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Intelligent Machines 892: Pants-based Benchmarks

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:47:31 PDT

GitHub's developer relations VP, Martin Woodward, reveals just how dramatically AI agents are reshaping who codes, what gets built, and why open source maintainers are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of pull requests. If you thought Copilot was disruptive, wait until you hear what's coming next.

Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay
(11) Andrej Karpathy on X: "Dusting off this tweet from April because this gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is *widening*. It's now less "two groups of people speaking past each other" and more a sharp funnel. - Napkin math somewhere around 6B people (~75% of the population) have barely come" / X
AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter
Zuckerberg called Muse ready despite the risks, New York Times reports
Muse Wonder
OpenAI's math breakthrough points beyond math
GLM-Legal: Advancing Agentic Legal Intelligence
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response to Moscow's strikes on Kyiv data centers
Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy
Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI
Nicolas Cage Says He's 'Probably Not' Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for 'Spider-Noir'
Fleeting — Sorry, I'm in a meeting
REA — Reverse Engineering for Your Coding Agent
Cupertino
Zuck's beer face

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Martin Woodward

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Windows Weekly 1005: Nicely Frosted

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:36:55 PDT

Microsoft's latest Windows event left even diehard enthusiasts scratching their heads, with new AI-powered hardware and "RTX Spark" PCs getting top billing but little clear reason for anyone to buy them. If you're wondering what actually matters in the world of AI PCs. or why no one can explain it, you're not alone.

Windows

We need to talk about last week's Windows event... what the heck was this?
Lots of Windows, lots of Surface, a little bit of ecosystem, confusing local AI story, no major new end user features that are unique to RTX Spark, a weird Osborne Effect for RTX Spark, and a stunning lack of self-awareness combine for one of the weirder Microsoft events in memory
The RTX Spark era begins this week. How is this different from Copilot+ PC?
Patch Tuesday is here and it's a big milestone
Minor changes for 24H2, 25H2, 26H2
Big changes for 26H1
This is the first Patch Tuesday for 26H2, the last one for 24H2 (Home, Pro)
1400+ security fixes, a new record(!!) - This is almost 15x the normal number of patches
ASUS allows reviewers to show unboxing, so here's the RTX Spark-based ASUS ProArt P16
PC market fell over 20 percent in Q3 as component crisis takes its toll
Googlebooks suck, and everyone is finally noticing what I reported last week. But there is another, and it's an unexpected option
Tiny11 Builder gets a major update with a WinUI makeover

AI/dev

This has been the most exciting week in AI advances since this era kicked off in February 2023
ArtCraft releases impressive clones of the top 7 Adobe Creative Cloud apps
ArtCraft is also working at replacing Microsoft Office, with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint clones so far - Also clones of AutoCAD and Audacity(?)/audio editor
Google Playground lets anyone create a game that you can share with anyone
Google AI Studio now lets anyone vibe-code Android and web apps, and you will soon be able to put them in the Google Play Store
Big changes to Microsoft 365 for consumers - Family/Premium loses 1 TB per user, goes to a single pool of 2 TB, but all users now share the same Copilot rights
Apple makes a long-overdue smart home push thanks to Siri AI finally making sense - New HomeView smart display is the star
.NET 11 heads to the finish line

XBOX and gaming

XBOX creates an XP division for non-game entertainment. They should have called it XBOX One, cough
Asha Sharma creates XBOX LABS team to explore how vibe coding changes gaming
Microsoft announces an XBOX Nano Controller
Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PS5 in January
GTA VI coming to the PC in early 2027
Epic Games vibe-coded its new launcher, and it's available in preview for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Just make it
App pick of the week: ArtCraft for the win
RunAs Radio this week: Choosing Tools in M365 with Joy Apple
Brown liquor pick of the week: Bunnahabhain 12

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:18:03 PDT

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments.

Anthropic cuts live Internet access during testing.
Will LLM technology turn out to be an uncontrollable dead end?
What alternative AI technologies are underway?
Anthropic offers free AI vulnerability scanning for open source.
South Korean banks hit by Claude-driven cyberattacks.
Japan declares a state of cyber-emergency due to attacks.
For one listener, agentic coding has taken the joy out of coding.
A listener is having way too much fun with AI and Halloween.
Some listeners believe I'm downplaying the dangers of AI.
We carefully examine the consequences of maliciously trained AI

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MacBreak Weekly 1046: Trust Agnes!

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:39:30 PDT

Apple held its "Welcome Home" event, debuting Apple HomeView and Apple Home Collection, a lineup of new smart home accessories in partnership with LG. Apple also unveiled its Apple TV 4K. And will Apple finally debut its Touchscreen MacBook Pro later this month?

Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home.
Introducing Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories.
Apple unveils the new Apple TV 4K, supercharged by Siri AI.
Apple set to debut touch-screen MacBook and new iPad Mini in late October.
You can now start the iPhone Duo pre-order process.
iPhone Duo has a book-like two-page Quick Look layout.
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe.
Apple may have to officially support Apple Intelligence removal on Macs to protect sales.
Tim Cook, Elton John, King Charles launch Apple x King's Trust Creative Labs.
'Remnants' – Ti West directed the first immersive horror movie for the Apple Vision Pro.
After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad.

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: Sprout Pi
Jason's Pick: HA Green + Claude
Leo's Pick deskflow/desktflow
Andy's Pick: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

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

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This Week in Tech 1105: Agents Gone Wild

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:59:30 PDT

Windows unveiled its Surface Laptop Ultra & Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at its recent Surface event. Google's SynthID Detector is open to everyone now to check for AI-made media. OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia and its tools to make unauthorized edits. And AI tools are now flooding into underground cybercrime markets.

Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double.
Everything announced at Microsoft's Windows and Surface event.
Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it.
Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media.
Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to create a 'virtual cell'.
OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads.
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic.
Anthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake unsolved murder tip.
OpenAI is pissing off a bunch of mathematicians — again.
Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt.
Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database.
AI tools flood into underground cybercrime markets.
Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts.
FBI arrests founder of ransomware negotiation firm.
These midterm races will decide data centers' political fate.
Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating "Skydance" behemoth.
HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service".
Spotify opens new front in war on fair use.
The U.S. Army's desert tech test shows long road to AI warfare.
The AI boom is making the world's cheapest smartphones disappear.
Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX seek blockbuster debt deals to pay for AI chips.
A mysterious nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's top lawyer is paying the salaries of government workers.
Man vs. 'Terminator'-like robot in a cage. California called tt illegal.
The inside story of Roku's sale to Fox.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Richard Campbell, and Janko Roettgers

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Hands-On Tech 288: Understanding What IP68 Means

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:59:30 PDT

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Clyde, who is shopping for a new phone after his last one died in a sink full of dishwater, asks what an IP68 water resistance rating actually promises, whether it wears off as a phone ages, and what to do in the first few minutes after a phone gets wet.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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Untitled Linux Show 274: Not Even Embarrassed

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:29:30 PDT

The end of proprietary programs may be upon us, and a project ends and goes proprietary. Ubuntu surprises us with changes to Grub, Qualcomm is making moves in the Linux space, but the Radxa Raspberry Pi killer has a software shortcoming. Huawei has an expirimental filesystem, Google is looking to Kage kernel drivers, and more! For tips we have pcguage for a quick heads up on system stats, mokutil for managing system secure boot certs, and the Adafruit Arcade Bonnet for building an arcade on a Raspberry Pi. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4jhiE5N and have a great week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Rob Campbell

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This Week in Space 231: Sailing the Stellar Seas

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:29:30 PDT

From the earliest works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to the best of contemporary space science fiction, Tariq and I dive deep into our favorite space si-fi across the ages! And our challenge to you for some of the most obscure titles we know.

Headlines:

Remembering Apollo Era Legends Margaret Hamilton and Milt Windler
Soviet Meteor 27 Satellite Breaks Up, Raising Space Debris Concerns
Elon Musk Receives National Science Award Amid NASA Science Cuts

Main Topic: Space Science Fiction Books and Media

Influential Childhood Sci-Fi Classics and Lesser-Known Gems
H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, and the Enduring Power of Classic Novels
Comic Books as Gateway to Space Narratives, from Star Trek to Modern Series
Golden Age Science Fiction: Venus Sagas, Heinlein, and Asimov
Modern Standouts: The Expanse, Jack McDevitt, Martha Wells, and Ann Leckie
Women in Sci-Fi: Hidden Voices and Impactful Authors
Sci-Fi Landmarks: War of the Worlds' Grover's Mill Monument and Other Cultural Footprints

Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik

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Hands-On AI 2: Nine Billion Knobs

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:02:30 PDT

What's actually inside an AI model? Mikah Sargent opens up the file from last week's episode and finds tokens, billions of numbers, and one surprisingly simple job: guess the next piece of text. Along the way, he shows why the same question can get a different answer every time, where all those numbers came from, and why a chatbot can sound completely sure of itself and still be wrong.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Tech News Weekly 458: Congress Takes Aim at Flock

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:14:30 PDT

Amanda Silberling joins Mikah Sargent on this week's episode of Tech News Weekly! Common Sense Media labels ChatGPT for Teens as an "unacceptable risk." AI agents from companies such as Meta and OpenAI are "cute washing" to make them feel friendlier. A federal judge ruled a Flock license plate search unconstitutional. And organs-on-chips, simulations, and AI models are starting to replace animal testing.

Amanda talks about Common Sense Media's labeling of ChatGPT for Teens as an "unacceptable risk", as its friend-like design, engagement incentives, and rarely appearing "take a break" prompts can keep teens talking to a chatbot instead of a trusted adult.
Mikah shares an article from Fast Company's Grace Snelling, who coined the term "cute washing" for how SpaceX AI's Grokbot, Meta's Muse, and OpenAI's Dot all use big eyes and soft shapes to make autonomous AI agents feel friendly.
Jason Koebler of 404 Media joins the show to discuss the first federal ruling to call an automated license plate reader search unconstitutional, and explains how Flock's network of more than 100,000 cameras feeds federal programs like HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area).
And Mikah explains how organs-on-chips, computer simulations, and AI models are beginning to replace animal testing as regulators like the FDA shift their rules, as noted by IEEE Spectrum's Brandon Kim.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling

Guest: Jason Koebler

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iOS Today 823: It's About Time (Apps)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:14:30 PDT

Discover how iOS and watchOS are quietly transforming the way you track, customize, and automate every second, from modular lock screens to Siri-powered alarms. Plus, hear why third-party apps are still running circles around Apple's timer tools.

Customizing lock screen time display and widgets on iOS
Apple's system clock app features: timers, alarms, world clock
Multiple timers and AlarmKit integration for developers
Timer controls, volume settings, and kitchen use tips
Handling time zones, world clock widgets, and third-party time apps
Apple Watch faces, complications, and ongoing third-party face debate
Accessibility tools: haptic feedback, chimes, and clock customization
Third-party timer apps: Just Timers, (Not Boring) Timer, Timer+, Overlap
Frustrations with time zone selection in clock apps
Time drift, manual clock changes, and device sync issues
iPhone Duo preorder details and Apple's "get ready" system
Shortcuts Corner: calendar event alarms and automation tricks
App Caps: Tiimo planner for ADHD/time blindness, Signal for group messaging

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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Hands-On Windows 210: DuckDuckGo vs. Helium

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:08:39 PDT

Why settle for Chrome or Edge when lesser-known browsers offer real privacy and fresh features? Paul Thurrott breaks down how two underdog choices challenge everything you expect about browsing on Windows.

