This Week in Tech (Video)

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  • TWiT 1070: A Yacht for Your Yacht - Super Bowl LX Gets a Surge of AI Ads!

    Will Elon Musk really launch a million data centers into orbit, and why is McDonald's so worried about you using "McNuggets" as your password? This week's tech roundtable takes on wild new frontiers and everyday security headaches with insight and a bit of irreverence.

  • More schools are banning phones so students can focus. Ohio's results show it's not that simple
  • After Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for Children
  • EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine
  • Anthropic and OpenAI release dueling AI models on the same day in an escalating rivalry
  • Sam Altman says Anthropic's Super Bowl spot is 'dishonest' about ChatGPT ads, but he agrees it's funny
  • Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code
  • Alphabet reports Q4 2025 revenue of $113.8 billion
  • Amazon's blowout $200 billion AI spending plan stuns Wall Street
  • A New Gilded Age: Big Tech goes on a $600 billion AI spending splurge
  • Hidden Cameras in Chinese Hotels Are Livestreaming Guests To Thousands of Telegram Subscribers
  • AI-generated ads hit the Super Bowl
  • SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it
  • Russia suspected of intercepting EU satellites
  • Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors
  • New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer
  • Western Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter Designs
  • A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words
  • The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet's broken links problem
  • Project Hail Mary is getting its own LEGO set
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    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Larry Magid, Mike Elgan, and Louis Maresca

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      • 2 hr 29 min
    • TWiT 1069: In My Head I Have 3 Buckets - Moltbook Becomes a Surreal AI Agent Social Network

      What happens when AI bots get their own social network, Silicon Valley execs cozy up to power, and Apple takes a cut from creators? This week's panel calls out the bold, bizarre, and often problematic ways tech's biggest players are reshaping everything from AI assistants to your everyday privacy.

    • There's a social network for AI agents, and it's getting weird
    • Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now
    • Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
    • Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say
    • Salesforce signs $5.6B deal to inject agentic AI into the US Army
    • Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners
    • SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
    • Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday, the planets
    • Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline
    • Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon
    • Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines
    • What We Learned From Meta, Microsoft and Tesla
    • Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November
    • Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis
    • A rival smart glasses company is suing Meta over its Ray-Ban products
    • TikTok, YouTube, and Meta are headed to court for a landmark trial over social media addiction
    • The 'Social Media Addiction' Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself
    • TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection — here's what it means
    • A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
    • Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign
    • Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2,899 in the US
    • Groundhogs are bad at predicting weather, but they're valuable animal engineers\
    • Satellites encased in wood are in the works
    • Belkin reminds users that its Wemo smart home products are shutting down this week

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Gary Rivlin, Devindra Hardawar, and Victoria Song

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        • 2 hr 49 min
      • TWiT 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck - Is TikTok's New Privacy Policy Cause for Alarm?

        Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok's new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital fallout. Plus, how gambling platforms are changing the future of news and sports.

      • You can bet on how much snow will fall in New York City this weekend
      • Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech
      • China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
      • TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection -- here's what it means
      • Elon Musk's Grok A.I. Chatbot Made Millions of Sexualized Images, New Estimates Show
      • Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw - Forbes
      • House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16
      • Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
      • Route leak incident on January 22, 2026
      • 149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database
      • Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
      • Anthropic revises Claude's 'Constitution,' and hints at chatbot consciousness
      • The new Siri chatbot may run on Google servers, not Apple's
      • A Wikipedia Group Made a Guide to Detect AI Writing. Now a Plug-In Uses It to 'Humanize' Chatbots
      • GitHub - anthropics/original_performance_takehome: Anthropic's original performance take-home, now open for you to try!
      • Telly's "free" ad-based TVs make notable revenue—when they're actually delivered - Ars Technica
      • Toilet Maker Toto's Shares Get Unlikely Boost From AI Rush - Slashdot
      • Dr. Gladys West, whose mathematical models inspired GPS, dies at 95

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Alex Stamos, Doc Rock, and Patrick Beja

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          • 2 hr 53 min
        • TWiT 1067: Short Vertical Content - Is Claude the New King of AI Coding?

          Claude isn't just the hottest name in AI right now—it's quietly ushering in a wave of ultra-personalized, vibe-coded software that could transform how we build and use tech in 2026. Find out why coders and normies alike are obsessed and what's coming next.

        • Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files
        • Behind the Curtain: The AI future has arrived
        • Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World
        • Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
        • Elon Musk's Grok 'Undressing' Problem Isn't Fixed
        • I asked Grok's AI to undress me after X's new limits. It's still easy on the app.
        • Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes
        • Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails
        • Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
        • French Court Orders Popular VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Despite Opposition
        • Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia's New Social Media Ban
        • TikTok has quietly launched a new micro drama app called PineDrama as the category picks up steam in the US
        • Creator income inequality is rising as top influencers rake in big paydays from brands
        • Managers on alert for "launch fever" as pressure builds for NASA's Moon mission
        • Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts
        • Pentagon Device Linked To Havana Syndrome
        • Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it
        • Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers
        • 'Are You Dead?' is now the top paid App Store app in China
        • Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote
        • Cinemark will fill almost anything with popcorn this weekend—but there's a catch
        • Happy Birthday, Wikipedia: We need you now more than ever
        • Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026)

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Harper Reed and Abrar Al-Heeti

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            • 3 hr 15 min
          • TWiT 1066: A Supercomputer in Your Pocket - CES & the Next Leap for On-Device AI Power

            Is putting a camera in your toilet the future of health, or have tech companies lost the plot? This episode's panel digs into what's truly innovative versus what's just over the top, as industry leaders spar over privacy concerns and the real impact of AI in everyday devices.

          • We tried to get humanoid robots to do the laundry
          • Boston Dynamics unveils production-ready version of Atlas robot at CES 2026
          • Hair Drying Robot
          • Jensen Huang Says Nvidia's New Vera Rubin Chips Are in 'Full Production'
          • AMD's Ryzen AI 400 series includes the first Copilot+ desktop CPU — Team Red refreshes Zen 5 APUs and Strix Halo
          • Meta's EMG wristband is moving beyond its AR glasses
          • Lego's Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain
          • The Alexa Plus website is now available to everyone in early access
          • Throne, from the co-founder of Whoop, uses computer vision to study your poop
          • The Verge Awards at CES 2026
          • These are the smart home gadgets that impressed me at CES 2026

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, and Jason Hiner

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              • 3 hr 5 min
            • TWiT 1065: AI Action Park - DeepSeek's mHC Model Training Breakthrough!

              Happy New Year! NVIDIA just spent $20 billion to hollow out an AI company for its brains, while Meta and Google scramble to scoop up fresh talent before AI gets "too weird to manage." Who's winning, who's left behind, and what do these backroom deals mean for the future of artificial intelligence?

            • Andrej Karpathy admits programmers cannot keep pace with AI advances
            • Economic uncertainty in AI despite massive stock market influence
            • Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft drive AI productization for business and consumers
            • OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini battle for consumer AI dominance
            • Journalism struggles to keep up with AI realities and misinformation tools
            • Concerns mount over AI energy, water, and environmental impact narratives
            • Meta buys Manus, expands AI agent ambitions with Llama model
            • OpenAI posts high-stress "Head of Preparedness" job worth $555K+
            • Training breakthroughs: DeepSeek's mHC and comparisons to Action Park
            • U.S. lawmakers push broad, controversial internet censorship bills
            • Age verification and bans spark state laws, VPN workaround explosion
            • U.S. drone ban labeled protectionist as industry faces tech shortages
            • FCC security initiatives falter; Cyber Trust Mark program scrapped
            • Waymo robotaxis stall in blackouts, raising AV urban planning issues
            • School cellphone bans expose kids' struggle with analog clocks
            • MetroCard era ends in NYC as tap-to-pay takes over subway access
            • RAM, VRAM, and GPU prices soar as AI and gaming squeeze supply
            • CES preview: Samsung QD-OLED TV, Sony AFEELA car, gadget show hype
            • Remembering Stewart Cheifet and Computer Chronicles' legacy

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Dan Patterson and Joey de Villa

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                • 2 hr 48 min
              • TWiT 1064: TWiT Best 0f 2025 - 2025's Best Moments on TWiT
              • AI video generation
              • TWiT turns 20
              • Harper Reed on vibe-coding
              • Job loss and AI
              • Apple's iPhone 16 event
              • Amy Webb's crazy husband talks about his anonymous computer

                • Host: Leo Laporte

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                  • 1 hr 21 min
                • TWiT 1063: The Year's End - Top Stories of 2025

                  After a year tangled in political drama, AI hype, and regulation battles, the TWiT crew explains how many of tech's "biggest stories" simply fizzled into nothing or left us with new headaches by year's end.

