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August 30, 2026This Week in Tech 1099: Pantsless Whims
As AI-generated video blurs reality and new Macs hit five-figure price tags, the conversation digs into who's left behind in the race to automate and whether "democratizing" tech actually delivers on its promise. Find out how NVIDIA, Meta, and even Apple are reshaping the tech game, and why it might not be good news for everyone.
Brief independent investigation of agents' behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident

NVIDIA's Profit Doubles to $59.69 Billion Thanks to A.I. Spending

Bill Gates Is Warning That A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit

Apple Introduces M6 and M5 Ultra Chips, in New Mac Mini and Mac Studio

How Apple Stumbled Into AI Hardware Success With the Mac

Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform

The Meta Settlement Makes Big Tech Bigger

'Darth Vader' Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance

The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms

With the Snip of a Gene, Scientists Hope To Erase High Cholesterol For Life - Slashdot

Skynet went live yesterday

Amazon service Bezos once called 'artificial artificial intelligence' is shutting down

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jacob Ward, Harry McCracken, and Molly White

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August 26, 2026Intelligent Machines 885: Get on the Butter Box
With Apple and Nvidia unleashing hardware that makes powerful local AI a reality, this episode unpacks the tech arms race changing how we run models at home and in business. Are we witnessing the end of the GPU monopoly and the start of real AI independence?
(538) Qwen on X: "⚡Meet Qwen3.8-Flash, a multimodal MoE and an early preview of the Qwen4 architecture, now open-weight! The production version Qwen3.8-Flash will be available soon via QwenCloud API at just $ 0.16/1M input tokens and $ 0.47/1M output tokens. 125B parameters + 51B N-gram https://t.co/SScnmzWS7O" / X

Thomson Reuters built its own AI model on Chinese open-source tech to slash AI costs

Now introducing Gemini Enterprise for Legal

Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

Twitch and Amazon hit with lawsuit for training AI with streamers' content

Three Takeaways From Bill Gates's 5,784-Word Warning on AI: 'There Is No Plan'

(214) Breaking911 on X: "WATCH: A humanoid robot training for the "Robot Olympics" in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist https://t.co/WEHdYCiPlO" / X

Nvidia Is Spending $6 Billion to Build a Powerful U.S. Alternative to Chinese AI

A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

Inside Musk's First Address to Cursor: Grok Is Falling Behind

Introducing Butter Box | Butter | Life without internet made smoother.

Silicon Valley's Newest Status Symbol Is a Super-Rare Sam Altman Swiss Watch

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Co-Host: Christina Warren

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2h 23min
August 26, 2026Windows Weekly 998: Laptop Fort
Microsoft tries to prove Windows on ARM is ready for prime time, but behind the PR push, unresolved questions about compatibility, branding, and a tepid market threaten to derail the company's ambitions. Also, PowerToys 0.101 is here with Windows Hopper and multiple improvements! Plus, Parallels Desktop 27 for Mac launches.
Windows
If a Week D falls in the woods and no one installs it, did a Week D really happen?

Theory: This is the big one, with the three big changes Microsoft promised this year. Basically, this is Windows 11 version 26H2

Three new builds across Beta, Experimental, and Experimental (26H1) with a modernized AutoPlay experience and a new "Open apps maximized" accessibility feature

Microsoft reminds business customers that Windows on Arm is terrific ahead of Nvidia RTX Spark launch

Totally coincidental that this happened on the same day that Apple announced a new Mac Mini with M6 and M5 Pro and Mac Studio with M5 Ultra and M5 Max
Microsoft 365
OneDrive for Mac gets native sync engine

Proton Mail gets automatic and customizable category filtering
AI/dev
Bill Gates issues a strong warning on the dangers of AI. And you're not going to believe what number two is

WSJ report echoes the complaints that Paul has been making for years. Again

Adobe Firefly gets production-quality music, speech, and sound effect generation capabilities

Apple Music will start labeling AI-generated music

.NET Conf 2026 on track for November with .NET 11
XBOX and gaming
XBOX testing long-awaited disc to digital entitlements

The ASUS ROG XBOX Ally X20 is available now for $1299, or in a $2499 bundle

Rumor: Microsoft prepping an Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition console for November

