This Week in Tech (Video)

TWiT 1100: Yoloville - Data Centers, Climate Change, and the True Cost of "Innovation"

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:00:00 PDT

When politicians, parents, and platforms collide, who protects kids from tech's dark side? Dive into real stories of digital parenting, policy-making headaches, and the unexpected ways tech companies shape everyday life.

US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case
Why the Courts Are Hesitant to Punish Tech Giants Like Meta and Google
John Ternus is now the CEO of Apple
Apple, OpenAI legal fight keeps escalating. Here's how we got here
Court Filings In A.I. Suit Invoke Copyright Law, Culture and Sports
Meta accepts U.S. safety rules while pitching softer tools abroad
FTC lawsuit alleges Amazon has been 'secretly and systematically' overcharging for ads
Bernie Sanders Proposes Artificial Superintelligence Ban Amid Rogue AI Hackings
Vance Called AI Satanic. He Struck a Chord Among Christian Republicans.
Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It's Basically Alive
Nvidia Extends A.I. Spending Spree With $12.9 Billion Deal for Hugging Face
Tesla's Cybercab Officially Launches Today. It's Already Under Investigation
AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nanoparticles

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Owen JJ Stone

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TWiT 1099: Pantsless Whims - The Fallout From Meta's $18 Billion Settlement

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:17:24 PDT

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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TWiT 1098: Usain Volt - Meta, Addiction, & the Future of Online Engagement

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:29:45 PDT

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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TWiT 1097: Gina and the Glueballs - Is AI Moving Too Fast?

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:00:00 PDT

Can you trust Mark Zuckerberg's open AI manifesto, or is it just another play to keep control out of your hands? The panel debates the future of personal superintelligent agents, who really stands to benefit, and whether anyone should slow things down before it's too late.

Mark Zuckerberg Posts 6,500-Word AI Essay
Zuckerberg Is Right About Open, Decentralized AI. He's Also The Last Person You Should Trust To Deliver It
Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU
You can now turn off Google Gemini's visible watermarks
Everything Google announced: Pixel 11, Pixel Tag, Pixel Watch 11, more
Google is making the Pixel cameras better by making them worse
Following Epic loss, Google has started hosting rival app stores in the Play Store
Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play
Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US [U]
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
Happy 45th Birthday to the IBM PC and Model F/XT
Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down
Transportation Sec. Decides to Turn Air Traffic Control Into a Game
Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Denise Howell, Joey de Villa, and Gina Smith

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TWiT 1096: Fluff for Armor - Flock Cameras, ALPR Abuse, & DNA Collecting

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:14:44 PDT

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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TWiT 1095: Horses and Sailboats - Folding Phones Get Cute and Expensive in a Race With Apple

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:20:36 PDT

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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TWiT 1094: Rest in Peace, Buzzkill - How John C. Dvorak Changed Tech Journalism Forever

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:40:46 PDT

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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TWiT 1093: California Sober - Kimi K3, Qwen3.8, & China's Open-Weight AI Gambit

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:43:25 PDT

What happens when China drops open-weight AI models that rival Silicon Valley's best? This episode unpacks how a new wave of international AI releases is shaking up business, policy, and the future of innovation.

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."
Claude on X: "Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits. Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit. Demand for Fable has been challenging to"
China's Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America's Lead
Alibaba's Qwen Unveils Preview of Flagship AI Model
Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe
The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs
Microsoft chief turns hostile on frontier AI labs, warns companies to guard their IP
Meta Is Flooding the Market With Smartglasses. Privacy Advocates Are Up in Arms.
Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices, DOJ says
Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch
MLB cracks down on using AI via dugout iPads to help shape in-game decisions
White House Teleprompter Operator Bet on Trump Speeches, Kalshi Says
New York school district is testing lifelike robot teachers

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Alex Wilhelm

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TWiT 1092: You Brought a Knife to a Wolf Fight - Apple Accuses OpenAI of Trade Secret Theft

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:07:25 PDT

Apple is suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets, sparking a heated debate about AI, hardware ambitions, and Silicon Valley's shifting alliances. Leo, Wesley, Lou, and Patrick tackle what Apple's legal gambit could mean for OpenAI's IPO and the future of AI development.

Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Blockbuster Case
Apple's OpenAI lawsuit highlights broader tensions
Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams
Claude Fable 5 promotional access
Meta says four states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial
Meta Removes A.I. Feature on Instagram After Days of Backlash
Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment
Meta Ordered by E.U. to Alter 'Addictive Design' of Instagram and Facebook
The backlash against Sony ditching PlayStation discs is not slowing down
Colibrì proof-of-concept gains frontier-level 1.5-TB AI model — novel approach runs on only 25GB of RAM and shows promise for local AI setups
Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns
Waymo says some of its robotaxis ran out of power during San Francisco's July 4 gridlock and had to be towed
Zombie 'who owns Unix?' lawsuit comes alive again
Copy That Floppy! - Copy That Floppy!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Louis Maresca, and Patrick Beja

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TWiT 1091: But You Didn't Move the Bodies - Surprising Supreme Court Move on Geofence Warrants

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:09:19 PDT

A landmark Supreme Court decision shakes up digital privacy, setting new limits on police surveillance and potentially redefining personal data rights in the age of AI and location tracking. Plus, Chinese AI models are rapidly gaining ground while American companies battle lawsuits, regulatory crackdowns, and soaring chip shortages. The global race for AI dominance is wide open!

US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections
Musk's X poses "serious risk to Americans' privacy," advocates warn FTC
The World Cup added $1 billion in security systems. What happens after the games end?
U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Most Powerful A.I. Models
OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
Cloudflare to block cynical search-and-scrape bots from ad-supported web pages
Companies Are Throttling Employees' AI Use Because It's Too Expensive
Chinese A.I. Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI
Swedish court orders Google to pay $1.5 billion to Klarna in antitrust damages
Google loses final appeal over $4.7 billion EU Android antitrust fine
Google warns EU's plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data
Google's AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
America Is Having MacBook Sticker Shock
Apple may struggle to get clearance for Chinese RAM, even for Chinese iPhones
BYD Sells the Most Battery Electric Cars Again
NASA mission to rescue the falling Swift observatory has launched
NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late
South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots
Spotify deletes streams of chart-topping song after suspicious Kalshi bets
Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Lisa Schmeiser, and Owen JJ Stone

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