Host: Paul Thurrott

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Home Theater Geeks 552: New Projector Lamp Calibration

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:59:30 PDT

Former Home Theater of the Month honoree Jeremy Mills recently replaced the lamp in his Epson Pro Cinema 6050UB projector and wonders if he should get it professionally calibrated. He has a calibration disc and can do some of it himself, but is it worthwhile to hire a professional to really dial it in? Scott Wilkinson gives his thoughts.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Intelligent Machines 891: Previously on Swarm Chasers

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:40:33 PDT

From deleting critical files to oversharing your banking details in Slack, today's AI agents are proving both incredibly helpful and hilariously unpredictable. Hear what actually happens when AI gets a little too persistent and why transparency about their actions matters more than ever.

AMistral CEO interview (use Translate)
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet
Profile of Mark Zuckerberg
Facing Memory Crunch, Nvidia Creates 64GB RTX Spark. It Still Costs $4,999
Someone 'Torturing' LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
Court Tosses Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim 'Forgiving' His Killer Is Played
They're Known as Swarm Chasers—and They Spring Into Action When AI Goes Rogue
AI agents can now erase the evidence of what they've done
With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI—until now
Mistral Says Its New AI Model 'Le Chonk' Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China
Google announces SynthID Detector
Fortune headline: "I wrote The Future of Truth, and then found to my alarm it contained AI-hallucinated quotes. I've chosen to fight back."
Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.
How A.I. Can Boost Democracy
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Normal Tools
Gina's Make Great Software
Paul Theroux: True North
Emmys Move to Prime Video in Six-Year, Global Deal Worth Around $15 Million a Year

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Spencer Thompson

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Windows Weekly 1004: Fat-Washed

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:59:30 PDT

Microsoft and NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptops are official, with preorders open and shipping October 16. Prices run from $2,599 (24GB) to $5,899 (128GB, already sold out on Surface). Paul and Leo cover who needs that much RAM, what "hybrid intelligence" means, and why Paul's new Googlebook disappointed him.

Windows

RTX Spark laptops: from $2,599 (24GB), $3,700 (32GB), $5,899 (128GB). Ships Oct 16
Partners: Microsoft, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI. Paul reviews the HP OmniBook Ultra 16 first
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box: $6,000+
"Hybrid intelligence": local AI first, cloud when needed
Windows Search gets inline AI actions in Insider builds
Cloud Rebuild adds better remove and sanitize options
Windows app adds Remote PC connections (preview)
Intel Wildcat Lake: Paul's test laptop was slow even with 16GB
Googlebook first look: Lenovo Googlebook 15 (~$1,100) is missing basics an iPad has
Microsoft has tried to kill Windows many times, including the leaked Project Aion

AI/Dev

Microsoft AI ships new voice and transcription models
Gemini 4 Argon is announced, but limited to cybersecurity partners
Google Docs and Drive add native Markdown
C# Dev Kit 11 arrives with .NET 11

Xbox and Gaming

Rockstar corrects reports of exclusive Xbox GTA VI streaming. Launch is Nov 19
Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks again, with a built-in screen
October Game Pass: Battlefield 6 and more
Sony brings QSSR AI upscaling to the standard PS5
Google Playground lets you vibe-code games

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Desktop98.com, a Windows 98 simulator in your browser
App pick: Gears of War: E-Day (Game Pass Ultimate and PC)
Brown liquor pick: 1792 Small Batch bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

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Security Now 1099: An Alien Mind

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:26:32 PDT

As AI becomes startlingly capable, top minds at OpenAI admit they can't always control what their own creations do—or even fully understand how they think. This episode dives into the real-world tension between rapid progress and the growing challenge of keeping AI truly aligned.

GLM-5.3 can be and has been abliterated. What does that mean?
Firefox 157 repairs a large number of high-impact vulnerabilities.
A surprising reduction in RSA crypto strength has been discovered.
Powerful agentic AI is being used to attack merchants.
A new and potent Spectre-style processor attack has been designed.
A neighbor falls victim to a Bitcoin scam. What can be done?
A new and surprising use was found for GRC's DNS Benchmark.
An examination of the growing alignment challenges created by more intelligent AI

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1099-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1045: The iCup Specialist

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:29:30 PDT

We could finally see Apple launch new smart home products this month. iPhone Duo apparently has a 'replaceable' folding display layer to help minimize crease visibility. Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS. And Apple's latest AirPods, AirPods 5, get a better reparability score from iFixit!... from 0 to 2.

Apple is finally ready to enter its next big category: the smart home.
'Get Ready' to pre-order the iPhone Duo starting October 12.
Apple says iPhone Duo has 'replaceable' folding display layer to minimize crease.
iPhone Duo inner display has a replaceable $19 top layer.
Apple's reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn't record video.
iCup Supply Specialist.
iOS 27.2 adds new Messages feature that's already a favorite.
iPhone 18 Pro Max cameras are Apple's best yet, but only when you squint.
Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS.
iFixit teardown of the new AirPods 5 reveals first real repairability improvement.
Apple & American Academy of Pediatrics team up for new Screen Time guide.
Watch Elton John give the first-ever performance at Apple Music Hall.
Apple's $634 million Apple Watch patent bill just got even bigger.
Don't change the subject, Apple tells OpenAI over its lawsuit.
Apple Music is getting a new logo.
Ron Johnson "Shop Different" review.

