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  • This Week in Tech 1048: Tiny Steering Wheel

    Google walks away from another monopoly ruling with barely a scratch, while tech giants gather at the White House to praise a president who holds their futures in the balance. Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.

  • Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling
  • Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business
  • Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine
  • iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event
  • Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years
  • Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims
  • Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books
  • Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden
  • Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says
  • Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky
  • Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables
  • Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years
  • Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app
  • First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice
  • NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble
  • Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise
  • Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million
  • Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Alex Wilhelm and Harry McCracken

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      • 2 hr 48 min
    • Tech News Weekly 403: Google Dodges Chrome Sale

      Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent this week for Tech News Weekly! Apple plans to build its own AI search engine to rival OpenAI. OpenAI is working on improving its models to help users in mental distress. Apple's September event is right around the corner. And the judge in the antitrust case against Google ruled this week!

    • Abrar talks about Apple's plans to create a search engine that seeks to rival OpenAI's search engine as the company continues its aggressive expansion into AI.
    • (Content Warning) OpenAI previews its plan to improve its AI models to help users in mental or emotional distress. This follows a recent lawsuit that was brought against the company following a teen's suicide.
    • Dan Moren of Six Colors stops by to lay the foundation for what Apple could announce at its upcoming event on September 9th.
    • And Leah Nylen of Bloomberg joins the show to share an update on the Google Antitrust case that the judge ruled on!

      • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

      Guests: Dan Moren and Leah Nylen

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        • 1 hr 5 min
      • Intelligent Machines 835: Glitch Lord

        Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation.

      • Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions
      • OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power
      • Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates
      • OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives
      • Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism"
      • How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers
      • China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked
      • Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI
      • GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue
      • Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed
      • Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code

      • AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same

      • Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts

      • Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly
      • "Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact

      • Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama
      • Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training

      • DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools

      • Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film
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        Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

        Co-Host: Harper Reed

        Guest: Karen Hao

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          • 2 hr 45 min
        • Windows Weekly 948: Netflix Tears

          Paul Thurrott is in Berlin this week for IFA 2025! With AI models multiplying across devices and Microsoft plotting a post-OpenAI future, Paul and Richard debate whether Copilot and local AI finally hint at what's next for your PC. Paul also reacts to the surprising Google antitrust ruling, questioning whether judges are truly willing to rein in Big Tech or just maintain the status quo. Has the battle for online competition already been lost?

          Windows 11

        • Four new builds issued in the Insider Program at the same time (rare)
        • Dev and Beta: New Microsoft 365 text actions in Click to Do, Braille Viewer, more Share changes
        • Canary: Nothing to see here, move along
        • The Mobile Plans app you never used in Windows 11 is going away
        • Windows Backup for Organizations is here
        • Dolby Vision 2 is on the way
        • Dell hits record revenues, but not because of PCs - PC revenues $12.5 billion, up 1 percent
        • HP revenues up 3.1 percent and it is because of PCs - PC revenues $9.9 billion, up 6 percent
        • Reminder that Lenovo is curiously dominant in this market - PC revenues $13.5 billion, up 18 percent

          • Antitrust

        • Google unexpectedly given a pass on egregious antitrust violations
        • "We don't do these things because they are hard"

          • Ensh*ttification

        • Amazon begins restricting the ability to share Prime free shipping within a household
        • This, from the company that makes you pay to remove ads from a video service you're already paying for
        • YouTube is changing what it means to be in household

          • This week from the misinformation files

        • Microsoft denied that it had anything to do with SSD fails
        • Google denies that it warned 2.8 billion Gmail users about anything
        • If it happened online, it must be real

          • AI

        • Microsoft AI releases its first-ever in-house models and one is quite mysterious
        • Copilot is coming to make your smart TVs dumber
        • Anthropic will now train Claude on user data unless you opt out
        • NVIDIA is still doing pretty well financially
        • The Pixel 10 series phones are all about AI
        • Camera Coach
        • It's fascinating to reexamine the initial Pixel launch for its forward-leaning looks at AI, computational photography, and more

          • Xbox and games

        • Xbox August Update brings a few interesting new features
        • Activision inks deal to make a Call of Duty movie
        • Hollow Knight: Silksong and more are coming to Game Pass in first half of September

          • Tips & picks

        • Tip of the week
        • App pick of the week: Vivaldi
        • RunAs Radio this week: Episode 1000!
        • Brown liquor pick of the week: Canadian Club 1858 Original

          • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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            • 2 hr 58 min
          • Security Now 1041: Covering All the Bases

            When even the Department of Defense can't properly vet its software dependencies, what chance do the rest of us have? Steve Gibson reveals how "fast-glob" became a case study in supply chain blindness, explores whether AI can ever truly be controlled after Meta's celebrity chatbot disaster, and celebrates BYTE Magazine's 50th anniversary with a look at how far we've come (and how vulnerable we still are).

