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Intelligent Machines 870: Meet Me In Alaska

Wed, 13 May 2026 19:40:50 PDT

British tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker reveals his hands-on approach to filtering the world's information overload with AI, from building custom news-gathering bots to teaching reporters where the human touch still matters. Find out how next-gen tools are reshaping the front lines of reporting, and what gets lost—and found—when machines do the first pass.

Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19
Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw
Students boo AI at commencement: video
Sam Altman faces awkward grilling over 'toxic culture of lying'
(20) rat king 🐀 on X: "okay incredible: OpenAI showing a "half of a jackass" trophy of a donkey's behind, a golden little league trophy, with a label — "never stop being a jackass...for safety" this is something musk gave to an openai employee after musk called him a jackass trophy looks nice" / X
NHTSA says the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first car model to pass the agency's new ADAS tests; Tesla conducted the tests and submitted the results to the NHTSA
Trump's China trip collides with AI security fears
Jensen Huang to college grads: "Run. Don't walk" toward AI
Tech rivalry, distrust sap summit hopes for Trump-Xi AI push
VIDEO: Watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hr shift at human performance levels.
Anthropic's Claude Managed Agents can now "dream," sort of
Anthropic says Claude's blackmail behavior came from fictional evil AI stories online
Anthropic's C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year
Anthropic Expands Push Into Legal Industry With New AI Tools
The new Wild West of AI kids' toys
Internet Archive Switzerland
Perceptron Mk1 shocks with highly performant video analysis AI model 80-90% cheaper than Anthropic, OpenAI & Google
Mira Murati's AI dream team got their stock options. Now many are out.
The New York Times Published an A.I.-Fabricated Quote Attributed to Pierre Poilievre
AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies
Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new 'interaction models'
Hallucinopedia
Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the 'Class of 1996'
Sand shortage

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Guest: Chris Stokel-Walker

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Windows Weekly 983: Puts the Buh in Benelux

Wed, 13 May 2026 11:23:57 PDT

It's not just Recall: Security vulnerabilities that require you to sign into an account on your PC are not necessarily vulnerabilities. Also, Windows 11 gets its first big feature updates in this week's Patch Tuesday releases. Snapseed 4.0 comes to Android/iOS, and Claude FM is great for relaxing or getting coding/work done. Plus, the Helium browser has emerged as a favorite with 2 notable caveats: No online settings sync and no mobile client.

Windows

25H2/24H2: Xbox Mode, Agents on the Taskbar, more
26H1: Smart App Control improvements, other things we saw previously (26H1 is like the stable version of Canary, it seems)
Microsoft used a new Mythos-like model called MDASH to find vulnerabilities this month, so expect the numbers of fixed bugs to jump in coming months
A low-latency profile for Windows will let it optimize for app/UI launch performance just like mobile platforms already do
New builds across most channels with two major changes: Touchpad improvements in Experimental and free upgrade path to Pro for education users in Experimental Beta.

A new threat emerges

Google announces Googlebook, an Android-based laptop platform with Google Intelligence
Some morning-after thoughts, including Microsoft promising AI and that Copilot will be the new Start, while Google delivers AI and is remaking the laptop as an intelligent device

Microsoft Edge gets big AI and productivity updates on desktop and mobile
An Anthropic engineer argues that AI should use HTML for output, not Markdown. He's right.
About that 4 GB Gemini Nano model that Chrome secretly downloads
OpenAI brings Codex to Google Chrome

Security

A Bitlocker concern emerges
Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into plain text when it launches, Microsoft says this is as intended
Mozilla patched 423 vulnerabilities in Firefox during April, most courtesy of Anthropic Mythos
465 million Amazon customers have enrolled in passkeys

Xbox & gaming

Xbox Insider Program: New build for console with previously announced new boot animation, tiered Gamerscore badges, new filters in Game Library
Forza Horizon 6 leaks on Steam, those who play it early will be banned until the sun swallows the earth
Discord Nitro now has an Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition perk
Mojang will host a special MINECRAFT LIVE event on May 30
Sony sold just 1.5 million PS5s in most recent quarter, its lowest number yet
Nintendo sold just 2.49 million Switch 2s in quarter, lowers annual estimates
Supreme Court gives Apple the 🖕 so Epic v. Apple will head to remedy phase

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: A web browser is the 1st step for anyone looking to escape Big Tech
App pick of the week: Helium
RunAs Radio this week: Production LLMs with Vaishnavi Gudur
Brown liquor pick of the week: Gouden Carolus Port Oak

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1078: DigiCert does it right

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:35:18 PDT

DigiCert's latest security mishap triggered not just a scramble behind the scenes, but a cascading crisis that briefly wiped trust from millions of Windows systems. Find out how a single support slip, followed by Microsoft's heavy-handed response, left critical infrastructures exposed.

