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Intelligent Machines 896: Culling the Herd Nov 11, 2026

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Can one developer's breakthrough double or even quadruple local AI performance on your own hardware? Explore how TensorFold could make cloud-based models look slow and why giants like Apple and Nvidia are taking notice.

Nvidia is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang
The Nvidia capital atlas: really good graphics
(12) Fireside Alpha on X: "Dario Amodei says cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be relics of the past in less than a decade, and that "we can create an age of miracles" "You know, if today we look at things like cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, mental illness, these will be https://t.co/quRQbixDSu" / X
AMD Zen 6 EPYC 'Venice' deep dive and benchmarking – 9686F outclasses Nvidia's Vera, dual EPYC 9996 with 1,024 threads delivers up to 93% performance gain gen-on-gen
Anthropic to Seek $1.3 Trillion Valuation in IPO
Anthropic to Proceed With IPO Roadshow Next Week
3 takeaways from the big AI report on Anthropic everyone is talking about
Anthropic lets Claude read your bank accounts, but not move money
OpenAI Completes $11 Billion Portion of Funding at $1.25 Trillion Value
Gemini 4 Carbon is now available
DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark "ASIMOV-jailbreak"
Google touts AI breakthrough, path to "unhackable" software
Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable
Google Won't Give Schools the One Thing They Want
AI teddy for three-year-olds gave unprompted self-harm reply, BBC finds
United Airlines Is Banning AI Bots From Booking Flights
Alex Karp says he's a lifelong Democrat — and Palantir's products are 'essentially progressive'
I Used NYT Cooking's New AI-Powered Recipe Modifier, and It's Actually Pretty Good
Spelunkr - cable TV but weirder
danah boyd: No one paid me to disagree with Jonathan Haidt. It was teenagers who taught me that he was wrong.
remember the world bollard association
Munich's Alguth Stone

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Ash Hart

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Windows Weekly 1009: Creamy Nougat Center Nov 11, 2026

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Leo is back! From Patch Tuesday's 1000+ vulnerabilities to the relentless updates and evolving Windows features, the conversation lays bare how quickly the desktop is being reinvented, with hybrid AI and hardware hiccups included! Local AI does not rise to the challenge, hampering RTX Spark. Plus, Paul has finally started incorporating AI into his work.

Windows

Patch Tuesday: Minor improvements across 25H2/26H2 and 26H1
Five new builds on Friday, just one notable feature change
Clipchamp is still the reigning king of easy-to-use but powerful video editors
Microsoft Edge and Widgets in Windows 11 get a new Discover feed
Opera now has over 100 million users on desktop
Vivaldi completely rewrites its tracker and ad blockers on desktop and mobile
Qualcomm earnings: Waiting on the datacenter to save the company
HP OmniBook Ultra 16 review - RTX Spark is here

AI and dev

No one expected Jensen Huang to be the problem with Big AI
After a powerful set of updates, now you can use Google Antigravity for productivity, too
Adobe opens up to third-party AI assistants, expands partnerships with Microsoft and Google
New Linux distribution promises to out-AI Windows 11 - a few thoughts about how AI will benefit Linux
.NET 11 arrives at .NET Conf 2026
Discord is rewriting its app in Rust and you're not going to believe what happens next

XBOX and gaming

The new XBOX Nano Controller comes with an awesome surprise
The new XBOX app is here on Windows 11, mobile, and cloud, and it's much faster
AutoSR comes to AMD-based Copilot+ PCs, ROG XBOX Ally gaming handhelds
You can preload GTA VI now
EA remasters classic games in Ultima and Wing Commander series, more
Nintendo: 6.49 million Switch units
Sony: 2.6 million PS5 units - now over 100 million units cumulatively

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Do it for free
App pick of the week: AI

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Join Club TWiT Nov 11, 2026

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Security Now 1104: The hole in OpenSSH Nov 10, 2026

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From hacked French refrigerators igniting fires to a massive OpenSSH authentication bug hiding in plain sight for a decade, this week's stories expose how lapses in basic security ripple into chaos—and why AI is now both a weapon and shield.

