This Week in Tech (MP3)

WWDC preview, AI scientist statement, virtual kidnapping  Microsoft Build 2023 - Panos Panay Keynote.   Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.   AI Makes Mistakes But Could It Destroy Us?   A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips.   Everything Apple Plans to Show at WWDC: XR Headset, iOS 17 and More.   Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $499.99.   Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor.   Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro.   Is cybersecurity an unsolvable problem?   Deceptive.design: What are deceptive patterns?   How I Nearly Fell for a Frightening 'Virtual Kidnapping' Scam.   Quick Guide to Virtual Kidnapping.   A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working.   Amazon to pay more than $30 million to settle FTC privacy complaints over Alexa and Ring.   Intel to add AI engine to all 14th-gen Meteor Lake SoCs.   Amazon is discontinuing Alexa's celebrity voices, even if you paid for them.   Will There Be Any Successors to 'Succession'?  Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Dan Gillmor, 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: expressvpn.com/twit kolide.com/twit athleticgreens.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit

AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis Twitter Cut Key Software Before DeSantis Audio Glitch Elon Musk's Neuralink says has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans Here's What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions 'Verified' Twitter accounts share fake image of 'explosion' near Pentagon, causing confusion An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets Politicians cheating (AI) Top 5 announcements from Microsoft Build 2023 Google or Bing for Search Results Why Google Search Is Getting Bad According to Marissa Mayer Stop being ridiculous: Microsoft is NOT building its own processor for Surface This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns The Pessimists Archive Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Owen Thomas, Daniel Rubino, and Glenn Fleishman 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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT wwt.com/twit lookout.com

TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom, and more. Everything we know about Instagram's Twitter clone, due this summer. How Apple's headset could be a $3,000 flop—and a success. Pixel Fold. TikTok Users Sue Montana, Calling State Ban Unconstitutional. Dear Section 230 Critics: When Senators Hawley And Cruz Are Your Biggest Allies, It's Time To Rethink. Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million copies in just three days. Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case. Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place. Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state. The government can't seize your data — but it can buy it. Apple created its new voice feature for—and with—people with ALS. CNET staff are unionizing, citing editorial independence and use of AI tools. AI-Generated 'Seinfeld' Show Banned on Twitch After Transphobic Standup Bit. Have we oversold the potential of AI? Bard vs ChatGPT. OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections. NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander. D&D streaming TV channel on the way, will include cartoons, actual play. Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date. The triumph—yes, triumph—of BlackBerry. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Cathy Gellis, Harry McCracken, and Amanda Silberling 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: grammarly.com/GO noom.com/twit mintmobile.com/twit

AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb. Google IO saw the introduction of many of the company's AI efforts. A Charge of Bots — The Tech World As We Know It Is About To Be Rewritten. BS Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber. ChatGPT Plugins And Web Browsing Beta Rollout For Plus Users. What about "The Singularity"? Google is changing up Search. What does that mean for news publishers? What is the best-case scenario of where AI is headed in 5-10 years? Absci: Biologics Drug Discovery. Why Linda Yaccarino was picked as Twitter CEO by Elon Musk. Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss. An influencer's AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute. Replika: The AI companion who cares. Has Meta given up on the Metaverse? Checking in on some of the latest shows on Apple+ and HBO. End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars. Groundbreaking Pilot of New Friendly™ Mosquitoes Demonstrates 96% Suppression of Dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti in Urban Communities in Brazil. Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Amy Webb and Phil Libin 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: hellofresh.com/twit16 and use code twit16 expressvpn.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

AI chatbots, Writer's Guild strike, Pluto ad-supported TV AI is already writing books, websites, and online recipes.   AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create Dozens of News Content Farms.   Google Adding AI Chatbot, More Video to Stay On Top of Search.   Amnesty International criticized for using AI-generated images.  I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family.   Larry Magid: Voice cloning makes virtual kidnapping more convincing.   DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs.   Samsung Bans ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Other Generative AI Use by Staff After Leak.   Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail.   Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says writers' strike will be ended by 'love for the business and the love for working.'   Pluto co-founder is building an ad-supported TV.   Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker.   Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.   Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy.   The Morning After: Google officially reveals its first foldable phone: The Pixel Fold.   'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.   Tim Cook Just Was Asked About AI. His 3-Word Response Was the Best I've Heard Yet.   Inside Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a fitness success.   Solidigm Synergy 2.0 SSD Software with benchmarks.  Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Louise Matsakis, Allyn Malventano, and Janko Roettgers 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: athleticgreens.com/twit ziprecruiter.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit

