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Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech news. Join the top tech journalists and pundits in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in tech. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.

#10

TWiT 919: Hallucinating Bagels - GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympi...

GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympic Esports ---OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model. ---Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive. ---Here's how to participate in Monday's oral arguments. ---TikTok's plan to stave off government intervention: Flood D.C. with influencers. ---The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance's Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists. ---Why are the Olympic Esports Series games so strange? We asked the IOC. ---Meta's place in the social media landscape. ---The Ugly Lessons of Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse. ---The Over-Financialization Of Tech And The SVB Backlash. ---Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff. ---Dark Web 'BreachForums' Operator Charged With Computer Crime. ---FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages. ---Carrot Weather gets snarky ChatGPT update. ---GM wants to bring ChatGPT-like assistant to drivers. ---Google is working on AI for ultrasound diagnosis and cancer therapy. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Alex Kantrowitz] (https://twitter.com/Kantrowitz) and [Steven Levy] (http://twitter.com/StevenLevy) 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: --- [eightsleep.com/twit] (http://eightsleep.com/twit) --- [mintmobile.com/twit] (http://mintmobile.com/twit) --- [Miro.com/podcast] (http://Miro.com/podcast) --- [kolide.com/twit] (https://kolide.com/twit) ... Read more

20 Mar 2023

2 HR 42 MINS

2:42:49

20 Mar 2023

#9

TWiT 918: Rational Minds Have Prevailed - Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple...

Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple headset ---Hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits stuck at Silicon Valley Bank. ---Etsy is delaying seller payouts following Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. ---FDIC to Silicon Valley Bank workers. We'll give you a 50% raise or double-time OT, but you'll lose your job in 45 days. ---U.S. officials weigh protecting all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank. ---Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers. ---Meta to end Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram if Bill C-18 becomes law. ---Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC. ---Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready. ---Daylight savings time change 2023 starts Sunday with "spring forward". ---Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle ---The privacy loophole in your doorbell. ---YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized. ---Apple Music Classical app launching March 28. ---Chat with Jason Calacanis (post credits) Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Lisa Schmeiser] (http://twitter.com/lschmeiser) , [Reed Albergotti] (https://twitter.com/reedalbergotti) , [Glenn Fleishman] (https://glennf.com/) , and [Jason Calacanis] (http://calacanis.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: --- [ZipRecruiter.com/Twit] (http://ZipRecruiter.com/Twit) --- [bitwarden.com/twit] (http://bitwarden.com/twit) --- [kolide.com/twit] (https://kolide.com/twit) ... Read more

13 Mar 2023

2 HR 59 MINS

2:59:09

13 Mar 2023

#8

TWiT 917: Pwn Not Bone - AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger...

AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry ---Bing Chat has a secret 'Celebrity' mode to impersonate celebrities. ---@emollick: Bing, write the first chapter of Genesis as a corporate memo. ---CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role. ---Father Robert defines the Singularity. ---LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach. ---Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say. ---Amazon Illegally Fired NYC Union Organizer, Labor Board Says. ---50 Years Later, We're Still Living in the Xerox Alto's World. ---Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer. ---Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, software liability reform. ---Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state. ---U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok. ---White House: Federal agencies have 30 days to remove TikTok from devices. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Louis Maresca] (https://twit.tv/people/louis-maresca) , [Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ] (https://twitter.com/padresj) , and [Dan Moren] (https://dmoren.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: --- [kolide.com/twit] (https://kolide.com/twit) --- [decisions.com/twit] (http://decisions.com/twit) --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) ... Read more

06 Mar 2023

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:37

06 Mar 2023

#7

TWiT 916: Fetch Happens - Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban

Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban ---U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance. ---Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption. ---Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why. ---It's Time to Tear Up Big Tech's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card. ---Section 230 Won't Protect ChatGPT. ---Twitter lays off another 50 employees as cost cutting continues under Elon Musk: report. ---FreshRSS: A free, self-hostable feed aggregator. ---Sumi.news. ---Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator. ---Calckey: A greatly enhanced fork of Misskey with better UI/UX, security, features, and more! ---Mammoth is a new free Mastodon client for iOS and macOS. ---Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers. ---SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches. ---Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify's Podcast Colonization Flops. ---YouTube tests adding podcasts to 'Create' button alongside other new podcast tools & analytics. ---Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama. ---Apple Orders Entire Supply of TSMC's 3nm Chips for iPhone 15 Pro and M3 Macs. ---Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit. ---Apple Watch ban: Biden will make decision next week. ---OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Mike Masnick] (https://twitter.com/mmasnick) , [Alex Lindsay] (https://twit.tv/people/alex-lindsay) , and [Owen Thomas] (https://twitter.com/owenthomas) 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: --- [noom.com/twit] (http://noom.com/twit) --- [wwt.com/twit] (https://wwt.com/twit) --- [www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT] (http://www.stamps.com/radio/twit/?source=si10113277) --- [GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT] (HTTP://GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT) ... Read more

27 Feb 2023

2 HR 53 MINS

2:53:26

27 Feb 2023

#6

TWiT 915: AI Eye Contact - AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS ...

AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA ---Parallels Desktop for Mac: The Solution for Running Windows 11 on Apple M-series Macs. ---Microsoft will limit Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird. ---From Bing to Sydney. ---Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom. ---Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing. ---There's an AI for that. ---Is AI a commodity? ---Amateur balloonist group from Illinois says small balloon last reported over Alaska 'missing in action'. ---White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake. ---Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication. ---Meta verification, only $12 a month! ---The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... by Praveen Seshadri. ---First Look: New Emojis in iOS 16.4. ---YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan. ---Microsoft February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 exploited zero-days, 77 flaws. ---OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT. ---Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court. ---Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge. ---Sam Bankman-Fried's Prosecutors Raise New Concerns Over Internet Use. ---BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI. ---Data brokers are now selling your mental health status. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Daniel Rubino] (https://twitter.com/Daniel_Rubino) , [Owen JJ Stone] (https://twitter.com/ohdoctah) , and [Ben Parr] (https://twitter.com/benparr) 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: --- [mintmobile.com/twit] (http://mintmobile.com/twit) --- [eightsleep.com/twit] (http://eightsleep.com/twit) --- [shopify.com/twit] (http://shopify.com/twit) --- [Miro.com/podcast] (http://Miro.com/podcast) ... Read more

20 Feb 2023

3 HR 00 MINS

3:00:00

20 Feb 2023

#5

TWiT 914: Autonowashing - Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard

Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard ---US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China ---U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist ---Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing-Google employees are apparently very unhappy with Bard and Sundar Pichai ---Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo ---Dan O'Dowd Funding Superbowl Ad Opposing Tesla Full Self Driving ---PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years ---The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video ---iOS Access For All book ---'Disrespectful to the Craft:' Actors Say They're Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI ---ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why ---A Google Co-Founder Is Building a Massive 400-Foot Airship for Humanitarian Missions Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Brian McCullough] (https://twitter.com/brianmcc) , [Sam Abuelsamid] (https://twit.tv/people/sam-abuelsamid) , and [Shelly Brisbin] (https://twitter.com/shelly) 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: --- [bitwarden.com/twit] (http://bitwarden.com/twit) --- [ZipRecruiter.com/Twit] (http://ZipRecruiter.com/Twit) ... Read more

12 Feb 2023

2 HR 09 MINS

2:09:19

12 Feb 2023

#4

TWiT 913: Impractical Shorts - Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive

Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive ---Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers. ---Safer Internet Day USA. ---Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be Enforced. ---Alphabet Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, YouTube Ad Revenue Down 8%. ---Facebook's VR Division Lost $13.72 Billion In 2022. ---Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants. ---Apple Decides to Drop Role of Industrial Design Chief in Post-Jony Ive Era. ---Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and iPod, just designed a 'clown nose' for a British charity. ---Tesla increases Model Y, cuts Model 3 prices in the U.S. ---Twitter Is Killing Off The Fun Bots. ---Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private. ---Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q4 2022. ---Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple's App Store and Google Play. ---ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. ---Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. ---CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say. ---Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow. --- Hogwarts Legacy releases this week for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S - but April for PS4 and XBO and June for Switch. ---Phoebe Waller-Bridge Prepping 'Tomb Raider' TV Series for Amazon. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Wil Harris] (https://twitter.com/WilHarris) , [Denise Howell] (http://denisehowell.info/) , 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: --- [Miro.com/podcast] (http://Miro.com/podcast) --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) ... Read more

