TikTok Ban, Intel's Struggles, Google's Ensh*ttification

• 'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
• A Chinese Firm Is America's Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.
• The panel taks about AI
• With YouTube Booming, Podcast Creators Get Camera-Ready
• A new California bill would restrict line-skipping service 'Clear' at airports in the name of equity
• The Man Who Killed Google Search
• Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality'
• Oracle is moving its world HQ to Nashville
• Google delays third-party cookie demise yet again
• Alphabet Leaps Into $2 Trillion Club as Results Show AI Strength
• U.S. chipmaker Intel was once dominant, now struggles to stay relevant
• Twilio Founder Jeff Lawson Has Some Serious Plans for The Onion

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb and Kevin Rose

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• Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
• TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again
• Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration
• Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe
• Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024
• Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
• How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
• Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High After Lull
• Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal
• Tesla asks shareholders to approve Elon Musk's nixed $56 billion pay plan
• Cool or creepy? Microsoft's VASA-1 is a new AI model that turns photos into 'talking faces'
• GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading advisories
• Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
• Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Howell, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Mikah Sargent

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• 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
• SAG-AFTRA union secures AI protections for artists in deal with major record labels
• Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 | Peter Higgs
• BESSY II: How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Denise Howell, Larry Magid, and Owen Thomas

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• 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 Whistleblower Got DC's Attention. Do His Claims Add Up?
• Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers
• App Store guidelines now allow game emulators; more
• How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
• Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit
• SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line
• Apple (AAPL) Explores Home Robots After Abandoning Car Efforts

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mikah Sargent, Lisa Schmeiser, and Harry McCracken

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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 epidemic of teenage mental illness?
• Social Media, Authoritarianism, and the World As It Is - LPE Project
• Phison Announces Strategic Partnerships Deploying aiDAPTIV+ at NVIDIA GTC 2024
• Microsoft says this single key is the difference between an AI PC and just a PC with AI

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Allyn Malventano, Daniel Rubino, and Doc Rock

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• 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

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• 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 sitting through one interviuew
• "Gurman: CarPlay is now all Apple has left, should they charge for the more advanced version? + Apple planning for the biggest AirPods push yet with new low-end, mid-range models"
• Microsoft is hosting its Surface/AI event next week, what do we think about Microsoft's current PC and AI ambitions?
• FCC raises broadband minimums to 100Mbps/20Mbps, up from 25Mbps/3Mbps
• Pornhub says adios to Texas
• Profile of the UberCheats dev, who created an app to see how the Uber algorithm was screwing over workers
• What media is the panel watching?

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Alex Lindsay, Glenn Fleishman, and Scott Stein

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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 social media
• FDA Clears First Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor
• Microsoft says Russian hackers stole source code after spying on its executives
• Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
• MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
• "Disgraceful": Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Roberto Baldwin, Mike Masnick, and Louise Matsakis

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