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Chris Weir built a stunning home theater with a fully committed Batcave design, and it's a wonder to behold. Scott Wilkinson featured it on AVS Forum 10 years ago, but it's still a marvelous example of what a man with twin passions for Batman and home theater can do. Zap! Pow!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent this week for Tech News Weekly! Apple plans to build its own AI search engine to rival OpenAI. OpenAI is working on improving its models to help users in mental distress. Apple's September event is right around the corner. And the judge in the antitrust case against Google ruled this week!
Abrar talks about Apple's plans to create a search engine that seeks to rival OpenAI's search engine as the company continues its aggressive expansion into AI.
(Content Warning) OpenAI previews its plan to improve its AI models to help users in mental or emotional distress. This follows a recent lawsuit that was brought against the company following a teen's suicide.
Dan Moren of Six Colors stops by to lay the foundation for what Apple could announce at its upcoming event on September 9th.
And Leah Nylen of Bloomberg joins the show to share an update on the Google Antitrust case that the judge ruled on!
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti
Guests: Dan Moren and Leah Nylen
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Stop letting duplicate photos clog your Mac. Find out how the merging utility in Apple Photos can help you reclaim storage and sanity with just a few clicks. Mikah Sargent reveals the surprisingly powerful deduplication tool already built into macOS and what it gets right.
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Before you dive into iOS 26, get an honest look at which headline features actually improve daily life and which might have you pulling over to reset your music settings. From call screening that outsmarts spam to camera modes that outsmart users, Rosemary Orchard and Dan Moren spotlight the upgrades, quirks, and frustrations you may face on your iPhone.
• Mixed reactions to Liquid Glass transparency and widget animation
• New Safari UI frustrations and tips for restoring familiar controls
• Camera app redesign: simplified interface but hidden portrait mode
• Call screening and Hold Assist improve spam blocking and waiting on hold
• Package tracking in Apple Wallet now scans Mail for delivery updates
• Apple Music Auto Mix feature criticized for skipping and blending songs
• Rumors ahead of Apple's September event: iPhone 17 lineup, new colors, and "Air" model
• Speculation on AirTags 2, Apple Watch Series 11/Ultra 3, new AirPods Pro 3, and live translation features
• Shortcuts Corner: Exploring new on-device and cloud AI model actions in Shortcuts
• App Caps: Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 Bluetooth speaker and Foimo D30 label maker
Hosts: Rosemary Orchard and Dan Moren
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Microsoft's new Copilot mode in Edge takes its shot at the AI browser craze, but is it ready to rival more daring upstarts like Neo or Perplexity? Dive into what works, what's experimental, and why this early approach could shape your browsing habits.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation.
Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions
OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power
Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates
OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives
Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism"
How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers
China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked
Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI
GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue
Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed
Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code
AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same
Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts
Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly
"Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact
Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama
Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training
DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools
Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Co-Host: Harper Reed
Guest: Karen Hao
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Paul Thurrott is in Berlin this week for IFA 2025! With AI models multiplying across devices and Microsoft plotting a post-OpenAI future, Paul and Richard debate whether Copilot and local AI finally hint at what's next for your PC. Paul also reacts to the surprising Google antitrust ruling, questioning whether judges are truly willing to rein in Big Tech or just maintain the status quo. Has the battle for online competition already been lost?
Windows 11
Four new builds issued in the Insider Program at the same time (rare)
Dev and Beta: New Microsoft 365 text actions in Click to Do, Braille Viewer, more Share changes
Canary: Nothing to see here, move along
The Mobile Plans app you never used in Windows 11 is going away
Windows Backup for Organizations is here
Dolby Vision 2 is on the way
Dell hits record revenues, but not because of PCs - PC revenues $12.5 billion, up 1 percent
HP revenues up 3.1 percent and it is because of PCs - PC revenues $9.9 billion, up 6 percent
Reminder that Lenovo is curiously dominant in this market - PC revenues $13.5 billion, up 18 percent
Antitrust
Google unexpectedly given a pass on egregious antitrust violations
"We don't do these things because they are hard"
Ensh*ttification
Amazon begins restricting the ability to share Prime free shipping within a household
This, from the company that makes you pay to remove ads from a video service you're already paying for
YouTube is changing what it means to be in household
This week from the misinformation files
Microsoft denied that it had anything to do with SSD fails
Google denies that it warned 2.8 billion Gmail users about anything
If it happened online, it must be real
AI
Microsoft AI releases its first-ever in-house models and one is quite mysterious
Copilot is coming to make your smart TVs dumber
Anthropic will now train Claude on user data unless you opt out
NVIDIA is still doing pretty well financially
The Pixel 10 series phones are all about AI
Camera Coach
It's fascinating to reexamine the initial Pixel launch for its forward-leaning looks at AI, computational photography, and more
Xbox and games
Xbox August Update brings a few interesting new features
Activision inks deal to make a Call of Duty movie
Hollow Knight: Silksong and more are coming to Game Pass in first half of September
Tips & picks
Tip of the week
App pick of the week: Vivaldi
RunAs Radio this week: Episode 1000!