Bluesky, the end of Twitter, Flipper Zero, Supreme Court and AI Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter. Jack Dorsey says Elon Musk shouldn't have bought Twitter after all. More on moderation and security challenges of social media. What would Alex do if we were to start from scratch with social media? Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media. Alex talks about the WiFi Pineapple. Flipper Zero — Portable Multi-tool Device for Geeks. Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks. There Is No A.I. OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands. Watch an A.I. Learn to Write by Reading Nothing but... AI For Everyone Course. US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions. U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media. Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk. The web's most important decision. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Stamos, Jeff Jarvis, and Brianna Wu 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: www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT noom.com/twit lookout.com

Musk risk intensifies, UK emergency alert, Google AI panic, Parrots on Zoom Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness. In 24 Hours, Elon Musk Reignited His Reputation for Risk. Twitter Blue nets 28 signups so far since legacy checkmark purge. There Is No A.I. How My AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition. Emergency alert test fails to sound on some phones. School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste. Can Parrots Talk Over Video Chat? Experiment Shows How They Adapt and Connect. Here's How You Can Get In On Facebook's $725 Million Class Action Settlement. Chip designer Arm makes its own advanced prototype semiconductor. Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash. Google CEO Sundar Pichai's 2022 Compensation Valued at $226 Million. Google's AI panic forces merger of rival divisions, DeepMind and Brain. Alphabet's Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI. Google's rush to win in AI led to ethical lapses, employees say. YouTube TV is testing significant picture quality improvements. Netflix's DVD Business: Redbox Owner Interested in Buying Division. Imgur will ban explicit images on its platform this month. When Apple Comes Calling, 'It's the Kiss of Death' Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Nate Lanxon, Mike Elgan, and Paris Martineau 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/twit grammarly.com/twit mintmobile.com/twit noom.com/twit

Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter. Substack CEO Chris Best Doesn't Realize He's Just Become The Nazi Bar. Biden Administration Weighs Possible Rules for AI Tools Like ChatGPT. European privacy watchdog creates ChatGPT task force. China Mandates Security Reviews for AI Services Like ChatGPT. AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China. Twitter Isn't a Company Anymore. Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI. Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC. The Unexpected Reason Apple Is Dominating the U.S. Smartphone Market. Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta. Montana Lawmakers Approve Statewide Ban on TikTok. Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. HBO Max to Be Renamed 'Max' With Addition of Discovery+ Content, Launch Date, and Pricing Revealed. The End of Computer Magazines in America. Host: Jason Howell Guests: Jason Hiner, Dan Patterson, and Ant Pruitt 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: kolide.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit decisions.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit

Bloomberg's large language model, Twitter open source code, E3 Cancelled, Sony Q Lite Biden eyes AI dangers, says tech companies must ensure products are safe. A viral image of the Pope in a white coat was faked with AI. Bloomberg builds its own LLM, trained on financial data. What if ChatGPT was trained on decades of financial news and data? BloombergGPT aims to be a domain-specific AI for business news. Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT. Midjourney Ends Its Free Trial After Fake Images Go Viral. At Elon Musk's Twitter, speech is anything but free. What did Twitter's 'open source' algorithm actually reveal? Not a lot. Musk's Twitter Downranks Any Post Regarding the 'Ukraine Crisis'. Dogecoin jumps more than 30% after Musk changes Twitter logo to an image of Shiba inu. New Analysis Shows News Industry Reaps Considerable Economic Benefit from Facebook. Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'. Google Rescinds 5 Million Item Limit on Drive. Google to cut some of its perks to cut costs amid AI race. Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts. Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures. E3 Cancelled After Big Tech Players Drop Out. Super Mario Bros. movie has the largest domestic opening of the year ($146M), the global debut is huge too ($377.5M). Sony is reportedly working on a remote play-only handheld, the Q Lite. Host: Devindra Hardawar Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Anthony Ha, and Doc Rock 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: meraki.cisco.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit Miro.com/podcast