The FCC decides router firmware updates are useful.
Netgear applies for and gets a full FCC pass.
AI uncovers a 21-year old critical FreeBSD RCE.
What was behind that Let's Encrypt outage.
AI model repositories are overflowing with malware.
The CISA 2015 info-sharing act is being renewed.
Edge leaves ALL usernames and passwords in the clear.
An examination of DigiCert's breach and their response

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1078-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1024: Good Talk

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:14:00 PDT

If you purchased an iPhone between June 2024 and March 2025, you could receive a payment from the $250 million settlement over Apple's intelligence features on iPhones! Apple could be using Intel chips again in future Apple products. More Mac mini and Mac Studio models are no longer available on the Apple Store. And Apple is now requiring verification for education discounts.

US Supreme Court declines to pause order holding Apple in contempt in Epic Games lawsuit.
iPhone users could get up to $95 per device as Apple reaches $250M settlement over Siri delays
Apple reportedly has a deal to use Intel-made chips again.
Intel's stock jumped 13% today over Apple chip manufacturing report
Additional Mac mini and Mac Studio models cut from the Apple Store website as AI data centers strain available RAM, SSD supplies
Apple requires verification for education discounts, ENDS discounts for k-12 unless you're homeschooled.
Tim Cook among CEOs confirmed for President Trump's China trip.
More refunds possible for Apple as Trump's 10% global tariffs found illegal too.
Apple releases tvOS 26.5, HomePod 26.5, and visionOS 26.5.
Apple to make design changes in macOS 27 to address Tahoe quirks.
Here's how I finally got Google's uninvited 4GB AI model off my Mac.
macOS 27 threatens to bury Time Capsule, FOSS brings a shovel.
Apple kicks off new run of A18 Pro chips as MacBook Neo demand exceeds expectations.
Not dead yet: Apple Vision still has a future.
visionOS 27 will bring these new Vision Pro upgrades.
The $1 Steve Jobs coin.
Google denies copying Apple's Liquid Glass design for Android.
You can purchase Apple's Mac Pro wheels kit for $699.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Pick: whatcable
Christina's Pick: Obsidian's Plugin Site
Andy's Pick: Snapseed Photo Editor
Jason's Picks: Indigo & Gnome

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This Week in Tech 1083: A Whole Separate Class of Squiggles

Sun, 10 May 2026 14:57:26 PDT

Campus hacks bring final exams to a standstill, a blockbuster study on AI in education gets pulled, and the world's biggest technology companies face government crackdowns with barely a dent to their bottom lines. Plus, Apple returns to Intel as chip wars reshape US tech!

Anthropic and OpenAI IPO Chatter
Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags - Ars Technica
Anthropic Says It Has Eliminated Undesirable Behaviour Like Blackmail From Claude By Deeply Explaining To It Why It Was Wrong
Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AI
Intel's comeback story is even wilder than it seems
Apple, Intel Have Reached Preliminary Chip-Making Agreement
Meta challenges Ofcom in UK High Court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates levies based on global, not UK, revenue, in a case scheduled for October
Meat Industry Price Fixer Sentenced to Make Money
Chrome's Prompt API: A Unilateral Gamble That Is Fracturing Web Standards
NHTSA says the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first car model to pass the agency's new ADAS tests;
Tesla conducted the tests and submitted the results to the NHTSA
Here is Yarbo's promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over
Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites
Pinterest crosses $1 billion quarterly revenue as AI-powered visual search drives advertising growth that social platforms cannot match
Cloudflare beat earnings, cut 1,100 jobs because AI agents do the work now, and lost a quarter of its stock price in a day
Motherboard Sales 'Collapse' By More Than 25% - Slashdot
The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number
Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache
FCC to allow banned drones and routers to receive critical updates until 2029

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Berber Jin, Iain Thomson, and Paris Martineau

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Intelligent Machines 869: My Sentience is Going Up

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:37:16 PDT

Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches.

