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  • TWiT 900: The Pies Have It - Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok

    Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok

  • Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted.
  • -2000 Lines Of Code.
  • Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back.
  • What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter?
  • @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended.
  • It's hard out here for a billionaire.
  • League of Legends World Championship Finals.
  • Quiz show!
  • Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk.
  • Is Twitter good for brands?
  • Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week.
  • Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in'
  • Finally, is this the end for the fax machine?
  • Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok.
  • Github Universe.

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren

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      • 3 hr 8 min
    • TWiT 899: It's Only Fleas - Musk takes over Twitter, Apple's cash mountain, gambling ads, NVIDIA RTX 4090

      ​It's Only Fleas - Musk takes over Twitter, Apple's cash mountain, gambling ads, NVIDIA RTX 4090

    • Welcome to hell, Elon.
    • Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Paperback by Brent Schlender.
    • FeedLand is a place to share and discover feeds. We use Twitter to identify each user.
    • Apple was a bright spot.
    • Apple's cash mountain is back where it was in 2010.
    • iPhone now supports 86-year-old Dvorak keyboard layout natively, delighting Woz.
    • Apple halts gambling ads in App Store.
    • KGO replaced by 'rapid-fire sports smack' gambling station.
    • Mexico scraps daylight savings time except along border.
    • Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal Interviews Craig Federighi About Apple's Upcoming Child Safety Features.
    • Greg Joswiak confirms iPhone's future move to USB-C.
    • NVIDIA RTX 4090 review: Unholy power.
    • Startups Have a Sellout Problem. There's a Better Way.
    • Adobe to Acquire Figma.
    • Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter.
    • RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language.
    • OpenWallet Foundation.

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Doc Searls, Devindra Hardawar, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt

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        • 2 hr 48 min
      • TWiT 898: The Alphabetical Show - Twitter & Musk, new iPads, burning art for NFTs, AI chat with the dead

        Twitter & Musk to close buyout, Apple's new iPads, artist burns art for NFTs, AI chatbot for dead loved ones, and more.

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      • American Airlines is trying to stop a popular iPhone app Sequence Decoder that's become a 'must have' for its flight attendants.
      • Twitter and Elon Musk make progress on a buyout, and Musk plans to cut 75% of its workforce.
      • The dark side of a super app like WeChat in China.
      • Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source.
      • Jack Dorsey-founded Bluesky is building a protocol for decentralized social networks.
      • Damien Hirst is burning thousands of his paintings for an NFT project.
      • Adware clicker apps in Google Play have been downloaded over 20 million times.
      • Apple's macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 will be released on October 24.
      • Apple announced a new iPad and M2-powered iPad Pro, but the iPad lineup now seems like a mess.
      • Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K with an A15 Bionic chip and HDR10+ for $129.
      • More ads are coming to Apple's App Store starting next week.
      • Apple's head of hardware design Evans Hankey is leaving three years after the departure of Jony Ive.
      • NFL and Apple are at odds in Sunday Ticket negotiations.
      • Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots.
      • Hearing aids can now be sold over the counter in the US.
      • Kanye West is buying the 'free speech platform' Parler.
      • Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK antitrust watchdog CMA.
      • Are we ready for an AI chatbot that lets us speak to our dead loved ones?
      • Red Bull co-founder and Red Bull Formula One owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies at 78.

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Louise Matsakis, Harry McCracken, and Louis Maresca

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          • 2 hr 7 min
        • TWiT 897: Headphones For Your Eyes - Future of Microsoft Office, Legs in VR, NVIDIA RTX 4090, Project Starline

          Future of Microsoft Office, Legs in VR, NVIDIA RTX 4090, Project Starline

        • Peach Only SMA 11:04 Brianna Wu.
        • Meta Meets Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
        • Microsoft (MSFT) US Army HoloLens Goggles Gave Soldiers Nausea, Headaches.
        • Is this a technology that anybody really wants?
        • @warren_craddock: I've worked on a number of high-profile failures. They all had a fatal flaw. Everyone saw the flaw. But the culture that arose in these teams purposefully ignored the flaw.
        • Lenovo's new Glasses T1 are the coolest PC accessory I've seen that just makes sense.
        • Google's Project Starline is the real deal.
        • Meta's Virtual Reality Legs Video Was A Lie, Used Some Mocap.
        • Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere.
        • Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator.
        • Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI.
        • Synthetic Media Startup D-ID Launches Image-to-Video Platform.
        • NVIDIA RTX 4090 review: Unholy power.
        • American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Companies After U.S. Ban.
        • GiveDirectly: Send money to people living in poverty.
        • Vault by CNN shutdown results in "rug pull" accusations from NFT buyers.
        • Mac shipments shoot up a whopping 40%.
        • When Is Apple Launching the M2 iPad Pro and M2 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro?
        • Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show.
        • Elon Musk is now selling perfume that smells like burning hair.
        • Elon Musk tweets on Starlink: 'We'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free'.
        • Netflix Basic with Ads streaming launches in November.
        • Alex Jones Says Brianna Wu Defamed Him in a Tweet.

