# 0086: The New Tech Shaping Sports And Gadgets

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Podcast: [#TheTechHustle Podcast 🎙](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetechhustle-podcast-6701182)
Published: 2026-04-16T20:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3917

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A robot umpire that can overrule a bad strike call sounds like a win for fairness, until you remember how much people love the messy human side of sports. We kick things off with MLB’s Automated Ball Strike System (ABS) and the challenge mechanic behind it, then argue out the real question: is this tech protecting the game or slowly rewriting what baseball even feels like? From there we jump into tech current events, including Apple’s Neo MacBook buzz, supply chain pressure, and why “b...

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