December 22, 2024

This Week in Tech 1011: The Year in Review

3 hours 20 minutes

What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR

Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED

Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows

PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1

Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip

Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming

Bluesky emerges

The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates

Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla

SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms

U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction

Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal

U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America

U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach

National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers

Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.

New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)

Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges

Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference

Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and TicketmasterThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending

Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon

OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever

Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million

Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event

Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban

So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas

Beeper's push for iMessage on Android is really over

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams

Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks

We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years

Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold

Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years

In Memoriam

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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