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July 27, 2025TWiT 1042: Well Played Astronomer - The Stats Behind Google's AI Mode Search
OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August

Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation

UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation

Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok

Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out

FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report

Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial

Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day

A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups

People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online

Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories

AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban

FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger

Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal

Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Molly White, Janko Roettgers, and Jacob Ward

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July 20, 2025TWiT 1041: A $4 Bill - DOGE Kills Free Tax Tool
Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we're already our own surveillance state

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance

OpenAI LLM's gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition

Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation

The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears

Trump Signs Stablecoin Bill, Delivering Win for Crypto Industry

Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool

DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key

DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists

EU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade deal

Reddit begins age verification checks for UK users

Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats

EU to test age-check app under new child safety rules - 9to5Mac

Trump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunch

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal

YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims

This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It

I Tested the Galaxy Z Fold 7: It's Slim, Powerful and Surprisingly Practical

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Iain Thomson, and Devindra Hardawar

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July 13, 2025TWiT 1040: The $100,000 Stapler - Veo 3 and Deepfakes
A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin

Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google

Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK

House "crypto week" could change how Americans use, save money

Latest stablecoin bill addresses foreign issuers, national security safeguards

Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update

Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions

European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. Systems

Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

Belkin shutting down these Wemo smart home products in 2026

It's YouTube vs. Netflix as the Streaming Wars Come Down to 2

Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth

GameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishap

Professor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Amy Webb

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July 06, 2025TWiT 1039: Mmmm Ham Shack - YouTube Piracy on the Rise
SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to May

SCOTUS granting cert to Cox v. Sony

Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case

Kadrey v. Meta AI copyright case

Microsoft layoffs hit 9,000 employees in new wave of cuts

Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban

Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams

Everyone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's Starlink Adds $750 Congestion Charge

Mystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple's plans

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis and Nicholas De Leon

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2h 46min
June 29, 2025TWiT 1038: Wu Wei Meets Wu Tang - Microsoft Making Moves in Gaming
The panel discusses the current gaming environment

More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad

Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions

Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

Meta says it's winning the talent war with OpenAI

Android phones could soon warn you of "Stingrays" snooping on your communications

Tesla Ordered to Stop 'Deceptive Practices' on Cars' Self-Driving Capabilities in France or Face Thousands in Fines

Trump's 'big beautiful bill' could mean slower Wi-Fi for you

Future of States' AI Laws Hinges on Senate Rules for Tax Bill

The NO FAKES Act Has Changed – and It's So Much Worse

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dan Patterson, Patrick Beja, and Daniel Rubino

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2h 46min
June 22, 2025TWiT 1037: Teach Amanda Fish - AI Backlash
Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue

Why We Don't Talk About Job Destruction

Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Financial System

Iran restricts internet access to ward off Israeli cyberattacks

The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel

It's Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV

AI search finds publishers starved of referral traffic

Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training

For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans' top news source

Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time

The People Search Sites in the Suspected Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of Congress

40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet

Pavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI — and the fight for Telegram

WhatsApp's rollout of ads will change the app forever

Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Calacanis, Amanda Silberling, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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2h 53min
June 15, 2025TWiT 1036: Apple Reflux - Progress in Quantum Computing!
Opinionated Design: Early Reactions to Apple's Liquid Glass Design Language

Big Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death Blow

Apple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new era

Apple Targets Spring 2026 for Release of Delayed Siri AI Upgrade

Apple's de-chatbot-ification of AI is nearly complete

Google launches Android 16, rolling out now to Pixel

Google offers voluntary buyouts to US staff across several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organization

IBM aims to build the world's first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028

Blue Origin Delays Second New Glenn Launch

Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe

Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent

YouTube says its ecosystem created 490K jobs and added $55B to the US GDP in 2024

God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro

Army reserve tech executives meta palantir

Nintendo Switch 2 Is Fastest-Selling Game Console of All Time - Slashdot

An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories

Anker recalls 1.1 million power banks due to fire hazard risk

Local Malls Are Sitting Empty, and Becoming a Headache for Small Towns

Bald eagle live cam update: Babies are leaving nest. What's next?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Harry McCracken, and Jason Snell

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June 08, 2025TWiT 1035: The Droids Are in the Escape Pod - You Can't Copyright Eleanor
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74

Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere!

OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats

A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails

Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues

TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back

Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs

AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot

Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly

Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules

Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot

Ending USB-C® Port Confusion

Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores

Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot

Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All

California county accused of using drones to spy on residents

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid

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2h 30min
June 01, 2025TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting
YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA

Xbox co-founder J Allard is working on 'breakthrough' devices at Amazon

GitHub Users Angry at the Prospect of AI-Written Issues From Copilot

Using technology may sharpen aging brains, not harm them

We Bought a 'Peeing' Robot Attack Dog From Temu. It Was Even Weirder Than Expected

Humanoid Robots for $3000, Hugging Face

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louis Maresca, Doc Rock, and Iain Thomson

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May 25, 2025TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare
In this jam-packed episode celebrating Towel Day, the TWiT crew dives into Apple's terrible week with Trump's tariff threats, Google and Microsoft's latest AI advances, the death of CAPTCHAs, and some wild new tech including laser-powered smart homes and sock-picking robot vacuums.
Trump's Phone Tariff Ultimatum - President threatens 25% tariffs on iPhones and Samsung devices unless manufacturing moves to the US, putting Apple in an impossible position between economics and politics

The Sock-Stealing Robot Revolution - Jennifer tests a $2,600 Roborock vacuum with an arm that picks up socks and occasionally tries to grab cats

Microsoft's AI Science Breakthrough - Microsoft Build showcases agentic AI platform that helped create new coolant liquids by analyzing scientific journals and generating novel molecular compounds

Windows Goes Agentic - Microsoft announces MCP protocol integration into Windows, raising both excitement about AI capabilities and concerns about data security

Gaming Industry Consolidation - FTC finally drops its challenge to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition after three years of failed legal battles

Meta's Monopoly Defense Strategy - Company argues that Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were beneficial rather than anti-competitive, as antitrust trial concludes

Google's Hyper-Realistic AI Videos - Veo 3 generates convincing fake videos that blur the line between reality and AI creation, raising concerns about misinformation

Revenge Porn Legislation Concerns - New "Take It Down" Act passes with bipartisan support but raises censorship worries about its 48-hour removal requirements

Smart Glasses Make a Comeback - Google announces Android XR partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, signaling the return of consumer AR eyewear

The $6.5 Billion AI Hardware Gamble - OpenAI's record-breaking acquisition of Jony Ive's design firm sparks debate about whether AI needs dedicated hardware devices

Amazon's Smart Speaker Surveillance - Investigation reveals how much personal data Echo devices collect and store, highlighting the privacy costs of convenient AI assistants

The Death of CAPTCHAs - AI now solves visual puzzles better than humans, making traditional bot-detection methods obsolete and forcing a rethink of online security

America Abandons the Penny - The US will stop minting pennies due to production costs exceeding face value, ending a century-old currency tradition

Air Traffic Control Crisis Exposed - Newark Airport's radar failures reveal America's dangerously outdated aviation infrastructure held together by 1990s technology and hope

Fortnite's App Store Victory - Epic Games successfully returns to iOS after Apple quickly capitulates under legal pressure, ending years of bitter disputes

Brain-Computer Interface Competition - Valve's Gabe Newell announces Neuralink competitor, expanding the race to connect human brains directly to computers

Infrared Contact Lenses Enable Night Vision - Researchers develop contacts that let wearers see heat signatures even with eyes closed, promising superhuman vision capabilities

23andMe's Genetic Data Gold Rush - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals acquires the DNA testing company for $256 million, raising questions about genetic privacy and

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