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  • TWiT 830: Meat Us in Singapore - Amazon and the FTC, REvil ransomware, GitHub Copilot, Pokémon Go

    Amazon and the FTC, REvil ransomware, GitHub Copilot, Pokémon Go

    • FTC votes to expand antitrust enforcement powers
  • FTC charges computer chip supplier Broadcom with illegal monopolization
  • Amazon Wants FTC Chair Khan Recused Over Past Criticism
  • The Jeff Bezos Paradox
  • Amazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can He Keep What Jeff Bezos Built?
  • Amazon Revises Corporate Values Days Before Bezos Steps Down
  • REvil ransomware hits 200 companies in MSP supply-chain attack
  • Supermarket chain Coop closes 800 stores following Kaseya ransomware attack
  • Russian hackers are trying to brute-force hundreds of networks
  • Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users' Facebook passwords
  • Microsoft warns of Windows' PrintNightmare' vulnerability that's being actively exploited
  • Another 0-Day Looms for Many Western Digital Users
  • Judge blocks Florida law aimed at punishing social media
  • GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer
  • Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death is changing to black in Windows 11
  • Stars and Stripes - Soldiers watch the US withdrawal from Bagram Airfield through the lens of Pokemon Go
  • Amazon Plans' Rebel Alliance' With Slack, Dropbox to Fight Microsoft
  • Tim Berners-Lee sells web source code NFT for $5.4m
  • The Tim Berners-Lee NFT that sold for $5.4M might have an HTML error
  • Meat Grown in Israeli Bioreactors Is Coming to American Diners

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Brianna Wu and Amy Webb

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    2 hr 20 min
  • TWiT 829: You Don't Even Get a Beanie Baby! - Windows 11 unveiled, China bans Bitcoin mining, gig app for intel gathering

    Windows 11 unveiled - can your PC run it? China bans Bitcoin and other crypto mining, gig app for open-source intel gathering, and more.

    • Microsoft makes Windows 11 official, and it's coming this fall.
  • Microsoft will let devs keep every penny their Windows app makes — unless it's a game.
  • Fret not, you can sideload Android APKs directly onto Windows 11.
  • Will your PC run Windows 11? Even Microsoft can't say for sure.
  • Windows 11 will integrate Chat from Microsoft Teams in the Taskbar.
  • New GitHub app details precisely why your PC cannot upgrade to Windows 11.
  • DirectStorage on Windows 11: Next-gen gaming performance, with PC requirements.
  • "I'm totally screwed." WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted.
  • Tech giants, fearful of proposals to curb them, blitz Washington with lobbying.
  • This year's Prime Day broke sales records.
  • Apple says allowing sideloading on iPhone would expose users to serious privacy and security risks.
  • Google delays Chrome's cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years.
  • Sundar Pichai faces internal criticism at Google.
  • App taps unwitting users abroad to gather open-source intelligence.
  • John McAfee was not suicidal, says widow of antivirus software magnate.
  • Real estate mogul Frank McCourt has a $100 million plan to replace Facebook.
  • Court rules for high school cheerleader in First Amendment dispute over Snapchat profanity.
  • China to shut down over 90% of its Bitcoin mining capacity after local bans.
  • South African brothers vanish, and so does $3.6 billion in Bitcoin.
  • UK watchdog bans cryptocurrency exchange Binance.


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    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Ed Bott, Daniel Rubino, and Denise Howell

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      • 2 hr 27 min
    • TWiT 828: Space Space Space Space - Five Anti-Big Tech bills, Windows 11 leak, WWW as an NFT, Right to repair

      Five Anti-Big Tech bills, Windows 11 leak, WWW as an NFT, Right to repair

      • Read The Five Big Tech Bills Congress Just Introduced.
    • Lina Khan Named F.T.C. Chair by Biden.
    • Pros and Cons of Amazon's Sidewalk Network. Plus, How to Opt Out.
    • Will Apple Mail threaten the newsletter boom?
    • A top tech journalist shares the pitch deck he uses to sell ads on his Substack newsletter and podcast.
    • Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more.
    • We investigated whether digital contact tracing actually worked in the US.
    • New York Senate Passes Electronics Right-to-Repair Legislation.
    • FTC Comes Out in Favor of Right to Repair.
    • Drought-stricken communities push back against data centers.
    • Amazon confirms it removed RavPower, a popular phone battery and charger brand.
    • Amazon blames social media for struggle with fake reviews.
    • The web's source code is being auctioned as an NFT by inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
    • Bitcoin Taproot upgrade: what it means.
    • Consumer Reports: Prime Days best deals.