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Brianna Wu, Daniel Rubino, and Sam Abuelsamid

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            • 2 hr 53 min
          • TWiT 896: The Whole Internet Burrito - Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads

            Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads

          • Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899.
          • WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach.
          • Does Google have a chance against Samsung and Apple?
          • Google Pixel Watch Announced.
          • Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust.
          • Larry Page's electric air taxi startup is winding down.
          • Lufthansa Has NOT Banned AirTags (But If It Ever Does, Travelers Won't Comply)
          • Zelenskyy, Musk in Twitter showdown over Ukraine 'peace' plan.
          • The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th.
          • Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
          • How Twitter employees are reacting to today's Elon Musk news.
          • Chris Anderson on Twitter: "Amidst all the sneering, I'd like to offer a prediction for how the @elonmusk acquisition of Twitter will play out."
          • Bake Off contestant horrifies viewers with avocado peeling method during controversial Mexican Week episode.
          • Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline.
          • Yes, even Signal is doing stories now.
          • The Right Stuff dating app.
          • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
          • FCC Finally Gets Around To Cracking Down On Annoying Robotexts.
          • Google settles Arizona location data suit for $85 million.
          • Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps.
          • Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors.
          • Area Man Is Arrested for Parody. The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief.
          • Boston Dynamics pledges not to arm robots.
          • Israel sets up AI-controlled machine gun in occupied Hebron.
          • SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security.
          • $570 million worth of Binance's BNB token stolen in another major crypto hack.
          • Critical Akamai bug could have let hackers poison millions of major brands' websites.
          • Business Envy podcast.
          • White House turns to TikTok stars to take Biden's message to a younger audience.

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Huyen Tue Dao, Iain Thomson, and Ben Parr

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              • 3 hr 28 min
            • TWiT 895: Eastern Blocks - Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event

              Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event

            • Stadia is issuing refunds - How to get yours.
            • Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer.
            • Adobe can't Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab.
            • Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move.
            • Is Mark Zuckerberg Fighting at This Weekend's UFC Show?
            • Texts show roll call of tech figures tried to help Elon Musk in Twitter deal.
            • The True Genius of Tech Leaders.
            • "Buying Our Way In" was Palantir's (PLTR stock) Secret Plan to Get into the NHS.
            • Elon Musk unveils Optimus
            • Is general AI right around the corner?
            • Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
            • James Bridle's "Ways of Being"
            • In Delaware's Kathaleen McCormick, Elon Musk Finds A Judge Who Means Business.
            • Klobuchar, Cruz strike deal to advance journalism antitrust bill.
            • Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth.
            • The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed.
            • Amazon hardware event 2022.

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Cory Doctorow

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                • 2 hr 45 min
              • TWiT 894: Juking the Stats - Apple Watch Ultra, YouTube dislike button, Serial podcast, AI and Getty Images

                Apple Watch Ultra, YouTube dislike button, Serial podcast, AI and Getty Images

              • Leo talks about his new Apple Watch Ultra.
              • How Fitbit helped me lose 15 pounds.
              • YouTube's 'dislike' and 'not interested' buttons barely work, study finds.
              • Adobe's Aquisition of Figma is a Land Grab.
              • Slack's Canvas feature puts a document editor in your chat window.
              • TwistedWave, an Audio Editor.
              • Word Jazz by Fred Katz and Ken Nordine.
              • Ken Nordine - Levis Ad.
              • Adnan Syed, Subject of 'Serial,' Is Released From Prison.
              • California woman who faked her own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison.
              • The FDA may have unintentionally made 'Nyquil Chicken' go viral on TikTok.
              • Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges.
              • 'A.I. Should Exclude Living Artists From Its Database,' Says One Painter Whose Works Were Used to Fuel Image Generators.
              • The AI Unbundling.
              • OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system.
              • No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft.
              • Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine.
              • Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers.
              • How 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Finally, After 43 Years, Got Completed.
              • Enterprise Connect: Facing the Tough Issues on Hybrid Work: How Communications Technology Will Support New Ways of Working.

