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TWiT 1031: My 3 Friends - The FTC Gets Busy
This Week in Tech (Audio)May 12, 2025
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2:36:54144.72 MB

TWiT 1031: My 3 Friends - The FTC Gets Busy

Apple asks court to halt App Store rule changes while it appeals Proposed Amicus Brief – #1300, Att. #1 in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GOOGLE LLC (D.D.C., 1:20-cv-03010) – CourtListener.com Eddy Cue Causes a Stir for Google DOJ pushes for Google to sell its advertising platforms Google Will Pay $1....

TWiT 1030: Journalism Comes In Second - Government Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom
This Week in Tech (Audio)May 05, 2025
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2:35:23142.43 MB

TWiT 1030: Journalism Comes In Second - Government Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom

Judge Blasts Apple For Violating Antitrust Ruling Google's Sundar Pichai Calls US Remedies 'De Facto' Spinoff of Search - Slashdot Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information The Age of Realtime Deepfake Frau...

TWiT 1029: Never Lick a Badger Twice - Selling Chrome, Modular Cars, Switch 2 Sold Out
This Week in Tech (Audio)April 28, 2025
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2:33:32141.35 MB

TWiT 1029: Never Lick a Badger Twice - Selling Chrome, Modular Cars, Switch 2 Sold Out

The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously? Microsoft finally ships controversial Windows 11 "Recall" feature after year-long delay — now rolling out to all Copilot+ PCs Sam Altman says OpenAI is no longer "compute-constrained" — afte...

TWiT 1028: Some Had Leashes - Google's Monopoly, Yap Score, Robot Marathon
This Week in Tech (Audio)April 21, 2025
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2:56:01161.31 MB

TWiT 1028: Some Had Leashes - Google's Monopoly, Yap Score, Robot Marathon

Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup AI-hallucinated code dependencies become new supply chain risk OpenAI's secret Yap score 4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in...

TWiT 1027: 20 Years in the Can - Delete IP Law?, Recall Roll Out, Not Dire Wolves
This Week in Tech (Audio)April 14, 2025
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3:17:10181.36 MB

TWiT 1027: 20 Years in the Can - Delete IP Law?, Recall Roll Out, Not Dire Wolves

Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to 'delete all IP law' 5 things to know about Meta's upcoming FTC trial Meta's New Tech Wants You Using Phones in Theaters Trump ...

TWiT 1026: I Know of BigBalls - TWIST Takeover
This Week in Tech (Audio)April 07, 2025
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3:13:29177.34 MB

TWiT 1026: I Know of BigBalls - TWIST Takeover

Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead Trump delays TikTok ban again Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. China is Already Testing AI-Powered Humanoid Robots in Factories - Slashdot Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots Starliner's flight to the spa...

TWiT 1025: Weak Perfection - Signalgate, Miyazaki's Nightmare
This Week in Tech (Audio)March 31, 2025
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2:39:42146.38 MB

TWiT 1025: Weak Perfection - Signalgate, Miyazaki's Nightmare

Leaked Signal group chat, xAI x X merger, Studio ChatGhibli-T Hayao Miyazaki's AI Nightmare Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation Okay, I'm Starting to Think AI Can Do My Job After All Clearly we're talking abou...

TWiT 1024: Payday Loan Burrito - Section 230, Intel's Future, TikTok's Fate
This Week in Tech (Audio)March 24, 2025
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2:49:42156.1 MB

TWiT 1024: Payday Loan Burrito - Section 230, Intel's Future, TikTok's Fate

Intel's new CEO to host Vision 2025 Opening Keynote on March 31st Apple Can't Beat Spotify Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that there was no change to Search ad revenue due to the removal Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand T...

TWiT 1023: This is Not Tax Advice - The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI
This Week in Tech (Audio)March 17, 2025
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3:12:58176.81 MB

TWiT 1023: This is Not Tax Advice - The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI

The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI, Scopely, Careless People , Gemini Robotics An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company misconduct; publisher Flatiron Books earlier objected DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold o...

TWiT 1022: Chatting With MrBabyMan - Spring Forward, MWC 2025, AI Poisoning
This Week in Tech (Audio)March 10, 2025
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2:43:07150.06 MB

TWiT 1022: Chatting With MrBabyMan - Spring Forward, MWC 2025, AI Poisoning

'Spring forward' no more: Trump and Musk want to end Daylight Saving Time changes. Here's what health experts say The $100 Trillion Disruption: The Unforeseen Economic Earthquake Apple Is Delaying the 'More Personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence Features An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, inclu...

