This Week in Tech (Video)

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This Week in Tech (Video) episodes

August 30, 2020TWiT 786: The Chickenization of America - Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation
Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation
Remembering Chadwick Boseman
Elon Musk demonstrates Neurallink: trepanning a Pig
What is Palantir doing?
Apple vs Epic: how anti-competitive is Apple, and what should the government do about this?
TikTok This Week: Walmart Enters the Fray; why TikTok is Dangerous
Amazon announces Halo, a subscription fitness wearable and platform that can tell when you are angry
Cory Doctorow on Shoshanna Zuboff: how to destroy Surveillance Capitalism and the Chickenization of America
The effects of monopolism: why your glasses cost $700 and wages have dropped over the past 50 years.
How legislation defends monopolies, and how lobbyists have destroyed democracy
How to fix Facebook: more choices in Social Media
Cyberwar with China: the TikTok era
How conspiracy theories work
The difficulties of teaching and learning via Zoom
Chatterbox: one of the best ways to learn in the COVID Age
Life in the COVID age: it could be a lot worse
OhDoctah on Black Lives Matter, and his personal experiences with racist Police

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Owen JJ Stone, Cory Doctorow, and Mike Elgan
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2 hr 36 min
August 23, 2020TWiT 785: Vote Before the Asteroid Hits - Apple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod
Apple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod
Apple vs WordPress
Apple vs Epic
2020 is the end of the techlash
Zuckerberg is the unelected king of the world
Trump tries to ban TikTok
Facebook funnels people toward misinformation
Microsoft Duo review: this is the foldable to get
The Democratic National Convention is the best Zoom meeting ever
How do you hold your phone? What kind of earbuds do you use?
Phishing is so 2019. Vishing is the new threat hotness.
Microsoft lets two 0-day exploits stay active for two years
The secret government iPod that may have been a Geiger counter or a spy device
Adobe update deletes all your photos
Viacom wants to sell CNET at a 1.5 billion dollar loss
California's AB5 law against freelancers is a bad solution to a big problem.
The best ways to find out about air quality online
Vote early! An asteroid is coming to kill all the politicians the day before the election.

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Larry Magid, and Ben Brock Johnson
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2 hr 29 min
August 16, 2020TWiT 784: Karsten Has Pictures - Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China
Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China
Fortnite removed from App Store and Google Play
Apple also kicks Microsoft xCloud off the App Store
At what point does a company become too big? Should we punish billionaires for being successful? Is there any solution?
Google demonetizes TechDirt for dangerous or derogatory content- WTF?
Uber and Lyft may leave California due to the gig worker law. What's a freelancer to do?
The Surface Duo is the perfect extension of Microsoft's ethos
Amazon Echo frames are an easy on-ramp to augmented reality - when will we get Apple Glass?
Is conflict with China inevitable?
What the Trump vs TikTok discussion ignores - ByteDance is an AI company, not a social media company.
Is Facebook responsible for conspiracy theories? History says no.
Is TikTok letting China into our bedrooms, or are they already there?
Trump says he might pardon Edward Snowden. Is Snowden a patriot, or a Russian pawn?
White House will boost AI and quantum computing research budget by 30%. Good R&D, or cronyism?
RIP Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb, Mike Masnick, and Iain Thomson
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2 hr 40 min
August 09, 2020TWiT 783: The Galaxy Jaffle - Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap
Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap
Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 20, Z Fold 2, Watch 3, Buds Live, and more
DEFCON / Black Hat 2020: What if they held a security conference and nobody came?
Snapdragon flaw makes half of all Android phones hackable
We learned to hack any satellite at Black Hat 2020. Here's how!
Tencent taught us how to hack printers at Black Hat
Smart light bulbs are mini servers that anyone can hack
Jackpotting ATMS, reverse engineering a Tesla battery, and more
Bitcoin hacks take over YouTube
Phil Schiller replaced by Greg Joswiak at Apple
Why Tim Cook is the best CEO Apple has ever had
The final Intel iMac is the best computer Apple has ever made
Garmin paid $10 million to pay off their ransomware hackers
Tik Tok is the best new artform of the generation
What is China doing with Tik Tok to manipulate us?
Trump declares a national emergency, banning Bytedance as of September 15th - Tik Tok, WeChat, and Tencent all affected
Who will buy Tik Tok? Microsoft and Twitter are in the running; who else?
How will China repay us for banning ByteDance?
US offers $10 million bounties for hackers trying to affect US elections
Intel hacked - but that's the least of their worries.
Google has been "accidentally" listening to everything you say and will use that in their ADT merger
Google lost money for the first time ever this quarter
YouTubers turning to subscriptions for revenue
What year did you start watching more things online than on TV?
Rene Ritchie thinks you should read Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
How Lexy Savvides got her start
RIP Frances Allen, one of IBM's greatest programmers of all time
Black Girls Code wants more women of color to join the tech industry
Taking Boston Dynamic's Spot robot for a walk in San Francisco
Want an Analogue Pocket? Here's how to get one!
Flying cars are finally legal to drive, but only in one US state