                • Year-end tech trends: AI, politics, and security dominated 2025
                • Major stories faded fast: TikTok saga, political tech drama, DOGE scandal
                • TikTok's ownership battle—Oracle, Trump donors, and US-China tensions
                • China tech fears: banned drones, IoT vulnerabilities, secret radios in buses
                • Rising political pressure for internet privacy and media literacy reform
                • Surveillance and kill switch concerns in US grid and port infrastructure
                • Convenience vs. privacy: Americans trade data for discounts and ease
                • Age verification, surveillance, and flawed facial recognition across countries
                • Discord's ID leak highlights risks of rushed compliance with privacy laws
                • Social media's impact on kids pushes age-gating and verification laws
                • ISPs monetize customer data, VPNs pitched for personal privacy
                • Global government crackdowns: UK bans VPN advertising, mandates age checks
                • The illusion of absolute privacy: flawed age gates and persistent tracking
                • AI takes over: explosive growth, but profits elusive for big players
                • Arms race in LLMs: DeepSeek's breakthrough, OpenAI/Meta talent bidding war
                • Ad-driven models still rule; Amazon's playbook repeated in AI
                • Humanoid robots and AGI hype: skepticism vs. Silicon Valley optimism
                • AI-generated art, media, and the challenge of deepfake detection
                • Social platforms falter: Instagram and X swamped by fake or low-value content
                • Google's legal, regulatory, and technical woes: ad tech trial, Manifest V3 backlash
                • RAM price spikes and hardware shortages blamed on AI data center demand
                • YouTube overtakes mobile for podcast and video viewing, Oscars move online
                • The internet's growth: Cloudflare stats, X vs. Reddit, spam domain trends
                • Weird tech stories: hacked crosswalks, Nintendo Switch 2 Staplegate, LEGO theft ring
                • Sad farewell: Lamar Wilson's passing and mental health awareness in tech
                • Reflections on the year's turbulence and hopes for a better 2026

                  • Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guests: Mikah Sargent, Paris Martineau, and Steve Gibson

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                    • 3 hr 4 min
                  • TWiT 1062: The Architects of AI - Can Small Models Outrun the Data Center Boom?

                    Are we witnessing an AI-fueled gold rush or the early signs of an epic crash? Listen to these hard-hitting discussions on bubbles, breakthroughs, and the real impact behind Silicon Valley's AI obsession.

                  • Time Magazine's "Person of the Year": the Architects of AI
                  • The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to Be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
                  • 'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges
                  • Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal
                  • It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas
                  • Amazon Prime Video Pulls AI-Powered Recaps After Fallout Flub
                  • Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
                  • Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026
                  • Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
                  • The countdown to the world's first social media ban for children
                  • US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry
                  • Reddit making global changes to protect kids after social media ban - 9to5Mac
                  • There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
                  • Paramount CEO Made Trump a Secret Promise on CNN in Warner Bros. Convo
                  • Whatnot's Schlock Empire Shows Digital Live Shopping Can Thrive in America
                  • The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away
                  • Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
                  • Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect
                  • Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable - Slashdot
                  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps The Game Awards — analysis and full winners list
                  • Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program
                  • An ex-Twitter lawyer is trying to bring Twitter back

                    • Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Iain Thomson, Owen Thomas, and Jason Hiner

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                      • 3 hr 1 min
                    • TWiT 1061: Amy's Crazy Husband - Can One Build a Truly Anonymous Laptop?

                      What happens if your internet provider gets the blame for what you download? This week, the panel unpacks a billion-dollar copyright battle at the Supreme Court that could upend how we all use the web.

                    • Justice Alito Makes The Most Sense, Or This Week At The Supreme Court In The Cox-Sony Copyright Case
                    • First Porn, Now Skin Cream? 'Age Verification' Bills Are Out of
                    • These new FDA-approved glasses promise to slow nearsightedness in kids. Here's how they work
                    • Amazon Tests U.S. Ultrafast Delivery Offering
                    • What the heck is going on at Apple? | CNN Business
                    • Meta's Zuckerberg Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts
                    • Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless
                    • Instagram mandates total return to office for employees in 2026
                    • Is Netflix Trying to Buy Warner Bros. or Kill It? - Slashdot
                    • School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement
                    • RoboCop statue rises in Detroit: 'Big, beautiful, bronze piece of art'
                    • People who talk with their hands seem clearer, more persuasive - Fast Company
                    • (a petition to cancel Twitter's trademark for abandonment)

                      • Host: Leo Laporte

                      Guests: Amy Webb, Cathy Gellis, and Brian Woolf

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                        • 2 hr 55 min

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