TA surprising announcement regarding SpinRite.
What is being "AI-pilled" and how does it happen.
OpenAI just released GPT-6 Cyber. What does that mean.
An irresponsible hacker published 30+ N-Able 0-days.
700 French refrigerators hacked. What's next.
Lots of listener feedback about the Cloudflare tunneling solution, Voyager 1, true hardware drive encryption, the random number 4 and the amount of debris in orbit
Then we look at a 10-year old serious SSH authentication bug (that's kinda wonderful)

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1104-Notes.pdf

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MacBreak Weekly 1050: Building 19 Nov 10, 2026

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Siri AI is now accessible for developers. The quality issues with the iPhone Duo may actually come down to bad parts. And the original iPod went on sale 25 years ago today.

Apple begins opening Siri AI to developers.
Apple CEO presses software chief to pursue more ambitious AI strategy.
iPhone Duo hinge issue down to bad parts, not bad design.
iPhone 18 Pro review: Camera quality and other upgrades mean I can't go back to the cheaper iPhones after this.
2026 iPad mini review: Maximizing the mini.
The original iPod went on sale 25 years ago today.
About the illuminated Apple logo on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display.
Fake Homebrew installer linked to record-breaking $6.3 billion Binance heist.
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is getting a LEGO set.

Picks of the Week

Andy's Pick: Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol"
Doc's Pick: RigMap
Matthew's Picks: Xbox Nano Controller, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, and the ESP32 powered Mac 128k

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko

Guests: Doc Rock and Matthew Cassinelli

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This Week in Tech 1106: The 10-Day Reply Guy Oct 18, 2026

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Apple's long-delayed kitchen device and Tesla's flying car spectacle make this panel one you won't want to miss! Data center delays, AI-driven job shakeups, and real-time debates on the real winners in broadband show that the tech landscape isn't just shifting; it's being rebuilt in real time.

The Tesla Roadster should go into production in 2028, but don't get your hopes up - Engadget
Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra review: RTX Spark in a straight-up beautiful Windows PC
America's $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray
Apple's HomeView Offers Tantalizing Preview of a Future Robotic Version
Apple blames 'extraordinary' demand as foldable iPhones sell out
F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office
Meta and Apple, Longtime Foes, Team Up to Put Open-Weight AI on Macs
Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What's next for human employees?
How to track Flock cameras using MapQuest

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Guests: Gina Smith and Jason Calacanis

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Intelligent Machines 892: Pants-based Benchmarks Oct 14, 2026

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GitHub's developer relations VP, Martin Woodward, reveals just how dramatically AI agents are reshaping who codes, what gets built, and why open source maintainers are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of pull requests. If you thought Copilot was disruptive, wait until you hear what's coming next.

Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay
(11) Andrej Karpathy on X: "Dusting off this tweet from April because this gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is *widening*. It's now less "two groups of people speaking past each other" and more a sharp funnel. - Napkin math somewhere around 6B people (~75% of the population) have barely come" / X
AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter
Zuckerberg called Muse ready despite the risks, New York Times reports
Muse Wonder
OpenAI's math breakthrough points beyond math
GLM-Legal: Advancing Agentic Legal Intelligence
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response to Moscow's strikes on Kyiv data centers
Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy
Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI
Nicolas Cage Says He's 'Probably Not' Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for 'Spider-Noir'
Fleeting — Sorry, I'm in a meeting
REA — Reverse Engineering for Your Coding Agent
Cupertino
Zuck's beer face

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Guest: Martin Woodward

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Windows Weekly 1005: Nicely Frosted Oct 14, 2026

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Microsoft's latest Windows event left even diehard enthusiasts scratching their heads, with new AI-powered hardware and "RTX Spark" PCs getting top billing but little clear reason for anyone to buy them. If you're wondering what actually matters in the world of AI PCs. or why no one can explain it, you're not alone.

