This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT

Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech news. Join the top tech journalists and pundits in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in tech. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC. read less

TWiT 916: Fetch Happens - Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban
27-02-2023
TWiT 916: Fetch Happens - Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban
Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch banU.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance.Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption.Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.It's Time to Tear Up Big Tech's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card.Section 230 Won't Protect ChatGPT.Twitter lays off another 50 employees as cost cutting continues under Elon Musk: report.FreshRSS: A free, self-hostable feed aggregator.Sumi.news.Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator.Calckey: A greatly enhanced fork of Misskey with better UI/UX, security, features, and more!Mammoth is a new free Mastodon client for iOS and macOS.Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers.SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches.Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify's Podcast Colonization Flops.YouTube tests adding podcasts to 'Create' button alongside other new podcast tools & analytics.Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama.Apple Orders Entire Supply of TSMC's 3nm Chips for iPhone 15 Pro and M3 Macs.Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit.Apple Watch ban: Biden will make decision next week.OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Mike Masnick, Alex Lindsay, and Owen Thomas Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:noom.com/twitwwt.com/twitwww.stamps.com - promo code: TWITGO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
TWiT 915: AI Eye Contact - AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA
20-02-2023
TWiT 915: AI Eye Contact - AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA
AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FAParallels Desktop for Mac: The Solution for Running Windows 11 on Apple M-series Macs.Microsoft will limit Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird.From Bing to Sydney.Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing.There's an AI for that.Is AI a commodity?Amateur balloonist group from Illinois says small balloon last reported over Alaska 'missing in action'.White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake.Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication.Meta verification, only $12 a month!The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... by Praveen Seshadri.First Look: New Emojis in iOS 16.4.YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.Microsoft February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 exploited zero-days, 77 flaws.OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT.Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court.Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge.Sam Bankman-Fried's Prosecutors Raise New Concerns Over Internet Use.BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI.Data brokers are now selling your mental health status. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Daniel Rubino, Owen JJ Stone, and Ben Parr Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:mintmobile.com/twiteightsleep.com/twitshopify.com/twitMiro.com/podcast
TWiT 913: Impractical Shorts - Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive
06-02-2023
TWiT 913: Impractical Shorts - Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive
Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony IveCain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.Safer Internet Day USA.Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be Enforced.Alphabet Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, YouTube Ad Revenue Down 8%.Facebook's VR Division Lost $13.72 Billion In 2022.Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants.Apple Decides to Drop Role of Industrial Design Chief in Post-Jony Ive Era.Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and iPod, just designed a 'clown nose' for a British charity.Tesla increases Model Y, cuts Model 3 prices in the U.S.Twitter Is Killing Off The Fun Bots.Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q4 2022.Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple's App Store and Google Play.ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say.Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow. Hogwarts Legacy releases this week for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S - but April for PS4 and XBO and June for Switch.Phoebe Waller-Bridge Prepping 'Tomb Raider' TV Series for Amazon. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Wil Harris, Denise Howell, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:Miro.com/podcastexpressvpn.com/twit
TWiT 912: Let Me Consult My AI Lawyer - AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet
30-01-2023
TWiT 912: Let Me Consult My AI Lawyer - AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet
AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJetPluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023).Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.If ChatGPT doesn't get a better grasp of facts, nothing else matters.Move over ChatGPT, Microsoft's new AI tool is helping developers code faster.ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.OPWNAI: Cybercriminals starting to use ChatGPT.MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.AI-powered "robot" lawyer won't argue in court after jail threats.More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun calls ChatGPT "not particularly innovative".Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent.GitHub: 100 million developers and counting.To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.Why Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition at Concerts.James Dolan gives fiery interview defending facial recognition tech at MSG.AI makes Ariana Grande sing a Billie Eilish song. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Harry McCracken, Tim Stevens, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:wwt.com/twitGO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWITbitwarden.com/twit
TWiT 911: You Toot Too, Right? - Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP
23-01-2023
TWiT 911: You Toot Too, Right? - Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP
Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIPTwitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.Twitterrific: End of an Era.In Memory of Tweetbot.Extremely Hardcore.Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs.Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.Former Exec explains why on Reddit. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Patrick Beja, Brianna Wu, and Shoshana Weissmann Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:shopify.com/twitexpressvpn.com/twit