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    • 4.3 • 321 Ratings

Leo Laporte brings some of the most interesting personalities in technology together to talk about the most important issues. Fun, relaxed, informative and always entertaining, count on TWiT for the best tech podcasts in the world.

    This Week in Google 765: Inflatable Nuts

    This Week in Google 765: Inflatable Nuts

    'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
    TikTok ban would be a gift from Congress to Meta and Google
    How the TikTok ban could survive a court challenge
    The Chilling of TikTok
    FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching
    Sam Altman-backed crypto project Worldcoin faces an orb shortage
    Paris' nuts
    Rabbit R1
    brilliant.xyz
    More wearable AI: IYO One
    The Man Who Killed Google Search
    Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality'
    The solution to scary Boston Dynamics bots? Make robots hairy
    Meta shares plummet 10% after second quarter outlook disappoints
    Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to 'bring back the open web'
    Beware of The Fake Podcast Invite Scam
    Bravely Exploring the Squalor of a 'Boy Room'
    This fun little web game: Equinox.Space
    magCulture
    No one buys books
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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    • 2 hr 36 min
    Windows Weekly 878: If You Build It, You Are Dumb

    Windows Weekly 878: If You Build It, You Are Dumb

    Leo, Paul, and Richard steer towards the performance race as they speculate about how Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite/Plus PCs will compare to Apple Silicon MacBooks. What makes a laptop truly user-friendly? System reliability, UI consistency, battery life? Plus, the recent Fallout TV series, the practicality of using winget for browser installations, and how the ARM chipset switch is revving up the PC market.

    ARMed & ready

    Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X Plus and confirms Paul's report that the Snapdragon X Elite will have three SKUs (product editions)
    All four SKUs outperform Apple M3, Intel Core Ultra 7/9, AMD Ryzen 9 7940/8945HS on most benchmarks
    Why? PC makers asked Qualcomm for familiar choices
    Previously, an X Plus-based Surface Pro 10 and an X Elite-based ThinkPad T40s leaked. Paul can now confirm from a source that Surface Laptop 6 (13 and 15-inch) and Surface Pro will all be on X (something}
    Vivaldi is bringing its browser to Windows on Arm too
    Windows 11

    The April 2024 Week D preview update is here: Recommended apps and frequently used apps in Start, Widgets icon updates, Lock screen widgets improvements
    Canary: Moves off 24H2 train to build 26200, no more switch to Dev, minor changes to the Widgets board and Taskbar (no new build for Dev)
    Beta: New Widgets design with navigation bar, new account manager in Start, Gmail in Share, MSA recovery advertisement, and new Game Pass recommendation card in Settings
    Microsoft Store app downloads from the web get simpler, more sophisticated
    After yet another Quest 2 Headset price cut, and mounting problems for Apple's Vision Pro, Meta opens up Horizon OS, Microsoft is sort-of on board
    Microsoft 365/Dev

    Office LTSC 2024 commercial is now available in preview
    Classic Teams rides off into the sunset on July 1
    Dropbox offers deeper Microsoft 365 integration
    GitHub sees success in 2FA push
    AI

    The European Commission will not formally investigate Microsoft/OpenAI partnership
    Microsoft released a new SLM
    Microsoft gives a sneak peek of VASA-1, a crazy and scary "talking faces" AI tool
    Google copies Microsoft again, announces massive AI reorg - that has Pixel fans worried
    Adobe's generative AI image capabilities are predictably fantastic
    Xbox

    Get an Xbox Mastercard in the US, if you're a tool
    Microsoft announces IGN x ID@Xbox digital showcase - indie games
    Tips & Picks

    Tip of the week: Have you heard the one joke about the one time you need to use Edge?
    App pick of the week: Tiny11 Builder
    RunAs Radio this week: PowerShell 7.4 with Sydney Smith
    Brown liquor pick of the week: GlenKinchie 12
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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    • 2 hr 32 min
    Security Now 971: Chat (out of) Control

