This Week in Tech (Audio)

Elon Musk makes bold claims about Tesla robotaxi in Hollywood backlot The Optimus robots at Tesla's Cybercab event were humans in disguise How to send messages via satellite on your iPhone or Pixel US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them A Whole Bunch Of States File Garbage Grandstanding Lawsuits Against TikTok With The Main Complaint Being 'Kids Like It' Two Scientists Share Physics Nobel for Machine Learning Three Scientists Get Chemistry Nobel for Research Into Proteins This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain A closer look at Nintendo's adorable Alarmo alarm clock Samsung is turning your Galaxy phone into a smart door key Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 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: e-e.com/twit lookout.com expressvpn.com/twit ziprecruiter.com/twit mintmobile.com/twit

On this 1000th episode of TWiT, Leo has his old pals Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, and David Prager on the show to reminisce about the TechTV days, discuss the future of AI, and get caught up on each other's lives. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, David Prager, and Roger Chang 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: veeam.com coda.io/twit Melissa.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT

CA AI Bill Veto, Meta's Orion, FTC Vs. Fake Reviews Sam Altman's AI Manifesto News from Meta Connect Gavin Newsom vetoes sweeping AI safety bill, siding with Silicon Valley The Panel discusses CoPilot The Panel debates AGI James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against 'League of Legends' Rabbit says only 5,000 people use the R1 daily Orion: True AR Glasses Have Arrived AI smackdown: How a new FTC ruling just protected the free press DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says Firefox Review Checker - Ensure review authenticity in your online shopping New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules Some Mad Genius Put ChatGPT on a TI-84 Graphing Calculator 23andMe troubles, company recently settled data insecurity suit for $30 mil Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Denise Howell, Parmy Olson, Daniel Rubino, and Henry Laporte 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 1password.com/twit shopify.com/twit veeam.com flashpoint.io

Amazon Returns to Office, CA AI Bill, Elon Backs Down Discussion of the iPhone 16 Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon Elon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil Bluesky tops 10 million users Newsom signs California bill to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids The AI bill driving a wedge through Silicon Valley Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI Bill requiring AM radio in new cars gets closer to law Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Ben Parr, Alex Lindsay, and Rob Pegoraro 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: NetSuite.com/TWIT canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT expressvpn.com/twit shopify.com/twit veeam.com

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

Starlink Backtracks, AI Royalty Heist The US Navy Is Going All In on Starlink Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator Elon Musk and the rise of supranational oligarchs Telegram quietly updates website to allow abuse reports following founder's arrest The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending FBI busts musician's elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist PwC tells employees it will use location data to police "back-to-office" rule Apple's planned chatbot should have no "personality" The Electric Vehicle Future Is Coming. Just a Little More Slowly. Pat Gelsinger's grand plan to reinvent Intel is in jeopardy Boeing's Calamity Capsule returns to Earth without a crew Host: Iain Thomson Guests: Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini 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: coda.io/twit lookout.com 1password.com/twit expressvpn.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT

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

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

Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL: Satellite SOS, Android 14, $999 start price Google Team Pixel "reviews" controversy DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win - Bloomberg Dell announces second massive set of layoffs to employees The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You Apple (AAPL) Pushes Ahead with Tabletop Home Device in Shift to Robotics Pelosi Statement in Opposition to California Senate Bill 1047 NVIDIA, OpenAI face YouTube creator lawsuits for using online videos xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink's mobile plan Consumers spent $3.8B on mobile entertainment apps in Q1 Fox-Disney Sports Service Blocked by Judge in Win for Fubo Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Nicholas Deleon, Dan Patterson, and Brian McCullough 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 canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT 1password.com/twit e-e.com/twit

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

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

CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft's Antitrust Problems Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference An AI-built vegan cheese went viral. Here's what happened next AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers Russia Throttles YouTube Access in Latest Attack on US Social Media (GOOGL) Video game performers to strike over AI concerns EU threatens to fine Meta for saying Facebook is "free" OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine X's new data-sharing experience will train Grok with your Twitter data by default — Here's how to disable it Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jason Hiner, Owen Thomas, and Parris Lilly 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: motific.ai NetSuite.com/TWIT expressvpn.com/twit panoptica.app 1password.com/twit

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 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 lookout.com mintmobile.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT motific.ai

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 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: e-e.com/twit motific.ai bitwarden.com/twit ziprecruiter.com/twit

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 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: panoptica.app expressvpn.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT 1password.com/twit