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 This Week in Tech is the top-ranked flagship tech podcast from TWiT.tv. Every Sunday, Leo Laporte and a roundtable of insiders explore the week's hottest tech news from AI to robots, and PCs to privacy. When it comes to tech, TWiT is IT. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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  • TWiT 1035: The Droids Are in the Escape Pod - You Can't Copyright Eleanor

    TWiT 1035: The Droids Are in the Escape Pod - You Can't Copyright Eleanor
    Jun 9 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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    2 hrs and 30 mins
  • TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting

    TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting
    Jun 2 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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    2 hrs and 24 mins
  • TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare

    TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare
    May 26 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 politicsThe Sock-Stealing Robot Revolution - Jennifer tests a $2,600 Roborock vacuum with an arm that picks up socks and occasionally tries to grab catsMicrosoft's AI Science Breakthrough - Microsoft Build showcases agentic AI platform that helped create new coolant liquids by analyzing scientific journals and generating novel molecular compoundsWindows Goes Agentic - Microsoft announces MCP protocol integration into Windows, raising both excitement about AI capabilities and concerns about data securityGaming Industry Consolidation - FTC finally drops its challenge to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition after three years of failed legal battlesMeta's Monopoly Defense Strategy - Company argues that Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were beneficial rather than anti-competitive, as antitrust trial concludesGoogle's Hyper-Realistic AI Videos - Veo 3 generates convincing fake videos that blur the line between reality and AI creation, raising concerns about misinformationRevenge Porn Legislation Concerns - New "Take It Down" Act passes with bipartisan support but raises censorship worries about its 48-hour removal requirementsSmart Glasses Make a Comeback - Google announces Android XR partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, signaling the return of consumer AR eyewearThe $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 devicesAmazon's Smart Speaker Surveillance - Investigation reveals how much personal data Echo devices collect and store, highlighting the privacy costs of convenient AI assistantsThe Death of CAPTCHAs - AI now solves visual puzzles better than humans, making traditional bot-detection methods obsolete and forcing a rethink of online securityAmerica Abandons the Penny - The US will stop minting pennies due to production costs exceeding face value, ending a century-old currency traditionAir Traffic Control Crisis Exposed - Newark Airport's radar failures reveal America's dangerously outdated aviation infrastructure held together by 1990s technology and hopeFortnite's App Store Victory - Epic Games successfully returns to iOS after Apple quickly capitulates under legal pressure, ending years of bitter disputesBrain-Computer Interface Competition - Valve's Gabe Newell announces Neuralink competitor, expanding the race to connect human brains directly to computersInfrared Contact Lenses Enable Night Vision - Researchers develop contacts that let wearers see heat signatures even with eyes closed, promising superhuman vision capabilities23andMe's Genetic Data Gold Rush - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals acquires the DNA testing company for $256 million, raising questions about genetic privacy andStolen These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1033 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan Sponsors:outsystems.com/twitexpressvpn.com/twitspaceship.com/twituscloud.comstoryblok.com/twittv-25
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    2 hrs and 47 mins
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