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This Week in Tech (Audio)

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  • This Week in Tech is the top-ranked flagship tech podcast from TWiT.tv. Every Sunday, Leo Laporte and a roundtable of insiders explore the week's hottest tech news from AI to robots, and PCs to privacy. When it comes to tech, TWiT is IT. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
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Episodes
  • TWiT 988: Flaming Corn Maze - AT&T Breach, Galaxy Z Fold6, Olympic Disinfo
    Jul 15 2024
    • 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

    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

    Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • e-e.com/twit
    • motific.ai
    • bitwarden.com/twit
    • ziprecruiter.com/twit
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    2 hrs and 29 mins
  • TWiT 987: Often Plagiarized, Never Equalled - Sapce Junk, Threads Hits 175M Users, AIndependence
    Jul 8 2024
    • 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

    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

    Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • panoptica.app
    • expressvpn.com/twit
    • NetSuite.com/TWIT
    • 1password.com/twit
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    2 hrs and 30 mins
  • TWiT 986: Our Dope GPS! - Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests
    Jun 30 2024

    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

    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

    Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • lookout.com
    • 1password.com/twit
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    2 hrs and 26 mins

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With polarized news the way it is, always refreshing to have different views, and not having the slapdown, follow

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The best weekly tech news

An excellent podcast. Leo and the panel dissect the weekly tech stories with insightful precision.

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