This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 990: Dogecoin Fort Knox - AI Cheese, SearchGPT, "Free" Facebook

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 19:26:43 PDT

CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft's Antitrust Problems
Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
An AI-built vegan cheese went viral. Here's what happened next
AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says
Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers
Russia Throttles YouTube Access in Latest Attack on US Social Media (GOOGL)
Video game performers to strike over AI concerns
EU threatens to fine Meta for saying Facebook is "free"
OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
X's new data-sharing experience will train Grok with your Twitter data by default — Here's how to disable it
Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Owen Thomas, and Parris Lilly

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

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 19:45:44 PDT

Biden drops out of the race via tweet
"CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds
Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks
The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV
Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures
FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone
Hundreds more Californians get housing with Apple's help
Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity
Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize under Communications Workers of America

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Ashley Esqueda, and Anthony Ha

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

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 17:30:55 PDT

Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays
FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children
AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue 'checkmark'
After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad
AI PCs: Qualcomm (QCOM), Microsoft (MSFT) Turn to AI to Revive PC Market
Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable
U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans
Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics
My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better
Is anyone concerned that Palmer Luckey's new compay Anduril (aka Aragorn's sword from LOTR) is making military products and has a mission statement straight out of Robocop?
Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos
FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Denise Howell, and Harry McCracken

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

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:55:28 PDT

Why Surgeon General's Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea
Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports
Microsoft MSFT Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack
Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click
Perplexity's grand theft AI
The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
Zotac's Big Mistake | Consumer Warranty & Business Data Exposure
NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk
The White House will host a conference for social media creators
Meta's Threads hits 175 million users one year after launch
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Paris Martineau, Allyn Malventano, and Larry Magid

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

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 16:58:01 PDT

Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests

Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations
What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks
Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep
The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says
EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior
Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations
Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming
Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing
The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All
Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis, Ryan Shrout, and Doc Rock

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

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:45:23 PDT

AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI

Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
I just ordered the cheapest Surface Pro option - why I (probably) won't regret it
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf*ck
Surgeon General: Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels
LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom calls for statewide action
EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control
US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions
Apple Won't Roll Out AI Tech In EU Market Over Regulatory Concerns
AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules
Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
What Game of Thrones did to the media
Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing
This Old House' Pays Tribute to Creator Russell Morash

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amanda Silberling, Louise Matsakis, and Ed Bott

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

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:15:43 PDT

Ukranian Bot Farms, LA Public Health Dept. Phished

MS Recall and Apple AI
Congress grills Microsoft boss Brad Smith after 'cascade' of security errors
Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack
Exclusive: MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft's AI laptops
Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law
Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
Successful phishing attack at LA County Department of Public Health exposes PID of 200k + people
Bot Farm that attacked Ukrainian phones is shut down
Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
Talking about Mark Zuckerberg
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
Games that the panel members are playing
Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Devindra Hardawar, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:55:14 PDT

How to Kill a Smart Device: Spotify Car Thing Post Mortem
Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.
Windows won't take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in
NVIDIA Drive Thor with 2,000 TOPS to be implemented by Li Auto
Oral-B Sold a $230 Alexa Toothbrush—and Then Pulled the Plug
Adobe's new terms of service unacceptably gives them access to all of your projects, for free
Adobe has clarified controversial shrinkwrap license terms, but the damage may have already been done
Samsung sues Oura preemptively to block smart ring patent claims
I watched NVIDIA's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold
TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible
Intel CEO Takes Aim at NVIDIA in Fight for AI Chip Dominance
This is Lunar Lake — Intel's utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks
Instagram confirms test of 'unskippable' ads
Gurman's Epic Pre-WWDC Leak Report
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louis Maresca, Stacey Higginbotham, and Brian McCullough

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

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:15:16 PDT

Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee

Spotify says it will refund Car Thing purchases
VC Says "Chaos" Coming for Startups, Ads, and Online Business as Generative AI Eats Web
Perplexity AI's new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages
Who's having kids?
The panel discusses Ticketmaster
T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal; U.S. Cellular shares surge
Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.
Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack
'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?
Inside the scramble to 'prebunk' election misinformation before it takes hold
TikTok Pins Its Hopes on Trump to Avoid Ban
How a Self-Published Book, 'The Shadow Work Journal,' Became a Best Seller
Twitch streamers host a fundraiser for Palestinians.
The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent
Tribeca to Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created by OpenAI's Sora
North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation
Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified
Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Nicholas De Leon, and Emily Dreibelbis

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

Sun, 26 May 2024 19:13:26 PDT

Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation

OpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show
China's latest answer to OpenAI is 'Chat Xi PT'
Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in
Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
Rabbit Holed
Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs
A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision
Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet
Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18
Bitcoin pizza day
C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm

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