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Alex Kantrowitz, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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        • 2 hr 13 min
      • TWiT 827: Weather Balloons and Swamp Gas - WWDC highlights, Big Tech regulation, flying cars

        WWDC highlights, Big Tech regulation, flying cars

        • Apple Lists 'M1X MacBook Pro' in YouTube Tags for WWDC Keynote Video.
      • Rene picks privacy and extensibility as his favorite announcements during WWDC.
      • WWDC 2021: macOS Monterey further blurs lines between Mac, Catalyst, and iPad apps.
      • Jason picks Unified platform and Mac shortcuts as his favorite announcements during WWDC.
      • WWDC 2021: I love it when a platform comes together.
      • iOS 15 and macOS Monterey — Apple's walled garden just got even higher.
      • FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web.
      • Philip picks SharePlay API as his favorite announcement during WWDC.
      • Apple employees push back against returning to the office in an internal letter.
      • Leo picks Apple ID reform as his favorite announcement during WWDC.
      • Public reaction to Amazon Sidewalk.
      • Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight with auction winner.
      • House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to unwind tech monopolies.
      • Biden revokes Trump bans on TikTok and WeChat.
      • The hard truth about ransomware: we aren't prepared, it's a battle with new rules, and it hasn't near reached peak impact.
      • The U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers.
      • GameStop stock falls sharply amid 5M-share sales plan, SEC investigation.
      • Microsoft looks ready to launch Windows 11.
      • FBI and Australian police ran an encrypted chat platform to catch criminal gangs.
      • Apple says it didn't know Trump's DOJ was asking for Democrats' data.
      • Some Apple Suppliers in China Tell Ethnic Minorities: Don't Bother Applying For Jobs.
      • iPhone 13 release date, price, specs, and leaks.
      • Billionaire Larry Page's Kitty Hawk Is Making An All-In Bet On Robot Air Taxis. Its Program Head Is Out In Disagreement Over It.
      • What Is a Flying Car?
      • Facebook plans its first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor.
      • Twitter to add a newsletter 'subscribe' button to profiles for simple sign-ups.
      • Happy 42nd Anniversary to the Original Intel 8086 and the x86 Architecture.
      • El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing a law.
      • Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asks whether the Forest Service or the BLM can alter the orbit of the moon or the Earth in order to fight climate change.
      • Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest.

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Rene Ritchie, Jason Snell, and Philip Michaels

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          • 2 hr 30 min
        • TWiT 826: Zuckerberg's Lily White Shins - WWDC preview, hacking Tamagotchi, Nigeria suspends Twitter

          WWDC preview, hacking Tamagotchi, Nigeria suspends Twitter

          • El Salvador looks to become the world's first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
        • Hacking Group Anonymous Issue Veiled Threat to Elon Musk Over Crypto Market Trolling.
        • USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking data of those who read story on agents' shooting.
        • Amazon Prime Day is June 21 and June 22.
        • meh: A new deal every day at midnight.
        • Huawei launches its own operating system on smartphones in challenge to Google Android.
        • Twitter launches its first subscription service.
        • Tesla Failed to Oversee Elon Musk's Tweets, SEC Argued in Letters.
        • In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit.
        • Facebook reverses policy protecting politicians from engaging in harmful speech.
        • Trump blog page shuts down for good.
        • Nigeria suspends Twitter operations, says platform 'undermines its corporate existence'.
        • New iPad Pro: Amazing hardware in search of equally amazing software.
        • WWDC 2021 preview: iOS 15, macOS 12, Macs, and much more
        • Google Will Let You Opt Out of Being Tracked by Apps in Android 12.
        • How I Hacked My Tamagotchi, Cheated Death, and Became a God.
        • Google Pixel Buds A-Series Review: Price is Everything.
        • FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11.
        • U.S. says ransomware attack on meatpacker JBS likely from Russia; cattle slaughter resuming.
        • Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack: Hackers Used Compromised Password.
        • The Pentagon wants to use private rockets like SpaceX's Starship to deliver cargo around the world.