Apple Pay Later, Twitter Alternative, April Fool's Best of April Fool's Pranks GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs The Open Letter to Stop 'Dangerous' AI Race Is a Huge Mess 3 things everyone's getting wrong about AI Apple announces WWDC 2023 for June 5-9 At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles Apple Releases iOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Safari Web Push Notifications, Beta Changes, Voice Isolation for Calls and More Apple Pay Later is finally launching E3 Cancelled After Big Tech Players Drop Out Microsoft Security Copilot is a new GPT-4 AI assistant for cybersecurity The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else T2 - Twitter Alternative Host: Mikah Sargent Guests: Alex Wilhelm, Abrar Al-Heeti, 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: lookout.com expressvpn.com/twit

Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues: Another audiobook that Amazon won't sell Red Team Blues The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94 Bill Gates: The Age of AI has begun Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and their impact on humanity How Forcing TikTok To Completely Separate Its US Operations Could Actually Undermine National Security A TikTok ban would upend Hollywood Introducing Acropalypse: a serious privacy vulnerability in the Google Pixel's inbuilt screenshot editing tool At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles - The New York Times Part of Twitter Source Code Leaked The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions Man Loses Maine Vanity Plates Describing His Love For Bean Mush A 90-Year-Old Tortoise Named Mr. Pickles Is a New Dad of Three Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Cory Doctorow, Rene Ritchie, Georgia Dow, and Iain Thomson 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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT kolide.com/twit noom.com/twit shopify.com/twit

GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympic Esports OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model. Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive. Here's how to participate in Monday's oral arguments. TikTok's plan to stave off government intervention: Flood D.C. with influencers. The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance's Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists. Why are the Olympic Esports Series games so strange? We asked the IOC. Meta's place in the social media landscape. The Ugly Lessons of Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse. The Over-Financialization Of Tech And The SVB Backlash. Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff. Dark Web 'BreachForums' Operator Charged With Computer Crime. FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages. Carrot Weather gets snarky ChatGPT update. GM wants to bring ChatGPT-like assistant to drivers. Google is working on AI for ultrasound diagnosis and cancer therapy. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Steven Levy 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: eightsleep.com/twit mintmobile.com/twit Miro.com/podcast kolide.com/twit

Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple headset Hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits stuck at Silicon Valley Bank. Etsy is delaying seller payouts following Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. FDIC to Silicon Valley Bank workers. We'll give you a 50% raise or double-time OT, but you'll lose your job in 45 days. U.S. officials weigh protecting all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers. Meta to end Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram if Bill C-18 becomes law. Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC. Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready. Daylight savings time change 2023 starts Sunday with "spring forward". Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle The privacy loophole in your doorbell. YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized. Apple Music Classical app launching March 28. Chat with Jason Calacanis (post credits) Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Reed Albergotti, Glenn Fleishman, and Jason Calacanis 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: ZipRecruiter.com/Twit bitwarden.com/twit kolide.com/twit

AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry Bing Chat has a secret 'Celebrity' mode to impersonate celebrities. @emollick: Bing, write the first chapter of Genesis as a corporate memo. CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role. Father Robert defines the Singularity. LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach. Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say. Amazon Illegally Fired NYC Union Organizer, Labor Board Says. 50 Years Later, We're Still Living in the Xerox Alto's World. Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer. Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, software liability reform. Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state. U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok. White House: Federal agencies have 30 days to remove TikTok from devices. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Louis Maresca, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Dan Moren 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: kolide.com/twit decisions.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit

Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban U.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/twit wwt.com/twit www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA Parallels 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/twit eightsleep.com/twit shopify.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing-Google employees are apparently very unhappy with Bard and Sundar Pichai Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo Dan O'Dowd Funding Superbowl Ad Opposing Tesla Full Self Driving PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video iOS Access For All book 'Disrespectful to the Craft:' Actors Say They're Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why A Google Co-Founder Is Building a Massive 400-Foot Airship for Humanitarian Missions Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Brian McCullough, Sam Abuelsamid, and Shelly Brisbin 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: bitwarden.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit

Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive Cain'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/podcast expressvpn.com/twit

AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet Pluralistic: 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/twit GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT bitwarden.com/twit

Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP Twitter'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/twit expressvpn.com/twit

CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter CES 2023 Recap A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here's Why A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What? Acer 516 Gaming Chromebook Neeva Ad-free Search Engine NFL Playoffs 2023: Fox Sports Details 1080p/HDR Production Efforts Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League football streaming rights YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Lost $1.2 Billion in Just Nine Months in Newest Division - Bloomberg iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late YouTube may fix controversial policy to demonetize videos with swearing | Engadget New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Paris Martineau, and Connie Guglielmo 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: decisions.com/twit noom.com/twit ZipRecruiter.com/Twit mintmobile.com/twit

CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot Adorable Rice Balls Reimagine Japan's Cutest Bird as Anime-Style Delinquents. Yo-Kai To Debut Desktop Ramen Robot For Space-Constrained Retail Formats at CES 2023. Stacey sets the stage for CES 2022. CES 2023 kicks off with more than 112,000 attendees. There was a lot of pee on the CES 2023 show floor. The tech that went too far at CES 2023. Surprise: Samsung is making SmartThings hardware again! M-Pwr By Masonite. Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices. Nanoleaf's latest smart lights boast Matter support and learning automation. GE Profile Smart Stand Mixer. Lastpass: Hackers stole customer vault data in cloud storage breach. Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker. European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry. FCC proposes record $300 million fine against auto warranty robocall campaign. Ana de Armas Fans Can Sue Over Deceptive Movie Trailer, Court Rules. Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up. The importance of communite for creators. About the founder of Sound Blaster Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Stacey Higginbotham, Iain Thomson, and Doc Rock 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 Sponsor: expressvpn.com/twit

Highlights from throughout the year Remember SECOND LIFE? Its Founder is Back For The METAVERSE! Neil Young's Spotify Ultimatum. Fidonet vs. the Internet. Apple Studio Display Doesn't Cut It. How To Remove Personally Identifiable Info From Google Search. Apple Supports FIDO Passkey. Google's LAMDA AI "Sentient"? Attorney's iPhone Seized in January 6th Investigation. Audiophiles Fall For MoFi's Digital Tricks. Why Did Cable Lose Broadband Market Share? LastPass hack. How Do You Really Feel About the Dynamic Island?  Host: Leo Laporte 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: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT plextrac.com/twit mintmobile.com/twit decisions.com/twit

2022 year in review, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine, Elon Musk Spotify Boycott War in Ukraine Crypto crash & FTX Acquisitions Twitter and Elon Musk The Metaverse Apple Tech worker revolt Hacking Government Passkeys Streaming Wars AI Revolution In Memoriam Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Paul Thurrott, Steve Gibson, Jeff Jarvis, and Doc Searls 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: eightsleep.com/twit audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500 itpro.tv/twit

Alex Barredo: @joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter. Impulsive and Unjustified: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O'Sullivan. Elon Musk Launches a Manhunt After Alarming Incident. Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council, Yoel Roth flees home. Elon Musk, Management Guru? Senate votes to ban TikTok use on government devices. What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe? TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds. FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas. FTX Investor Impact: Timeline of Realized Cryptocurrency Gains and Losses Shows FTX Hit Investor Wallets Less Than Previous Crises. Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards. Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise. Apple backs out of Sunday Ticket negotiations with NFL. Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta. Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access. Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets. ConnectSafely giving out $1K grants to schools & nonprofits. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jason Hiner, Mike Elgan, 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: Stamps.com promo code TWiT noom.com/twit audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500 wwt.com/twit

Microsoft's Activision deal, Esports fading, Twitter Files, Apple car delays Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge. TikTok National-Security Deal Faces More Delays as Worry Grows Over Risks. The Hype Around Esports Is Fading as Investors and Sponsors Dry Up. Musk calls to prosecute Fauci, drawing swift backlash. Twitter HQ is putting office supplies up for sale in a big auction. Musk's 'Twitter Files' offer a glimpse of the raw, complicated and thankless task of moderation. Tesla calls self-driving technology 'failure,' not fraud. 11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles. Elon Musk's Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse. China Scraps Most Covid Testing, Quarantine Requirements in Policy Pivot. Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026. Apple's Anti-Union Tactics in Atlanta Were Illegal, US Officials Say (AAPL). Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups. NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon. San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots. End of an era as the last 747 rolls off the production line. We're All Capable of Going 'Goblin Mode'. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Connie Guglielmo, Iain Thomson, and Alex Wilhelm 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

