Total Leo (Audio)

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A compendium of podcasts from the Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. This feed includes all of Leo's audio or video releases and sometimes includes his appearances on other podcasts. One feed to serve them all.... more

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December 03, 2025Intelligent Machines 848: Guaranteed Human
Spies aren't just in the shadows anymore—AI has turned every smartphone and social feed into a battlefield of influence and surveillance. This episode exposes how intelligence agencies, rogue states, and even TikTok are using machine learning to reshape what we know, believe, and fear.
Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure

Claude 4.5 Opus' Soul Document

OpenAI CEO Declares 'Code Red' to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, Delays Ads Effort

AI helps drive record $11.8 billion in Black Friday online spending

I love AI. Why doesn't everyone?

Dozens of US universities and colleges have announced new AI departments and programs over the last two years; an AI program is now MIT's second-largest major

Austria's Rebel Nuns Refuse To Give Up Instagram To Stay In Their Convent

Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait'

AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner

The race to AGI-pill the pope

Suno Creates an Entire Spotify Catalog's Worth of Music Every Two Weeks, Says Investor Pitch Deck for $250M Fundraise

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell

Guest: Dr. Anthony Vinci

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December 03, 2025Windows Weekly 961: Petroleum Exchange Expert
Can the AI boom survive its own hype? This episode takes on the future of OpenAI, tech's subscription fatigue, and why "Made with AI" labels might be the new scarlet letter. Plus, Microsoft's ugly sweaters are back for some reason.
Windows 11
Week D comes a week late and in the wrong month, but it's a big one, and a preview of what to expect next week in Patch Tuesday

More pervasive dark mode

Copilot+ PC exclusives: Improvements to Click to Do, Windows Search, Windows Studio Effects, Agent in Settings

Expansion of FSE availability

Improvements across Settings, Share, File Explorer, Desktop Spotlight, more

Aluminium OS is the name of the ChromeOS/Android Frankenstein that will take on Windows

Android 16 QPR2 is here with about 1,000 new features and maybe a saner approach to OS updating than what we see on Windows
AI
AI slop is no enshittification: Human error is still a much bigger issue

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is right: The "Made with AI" label is silly and needs to go

OpenAI declares a "code red" after Google finally figured out AI

Opera quietly does an about-face on AI in its browsers

Opera Neon gets one-minute deep research, Gemini 3, and Nano Banana
Xbox and gaming
Mortal Kombat 1, more coming to Game Pass in first half of December

Valve is quietly bringing SteamOS, Windows games to Arm
Tips & picks
Tip of the week: Time to cull

Tip of the week #2: Time to look back

RunAs Radio this week: The M365 Copilot Data Readiness Checklist with Nikki Chapple

Brown liquor pick of the week: Stumbras Starka

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

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December 02, 2025Security Now 1054: Bots in the Belfry
Cisco has finally admitted it's time for real change and is vowing to build "secure by default" gear after decades of criticism. Steve Gibson reacts to a rare moment when a tech giant actually gets security right—and what it means for everyone running critical infrastructure.

• Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters strikes (Salesforce) again.

• Cisco actually (no kidding) sees the light.

• Next week, Australia bans all underage social media.

• The EU Parliament moves to replace US computer tech.

• When to use Passwords, Passkeys or Yubikeys.

• Do unpowered SSDs lose their data.

• How about a "Joy of Coding" podcast.

• A Bitwarden Passkeys integration glitch.

• XSLT is sneaky. It's where you don't expect it.

• We know where last week's picture came from.

• The long-awaited return of a new Stargate series.

• A simple test to check our networks for any bot infections.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1054-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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3h 5min
December 02, 2025MacBreak Weekly 1001: Beschmirckled
John Giannandrea is stepping down from his role as VP for Machine Learning & AI Strategy and retiring in Spring 2026! Could Apple re-partner with Intel on a future product? Apple overtakes Samsung as the world's top phone maker. And Apple's new holiday season TV ad charms the panel!
John Giannandrea to retire from Apple.

From Ming-Chi Kuo: "Intel expected to begin shipping Apple's lowest-end M processor as early as 2027..."

Apple to resist India order to preload state-run app as political outcry builds.

Apple set to become world's top phone maker, overtaking Samsung.

EU to examine if Apple Ads and Maps subject to tough rules, Apple says no.

Apple releases 2025 holiday season TV ad: 'A Critter Carol'.

