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TWiT 1038: Wu Wei Meets Wu Tang - Microsoft Making Moves in Gaming Jun 29, 2025

The panel discusses the current gaming environment
More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad
Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions
Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
Meta says it's winning the talent war with OpenAI
Android phones could soon warn you of "Stingrays" snooping on your communications
Tesla Ordered to Stop 'Deceptive Practices' on Cars' Self-Driving Capabilities in France or Face Thousands in Fines
Trump's 'big beautiful bill' could mean slower Wi-Fi for you
Future of States' AI Laws Hinges on Senate Rules for Tax Bill
The NO FAKES Act Has Changed – and It's So Much Worse

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dan Patterson, Patrick Beja, and Daniel Rubino

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TWiT 1037: Teach Amanda Fish - AI Backlash Jun 22, 2025

Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue
Why We Don't Talk About Job Destruction
Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Financial System
Iran restricts internet access to ward off Israeli cyberattacks
The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel
It's Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV
AI search finds publishers starved of referral traffic
Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training
For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans' top news source
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time
The People Search Sites in the Suspected Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of Congress
40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet
Pavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI — and the fight for Telegram
WhatsApp's rollout of ads will change the app forever
Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Calacanis, Amanda Silberling, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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TWiT 1036: Apple Reflux - Progress in Quantum Computing! Jun 15, 2025

Opinionated Design: Early Reactions to Apple's Liquid Glass Design Language
Big Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death Blow
Apple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new era
Apple Targets Spring 2026 for Release of Delayed Siri AI Upgrade
Apple's de-chatbot-ification of AI is nearly complete
Google launches Android 16, rolling out now to Pixel
Google offers voluntary buyouts to US staff across several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organization
IBM aims to build the world's first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028
Blue Origin Delays Second New Glenn Launch
Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe
Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
YouTube says its ecosystem created 490K jobs and added $55B to the US GDP in 2024
God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro
Army reserve tech executives meta palantir
Nintendo Switch 2 Is Fastest-Selling Game Console of All Time - Slashdot
An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
Anker recalls 1.1 million power banks due to fire hazard risk
Local Malls Are Sitting Empty, and Becoming a Headache for Small Towns
Bald eagle live cam update: Babies are leaving nest. What's next?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Harry McCracken, and Jason Snell

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TWiT 1035: The Droids Are in the Escape Pod - You Can't Copyright Eleanor Jun 08, 2025

Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere!
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails
Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues
TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back
Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot
Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly
Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules
Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot
Ending USB-C® Port Confusion
Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores
Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot
Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All
California county accused of using drones to spy on residents

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid

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TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting Jun 01, 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

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TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare May 25, 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 politics
The Sock-Stealing Robot Revolution - Jennifer tests a $2,600 Roborock vacuum with an arm that picks up socks and occasionally tries to grab cats
Microsoft's AI Science Breakthrough - Microsoft Build showcases agentic AI platform that helped create new coolant liquids by analyzing scientific journals and generating novel molecular compounds
Windows Goes Agentic - Microsoft announces MCP protocol integration into Windows, raising both excitement about AI capabilities and concerns about data security
Gaming Industry Consolidation - FTC finally drops its challenge to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition after three years of failed legal battles
Meta's Monopoly Defense Strategy - Company argues that Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were beneficial rather than anti-competitive, as antitrust trial concludes
Google's Hyper-Realistic AI Videos - Veo 3 generates convincing fake videos that blur the line between reality and AI creation, raising concerns about misinformation
Revenge Porn Legislation Concerns - New "Take It Down" Act passes with bipartisan support but raises censorship worries about its 48-hour removal requirements
Smart Glasses Make a Comeback - Google announces Android XR partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, signaling the return of consumer AR eyewear
The $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 devices
Amazon's Smart Speaker Surveillance - Investigation reveals how much personal data Echo devices collect and store, highlighting the privacy costs of convenient AI assistants
The Death of CAPTCHAs - AI now solves visual puzzles better than humans, making traditional bot-detection methods obsolete and forcing a rethink of online security
America Abandons the Penny - The US will stop minting pennies due to production costs exceeding face value, ending a century-old currency tradition
Air Traffic Control Crisis Exposed - Newark Airport's radar failures reveal America's dangerously outdated aviation infrastructure held together by 1990s technology and hope
Fortnite's App Store Victory - Epic Games successfully returns to iOS after Apple quickly capitulates under legal pressure, ending years of bitter disputes
Brain-Computer Interface Competition - Valve's Gabe Newell announces Neuralink competitor, expanding the race to connect human brains directly to computers
Infrared Contact Lenses Enable Night Vision - Researchers develop contacts that let wearers see heat signatures even with eyes closed, promising superhuman vision capabilities
23andMe's Genetic Data Gold Rush - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals acquires the DNA testing company for $256 million, raising questions about genetic privacy and
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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan

