This Week in Tech (Video)

This Week in Tech (Video)

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  • TWiT 990: Dogecoin Fort Knox - AI Cheese, SearchGPT, "Free" Facebook
  • CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft's Antitrust Problems
  • Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
  • An AI-built vegan cheese went viral. Here's what happened next
  • AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says
  • Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers
  • Russia Throttles YouTube Access in Latest Attack on US Social Media (GOOGL)
  • Video game performers to strike over AI concerns
  • EU threatens to fine Meta for saying Facebook is "free"
  • OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
  • X's new data-sharing experience will train Grok with your Twitter data by default — Here's how to disable it
  • Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Jason Hiner, Owen Thomas, and Parris Lilly

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      • 2 hr 37 min
    • TWiT 989: Executive Laundry Folding Disorder - Crowdstrike, Prime Day, Streaming the Olympics
    • Biden drops out of the race via tweet
    • "CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
    • Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds
    • Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
    • Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks
    • The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV
    • Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures
    • FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone
    • Hundreds more Californians get housing with Apple's help
    • Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity
    • Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize under Communications Workers of America

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Ashley Esqueda, and Anthony Ha

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        • 2 hr 32 min
      • TWiT 988: Flaming Corn Maze - AT&T Breach, Galaxy Z Fold6, Olympic Disinfo
      • Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays
      • FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children
      • AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
      • EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue 'checkmark'
      • After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad
      • AI PCs: Qualcomm (QCOM), Microsoft (MSFT) Turn to AI to Revive PC Market
      • Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable
      • U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans
      • Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics
      • My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better
      • Is anyone concerned that Palmer Luckey's new compay Anduril (aka Aragorn's sword from LOTR) is making military products and has a mission statement straight out of Robocop?
      • Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos
      • FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Mike Elgan, Denise Howell, and Harry McCracken

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          • 2 hr 29 min
        • TWiT 987: Often Plagiarized, Never Equalled - Sapce Junk, Threads Hits 175M Users, AIndependence
        • Why Surgeon General's Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea
        • Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports
        • Microsoft MSFT Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack
        • Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
        • Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click
        • Perplexity's grand theft AI
        • The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
        • Zotac's Big Mistake | Consumer Warranty & Business Data Exposure
        • NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk
        • The White House will host a conference for social media creators
        • Meta's Threads hits 175 million users one year after launch
        • Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
        • Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Paris Martineau, Allyn Malventano, and Larry Magid

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            • 2 hr 30 min
          • TWiT 986: Our Dope GPS! - Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests

            Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests

          • Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations
          • What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
          • Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks
          • Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep
          • The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
          • Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says
          • EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior
          • Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
          • Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations
          • Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming
          • Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing
          • The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
          • Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All
          • Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Cathy Gellis, Ryan Shrout, and Doc Rock

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              • 2 hr 27 min
            • TWiT 985: TikTok With Wings - AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI

              AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI

            • Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
            • I just ordered the cheapest Surface Pro option - why I (probably) won't regret it
            • Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
            • The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf*ck
            • Surgeon General: Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
            • The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels
            • LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom calls for statewide action
            • EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control
            • US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions
            • Apple Won't Roll Out AI Tech In EU Market Over Regulatory Concerns
            • AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules
            • Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
            • What Game of Thrones did to the media
            • Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing
            • This Old House' Pays Tribute to Creator Russell Morash

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Amanda Silberling, Louise Matsakis, and Ed Bott

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                • 2 hr 45 min
              • TWiT 984: Fifty-three Clicks - Bot Farms in Ukraine, LA Public Health Dept. Phished

                Ukranian Bot Farms, LA Public Health Dept. Phished

              • MS Recall and Apple AI
              • Congress grills Microsoft boss Brad Smith after 'cascade' of security errors
              • Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack
              • Exclusive: MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft's AI laptops
              • Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law
              • Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
              • Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
              • Successful phishing attack at LA County Department of Public Health exposes PID of 200k + people
              • Bot Farm that attacked Ukrainian phones is shut down
              • Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
              • Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
              • Talking about Mark Zuckerberg
              • The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
              • T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
              • Games that the panel members are playing
              • Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Daniel Rubino, Devindra Hardawar, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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                  • 2 hr 47 min
                • TWiT 983: Digital Snackwells - NVIDIA's Thor, Adobe's TOS, Insta's Unskippable Ads
                • How to Kill a Smart Device: Spotify Car Thing Post Mortem
                • 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.
                • Windows won't take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in
                • NVIDIA Drive Thor with 2,000 TOPS to be implemented by Li Auto
                • Oral-B Sold a $230 Alexa Toothbrush—and Then Pulled the Plug
                • Adobe's new terms of service unacceptably gives them access to all of your projects, for free
                • Adobe has clarified controversial shrinkwrap license terms, but the damage may have already been done
                • Samsung sues Oura preemptively to block smart ring patent claims
                • I watched NVIDIA's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold
                • TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible
                • Intel CEO Takes Aim at NVIDIA in Fight for AI Chip Dominance
                • This is Lunar Lake — Intel's utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks
                • Instagram confirms test of 'unskippable' ads
                • Gurman's Epic Pre-WWDC Leak Report
                • New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

                  • Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guests: Louis Maresca, Stacey Higginbotham, and Brian McCullough

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                    • 2 hr 28 min
                  • TWiT 982: International Trash - Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee

                    Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee

                  • Spotify says it will refund Car Thing purchases
                  • VC Says "Chaos" Coming for Startups, Ads, and Online Business as Generative AI Eats Web
                  • Perplexity AI's new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages
                  • Who's having kids?
                  • The panel discusses Ticketmaster
                  • T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal; U.S. Cellular shares surge
                  • Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.
                  • Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack
                  • 'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?
                  • Inside the scramble to 'prebunk' election misinformation before it takes hold
                  • TikTok Pins Its Hopes on Trump to Avoid Ban
                  • How a Self-Published Book, 'The Shadow Work Journal,' Became a Best Seller
                  • Twitch streamers host a fundraiser for Palestinians.
                  • The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent
                  • Tribeca to Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created by OpenAI's Sora
                  • North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation
                  • Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified
                  • Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter

                    • Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Nicholas De Leon, and Emily Dreibelbis

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                      • 2 hr 31 min
                    • TWiT 981: Grab Your Rabbit - Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation

                      Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation

                    • OpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show
                    • China's latest answer to OpenAI is 'Chat Xi PT'
                    • Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in
                    • Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
                    • Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
                    • Rabbit Holed
                    • Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs
                    • A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision
                    • Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand
                    • Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet
                    • Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
                    • Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18
                    • Bitcoin pizza day
                    • C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89

                      • Host: Leo Laporte

                      Guests: Christina Warren, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm

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                        • 2 hr 59 min

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