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January 26, 2025TWiT 1016: Marc or Marx? - Copilot Launch Disaster, DeepSeek, Sir Paul vs. AI
The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster

Satya Nadella says he's 'good for $80 billion' after Elon Musk claims Stargate Project doesn't have the cash

How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI

Tesla brand value drops $15B in 2024

Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans

Mark Zuckerberg post re: Llama 4

Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X

Crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are collectibles, not securities

Trump's Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support

Paul McCartney calls on UK government to protect artists from AI | TechCrunch

Sony Japan ends production of recordable Blu-rays with 'no successor' planned

Startups are built on dreams. This one is just more literal about it.

When S.F. fought 'Pac-Man'

Interview with Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz

Bill Gates: Trump, Musk and how my neurodiversity made me

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ed Bott, Sam Abuelsamid, and Owen Thomas

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2 hr 53 min
January 19, 2025TWiT 1015: Smarter Than a House Cat - TikTok, Trumpcoin, Samsung Unpacked 2025
Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban

Trumpcoin

Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data

Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higher

Behind the Curtain — Coming soon: Ph.D.-level super-agents

4 surprise products we could see at Samsung Unpacked 2025

Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts

US Finalizes Rule Banning Smart Cars With Russian, Chinese Tech

Natrium 'advanced nuclear' power plant wins Wyoming permit - WyoFile

Cash App parent fined $175 million for 'woefully incomplete' response to fraud

FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Paris Martineau, and Molly White

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3 hr 4 min
January 12, 2025TWiT 1014: Just Say It's Capitalism - CES 2025, Meta News, Newag DRM
The panel discusses CES 2025

How Watch Duty's wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA

Worst in Show awards 2025

Aaron Swartz v Sam Altman

We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure

All the Meta stuff (fact checking, etc.)

Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors

The Government Wants to Protect Robux From Hackers

Twitch Streamers Come Home After Big-Money Contracts at Rivals Dried Up

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Cory Doctorow

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2 hr 59 min
January 05, 2025TWiT 1013: Calamari in Crisis - Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words
Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words
AI Needs So Much Power, It's Making Yours Worse

How many billions Big Tech spent on AI data centers in 2024

NASA Spacecraft 'Touches Sun' In Defining Moment For Humankind

Elon Musk Calls Out NASA's Moon Ambitions: 'We're Going Straight to Mars'

Elon Musk and the right's war on Wikipedia

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Pause Law Threatening TikTok Ban

US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in 'major incident'

Judge blocks parts of California bid to protect kids from social media

Finland probes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident

US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules

The Ghosts in the Machine (fake spotify artists)

Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners' Movements, From Homes To Brothels

Banished Words | Lake Superior State University 2025

Public Domain Day 2025

Happy Birthday, Bitcoin! The top cryptocurrency is old enough to drive

End of the lines? QR-style codes could replace barcodes 'within two years'

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Richard Campbell, Anthony Ha, and Stacey Higginbotham

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2 hr 36 min
December 29, 2024TWiT 1012: Our Best Of 2024 - The Best Moments From TWiT's 2024
TWiT wishes all listeners and viewers a Happy New Year and peaceful 2025!
Padre's CES 2024 haul

Cory Doctorow's infamous ensh*ttification term

Tesla teases a robotaxi

Last in-studio audience for TWiT

Padre on the AI priest

Google Search gets worse

Christina Warren's Rabbit R1

Snowflake and the AT&T breach

Crowdstrike's big outag

Last in-studio episode before moving out

Salt Hank shows off his new cookbook

TWiT's 1000th episode brings back old friends

The State of X/Twitter under Elon

Parenting with TWiT daddies

Tech billionaires affecting Trump's transition team

Host: Leo Laporte

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1 hr 49 min
December 22, 2024TWiT 1011: The Year in Review - A Look at the Top Stories of 2024
What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR

Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED

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.

Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1

Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip

Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming

Bluesky emerges

The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates

Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla

SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms

U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction

Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal

U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America

U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach

National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers

Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.