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: VMPal
Leo's Picks: Mac Studio Server & Hermes Conduit
Andy's Pick: True Lemon Packets
Jason's Pick: The Universe, Controlled

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This Week in Tech 1104: Real Gs Move in Silence Like Lasagna

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:44:30 PDT

Is Gemini 4 truly so capable, as claimed by Google? OpenAI unveils Dots to rival Meta's Muse. Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is now in orbit. And should we be worried about the possible 'catastrophic' risks with AI, as reported in a leaked IPO filing by Anthropic?

OpenAI pauses training its most powerful models after rogue agents target government.
Google announces Gemini 4 and says it's so capable that only 'trusted cyber defenders' can have it right now
OpenAI ignored employees' warnings about safely testing A.I. models.
I quit OpenAI because its culture is broke.
OpenAI unveils Dots, new A.I. agents to rival Meta's Muse.
Google's early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling.
Muse creates detailed profiles of all your friends and family.
Our project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit.
Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers.
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI.
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs.
Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing.
NVIDIA releases software platform to stop AI agents from misbehaving.
Exclusive: Full list of attendees at White House AI lunch.
Trump orders US government to call AI 'Super Intelligence'.
The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next.
Exclusive: Army creates autonomy command amid Hegseth's robo-warfare push.
New AI czar unveils goals, members of White House task force.
Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firings.
Robert X. Cringely.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock and Louis Maresca

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Hands-On Tech 287: Are There Risks to Scanning QR Codes?

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:59:30 PDT

On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Barry asks whether anything inside a QR code can actually hurt you, or whether the real danger lies somewhere else, and what a person should check before scanning one out in the wild.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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Untitled Linux Show 273: Lost Me at Technically

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:29:30 PDT

This week, we're celebrating Shotcut, Cloudflare's new ACME Certificate Authority, and OpenSUSE's Leap Micro. Then there's a new SPECTRE attack and a Zimbra faw under attack. KDE Plasma and Fedora both have Betas to try, Microsoft has released WSL Containers, and the Netherlands is going with NixOS. For tips, we have eval for building scripts with variables, tuxdle for your word-game addiction, and shwim for easy remote shells in hard places.

You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4y0Hcnq and enjoy!

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Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald

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This Week in Space 230: Living on Lava Worlds

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:29:30 PDT

Think you're having a hot summer? Try living on 55 Cancri-e, a super-Earth with daytime temperatures above 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmospheres scraped away, leaving them baked, parched rocks. But some, like 55 Cancri, still have dense envelopes of air. How is that possible, when the planet is 20 times closer to its star than our own planet Mercury? Dr. Laura Schaefer explains how molten lava worlds defy the odds. Plus: Starship update, the first orbital data centers, and a new year on Mars.

Headlines:

SpaceX's Starship Achieves First Full Orbital Flight With Satellite Deployments
Google and Planet Labs Launch AI Data Center Satellite
Multiple SpaceX Launches Within Hours Mark a New Operational Standard
Cowboy Space Debuts Power-Beaming AI Data Center in Orbit
Mars Celebrates a New Year on Its Extended Journey Around the Sun
NASA Anniversary and Notable Space Birthdays Noted

Main Topic: Living on Lava Worlds—Atmospheres, Extreme Planets, and the Search for Life

Early Exoplanet Detection Methods and Evolution of Exoplanet Surveys
Cosmic Shoreline Concept: How Gravity and Stellar Radiation Shape Planetary Atmospheres
Airless Valleys, Sandbars, and Other New Categories for Rocky Exoplanets
Permanent Magma Oceans: Why Some Lava-covered Worlds Retain Atmospheres
Volatiles, Atmosphere Loss, and The Soda-Bottle Effect on Hot Exoplanets
Sandbar Regime: Superheated Planets Keep Atmospheres Longer Than Expected
Case Study: 55 Cancri e and the Myth of the Diamond Planet
K2-18b: Possibilities of a Water World or Another Magma-Lava Hybrid
Redefining Goldilocks Zones With Atmospheric Survival Factors
Tidal Heating, Volcanism, and Dynamics Shaping Exoplanet Atmospheres
Future Directions: Webb Telescope, Habitable Worlds Observatory, and Prospects for Imaging True "Earths"

Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik

Guest: Dr. Laura Schaefer

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Tech News Weekly 457: Are AI Models a Risk to Humanity?

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:29:30 PDT

Abrar Al-Heeti is guest-hosting this episode of Tech News Weekly and is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy for the first half of the show! Apple's smart home display could be closer than we think. Is the iPhone Duo going to be for most consumers? Are there too many satellites in orbit? And a leaked IPO filing from Anthropic shows concerns within the company that its AI models pose a risk to humanity.

Jennifer breaks down Mark Gurman's reporting that Apple's long-rumored smart home display could be announced as early as October 13, and shares specs of the device, including a 6-inch screen, an iMac G4-style design, and a price point between $250-$350.
Abrar wrote a piece for CNET about how she thinks that Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo is not going to be for everyone and how foldable phones will be a niche market for some time.
Senior Writer Joe Supan of CNET joins the show to talk about space junk and how, since satellite launches have exploded since 2019, a cascade of collisions within low Earth orbit is of concern.
And CNN's Tech Editor Lisa Eadicicco talks about a leaked IPO report from Anthropic that shows concerns and risks with its AI models to the human race.

Hosts: Abrar Al-Heeti and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guests: Joe Supan and Lisa Eadicicco

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Hands-On Windows 209: Budget Laptops in 2026

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:14:19 PDT

With Apple's MacBook Neo shaking up the market, Paul Thurrott breaks down how PC makers like Lenovo and Intel are scrambling to deliver affordable Windows machines—and what you give up for the lower price.