          • A look back at issue #1 of BYTE magazine exactly 50 years ago
          • The enforcement of the SHAKEN & STIR Telecom protocols
          • Breaking: Judge rules against forced Google divestitures in monopoly case
          • The inherent danger of consolidating authentication
          • Can AI be controlled?
          • Vivaldi says a big "no" to AI-enhanced web browsers
          • How WhatsApp figured into Apple's recent 0-day attacks
          • Leveraging AI as an attack aid
          • The latest TransUnion data breach
          • Two scummy websites sue the UK over age requirements
          • OpenSSH reminds its users to adopt post-quantum crypto
          • The DOD uses open source maintained by a Russian national
          • Much great feedback from our terrific listeners
          • Sci-Fi news from "The Frontiers Saga" Ryk Brown

            • Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1041-notes.pdf

            Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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              • 3 hr 4 min
            • MacBreak Weekly 988: Clothes by the Pound

              The MacBreak Weekly panel is patiently waiting for Apple's September event! A story about stolen luggage at LAX being recovered thanks to an Apple AirTag diverges into a spirited discussion on clothing and luggage. And Apple could be prepared to drop its largest case redesign for the iPhone 17, including a spiritual successor to the FineWoven material.

            • Apple plans AirPods feature that can live-translate conversations.
            • Upgrade 579: The 2025 September Event Draft.
            • Stolen luggage at LAX recovered thanks to Apple AirTag.
            • Apple taking half of TSMC's 2nm chip capacity when production hits full speed.
            • France's unnecessary iPhone 12 RF patch is spreading across Europe.
            • Apple may be readying the largest case redesign yet for iPhone 17.
            • New 'Vision Air': Here's how much lighter and less expensive it might be.
            • You can try Apple's lightning-fast video captioning model right from your browser.
            • Apple just released a new AI chatbot to help retail employees sell iPhones.
            • Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time.
            • Adafruit Fruit Jam – An RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh - CNX Software.
            • Zoom wins broadcast Emmy.

              • Picks of the Week

            • Leo's Pick: Vintage Apple
            • Jason's Picks: The Nomad Leather Mag Wallet with Find My & Sport Band for Apple Watch
            • Andy's Pick: Blitzortung
            • Alex's Pick: OWC Thunderblade X12

              • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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                • 2 hr 15 min
              • This Week in Tech 1047: Nerd Harder!

                Cloudflare's latest moves to police who can access the internet and governments' push for age verification set off alarms for the future of the open web, as panelists debate the hidden costs of centralization and regulation.

              • Microsoft fires four workers for on-site protests over company's ties to Israel
              • Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 water
              • Nvidia says two mystery customers accounted for 39% of Q2 revenue
              • FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American
              • Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification law
              • UK's Online Safety Act censors the internet — a preview of US proposal
              • Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen user
              • Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its service
              • UK's demand for Apple backdoor may have been broader than previously though
              • Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
              • SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight in stunning comeback
              • FCC rejects calls for cable-like fees on broadband providers
              • The web does not need gatekeepers
              • Intel warns a US equity stake could trigger "adverse reactions"
              • US firms are racing through a $1 trillion buyback spree in record time
              • Microsoft reveals two in-house AI models
              • Authors celebrate "historic" settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
              • A rule exempting small packages from tariffs is ending today
              • Framework is working on a giant haptic touchpad, Trackpoint nub, and eGPU for its laptops
              • Germany fines economist Thomas Vierhaus €16,100 for sarcastic X posts
              • Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers' identities
              • South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Cory Doctorow, and Louis Maresca

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                  • 2 hr 55 min
                • Tech News Weekly 402: Pixel's "Magic Cue" Shows AI's Real Future

                  Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly this week! OpenAI is being sued following a teen's suicide, which was blamed on ChatGPT. Detecting and countering the misuse of AI. A review of the Pixel 10 Pro. And Meta has poured $10 billion into rural Louisiana to build an ambitious data center.

