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This Week in Tech is the top-ranked flagship tech podcast from TWiT.tv. Every Sunday, Leo Laporte and a roundtable of insiders explore the week's hottest tech news from AI to robots, and PCs to privacy. When it comes to tech, TWiT is IT. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.

#10

TWiT 989: Executive Laundry Folding Disorder - Crowdstrike, Prime Day, Stremaing the Olympics

---Biden drops out of the race via tweet ---"CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say ---Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds ---Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers ---Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks ---The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV ---Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures ---FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone ---Hundreds more Californians get housing with Apple's help ---Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity ---Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize under Communications Workers of America Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Lisa Schmeiser] (https://bsky.app/profile/lschmeiser.bsky.social) , [Ashley Esqueda] (http://www.twitter.com/AshleyEsqueda) , and [Anthony Ha] (http://twitter.com/anthonyha) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT] (http://canary.tools/twit) --- [lookout.com] (http://lookout.com) --- [mintmobile.com/twit] (http://mintmobile.com/twit) --- [NetSuite.com/TWIT] (http://NetSuite.com/TWIT) --- [motific.ai] (https://www.motific.ai?utm_campaign=fy24q4_motific_amer_paid-media_podsearchad_paid-podcast&utm_medium=podcast-aweareness&utm_source=podsearchad&utm_channel=paid-podcast&utm_content=motific-webpage-homepage&utm_term=fasterroi-learnmore-thisweekintech) ... Read more

22 Jul 2024

2 HR 31 MINS

2:31:23

22 Jul 2024

#9

TWiT 988: Flaming Corn Maze - AT&T Breach, Galaxy Z Fold6, Olympic Disinfo

---Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays ---FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children ---AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach ---EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue 'checkmark' ---After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad ---AI PCs: Qualcomm (QCOM), Microsoft (MSFT) Turn to AI to Revive PC Market ---Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable ---U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans ---Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics ---My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better ---Is anyone concerned that Palmer Luckey's new compay Anduril (aka Aragorn's sword from LOTR) is making military products and has a mission statement straight out of Robocop? ---Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos ---FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Mike Elgan] (https://mikeelgan.substack.com/) , [Denise Howell] (http://denisehowell.info/) , and [Harry McCracken] (https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [e-e.com/twit] (http://e-e.com/twit) --- [motific.ai] (https://www.motific.ai?utm_campaign=fy24q4_motific_amer_paid-media_podsearchad_paid-podcast&utm_medium=podcast-aweareness&utm_source=podsearchad&utm_channel=paid-podcast&utm_content=motific-webpage-homepage&utm_term=fasterroi-learnmore-thisweekintech) --- [bitwarden.com/twit] (http://bitwarden.com/twit) --- [ziprecruiter.com/twit] (http://www.ziprecruiter.com/twit) ... Read more

15 Jul 2024

2 HR 28 MINS

2:28:31

15 Jul 2024

#8

TWiT 987: Often Plagiarized, Never Equalled - Sapce Junk, Threads Hits 175M Users, AIndependence

---Why Surgeon General's Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea ---Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports ---Microsoft MSFT Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack ---Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web ---Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click ---Perplexity's grand theft AI ---The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over ---Zotac's Big Mistake | Consumer Warranty & Business Data Exposure ---NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk ---The White House will host a conference for social media creators ---Meta's Threads hits 175 million users one year after launch ---Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges ---Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Paris Martineau] (https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau) , [Allyn Malventano] (https://twitter.com/malventano) , and [Larry Magid] (http://www.larrysworld.com/) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [panoptica.app] (https://www.panoptica.app/demo-version-2/?utm_campaign=fy24q4_panoptica_amer_paid-media_podsearchad_paid-podcast&utm_medium=podcast-awareness&utm_source=podsearchad&utm_channel=paid-podcast&utm_content=panoptica-demo-demov2&utm_term=confidence-getdemo-technewsweekly) --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) --- [NetSuite.com/TWIT] (http://NetSuite.com/TWIT) --- [1password.com/twit] (http://1password.com/twit) ... Read more

08 Jul 2024

2 HR 29 MINS

2:29:56

08 Jul 2024

#7

TWiT 986: Our Dope GPS! - Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests

Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests ---Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations ---What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more ---Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks ---Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep ---The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over ---Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says ---EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior ---Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web ---Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations ---Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming ---Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing ---The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs ---Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All ---Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Cathy Gellis] (https://mastodon.cloud/@cathygellis/) , [Ryan Shrout] (https://twitter.com/ryanshrout) , and [Doc Rock] (https://www.createbetter.life/) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [lookout.com] (http://lookout.com) --- [1password.com/twit] (http://1password.com/twit) ... Read more

30 Jun 2024

2 HR 26 MINS

2:26:29

30 Jun 2024

#6

TWiT 985: TikTok With Wings - AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI

AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI ---Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help ---I just ordered the cheapest Surface Pro option - why I (probably) won't regret it ---Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties ---The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf*ck ---Surgeon General: Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning ---The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels ---LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom calls for statewide action ---EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control ---US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions ---Apple Won't Roll Out AI Tech In EU Market Over Regulatory Concerns ---AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules ---Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ---What Game of Thrones did to the media ---Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing ---This Old House' Pays Tribute to Creator Russell Morash Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Amanda Silberling] (https://twit.tv/people/amanda-silberling) , [Louise Matsakis] (https://www.louisematsakis.com/) , and [Ed Bott] (https://edbott.com/) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [NetSuite.com/TWIT] (http://NetSuite.com/TWIT) --- [eufy.com] (http://eufy.com) --- [canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT] (http://canary.tools/twit) --- [wix.com/studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_all_brnd_all_en_03/24_all__thisweekintech%5E1&experiment_id=%5Eresponsive%5E%5Ehp) --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) ... Read more

23 Jun 2024

2 HR 44 MINS

2:44:27

23 Jun 2024

#5

TWiT 984: Fifty-three Clicks - Bot Farms in Ukraine, LA Public Health Dept. Phished

Ukranian Bot Farms, LA Public Health Dept. Phished ---MS Recall and Apple AI ---Congress grills Microsoft boss Brad Smith after 'cascade' of security errors ---Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack ---Exclusive: MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft's AI laptops ---Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law ---Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say ---Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered ---Successful phishing attack at LA County Department of Public Health exposes PID of 200k + people ---Bot Farm that attacked Ukrainian phones is shut down ---Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call ---Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman ---Talking about Mark Zuckerberg ---The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled ---T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next ---Games that the panel members are playing ---Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86 Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Daniel Rubino] (https://twitter.com/Daniel_Rubino) , [Devindra Hardawar] (https://twitter.com/Devindra) , and [Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ] (https://twitter.com/padresj) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [ziprecruiter.com/twit] (http://www.ziprecruiter.com/twit) --- [mintmobile.com/twit] (http://mintmobile.com/twit) --- [IntouchCX.com/twit] (http://IntouchCX.com/twit) --- [panoptica.app] (https://www.panoptica.app/demo-version-2/?utm_campaign=fy24q4_panoptica_amer_paid-media_podsearchad_paid-podcast&utm_medium=podcast-awareness&utm_source=podsearchad&utm_channel=paid-podcast&utm_content=panoptica-demo-demov2&utm_term=confidence-getdemo-technewsweekly) --- [bitwarden.com/twit] (http://bitwarden.com/twit) ... Read more

17 Jun 2024

2 HR 46 MINS

2:46:37

17 Jun 2024

#4

TWiT 983: Digital Snackwells - NVIDIA's Thor, Adobe's TOS, Insta's Unskippable Ads

---How to Kill a Smart Device: Spotify Car Thing Post Mortem ---Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. ---Windows won't take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in ---NVIDIA Drive Thor with 2,000 TOPS to be implemented by Li Auto ---Oral-B Sold a $230 Alexa Toothbrush—and Then Pulled the Plug ---Adobe's new terms of service unacceptably gives them access to all of your projects, for free ---Adobe has clarified controversial shrinkwrap license terms, but the damage may have already been done ---Samsung sues Oura preemptively to block smart ring patent claims ---I watched NVIDIA's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold ---TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible ---Intel CEO Takes Aim at NVIDIA in Fight for AI Chip Dominance ---This is Lunar Lake — Intel's utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks ---Instagram confirms test of 'unskippable' ads ---Gurman's Epic Pre-WWDC Leak Report ---New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Louis Maresca] (https://twit.tv/people/louis-maresca) , [Stacey Higginbotham] (https://twit.tv/people/stacey-higginbotham) , and [Brian McCullough] (https://twitter.com/brianmcc) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [NetSuite.com/TWIT] (http://NetSuite.com/TWIT) --- [zscaler.com/zerotrustAI] (http://zscaler.com/zerotrustAI) --- [kolide.com/twit] (https://kolide.com/twit) --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) ... Read more

