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This Week in Tech is the top-ranked flagship tech podcast from TWiT.tv. Every Sunday, Leo Laporte and a roundtable of insiders explore the week's hottest tech news from AI to robots, and PCs to privacy. When it comes to tech, TWiT is IT.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
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Executive Laundry Folding Disorder - Crowdstrike, Prime Day, Stremaing the Olympics
Biden drops out of the race via tweet
"CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds
Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks
The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV
Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures
FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone
Hundreds more Californians get housing with Apple's help
Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity
Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize under Communications Workers of America
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Ashley Esqueda, and Anthony Ha
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Flaming Corn Maze - AT&T Breach, Galaxy Z Fold6, Olympic Disinfo
Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays
FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children
AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue 'checkmark'
After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad
AI PCs: Qualcomm (QCOM), Microsoft (MSFT) Turn to AI to Revive PC Market
Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable
U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans
Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics
My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better
Is anyone concerned that Palmer Luckey's new compay Anduril (aka Aragorn's sword from LOTR) is making military products and has a mission statement straight out of Robocop?
Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos
FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mike Elgan, Denise Howell, and Harry McCracken
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Often Plagiarized, Never Equalled - Sapce Junk, Threads Hits 175M Users, AIndependence
Why Surgeon General's Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea
Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports
Microsoft MSFT Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack
Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click
Perplexity's grand theft AI
The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
Zotac's Big Mistake | Consumer Warranty & Business Data Exposure
NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk
The White House will host a conference for social media creators
Meta's Threads hits 175 million users one year after launch
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paris Martineau, Allyn Malventano, and Larry Magid
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Our Dope GPS! - Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests
Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests
Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations
What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks
Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep
The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says
EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior
Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations
Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming
Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing
The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All
Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cathy Gellis, Ryan Shrout, and Doc Rock
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TikTok With Wings - AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI
AT&T Landlines, US Bans Kaspersky and DJI
Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
I just ordered the cheapest Surface Pro option - why I (probably) won't regret it
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf*ck
Surgeon General: Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels
LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom calls for statewide action
EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control
US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions
Apple Won't Roll Out AI Tech In EU Market Over Regulatory Concerns
AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules
Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
What Game of Thrones did to the media
Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing
This Old House' Pays Tribute to Creator Russell Morash
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amanda Silberling, Louise Matsakis, and Ed Bott
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Fifty-three Clicks - Bot Farms in Ukraine, LA Public Health Dept. Phished
Ukranian Bot Farms, LA Public Health Dept. Phished
MS Recall and Apple AI
Congress grills Microsoft boss Brad Smith after 'cascade' of security errors
Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack
Exclusive: MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft's AI laptops
Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law
Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
Successful phishing attack at LA County Department of Public Health exposes PID of 200k + people
Bot Farm that attacked Ukrainian phones is shut down
Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
Talking about Mark Zuckerberg
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
Games that the panel members are playing
Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Daniel Rubino, Devindra Hardawar, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
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Customer Reviews
Let the People Speak!
First off, let me say that I love TWiT. With that said, I now beg Leo and John Dvorak to back up and please let the other TWiT's speak for more than a few seconds without the constant, incessant interjection and interruption. Robert Heron, Alex Lindsay and Patrick Norton very frequently have great information to share but it’s almost always drowned out by Leo's need to hear himself speak and Dvorak's endless hot air. I love punditry as much as the next guy but these men rarely let the others speak without interruption. As a long time radio personality, Leo should know better. I love the show, but they really ought to allow everyone to speak equally. Very often Leo and Dvorak show just how old they are by being dismissive and curmudgeonly about things they often know little about, and instead of allowing the others to teach them they just yell them down into submission. Too bad fellas! Get your act together!
The Standard for Tech Podcasts
TwiT has been around longer than virtually any tech podcasts (or any podcasts, for that matter). Every week there’s a new episode that does a good job of analyzing the latest tech news. I don’t always agree with everything the panelists say, but I always feel that I walk away more informed than I did coming in. If you limit yourself to just one tech podcast per week, make it TwiT.
Saddest nosedive in Podcast history...
What used to be an interesting, fun, and informative discussion about all things tech has slumped so badly that it now barely even lives up to its own title.
The first 10-20 episodes were wonderful, with a high-quality and listener-centered panel, headed by the personable Laporte. Recently, however, the topics are increasingly obscure, the banter increasingly self-centered, the audio quality increasingly sub-par, and the presence of certain voices increasingly grating. John C. Dvorak deserves special credit in the destruction of this podcast for using his inclusion in the group of TWiTs to feed his ever-more-alienating ego. After months of committed listening and spreading the word to friends, I am extremely saddened by the quick combustion of a once-great podcast.
Over the course of a few short months, the TWiT army has gone from laughing and learning along with the panel to hanging our heads, and our iPods, in shame.