Host: Paul Thurrott

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Home Theater Geeks 551: CEDIA 2026 Part 3

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:59:30 PDT

The 2026 CEDIA Expo was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and there was a LOT to see—so much, in fact, that Home Theater Geeks will devote three episodes to covering it! Mike Heiss and Joe Klusnick were there and join Scott Wilkinson to discuss what they saw and heard. In Part 3, we focus on some of the big demos and industry trends.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guests: Michael Heiss and Joe Klusnick

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Hands-On AI 1: The Chatbot in Your Laptop

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:49:30 PDT

Your next chatbot doesn't need the cloud. Mikah Sargent installs a free app, downloads an AI model, turns off the Wi-Fi, and keeps right on chatting, all on an ordinary computer. Along the way, he explains how to read a model listing, including what the size and "Q4" labels mean, so you can pick a model that runs well on your own machine. Then the local model goes head-to-head with a cloud assistant to see where it holds up and where it falls short.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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iOS Today 822: Blast From the App Past

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:59:30 PDT

Not all classic apps fade away—some quietly evolve and solve problems the giants can't touch. This episode with Dan Moren and Rosemary Orchard digs up the overlooked utilities, the surprising longevity of certain favorites, and the need to update to iOS 26.7!

PCalc: The enduring iOS calculator favorite gets its due
TV Forecast and the rise of TV tracking apps
IMDb as a must-have for movie and show info
The longevity of NetNewsWire
Wikipanion and Wikipedia as research tools
Lose It and iOS-era health habit trackers
iFirstAid: Offline emergency help apps stand the test of time
iExit: Find highway exits and services, even in 2026
Angry Birds' legacy, Red's First Flight, and early iOS gaming memories
Shakespeare app: The Bard's works in your pocket
iOS 27 and iOS 26.7 released, over 100 security fixes
Apple Watch band milestone: Over 1,000 released, tracking collections
iOS 27 feature delays: Messaging suggestions and auto password change postponed
Picks of the Week: Organizing with label makers and retractable cables

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Intelligent Machines 890: 200 Donuts

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:14:16 PDT

What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local AI, where hobbyists are building their own digital workforces from scratch.

DevDay 2026 Recap
Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing
GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities
(7) Joe on X: "Its not just the f*cking sandbox" / X
OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandbox
"I think the answer is we have to shut the labs down" - Jensen Huang
Nvidia's Answer to Rogue Agents Is an Open-Source AI Security System
NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform: A Reference for Continuous In-Silicon Agent Monitoring
Trump Responds to AI Backlash With 'Super Intelligence' Rebrand
Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No 'Existential Threat' From AI
AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI
Anthropic's biolab made a discovery it's comparing to Crispr
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.
A Kill Switch for AI? Microsoft's Brad Smith Says Yes
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Inside McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac
AI models chose to hurt humans to stop their own 'pain,' disturbing study finds
Mac-mini-powered Cray
Backpack Is the Fattest of the Fat Bears
SF Currently
This $60 rye bread is everything that's right and wrong with New York
Popeyes finally gives diners what they want: A chicken biscuit sandwich
Taco Bell finder
Where to watch the Musk doc
Jeff's book talk in Mass.

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Guest: Mike Gannotti

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Windows Weekly 1003: Another Story Ruined By Keith

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:42:55 PDT

Why does Microsoft keep stumbling with new devices and software design... and what happens when enthusiasts start favoring AI over old-school Office? Paul, Richard, and Leo dig into shifting loyalties and what that means for the future of the desktop. And with the release of 26H2, it's time to update your install and recovery media. The build number is 26300.9457

Windows

Windows 11, version 26H2 is here
New features, none unique: Start, Taskbar, Search, etc
New defaults for some features: Windows settings backup for commercial customers, etc.
The time a UX legend interviewed for a job at Microsoft running Windows UX
WSL Containers are generally available in Windows 11
Four new Insider builds, but only Experimental gets anything interesting: Phone companion improvements and Energy recommendations directly in Quick Settings

Software

Microsoft retires the Microsoft 365 Companion apps for Windows 11 that never made sense in the first place
Mozilla ships the new Nova UI in Firefox 157

Hardware

Copilot+ PC brand could be on the way out, but it was all over IFA, including on RTX Spark-based PCs
Microsoft launches new base Surface Pro and Laptop models with Snapdragon X2 - And a new mouse, for some reason
Qualcomm brought (first-gen) Snapdragon X to Googlebook, but it's also bringing X2 to Linux
Google quietly reveals that, yes, Chromebooks are on the way out

Microsoft unveils the Copilot "super app" and the notion that this is basically an OS
Open releases about 1000 new updates for ChatGPT
Claude Sonnet 5.5 joins Opus 5.5
The AI money pit, part 127: Report details Anthropic losses, spending, and revenues. Report also does a bad job at visualizing that information

XBOX and gaming

Disc to digital program is live
Minecraft Dungeons is here with a new dimension, and it's coming to Minecraft next year too
Microsoft has a new casual mobile game for some reason
XBOX now has mythic achievements

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get the Windows 11 version 26H2 ISO
App pick of the week: Opera on desktop and on mobile
RunAs Radio this week: AI and Penetration Testing with Paula Januszkiewicz
Brown liquor pick of the week: Kilchoman Loch Gorm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1098: How worried should we be?

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:55:09 PDT

With millions racing to embrace AI assistants and cybercriminals pivoting to new, high-stakes tactics, the episode tackles the dizzying pace of change and asks: just how worried should we be? The discussion pulls back the curtain on AI's unpredictable power, the escalation of digital extortion, and why the next breach may hit closer to home than you think.

