Episodes
AI Music with Suno and Udio
Google's DeepMind finds 2.2M crystal structures in materials science win
Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI
How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105
AI's Victories in Go Inspire Better Human Game Playing
Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk
Google and the CJPA
Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated 'nutrition labels' for most broadband plans...
Published 04/15/24
House, Senate leaders nearing deal on landmark online privacy bill
Marissa Mayer's eternal Sunshine
Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop
Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech
X's 'complimentary' Premium push gives people blue checks they didn't ask for
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse
Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News
MrBeast calls for slowing down video editing styles
A TikTok...
Published 04/08/24
Gmail turns 20, AI PC definition, xz Utils backdoor
20 years of Gmail
Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
An Accidental Discovery of a Backdoor Likely Prevented Thousands of Infections
EU probes Apple, Meta and Alphabet under landmark new law
Google Podcasts service shuts down in the US next week
Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 - The New York Times
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an...
Published 04/01/24
U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction
Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
Tennessee becomes first US state with law protecting musicians from AI
In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent
Murthy v Missouri at SCOTUS
Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys
Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux hacked at Pwn2Own Vancouver
Vernor Vinge (1944-2024)
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cathy Gellis, Rob Pegoraro, and Brianna Wu
...
Published 03/25/24
The Panel discusses video Formats and aspect ratios
House of Reps pass bill that could ban TikTok
TechDirt: TikTok ban would be unconstitutional and doesn't actually help with threats
TikTok estimated to be worth $100B, or $40B if it doesn't include the algorithm
US wants to ban TikTok for the sins of every social media company
What social media is the panel using?
Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say
Musk dumps Don Lemon after...
Published 03/18/24
TikTok Ban, Creepy AI, Practical Fusion
Why Trump now opposes banning TikTok
Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
OpenAI announces new members to the board of directors
OpenAI Responds to Elon Musk's Lawsuit
Palantir wins US Army contract for battlefield AI
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
The Panel discusses Bluesky and general...
Published 03/11/24
Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
Frame glasses
Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat
Why Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit Leans on A.I. Research From Microsoft
Elon Musk Asks Satya Nadella for Tech Support: 'I Don't Mean to be a Pest'
Yahoo lays off the leaders of Engadget
South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit
TikTok Begins Removing Universal Music Publishing Songs
Progressive Web Apps in the EU will work fine in iOS 17.4
Push alerts...
Published 03/04/24
How Exactly NVIDIA Is Pulling This Off
Google takes down Gemini AI image generator. Here's what you need to know
AT&T restores service after hours of outage
AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage
Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown
Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
Walmart isn't buying Vizio for its hardware. It wants the TV maker's ad business
Wyze sent camera thumbnails from 13,000 systems to...
Published 02/26/24
Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro
Apple to be fined over $500 million under EU antitrust law
Fighting the smartphone 'invasion': the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public
2 Twitter books are coming out
Bluesky opens up to the public
The Reply Guy Constitution
Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate
Leak of Russian 'Threat' Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
Intel accused of inflating CPU...
Published 02/19/24
Bluesky Goes Public, Zuck's AI plans
The panel discusses the Apple Vision Pro
Transcribe Glass
X rival Bluesky launches to public with option to pick your algorithm
Tech layoff tracker - layoffs.fyi
A general discussion on AI
Zuckerberg's Plan for AI Hinges on Your Facebook and Instagram Data
The panel looks back at the proto-internet
Reddit Doesn't Have to Share IP-Addresses of Piracy Commenters, Court Rules
David Kahn, Leading Historian of Codes and Code Breaking, Dies at...
Published 02/11/24
The panel gives their thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro
Online safety hearing gets skeptical response from kids, advocates
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake 'chief financial officer'
Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs
There Are 14 Billion Videos on YouTube
Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip
Google Search officially retires cache link
The panel discusses the recent spat of tech industry layoffs
Japan...
Published 02/05/24
AI Investing Trends, Taylor Swift Deepfakes
160-180k Apple Vision Pros sold
Ben Parr's 110+ Page Slide report I came out with on AI investing trends + predictions in 2023/2024
George Carlin AI Lawsuit: Estate Sues Creators Over Comedy Special
Nightshade, the tool that 'poisons' data, gives artists a fighting chance against AI
Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
Taylor Swift explicit AI finally blocked on X after days
Tim Sweeney on Europe's new Digital Markets...
Published 01/29/24
Verizon Fees, AI Translations, Microsoft Hack
The panel talks about the Apple Vision pro
The Apple Google Duopoly
Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement
Javier Milei Special Address WITH AI
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will evolve in "uncomfortable" ways
Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs
Origins and definition of "Ensh*ttification"
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely
The Quiet...