                • (Content Warning) Emily talks about a lawsuit that was brought to OpenAI following a teen's suicide after using ChatGPT.
                • Mikah discusses Anthropic's recent threat intelligence report, which examines how bad actors are finding ways to misuse the company's AI models.
                • Allison Johnson of The Verge chats with Mikah about her review of the Pixel 10 Pro phone and how the new feature, Magic Cue, impressed Allison at times.
                • And finally, MIkah shares how Meta has invested $10 billion into a rural part of Louisiana to build a large data center to fuel the company's AI ambitions.

                  • (If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 or chat online at chat.988lifeline.org. If you are located outside the United States, please visit findahelpline.com to find a helpline in your country.)

                  Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini

                  Guest: Allison Johnson

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                    • 1 hr 9 min
                  • Intelligent Machines 834: Gewgaw
                  • Interview with M.G. Siegler.
                  • Google improves Gemini AI image editing with "Nano Banana" model.
                  • THIS is why large language models can understand the world.
                  • Building a16z's personal AI workstation with four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Max-Q GPUs.
                  • Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5.
                  • Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year.
                  • We must build AI for people; not to be a person.
                  • AI "deadbots" are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization.
                  • AI robots are helping South Korea's seniors feel less alone.
                  • College student's "time travel" AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history.
                  • Forget Uber Eats—Chipotle's latest delivery option might shock you.
                  • There are two types of dishwasher people.
                  • Would you go on a tour of your local Amazon warehouse?
                  • Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content.
                  • Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated "freelancer".
                  • The South Slope Derby.
                  • Checking in on the Internet Roadtrip.
                  • TikTok.

                    • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

                    Guest: M.G. Siegler

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                      • 2 hr 42 min
                    • Windows Weekly 947: Hallucinated Clown Shoes

                      Protesters take over Microsoft's Building 34, objecting to the company's technology being allegedly used by Israel. Is it more than simply cybersecurity usage, and how is Microsoft handling employee activism? In other news, Gemini suddenly vaults to the front of AI image editing capability, and the OG Gears of War has been remastered at least twice (but now it's cross-platform).

                      Windows 11

                    • Resume from your (Android) phone in testing in Dev and Beta channels
                    • Copilot app gets semantic search and new home page across all Insider channels
                    • 25H2 feature focus: Administrator Protection probably works but it's more disruptive than even UAC was
                    • Windows 11 gets a nice Bluetooth quality update
                    • Parallels Desktop 26 for Mac is out, but it's a minor update for individuals

                      • Microsoft 365

                    • Microsoft to fix one of the biggest issues with Word
                    • Reminder: OneNote for Windows 10 hits EOL in October

                      • AI

                    • Apple's AI floundering continues as it considers a Perplexity or Mistral acquisition
                    • And tests a Gemini AI model for Siri in-house
                    • Perplexity offers a $5 per month Comet Plus subscription that pays content makers
                    • Anthropic sort of brings Claude extension to Chrome
                    • NotebookLM audio and video overviews are now available in over 80 languages
                    • And AI Mode is now available in Search in over 180 countries
                    • Norton's AI web browser gets off to a rough start
                    • Proton Lumo gets a big update
                    • Rant: The real problem with the Windows 2030 talk, and why everyone (on both sides) is wrong about AI

                      • Dev

                    • Microsoft lets Visual Studio devs tune-down GitHub Copilot, finally
                    • Microsoft makes some progress with improving Windows App SDK, supposedly

                      • Xbox and gaming

                    • Xbox Cloud Gaming expands to Xbox Game Pass Core Standard, adds PC games for the first time
                    • Steam and other stores come to Xbox app on PC
                    • Activision says it will reverse some of the stupidity it introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
                    • Nintendo invented the 30 percent fee that's still common today in digital app/game stores, but when it did so, the fee actually made sense... and it still does today, but only for the videogame industry

                      • Tips & Picks

                    • Tip of the week: Edit images with Gemini
                    • Tip of the week: Subscribe to Chris's new newsletter, The Windows ReadMe
                    • App pick of the week: Gears of War
                    • App pick of the week: NVIDIA Broadcast app

                      • Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

                      Guest: Chris Hoffman

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                        • 2 hr 49 min

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