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September 08, 2024TWiT 996: The Quiet Office Crackdown - Starlink Backtracks, AI Royalty Heist
Starlink Backtracks, AI Royalty Heist
The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink

Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator

Elon Musk and the rise of supranational oligarchs

Telegram quietly updates website to allow abuse reports following founder's arrest

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending

FBI busts musician's elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist

PwC tells employees it will use location data to police "back-to-office" rule

Apple's planned chatbot should have no "personality"

The Electric Vehicle Future Is Coming. Just a Little More Slowly.

Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy

Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew

Host: Iain Thomson

Guests: Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini

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3 hr 5 min
September 01, 2024TWiT 995: The Story of Us - AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp
AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp
Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App

Telegram founder Pavel Durov transferred from police custody to court after arrest in France

Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk's X

Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'

End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell

Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke

Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know

Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of 'fraudulent' ads using his likeness through AI

China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips

'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Review: A Search for a Black Luminary

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock, Louis Maresca, and Wesley Faulkner

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3 hr 1 min
August 25, 2024TWiT 994: Time Moves On, but I Don't - Pavel Durov Arrested, Hacking Bikes, Apple Event Rumors
Pavel Durov Arrested, Hacking Bikes, Apple Event Rumors
Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France

Elon Musk to the Rescue

Tesla purging old blog posts claiming all cars have level 5 automated driving hardware

National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords – Krebs on Security

Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster -

Olympics talk

Black Myth: Wukong Makes Gaming History in Launch Day Frenzy

Bicycles Can Be Hacked Now

American Radio Relay League confirms $1 million ransom payment

When Is Apple Announcing the iPhone 16? Apple Planning Event on Sept. 10, 2024

Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Sam Abuelsamid, and Reed Albergotti

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2 hr 44 min
August 18, 2024TWiT 993: The Save Money Button - Pixel 9, Dell Layoffs, Apple Robotics
Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers

Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach

The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones

Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL: Satellite SOS, Android 14, $999 start price

Google Team Pixel "reviews" controversy

DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win - Bloomberg

Dell announces second massive set of layoffs to employees

The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here

News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it

Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You

Apple (AAPL) Pushes Ahead with Tabletop Home Device in Shift to Robotics

Pelosi Statement in Opposition to California Senate Bill 1047

NVIDIA, OpenAI face YouTube creator lawsuits for using online videos

xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes

AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink's mobile plan

Consumers spent $3.8B on mobile entertainment apps in Q1

Fox-Disney Sports Service Blocked by Judge in Win for Fubo

Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas Deleon, Dan Patterson, and Brian McCullough

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3 hr 2 min
August 11, 2024TWiT 992: Why Not Pudding? - Google's Monopoly, Net Neutrality, AI Phishing
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies after 2 years with lung cancer

Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers

Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?

Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney'

Brands should avoid this popular term. It's turning off customers

US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules

The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed The Senate—It's Our Last Chance To Stop It

Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana's age verification law aimed at porn websites

CNET to Be Sold to Ziff Davis in Sign of Possible Media Deals to Come

Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors

Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study

Microsoft's AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine

'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem

Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM

Scientists Say Secret to Fusion May Lie in Hellmann's Mayonnaise

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Shoshana Weissmann, and Andrew Chow

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2 hr 59 min
August 04, 2024TWiT 991: This Show Is Securities Fraud - Intel Layoffs, KOSA, Don Lemon
Existential thoughts about Apple services revenue.

Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors.

Intel plans to lay off 15% of workforce -- at least 15,000 people.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake in Apple by nearly 50%.

Amazon paid almost $1 billion for Twitch in 2014. It's still losing money.

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled.

Artist and musician sue SEC over its NFT regulatory jurisdiction.

Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act.

Ding dong KOSA's dead (for now).

A senate bill would radically improve voting machine security.

Jailed cybercriminals returned to Russia in historic prisoner swap.

US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules.

Posing as 'Alicia,' this man scammed hundreds online. He was also a victim.

Broadcasters fly in TikTokers and YouTubers to generate Olympic buzz.

Disney, Fox and Warner Sports streamer Venu to launch at $42.99/ Month.

Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal.

Meta talks With Judi Dench, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key for AI voice projects.

Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney.'

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Howell, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Snell

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2 hr 53 min
July 28, 2024TWiT 990: Dogecoin Fort Knox - AI Cheese, SearchGPT, "Free" Facebook
CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft's Antitrust Problems

Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference

An AI-built vegan cheese went viral. Here's what happened next

AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says

Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

Russia Throttles YouTube Access in Latest Attack on US Social Media (GOOGL)

Video game performers to strike over AI concerns

EU threatens to fine Meta for saying Facebook is "free"

OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine

X's new data-sharing experience will train Grok with your Twitter data by default — Here's how to disable it

Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Owen Thomas, and Parris Lilly

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2 hr 37 min
July 21, 2024TWiT 989: Executive Laundry Folding Disorder - Crowdstrike, Prime Day, Streaming the Olympics
Biden drops out of the race via tweet

"CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say

Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds

Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers

Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks

The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV

Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures

FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone

Hundreds more Californians get housing with Apple's help

Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity

Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize under Communications Workers of America

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Ashley Esqueda, and Anthony Ha

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2 hr 32 min
July 14, 2024TWiT 988: Flaming Corn Maze - AT&T Breach, Galaxy Z Fold6, Olympic Disinfo
Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays

FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children

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

EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue 'checkmark'

After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad

AI PCs: Qualcomm (QCOM), Microsoft (MSFT) Turn to AI to Revive PC Market

Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable

U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans

Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics

My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better

Is anyone concerned that Palmer Luckey's new compay Anduril (aka Aragorn's sword from LOTR) is making military products and has a mission statement straight out of Robocop?

Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos

FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Denise Howell, and Harry McCracken

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2 hr 29 min
July 07, 2024TWiT 987: Often Plagiarized, Never Equalled - Sapce Junk, Threads Hits 175M Users, AIndependence
Why Surgeon General's Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea

Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports

Microsoft MSFT Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack

Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web

Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click

Perplexity's grand theft AI

The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over

Zotac's Big Mistake | Consumer Warranty & Business Data Exposure

NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk

The White House will host a conference for social media creators

Meta's Threads hits 175 million users one year after launch

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

Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Paris Martineau, Allyn Malventano, and Larry Magid

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2 hr 30 min

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