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This Week in Tech 1105: Agents Gone Wild Oct 11, 2026

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Windows unveiled its Surface Laptop Ultra & Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at its recent Surface event. Google's SynthID Detector is open to everyone now to check for AI-made media. OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia and its tools to make unauthorized edits. And AI tools are now flooding into underground cybercrime markets.

Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double.
Everything announced at Microsoft's Windows and Surface event.
Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it.
Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media.
Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to create a 'virtual cell'.
OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads.
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic.
Anthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake unsolved murder tip.
OpenAI is pissing off a bunch of mathematicians — again.
Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt.
Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database.
AI tools flood into underground cybercrime markets.
Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts.
FBI arrests founder of ransomware negotiation firm.
These midterm races will decide data centers' political fate.
Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating "Skydance" behemoth.
HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service".
Spotify opens new front in war on fair use.
The U.S. Army's desert tech test shows long road to AI warfare.
The AI boom is making the world's cheapest smartphones disappear.
Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX seek blockbuster debt deals to pay for AI chips.
A mysterious nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's top lawyer is paying the salaries of government workers.
Man vs. 'Terminator'-like robot in a cage. California called tt illegal.
The inside story of Roku's sale to Fox.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Richard Campbell, and Janko Roettgers

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Intelligent Machines 891: Previously on Swarm Chasers Oct 07, 2026

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From deleting critical files to oversharing your banking details in Slack, today's AI agents are proving both incredibly helpful and hilariously unpredictable. Hear what actually happens when AI gets a little too persistent and why transparency about their actions matters more than ever.

AMistral CEO interview (use Translate)
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet
Profile of Mark Zuckerberg
Facing Memory Crunch, Nvidia Creates 64GB RTX Spark. It Still Costs $4,999
Someone 'Torturing' LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
Court Tosses Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim 'Forgiving' His Killer Is Played
They're Known as Swarm Chasers—and They Spring Into Action When AI Goes Rogue
AI agents can now erase the evidence of what they've done
With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI—until now
Mistral Says Its New AI Model 'Le Chonk' Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China
Google announces SynthID Detector
Fortune headline: "I wrote The Future of Truth, and then found to my alarm it contained AI-hallucinated quotes. I've chosen to fight back."
Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.
How A.I. Can Boost Democracy
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Normal Tools
Gina's Make Great Software
Paul Theroux: True North
Emmys Move to Prime Video in Six-Year, Global Deal Worth Around $15 Million a Year

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Spencer Thompson

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Windows Weekly 1004: Fat-Washed Oct 07, 2026

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Microsoft and NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptops are official, with preorders open and shipping October 16. Prices run from $2,599 (24GB) to $5,899 (128GB, already sold out on Surface). Paul and Leo cover who needs that much RAM, what "hybrid intelligence" means, and why Paul's new Googlebook disappointed him.

Windows

RTX Spark laptops: from $2,599 (24GB), $3,700 (32GB), $5,899 (128GB). Ships Oct 16
Partners: Microsoft, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI. Paul reviews the HP OmniBook Ultra 16 first
Surface RTX Spark Dev Box: $6,000+
"Hybrid intelligence": local AI first, cloud when needed
Windows Search gets inline AI actions in Insider builds
Cloud Rebuild adds better remove and sanitize options
Windows app adds Remote PC connections (preview)
Intel Wildcat Lake: Paul's test laptop was slow even with 16GB
Googlebook first look: Lenovo Googlebook 15 (~$1,100) is missing basics an iPad has
Microsoft has tried to kill Windows many times, including the leaked Project Aion

AI/Dev

Microsoft AI ships new voice and transcription models
Gemini 4 Argon is announced, but limited to cybersecurity partners
Google Docs and Drive add native Markdown
C# Dev Kit 11 arrives with .NET 11

Xbox and Gaming

Rockstar corrects reports of exclusive Xbox GTA VI streaming. Launch is Nov 19
Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks again, with a built-in screen
October Game Pass: Battlefield 6 and more
Sony brings QSSR AI upscaling to the standard PS5
Google Playground lets you vibe-code games

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Desktop98.com, a Windows 98 simulator in your browser
App pick: Gears of War: E-Day (Game Pass Ultimate and PC)
Brown liquor pick: 1792 Small Batch bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

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Security Now 1099: An Alien Mind Oct 06, 2026

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As AI becomes startlingly capable, top minds at OpenAI admit they can't always control what their own creations do—or even fully understand how they think. This episode dives into the real-world tension between rapid progress and the growing challenge of keeping AI truly aligned.