Apple Music replay 2025 now fully available.

Apple security bounties slashed as Mac malware grows.

MKBHD's wallpaper app Panels is shutting down.

Apple TV series The Hunt postponed due to plagiarism allegations.

Apple TV debuts trailer for all-new holiday special "The First Snow of Fraggle Rock," premiering globally Friday, December 5.

Apple and (RED) announce limited-time $3M Apple Pay partnership.

After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said 'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'

David Lerner, a Mr. Fix-it of Apple computers, dies at 72.

34 years ago, Apple created a multimedia file format for the Mac, and it's still all around us.
Picks of the Week
Alex's Pick: Logic Pro for iPad

Andy's Pick: 'I Made Apple's Widget Clock"

Jason's Pick: Govee Christmas Lights 2

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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2h 32min
November 30, 2025This Week in Tech 1060: A Shortage of Shame
Is Black Friday really booming, or are inflated prices and AI shopping assistants just muddying the waters? This episode rips into the data, exposes retailer tactics, and debates if smarter tech is actually making us better shoppers.
Black Friday data shows online sales strong, store results mixed

Silicon Valley's man in the White House is benefiting himself and his friends

View: Trump's AI agenda sails toward an iceberg of bipartisan populist fury

'We do fail ... a lot': Defense startup Anduril hits setbacks with weapons tech

Solar's growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea

China leapfrogs US in global market for 'open' AI models

Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

The Ford F-150 Lightning was supposed to transform the industry. Now, Ford may pull the plug

Roblox is a problem — but it's a symptom of something worse

Warner Music and Suno strike deal for AI music, giving artists control over their likeness

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

Jony Ive, Sam Altman: OpenAI plans elegantly simple device

One tech tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it

How a GM EV1 was sold for the first time

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Sam Abuelsamid, and Mike Elgan

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2h 44min
November 26, 2025Intelligent Machines 847: Caked Up Football Man
AI pioneer Emad Mostaque joins Intelligent Machines to predict the intelligence inversion that could make human cognitive labor economically obsolete within a few years. Are we on the brink of a world where AI not only replaces remote jobs, but outcompetes entire companies of people?
Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools

White House pauses executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on AI, sources say

Jony Ive, Sam Altman: OpenAI plans elegantly simple device
Kicking Robots, by James Vincent

Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream

The Twins Pushing Elon Musk's Plans to Replace X Staff With Grok

The prof crashed

I'm a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

Lawn gone: Robotic lawnmower devastates sports field in Aurich

Latest Yudkowsky nutballery: An International Agreement to Prevent the Premature Creation of Artificial Superintelligence

AI-Salesman: Towards Reliable Large Language Model Driven Telemarketing

Project Rachel: Can an AI Become a Scholarly Author?

A beautiful Nic Cage commercial

This stuffing recipe

How Taco Bell Knows Exactly What You Want to Eat at 2 a.m.

'A nucleus of a community': the five-hour stage play about Dungeons & Dragons

The Stahl House

A $100,000 Robot Dog Is Becoming Standard in Policing — and Raising Ethical Alarms

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Emad Mostaque

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2h 60min
November 26, 2025Windows Weekly 960: Snow & Claus
Pavan Davuluri only spoke at one Ignite 2025 session, and it did not deserve the hate he got. But what did he really say?
Copilot is a front-end for apps and cloud AI services, agents are background processes.

Apps in Windows need to become programmatic so AI and agents can control them.

You are in control. You being IT and the user. These experiences are off by default, opt-in, and optional. This is the end of whatever BS argument anyone has about this stuff.
Copilot Voice because AI is better when you babble and is often more natural than typing
Key concept: Apps, CLIs, etc. expect exact commands, AI is all about intent, just do what I want, not exactly what I say. This is why, yes, people WILL want to talk to their PCs (and other devices)
UIs for these new features will look/feel natural in Windows
Search box in Taskbar is getting updated to orchestrate between local/web search and Copilot capabilities, including agents

Agents will appear as app icons in Taskbar when fired, can be check in on, can post notifications for you to attend to

Integration of M365 Copilot capabilities with Windows - Better together story, with things like Writing Assistance for every text box

Accessibility updates thanks to AI - Fluid Dictation, which is what makes Copilot Voice make so much sense

All the security, privacy, and IT management the audience expects
Windows Insider Program
Dev and Beta builds include Full Screen Experience on all PCs, new Notepad app, more
Hardware - Earnings
Lenovo PC business up 12 percent to $15.1 billion, 25.6 percent unit share