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Rene Ritchie, and Lexy Savvides
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2 hr 41 min
August 02, 2020TWiT 782: Mainframes Not MaryJane - Tik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested
Tik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested
Trump threatens to ban Tik Tok
Trump wants Microsoft to buy Tik Tok
Mr. Cook, Zuck, Bezos, and Pichai go to Washington
What should the government do to Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple?
Twitter hackers arrested
Our Covid year: CES will be all-virtual in 2021
Huawei is the #1 phone maker in the world
Need a job? The US Digital Service is hiring!
Microsoft will end mobile support for Cortana in 2010
Election Cyber Surge wants to help America vote
Trump is witholding funds from the Internet Freedom Fund
Watch the Samsung Note 20 and Galaxy Z Fold announcement this week with TWiT!
Emmys will be all-virtual this year
Quibi lost 92% of its day one subscribers
Bernie Sanders wants to send you 3 masks
Analogue Pocket comes out tomorrow
Brianna Wu is the 8th best Super Mario 2 speedrunner in the world
Fyre Festival and GSA Auctions

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brianna Wu, Paris Martineau, and Matt Cutts
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2 hr 28 min
July 26, 2020TWiT 781: Slightly Firmer Denim Soft Serve - Xbox Game Pass, TikTok vs Quibi, The End of Intel
Microsoft focuses on games as a service with Xbox Game Pass
Game console makers play chicken overpricing announcements
What kind of person does Tik Tok think you are?
Android 11 is red velvet cake
Google's ATAP lab wants to bring you the smart home future
Are we at the end of the Intel Era?
Norsk Hydro and Garmin hit by a ransomware attack
Building the Quantum Internet
Woz sues YouTube over Bitcoin scam
Garmin hit by a ransomware attack
Tik Tok tries to stay alive
G4 WTF
Latest info about the Twitter breach
We would pay for a Twitter subscription to be able to edit our Tweets
Space Force is always above you
Big Tech antitrust showdown with congress July 29
Herman Miller x Logitech = $1500 gaming chair
US Army retreats from Twitch
Crispr Cow is definitely a boy
Streaming wars: Peacock vs Quibi vs Disney+ vs everybody else
Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ashley Esqueda, Harry McCracken, and Paul Thurrott

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2 hr 24 min
July 19, 2020TWiT 780: The Great Firewall of America - Twitter Hack, Tik Tok hysteria, World Emoji Day
Here's how the Twitter hack happened
Tik Tok hysteria - xenophobia or common sense?
EARN IT and LAED acts want to eliminate encryption
Cloudflare outage takes down a huge swath of the internet
"Master," "Slave," "Blacklist" terms on the outs at Apple, Linux, and others
Trump expands the CIA's cyberwarfare authority
Google spends $10 billion on India, half of that in Jio
Amazon Dash Cart checks your groceries out for you
World Emoji Day celebrates the new Emoji coming in 2020
Who is "Kirk," the person behind the Twitter hack? How long have they had access?
What should the response to the Twitter hack be?
Instagram's Tik Tok clone Reels launches in August
As Tik Tok rises, Quibi falls
Google should be pushing contactless payments more
Hong Kong VPNs leak user data
EU Court shuts down EU - US data transfer agreement
Grant Imahara dead at 49
Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Wilhelm, Mike Elgan, and Seth Rosenblatt