Windows

We need to talk about last week's Windows event... what the heck was this?
Lots of Windows, lots of Surface, a little bit of ecosystem, confusing local AI story, no major new end user features that are unique to RTX Spark, a weird Osborne Effect for RTX Spark, and a stunning lack of self-awareness combine for one of the weirder Microsoft events in memory
The RTX Spark era begins this week. How is this different from Copilot+ PC?
Patch Tuesday is here and it's a big milestone
Minor changes for 24H2, 25H2, 26H2
Big changes for 26H1
This is the first Patch Tuesday for 26H2, the last one for 24H2 (Home, Pro)
1400+ security fixes, a new record(!!) - This is almost 15x the normal number of patches
ASUS allows reviewers to show unboxing, so here's the RTX Spark-based ASUS ProArt P16
PC market fell over 20 percent in Q3 as component crisis takes its toll
Googlebooks suck, and everyone is finally noticing what I reported last week. But there is another, and it's an unexpected option
Tiny11 Builder gets a major update with a WinUI makeover

AI/dev

This has been the most exciting week in AI advances since this era kicked off in February 2023
ArtCraft releases impressive clones of the top 7 Adobe Creative Cloud apps
ArtCraft is also working at replacing Microsoft Office, with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint clones so far - Also clones of AutoCAD and Audacity(?)/audio editor
Google Playground lets anyone create a game that you can share with anyone
Google AI Studio now lets anyone vibe-code Android and web apps, and you will soon be able to put them in the Google Play Store
Big changes to Microsoft 365 for consumers - Family/Premium loses 1 TB per user, goes to a single pool of 2 TB, but all users now share the same Copilot rights
Apple makes a long-overdue smart home push thanks to Siri AI finally making sense - New HomeView smart display is the star
.NET 11 heads to the finish line

XBOX and gaming

XBOX creates an XP division for non-game entertainment. They should have called it XBOX One, cough
Asha Sharma creates XBOX LABS team to explore how vibe coding changes gaming
Microsoft announces an XBOX Nano Controller
Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PS5 in January
GTA VI coming to the PC in early 2027
Epic Games vibe-coded its new launcher, and it's available in preview for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Just make it
App pick of the week: ArtCraft for the win
RunAs Radio this week: Choosing Tools in M365 with Joy Apple
Brown liquor pick of the week: Bunnahabhain 12

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs Oct 13, 2026

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Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments.

Anthropic cuts live Internet access during testing.
Will LLM technology turn out to be an uncontrollable dead end?
What alternative AI technologies are underway?
Anthropic offers free AI vulnerability scanning for open source.
South Korean banks hit by Claude-driven cyberattacks.
Japan declares a state of cyber-emergency due to attacks.
For one listener, agentic coding has taken the joy out of coding.
A listener is having way too much fun with AI and Halloween.
Some listeners believe I'm downplaying the dangers of AI.
We carefully examine the consequences of maliciously trained AI

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1100-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1046: Trust Agnes! Oct 13, 2026

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Apple held its "Welcome Home" event, debuting Apple HomeView and Apple Home Collection, a lineup of new smart home accessories in partnership with LG. Apple also unveiled its Apple TV 4K. And will Apple finally debut its Touchscreen MacBook Pro later this month?

Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home.
Introducing Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories.
Apple unveils the new Apple TV 4K, supercharged by Siri AI.
Apple set to debut touch-screen MacBook and new iPad Mini in late October.
You can now start the iPhone Duo pre-order process.
iPhone Duo has a book-like two-page Quick Look layout.
Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe.
Apple may have to officially support Apple Intelligence removal on Macs to protect sales.
Tim Cook, Elton John, King Charles launch Apple x King's Trust Creative Labs.
'Remnants' – Ti West directed the first immersive horror movie for the Apple Vision Pro.
After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad.

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: Sprout Pi
Jason's Pick: HA Green + Claude
Leo's Pick deskflow/desktflow
Andy's Pick: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

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