White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
Elon Musk admits xAI distilled OpenAI models
Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant update to make ChatGPT smarter with fewer emoji
Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic
Starting today, agents can now be Cloudflare customers. They can create a Cloudflare account, start a paid subscription, register a domain, and get back an API token to deploy code right away. https://t.co/qFgCivQTTi
We just launched the @Link CLI: https://t.co/nAjPpC2lbb. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time.
When Daawkins met Claude - UnHerd
I am one of those whose research points to the conclusion that the mind is computable.
Say Hello to the Internet of AI
The greatest capital misallocation in history?
AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California - California WaterBlog
China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.
Academy announces major overhaul to rules
AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses
The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs
Have LLMs improved patient outcomes?
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI is 'creating an enormous number of jobs'
Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores
California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
'This is fine' creator says AI startup stole his art
Google DeepMind Takes Minority Stake in Maker of 'Eve Online'
He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
Empty Screenings
Furwall by Ollie Wagner
DataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AI
So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday's Internet
The Python Hunt
News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content
Vanishing Culture from the Internet Archive
Gigantic Gutenberg Bible page
Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Troy Hunt

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Windows Weekly 982: Don't Lick the Manta Rays

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:14:00 PDT

Microsoft's earnings report went out last week, and the company spent a lot on AI in the quarter. Microsoft updates its customers on what it's done to address Windows 11 problems. And Xbox kills Copilot plans for the console.

Microsoft Earnings

Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $31.8 billion on revenues of $82.9 billion in the previous quarter.
Windows: 1.6 billion monthly active devices, a focus on quality after years of enshittification - but revenues from PC makers were down 2 percent YOY.
Microsoft Edge "has taken share for 20 consecutive quarters," which isn't supported by the evidence.
Bing "monthly active users reached one billion for the first time," raising questions about how Microsoft defines the term "user."
Xbox: "The team is recommitting to our core fans and players, and shaping the future of play," new records for monthly active Xbox users and game streaming hours.
AI: Capex spending in the quarter was $32 billion, down from previous quarter as previously described, but up 49 percent YOY.

More earnings

Apple, Google/Alphabet, and Amazon.
AMD - Up because of AI datacenter.
Qualcomm - Plus, Intel just hired away a key Qualcomm exec.

Windows

Microsoft shares an update about what it's done to address Windows 11 pain points so far.
Marcus Ash is one of the good guys.
Some of this is happening in Insider, some is rolling out to retail.
Windows Insider Program and Windows Update improvements we discussed last week - two primary channels in WIP now.
Simplifying AI experiences - fewer Copilot icons (Notepad, etc.).
File Explorer improvements - performance, fewer hangs, better polish and consistency.
Widgets - Feed will be off by default, fewer interruptions, no hover activate.
System performance - Smaller memory footprint, more aggressive RAM restoration, and more.
Soon: Taskbar updates, Start updates, and more to share at Build in June.
Week D update arrives with a peek at May's Patch Tuesday.
Major: Xbox Mode, AI agents on the Taskbar are the first two big features of 2026.
Minor: Also adds File Explorer improvements, new haptic feedback effects, touch keyboard improvements, and more.
Shocking new report that Microsoft Edge is incredibly insecure should surprise no one.

Microsoft Agent 365 Platform is out of preview, supports local AI agents and Copilot Cowork Agent arrives on mobile with plugin support.
Microsoft launches a Legal AI Agent in Word.
Apple's plan to open up to multiple third-party AIs is a good one.
Canonical's plan to add AI to Ubuntu is also good, but you're never going to believe what happened next.

Xbox and Gaming

Asha Sharma reorgs Xbox, kills Copilot on the console.
Forza Horizon 6, more coming to Game Pass in May.
Xbox April Update is out with updates for all platforms.
Next Call of Duty will not ship on Xbox One, PS4.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is coming to the Mac for some reason.
And finally, with the Supreme Court refusing to block the implementation of the ruling in Epic v. Apple, Microsoft's Xbox game store for mobile is one step closer to happening.

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Embrace inconvenience.
App pick of the week: Windows Defender.
RunAs Radio this week: Securing Active Directory with Spencer Alessi.
Brown liquor pick of the week: Stalk & Barrel Whisky.

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Security Now 1077: A Browser AI API?

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:22:05 PDT

Google is sneaking a massive 4.7GB AI model into Chrome, and Mozilla is fighting back as the future of browsers threatens to turn into an AI arms race. Find out what's really happening behind this push and why it's setting off alarm bells across the web.

Hackers AI-code a portal, forget to add authentication.
The UK's NCSC issues a Mythos warning. Where's CISA?
Another (of many) Linux local privilege escalations.
AI may be spelling the end of bug bounties.
Anthropic releases "Claude Security" mini-Mythos.
ChatGPT gets very serious about login security.
Syncthing's SyncTrayzor v1 abandoned; v2 created.
Google drops an AI API into Chrome; Mozilla objects

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1077-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1023: Don't Be Contemptible

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:14:00 PDT

Apple shares its Q2 2026 results and tops expectations for the quarter! Mac Minis are increasingly becoming more difficult to acquire, thanks to AI. Apple plans to reinvest any tariff refunds it receives into US manufacturing. And iOS 26.5 is just around the corner as the company prepares to ship iOS 27 later this year.