GLM-5.3 can be and has been abliterated. What does that mean?
Firefox 157 repairs a large number of high-impact vulnerabilities.
A surprising reduction in RSA crypto strength has been discovered.
Powerful agentic AI is being used to attack merchants.
A new and potent Spectre-style processor attack has been designed.
A neighbor falls victim to a Bitcoin scam. What can be done?
A new and surprising use was found for GRC's DNS Benchmark.
An examination of the growing alignment challenges created by more intelligent AI

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1099-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1045: The iCup Specialist Oct 06, 2026

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We could finally see Apple launch new smart home products this month. iPhone Duo apparently has a 'replaceable' folding display layer to help minimize crease visibility. Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS. And Apple's latest AirPods, AirPods 5, get a better reparability score from iFixit!... from 0 to 2.

Apple is finally ready to enter its next big category: the smart home.
'Get Ready' to pre-order the iPhone Duo starting October 12.
Apple says iPhone Duo has 'replaceable' folding display layer to minimize crease.
iPhone Duo inner display has a replaceable $19 top layer.
Apple's reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn't record video.
iCup Supply Specialist.
iOS 27.2 adds new Messages feature that's already a favorite.
iPhone 18 Pro Max cameras are Apple's best yet, but only when you squint.
Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS.
iFixit teardown of the new AirPods 5 reveals first real repairability improvement.
Apple & American Academy of Pediatrics team up for new Screen Time guide.
Watch Elton John give the first-ever performance at Apple Music Hall.
Apple's $634 million Apple Watch patent bill just got even bigger.
Don't change the subject, Apple tells OpenAI over its lawsuit.
Apple Music is getting a new logo.
Ron Johnson "Shop Different" review.

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: VMPal
Leo's Picks: Mac Studio Server & Hermes Conduit
Andy's Pick: True Lemon Packets
Jason's Pick: The Universe, Controlled

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This Week in Tech 1104: Real Gs Move in Silence Like Lasagna Oct 04, 2026

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Is Gemini 4 truly so capable, as claimed by Google? OpenAI unveils Dots to rival Meta's Muse. Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is now in orbit. And should we be worried about the possible 'catastrophic' risks with AI, as reported in a leaked IPO filing by Anthropic?

OpenAI pauses training its most powerful models after rogue agents target government.
Google announces Gemini 4 and says it's so capable that only 'trusted cyber defenders' can have it right now
OpenAI ignored employees' warnings about safely testing A.I. models.
I quit OpenAI because its culture is broke.
OpenAI unveils Dots, new A.I. agents to rival Meta's Muse.
Google's early attempt to pay websites for AI answers is struggling.
Muse creates detailed profiles of all your friends and family.
Our project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit.
Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers.
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI.
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs.
Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing.
NVIDIA releases software platform to stop AI agents from misbehaving.
Exclusive: Full list of attendees at White House AI lunch.
Trump orders US government to call AI 'Super Intelligence'.
The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next.
Exclusive: Army creates autonomy command amid Hegseth's robo-warfare push.
New AI czar unveils goals, members of White House task force.
Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firings.
Robert X. Cringely.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock and Louis Maresca

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Intelligent Machines 890: 200 Donuts Sep 30, 2026

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What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local AI, where hobbyists are building their own digital workforces from scratch.

