This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 1086: The Great Beagle Migration - Pope Leo XIV's 1st Encyclical & Ferrari's 1st EV

Sun, 31 May 2026 15:40:23 PDT

Explore everything from explosive technology for space to electric technology for the road. Leo, Molly, Gary, and Sam have deep discussions on Magnifica Humanitas takeaways, Wikipedia drama, Peter Thiel's mvoe to Argentina, and more!

US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network
The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
What Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Says About the Power of AI
Google's search overhaul has social media users baiting the 'AI Overview' to prove a point
Apple to Overhaul iOS 27 Siri, AI Features: Here's a First Peek
Someone wrote a fake EULA into Bitcoin. Two hours later, they revoked it.
Wikipedia editor is threatening to go on strike
Ferrari reveals its first EV, with design help from Jony Ive
In Argentina, U.S. Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds An Escape
Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Gary Rivlin, Sam Abuelsamid, and Molly White

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TWiT 1085: Waiting In Line With Sam - Musk vs. Altman: Behind the Scenes

Sun, 24 May 2026 20:55:38 PDT

Google is rewriting the rules of search, CBS News Radio just died after 99 years, and billionaires now own the newsrooms. This episode dives into what happens when technology giants tighten their grip on how we get information.

Google's new Universal Cart wants to follow your entire shopping journey across the internet
Hands-On With All of Google's New Upcoming Android XR Smart Glasses
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch show
U.S. Invests $2 Billion and Takes Stake in Quantum Firms
Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman
GM Driver Data Privacy Lawsuit: California Fines GM $12.75 Million
A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide
'Creepy' Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn't Actually Work, FTC Says

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Larry Magid, Marshall Kirkpatrick, and Jacob Ward

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TWiT 1084: Don't Overcook the Asparagus - US Tech Titans vs. China's Rising Innovators

Sun, 17 May 2026 21:44:37 PDT

Is the era of American tech dominance ending? Get an inside look at how China's pragmatic approach to AI, robotics, and hardware is shifting the global balance, and why the US might need a new playbook to keep up.

Trump and the CEOs go to China
NVIDIA CEO joins Trump in China despite 'awkward' politics
US clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthrough
Empty Waymos invade Atlanta neighborhood, circle cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers
The Class of 2026 is cooked
Chinese AI groups pull ahead of US rivals in video generation race
Google Weighs Using SpaceX to Launch Orbital Data Centers
What smart people are saying about OpenAI's new $10 billion company to help businesses deploy AI
Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after getting 'stoned' and losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup
Your Mattress Got Worse on Purpose

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Amy Webb

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TWiT 1083: A Whole Separate Class of Squiggles - Which Religion Does AI Identify With?

Sun, 10 May 2026 14:58:26 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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TWiT 1082: Hanging by a Thread - Are We Headed for a Tech Crash or a Golden Age?

Sun, 03 May 2026 18:44:53 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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TWiT 1081: That's Miasma - John Ternus Replacing Tim Cook as Apple CEO

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:02:15 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

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Victoria Song, and Stacey Higginbotham

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TWiT 1080: Destroy All Phonorecords - Musk v. Altman, Claude Opus 4.7, & Voyager 1

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:47:37 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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TWiT 1079: Fans. Only Fans. - Is Mythos Preview Too Powerful for Public Release?

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:21:46 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

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock, Jason Hiner, and Mike Elgan

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TWiT 1078: The Great British Marmalade Scandal - Building Your Own Router

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:49:50 PDT

This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation.

NASA: Artemis II
Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory
NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch
How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one
Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S.
Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog
Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra
OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions'
The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive
After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot
Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons
Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones
Iran's hackers go to war
Breaking down the government's bizarre router ban
How to turn anything into a router
You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television
Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law - Slashdot
Delta to Tap Amazon Satellite-Internet Service for In-Flight Wi-Fi
The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing's highest prize
Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
ZomboCom was stolen by hacker, put up for sale, and has now been...

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Iain Thomson

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TWiT 1077: I Would Download a Car - New Jury Ruling Could Reshape Social Media Liability

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:20:33 PDT

Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could unleash a tidal wave of lawsuits. Find out why attorneys, entrepreneurs, and everyday users are suddenly on edge.

• Social media addiction lawsuits hit Meta, Google, YouTube
• Section 230 and First Amendment implications debated after court verdicts
• Supreme Court sides with Cox; ISPs not liable for user piracy
• Elon Musk's lawsuit over X (Twitter) ad boycotts thrown out
• Anthropic versus Department of Defense: AI contracting dispute and retaliation claims
• FCC's confusing foreign-made router ban and consumer tech fallout
• Major supply chain attack: LiteLLM malware infects AI devs
• The rise (and risks) of AI agents with voice, identity, and personification
• Turing Award honors pioneers of quantum cryptography
• Antimatter on the move: CERN's oddball truck experiment
• Sci-fi and reality blur as Neal Stephenson walks away from the metaverse
• Privacy and consent worries escalate with AI-powered recordings and surveillance
• Digital shelf pricing arrives at Walmart and Kroger
• Flipper Zero: voice-controlled hacking gadget gets an AI upgrade
• Age verification laws create headaches for OS and app developers
• Official White House app called out for surveillance and security blunders
• Is AI progress barreling toward a dystopian tech future?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed, Brian McCullough, and Cathy Gellis

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