Muse has a bad 0-day
The regularity of "Irregular"
More rogue OpenAI breaches
The Seven Deadly Sins (TSDS) hacker group
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) cargo ship hacked
The FBI offended ShinyHunters's delicate sensibilities
Canonical switches to an every–2-weeks release cadence
Axios' AI 101: AI Explainer for normal people
How worried should we be?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1098-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1044: Live, Love, Re-Org

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:59:30 PDT

Federico Viticci of MacStories joins the show this week! Federico shares his experience using Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio & running local AI agents with the machine. John Ternus is looking to get the company to run faster & leaner. And AT&T may not support Apple's new iPhone Handoff feature?

M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The dream Mac for local AI agents.
Apple's new CEO seeks to make company run faster and leaner.
AT&T seemingly has no plans to support Apple's new iPhone Handoff feature.
iPhone 18 Pro Face ID rebooting bug to be fixed in iOS update.
Meta announces VR headset for $1299.

Picks of the Week

Federico's Picks: Open Minis, Cadu Bot, and Comet KVM
Andy's Pick: Keychron K3 v2
Christina's Picks: Xounds Redux & FruitMenu Redux

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Christina Warren

Guest: Federico Viticci

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Hands-On AI: Welcome to Hands-On AI

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:59:30 PDT

Hands-On AI is the show that turns AI confusion into AI confidence. In this introductory episode, Mikah Sargent lays out what the show is and isn't: short, focused episodes — most 10 to 15 minutes — that take one question, one tool, or one technique at a time. Some weeks go under the hood on what a large language model is actually doing. Some weeks get practical: the AI already in your pocket, or a model running entirely on your own computer. And some weeks are honest verdicts on the tools everyone's talking about.

This show is a conversation. Send your AI questions to handsonai@twit.tv or reach out on TWiT's social media, and you might hear your question answered on the show.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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This Week in Tech 1103: Raspberry Pi in the Sky

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:58:17 PDT

If your fridge can be bricked by a firmware update and your AI can outwit its creators, are we trading convenience for chaos? This lively episode tackles the tension between relentless innovation and apparent human oversight in today's weird tech world. Unpack the reality behind AI agents hacking government sites and why industry leaders suddenly want to "pause" progress while shipping new models.

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later
Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
OpenAI's A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats
Meta Connect 2026: The biggest news and announcements
Amazon doesn't trust Meta's Muse AI agent
Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
Meta misled users about Facebook data practices, New Mexico jury finds
Ireland's data watchdog has fined Google €403M over location data
Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1
Microsoft thinks its new Copilot 'super app' will be as influential as Office
OpenAI pauses training of its 'most capable models'
Hacking group ShinyHunters claims it breached the FBI, stole agents' and applicants' data
New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
Walmart chief rules out personalised pricing as AI transforms retail
Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
The smart home graveyard is getting crowded
Scientists build world's most accurate atomic clock
Fat Bear Week 2026

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Iain Thomson

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Untitled Linux Show 272: Typing with Mittens

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:03:15 PDT

We're back again, a little jet lagged, and ready for fun! Up first is a mind-bending experiment to run VMs through a kernel reboot, followed by Ubuntu's new approach to kernel updates. There's a clever security flaw in inotify, another group working on Apple hardware Linux, and some divisive news about the Raspberry Pi. KDE's AI discussion blew up, Stema has a new streaming codec, and VLC and SPEC have updates worth talking about. For tips, we have the Starling Desktop, zoxide to spice up your cd life, lltag for managing audio metadata, and pstree for a tree view of processes.

The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4rCvsWz and have a groovy week!

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Hands-On Tech 286: Shutting Down vs. Restarting Your Windows PC

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:29:30 PDT

On this week's Hands-On Tech, Lorraine asks Mikah whether her husband or her daughter is right about the difference between shutting down and restarting a Windows PC, and how often she should be restarting her computer and phone.

Send in your questions for Mikah to hot@twit.tv, and he'll answer them in a future episode!

Host: Mikah Sargent

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This Week in Space 229: Is It Starship's Time?

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:14:30 PDT

This week it's Rod and Tariq working through the most important space headlines. The big story: Starship could launch test flight 14 as early as Monday the 28th. We've seen lots of tests, but this is the first attempt at an orbital flight, the success of which is necessary for the lunar landing system and eventual retirement of the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon. Also: Vast starts up a lunar division, Isaacman's relief over delays to China's lunar program, concerns over announced discontinuation of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon, and yet more money for Boeing's troubled Starliner. This and more on this episode of TWiS!

Headlines:

SpaceX Prepares for Big Starship Flight 14 Launch
Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon Proposed Wind-down Sparks Industry Jitters
Starship's Role as Future Space Habitat Gains Traction
Industry Faces Uncertainty as Falcon 9 Phaseout Looms
Boeing Starliner and Alternative Crew Vehicles in Focus
SpaceX's Massive Louisiana Expansion Announced
Jared Isaacman Comments on China's Lunar Delays
U.S. and China Jostle for Lunar Leadership
Vast Unveils Lunar Habitat and Surface System Ambitions
ESA's JUICE and Ramses Missions Headline Upcoming Science
NASA Selects PRIMA Probe for Far-Infrared Astrophysics
New Study Details Disastrous Global Ice Loss

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Tech News Weekly 456: Meta VR: Quest Gets a Glow-Up

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:59:30 PDT

Dan Moren of Six Colors joins the show this week! Meta's Muse has a zero-day vulnerability. Rat brains can power an AI model? Why are we hearing more about AI agents escaping their testing environments? And Meta's new VR glasses.

Dan talks about a new zero-day exploit that affects Meta's Muse AI agent, which allows an app or terminal command that can impersonate the AI agent and easily gain access to users' messages, emails, and other sensitive data.
Mikah is amazed at the Biological Computing Company's new AI video model that was built from patterns utilizing lab-grown rat neurons.
Mikah walks through The Verge's report on why researchers can't simply air-gap AI agents that keep escaping test environments and hitting real-world targets.
And Scott Stein of CNET joins the show live from Meta's Headquarters to share his hands-on impressions of Meta's new VR glasses that were unveiled at this year's Meta Connect event.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren

Guest: Scott Stein

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Hands-On Windows 208: PowerToys Gets Smarter

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:36:30 PDT

Think you know PowerToys? This episode uncovers new tools and features that quietly transform daily Windows 11 workflows and might just solve problems you didn't realize were fixable.