DevDay 2026 Recap
Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic' AI risks in its own IPO filing
GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities
(7) Joe on X: "Its not just the f*cking sandbox" / X
OpenAI took 2.5 hours to stop an AI agent that escaped its sandbox
"I think the answer is we have to shut the labs down" - Jensen Huang
Nvidia's Answer to Rogue Agents Is an Open-Source AI Security System
NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform: A Reference for Continuous In-Silicon Agent Monitoring
Trump Responds to AI Backlash With 'Super Intelligence' Rebrand
Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No 'Existential Threat' From AI
AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI
Anthropic's biolab made a discovery it's comparing to Crispr
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.
A Kill Switch for AI? Microsoft's Brad Smith Says Yes
Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs
Inside McDonald's push to have AI price your Big Mac
AI models chose to hurt humans to stop their own 'pain,' disturbing study finds
Mac-mini-powered Cray
Backpack Is the Fattest of the Fat Bears
SF Currently
This $60 rye bread is everything that's right and wrong with New York
Popeyes finally gives diners what they want: A chicken biscuit sandwich
Taco Bell finder
Where to watch the Musk doc
Jeff's book talk in Mass.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Mike Gannotti

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Windows Weekly 1003: Another Story Ruined By Keith Sep 30, 2026

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Why does Microsoft keep stumbling with new devices and software design... and what happens when enthusiasts start favoring AI over old-school Office? Paul, Richard, and Leo dig into shifting loyalties and what that means for the future of the desktop. And with the release of 26H2, it's time to update your install and recovery media. The build number is 26300.9457

Windows

Windows 11, version 26H2 is here
New features, none unique: Start, Taskbar, Search, etc
New defaults for some features: Windows settings backup for commercial customers, etc.
The time a UX legend interviewed for a job at Microsoft running Windows UX
WSL Containers are generally available in Windows 11
Four new Insider builds, but only Experimental gets anything interesting: Phone companion improvements and Energy recommendations directly in Quick Settings

Software

Microsoft retires the Microsoft 365 Companion apps for Windows 11 that never made sense in the first place
Mozilla ships the new Nova UI in Firefox 157

Hardware

Copilot+ PC brand could be on the way out, but it was all over IFA, including on RTX Spark-based PCs
Microsoft launches new base Surface Pro and Laptop models with Snapdragon X2 - And a new mouse, for some reason
Qualcomm brought (first-gen) Snapdragon X to Googlebook, but it's also bringing X2 to Linux
Google quietly reveals that, yes, Chromebooks are on the way out

Microsoft unveils the Copilot "super app" and the notion that this is basically an OS
Open releases about 1000 new updates for ChatGPT
Claude Sonnet 5.5 joins Opus 5.5
The AI money pit, part 127: Report details Anthropic losses, spending, and revenues. Report also does a bad job at visualizing that information

XBOX and gaming

Disc to digital program is live
Minecraft Dungeons is here with a new dimension, and it's coming to Minecraft next year too
Microsoft has a new casual mobile game for some reason
XBOX now has mythic achievements

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Get the Windows 11 version 26H2 ISO
App pick of the week: Opera on desktop and on mobile
RunAs Radio this week: AI and Penetration Testing with Paula Januszkiewicz
Brown liquor pick of the week: Kilchoman Loch Gorm

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1098: How worried should we be? Sep 29, 2026

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With millions racing to embrace AI assistants and cybercriminals pivoting to new, high-stakes tactics, the episode tackles the dizzying pace of change and asks: just how worried should we be? The discussion pulls back the curtain on AI's unpredictable power, the escalation of digital extortion, and why the next breach may hit closer to home than you think.

Muse has a bad 0-day
The regularity of "Irregular"
More rogue OpenAI breaches
The Seven Deadly Sins (TSDS) hacker group
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) cargo ship hacked
The FBI offended ShinyHunters's delicate sensibilities
Canonical switches to an every–2-weeks release cadence
Axios' AI 101: AI Explainer for normal people
How worried should we be?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1098-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1044: Live, Love, Re-Org Sep 29, 2026

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Federico Viticci of MacStories joins the show this week! Federico shares his experience using Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio & running local AI agents with the machine. John Ternus is looking to get the company to run faster & leaner. And AT&T may not support Apple's new iPhone Handoff feature?

M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The dream Mac for local AI agents.
Apple's new CEO seeks to make company run faster and leaner.
AT&T seemingly has no plans to support Apple's new iPhone Handoff feature.
iPhone 18 Pro Face ID rebooting bug to be fixed in iOS update.
Meta announces VR headset for $1299.

Picks of the Week

Federico's Picks: Open Minis, Cadu Bot, and Comet KVM
Andy's Pick: Keychron K3 v2
Christina's Picks: Xounds Redux & FruitMenu Redux

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Christina Warren

Guest: Federico Viticci

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