TWiT 1021: Benito On High - Alexa Plus, Goodbye Skype, YouTube on TV
This Week in Tech (Audio)March 03, 2025
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2:52:45159.05 MB

TWiT 1021: Benito On High - Alexa Plus, Goodbye Skype, YouTube on TV

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to st...

TWiT 1020: Smell My Mouse - Biggest Crypto Heist, iPhone 16e, Alexa Revamp
This Week in Tech (Audio)February 24, 2025
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2:45:31152.32 MB

TWiT 1020: Smell My Mouse - Biggest Crypto Heist, iPhone 16e, Alexa Revamp

Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple Home, but no smarter siri Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event O...

TWiT 1019: Nickel for Your Thoughts - DOGE Hacked, IRS Supercomputer, Alexa Delayed
This Week in Tech (Audio)February 17, 2025
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2:44:13150.52 MB

TWiT 1019: Nickel for Your Thoughts - DOGE Hacked, IRS Supercomputer, Alexa Delayed

TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S. Elon Musk's DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer Elon's bid for OpenAI is about making the for-profit transition as painful as possible for Altman, Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and ...

TWiT 1018: Self-Driving Government - Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales
This Week in Tech (Audio)February 10, 2025
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2:49:57156.32 MB

TWiT 1018: Self-Driving Government - Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales

UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals Brits Want to Ban 'Smarter Than Human' AI Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl 'Trades' Pit State Regulators Against Feds Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad "Torrenting from ...

TWiT 1017: Yellow-Bellied Marmots - Return of Pebble, O3-Mini, Apple AI
This Week in Tech (Audio)February 03, 2025
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3:16:25179.96 MB

TWiT 1017: Yellow-Bellied Marmots - Return of Pebble, O3-Mini, Apple AI

Takeaways From a Monumental Week for AI Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the 'wrong side of history' concerning open source | TechCrunch DeepSeek's AI success is overshadowed by a serious security breac AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU | TechCrunch OpenAI partners with U.S...

TWiT 1016: Marc or Marx? - Copilot Launch Disaster, DeepSeek, Sir Paul vs. AI
This Week in Tech (Audio)January 27, 2025
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2:52:53159.01 MB

TWiT 1016: Marc or Marx? - Copilot Launch Disaster, DeepSeek, Sir Paul vs. AI

The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster Satya Nadella says he's 'good for $80 billion' after Elon Musk claims Stargate Project doesn't have the cash How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI Tesla brand value drops $15B in 2024 Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell B...

TWiT 1015: Smarter Than a House Cat - TikTok, Trumpcoin, Samsung Unpacked 2025
This Week in Tech (Audio)January 20, 2025
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3:03:17167.96 MB

TWiT 1015: Smarter Than a House Cat - TikTok, Trumpcoin, Samsung Unpacked 2025

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban Trumpcoin Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higher Behind the Curtain — Coming soon: Ph.D.-level super-agents 4 surprise products we could see at Samsung Unpacked 20...

TWiT 1014: Just Say It's Capitalism - CES 2025, Meta News, Newag DRM
This Week in Tech (Audio)January 13, 2025
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2:58:30164.2 MB

TWiT 1014: Just Say It's Capitalism - CES 2025, Meta News, Newag DRM

The panel discusses CES 2025 How Watch Duty's wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA Worst in Show awards 2025 Aaron Swartz v Sam Altman We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure All the Meta stuff (fact checking, etc.) Heritage Foundation plans to 'identi...

TWiT 1013: Calamari in Crisis - Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words
This Week in Tech (Audio)January 06, 2025
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2:35:02142.08 MB

TWiT 1013: Calamari in Crisis - Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words

Touching the Sun, Fake Spotify Artists, Banished Words AI Needs So Much Power, It's Making Yours Worse How many billions Big Tech spent on AI data centers in 2024 NASA Spacecraft 'Touches Sun' In Defining Moment For Humankind Elon Musk Calls Out NASA's Moon Ambitions: 'We're Going Straight to Mars'...

TWiT 1012: Our Best Of 2024 - The Best Moments From TWiT's 2024
This Week in Tech (Audio)December 30, 2024
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TWiT 1012: Our Best Of 2024 - The Best Moments From TWiT's 2024

TWiT wishes all listeners and viewers a Happy New Year and peaceful 2025! Padre's CES 2024 haul Cory Doctorow's infamous ensh*ttification term Tesla teases a robotaxi Last in-studio audience for TWiT Padre on the AI priest Google Search gets worse Christina Warren's Rabbit R1 Snowflake and the AT&a...