Six Colors Charts: Apple announces record fiscal second quarter.
Good luck getting a Mac Mini for the next 'several months'.
Apple explores using Intel and Samsung to build main device chips in the US.
Any tariff refund Apple gets will be reinvested into US manufacturing.
Apple files for Supreme Court stay in Epic case over off-App Store commission dispute.
iOS 26.5: New features, release date, more.
iOS 27 lets users create custom Wallet passes from any QR code as Apple gives up waiting for developers.
Video offers clearest look yet at foldable iPhone Ultra dummy unit.
The OpenAI smartphone will fail, but it'll be good for iPhone users.
xAI is bringing Grok Voice mode to Apple CarPlay.
Mac mini is the best platform for Perplexity's personal computer.
iOS 27 Features: Apple plans to let users swap models across Apple Intelligence.
Apple researchers built an AI that tests several ideas in parallel before answering.
Apple Vision Pro used for hundreds of cataract surgeries in the last year.
On the future of Apple's Vision platform.
Notepad++ for Mac release is disavowed by the creator of the original.
Porsche will contest Laguna Seca in historic colors of the Apple Computer livery.
2 letters from Steve.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Pick: Furfall
Christina's Pick: Clocker
Andy's Picks: LivbePods
Jason's Pick: Pedometer++ 8

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This Week in Tech 1082: Hanging by a Thread

Sun, 03 May 2026 18:43:53 PDT

Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions into AI, but with rising signs of an industry bubble and some real-world fallout, this week's episode digs into who actually wins, who stands to lose, and whether Apple's patient strategy may outsmart the hype.

Big Tech firms beat earnings expectations amid AI spending questions
RIP the $599 Mac Mini, you were too beautiful for this world
Microsoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price rises
Microsoft speeds up in Big Tech's data center spend-off
Crosswording the Situation
Meta's historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks
Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok
Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off Facebook and Instagram
Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space
Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI's models
OpenAI-backed 1X opens California factory targeting 10,000 home humanoid robots in year one
Sam Altman asked GPT-5.5 to plan its own launch party. Its requests were 'beautiful' but 'strange.'
Sam Altman says Elon Musk can come to his GPT 5.5 party: 'World needs more love'
The US Senate unanimously passed a rule barring senators from trading on prediction markets like
Kalshi and Polymarket, amid rising concern over insider trading
'We Know You Live Right Here': No Secrets in America's New Surveillance Dragnet
California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws
China Suspends New Autonomous Driving Permits After Baidu Outage
China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.
Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores
The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites
The Hottest Anti-AI Gadget Is a Cyberdeck
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
GameStop eyes eBay takeover in audacious $46 billion bet on Ryan Cohen's e-commerce vision
AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
Ukraine says it's training drone pilots in 'Grand Theft Auto V'
This free website is like Wikipedia meets the CIA
Light Phone III Is a Delightfully Minimalist Smartphone Alternative
Valve Steam Controller is here, it's a gamepad in search of a console
Bluetooth Connected - The Voices Behind the Connection
Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump's war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices
Ask.com has shut down, marking the official farewell to the Internet's favorite butler
Pioneering geneticist and decoder of the human genome J. Craig Venter dies at age 79

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Devindra Hardawar, and Mikah Sargent

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Intelligent Machines 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:16:44 PDT

Are you ready for a world where true personal computing is under threat? This week's candid conversation with Framework CEO Nirav Patel tackles why owning your own AI hardware matters more than ever—and what's at risk if we don't.

Alphabet tops Q1 estimates on strong Google Cloud growth
Is OpenAI Falling Further Behind in the A.I. Race?
OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model
OpenAI Breaks Free From Exclusive AI Pact With Microsoft
Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for 'any lawful government purpose'
Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared
OpenAI Set to Redefine Smartphones; MediaTek, Qualcomm & Luxshare Key to Its AI Agent Phone
Why Manus has become a crucial prize in the global AI race - Fast Company
Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok
The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path
Amateur armed with ChatGPT 'vibe-maths' a 60-year-old problem
Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930
Cursor-Opus agent snuffs out startup's production database
OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins
Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview
Study Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-Generated
The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not
Generative AI vegetarianism
To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch
* Chloe vs. History
Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public | TechCrunch
noscroll
Felvidek
Amazon's AI product podcasts
64″D Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber
Timmy's rescue

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Guest: Nirav Patel

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Windows Weekly 981: Semi-Sophisticated

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:27:41 PDT

This episode dives into early MS-DOS/PC-DOS source code, Snapdragon X2 gaming, and the "We are Xbox" messaging. Plus, Paul details 2 big changes in the Windows Insider Program. The latest PowerToys adds 2 useful new utilities and many improvements. And a TWiT listener asked about buying Windows 11 on Arm to virtualize it on a Mac. You're not going to believe what happened next.

