This Week in Tech (Video)

On this 1000th episode of TWiT, Leo has his old pals Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, and David Prager on the show to reminisce about the TechTV days, discuss the future of AI, and get caught up on each other's lives.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, David Prager, and Roger Chang

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CA AI Bill Veto, Meta's Orion, FTC Vs. Fake Reviews

• Sam Altman's AI Manifesto
• News from Meta Connect
• Gavin Newsom vetoes sweeping AI safety bill, siding with Silicon Valley
• The Panel discusses CoPilot
• The Panel debates AGI
• James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
• SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against 'League of Legends'
• Rabbit says only 5,000 people use the R1 daily
• Orion: True AR Glasses Have Arrived
• AI smackdown: How a new FTC ruling just protected the free press
• DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says
• Firefox Review Checker - Ensure review authenticity in your online shopping
• New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations
• The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms
• NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules
• Some Mad Genius Put ChatGPT on a TI-84 Graphing Calculator
• 23andMe troubles, company recently settled data insecurity suit for $30 mil

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Denise Howell, Parmy Olson, Daniel Rubino, and Henry Laporte

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Amazon Returns to Office, CA AI Bill, Elon Backs Down

• Discussion of the iPhone 16
• Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days
• Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
• Elon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil
• Bluesky tops 10 million users
• Newsom signs California bill to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids
• The AI bill driving a wedge through Silicon Valley
• Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI
• Bill requiring AM radio in new cars gets closer to law
• Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December
• Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ben Parr, Alex Lindsay, and Rob Pegoraro

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iPhone Event, $700 PS5, AI in AU

• Of course: Everything Apple announced at the iPhone 16 event
• VR vs AR
• Taylor Swift endorses Harris/Walz, mentions AI imagery pushed her to be public
• No, Kamala Harris wasn't wearing earing headphones, and those things barely even exist
• PS5 Pro is real and crazy expensive at $700
• Meta admits to scraping every Australian's account to train its AI, with no opt out
• Australia's PM wants to ban social media for kids, potentially those between 14-16
• What is AI best at now? Improving products you already own
• Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully complete the first private spacewalk
• 'Right to Repair for Your Body': The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
• Flappy Bird vs Flappy Bird creator
• Microsoft wants to remove low-level access
• Mark Zuckerberg is done apologizing
• Prius sets 93MPG Coast-Coast Record
• Italian Retro Video Game Pirates!
• Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a lot of fun!
• Hot Ones coming to Netflix?

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Anthony Ha

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Starlink Backtracks, AI Royalty Heist

• The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink
• Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator
• Elon Musk and the rise of supranational oligarchs
• Telegram quietly updates website to allow abuse reports following founder's arrest
• The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
• FBI busts musician's elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
• PwC tells employees it will use location data to police "back-to-office" rule
• Apple's planned chatbot should have no "personality"
• The Electric Vehicle Future Is Coming. Just a Little More Slowly.
• Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy
• Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew

Host: Iain Thomson

Guests: Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini

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AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp

• Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
• Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App
• Telegram founder Pavel Durov transferred from police custody to court after arrest in France
• Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk's X
• Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'
• End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
• Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke
• Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know
• Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of 'fraudulent' ads using his likeness through AI
• China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips
• 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Review: A Search for a Black Luminary

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock, Louis Maresca, and Wesley Faulkner

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Pavel Durov Arrested, Hacking Bikes, Apple Event Rumors

• Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies
• Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
• Elon Musk to the Rescue
• Tesla purging old blog posts claiming all cars have level 5 automated driving hardware
• National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords – Krebs on Security
• Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster -
• Olympics talk
• Black Myth: Wukong Makes Gaming History in Launch Day Frenzy
• Bicycles Can Be Hacked Now
• American Radio Relay League confirms $1 million ransom payment
• When Is Apple Announcing the iPhone 16? Apple Planning Event on Sept. 10, 2024
• Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Sam Abuelsamid, and Reed Albergotti

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• Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
• Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach
• The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones
• Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL: Satellite SOS, Android 14, $999 start price
• Google Team Pixel "reviews" controversy
• DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win - Bloomberg
• Dell announces second massive set of layoffs to employees
• The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here
• News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it
• Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You
• Apple (AAPL) Pushes Ahead with Tabletop Home Device in Shift to Robotics
• Pelosi Statement in Opposition to California Senate Bill 1047
• NVIDIA, OpenAI face YouTube creator lawsuits for using online videos
• xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes
• AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink's mobile plan
• Consumers spent $3.8B on mobile entertainment apps in Q1
• Fox-Disney Sports Service Blocked by Judge in Win for Fubo
• Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas Deleon, Dan Patterson, and Brian McCullough

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• Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies after 2 years with lung cancer
• Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers
• Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?
• Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney'
• Brands should avoid this popular term. It's turning off customers
• US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules
• The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed The Senate—It's Our Last Chance To Stop It
• Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana's age verification law aimed at porn websites
• CNET to Be Sold to Ziff Davis in Sign of Possible Media Deals to Come
• Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors
• Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study
• Microsoft's AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine
• 'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem
• Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM
• Scientists Say Secret to Fusion May Lie in Hellmann's Mayonnaise

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Shoshana Weissmann, and Andrew Chow

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• Existential thoughts about Apple services revenue.
• Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors.
• Intel plans to lay off 15% of workforce -- at least 15,000 people.
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake in Apple by nearly 50%.
• Amazon paid almost $1 billion for Twitch in 2014. It's still losing money.
• Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled.
• Artist and musician sue SEC over its NFT regulatory jurisdiction.
• Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act.
• Ding dong KOSA's dead (for now).
• A senate bill would radically improve voting machine security.
• Jailed cybercriminals returned to Russia in historic prisoner swap.
• US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules.
• Posing as 'Alicia,' this man scammed hundreds online. He was also a victim.
• Broadcasters fly in TikTokers and YouTubers to generate Olympic buzz.
• Disney, Fox and Warner Sports streamer Venu to launch at $42.99/ Month.
• Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal.
• Meta talks With Judi Dench, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key for AI voice projects.
• Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney.'

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Howell, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Snell

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