Update: it's real. The XBOX 25th anniversary collection arrives November 13

Microsoft announces (third party) Designed for XBOX 25th Anniversary Collection of hardware peripherals

IKEA has designed some XBOX-influenced furniture and it is amazing

Rockstar Games weighs in on leaks as GTA VI reveal arrives (tomorrow)

Commodore announces Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection for PC, consoles

NVIDIA brings GeForce Now to Firefox
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Expose yourself to other points of view

App pick of the week: PowerToys

RunAs Radio this week: Security Features of PowerShell 7 with Mike O'Neill

Brown liquor pick of the week: SpiceBox Spiced Whisky

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 43min
August 25, 2026Security Now 1093: Tokens in the Stream
Turns out, every chatbot conversation runs on a messy hack at the heart of language models, making prompt injection an unsolved—and possibly unsolvable—security threat. Steve and Leo unravel the research that explains why "roles" in AI aren't what you think they are.
Understanding the controversy surrounding "AI Model Distillation"

Anthropic moves to make their most powerful Mythos 5 model more widely available.

Bitwarden's "Secrets Manager" offering prevents agentic and prompt injection abuse.

The astounding and disturbing truth about the way conversation AI actually works

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2h 49min
August 25, 2026MacBreak Weekly 1039: The Hand of Ryan Tedder
Surprise: there are new Mac minis and Mac Studios! Tim Cook has a farewell party when he is no longer CEO in September. Apple conducts layoffs in the Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video & Gaming departments. And Walmart finally adds Google and Apple Pay.
Apple's new Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro.

Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra.

Tim Cook's farewell party.

HomePad code suggests it'll act like a giant Apple Watch.

MacBook Ultra is coming: Six new features launching this fall.

Apple reportedly lays off 60 Vision employees amid shifting priorities.

Apple cuts Jobs in Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming teams.

Apple removes some fees for App developers in European Union.

Walmart is finally adding Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Google's new Pixel 11 offers an incredible camera feature that Apple should copy.

Here's everything new Apple TV has coming in September.
Picks of the Week
Leo's Pick: TMOG

Christina's Picks: 9 to 5 and CheapCharts

Andy's Pick: Trio

Jason's Pick: Imagination Library

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

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2h 20min
August 23, 2026This Week in Tech 1098: Usain Volt
Meta faces a $1.4 trillion lawsuit, flock cameras are sparking a privacy revolt, and data centers may be fueling the next bubble. This episode pulls back the curtain on who's watching, who's profiting, and who could pay the price.
Meta's Big Reckoning Is Here

Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction

Ninth Circuit Ruling Will Force Online Platforms That Host User Speech to Fight Lengthy and Costly Lawsuits Before They Are Dismissed Under Section 230

The $1.4 Trillion State Tort Raid on Meta

Google's Pixel 11 Comes With Plenty of A.I. Does Anyone Want That?

Waymo's cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in these three cities

Apple and European Commission Reach Agreement on App Payment Terms Under DMA, With Apple Conceding Very Little

Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri

Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI

Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by the end of 2026

NVIDIA to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion

Why Big Tech's AI Spending Is $3 Trillion Higher Than It Seems

New Chinese model adds to AI competition

Police Are Hiding Their Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras

Flock mistakenly flags 2 different auto writers for "stolen" license plates

Go Flock Yourself

Flock socks for UV protection

Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded

China Is Strapping 'Digital Bombs' to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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2h 54min
August 19, 2026Intelligent Machines 884: Cyber Jim
Veteran software engineer Dan O'Dowd argues that our power grid's outdated, insecure code puts millions at risk, detailing why regulators, industry giants, and Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" attitude have left critical infrastructure vulnerable to collapse.
Anthropic revenue reportedly jumps to more than $11.5 billion in second quarter

(272) Dario Amodei on X: "1/2 Thanks Gavin for an especially thoughtful exchange. I don't usually spend much time on social media but I wanted to engage here because it really brings out the heart of an important conversation. First, on regulation, I think that "either concentrate it in the hands of a" / X

If the Markets Reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US Should Nationalize Them

Inside Big Tech's Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI

Anthropic says its AI agents are killing rivals and hiding their tracks

Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes

Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI

OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teens' as Safety Concerns Grow

Young adults are losing faith in AI's upside

So How Is AI Drug Discovery Doing, Really?