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Florence Ion, Roberto Baldwin, and Harry McCracken

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            • 2 hr 16 min
          • TWiT 825: Doin' Tweets - Rideshare surges, Ford F-150 Lightning, Amazon antitrust

            Rideshare surges, Ford F-150 Lightning, Amazon antitrust

            • Amazon to acquire MGM Studios for $8.5 billion
          • Uber and Lyft Surges: What to Know
          • McDonald's in Illinois Offering Free iPhones to New Recruits
          • Amazon Introduces Tiny 'ZenBooths' for Stressed-Out Warehouse Workers
          • Amazon sued by DC attorney general on antitrust grounds
          • Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors
          • Helium Networking
          • Paris's article: More State AGs Considering Antitrust Action Against Amazon
          • Google employees admit in a lawsuit that the company made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private
          • GCHQ's mass data interception violated the right to privacy, court rules
          • Florida's New Pro-Disney, Anti-Facebook, and Twitter Law
          • Twitter Confirms Plans for 'Twitter Blue' $2.99 Monthly Subscription Service
          • 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro Gets Ready For Work
          • Ford Targets Real (Not Cyber) Truck Users With Its Electric F-150 Lightning, Priced From $40,000
          • SolarWinds Hackers Launching New Attacks, Microsoft Warns
          • 'Charlie Bit My Finger' sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever
          • Feeling blue: drug dealer's 'love of stilton' leads to his arrest | Cheese | The Guardian
          • Apple Delaying Podcasts Subscriptions until June, Promises Improvements to the Podcasts App
          • Amazon ad revenue now twice as big as Snap, Twitter, Roku, and Pinterest combined

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Brian McCullough, Sam Abuelsamid, and Paris Martineau

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              • 2 hr 11 min
            • TWiT 824: Ask Shatner's Ghost - Google IO recap, Windows 10X gets dumped, Bitcoin collapse, Twitter verified

              Google IO recap, Windows 10X gets dumped, Bitcoin collapse, Twitter verified

              • LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology.
            • Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company.
            • DeepMind reportedly lost a yearslong bid to win more independence from Google.
            • Google's Project Starline Videoconference Tech Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram.
            • Android 12 preview: First Look at Google's Radical New Design.
            • Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too.
            • Chrome testing RSS-powered 'Follow' button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive.
            • 12 Google Workspace updates for better collaboration: Smart Canvas.
            • Google plans to build a commercial quantum computer by 2029.
            • An ex-Googler brings Silicon Valley thinking to Sacramento.
            • Bill Gates Left Microsoft Board Amid Probe Into Prior Relationship With Staffer.
            • Triangulation 428 - Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary'.
            • Microsoft hits Alt-F4 on Windows 10X: OS designed for dual-screen PCs axed.
            • Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022.
            • Microsoft Teams launches for friends and family with free all-day video calling.
            • Snap CEO Evan Spiegel: We're happy to pay Apple 30% — without Apple we wouldn't exist.
            • Tim Cook plays innocent in Epic v Apple's culminating testimony.
            • Apple's macOS is sub-par for security, Apple exec Craig Federighi tells Epic trial.
            • Apple Music announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio.
            • HomePod and HomePod mini to support Apple Music Lossless in a future software update.
            • Amazon Music Unlimited plans now include HD streaming at no extra cost.
            • Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force.
            • Blue Origin sets its price: $1.4m minimum for trip into space.
            • Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017.
            • Mike's article: How holograms, deepfakes, and AR are raising the dead.
            • Bitcoin plunges 30% to $30,000 at one point in wild session, recovers somewhat to $40,000.
            • Netflix Seeks Executive to Expand Game Efforts.

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Mike Elgan, Jason Howell, and Iain Thomson

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                • 2 hr 38 min
              • TWiT 823: My Sequel Injection - Colonial Pipeline ransom, Pixel 6 leaks, Biden's Venmo, Twitter Blue

                Colonial Pipeline ransom, Pixel 6 leaks, Biden's Venmo, Twitter Blue

                • Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom.
              • Elliptic Follows the Bitcoin Ransoms Paid by Colonial Pipeline and Other DarkSide Ransomware Victims.
              • Old photos fuel misinformation around gas shortages.
              • Apple robbed the mob's bank.
              • More about Apple's walled garden.
              • Amazon Sidewalk launches June 8 with support for Tile trackers.
              • Dan talks about his experience covering Qanon for CBS News.
              • What to expect from Google I/O 2021.
              • Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro leak reveals a totally new look and hardware.
              • Google Plans to Double AI Ethics Research Staff.
              • Apple parts ways with employee amid backlash.
              • As much as $365 billion wiped off the cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops car purchases with bitcoin.
              • Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin.
              • 'Twitter Blue' subscription service to include undo tweets feature and 'Collections,' priced at $2.99.
              • Bill Gates reportedly left Microsoft's board amid probe into relationship with staffer.
              • We Found Joe Biden's Secret Venmo. Here's Why That's A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Dan Patterson, and Owen JJ Stone