    Security Now 971: Chat (out of) Control

    What do you call "Stuxnet on steroids"??
    Voyager 1 update
    Android 15 to quarantine apps
    Thunderbird & Microsoft Exchange
    China bans Western encrypted messaging apps
    Gentoo says "no" to AI
    Cars collecting diving data
    Freezing your credit
    Investopedia
    Computer Science Abstractions
    Lazy People vs. Secure Systems
    Actalis issues free S/MIME certificates
    PIN Encryption
    DRAM and GhostRace
    AT&T Phishing Scam
    Race Conditions and Multi-core processors
    An Alternative to the Current Credit System
    SpinRite Updates
    Chat (out of) Control
    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-971-Notes.pdf

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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    • 2 hr 15 min
    MacBreak Weekly 918: You're Rubbing It Wrong

    MacBreak Weekly 918: You're Rubbing It Wrong

    Apple announced a May 7th event, hinting very heavily that new iPads will be announced at the event! Will Apple stop producing its FineWoven accessories following negative reviews of the product? Apple is continuing its environmental push. And is Apple cutting its future Vision Pro shipment forecasts?

    Apple announces May 7th event for new iPad.
    Apple reportedly stops production of FineWoven accessories.
    Apple hits 18 gigawatts of clean energy in its environmental push.
    What really happens when you trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store.
    Apple finally plans to release a Calculator app for iPad later this year.
    macOS 15 rumored to feature revamped Calculator app.
    Apple says it was ordered to pull WhatsApp from China app store.
    Apple cuts 2024 & 2025 Vision Pro shipment forecasts.
    Picks of the Week:

    Shelly's Pick: Quinn Martin TV Shows
    Andy's Pick: MediaHuman Audio Converter
    Alex's Pick: Apple Reality Composer
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

    Guest: Shelly Brisbin

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    • 2 hr 13 min
    Untitled Linux Show 148: Gonna Cost 64 ARMs

    Untitled Linux Show 148: Gonna Cost 64 ARMs

    Need a Linux distro to clean up after a ransomware incident? We've got CSI Linux! Want to run a newer mainline kernel with a RHEL derivitave? Rocky's doing it! And Nvidia has hired a Nouveau developer, the 6.10 kernel may have a blue screen of death, and Gentoo bans AI code! For tips we have nmon to build-your-own top, the final staps to re-sizing a virtual machine drive, and obfuscate for doing a bit of image redaction. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3Ju3l6G and see you next week!

    Host: Jonathan Bennett

    Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell and Jeff Massie

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    • 1 hr 34 min
    This Week in Tech 976: Serial Churners

    This Week in Tech 976: Serial Churners

    Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
    TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again
    Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration
    Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe
    Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024
    Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
    How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
    Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High After Lull
    Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal
    Tesla asks shareholders to approve Elon Musk's nixed $56 billion pay plan
    Cool or creepy? Microsoft's VASA-1 is a new AI model that turns photos into 'talking faces'
    GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading advisories
    Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
    Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.
    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Jason Howell, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Mikah Sargent

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    • 2 hr 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
321 Ratings

321 Ratings

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Stuck on Politics

This show has lost all tech relevance. I am not interested in Elon Musk bashing or politics, I came here for technology. Whether you hate Twitter or not. Despite feedback and comments from viewers to stick to tech, it comes back to political views of the host. Even the guests try to pull the show back on topic. Now they will spend more than a year stuck on AI. What else is there to say? I know it is easy to find guests familiar with AI but there’s more in Tech than AI. Enough has be rehashed for now. Sorry, I won’t listen whether it’s $7 or free anymore. Jumped the Shark.

Higgins9875 ,

Lost interest in this pod

the Twitter/Elon schadenfreude is unlistenable. The vaccine cheerleading during the pandemic was annoying. The pod got way too political during Trump’s presidency. I still enjoy the Mac/Apple podcast though. I used to come to this for a more global view of the tech industry, which it does not provide me.

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