Brown liquor pick of the week: Canadian Club 1858 Original
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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When even the Department of Defense can't properly vet its software dependencies, what chance do the rest of us have? Steve Gibson reveals how "fast-glob" became a case study in supply chain blindness, explores whether AI can ever truly be controlled after Meta's celebrity chatbot disaster, and celebrates BYTE Magazine's 50th anniversary with a look at how far we've come (and how vulnerable we still are).
A look back at issue #1 of BYTE magazine exactly 50 years ago
The enforcement of the SHAKEN & STIR Telecom protocols
Breaking: Judge rules against forced Google divestitures in monopoly case
The inherent danger of consolidating authentication
Can AI be controlled?
Vivaldi says a big "no" to AI-enhanced web browsers
How WhatsApp figured into Apple's recent 0-day attacks
Leveraging AI as an attack aid
The latest TransUnion data breach
Two scummy websites sue the UK over age requirements
OpenSSH reminds its users to adopt post-quantum crypto
The DOD uses open source maintained by a Russian national
Much great feedback from our terrific listeners
Sci-Fi news from "The Frontiers Saga" Ryk Brown
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1041-notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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The MacBreak Weekly panel is patiently waiting for Apple's September event! A story about stolen luggage at LAX being recovered thanks to an Apple AirTag diverges into a spirited discussion on clothing and luggage. And Apple could be prepared to drop its largest case redesign for the iPhone 17, including a spiritual successor to the FineWoven material.
Apple plans AirPods feature that can live-translate conversations.
Upgrade 579: The 2025 September Event Draft.
Stolen luggage at LAX recovered thanks to Apple AirTag.
Apple taking half of TSMC's 2nm chip capacity when production hits full speed.
France's unnecessary iPhone 12 RF patch is spreading across Europe.
Apple may be readying the largest case redesign yet for iPhone 17.
New 'Vision Air': Here's how much lighter and less expensive it might be.
You can try Apple's lightning-fast video captioning model right from your browser.
Apple just released a new AI chatbot to help retail employees sell iPhones.
Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time.
Adafruit Fruit Jam – An RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh - CNX Software.
Zoom wins broadcast Emmy.
Picks of the Week
Leo's Pick: Vintage Apple
Jason's Picks: The Nomad Leather Mag Wallet with Find My & Sport Band for Apple Watch
Andy's Pick: Blitzortung
Alex's Pick: OWC Thunderblade X12
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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Cloudflare's latest moves to police who can access the internet and governments' push for age verification set off alarms for the future of the open web, as panelists debate the hidden costs of centralization and regulation.
Microsoft fires four workers for on-site protests over company's ties to Israel
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 water
Nvidia says two mystery customers accounted for 39% of Q2 revenue
FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification law
UK's Online Safety Act censors the internet — a preview of US proposal
Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen user
Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its service
UK's demand for Apple backdoor may have been broader than previously though
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight in stunning comeback
FCC rejects calls for cable-like fees on broadband providers
The web does not need gatekeepers
Intel warns a US equity stake could trigger "adverse reactions"
US firms are racing through a $1 trillion buyback spree in record time
Microsoft reveals two in-house AI models
Authors celebrate "historic" settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
A rule exempting small packages from tariffs is ending today
Framework is working on a giant haptic touchpad, Trackpoint nub, and eGPU for its laptops
Germany fines economist Thomas Vierhaus €16,100 for sarcastic X posts
Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers' identities
South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Cory Doctorow, and Louis Maresca
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This Week the crew talks about the latest AI in Open Source. Then the new OBS Beta is out, there's a new Init system in town, and Agama 17 is out for SUSE Linux 16. There's kernel drama, with a Btrfs develop stepping back, Bcachefs is maintained outside the kernel, and Rosenzweig is now at Intel. And don't forget the Android bombshell, that sideloading will soon be limited to verified developers. For tips, we have systemctl restart options, wpctl inspect for WirePlumber information, aptitude for more package management, and gdisk for converting an MBR drive to GPT. The show notes are available at https://bit.ly/45T37AJ and enjoy!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie
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In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps out Robert with trying find the right KVM to switch his keyboard and monitor setup between his two MacBook Pro's. Mikah gives his thoughts on KVMs and offers some suggestions for the setup Robert would like.
