TWiT 1020: Smell My Mouse - Biggest Crypto Heist, iPhone 16e, Alexa Revamp

• Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange
• Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order
• iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple Home, but no smarter siri
• Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
• OpenAI now serves 400M users every week
• The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom
• Amazon Appstore for Android is shutting down in August
• Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI
• California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
• Donald Trump Is Turning CISA Into The Embodiment Of His Election Conspiracy Theories
• Asus Continues Fragrant Device Trend With an Aromatic Mouse - Slashdot
• iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone
• Smart ring tracks health, fitness data with long battery life

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Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Larry Magid

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