Windows

Microsoft announces big changes to Windows Update
Microsoft announces Windows Insider Program changes, with Experimental channel
Hands-on with both predictably shows some nice improvements
Hands-on with Snapdragon X2 gaming - more wins, but still some losses
Microsoft open sources some of the earliest MS-DOS source code and related materials
Intel loses $3.7 billion and Wall Street could not be happier. WTF is happening - Paul has a theory and its called collusion

Microsoft and OpenAI revise partnership again and wait for it...
OpenAI immediately signs on with AWS
Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agentic AI features
Copilot in Outlook can manage your inbox and calendar, but seriously stop using Outloook
GitHub Copilot's switch to usage-based billing starts June 1
OpenAI is reportedly working on a phone because of course it is
Adobe Firefly AI Assistant is now available in preview
And then Anthropic goes deeper into the creator market

Xbox and gaming

Microsoft Gaming is being (re)rebranded to Xbox!
New Xbox leadership can't stop explaining its plans and it's glorious
Microsoft still plans a mobile game store, waiting on Apple to stop being so f'ing terrible
Valve's Steam Controller will cost $99 and launches next week

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Windows licenses, $, and you
App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.99
RunAs Radio this week: M365 Copilot vs Claude Cowork with Sharon Weaver
Brown liquor pick of the week: Reifel Rye

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Security Now 1076: FAST16.SYS

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:55:38 PDT

What if your engineering calculations secretly sabotaged your nation's best efforts? This week, we reveal how a newly uncovered 21-year-old NSA rootkit quietly corrupted scientific research in hostile states and why it changes everything you think you know about cyberwarfare.

Bitwarden's CLI hit with a supply-chain attack.
Commercial routers in Iran fail shortly before the war.
Meta logging all employee activity to train replacement AI.
GRC's DNS Benchmark Release 5.
Two miscellaneous AI thoughts.
A bunch of terrific listener feedback.
Unraveling the diabolical history of "fast16.sys"

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1022: Ultra Expensive

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:44:00 PDT

The panel can't stop talking about John Ternus becoming the next Apple CEO! Is the iPhone Ultra the official name of Apple's folding iPhone? Apple's product timeline for 2026 and beyond. And Apple's Q2 2026 earnings report is this Thursday, and Jason will be ready with the charts!

Time to serve some delicious claim chowder regarding the Cook-Ternus CEO transition.
Apple's 'Ultra' roadmap confirmed: iPhone, MacBook, and more on the way.
OpenAI set to redefine smartphones; MediaTek, Qualcomm & Luxshare key to its AI agent phone.
iPhone 18's new specs might bring subtle regressions to cut costs.
M6 MacBook Pro: Six new features coming later this year.
Apple taps Samsung for 20th-anniversary iPhone's quad-curved display.
Google teases Gemini-powered Siri upgrade during Cloud Next keynote.
What to expect from Apple's Q2 2026 earnings on April 30.
Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones.
New Mac malware goes straight for developer keys.
NASA shares iPhone video capturing Earthshine from Orion during Artemis II.
Pluribus' & 'Come See Me In The Good Light' win Peabody awards for Apple TV.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Pick: Oversight
Christina's Pick: PowerPhotos
Andy's Picks: Free Comic Book Day 2026 & The Outer Limits Comic Book Store
Jason's Pick: TextSniper

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This Week in Tech 1081: That's Miasma

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:01:15 PDT

Tim Cook's surprise departure shakes Apple just as AI and product strategy take center stage, sending big questions through Silicon Valley about what comes next. From Toyota's camera-filled Woven City to questionable US police tracking and a Signal privacy gap, this episode digs into how quietly surveillance tech is encroaching on daily life.

Toyota Woven City
Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO
Continuous glucose monitoring made me continuously crazy
Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce, the company told staff today
Meta projected $16 billion in scam ad revenue. Now the lawsuits are piling up.
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Google is investing up to $40 billion in a company that is beating Gemini. That is the point.
OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model
China's DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview
Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist
Anthropic: No "kill switch" for AI in classified settings
Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox
Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims
What smart people are saying about SpaceX's $60 billion deal with Cursor: 'The Hunger Games have just begun'
Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds
Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant
Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
'Scattered Spider' Member 'Tylerb' Pleads Guilty
Iran claims US used backdoors in networking equipment
The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars
'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 bet
To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch
This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price
The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline
This pasta sauce wants to record your family

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Intelligent Machines 867: The Ketchup Effect

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:36:39 PDT

Game designer and Atlantic writer Ian Bogost joins to argue that the true joy of technology is not frictionlessness, but the small sensory pleasures and constraints that keep us tethered to real life. Discover how AI could push us back into the world, not just behind our screens.

