm. Storm. They're both at the bottom of the ladder. Storm have had a win. They've got the wind in their sails back, mate. So did Parramatta. Yeah, but I think Storm have got a bit more momentum there.

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427.186 - 448.335 Stephen Fenech

Anyway, that's my choice. Listen, if I get this wrong because I picked the Storm, it's on you, Stephen. Knights and Titans. Knights. Knights, yeah. Warriors, Broncos. Warriors are on a four-game winning streak. It's at Suncorp, so Brisbane home game technically is if Reynolds is playing, if Adam Reynolds is back in the team, I'd tip them.

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448.315 - 467.067 Stephen Fenech

So tip Brisbane, and if Reynolds is not playing, I'd go as Warriors. Panthers, Dragons, top and bottom of the table. Penrith, yeah. That's embarrassing. Hang on, has Dragons not won a game at all? No. They're 0-10. Is this the worst anyone's ever performed? 0-9, they've had a bye. Is that the worst anyone's ever performed? It's pretty bad. In modern day, modern era, yeah. Wow.

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467.989 - 482.727 Stephen Fenech

Them sacking the coach didn't do much to you today. You didn't even get the next week bounce back. You didn't even get the sugar hit. Like Manly did. Like Manly have only lost one game since sacking their coach. All right, everyone can relax now. Yeah, tips are done. Time code eight minutes. Tips are done. Let's do it.

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484.293 - 495.072 Trevor Long

Welcome to Two Blokes Talking Tech. Not a bad price. With Trevor Long from EFTM.com. Really handy device. And Stephen Fennec from techguide.com.au.

495.112 - 515.764 Stephen Fenech

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515.784 - 529.242 Stephen Fenech

You're front of the house. I was just checking my deliveries just now. Wow. Yeah. Just checking the parcels. Check to see what time Joe would have to go to work. Wow. That's stalky. No, I just came up with the thing. And it recognised it too. It said, Joe Fennec. Shots to the front door.

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Yeah.

530.041 - 550.968 Stephen Fenech

Do you give it a full name? It just says it on the thing, yeah. Why wouldn't you just call it Joe? I don't know. A bit formal. It's sometimes mistakes of a Hayley. It calls a Hayley sometimes. They do look alike. They are mother and daughter. Yeah. They do look very much alike. Anyway, episode 732. Thank you for listening. Thank you for downloading. And I hope you enjoy the show.

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