Host: Mikah Sargent
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So you're on a months-long flight to Mars... seven months with five people and one computer as crewmates. You've been told to put any fears of a HAL-9000 computer takeover of your mission out of your mind, but can you, really? In this episode, Dr. Daniel Selva of Texas A&M joins us to talk about his recent study of crew interactions and trust with AI using, well, computers, and the HERA habitat simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The results were not entirely as expected! Join us for this fascinating look at crew-AI interaction in spaceflight procedures and emergencies.
Headlines:
SpaceX Starship Flight 10 Nails Test Milestones, Despite Some Reentry Damage
Simulated Satellite Deployments and Heat Shield Experiments Show Progress for Starship
SETI's 1977 "Wow Signal" Mystery Gets Closer to Natural Explanation
China Prepares for 2030 Moon Landing with New Hardware Tests, Spurs US Lunar Competition
Main Topic: AI Helpers for Diagnosing Space Emergencies (Interview with Dr. Daniel Selva)
Dr. Selva's Background and Journey from Europe to Texas A&M and Space AI Research
Using AI Agents to Assist Astronauts During Long-Duration, Deep Space Missions
Details of the DAPHNE Virtual Assistant Study: Lab and NASA Analog Experiments
Surprising Results: AI Shows Big Benefits in Lab, Mixed Results with Experienced Crews
Individual Differences: Experience, Trust, and Task Complexity Influence AI Effectiveness
Real-World Limitations: Emergency Charts vs. AI, Training, and Interface Design Challenges
Broader Implications: Evolving AI to Assist Mission Control, Crew Autonomy, and Future Tech
Fun Sci-Fi Comparisons: Favorite AI Assistants in Movies and the Reality of Human-AI Collaboration
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Dr. Daniel Selva
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Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly this week! OpenAI is being sued following a teen's suicide, which was blamed on ChatGPT. Detecting and countering the misuse of AI. A review of the Pixel 10 Pro. And Meta has poured $10 billion into rural Louisiana to build an ambitious data center.
(Content Warning) Emily talks about a lawsuit that was brought to OpenAI following a teen's suicide after using ChatGPT.
Mikah discusses Anthropic's recent threat intelligence report, which examines how bad actors are finding ways to misuse the company's AI models.
Allison Johnson of The Verge chats with Mikah about her review of the Pixel 10 Pro phone and how the new feature, Magic Cue, impressed Allison at times.
And finally, MIkah shares how Meta has invested $10 billion into a rural part of Louisiana to build a large data center to fuel the company's AI ambitions.
(If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 or chat online at chat.988lifeline.org. If you are located outside the United States, please visit findahelpline.com to find a helpline in your country.)
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini
Guest: Allison Johnson
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Arthur is in the process of building a basic 5.1 speaker system, and he wants to use on-wall speakers. He has found only a few options, some of which are no longer available, and wonders if there are more within his price range. Scott Wilkinson says yes!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Feeling a pang of Mac envy? Paul Thurrott dives into how Windows 11 stacks up against Apple's latest visual enhancements and reveals clever ways Windows users can bring those sleek features to their own desktops.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Think your iPhone 16's Camera Control is just another button? Mikah Sargent breaks down its secret shortcuts and customizable tricks that could change how you quickly snap photos in a pinch!
• Step-by-step walkthrough of camera control actions and gestures
• Deep dive into camera control's adjustable photo and video settings
• Using camera control for quick app launches and photo captures
• Switching between supported camera apps with camera control
• Customizing activation methods and accidental launch prevention
• Exploring camera control's accessibility and pressure sensitivity settings
• Integrating camera control features into your everyday workflow
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Ready to conquer your cluttered inbox? Discover the unsung tricks, automation tools, and next-level email clients that can actually make email work for you, no matter how many unread messages you're hiding.
iOS Mail app walkthrough: categories, filters, unmatched features
Tips for managing mail with filtering, VIPs, and privacy options
Undo Send, reminders, and key Mail settings for better management
Fastmail, rule-based headless filters, and automation
Spark email client deep dive: pros, cons, and why it sticks
The feature race: mail rules, snoozes, and why client choice matters
Feedback: Soundcheck in iTunes/Apple Music and why volume normalization fails
Shortcuts Corner: NFC tags and logging medications via automation and Capsule app
App Caps: Notify for website change alerts, NetNewsWire for RSS news aggregation
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Interview with M.G. Siegler.
Google improves Gemini AI image editing with "Nano Banana" model.
THIS is why large language models can understand the world.
Building a16z's personal AI workstation with four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Max-Q GPUs.
Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5.
Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year.
We must build AI for people; not to be a person.
AI "deadbots" are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization.
AI robots are helping South Korea's seniors feel less alone.
College student's "time travel" AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history.
Forget Uber Eats—Chipotle's latest delivery option might shock you.
