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January 17, 2021TWiT 806: Make Hella Happen - CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy S21, Section 230, escaping big tech, Clubhouse
CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy S21, Section 230, escaping big tech, Clubhouse
Misinformation has slowed now that Trump is off Twitter.
Denise describes the effects of Section 230 on big tech.
Is it possible for someone to escape big tech if they want to?
Germany and France don't agree with Trump's deplatforming.
Is CES 2021 the model for trade shows going forward?
IoT at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S21 series smartphone.
Galaxy S21 will not support MST payments.
Samsung Galaxy SmartTag with UWB support.
Justine and David spot the biggest trends from CES 2021.
GM announced BrightDrop for commercial electric vehicles.
Google's acquisition of Fitbit is complete.
Apple might soon charge for certain podcasts.
Justine introduces Leo to Clubhouse.
Are TikTok's new age limitations good for users?
Differences between Huawei and Xiaomi in the eyes of the US.
Intel CEO Bob Swan is out, Pat Gelsinger is in.
Walmart's e-commerce chief's city of the future.
Bill Gates and all of his collection of farmland.
From petabytes to hellabytes.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Justine Ezarik, Denise Howell, and David Ruddock
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2 hr 7 min
January 10, 2021TWiT 805: Come Together Like Voltron - Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba
Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba
Social networks begin to ban President Trump.
Should a few giant enterprises decide which speech is heard?
China is nationalizing Jack Ma's Alibaba.
Signal sees an uptick in light of the WhatsApp controversy.
Stripe stops payment processing for the Trump campaign.
Happy birthday to Wikipedia.
Happy 13th anniversary of the iPhone unveiling.
Hyundai announces it's in talks with Apple.
Facebook's smart glasses are coming "sooner than later."
Ajit Pai announced he would not move forward with Section 230.
Will Section 230 see less of a threat in the Biden era?
SolarWinds hired Chris Krebs, Trump's former cybersecurity chief.
The Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies bureau is set.
Bitcoin and Tesla's performance is a win for day-traders.
Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany dies at 94.
Roku acquires Quibi assets for less than $100M.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Amy Webb, and Dan Gillmor
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2 hr 32 min
January 03, 2021TWiT 804: The Bento Box Satellite - CES 2021 preview, streaming video in 2020, goodbye FarmVille
CES 2021 preview, streaming video in 2020, goodbye FarmVille
A preview of the virtual CES 2021 event.
LG to unveil bendable OLED and 8K QNED.
2020 was an amazing year for streaming services.
Comparing the roaring 20's to the next decade.
Brexit deal calls out some interesting tech inclusions.
Amazon's purchase of Wondery and its podcasts.
Are some shows better binged and others better waited for?
Adobe Flash and FarmVille both said goodbye for good.
Analyzing the "Facebook Menace."
Tesla delivered on its two-year-old promise.
Quad Father makes sense of the new FAA drone rule.
Bitcoin reaches record heights and it's all speculative.
Japan created wooden satellites to cut down on space junk.
A radio signal hints at extraterrestrial life.
Ticketmaster to pay out $10 million for hacking its competitor.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Dwight Silverman, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Iain Thomson
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2 hr 9 min
December 27, 2020TWiT 803: Best of 2020 - The best TWiT highlights of the year!
Leo Laporte takes us through the past year in tech. 2020 highlights include:
CES 2020 roundup.
Location privacy.
iPad ten years later.
The power of Deepfakes.
Zoom usage explodes.
Elon Musk's child X AE A-12.
Apple silicon.
Big tech goes to Washington.
Bytedance faces a US ban.
Fortnite kicked from mobile app stores.
The chickenization of America.
Black Lives Matter, live blogging.