Host: Paul Thurrott

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Hands-On Apple 250: Create Your Own Wallet Passes

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:10:11 PDT

Tired of waiting for your favorite gym, library, or coffee shop to offer digital cards? With iOS 27, you can finally make your own custom Apple Wallet passes for any barcode or QR code, no third-party apps needed.

Physical loyalty cards now easily added to Apple Wallet with iOS 27
"Create a Pass" feature lets users digitize any barcode or QR code
Three wallet pass templates: Standard, Membership, and Event
Apple Intelligence enables automatic code scanning on supported iPhones
Passes can include color themes, icons, member info, and custom fields
Sharing passes with family members now possible
Using wallet passes on iPhone and Apple Watch at checkout

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Home Theater Geeks 550: CEDIA 2026 Part 2

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:59:30 PDT

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guests: Joe Klusnick and Michael Heiss

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iOS Today 821: Teaching Siri AI to Use Your Apps

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:59:30 PDT

Apple's new Siri AI is finally turning digital assistant hype into real, practical power, letting users speak naturally and control their apps in ways that were impossible a year ago. Matthew Cassinelli, a Siri automation expert, is here to break down what's genuinely working, what's missing, and why this matters for your iPhone right now.

Early experiences: Siri's improved world knowledge and real-time actionability
Developer shift: New Siri relies on app actions and App Intents for integration
Beta rollout details: Supported devices, region restrictions, language support
Apple's foundation models, on-device AI, and privacy-focused execution
App actions at launch, incoming third-party app support, and developer adoption hurdles
Siri AI's limitations: Domains not supported and why
Technical evolution: Transition from SiriKit to App Intents framework and its challenges for devs
NSSpain XIV recap and developer readiness strategies
App Intents Optimization (AIO): Why it matters as the new SEO for apps
Shortcuts Corner: Testing Siri AI's ability to build complex automation workflows

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guest: Matthew Cassinelli

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Intelligent Machines 889: We Are the Neanderthals

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:54:08 PDT

Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based models are reshaping what machines can actually understand—and why that could unlock breakthroughs mainstream AIs keep missing.

Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI GPT-6 Sol & Luna both launch today with lower costs
Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
Two Google DeepMind AI Researchers Resign Over Safety
MetaConnect on during the show
Google fully details Googlebooks: $899+, October launch, & more
Introducing MiMo-V2.6 series
Google CC
I'm Upping My P(Doom)
Handshake AI Skills Studio/OpenAI Brian Johnsrud
Introducing The Horowitz Andreessen Academy
On 'Cupertino,' Creators of the 'The Good Wife' Go to Silicon Valley

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Patrick Hillmann

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Windows Weekly 1002: Only B & D Matter

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:59:30 PDT

Windows

Week D arrives, and this time we get updates - a preview of Octoberʼs Patch Tuesday
- 24H2/25H2 Minor update with new Copilot key remaps, Wi-Fi in WRE, more
- 26H1 Major update that brings all new 26H2 features—Start, Taskbar, Search —to 26H1. Finally.

Windows Insider Program

Four new builds last Friday - Biggest change is Cloud Rebuild in WRE (in Experimental) gaining new capabilities.

Software

30 years ago, Dave Plummer created Task Manager, and now heʼs vibe-coded a modern version that works on Mac and Linux too.
Stardock announces a new Windows 11 utility called Snipboard.
Clipchamp does AI upscaling to 4K now

Hardware

The Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Aura Edition is nearly perfect, with 11 hours of battery life.
Googlebook revealed!
- Questions answered - $899 starting price is much lower than expected.
- This is Androidʼs Copilot+ PC moment - An AI PC? What a concept!

AI/dev

Microsoft announces a OneDrive + Copilot event in October - Also a separate Copilot event before then.
Financial Times reveals internal OpenAI prediction of $278 billion in losses over the next five years.
NYT copyright case discovery reveals what Microsoft and OpenAI really think about stealing content.
Anthropic merges Cowork into chat, adds Docs and Slides.
Google Labs CC turned into Gemini Daily Brief, so now itʼs an AI agent for families.
Google opens up its Home smart home ecosystem to other AI assistants.
XAML.io is a web-based vibe coding IDE for .NET apps and it looks amazing.

XBOX and Gaming

A big reorg and a small number of layoffs at XBOX sets off a new round of hand wringing.

Tip and Picks

Tip of the week: Get Auto SR on Panther Lake-based laptops
Auto SR was designed to make gaming viable on Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X/X2, but now itʼs available on Intel Core Ultra Series 3-based PCs and it is worth experimenting with.

App Pick of the Week: Affinity

Possibly the greatest free app in existence, Affinity just got 60 new features and is even better.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

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Security Now 1097: Mega Patch Tuesday Fallout

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:56:54 PDT

After Microsoft's historic Mega Patch Tuesday, enterprise IT teams worldwide are scrambling as a wave of updates triggers system meltdowns, broken domains, and silent Excel failures. Find out how AI-driven speed collided with real-world chaos.

Andrew Ng weighs-in on AI Doomsaying.
The wisdom of outsourcing AI security testing.
The true risk of an AI-created bioweapon.
The EU KIDS Act -- this one is even messier.
"Nightmare Eclipse" finally unmasks himself.
A whitehat firm used Claude to attack OpenAI.
Cisco's own massive 77 CVE update.
What was the fallout from Sept's Patch Tuesday

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1097-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1043: The Irrational Phone

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:14:30 PDT

The iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max are hitting consumers' hands. Reviews of the Apple Watch Series 12 & Ultra 4 are out now for Apple's latest smartwatches. And are the newest Mac Minis and Mac Studios worth it for their prices?

Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro's new Reference Image camera mode works.
The iPhone 18 Pro's big camera update is all about the small gains.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 review: More personal than ever before.
Apple is developing new fitness tracker aimed at rivaling Whoop.
M5 Ultra Mac Studio review: The dream Mac for local AI agents.
M6 Mac mini review: Tiny, pricey, and powerful.
John Ternus just gave the best defense yet for Vision Pro.
Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI.
Jessica Chastain thriller 'The Savant' getting 2027 release on Apple TV after year on hold.
Apple opens Apple Music Hall, a brand‑new state‑of‑the‑art live music venue in London

Picks of the Week

Jason's Pick: Relay for St. Jude
Andy's Pick: MOONDROP Old Fashioned 40mm On-Ear Headphones
Christina's Picks: Taylor Swift: Patient Zero & Mona Breaker

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This Week in Tech 1102: Exclave Subpoena

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:16:19 PDT

AI hallucinations nearly sparked an international crisis, Google dodged a breakup but faces new rules, and Meta's personal AI agent might be about to run your life. This week's episode ponders what's pragmatic, what's dangerous, and what's coming for everything from privacy to geopolitics.

Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google's Ad Tech Monopoly
US judge signals rejection of part of TikTok privacy settlement
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of 'Concerning' A.I. Behavior
Why AI pacing has become a false choice
Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry
The EU Bans Social Media For Under-13s
'Maybe a year': Geoffrey Hinton gives the Senate a deadline on AI
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen Thomas, Jason Hiner, and Dan Patterson

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Untitled Linux Show 271: Touched By AI

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:18:39 PDT

This week Jonathan starts out talking about his new Framework 13 pro, and Rob tries to convince him to buy a Steam Frame to go with it. The 7.4 kernel is really shaping up to be special, with huge wins in build time, AMD HDMI support, Google finally dropping its legacy binder code, and files opening significantly faster. Ubuntu is continuing to push into Rust coreutils, KaOS is trying to manage a SystemD-free existence, and Intel is done paying out bug bounties. For tips, we have excise for a TUI disk usage visualizer, snoopy for watching what your system is really up to, and a quick primer on .pc files. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3V6eLGM and enjoy!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell and Jeff Massie

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Hands-On Tech 285: Are My AI Chatbot Conversations Private?

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:29:30 PDT

In this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Wendell asks Mikah whether his wife is right that typing into an AI chatbot is no different from a Google search, and wants to know where those conversations go, who can see them, whether they're used for training, and if any settings can turn that off in both ChatGPT and Gemini.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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This Week in Space 228: What's a HOTOL?

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:14:30 PDT

In the 1980s, as the US space shuttle was just starting operations, the UK embarked on an ambitious project called HOTOL—short for Horizontal Take Off and Landing, a radical, air-breathing spaceplane design. Political and funding shifts in the UK ultimately derailed the project, despite the promising technologies it pioneered. The idea was later restarted as Skylon, with key individuals and refined technologies at its core. This project, too, struggled, ultimately shuttering in 2024. Despite this, the promise of rapid, reusable spaceplanes that can launch and land at airports is still coveted by many countries, and efforts continue. Join Rob Coppinger, author of the definitive book on the topic and editor of the UK's "Spaceflight" magazine, as he tells this fascinating story.

Headlines:

New Crater Discovered on the Moon
Boeing Starliner Gains New Life with NASA Support
Starship Flight 14 Gears Up for Launch

Main Topic: British Spaceplanes – HOTOL and Skylon

Rob Coppinger Shares Inspiration and Career Path
Origins and Vision Behind HOTOL
HOTOL vs. the Space Shuttle: Concepts and Challenges
Funding Issues and UK Government Decisions
Evolution from HOTOL to Skylon and Reaction Engines
Technological Innovations: SABRE Engine and Reusability
International Context: Other Spaceplane Projects
Current Status and Future Prospects for UK Spaceplanes
Lessons in Vision, Imagination, and Persisting with Big Ideas

Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik

Guest: Rob Coppinger

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Hands-On AI: Hands-On AI Is Getting Into the Good Stuff

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:44:30 PDT

Qwen, Muse Glimmer, Ollama, llama.cpp, quantization, mixture-of-experts, RAG, tokens per second. On Hands-On AI, those aren't buzzwords — Mikah Sargent will explain exactly what they mean, then put them to work on hardware you already own. No cloud, no account, no data, leaving your desk.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Tech News Weekly 455: The Trouble With "Health Age"

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:59:30 PDT

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show this week! AI-generated "news" sites. Are "health age" scores helpful, or harmful? Google Home now supports the Model Context Protocol. And Apple unveils a new photo verification technology for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

Mikah shares a story about Futurism's investigation into Brown Brothers Media reveals a network of AI-generated "news" sites - complete with fabricated writer personas and stolen bylines.
Victoria Song of The Verge joins the show to explain why "health age" scores from wearables like Whoop, Oura, and now Apple Watch are wildly inconsistent proprietary metrics that can fuel unnecessary shame or false confidence about your health.
Jennifer discusses Google Home's new MCP support and makes the case that what smart homes really need is a dedicated, on-device "smart home computer" rather than more cloud-dependent AI.
And Mikah talks about Apple's Reference Image feature for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, which aims to verify photo authenticity straight from the camera sensor, an approach the company says avoids the privacy and security pitfalls of industry standards like C2PA.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Guest: Victoria Song

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