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August 09This Week in Tech 1096: Fluff for Armor
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms.
Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage

Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact

Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas

Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power

Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks

OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community

AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems

Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers

White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals

AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race

Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs

Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup

Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions

Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply

OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device

Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses

Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue

UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court

License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism

U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens

Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs

Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit

NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon

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August 05Security Now 1090: Black Hat
At Black Hat Las Vegas, the Security Now crew digs into how AI is not just finding hidden software bugs but also fueling both groundbreaking innovation and alarming new exploits. When open models can launch surprise Bitcoin heists, who draws the line between forbidden knowledge and genuine progress?

• Black Hat and DEF CON: Hacking Stories and Conference Culture

• Zoox Ride-Hailing Hack and Over-the-Air Vulnerabilities

• Autonomous Vehicles, AI, and the Security Implications

• Hosts Share Personal Adoption and Use of AI Tools

• AI-Powered Coding: From Hobbyists to Advanced Agency Chains

• Local Models vs. Cloud AI: Privacy, Cost, and Control

• App Development Democratized: Listeners Build Custom Solutions With AI

• Code Generation, Testing, and Managing AI-Driven Project Cycles

• AI's Role in Security: Vulnerability Discovery, Exploitation, and Patch Challenges

• Technical Debt and the Race to Patch Decades-Old Bugs

• The Dual-Use Dilemma: AI Tools for Both Attack and Defense

• Guardrails, Model Partitioning, and the Fight Over Forbidden Knowledge

• Open vs. Restricted AI: Global Models, Distillation, and Free Speech

• LLM Security Weaknesses: Prompt Injection and Role Confusion Exposed

• The Reliability Problem: Probabilistic AI and Non-Deterministic Software

• AI Progress: Public Perception, Skepticism, and "Hogwash" Rebuttals

• Reflections on AI's Fast Evolution and the Sci-Fi Reality Gap

• Closing Thoughts: Tech Community, Listener Feedback, and the Future of Security Now

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte, Richard Campbell, and Paul Thurrott

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August 05Windows Weekly 995: The Greatest Depression
Behind the headlines about skyrocketing revenues and AI investments, the actual costs and future risks for Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are shrouded in strategic accounting moves. Plus, Paul finished rewriting and adding new chapters to the Windows 11 Field Guide - mostly just clean-up now, and then whatever new monthly features. Lastly, The Document Foundation issues a friendly reminder about the Office 2021 EOL and how that never happens with their software
Microsoft earnings
Microsoft earnings up 18 percent to $90 billion

Analysis: Microsoft finds a new way to not account for AI costs
Windows
Pavan Davuluri says he's "energized" about what's happening to Windows in 2026.

OK. But what's really happened so far? When will the biggest changes land? And when, if ever, will you address the real enshittification in Windows 11?

Windows Insider Program: Five new builds - New Taskbar comes to Beta channel

This leads to questions of timing, and here, WIP is not all that transparent still

Another antitrust win: Apple to allow Copy and Paste between Windows and iPhone

AMD revenues up 50 percent to $11.5 billion, but it's all AI datacenter

Amazon: up 20 percent to $200 billion

Apple: up 16 percent to $109 billion
AI
Satya Nadella mentions AI super app again, not clear why anyone cares about this

Proton Lumo can do data visualization now
Xbox and gaming
Asha Sharma details the priorities for XBOX in the next year and number 5 will shock you

XBOX console prices going up in the EU and UK

Thanks, Caption Obvious: Yes, Backward Compatibility on PC will support Xbox 360 games too

XBOX plans new FanFest tour dates - there's SO much to celebrate!

Gears of War: E-Day leads the charge for new Game Pass titles in August

XBOX Insiders is testing new console features

XBOX app comes to Hisense and VIDDA TVs

EA goes private for $55 billion in cash, but also some debt

Sony has sold 95.3 million PS5s

Sony responds to concerns about no more discs (with "pffffftttt")
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: It's done!

App pick of the week: LibreOffice

RunAs Radio this week: Ransomware Readiness with Heather Renze

Brown liquor pick of the week: Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2 hr 44 min
August 03Intelligent Machines 882: AI Rubberz?
Meet the insider who wrote the App Store's rules and now battles AI's wildest frontier: protecting identities from deepfake abuse and digital piracy. Discover why the fight for online authenticity just got a whole lot messier.
OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok

OpenAI's Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake

Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies

Altman says he supports AI regulation

Exclusive: OpenAI Previews 'Astra' AI Model in DC

White House to Host AI Companies on Tuesday to Review AI Framework

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

The Math Superstar Who's Terrified of AI—and Just Took a Job at OpenAI

Google Earth's AI makeover survives one trip around the Sun

As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews

Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop?

