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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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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  • TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting

    TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting
    Jun 2 2025
    • YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom
    • Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
    • Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA
    • Xbox co-founder J Allard is working on 'breakthrough' devices at Amazon
    • GitHub Users Angry at the Prospect of AI-Written Issues From Copilot
    • Using technology may sharpen aging brains, not harm them
    • We Bought a 'Peeing' Robot Attack Dog From Temu. It Was Even Weirder Than Expected
    • Humanoid Robots for $3000, Hugging Face

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Louis Maresca, Doc Rock, and Iain Thomson

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

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    2 h y 24 m
  • TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare

    TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare
    May 26 2025
    In this jam-packed episode celebrating Towel Day, the TWiT crew dives into Apple's terrible week with Trump's tariff threats, Google and Microsoft's latest AI advances, the death of CAPTCHAs, and some wild new tech including laser-powered smart homes and sock-picking robot vacuums.Trump's Phone Tariff Ultimatum - President threatens 25% tariffs on iPhones and Samsung devices unless manufacturing moves to the US, putting Apple in an impossible position between economics and politicsThe Sock-Stealing Robot Revolution - Jennifer tests a $2,600 Roborock vacuum with an arm that picks up socks and occasionally tries to grab catsMicrosoft's AI Science Breakthrough - Microsoft Build showcases agentic AI platform that helped create new coolant liquids by analyzing scientific journals and generating novel molecular compoundsWindows Goes Agentic - Microsoft announces MCP protocol integration into Windows, raising both excitement about AI capabilities and concerns about data securityGaming Industry Consolidation - FTC finally drops its challenge to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition after three years of failed legal battlesMeta's Monopoly Defense Strategy - Company argues that Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were beneficial rather than anti-competitive, as antitrust trial concludesGoogle's Hyper-Realistic AI Videos - Veo 3 generates convincing fake videos that blur the line between reality and AI creation, raising concerns about misinformationRevenge Porn Legislation Concerns - New "Take It Down" Act passes with bipartisan support but raises censorship worries about its 48-hour removal requirementsSmart Glasses Make a Comeback - Google announces Android XR partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, signaling the return of consumer AR eyewearThe $6.5 Billion AI Hardware Gamble - OpenAI's record-breaking acquisition of Jony Ive's design firm sparks debate about whether AI needs dedicated hardware devicesAmazon's Smart Speaker Surveillance - Investigation reveals how much personal data Echo devices collect and store, highlighting the privacy costs of convenient AI assistantsThe Death of CAPTCHAs - AI now solves visual puzzles better than humans, making traditional bot-detection methods obsolete and forcing a rethink of online securityAmerica Abandons the Penny - The US will stop minting pennies due to production costs exceeding face value, ending a century-old currency traditionAir Traffic Control Crisis Exposed - Newark Airport's radar failures reveal America's dangerously outdated aviation infrastructure held together by 1990s technology and hopeFortnite's App Store Victory - Epic Games successfully returns to iOS after Apple quickly capitulates under legal pressure, ending years of bitter disputesBrain-Computer Interface Competition - Valve's Gabe Newell announces Neuralink competitor, expanding the race to connect human brains directly to computersInfrared Contact Lenses Enable Night Vision - Researchers develop contacts that let wearers see heat signatures even with eyes closed, promising superhuman vision capabilities23andMe's Genetic Data Gold Rush - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals acquires the DNA testing company for $256 million, raising questions about genetic privacy andStolen These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1033 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan Sponsors:outsystems.com/twitexpressvpn.com/twitspaceship.com/twituscloud.comstoryblok.com/twittv-25
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    2 h y 47 m
  • TWiT 1032: Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape - What's Going on in Montana?

    TWiT 1032: Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape - What's Going on in Montana?
    May 19 2025
    • GTA 6 trailer 2 and anticipation
    • Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust
    • Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
    • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains How He's Making Himself Obsolete With AI
    • How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project in Kirkkonummi will be the largest in the world when completed
    • OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
    • China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
    • NASA engineers revive Voyager 1's dead thrusters from 15 billion miles away
    • 25% of steam playeres play Blue Prince
    • Jamie Lee Curtis publicly shamed Mark Zuckerberg to remove a deepfaked ad
    • Fortnite players can speak with Darth Vader through a James Earl Jones-voiced AI
    • Epic Games says Apple is blocking Fortnite from the US and EU App Stores
    • Epic wants the court to compel Apple to approve Fortnite's return to the US App Store
    • Nextcloud accuses Google of "Big Tech gatekeeping" over Android app permissions
    • Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge starts off the super thin phone era
    • Square's $399 Handheld accepts tap-to-pay at your table
    • Montana Becomes First State To Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker Loophole - Slashdot
    • Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
    • The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming
    • The US Army is getting in on right-to-repair
    • They're just giving up and calling it HBO Max again

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Wil Harris, Devindra Hardawar, and Harper Reed

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    2 h y 38 m
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