CSA and Security Experts on Mythos Planning
Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist
Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox
Anthropic's most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands
News: Anthropic Removes Claude Code From $20-A-Month "Pro" Subscription Plan For New Users (Developing)
Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use Amid Compute Crunch
Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch
Token demand makes an AI bubble unlikely, says Michael Dell
Anthropic bites back in the compute wars with Amazon partnership
SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion
Google Cloud Releases New TPU Chip Lineup in Bid to Speed Up AI
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all
Kimi K2.6 Tech Blog: Advancing Open-Source Coding
Sam Altman's "proof of human" company pushes into mainstream services
Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
Next Time You Order a Dairy Queen Blizzard, You May Be Talking to AI
Chip Maker TSMC Is More Bullish Than Ever on AI, Despite Iran War
AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it's boosting their revenue too
Stanford's AI Index finds China has nearly closed the performance gap with the US despite spending 23 times less
New Movie Trailer Shows First AI-Generated Performance By a Major Star: the Late Val Kilmer
We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease in SF and asked it to make a profit | Andon Labs
This pasta sauce wants to record your family
LeWorldModel: Stable End-to-End Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture from Pixels
Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
Tokyo court rules movie and anime 'spoiler articles' are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prison
Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data
AI's New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails
Depths of Wikipedia
GitHub - google-labs-code/design.md: A format specification for describing a visual identity to coding agents. DESIGN.md gives agents a persistent, structured understanding of a design system.
Is Your Site Agent-Ready?
Jeff's Gemini happy ending
The Must-Have Item in Silicon Valley Is a $178 Sweater With a CEO's Face

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Guests: Lucas and Ian Bogost

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Windows Weekly 980: Running Outta Tolkiens

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:41:05 PDT

AI is democratizing the making of things, from bespoke/custom apps to websites, designs of all kinds, and everything else you might imagine. It's a new world, and it's time to create. Plus, Helium is a new Chromium-based web browser that's completely open source, lightweight, secure, and private. There's a native version for Windows 11 on Arm, too. Also, Firefox 150 arrives with over 270 security fixes!

Windows 11

Reports of a Recall security vulnerability are, once again, bogus, Microsoft says
New builds on all channels, still on the old system
Xbox Mode is now available in all channels
Release Preview shows us the May Patch Tuesday updates: Xbox Mode, File Explorer improvements, Haptic improvements, Drop Tray renaming, Agents on the Taskbar
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x - Snapdragon X2 Elite, 14-inch display impressions
Lenovo IdeaPad 5x - Snapdragon X2 Plus, 15.3-inch display impressions

Microsoft 365, Surface, more

OneDrive now supports Markdown natively
New Surface PCs with Intel chips coming soon
Microsoft is making changes to its Rewards program

GitHub Copilot moves to token-based billing in a sign of the true cost of AI
Claude Design democratizes visual design on the heels of Claude Opus 4.7
OpenAI Codex moves into productivity
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0
Chrome AI Mode gets a big update
Mozilla announces Thunderbolt, sovereign AI for businesses
Google brings vibe coding to Android apps with Android CLI

Xbox and gaming

Microsoft drops Xbox Game Pass prices (!), but also drops Call of Duty from Day One
Plus, Xbox teases a Game Pass Discord perk
More Game Pass titles for April: Kiln, Vampire Crawlers, more
Xbox April Update is here with that Quick Resume feature we all want
There's an ID@Xbox event on April 23 to highlight indie games
Xbox is selling Forza Horizon 6 limited edition controller and headsets
Starfield is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2
A Call of Duty movie will finally arrive in 2028
Try out the Modern Warfare remake on Game Pass, it's a reminder of COD's gritty past
PS5 Digital is down to its $399 launch price temporarily

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Just make it
App pick of the week: Helium
RunAs Radio this week: The Life and Death of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with Michael Niehaus
Brown liquor pick of the week: Ned Australian Whisky

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Security Now 1075: Yes. Exactly.

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:24:44 PDT

Security leaders warn the era of AI-driven bug hunting has arrived, with Mythos uncovering hundreds of overlooked vulnerabilities in code bases as trusted as Firefox. Are defenders ready for the avalanche of exploits and the frantic race to patch?

A disgruntled developer discloses multiple Windows 0-days.
Microsoft purchases its own bugs in massive campaign.
VeraCrypt & Wireshark suddenly lost their dev accounts.
A serious problem with re-captured domain names.
How might AI help to secure open source repositories.
A listener wonders what we thought of Project Hail Mary.
Cyber security professionals tell us What Mythos Means

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1075-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1021: Too Long in the Monkey House

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:29:00 PDT

John Turnus is officially the next Apple CEO! Tim Cook will step down on September 1st, 2026, and will become the executive chairman of the Apple board. What can we expect with Turnus' reign as Apple CEO? Some new features are coming in iOS 27. And some rumors of the color lineup for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro.