06 Feb 2023

2 HR 33 MINS

2:33:02

06 Feb 2023

#3

TWiT 912: Let Me Consult My AI Lawyer - AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @...

AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet ---Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023). ---Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine. ---If ChatGPT doesn't get a better grasp of facts, nothing else matters. ---Move over ChatGPT, Microsoft's new AI tool is helping developers code faster. ---ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware. ---OPWNAI: Cybercriminals starting to use ChatGPT. ---MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. ---Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT. ---AI-powered "robot" lawyer won't argue in court after jail threats. ---More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson. ---Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun calls ChatGPT "not particularly innovative". ---Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers. ---US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew. ---Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent. ---GitHub: 100 million developers and counting. ---To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination. ---The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn. ---Why Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition at Concerts. ---James Dolan gives fiery interview defending facial recognition tech at MSG. ---AI makes Ariana Grande sing a Billie Eilish song. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Harry McCracken] (http://twitter.com/harrymccracken) , [Tim Stevens] (https://twitter.com/tim_stevens) , and [Christina Warren] (https://twitter.com/film_girl) 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: --- [wwt.com/twit] (https://wwt.com/twit) --- [GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT] (HTTP://GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT) --- [bitwarden.com/twit] (http://bitwarden.com/twit) ... Read more

30 Jan 2023

2 HR 32 MINS

2:32:36

30 Jan 2023

#2

TWiT 911: You Toot Too, Right? - Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonS...

Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP ---Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients. ---Twitterrific: End of an Era. ---In Memory of Tweetbot. ---Extremely Hardcore. ---Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options. ---Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms. ---Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230. ---R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google. ---Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech. ---India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary. ---As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin. ---TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral. ---How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation. ---Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs. ---Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees. ---Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens. ---Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL). ---How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches. ---Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs. ---Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine. ---CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy. ---The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure. ---T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers. ---AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces. ---Former Exec explains why on Reddit. Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Patrick Beja] (https://twitter.com/NotPatrick) , [Brianna Wu] (https://twitter.com/BriannaWu) , and [Shoshana Weissmann] (https://twitter.com/SenatorShoshana) 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: --- [shopify.com/twit] (http://shopify.com/twit) --- [expressvpn.com/twit] (http://expressvpn.com/twit) ... Read more

23 Jan 2023

2 HR 38 MINS

2:38:42

23 Jan 2023

#1

TWiT 910: It's a Myrkl - CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twit...

CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter ---CES 2023 Recap ---A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes ---Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific ---CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here's Why ---A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What? ---Acer 516 Gaming Chromebook ---Neeva Ad-free Search Engine ---NFL Playoffs 2023: Fox Sports Details 1080p/HDR Production Efforts ---Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League football streaming rights ---YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget ---Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Lost $1.2 Billion in Just Nine Months in Newest Division - Bloomberg ---iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late ---YouTube may fix controversial policy to demonetize videos with swearing | Engadget ---New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt Host: [Leo Laporte] (https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte) Guests: [Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ] (https://twitter.com/padresj) , [Paris Martineau] (http://theinformation.com) , and [Connie Guglielmo] (https://twitter.com/techledes) 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: --- [decisions.com/twit] (http://decisions.com/twit) --- [noom.com/twit] (http://noom.com/twit) --- [ZipRecruiter.com/Twit] (http://ZipRecruiter.com/Twit) --- [mintmobile.com/twit] (http://mintmobile.com/twit) ... Read more

16 Jan 2023

3 HR 06 MINS

3:06:10

16 Jan 2023

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