Episodes

  • TWiT 1042: Well Played Astronomer - The Stats Behind Google's AI Mode Search
    Jul 28 2025
    • OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
    • Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation
    • UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation
    • Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok
    • Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out
    • FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report
    • Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial
    • Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day
    • A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups
    • People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online
    • Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories
    • AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More
    • Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission
    • DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
    • FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger
    • Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal
    • Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59
    • Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Molly White, Janko Roettgers, and Jacob Ward

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    2 hrs and 20 mins
  • TWiT 1041: A $4 Bill - DOGE Kills Free Tax Tool
    Jul 21 2025
    • Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we're already our own surveillance state
    • Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
    • OpenAI LLM's gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition
    • Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation
    • The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears
    • Trump Signs Stablecoin Bill, Delivering Win for Crypto Industry
    • Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool
    • DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key
    • DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
    • EU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade deal
    • Reddit begins age verification checks for UK users
    • Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats
    • EU to test age-check app under new child safety rules - 9to5Mac
    • Trump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunch
    • A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
    • Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal
    • YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims
    • This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It
    • I Tested the Galaxy Z Fold 7: It's Slim, Powerful and Surprisingly Practical

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Iain Thomson, and Devindra Hardawar

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    2 hrs and 41 mins
  • TWiT 1040: The $100,000 Stapler - Veo 3 and Deepfakes
    Jul 14 2025
    • A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin
    • Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
    • Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
    • House "crypto week" could change how Americans use, save money
    • Latest stablecoin bill addresses foreign issuers, national security safeguards
    • Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update
    • Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions
    • European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. Systems
    • Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3
    • Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
    • Belkin shutting down these Wemo smart home products in 2026
    • It's YouTube vs. Netflix as the Streaming Wars Come Down to 2
    • Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth
    • GameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishap
    • Professor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Harper Reed and Amy Webb

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    3 hrs and 9 mins
  • TWiT 1039: Mmmm Ham Shack - YouTube Piracy on the Rise
    Jul 7 2025
    • SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
    • Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to May
    • SCOTUS granting cert to Cox v. Sony
    • Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case
    • Kadrey v. Meta AI copyright case
    • Microsoft layoffs hit 9,000 employees in new wave of cuts
    • Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban
    • Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams
    • Everyone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh | TechCrunch
    • Elon Musk's Starlink Adds $750 Congestion Charge
    • Mystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple's plans

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Cathy Gellis and Nicholas De Leon

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    2 hrs and 45 mins
  • TWiT 1038: Wu Wei Meets Wu Tang - Microsoft Making Moves in Gaming
    Jun 30 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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    2 hrs and 46 mins
  • TWiT 1037: Teach Amanda Fish - AI Backlash
    Jun 23 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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    2 hrs and 53 mins
  • TWiT 1036: Apple Reflux - Progress in Quantum Computing!
    Jun 16 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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    2 hrs and 31 mins
  • 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