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman — John Ternus to become Apple CEO.
Johny Srouji named Apple's Chief Hardware Officer.
Who is John Ternus, the incoming Apple CEO?
Apple C.E.O.s through the years: From Michael Scott (not that one) to John Ternus.
Apple's Revamped Siri Interface in iOS 27 Is Hidden in WWDC Teaser.
Apple leaks four iOS 27 features, including overdue Wallet upgrade.
Manufacturing started for all-new iPhone 18 Pro camera feature.
iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture camera enters production.
Apple says Jon Prosser has only partially complied with subpoenas in iOS 26 leak case.
Unless you reboot every once in a while, your Mac will get kicked offline every 49 days.
Video shows how to steal $10,000 from locked iPhone in controlled setting.
Pluribus season 2 just got an exciting release timing update.
Postponed Apple TV series 'The Savant' will finally be released this summer.
Chance Miller: 'Netflix ruined its Apple TV app by switching to a custom video player'.
Paul McCartney shares behind-the-scenes video of Apple Park concert.
RIP John Martellaro

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: Pica
Andy's Pick: Joyce DiDonato Masterclasses at Carnegie Hall
Jason's Pick: Logitech Muse

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This Week in Tech 1080: Destroy All Phonorecords

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:46:37 PDT

As Anthropic, OpenAI, and industry giants race to outpace each other, data centers and supply chains are straining, while job markets and open-source communities feel the heat. Listen in for a roundtable on whether AI is fueling innovation, burnout, or just the next tech bubble.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, concedes it trails unreleased Mythos
Nobody knows how many CVEs Anthropic's Project Glasswing has actually found
You're About to See a Lot of Critical Software Updates. Don't Ignore Them.
Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI
AI anxiety is turning volatile
Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
Snap Is Laying Off 16% of Full-Time Staff as It Embraces A.I.
Musk v. Altman Is a Battle for OpenAI's Soul
The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
Sam Altman's project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
Meta Must Face Youth Addiction Lawsuit by Massachusetts, Court Rules
Section 230 Is Dying By A Thousand Workarounds, And Massachusetts Just Added Another One
Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose monopoly case
Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping
Roblox agrees to a $12 million settlement with Nevada
Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights
What's the point of the App Store, if it can't protect users?
TotalRecall Reloaded tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation
Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data. | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Billionaire Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings is leaving the company
Venture capitalist Ron Conway says he is starting treatment for a 'rare' cancer

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louis Maresca, Wesley Faulkner, and Glenn Fleishman

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Intelligent Machines 866: I'm Bonkers for Yonkers

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:30:06 PDT

When renowned photographer Craig Mod coded his own AI-powered Twitter, the lines between art, tech, and community blur in surprising ways. This episode explores what happens when creative minds take AI into their own hands—and why the next wave of software might feel more like a home-cooked meal.

Sam Altman's Blog About Firebombing
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
Federal agencies skirt Trump's Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model
Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview's cyber capabilities | AISI Work
OpenAI rips Anthropic, distances itself from Microsoft
The tiny disclosure at the bottom of OpenAI's tax day post is all you need to read
Exclusive: Anthropic Preps Opus 4.7 Model, AI Design Tool
Federal Court Denies Anthropic's Motion to Lift 'Supply Chain Risk' Label
Anthropic Asks Christian Leaders for Help Steering Claude's Spiritual Development
Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use Amid Compute Crunch
Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators
Mark Zuckerberg Is Reportedly Building an AI Clone To Replace Him In Meetings
Chrome Now Lets You Turn AI Prompts Into Repeatable 'Skills'
Adobe's new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface
After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Even more good news for the future of neurosymbolic AI
'The Audacity' Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For
AI influencers are 'everywhere' at Coachella
I don't see images in my head. Can training give me a mind's eye?
Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI as AI drug discovery hopes mount
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
Ukraine captures enemy Russian position using only robots, no humans: 'The future is already on the front line'
I/O schedule
Haunted Paper Toys
Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now
DNS & Network Tools — Mr.DNS
TRAIN JAZZ
The hottest college major hit a wall. What happened?

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Guest: Craig Mod

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Windows Weekly 979: The Nespresso of the PC World

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:37:14 PDT

With Microsoft finally doing right by Windows 11 and the Windows Insider Program, it's time to start testing and provide some feedback. And then we'll see if we can really trust these people. Also, Stardock's Connection Explorer 1.0 is here! And if you want one of macOS's dumbest features on Windows 11, you can get it now.