There are two types of dishwasher people.
Would you go on a tour of your local Amazon warehouse?
Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content.
Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated "freelancer".
The South Slope Derby.
Checking in on the Internet Roadtrip.
TikTok.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: M.G. Siegler
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Protesters take over Microsoft's Building 34, objecting to the company's technology being allegedly used by Israel. Is it more than simply cybersecurity usage, and how is Microsoft handling employee activism? In other news, Gemini suddenly vaults to the front of AI image editing capability, and the OG Gears of War has been remastered at least twice (but now it's cross-platform).
Windows 11
Resume from your (Android) phone in testing in Dev and Beta channels
Copilot app gets semantic search and new home page across all Insider channels
25H2 feature focus: Administrator Protection probably works but it's more disruptive than even UAC was
Windows 11 gets a nice Bluetooth quality update
Parallels Desktop 26 for Mac is out, but it's a minor update for individuals
Microsoft 365
Microsoft to fix one of the biggest issues with Word
Reminder: OneNote for Windows 10 hits EOL in October
AI
Apple's AI floundering continues as it considers a Perplexity or Mistral acquisition
And tests a Gemini AI model for Siri in-house
Perplexity offers a $5 per month Comet Plus subscription that pays content makers
Anthropic sort of brings Claude extension to Chrome
NotebookLM audio and video overviews are now available in over 80 languages
And AI Mode is now available in Search in over 180 countries
Norton's AI web browser gets off to a rough start
Proton Lumo gets a big update
Rant: The real problem with the Windows 2030 talk, and why everyone (on both sides) is wrong about AI
Dev
Microsoft lets Visual Studio devs tune-down GitHub Copilot, finally
Microsoft makes some progress with improving Windows App SDK, supposedly
Xbox and gaming
Xbox Cloud Gaming expands to Xbox Game Pass Core Standard, adds PC games for the first time
Steam and other stores come to Xbox app on PC
Activision says it will reverse some of the stupidity it introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Nintendo invented the 30 percent fee that's still common today in digital app/game stores, but when it did so, the fee actually made sense... and it still does today, but only for the videogame industry
Tips & Picks
Tip of the week: Edit images with Gemini
Tip of the week: Subscribe to Chris's new newsletter, The Windows ReadMe
App pick of the week: Gears of War
App pick of the week: NVIDIA Broadcast app
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Guest: Chris Hoffman
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Leo, I remember watching you on TV in the late 90's. I don't remember which channel it was on. It was before TechTV or G4. I've got much love for you, and love that you're still going. Give Beneto his own show!
Leon Bad. Elon Good.
The host for Security Now is seriously awful, and basically does nothing but reads articles S-L-O-W-L-Y for almost the entire podcast. His tonality is so monotonous I can't do it anymore. This show is just bad, sorry.
As for your sponsor Helm, they are TRYING their best to help with privacy, and I do appreciate their effort. But they are USA-based, and if you listen to the CEO's interview with Jason Calacanis, he admits that the FBI came to question him before it even launched! Do you REALLY think a product like this that will be watched like a hawk is going to be private? Educate yourself and do things yourself without Helm to avoid the risk of a backdoor.
Regarding VPN suggestions in this episode: Express is good (though mainstream and a larger target, could be trouble moving forward), lots of new tech, encrypted DNS fetching, good jurisdiction, Nord is better than some, TONS of servers, performance is ok, but their app does forced analytics. TunnelBear has been sold to a USA-based corporation and should be AVOIDED. Don't listen to these mainstream tech sites, first rule of VPN Club: you NEVER use a USA-based VPN, it is the worst possible jusidiction for privacy, even worse than Australia. Overall the best VPNs are offshore outside the 9 Eyes, with OpenVPN standard, that are medium-sized and run by privacy activists preferably.
Good point by Leo. I am so glad that he doesn't install or use Facebook or FB-owned platforms. Sadly he is right about the Facebook "shadow profiles", where they create a non-public acccount for you for their internal data, it is rather psycho. But not using FB-owned products does help a LOT to stop tracking.
Stop referring to the company as "Ring", it is owned by AMAZON. This scandal about Amazon using their Amazon Ring doorbells to spy on people by force should be the top headline on all news sites, as it expands the government/police spying in the USA by a huge margin...and why should this stop in the US? They ship worldwide, there is nothing stopping them from doing so globally. And the fact that it was Amazon the contacted las enforcement about this and not the other way around speaks volumes. People should be terrified about this.
How is this Steve guy supposedly a security expert when he admits he doesn't even encrypt any of his cloud files? He also said that he does all his work from home, in which case, why are you even using cloud storage and exposing yourself to additional risk in the first place? Just do 2x local backups. It is difficult to take advice seriously when something as basic as encryption is ignored.