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February 16, 2025TWiT 1019: Nickel for Your Thoughts - DOGE Hacked, IRS Supercomputer, Alexa Delayed
TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S.

Elon Musk's DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked

IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer

Elon's bid for OpenAI is about making the for-profit transition as painful as possible for Altman,

Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business

Broadcom Joins TSMC In Considering Deals For Parts of Intel

Arm to start making server CPUs in-house

Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 against legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence

Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap—what that means for the industry

YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as "Primary Device" for Viewing

Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'

Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral

Google CEO Sees 'Useful' Quantum Computers 5 to 10 Years Away

Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy's still screwed

Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event

Meta's Brain-to-Text AI

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Iain Thomson, and Brian McCullough

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February 09, 2025TWiT 1018: Self-Driving Government - Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales
UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data

Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals

Brits Want to Ban 'Smarter Than Human' AI

Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl 'Trades' Pit State Regulators Against Feds

Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad

"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed

Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling

Google starts testing new Search 'AI Mode' internally – Here's an early look at it

In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment

TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app

In Other SCOTUS First Amendment News, It Also Just Heard Oral Argument Over Yet Another Texas Law Censoring The Internet

Teen on Musk's DOGE Team Graduated from 'The Com'

CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears

Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency

German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X

Trump Ends Legal Challenge Over Twitter Ban After Jan. 6 Riot

Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time

Apple's Long-Awaited Overhaul of iPhone SE Nears Release

Former iOS engineer sued by Apple issues apology as lawsuit is dismissed

PS5 sales more than twice Xbox Series X/S reveals Take-Two by accident

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Cathy Gellis, and Lisa Schmeiser

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2h 50min
February 02, 2025TWiT 1017: Yellow-Bellied Marmots - Return of Pebble, O3-Mini, Apple AI
Takeaways From a Monumental Week for AI

Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the 'wrong side of history' concerning open source | TechCrunch

DeepSeek's AI success is overshadowed by a serious security breac

AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU | TechCrunch

OpenAI partners with U.S. National Laboratories on scientific research, nuclear weapons security

The NTSB chooses Elon Musk's X to update the press on plane crashes

OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest 'reasoning' model | TechCrunch

Rabbit R1 and Pebble

Apple's AI and AR Struggles Show It Has Lost Some of Its Product Edge

Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal

Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott

Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday

Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems

Elon Musk seizes computer system, locks out senior government officials

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates

Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection

23andMe might sell itself as it runs out of money

Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates

Super Bowl Sundays are really noisy everywhere in the US

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Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Christina Warren, and Dan Patterson

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3h 17min
January 26, 2025TWiT 1016: Marc or Marx? - Copilot Launch Disaster, DeepSeek, Sir Paul vs. AI
The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster

Satya Nadella says he's 'good for $80 billion' after Elon Musk claims Stargate Project doesn't have the cash

How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI

Tesla brand value drops $15B in 2024

Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans

Mark Zuckerberg post re: Llama 4

Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X

Crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are collectibles, not securities

Trump's Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support

Paul McCartney calls on UK government to protect artists from AI | TechCrunch

Sony Japan ends production of recordable Blu-rays with 'no successor' planned

Startups are built on dreams. This one is just more literal about it.

When S.F. fought 'Pac-Man'

Interview with Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz

Bill Gates: Trump, Musk and how my neurodiversity made me

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ed Bott, Sam Abuelsamid, and Owen Thomas

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January 19, 2025TWiT 1015: Smarter Than a House Cat - TikTok, Trumpcoin, Samsung Unpacked 2025
Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban

Trumpcoin

Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data

Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higher

Behind the Curtain — Coming soon: Ph.D.-level super-agents

4 surprise products we could see at Samsung Unpacked 2025

Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts

US Finalizes Rule Banning Smart Cars With Russian, Chinese Tech

Natrium 'advanced nuclear' power plant wins Wyoming permit - WyoFile

Cash App parent fined $175 million for 'woefully incomplete' response to fraud

FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Paris Martineau, and Molly White

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January 12, 2025TWiT 1014: Just Say It's Capitalism - CES 2025, Meta News, Newag DRM
The panel discusses CES 2025

How Watch Duty's wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA

Worst in Show awards 2025

Aaron Swartz v Sam Altman

We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure

All the Meta stuff (fact checking, etc.)

Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors

The Government Wants to Protect Robux From Hackers

Twitch Streamers Come Home After Big-Money Contracts at Rivals Dried Up

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Cory Doctorow

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2h 59min
January 05, 2025TWiT 1013: Calamari in Crisis - Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words
Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words
AI Needs So Much Power, It's Making Yours Worse

How many billions Big Tech spent on AI data centers in 2024

NASA Spacecraft 'Touches Sun' In Defining Moment For Humankind

Elon Musk Calls Out NASA's Moon Ambitions: 'We're Going Straight to Mars'

Elon Musk and the right's war on Wikipedia

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Pause Law Threatening TikTok Ban

US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'

Judge blocks parts of California bid to protect kids from social media

Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident

US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules

The Ghosts in the Machine (fake spotify artists)

Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners' Movements, From Homes To Brothels

Banished Words | Lake Superior State University 2025

Public Domain Day 2025

Happy Birthday, Bitcoin! The top cryptocurrency is old enough to drive

End of the lines? QR-style codes could replace barcodes 'within two years'

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Richard Campbell, Anthony Ha, and Stacey Higginbotham

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December 29, 2024TWiT 1012: Our Best Of 2024 - The Best Moments From TWiT's 2024
TWiT wishes all listeners and viewers a Happy New Year and peaceful 2025!
Padre's CES 2024 haul

Cory Doctorow's infamous ensh*ttification term

Tesla teases a robotaxi

Last in-studio audience for TWiT

Padre on the AI priest

Google Search gets worse

Christina Warren's Rabbit R1

Snowflake and the AT&T breach

Crowdstrike's big outag

Last in-studio episode before moving out

Salt Hank shows off his new cookbook

TWiT's 1000th episode brings back old friends

The State of X/Twitter under Elon

Parenting with TWiT daddies

Tech billionaires affecting Trump's transition team

Host: Leo Laporte

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1h 49min
December 22, 2024TWiT 1011: The Year in Review - A Look at the Top Stories of 2024
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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3h 21min
December 15, 2024TWiT 1010: The Densest State in the US - TikTok Ban, Drones Over Jersey, GM Quits Robotaxis
So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas

Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge

Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law

WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules

Crypto's Legacy Is Finally Clear

Tech Industry and CEOs Curry Favor With Trump Ahead of His Inauguration

AI Is Detecting More Breast Cancer Cases, Study Suggests

Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists

GM Calls It Quits on Mary Barra's $50 Billion Robotaxi Dream

You Can Buy a Car on Amazon Now

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis, Mike Elgan, and Emily Forlini

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