Musk and Ye, chatting with ChatGPT, SF killer robots, Apple China protests Elon Musk explains why Ye was suspended from Twitter. EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation. Twitter reinstates account of Daily Stormer's infamous neo-Nazi creator. Elon Musk's Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America. Which VR headset does Georgia prefer? China pledges to slowly exit 'zero covid'. Apple to Lose 6 Million iPhone Pros From Tumult at China Plant. Inside the Covid revolt at the Zhengzhou 'iPhone City' plant. Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China. Elon Musk Says 'Misunderstanding' With Apple Is Resolved. Apple limited a crucial AirDrop function in China just weeks before protests. Stable Diffusion with Core ML on Apple Silicon. @hankgreen: Someone suggested that I ask MidJourney to show me a cat but to keep adding "A"s until it wasn't a cat anymore. Here is "cat." Who Is the Woman Haunting A.I.-Generated Art? ChatGPT. @JoannaStern: HOLY #@*%!!!! The robots can indeed replace me. And they have a better handle on dash and comma usage. Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day. Leo plays around with ChatGPT. Building A Virtual Machine inside ChatGPT. SF police killer robots could be approved. Here's what that means. U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty. Feds likely to challenge Microsoft's $69 billion Activision takeover. Happy birthday and farewell, SMS! It's time for RCS. U.S Cable TV Companies Quietly Bled Another 785,000 Paying Customers Last Quarter. Smash World Tour organizers blame Nintendo for championship shutdown. Report: ID.me Lied About Pretty Much Everything While Providing Identification Services To The Government. Physicists Create 'the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine' Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta' Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Georgia Dow, Owen JJ Stone, and Rene Ritchie 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: podium.com/twit Melissa.com/twit policygenius.com/twit rocketmoney.com/TWIT

Apple chaos in China, Robocall crackdown, NFT nightclubs, Black Friday slump The Top Tech and Tools You Need for Taking Digital Notes. Ford Mustang Mach-E loses its Consumer Reports recommendation. Musk will restore Twitter accounts banned for harassment, misinformation. Twitter new user signups at an 'all-time high,' says Elon Musk. Protests Erupting Across China. Mass resignations of iPhone workers; report of 30% production hit China Covid: Protests continue in major cities across the country. Apple hobbled a crucial tool of dissent in China weeks before widespread protests broke out. Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China. FCC cuts off a voice provider for failing to protect against robocalls. New York Imposes 2-Year Moratorium on New Proof-of-Work Mining After Gov. Hochul Signs Bill. El Salvador's $300 Million Bitcoin 'Revolution' Is Failing Miserably. Miami nightclub owners are struggling with slumping sales after losing top-spending crypto clientele in wake of FTX implosion and crypto downfall, report says. Restaurant and private members lounge to be built controversially in San Francisco's 'public' Salesforce Park. Amazon Alexa is a "colossal failure," on pace to lose $10 billion this year. Callisto - Lockheed Martin. Black Friday Lured Shoppers Back, in Early Test for Holiday Spending. The Best Cyber Monday Deals 2022: Laptops, Robot Vacuums, AirPods, More. French man wins right to not be 'fun' at work in wrongful termination case. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Jill Duffy, 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: kolide.com/twit eightsleep.com/twit audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500 onlogic.com/TWIT

Elon Musk restores Donald Trump's Twitter account. Twitter Locks Its Office and Suspends Badge Access. I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It. Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Theranos Fraud. Nigerian Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Launder Tens of Millions of Dollars from Online Scams. How Much Trouble Is FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried In? Evernote's Next Move: Joining the Bending Spoons Suite of Apps. Ahead of Its Time, Behind the Curve: Why Evernote Failed to Realize Its Potential. Tom Brady and Larry David among those accused of defrauding investors in FTX collapse. H'wood FTX Frenzy as Michael Lewis Reveals He Spent 6 Months with Founder. Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants us to 'ignore' Web3: 'Web3 is not the web at all' Leo talks about the road map for The Tech Guy. The long-awaited US broadband internet maps are here — for you to challenge. Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in. NASA's Modern Moon Program Is Finally off the Ground. Greg Bear (1951-2022). Fred Brooks Has Died. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Phil Libin, Dwight Silverman, and Glenn Fleishman 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: ZipRecruiter.com/Twit nureva.com/twit wealthfront.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit

Twitter brand chaos, Meta job cuts, FTX fiasco, Apple sued, Kevin Conroy RIP Casey Newton on Twitter: "Update: company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract employees". Twitter CISO flies the coop. Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer. Twitter Users Create Havoc by Impersonating Brands. What is Elon really up to in all of this? Is centralization good for end users? Nearly half of Meta job cuts were in tech, reorg underway - execs say. Render yourself invisible to AI with this adversarial sweater of doom. Sean Penn loans his Oscar to Ukraine's president Zelenskiy. Crypto.com Preliminary Audit Shows That 20% of Its Assets Are in Shiba Inu (SHIB) Coin. Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Empire Faces US Probe Into Client Funds, Lending. Prosecutors push 15-year sentence for Theranos' CEO Holmes. Apple Sued for Allegedly Deceiving Users With Privacy Settings After Gizmodo Story. PleaseRobMe.com Apple Loses Web Search Technology Chief to Google. Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Nov. 12 and Nov. 13. Sadly, the Easiest Types of Cyberattacks Still Work. Kevin Conroy's Best Batman Moments, as Chosen by Fans. Two weeks of chaos: Inside Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: David Spark, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Amy Webb 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/twit onlogic.com/TWIT mintmobile.com/twit noom.com/twit

Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. -2000 Lines Of Code. Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended. It's hard out here for a billionaire. League of Legends World Championship Finals. Quiz show! Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. Is Twitter good for brands? Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in' Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, 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: onlogic.com/TWIT rocketmoney.com/TWIT itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 podium.com/twit

​It's Only Fleas - Musk takes over Twitter, Apple's cash mountain, gambling ads, NVIDIA RTX 4090 Welcome to hell, Elon. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Paperback by Brent Schlender. FeedLand is a place to share and discover feeds. We use Twitter to identify each user. Apple was a bright spot. Apple's cash mountain is back where it was in 2010. iPhone now supports 86-year-old Dvorak keyboard layout natively, delighting Woz. Apple halts gambling ads in App Store. KGO replaced by 'rapid-fire sports smack' gambling station. Mexico scraps daylight savings time except along border. Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal Interviews Craig Federighi About Apple's Upcoming Child Safety Features. Greg Joswiak confirms iPhone's future move to USB-C. NVIDIA RTX 4090 review: Unholy power. Startups Have a Sellout Problem. There's a Better Way. Adobe to Acquire Figma. Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter. RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language. OpenWallet Foundation. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Doc Searls, Devindra Hardawar, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt 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: eightsleep.com/twit wealthfront.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit Melissa.com/twit

Twitter & Musk to close buyout, Apple's new iPads, artist burns art for NFTs, AI chatbot for dead loved ones, and more. Semafor.com - A new global news platform for breaking stories and analysis. American Airlines is trying to stop a popular iPhone app Sequence Decoder that's become a 'must have' for its flight attendants. Twitter and Elon Musk make progress on a buyout, and Musk plans to cut 75% of its workforce. The dark side of a super app like WeChat in China. Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source. Jack Dorsey-founded Bluesky is building a protocol for decentralized social networks. Damien Hirst is burning thousands of his paintings for an NFT project. Adware clicker apps in Google Play have been downloaded over 20 million times. Apple's macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 will be released on October 24. Apple announced a new iPad and M2-powered iPad Pro, but the iPad lineup now seems like a mess. Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K with an A15 Bionic chip and HDR10+ for $129. More ads are coming to Apple's App Store starting next week. Apple's head of hardware design Evans Hankey is leaving three years after the departure of Jony Ive. NFL and Apple are at odds in Sunday Ticket negotiations. Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots. Hearing aids can now be sold over the counter in the US. Kanye West is buying the 'free speech platform' Parler. Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK antitrust watchdog CMA. Are we ready for an AI chatbot that lets us speak to our dead loved ones? Red Bull co-founder and Red Bull Formula One owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies at 78. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Louise Matsakis, Harry McCracken, and Louis Maresca 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: audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500 ZipRecruiter.com/Twit shopify.com/twit

