This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 1041: A $4 Bill - DOGE Kills Free Tax Tool


Listen Later

  • Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we're already our own surveillance state
  • Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
  • OpenAI LLM's gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition
  • Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation
  • The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears
  • Trump Signs Stablecoin Bill, Delivering Win for Crypto Industry
  • Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool
  • DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key
  • DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
  • EU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade deal
  • Reddit begins age verification checks for UK users
  • Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats
  • EU to test age-check app under new child safety rules - 9to5Mac
  • Trump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunch
  • A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
  • Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal
  • YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims
  • This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It
  • I Tested the Galaxy Z Fold 7: It's Slim, Powerful and Surprisingly Practical
  • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Iain Thomson, and Devindra Hardawar

    Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

    Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

    Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • ZipRecruiter.com/twit
    • helixsleep.com/twit
    • uscloud.com
    • zscaler.com/security
    • storyblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25
    • ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store

      This Week in Tech (Audio)By TWiT

      • 3.9
      • 3.9
      • 3.9
      • 3.9
      • 3.9

      3.9

      2,965 ratings


      More shows like This Week in Tech (Audio)

      View all
      Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting by Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson

      Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

      828 Listeners

      Hands-On Tech (Audio) by TWiT

      Hands-On Tech (Audio)

      1,968 Listeners

      Security Now (Audio) by TWiT

      Security Now (Audio)

      1,986 Listeners

      MacBreak Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

      MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

      2,010 Listeners

      Windows Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

      Windows Weekly (Audio)

      879 Listeners

      Intelligent Machines (Audio) by TWiT

      Intelligent Machines (Audio)

      758 Listeners

      Tech News Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

      Tech News Weekly (Audio)

      1,072 Listeners

      iOS Today (Audio) by TWiT

      iOS Today (Audio)

      546 Listeners

      This Week in Tech (Video) by TWiT

      This Week in Tech (Video)

      273 Listeners

      MacBreak Weekly (Video) by TWiT

      MacBreak Weekly (Video)

      331 Listeners

      Macworld Podcast by Foundry

      Macworld Podcast

      309 Listeners

      Daily Tech News Show by Tom Merritt

      Daily Tech News Show

      1,394 Listeners

      Upgrade by Relay

      Upgrade

      1,199 Listeners

      AppleInsider Podcast by AppleInsider

      AppleInsider Podcast

      972 Listeners

      Rich On Tech by iHeartPodcasts

      Rich On Tech

      419 Listeners