Host: Leo Laporte
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2 hr 16 min
December 20, 2020TWiT 802: The Year in Review - OG TWiTs discuss the year's biggest stories and trends
SolarWinds, COVID-19, Zoom, Big Tech, Social Media, Elon Musk, 5G, Amazon
SolarWinds, the biggest case of cyber-espionage yet.
COVID-19 and the dramatic effect of it on the tech industry.
How effective has Contact Tracing been?
The brilliance of mRNA for the vaccine.
Will WFH be permanent going forward?
The "real" threat of TikTok.
Facebook's attack on Apple.
The benefactors of COVID-19.
The many times big tech went to Washington.
How Section 230 could change the Internet.
5G and the promises that haven't been fulfilled.
How Intel lost ground to ARM.
The many products released during 2020.
A summary of predictions for 2021.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jeff Jarvis, Paul Thurrott, and Steve Gibson
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2 hr 44 min
December 13, 2020TWiT 801: I Can't Believe It's Not Minecraft - AirPods Max, Cyberpunk 2077, US Treasury hack, Halo Band
Airpods Max, Cyberpunk 2077, US Treasury hack, Halo Band
Hackers stole data from the US Treasury.
FireEye was hacked by nation-state actors.
Patriot Act used to gather website visitor logs.
Facebook sued by the FTC on antitrust charges.
High profile Facebook employees call out leadership.
Apple unveils AirPods Max and they aren't cheap.
Apple v. Google in 10 honest graphics.
Apple is working on its own Cellular chip.
Cyberpunk 2077 is just what Stadia needed to prove itself.
What are the best games for the pandemic?
Amazon's Halo Band is a privacy nightmare.
Sundar Pichai gives a non-apology to Timnit Gebru.
Leo's thoughts on the Galaxy Fold2.
Disney unloads its huge plan for Disney+.
HBO Max and the threat to movie theaters.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ashley Esqueda, David Pogue, and Rich DeMuro
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3 hr 10 min
December 06, 2020TWiT 800: It's Coming from Leo2 - Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru
Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru
Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b.
Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy.
The Apple M1 chip is fast!
Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims.
Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out.
Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple.
AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google.
Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases.
COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook.
Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP.
Warner Media's vision of HBO Max.
Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat.
resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230.
TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department.
China's claim of Quantum Supremacy.
Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse.
Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt
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2 hr 53 min
November 29, 2020TWiT 799: Don't Tweet the Fleet - Comcast data cap, Black Friday, Tony Hsieh, Sherwin-Williams TikTok
Comcast data cap, Black Friday, Tony Hsieh, Sherwin-Williams TikTok
The origins of Cyberpunk 2077.
Editing video with the Apple M1 chip is a piece of cake.
Apple head of security indicted on bribery charges.
Kuo says new Macbooks with Apple silicone coming second half of 2021.
Foxconn continues to grow its production outside of the US.
Amazon hiring is through the roof, but at what cost?
Comcast is introducing a data cap of 1.2TB for many of its customers.
This was the biggest online Black Friday ever.
A college TikTok star gets fired from Sherwin-Williams for his popular paint-mixing videos.
Owen JJ Stone is not a fan of the Fleets.
Mike Elgan and Owen JJ Stone take differing sides in the Google Photos brouhaha.
How would US teens react if TikTok was actually banned in the US?
Actor who played Darth Vader has died at 85.
Tony Hsieh, co-founder of Zappos, passed away at 46 on Thanksgiving.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Owen JJ Stone and Mike Elgan
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2 hr 46 min
November 22, 2020TWiT 798: The Lighthouse Keeper and His Robot Butler - Tech hearings, streaming Windows, RCS encryption
Tech hearings, streaming Windows, RCS encryption
TikTok pokes the lion about why it hasn't been shut down yet.
Why do the tech Senate hearings continue without any YouTube presence?
L'Oréal's virtual makeup filters now support Instagram, Snapchat, and Google Duo.
A website that allows you to scream into the vast wilderness in Iceland.
Does Section 230 need to be changed or is it nearly perfect already?
Apple's M1 chip and the folly of buying first-generation Apple products.
Comparing Apple's consumer-based services approach to Microsoft's cloud based services approach.
RCS encryption is testing and it's been a long time coming.
Does Apple lock users into its own Messaging default?
The prevalence of Discord among younger users.
Flash animations are now easily accessible on the Internet Archive.
Windows celebrates its 35th birthday.
How Microsoft's focus on Windows has shifted in recent years.
Someone figured out how to boot a PC from a vinyl record.
Google Pay is relaunched to focus on personal finance analysis and banking.
An Arecibo Observatory is on its last legs.
Marissa Mayer's Sunshine app represents her love of product.
A drywall-installing robot by Canvas comes out of stealth.
How gift buying for the holidays has changed this year.
Lory shows off her iPhone mini in light of her recent review.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Lory Gil, and Lindsey Turrentine
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2 hr 33 min
November 15, 2020TWiT 797: There's Blubber All Over the Highway - Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok
Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok
Apple releases three new Macs based on the M1 chip. Should you buy them?
Why the fact that MacBooks have a 720p camera doesn't matter
Why Apple put the M1 chip in their low-end Macs first
How Rosetta 2 works
Is Apple really faster than 98% of PC laptops?
These people should still buy an Intel-based Mac
How Apple Silicon Macs are changing the entire PC industry
What's inside Apple's M1 chip and why it's there
Is Apple's new M1 chips' integrated GPU a problem?
Will Apple Silicon kill Adobe?
How Apple Silicon will change the AR world
This is the HomePod Mini
Wait a minute... Apple checks your apps and IP every time you launch a program???
What's new in macOS Big Sur
iJustine: Xbox Series X Fridge Unboxing
Google Photos unlimited storage is no longer free
SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch
Google is spying on your Android phone
Eric Schmitt becomes a citizen of Cyprus
YouTube Rewind is canceled this year
EU opens antitrust investigation on Amazon
Alibaba's Singles Day makes $115b total over 12 days
TikTok survives: US government gives them 2 more weeks
The first internet video Karsten ever saw: the exploding whale

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Rene Ritchie, Alex Lindsay, and Doc Rock
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2 hr 21 min

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