This Week in Tech (Video)

This Week in Tech (Video)

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This Week in Tech (Video) episodes

  • TWiT 970: Where Does Jazz Come From? - TikTok Ban, Creepy AI, Practical Fusion

    TikTok Ban, Creepy AI, Practical Fusion

  • Why Trump now opposes banning TikTok
  • Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
  • OpenAI announces new members to the board of directors
  • OpenAI Responds to Elon Musk's Lawsuit
  • Palantir wins US Army contract for battlefield AI
  • Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
  • AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
  • The Panel discusses Bluesky and general social media
  • FDA Clears First Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor
  • Microsoft says Russian hackers stole source code after spying on its executives
  • Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
  • MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
  • "Disgraceful": Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Roberto Baldwin, Mike Masnick, and Louise Matsakis

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      • 2 hr 25 min
    • TWiT 969: Chasing Shadows in the Digital Abyss - Doomed Apple Car, Chinese EVs, MWC Roundup
    • Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
    • Frame glasses
    • Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat
    • Why Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit Leans on A.I. Research From Microsoft
    • Elon Musk Asks Satya Nadella for Tech Support: 'I Don't Mean to be a Pest'
    • Yahoo lays off the leaders of Engadget
    • South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit
    • TikTok Begins Removing Universal Music Publishing Songs
    • Progressive Web Apps in the EU will work fine in iOS 17.4
    • Push alerts are the latest technique the FBI uses to track criminal suspects
    • Peering through Lenovo's transparent laptop into a sci-fi future
    • Best of MWC 2024: AI, Wearables, and Bending Phone Concepts That Amaze
    • Republican US senator wants to hike tariffs on Chinese vehicles
    • Robert "Bob" G. Heil - Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville, Illinois

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Anthony Ha and Sam Abuelsamid

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        • 2 hr 50 min
      • TWiT 968: Don't Tell the Moon - NVIDIA Dominates, Gemini Taken Down
      • How Exactly NVIDIA Is Pulling This Off
      • Google takes down Gemini AI image generator. Here's what you need to know
      • AT&T restores service after hours of outage
      • AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage
      • Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown
      • Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
      • Walmart isn't buying Vizio for its hardware. It wants the TV maker's ad business
      • Wyze sent camera thumbnails from 13,000 systems to other users
      • Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT
      • KeyTrap' DNS Bug Threatens Widespread Internet Outages
      • Microsoft fixes Edge browser bug that was stealing Chrome tabs and data
      • SpaceX May Be Withholding Satellite Internet in Taiwan, Congressman Contends
      • FTC cracks down on H&R Block for deleting tax data when users want to downgrade
      • 3rd Time's a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years.

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Janko Roettgers, Mike Elgan, and Alex Kantrowitz

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          • 2 hr 30 min
        • TWiT 967: I'll Be Your Shabbos Goy - KOSA, French Public Scrolling Ban
        • Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro
        • Apple to be fined over $500 million under EU antitrust law
        • Fighting the smartphone 'invasion': the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public
        • 2 Twitter books are coming out
        • Bluesky opens up to the public
        • The Reply Guy Constitution
        • Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate
        • Leak of Russian 'Threat' Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
        • Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results
        • Amazon Argues National Labor Relations Board Is Unconstitutional
        • Apple iMessage, Microsoft Bing Dodge EU's Big Tech Crackdown
        • FCC commissioner wants to investigate Apple over Beeper Mini shutdown
        • Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand
        • Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Amanda Silberling, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Shoshana Weissmann

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            • 2 hr 28 min
          • TWiT 966: He's Got a Huge Corpus - Bluesky Goes Public, Zuck's AI plans

            Bluesky Goes Public, Zuck's AI plans

          • The panel discusses the Apple Vision Pro
          • Transcribe Glass
          • X rival Bluesky launches to public with option to pick your algorithm
          • Tech layoff tracker - layoffs.fyi
          • A general discussion on AI
          • Zuckerberg's Plan for AI Hinges on Your Facebook and Instagram Data
          • The panel looks back at the proto-internet
          • Reddit Doesn't Have to Share IP-Addresses of Piracy Commenters, Court Rules
          • David Kahn, Leading Historian of Codes and Code Breaking, Dies at 93
          • The passing of John Walker, programmer and co-founder of AutoDesk