LG's humanoid robot arrives in 2027, running Nvidia's Isaac GR00T

New Chinese model adds to AI competition

What happens to what you share with AI

Google just bought a bunch of Spirit Airlines data for AI training

Even Claude Is in the Dark About Dario Amodei's Wife—and Her Influence at Anthropic

Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

the wikipedia guessing game

Okay Spielberg TikTok

At Beijing's AI-themed bar, DeepSeek tokens buy you beer

SXSW Launching Podcast Festival In 2027

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Dan O'Dowd

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2h 36min
August 19, 2026Windows Weekly 997: Bear Swamp & The Boathouse
For years, the checkbox to get a PC out of the Insider Program when that Windows version shipped in stable did absolutely nothing. That's no longer the case.
Windows
A new context menu for File Explorer heads out to Insiders along with five new preview builds

There are lots of other like UX changes happening with little communication. Will Microsoft really touch (and update) all the ancient UIs in Windows 11?

New Release Preview builds point at next Week D and Patch Tuesday updates: New Taskbar, New Start, new Windows Search, many minor changes throughout
Hardware
Now we know more about Snapdragon C ahead of IFA, where we may see the first laptops

Google is holding a PixelBook reviewers event in mid-September

You know that Commodore is back, but now the Amiga is back too!

Lenovo surges on AI spending, but it's now engaged in financial shenanigans too. More like Spotify than Big Tech, but still bad
AI
Big Tech spending on AI is finally getting more scrutiny from financial/business publications

It's happening: Microsoft "pulls a Teams" and will consolidate its Copilot (consumer) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (business apps) into a single app, evolve it in a "super app"

OpenAI's new strategy: Get 'em while they're young

Mozilla provides a progress report on Smart Window for Firefox, details new AI search partnership

Alexa+ is now free on all FireTV devices in the U.S., no Prime required
XBOX
Resonance: A Plague Tale and more are heading to Game Pass during the second half of August

XBOX August Update is here with more Achievements details, Game Hubs now support Xbox 360 titles, Game Pass subscribers can now stream a game while it installs in the background

XBOX Insiders can now test Home Improvements, local save game management, and profile badges

Apple makes major App Store concessions in the EU. But Epic Games says it is not enough.

The new Call of Duty has a public beta on Friday, and there will be a single-player episode for the first time
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Yes, Virginia, you can exit the Insider Program now

App pick of the week: Brave

RunAs Radio this week: Automatic Attack Disruption with Liz Tesch

Brown liquor pick of the week: Red Bank Premium Blended

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2h 31min
August 18, 2026Security Now 1092: Restraint Abliteration
From autocorrect to full-fledged conversationalists, discover how a few tweaks transformed language models—and why understanding this shift exposes urgent questions about AI safety and control.
Trusting an open source AI proxy might bite you.

France's under-15 social media ban hits its constitution.

A bit of AI prompting found a serious bug in Zoom.

AI-based network defenders see a stock price jump.

A (very) deep dive into the operation of AI chatbots

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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August 18, 2026MacBreak Weekly 1038: The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier
The recent public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27, and iPadOS 27 are available. What Tim Cook hopes others will view as his legacy as Apple's CEO. Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US. And will the iPhone 18 skip the fall launch?
Apple releases public beta 4 for iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27.

Here's what's new with iOS and macOS 27 beta 6.

iOS 26.6.1 has fixes for 20+ security issues on iPhone.

Tim Cook on his Apple legacy: 'I hope people say I was a good and decent man'.

macOS Tahoe 26.7 beta references several unreleased products like Home Hub.

Apple's camera-equipped AirPods confirmed.

Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US.

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union.

It looks like Apple's iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year.

Leaker details A20 Pro chip's new speed gains.

Apple's Back to School offers have been extended, but you can do much better.

Apple in talks to pay publishers to improve AI-powered Siri.

Apple's China AI strategy now includes training its own custom model.

Apple sends fresh wave of mercenary spyware warnings worldwide.

Golf's US Open Championship could come to Apple TV in latest sports bid.

Jessica Chastain says Apple TV will finally release 'The Savant' after postponement following Charlie Kirk assassination: 'We're going to see it'.
Picks of the Week
Andy's Pick: SuperDuper! 4

Christina's Pick: Sony MDR-7506

Jason's Pick: Unforgetful

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2h 30min

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