New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)

Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges

Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference

Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and TicketmasterThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending

Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon

OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever

Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million

Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event

Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban

So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas

Beeper's push for iMessage on Android is really over

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams

Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks

We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years

Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold

Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years

In Memoriam

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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3 hr 21 min
December 15, 2024TWiT 1010: The Densest State in the US - TikTok Ban, Drones Over Jersey, GM Quits Robotaxis
So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas

Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge

Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law

WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules

Crypto's Legacy Is Finally Clear

Tech Industry and CEOs Curry Favor With Trump Ahead of His Inauguration

AI Is Detecting More Breast Cancer Cases, Study Suggests

Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists

GM Calls It Quits on Mary Barra's $50 Billion Robotaxi Dream

You Can Buy a Car on Amazon Now

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis, Mike Elgan, and Emily Forlini

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2 hr 59 min
December 08, 2024TWiT 1009: Andy Giveth & Bill Taketh Away - Trump's Tech Titans, Crypto Boom, TikTok's US Ban, Intel CEO Exits
Leo Laporte, Harry McCracken, Christina Warren, and Lou Maresca discuss the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the incoming Trump administration, the future of TikTok in the U.S., advances in AI and its impact on everything from weather forecasting to web browsing, and much more.

• Elon Musk and other tech billionaires are playing a major role in shaping President-elect Trump's transition team. The panel debated what this could mean for issues like antitrust regulation of Big Tech.

• Trump has named entrepreneur and investor David Sacks as the White House AI and Crypto Czar. Sacks is an Elon Musk ally who has been critical of OpenAI.

• The Hak Tuah cryptocurrency project suffered a 90% price crash shortly after launch amid controversy, in what may have been a "rug pull" scam.

• Trump's pick to lead NASA, private astronaut Jared Isaacman, is expected to push the agency to partner more with SpaceX and the commercial space industry. But his close ties to Elon Musk could face political hurdles.

• TikTok's future remains murky as U.S courts uphold a potential ban. The crew discusses the free speech implications and the role of geopolitics. EU also probes TikTok over Russian election interference.

• Entrepreneur Frank McCourt's Project Liberty consortium is reportedly advancing a bid to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, positioning it as a "people's bid."

• The U.S. House is set to approve an additional $3 billion to fund the removal of Chinese telecom equipment like Huawei and ZTE from domestic networks.

• Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is departing after a challenging 3-year stint. The chip giant's future strategy is up in the air as it faces intensifying competition, but the chip company did outline breakthroughs at a conference in advanced transistors, packaging, and interconnects that could help it regain a manufacturing edge.

• OpenAI is running a "12 Days of OpenAI" promotion highlighting new AI models and services. The TWiT panel debated whether it's mainly a technical showcase or a monetization push.

• Google unveiled a weather forecasting AI model that it says outperforms the leading U.S. and European forecast systems, especially for predicting extreme events.

• ElevenLabs launched a beta product that allows users to create and edit entire AI-generated podcast episodes, sparking discussions about the impact on human podcast creators.

• With the rise of AI, could we see a new generation of AI-infused web browsers that better understand our behavior? A long blog post by tech guru Om Malik explored the possibilities.

• In the wake of China's "Salt Typhoon" hacks of telecom networks, the FCC is proposing new cybersecurity rules - but with a twist that would allow law enforcement backdoor access.

• In the latest twist in the CSAM scanning saga, Apple is being sued for abandoning the controversial child abuse image detection feature, after previously being pilloried for trying to implement it.

• A sleeker, more accurate definition of a "second" based on atomic clocks using Strontium instead of Cesium atoms could be coming by 2030, enabling new scientific breakthroughs.