Future of Microsoft Office, Legs in VR, NVIDIA RTX 4090, Project Starline Peach Only SMA 11:04 Brianna Wu. Meta Meets Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson. Microsoft (MSFT) US Army HoloLens Goggles Gave Soldiers Nausea, Headaches. Is this a technology that anybody really wants? @warren_craddock: I've worked on a number of high-profile failures. They all had a fatal flaw. Everyone saw the flaw. But the culture that arose in these teams purposefully ignored the flaw. Lenovo's new Glasses T1 are the coolest PC accessory I've seen that just makes sense. Google's Project Starline is the real deal. Meta's Virtual Reality Legs Video Was A Lie, Used Some Mocap. Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere. Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator. Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI. Synthetic Media Startup D-ID Launches Image-to-Video Platform. NVIDIA RTX 4090 review: Unholy power. American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Companies After U.S. Ban. GiveDirectly: Send money to people living in poverty. Vault by CNN shutdown results in "rug pull" accusations from NFT buyers. Mac shipments shoot up a whopping 40%. When Is Apple Launching the M2 iPad Pro and M2 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro? Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show. Elon Musk is now selling perfume that smells like burning hair. Elon Musk tweets on Starlink: 'We'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free'. Netflix Basic with Ads streaming launches in November. Alex Jones Says Brianna Wu Defamed Him in a Tweet. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Brianna Wu, Daniel Rubino, and Sam Abuelsamid 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: Stamps.com promo code TWiT kolide.com/twit noom.com/twit mintmobile.com/twit

Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899. WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach. Does Google have a chance against Samsung and Apple? Google Pixel Watch Announced. Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust. Larry Page's electric air taxi startup is winding down. Lufthansa Has NOT Banned AirTags (But If It Ever Does, Travelers Won't Comply) Zelenskyy, Musk in Twitter showdown over Ukraine 'peace' plan. The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th. Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him. How Twitter employees are reacting to today's Elon Musk news. Chris Anderson on Twitter: "Amidst all the sneering, I'd like to offer a prediction for how the @elonmusk acquisition of Twitter will play out." Bake Off contestant horrifies viewers with avocado peeling method during controversial Mexican Week episode. Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline. Yes, even Signal is doing stories now. The Right Stuff dating app. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) FCC Finally Gets Around To Cracking Down On Annoying Robotexts. Google settles Arizona location data suit for $85 million. Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps. Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors. Area Man Is Arrested for Parody. The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief. Boston Dynamics pledges not to arm robots. Israel sets up AI-controlled machine gun in occupied Hebron. SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security. $570 million worth of Binance's BNB token stolen in another major crypto hack. Critical Akamai bug could have let hackers poison millions of major brands' websites. Business Envy podcast. White House turns to TikTok stars to take Biden's message to a younger audience. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Huyen Tue Dao, Iain Thomson, 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: wealthfront.com/twit wwt.com/twit eightsleep.com/twit Secureworks.com/twit

Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event Stadia is issuing refunds - How to get yours. Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer. Adobe can't Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab. Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move. Is Mark Zuckerberg Fighting at This Weekend's UFC Show? Texts show roll call of tech figures tried to help Elon Musk in Twitter deal. The True Genius of Tech Leaders. "Buying Our Way In" was Palantir's (PLTR stock) Secret Plan to Get into the NHS. Elon Musk unveils Optimus Is general AI right around the corner? Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient. James Bridle's "Ways of Being" In Delaware's Kathaleen McCormick, Elon Musk Finds A Judge Who Means Business. Klobuchar, Cruz strike deal to advance journalism antitrust bill. Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth. The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed. Amazon hardware event 2022. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Cory Doctorow 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: nureva.com/twit eightsleep.com/twit podium.com/twit policygenius.com/twit

Apple Watch Ultra, YouTube dislike button, Serial podcast, AI and Getty Images Leo talks about his new Apple Watch Ultra. How Fitbit helped me lose 15 pounds. YouTube's 'dislike' and 'not interested' buttons barely work, study finds. Adobe's Aquisition of Figma is a Land Grab. Slack's Canvas feature puts a document editor in your chat window. TwistedWave, an Audio Editor. Word Jazz by Fred Katz and Ken Nordine. Ken Nordine - Levis Ad. Adnan Syed, Subject of 'Serial,' Is Released From Prison. California woman who faked her own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison. The FDA may have unintentionally made 'Nyquil Chicken' go viral on TikTok. Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges. 'A.I. Should Exclude Living Artists From Its Database,' Says One Painter Whose Works Were Used to Fuel Image Generators. The AI Unbundling. OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system. No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft. Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine. Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers. How 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Finally, After 43 Years, Got Completed. Enterprise Connect: Facing the Tough Issues on Hybrid Work: How Communications Technology Will Support New Ways of Working. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Larry Magid, and Shelly Brisbin 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 Sponsor: shopify.com/twit