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                  • 2 hr 39 min
                • TWiT 822: Five Pounds of Mortadella - Facebook Oversight Board, Google vs. Roku, Epic vs. Apple, Musk on SNL

                  Facebook Oversight Board, Google vs. Roku, Epic vs. Apple, Musk on SNL

                  • SNL and Elon Musk: Dogecoin takes center stage.
                • What's wrong with Doge?
                • 'Tiger King' star Carole Baskin explains why she's releasing a 'purr-ency' crypto coin.
                • Oversight Board upholds former President Trump's suspension, finds Facebook failed to impose a proper penalty.
                • Twitter account sharing posts from Trump's new blog is already banned.
                • Fortnite made more than $9 billion in revenue in its first two years.
                • Apple's App Store Had 78% Margin in 2019, Epic Expert Says.
                • App Store review process has over 500 human experts; less than 1% of rejections are appealed.
                • Emails reveal 128 million iOS users were affected by 'XcodeGhost' malware.
                • 96% of US users opt-out of app tracking in iOS 14.5, analytics find.
                • Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned.
                • Google goes nuclear against Roku by adding YouTube TV to the main YouTube app.
                • Google Wants to Make Everyone Use Two Factor Authentication.
                • Introducing Tip Jar.
                • Twitter is buying Scroll, the subscription service that removes ads from news sites.
                • IBM Creates First 2nm Chip.
                • What a Crossword AI Reveals About Humans' Way With Words.
                • Digging in the dust of AOL and Yahoo's lost internet empires.
                • Biggest ISPs paid for 8.5 million fake FCC comments opposing net neutrality.
                • Study Finds No Link Between Time Teens' Spend On Tech Devices And Mental Health Problems.
                • Noah Bought $2,619 Worth of SpongeBob Popsicles.

                  • Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guests: Owen Thomas, Christina Warren, and Alex Wilhelm

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                    • 2 hr 30 min
                  • TWiT 821: Bring in the Privacy Pod - Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun

                    Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun

                    • 'A Perfect Positive Storm': Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech.
                  • EU Charges Apple With App Store Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case.
                  • Apple Signals Hot Streak to Continue as Sales, Profit Surge.
                  • Apple releases iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and watchOS 7.4, allowing Apple Watch owners to unlock with Face ID while wearing a mask.
                  • Apple AirTags could enable domestic abuse in terrifying ways.
                  • Bitcoin Industry Grapples With Age-Old Problem of Inheritance.
                  • Warren Buffett's Deputy Calls Bitcoin 'Disgusting' And Bad For Civilization.
                  • Lossless streaming option for Apple Music may launch within weeks.
                  • AirTags Are Scarily Good At Tracking Items And ... People. I know Because I Tried!
                  • Google Earnings Smash Sales Records as Digital Ad Market Booms.
                  • Apple commits $430 billion in US investments over five years.
                  • YouTube is a media juggernaut that could soon equal Netflix in revenue.
                  • Brianna Wu RE3 Speedrun 54m01sec.
                  • Google's Plan for the Future of Work: Privacy Robots and Balloon Walls.
                  • Roku removes YouTube TV from the channel store as dispute with Google escalates.
                  • Amazon's profit soars 220 percent as pandemic drives shopping online.
                  • Amazon's cloud division reports 32% revenue growth.
                  • Samsung's new Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are lightweight laptops with OLED screens.
                  • Twitter stock plunges on user miss and low guidance.
                  • What really happened at Basecamp.
                  • Basecamp Employees Are Leaving After CEO Bans Politics at Work.
                  • GM rolls out seamless EV charging across multiple networks.
                  • SpaceX Capsule Returns Four Astronauts Safely to Earth in Nighttime Splashdown.
                  • In a nod to Trump, Florida is set to ban 'deplatforming' by tech companies.
                  • Volkswagen investigated by SEC over 'Voltswagen' prank.
                  • After years as a meme, 'Disaster Girl' takes control of her image — with a hefty payoff.
                  • Facebook's Oculus, EA, and Respawn Win Game Industry's First Oscar for 'Colette' Documentary Short.
                  • Verizon tries to sell Yahoo and AOL after spending $9 billion on fallen giants.
                  • N.Y.P.D. Robot Dog's Run Is Cut Short After Fierce Backlash.
                  • Deepfake satellite imagery poses a not-so-distant threat, warn geographers.

                    • Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Brianna Wu, Nate Lanxon, and Tim Stevens

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                      • 2 hr 28 min

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