The Red-Hot Book at the Center of an AI Mystery

A record-breaking eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this year

The Autonomous Press - Numbered Papers

Musk's latest ridiculous prediction: Optimus better than human surgeons in 4 years

The Archive of Incorrect AI Predictions

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Phillip Shoemaker

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2 hr 30 min
August 02This Week in Tech 1095: Horses and Sailboats
From foldable phones that out-price laptops to AI models that escape their digital cages, this episode dives into the wild next phase of tech innovation and its unexpected risks. See how the giants are scrambling to keep up as hardware, software, and even outer space are up for grabs.
Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call

Apple's Profit Is Up 27%, but Expectations for Current Quarter Disappoint

Apple Introduces Leasing Program for iPhones and Other Devices

Apple struggles to keep pace with AI 'bug' hunters

"Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews

Microsoft's $450 Billion Jump Is Biggest in Stock Market History

Amazon's trying to launch a global satellite cellphone network in 2028

Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show

For the First Time, Zoox Can Charge People for Rides in Its Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxis

Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies

OpenAI and Anthropic Are Quietly Teaming Up in Washington

AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

How bitcoin cold wallets lost $70 million in an attack that never touched the devices

NBCUniversal and YouTube ink deal to embed Peacock in the video platform for premium subscribers

Inside the Luxury Robotaxi Uber, Lucid and Nuro Are Testing

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti and Mike Elgan

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2 hr 57 min
July 29Intelligent Machines 881: Curtains for Zoosha?
Business Insider founder Henry Blodget unpacks why the era of news aggregation is finished and why journalists must adapt fast as AI redefines both reporting and analysis. If you care about the future of information, you'll want to hear this.
Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident

Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment'

AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident

Senior White House official claims China's K3 model stolen from Anthropic

OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users

A.I. Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters by the Thousands

Trump administration to ban new Chinese robots and inverters, protecting U.S. AI

Why AI Needs a "Genie Coefficient"

Behind the Curtain: The AI titans' biggest private fear

The FTC Would Like To Decide Which AI Answers Are Too Woke, And Is Calling That Consumer Protection

Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini

DeepMind paper says LLMs won't be good at scientific discovery: LLMs can't jump

Amazon overhauls its AI strategy, winding down most flagship models

An ESP32 based plane radar

The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

prompt-injection resumes

The McLuhan Marshalling Machine

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Henry Blodget

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2 hr 9 min
July 29Windows Weekly 994: The Best Kind of Correct
There's been so much drama over what options Microsoft will allow for the Copilot key. But you don't have to wait for a future Windows update; you can remap any key with Microsoft's own Keyboard Manager PowerToy. More people should take advantage of this. Also, Paul just finished his major 2026 rewrite of the Windows 11 Field Guide! Every single chapter was rewritten or consolidated, with several new chapters added. Lastly, the OG Halo remake is a great reminder of how good this series was in the beginning. And it looks and plays terrific.
Windows
Week D updates arrive on time this month

Windows Hello ESS support for external fingerprint readers, many small improvements

Experimental (Future Platforms) finally gets an update, but it's just the features we saw elsewhere first

Several in-box app updates for July, nothing major

Microsoft convinces LG to drop the McAfee ads, but HP's Bing ads are A-OK

Chris tested Windows 11 with 8GB of RAM and the experience is not great

Paul has a Wildcat-based laptop waiting for him in PA

Microsoft is testing a "Do nothing" option for the Copilot key

Your Windows 11 PC now has a OneDrive Photos app for some reason

Opera One gets vertical tabs, deeper Google Lens integration
Earnings
Google/Alphabet - net income of $28 billion on $120 billion in revenues, but negative cash flow for the first time in the company's history

Intel - net loss of $11 million, no Foundry customers leaves Wall Street swooning for some reason
AI
Microsoft begins shifting to its own MAI models, but the forward progress is minimal

NVIDIA, Microsoft, more team up for AI empire, er, Alliance

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5
Xbox and gaming
Halo: Campaign Evolved is here