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2 hr 40 min
July 12, 2020TWiT 779: No Future for Green Pants - TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm
TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm
mmhmm is a fun new way to use meeting software
US might ban TikTok, India already has. What is the future for the embattled platform? Is TikTok safe to use?
Apple Glass on the way: Foxconn is making thousands of semi-transparent lenses for Apple glasses
Amazon wants to rule the world. Is that really all that bad?
Is there any hope for Quibi? (Nope)
Google's "Works With Google" virtual event demonstrated Android 11's new IoT features and their Smart Home devices.
Is Microsoft looking to buy Magic Leap? MS exec becomes Magic Leap CEO - is she a Trojan Horse?
Ninja joins YouTube after Mixer dies
Twitter partner Dataminr accused of giving Black Lives Matter protester surveillance to police
TikTok, Linked In, and others accused of copying users' clipboards, blame a bug in a Google SDK
Amazon briefly tells employees to take TikTok off their phones, backpedals furiously when their marketing department throws a fit
How much of the TikTok hate is just anti-Chinese bias?
US teens worried about losing TikTok
How mmhmm works with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet
Microsoft Teams adds "Together Mode," which puts meeting attendants in seats in an auditorium
AR still isn't ready for the outside world, but it works great for Snapchat and TikTok filters
North Focals, Jins Meme ES, Amazon Lens, Snap Spectacles, Bose Frames - different smart glasses with different use cases
When will AR get a killer App? User-focused design is the answer, but not a lot of AR companies are doing that.
Foxconn invests $1B to open a factory in India
Searching for the perfect car phone holder
Are Millennials killing IoT?
Walmart is launching an Amazon Prime competitor in July
Jack Dorsey donates $3 Million to Basic Income
Twitter might be starting a subscription service
Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louise Matsakis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Phil Libin

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2 hr 32 min
July 05, 2020TWiT 778: In the Zoom Where It Happens - Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+
Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+
Is Apple pulling away from the competition?
Is Intel dying?
Snap Spectacles third edition arrives in India
Google buys North, makers of Focals smart glasses
Where are Alexis Ohanian and Pete Cashmore?
Mark Gurman has the scoop on Apple Glasses
Lidar technology could drive Apple business for the next decade
The Race After Technology and holography
Is technology making life too fast?
iOS 14 highlights ad tracking - advertisers are not happy about it.
iOS 14 outs Tik Tok and LinkedIn for snooping on the clipboard
Apple says no to 16 Web APIs for Safari for security reasons
Ad tracking is big business for Google, Facebook, and Spotify
What is the future of brick and mortar? Warehouses with curbside delivery?
Advertizers boycotting Facebook, but they'll be back
Microsoft wants to "upskill" 25 million workers for high-demand jobs
Eye Mouth Eye Twitter trend tricks tech Twitter into donating to Black Lives Matter charities
Anonymous shopping cart abandoner causes chaos for online vendors - here's who is to blame
Lululemon buys Mirror for half a billion dollars
Hamilton premieres on Disney+ to rave reviews
BMW does a press event in VR to show off their subscription heated seats
With NFC and ultrawideband, your phone can be your car key
Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Shira Lazar, Sam Abuelsamid, and Jason Hiner

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2 hr 59 min
June 28, 2020TWiT 777: Apple's RISCy Move - Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14
Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14
Mac moves from Intel to Apple Silicon
What happens to Intel? Microsoft?
iOS apps will run on Macs
Will Macs still run Windows on Boot Camp?
Microsoft closes all retail stores - are PCs moving to the cloud?
PC gaming - the biggest reason you need a PC
Can x86 die already?
What could go wrong with the shift to Apple Silicon?
Should you buy an Intel Mac now? Should you buy the first version of the ARM Mac?
The fastest supercomputer in the world has an ARM chip
macOS goes to 11
Should WWDC stay virtual next year?
Will macOS and iOS merge?
Group Messages grows up
Will ARM Macs use Thunderbolt? USB 4?
When will the first ARM Macs show up?
How well will Rosetta 2 work?
How is the transition to ARM going to work? How long has it already been going on?
Apple WWDC interviews and presentations
Six Colors has all the info you need on all the WWDC presentations - here are the best
WWDC iOS 14 and watchOS 7 Speed Round - back tap, custom home screen, group FaceTime with sign language, App Clips, Shortcuts on Apple Watch, translation app, hand washing timer, dance, AirPods Pro custom EQ
Tik Tok is grabbing your clipboard every 10 seconds
Don't install Big Sur beta on your main computer!
iOS 14 warns you about tracking cookies
Trump campaign app steals all your data
Hey.com app allowed on the App Store
Olympus leaving the camera business
Finally, surveyors all use the same foot
Microsoft kills Mixer; Ninja and Shroud get to keep their money
Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lory Gil, Jason Snell, and Dan Moren

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2 hr 39 min

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