Published 01/22/24
Padre's CES Haul, Google Layoffs, AI Battery
The panel discusses what they saw at CES
Padre shows off some toys from CES
Volkswagen says it's putting ChatGPT in its cars for 'enriching conversations'
Mercedes-Benz's best-in-class voice assistant is getting an AI boost
AI-Generated 'George Carlin' Comedy Blasted by Comedian's Daughter
SAG-AFTRA strikes deal for AI voice acting licensing in video games at CES 2024
Google Is Laying Off Hundreds of Workers in Its Voice Assistant, AR Teams...
Published 01/15/24
CES preview
The NY Times Lawsuit Against OpenAI
A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.
Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
Microsoft's keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership
A physical keyboard for your iPhone
RIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb, Christina Warren, and Devindra Hardawar
Download or subscribe to this show at...
Published 01/08/24
Looking back at some of This Week in Tech's best moments from 2023:
Rating Google's AI Music Tool MusicLM
What is Plaguing Google?
Xerox Alto: 50 Year Later
Lessons Learned By the SVB Collapse
Is Copyright Good For Authors?
What's Your (Microsoft) Copilot?
Goodbye, Computer Magazines
UK Emergency Alert Test
A Look At WiFi Pineapple and Flipper Zero
Ten Years Since Snowden's Revelations Were Revealed
The Seven Deadly Sins and Tech
Blind: Anonymous Workplace Gossip
Earthquake!...
Published 12/31/23
In this festive end-of-year episode, Leo gathers some of the veteran hosts of the TWiT network, dubbed "old farts," to reflect on the major tech stories and trends of 2023 while looking ahead to 2024. They debate AI and tech's impact on society, discuss the ups and downs of companies like Twitter, Apple, and SpaceX, reminisce about the early days of computing and the Internet, and more, all with good humor and insight gained from decades in tech.
Topics Discussed:
The explosion of AI...
Published 12/24/23
AI Math, Zuck's Lair, E3's Demise
The panel talks about pinball machines
Mark Zuckerberg's underground lair
Cox admits to invading your privacy
Google Maps gets an update to stop authorities from accessing location history data
Apple now requires a judge's consent to hand over push notification data
Epic Games wins it's lawsuit, Google ruled as an illegal monopoly
Beeper Mini is back, but for how long?
Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year
Tesla recalls 2 million cars...
Published 12/18/23
EU AI Act, 23andMe Hack, Woke Grok
Financial Difficulties and Layoffs at Twit
AI's Potential and Misleading Demonstrations
Regulating Artificial Intelligence and Self-Driving Vehicles
Debate on AI Augmentation and Regulation
Beeper's Impersonation of Apple's Server'
Privacy Risks and Public Benefits
Technology Misuse, Cameo Scandal, Criticism
AI, Grock, and Free Money Impact
The Potential of AI in Advertising
Memories of 1000 Van Ness Theater
Discussion on Podcasts and Potluck...
Published 12/11/23
Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop
ChatGPT's 1st birthday and mainstream AI adoption
Microsoft joins OpenAI's board as a non-voting observer
Pika raises $55 million for AI video generation tool
Amazon launches Q chatbot service for companies
Concerns over Q hallucinating responses and leaking data
Rethinking reactions to Tesla's Cybertruck design
Police warn about issues with NameDrop social media app
Why Apple adding RCS may not resolve...
Published 12/04/23
Sam Altman returns as CEO after staff threatened mass resignation
Microsoft's role and attempts to hire OpenAI staff
Concerns over OpenAI's technology and capabilities
Speculation over what caused the OpenAI board member revolt
Impact and future of OpenAI as a non-profit and for-profit entity
Musk sues Twitter shareholders, sued over ads next to hate speech
Musk's behavior on Twitter concerning hate speech and anti-Semitism
Truth Social finances and Trump lawsuit against media...
Published 11/27/23
Discussion of the surprise firing of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI by the board
Explanation of the complicated structure of OpenAI as a nonprofit with a for-profit subsidiary
Debate around the board's goals to slow down AI development versus Altman's push for progress
Analysis of the ripple effects on Microsoft and partners who invested heavily in OpenAI
Thoughts on cautions versus opportunities with generative AI and large language models
News about Apple supporting RCS for higher quality...
Published 11/20/23
OpenAI GPTs, Humane AI Pin, privacy in cars, Amazon ditching Android
OpenAI allowing independent developers to create their own GPTs ("little agents")
Agreement between Writers Guild and motion picture producers on use of AI in movies
Microsoft investing in OpenAI and implications for cloud services
China's investment in AI compared to the US
AI appliances like Humane pin and rewindai pendant
Dangers of deep fakes and advanced technologies
Innovations in pinball like Venom...
Published 11/13/23
AI Executive Order, Epic vs. Google, Goodbye Mint, Meta Ray-bans
Ray-Ban Meta audio quality, cost, battery life, and polarized vs transition lenses
Exploring Elon Musk's XAI concept GROK AI
How Twitter's declining engagement impacts content creators and prompts API use
Concerns about President Biden's executive order on AI regulation and innovation
International AI declaration signed at Bletchley Park meeting with Harris and Musk
Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google's Android...
Published 11/06/23