• Just in time for Christmas, a pair of the iconic ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz sold at auction for a whopping $28 million, a new record for movie memorabilia.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harry McCracken, Christina Warren, and Louis Maresca

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2 hr 36 min
December 01, 2024TWiT 1008: Internet Legal - Australia's Social Media Ban for Kids, Smart Home Nightmare, Bluesky's Ascent
In this week's episode of This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte and guests Devindra Hardawar, Doc Rock, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy discuss a wide range of topics including Australia's ban on social media for under 16s, the latest in smart home technology and Matter protocol, CES 2024 expectations, Black Friday sales records, Elon Musk's legal battles, the FTC's efforts to protect consumers, and the growing threat of infrastructure sabotage. The panel also touches on the lifespan of smart devices, the ownership of social media accounts, and the growth of Bluesky.
Australia bans social media for everyone under 16, sparking a discussion on the challenges of age verification, the necessity of such measures, and the potential impact on children's social lives

Jennifer shares her thoughts on the progress and challenges of Matter protocol, the future of smart home technology, and the killer use cases like energy management that could drive broader adoption

Devindra looks forward to checking out the latest tech at CES 2024, while the panel discusses the impact of potential tariffs on consumer electronics prices

Black Friday online sales hit a record $74.4B, up 5% from last year, with over half of spending done on mobile devices and a surge in traffic to retail sites from AI chatbots

Elon Musk files for an injunction to halt OpenAI's transition to a for-profit, accusing the company of discouraging investors from backing rivals like his own xAI

Musk admits X is throttling links, effectively limiting people from reading news on the platform, which could impact content creators and marketers

The panel discusses the implications of X's objection to The Onion buying InfoWars, reminding users that they do not own their social media accounts or followers

As alternative social media platforms like Bluesky gain traction, the panel considers the challenges of managing multiple platforms and the potential for a more decentralized social media landscape

The FTC releases a report on the hidden lifespan of smart devices, highlighting the need for transparency and the potential security risks of unsupported devices

FTC changes its telemarketing rules to better protect consumers from growing 'tech support scam' calls

Supreme Court considers whether ISPs should be liable for users' piracy, with potential far-reaching consequences

Concerns rise over infrastructure sabotage as a Chinese ship's crew is suspected of deliberately dragging an anchor for 100 miles to cut Baltic cables

Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world to support its services and ensure data traffic flow

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Doc Rock, and Devindra Hardawar

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2 hr 48 min
November 24, 2024TWiT 1007: All the Hotdogs in the World - China's "Salt Typhoon" Hack, Google on the Chopping Block, Recall AI
In this episode of This Week in Tech, the panel tackles the "biggest hack in US history," the future of AI, and the role of government in tech. From the Chinese hack's implications to Microsoft's AI-powered Recall, the Supreme Court's tech-related cases, and the push for social media age verification, Leo Laporte, Patrick Beja, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm provide insightful analysis and lively discussion on the most pressing issues facing the industry today.
China's "Salt Typhoon" hack, dubbed the "worst hack in our nation's history," which compromised US telecommunications infrastructure and allowed surveillance of high-profile individuals

The panel debates the challenges of securing outdated infrastructure and the role of government in regulating tech companies

DOJ's push for Google to sell off Chrome to break its search monopoly, and the potential implications for competition and innovation

Alex Wilhelm's article "If you like startups, you should love anti-trust" and the importance of fostering competition in the tech industry

Microsoft's Windows 365 Link, a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud, and the potential for thin client computing

Microsoft's Recall AI feature, which records and indexes users' screen activity, raising security concerns but offering potential benefits for users

The Supreme Court's involvement in cases related to Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data breach and the fate of America's low-income broadband fund

The panel also discusses their personal experiences with parenting in the digital age and the challenges of balancing screen time, privacy, and education for children

Meta's push for Apple and Google to verify users' ages on social media platforms, and the challenges of implementing effective age verification while protecting user privacy

Amazon's talks with Instacart, Uber, Ticketmaster, and others to enhance its AI-powered Alexa assistant

Spirit Airlines filing for bankruptcy amidst financial losses and mounting debt payments

Alex laments the addition of ads to Amazon Prime Video and the panel debates the tradeoffs of bundled subscription services

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm

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