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Larry Magid, and Shelly Brisbin

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                  • 2 hr 42 min
                • TWiT 893: She's a Gorgy - Ethereum merge, GPU demand shifts, Adobe's Figma deal, GTA 6 hack

                  Ethereum merge, GPU demand shifts, Adobe's Figma deal, GTA 6 hack

                • Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake.
                • No One Is Profitable': GPU Mining Faces Dark Days After Ethereum Merge.
                • GeForce GPUs are 80% of EVGA's revenue—but it's cutting ties with Nvidia anyway.
                •  Farthest Frontier on Steam.
                • Nvidia is about to make a big announcement during a difficult time.
                • Some iPhone 14 Pro customers are getting their preorders delayed by Apple.
                • The iPhone 14 Index: How much of a yearly salary you need to spend to afford an iPhone 14 around the world.
                • Adobe (ADBE) Agrees to Buy Figma in $20 Billion Software Deal.
                • The career rise, fall, and return of Adam Neumann, the controversial WeWork cofounder who is back with another real-estate startup.
                • iPhone 14 is eSIM-only in the US.
                • We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.
                • Floppy Disks Are Still Used for 1,900 Government Procedures In Japan. They Must Go, Its Digital Minister Says.
                • Apple adds souped-up period and ovulation tracking to Apple Watch Series 8.
                • Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120.
                • Massive GTA 6 gameplay video leak depicts male and female playable characters.
                • Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.
                • Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation.
                • Why Do All These 20-Somethings Have Closed Captions Turned On?

                  • Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guests: Carolina Milanesi, Alex Wilhelm, and Mike Elgan

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                    • 3 hr 2 min
                  • TWiT 892: You're In Newton's Hands Now - Apple iPhone 14, Dynamic Island, Intel Optane, ETH merge, Atari 2600

                    Apple iPhone 14, Dynamic Island, Intel Optane, ETH merge, Atari 2600

                  • News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.
                  • The Steve Jobs Archive.
                  • The Church of Apple Is a Religion Because We Made It One.
                  • Tim Cook would rather have you buy an iPhone than use RCS.
                  • Underestimating Apple's bold moves.
                  • Why the Soviet Union wanted to nuke this hot dog stand.
                  • Apple picks Globalstar for emergency satellite service on iPhone 14.
                  • iPhone 14 is eSIM-only in the US: Here's what you need to know.
                  • iPhone 14 Pro: An in-depth look at how Dynamic Island works with apps, animations, more.
                  • The Apple Watch Ultra looks like the ultra-rugged smartwatch we've been waiting for.
                  • Passkeys in iOS 16.
                  • Google announces October 6 event for Pixel 7, Watch.
                  • Twitter Whistle-Blower Never Flagged Spam, Company Tells Judge.
                  • Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Requests a New Trial.
                  • US Treasury to Recommend Issuing Digital Dollar if in National Interest.
                  • Google Is Counting Down to Ethereum Merge with 'Easter Egg' on Search Engine.
                  • 3D XPoint™ Breakthrough Non-Volatile Memory - Intel.
                  • The Atari 2600 at 45: The Console That Brought Arcade Games Home.
                  • Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.
                  • Instagram fined $400 million over children's data.
                  • Looria analyzes Reddit posts and comments to find the most popular products.
                  • Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida.
                  • New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities.

                    • Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Allyn Malventano, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Rene Ritchie

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                      • 2 hr 57 min
                    • TWiT 891: Use a Rivian? That's Nuts - Apple event preview, USB 4, Stable Diffusion AI, fit CEOs
                    • Checking in on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
                    • Checking in on House of the Dragon.
                    • Sweeping Children's Online Safety Bill Is Passed in California.
                    • 'I turned my back on my film career to protect children online'.
                    • Kiwi Farms removed by Cloudflare.
                    • He used AI to win a fine-arts competition. Was it cheating?
                    • @negar_rz: Can't believe Stable Diffusion is out there for public use and that's considered as "ok"!!!
                    • Exploring 12 Million of the 2.3 Billion Images Used to Train Stable Diffusion's Image Generator.
                    • Illustrating Books from the Gutenberg Project.
                    • Trint AI transcription.
                    • Trint vs Otter.
                    • DALL·E: Introducing Outpainting.
                    • Yachts and Watches? The Real CEO Flex Is Washboard Abs.
                    • Apple's 'Pro' Products Will Steal Show at iPhone 14 Launch Event.
                    • Fitness bike usage down 23%.
                    • Take Control of Find My and AirTags by Glenn Fleishman.
                    • Proof Collective raises $50 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
                    • Hacker steals $185,000 in ethereum from Bill Murray after NFT charity auction.
                    • Crypto.com mistakenly paid a woman millions. She bought a mansion.
                    • Jessamyn West - @jessamyn
                    • USB 4 Version 2.0 Announced With 80 Gbps of Bandwidth.
                    • Take Control of Untangling Connections by Glenn Fleishman.
                    • T-Mobile and Verizon home internet is a new threat to cable.
                    • Doctor Uses His Rivian R1T To Perform Vasectomy During Power Outage.
                    • The Animal Translators.

                      • Host: Leo Laporte

                      Guests: Paris Martineau, Glenn Fleishman, and Dan Moren

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                        • 3 hr 1 min

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