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Cathy Gellis, Harry McCracken, and Nicholas De Leon

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              • 2 hr 22 min
            • TWiT 965: Baby's First Layoff - Apple Vision Pro, Google Retires Cache links
            • The panel gives their thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro
            • Online safety hearing gets skeptical response from kids, advocates
            • Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake 'chief financial officer'
            • Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs
            • There Are 14 Billion Videos on YouTube
            • Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip
            • Google Search officially retires cache link
            • The panel discusses the recent spat of tech industry layoffs
            • Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks
            • Amazon Content Spending 2023 Rose 14% to $18.9B for TV, Film and Music

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Georgia Dow, Lisa Schmeiser, and Wesley Faulkner

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                • 2 hr 9 min
              • TWiT 964: No One Talks to the Faucet Anymore - AI Investing Trends, Taylor Swift Deepfakes

                AI Investing Trends, Taylor Swift Deepfakes

              • 160-180k Apple Vision Pros sold
              • Ben Parr's 110+ Page Slide report I came out with on AI investing trends + predictions in 2023/2024
              • George Carlin AI Lawsuit: Estate Sues Creators Over Comedy Special
              • Nightshade, the tool that 'poisons' data, gives artists a fighting chance against AI
              • Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
              • Taylor Swift explicit AI finally blocked on X after days
              • Tim Sweeney on Europe's new Digital Markets Act
              • iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find
              • N.S.A. Buys Americans' Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says
              • Pokemon-like game has gone viral, 5m+ downloads in a week, lots of questions on copyright
              • Beeper's push for iMessage on Android is really over
              • Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Stacey Higginbotham, Ben Parr, and Allyn Malventano

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                  • 2 hr 36 min
                • TWiT 963: Low-Key Clippy - Verizon Fees, AI Translations, Microsoft Hack

                  Verizon Fees, AI Translations, Microsoft Hack

                • The panel talks about the Apple Vision pro
                • The Apple Google Duopoly
                • Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement
                • Javier Milei Special Address WITH AI
                • Sam Altman says ChatGPT will evolve in "uncomfortable" ways
                • Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs
                • Origins and definition of "Ensh*ttification"
                • Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely
                • The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams
                • Microsoft 'senior leadership' emails accessed by Russian SolarWinds hackers
                • Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
                • Among Linguists, the Word of the Year Is More of a Vibe

                  • Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guests: Cory Doctorow, Iain Thomson, and Alex Lindsay

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                    • 2 hr 48 min
                  • TWiT 962: CES Recap - Padre's CES Haul, Google Layoffs, AI Battery

                    Padre's CES Haul, Google Layoffs, AI Battery

                  • The panel discusses what they saw at CES
                  • Padre shows off some toys from CES
                  • Volkswagen says it's putting ChatGPT in its cars for 'enriching conversations'
                  • Mercedes-Benz's best-in-class voice assistant is getting an AI boost
                  • AI-Generated 'George Carlin' Comedy Blasted by Comedian's Daughter
                  • SAG-AFTRA strikes deal for AI voice acting licensing in video games at CES 2024
                  • Google Is Laying Off Hundreds of Workers in Its Voice Assistant, AR Teams
                  • Microsoft's new battery is a test of AI-infused scientific discovery

                    • Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, David Pierce, and Daniel Rubino

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                      • 2 hr 46 min
                    • TWiT 961: A Nation of Nerds - CES Preview, NYT vs. OpenAI
                    • CES preview
                    • The NY Times Lawsuit Against OpenAI
                    • A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.
                    • Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
                    • Microsoft's keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership
                    • A physical keyboard for your iPhone
                    • RIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth

                      • Host: Leo Laporte

                      Guests: Amy Webb, Christina Warren, and Devindra Hardawar

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                        • 2 hr 30 min

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