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TWiT 1032: Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape - What's Going on in Montana? May 18, 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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TWiT 1031: My 3 Friends - The FTC Gets Busy May 11, 2025

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 $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission
What Stacey has been doing
Attorney General Bailey Files Groundbreaking Rule to End Big Tech's Censorship Monopoly and Protect Online Free Speech
DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
Samsung is paying $350 million for audio brands Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz and Polk
Zuckerberg's Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI - Slashdot
How AI Demand Is Draining Local Water Supplies
Tom Brady, Stephen Curry and other big names are mostly off the hook from the FTX fallout
FTC Bans Hidden Fees For Live Events and Short-Term Rentals - Slashdot
The FTC puts off enforcing its 'click-to-cancel' rule
20 years to give away virtually all my wealth | Bill Gates
Mexico is suing Google over 'Gulf of America' name change for US users
Switzerland To Hold Referendum on Introducing Electronic ID

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Wesley Faulkner, and Stacey Higginbotham

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TWiT 1030: Journalism Comes In Second - Government Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom May 04, 2025

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 Fraud Is Here
The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims That Will Lead to Censorship
Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act
White House Slams Amazon After Report it Will Highlight Tariff Costs
The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump's tariffs
Microsoft Raises Xbox Prices 20% as Tariffs Drive Up Cost of Development
UPS will cut 20,000 jobs because fewer Amazon packages are coming
Elon Musk's DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability
President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the cut "refocuses CISA on its core mission"
Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans
Mark Zuckerberg Sailed 5,300 Miles With Two Superyachts Only to Helicopter Up a Mountain and Ski
Down in Billionaire Style - Sustainability Times
Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark
Wall Street Banks Sell Final Slug of Elon Musk's X Debt
Elon Musk's SpaceX gets a company town in Texas
Amazon deploys the first Project Kuiper internet satellites
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
How Badly Did ChatGPT and Copilot Fail to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby? - Slashdot
Quantum message travels record distance over fiber optic network
Photo appears to show Mike Waltz using Signal-like app that can archive messages
Chinese university designed 'world's first silicon-free 2D GAAFET transistor,' claims new bismuth-based tech is both the fastest and lowest-power transistor yet
The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen Thomas, Iain Thomson, and Gary Rivlin

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TWiT 1029: Never Lick a Badger Twice - Selling Chrome, Modular Cars, Switch 2 Sold Out Apr 27, 2025

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" — after Microsoft lost its exclusive cloud provider status
Only Google Can Run Chrome, Company's Browser Chief Tells Judge
What Happens When You Pay People Not to Use Google Search?
4chan Is Back Online, Days After The Infamous Hack That Leaked Its "Janitors" Emails
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over
Google is scrapping its planned changes for third-party cookies in Chrome
Google's revenue tops Wall Street's expectations — and the stock climbs
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
PC shipments spike as Windows 10's end and U.S. tariffs loom
Apple Aims To Source All US iPhones From India in Pivot Away From China
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders: Sold out at most retailers including GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others
The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
Tesla whistleblower says Musk wanted to deport her team for raising brake issue
In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving
Enter The Fourth Amendment, Yet One More Reason DOGE Is Such A Constitutional Nightmare

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Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Daniel Rubino, and Cathy Gellis

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