Windows

Yesterday was Patch Tuesday - Another month in paradise
26H1 - Eh, 24H2/25H2 - Narrator, File Explorer, display, Pen settings, WRE, Remote Desktop improvements
Microsoft reveals how it will simplify the Windows Insider Program
Two top-level channels, but really three
A way to enable all features in new builds, finally, and easy channel switching. But there are complexities, of course
New builds for Canary, Beta, and Dev - Two for Canary, but nothing new, Beta and Dev get Storage, networking, Windows Security, and Feedback Hub improvements
The first Snapdragon X2-based PC is out, and Paul has that waiting in PA, and two more PCs are coming to Mexico
PC sales were somehow up 2.5 percent in Q1, but the rest of 2026 will be a bloodbath
Also, smartphone sales are doing even worse
NVIDIA reportedly wants to buy Dell or HP ahead of a big PC chipset push. Interesting

Surface/Microsoft 365

Microsoft is forced to hike Surface prices dramatically
Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Hub
Microsoft College Offer: 12 months of Microsoft 365 Premium, 12 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a custom Xbox controller when students in the U.S. purchase a PC

AI/Dev

Microsoft AI releases a faster and more efficient image model
Amazon CEO tries to explain the AI spending
Google app for Windows rolls out worldwide, but the Mac gets a Gemini app
Claude for Microsoft Word arrives in Beta
Claude for Desktop gets a major redesign for multiple AI agents
Microsoft's reported plans to charge for AI agents
.NET 11 Preview 3 arrives right on schedule, but there's nothing to see here
Build session catalog is up - joking, but the new Windows native app strategy should just be vibe coding
Google I/O registration is open, and you are never going to believe what the main topics will be - number five will shock you

Xbox & gaming

New Xbox CEO says Game Pass is too expensive, also that the sky is blue
Xbox will show off the next Metro game soon
Starfield for PS5 is getting a fix
Amazon Luna is stripping down to the basics e.g. "pulling a Stadia"

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: It's time to get involved
App pick of the week: Stardock Connection Explorer
RunAs Radio this week: Internal Corporate Communications in 2026 with Emily Mancini
Brown liquor pick of the week: ScapeGrace Vanguard

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Security Now 1074: What Mythos Means

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:26:43 PDT

We may already be living through the most consequential hundred days in cyber history, and the arrival of AI that can autonomously chain zero-day vulnerabilities into working exploits means the software industry's long-standing "ship it and patch it later" era is officially over.

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MacBreak Weekly 1020: AirPods for Your Face

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:24:00 PDT

There's strong demand for the MacBook Neo as Apple ramps up production on the budget-friendly laptop. A fake crypto wallet app was recently removed from Apple's App Store. And Apple is testing AI glasses that could come out sometime next year.

Apple ramps up MacBook Neo production to 10 million units amid strong demand.
Apple removes fake crypto wallet app that stole $9.5 million from Mac users.
Why you can't trust Privacy & Security.
Apple AI glasses will rival Meta's with several styles, oval cameras.
How the "AI Loser" may end up winning.
Blackmagic's camera for Apple Vision Pro content is now available for $30K.
The space between by C&S app.
A fake Ledger App on the Appl App Store drained $9.5 million in crypto.
Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo satellite network.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Pick: PureMac
Christina's Picks: DaVinci Resolve Photo & Glider
Andy's Pick: Google AI Edge Eloquent
Jason's Pick: Strawpoll

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This Week in Tech 1079: Fans. Only Fans.

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:20:46 PDT

Anthropic has built an AI model so sharp it's being withheld from the public, sparking debate over who gets access to world-changing tech and who's left behind. Hear how this "too dangerous" AI could tip the balance for the world's most powerful players. This episode unpacks the fresh moral minefields created when cutting-edge tech collides with politics, security, and human lives.

Anthropic says its most powerful AI cyber model is too dangerous to release publicly — so it built Project Glasswing
Sam Altman Fire Bombing Response
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
Samsung flags eightfold jump in quarterly profit as AI chip demand pumps prices
SpaceX Posted Nearly $5 Billion Loss Last Year from AI Spending
Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency's budget by $700 million
CPUID hijacked to serve malware as HWMonitor downloads
GTA 6 Developer Rockstar Reportedly Hacked, Data Being Ransomed
FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages - 9to5Mac
ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
Helium Is Hard to Replace
John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement
France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, calling US tech dependence a strategic risk
The disturbing white paper Red Hat is trying to erase from the internet
DOJ Top Antitrust Litigators Exit After Ticketmaster Settlement
My Quest to Solve Bitcoin's Great Mystery
Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%
'Abhorrent': the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

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Guests: Doc Rock, Jason Hiner, and Mike Elgan

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