XBOX went down for the count for most of the day on Monday. But disc-based games still worked

XBOX begins testing ad-supported Cloud Gaming

Ubisoft game purchases on Xbox now carry over to PC for free

Luna comes to Prime Video app
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Remap keys with PowerToys Keyboard Manager

App pick of the week: Halo Campaign Evolved

Chris's pick of the week: His new newsletter! https://preferences.pcmag.com/PCMag/windows-guide

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

Guest: Chris Hoffman

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2 hr 18 min
July 28Security Now 1089: Models Go Rogue & ExploitGym
What happens when an unconstrained OpenAI model goes rogue and hacks into Hugging Face, breaching real-world security boundaries? This episode unpacks a watershed moment for AI safety that has everyone in cybersecurity talking.
OpenAI's unconstrained internal testing AI got loose, attacked Hugging Face.

We hear from OpenAI, Hugging Face and Andrew Ng.

GRC went off the air Friday. Was GRC hacked? What happened?

The Linux kernel project repairs 442 CVEs in a single batch.

LG's PC monitors cause PC adware installation.

France bans all social media access below age 15.

WordPress' recent CRITICAL vulnerability claims victims.

Amazing details about "Rocky" from Andy Weir.

The new AI exploit ranking benchmark that caused the breakout

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1089-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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July 28MacBreak Weekly 1035: Riding Nerdy
Apple is teaming up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for its devices. Apple loses a bid to overturn Masino patent verdict. Apple is facing a lawsuit by customers who lost money through a fake Bitcoin wallet app in the App Store. And Apple is gearing up for a big smart home push.
Apple's new hardware subscription sounds great, except for one limitation

Apple loses bid to overturn $634 million Masimo patent verdict, new trial also denied.

Judge approves Apple's $250 million settlement offer over Siri lawsuit.

Apple just improved TestFlight for users with a lot of beta apps.

Apple sued by customers who lost combined $1.8 million through fake Bitcoin wallet in App Store.

Update Now: iOS 26.6 and macOS Tahoe 26.6 patch hundreds of security flaws.

iOS 27 public beta 2 is here with Siri AI, iPhone speed upgrades, and more.

watchOS 27 adds new feature to improve your Apple Watch battery life.

Here's everything new for CarPlay in iOS 27.

Here's everything new for Messages in iOS 27.

Gurman's Mac roadmap.

Apple set to make big smart home push with Siri AI at center.

A.R. Rahman brings his immersive music experiences to Apple Vision Pro.

Always choose the good soap.

Apple promotes 'Nido de Villanas,' a Mexican microdrama shot on iPhone 17 Pro.

Apple TV announces streaming date for its epic Neuromancer adaptation, new Dark Matter and Matchbox trailers.
Picks of the Week
Leo's Pick: Twelve South PowerBug

Christina's Pick: BookPlayer

Andy's Picks: Casio WS-1600H

Jason's Pick: Apple II Mini Replay

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

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2 hr 25 min
July 26This Week in Tech 1094: Rest in Peace, Buzzkill
Leo and this week's panel pay tribute to tech journalist John C. Dvorak, then dive into how AI, relentless hardware shortages, and shifting media habits are reshaping the tech world faster than anyone predicted. The crew discusses how an OpenAI model exploited its own network to cheat on cybersecurity benchmarks, flipping the script on what AI agents are capable of and what might be next for digital security.
John C. Dvorak has died

OpenAI's accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened

China's Top AI Event Delivers Message to the U.S.: We're Coming for You

Alphabet Quadruples Profit to $112 Billion, Fueled by A.I. Investments

The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search

The EU just fined AliExpress €550M, its biggest DSA penalty yet

Apple Sued by Customers Who Lost Combined $1.8 Million Through Fake Bitcoin Wallet in App Store

A.I. 'Vibecoded' Apps Are Flooding Apple's App Store

Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out

ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over

Government Lawyers Say Trump Admin Can Use TikTok Again Because 'Owned' No Longer Means 'Owned'

Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in a win for US states

The AI industry has already spent $65 million ahead of the midterm elections with no signs of slowing down.

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra launches as Samsung's 'most advanced' foldable, starts at $2,099

US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

Kill the Cookie Banner!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Larry Magid, and Allyn Malventano

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2 hr 57 min

About 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.