HP up 4 percent to $14.6 billion, but job cuts for AI are coming

Dell PC business up 3 percent to $1.41 billion
AI and Stuff
Microsoft releases local Fara-7B agentic model for computer use

ChatGPT's new coding model is optimized for Windows

Dear God, you must see Nano Banana Pro to understand Google's lead

Google is bringing AirDrop to Android, starting with Pixel. This is what happens when regulators "force design changes on OS makers."
Xbox and Gaming
Xbox Cloud Gaming usage is up 45 percent YOY. Sure. What's 45 percent of 3 people?

Xbox Cloud Gaming is adding per-game resolution settings, to 1440p for Game Pass Ultimate customers

ROG Xbox Ally is getting default game profiles, in preview for 40 titles now

Microsoft open sources the source code for Zork, Zork II, and Zork III

New Chromebook buyers get one year of Nvidia GeForce NOW with Fast Pass
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Finding experts is more important than ever

We live in the age of stupid. Find the smart and never let go

Also, Xbox is having a good Black Friday sale

App pick of the week: Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge

Also: Perplexity Comet on Android
RunAs Radio this week: Christmas Gifts for SysAdmins with Joey Snow and Rick Claus
https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1012
Brown liquor pick of the week: Sidetrack Stone Whisky
https://www.huskdistillers.com/shop/sidetrack-stone-whisky

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2h 26min
November 25, 2025Security Now 1053: Banning VPNs
Could banning VPNs really become law in the US? This episode breaks down the jaw-dropping legislation in Wisconsin and Michigan that targets VPN access for everyone, not just kids—and what it means for your digital privacy.
The EU finally comes to its "Chat Control" senses.

Windows 11 to include SysInternals Sysmon natively.

Chrome's tabs (optionally) go vertical.

The Pentagon begins its investment in warfare AI.

Members of the military are being doxed by social media.

A look inside the futility of trying to corral AI.

The surprising lack of WhatsApp user privacy.

Exactly what happened last week to Cloudflare?

Britain (over)reacts to the Jaguar Land Rover incident.

Project: Hail Mary's second trailer released.

US state legislatures want to ban VPNs altogether

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1053-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 42min
November 25, 2025MacBreak Weekly 1000: Death by Chocolate
We celebrate 1000 episodes of MacBreak Weekly! The next iteration of iOS may be something similar to macOS 'Snow Leopard'. A breakthrough has been made in the iPhone Fold crease! And Gurman refutes the Financial Times report that Tim Cook could be stepping down as early as next year.
Apple announces 45 App Store awards finalists for 2025.

Apple iOS 27 to be no-frills 'Snow Leopard' update, other than new AI.

Jony Ive, Sam Altman: OpenAI plans elegantly simple device.

Around 100 iPhone Folds made after crease 'breakthrough'.

Retail chain accidentally sold iPad Airs for $17 – wants them back.

Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.

Apple and Delta join forces on new baggage tracking tech.

Poland probes Apple again over App Tracking Transparency rules.

New Apple Immersive content coming soon to Vision Pro from Real Madrid and Red Bull.

Vince Gilligan's 'Pluribus' sets record for biggest Apple TV drama series launch.

Gurman: 'Few signs internally' point to Tim Cook stepping down as CEO early next year.

Apple releases another limited-edition designer iPhone accessory.

New Apple video highlights vapor chamber liquid cooling in iPhone 17 Pro.

Google mocks iPhone in musical 'Wicked' ad claiming Pixel firsts.

Apple News loses CNN.
Picks of the Week
Jason's Pick: Festivitas

Andy's Pick: Blip

Alex's Pick: UNI HDMI Adapter

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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2h 26min
November 23, 2025This Week in Tech 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset
A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls

NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids

Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age

Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet

It's not just you, many websites are not working this morning amid Cloudflare outage

Cloudflare-related variation on the classic XKCD

Trump's DOGE Is Dead and We Won't Miss It

Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws

Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

780,000 Windows Users Downloaded Linux Distro Zorin OS in the Last 5 Weeks

Fortnite is getting Unity games

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

SEC Dismisses Case Against SolarWinds, Top Security Officer

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

A decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon

Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream

White House Tries to axe the GAIN act (Act that would have prevented AI tech from being sold to other nations.)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner

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2h 58min

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