10 Jun 2024

2 HR 27 MINS

2:27:43

10 Jun 2024

#3

TWiT 982: International Trash - Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee

Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee ---Spotify says it will refund Car Thing purchases ---VC Says "Chaos" Coming for Startups, Ads, and Online Business as Generative AI Eats Web ---Perplexity AI's new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages ---Who's having kids? ---The panel discusses Ticketmaster ---T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal; U.S. Cellular shares surge ---Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users. ---Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack ---'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good? ---Inside the scramble to 'prebunk' election misinformation before it takes hold ---TikTok Pins Its Hopes on Trump to Avoid Ban ---How a Self-Published Book, 'The Shadow Work Journal,' Became a Best Seller ---Twitch streamers host a fundraiser for Palestinians. ---The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent ---Tribeca to Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created by OpenAI's Sora ---North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation ---Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified ---Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Alex Kantrowitz] (https://twitter.com/Kantrowitz) , [Nicholas De Leon] (https://twitter.com/nicholasadeleon) , and [Emily Dreibelbis] (https://twit.tv/people/emily-dreibelbis) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [IntouchCX.com/twit] (http://IntouchCX.com/twit) --- [wix.com/studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_all_brnd_all_en_03/24_all__thisweekintech%5E1&experiment_id=%5Eresponsive%5E%5Ehp) --- [eufy.com] (http://eufy.com) --- [mintmobile.com/twit] (http://mintmobile.com/twit) --- [lookout.com] (http://lookout.com) ... Read more

03 Jun 2024

2 HR 30 MINS

2:30:14

03 Jun 2024

#2

TWiT 981: Grab Your Rabbit - Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation

Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation ---OpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show ---China's latest answer to OpenAI is 'Chat Xi PT' ---Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in ---Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years ---Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search ---Rabbit Holed ---Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs ---A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision ---Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand ---Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet ---Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold ---Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18 ---Bitcoin pizza day ---C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Christina Warren] (https://twitter.com/film_girl) , [Wesley Faulkner] (https://twitter.com/wesley83) , and [Alex Wilhelm] (https://twitter.com/alex) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) --- [canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT] (http://canary.tools/twit) --- [NetSuite.com/TWIT] (http://NetSuite.com/TWIT) --- [bitwarden.com/twit] (http://bitwarden.com/twit) --- [IntouchCX.com/twit] (http://IntouchCX.com/twit) ... Read more

27 May 2024

2 HR 58 MINS

2:58:41

27 May 2024

#1

TWiT 980: Hed Dek Lede and Nut Graf - OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign

OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign ---GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts) ---It's Time to Believe the AI Hype ---The panel discusses their experiences with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude ---OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT ---OpenAI Superalignment team is gone ---2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds ---Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way ---French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn ---Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments ---Vermont's data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists ---How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal ---Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it ---Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91 Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Ben Parr] (https://twitter.com/benparr) , [Dan Patterson] (https://twitter.com/DanPatterson) , and [Iain Thomson] (http://twitter.com/iainthomson) Download or subscribe to this show at [https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech] (https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech) Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at [https://twit.tv/clubtwit] (https://twit.tv/clubtwit) Sponsors: --- [mylio.com/twit] (http://mylio.com/twit) --- [wix.com/studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_all_brnd_all_en_03/24_all__thisweekintech%5E1&experiment_id=%5Eresponsive%5E%5Ehp) --- [zscaler.com/zerotrustAI] (http://zscaler.com/zerotrustAI) --- [IntouchCX.com/twit] (http://IntouchCX.com/twit) --- [eufy.com] (http://eufy.com) ... Read more

20 May 2024

2 HR 33 MINS

2:33:22

20 May 2024

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