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Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech. Join the top tech pundits in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in high tech.

Records live every Sunday at 6:00pm Eastern / 3:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
114 Episodes
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TWiT 675: This Show Does Not Care About Humans
Do Apple's new MacBooks fix the company's keyboard woes?Amazon Prime Day starts tomorrow. Will it be worth the hype? Will it push Amazon's share of the e-commerce market past 50%?Folding tablets. Phones with 9 cameras. What is next?Will AT&T destroy HBO by trying to expand it?Hey Elon: maybe don't call a heroic diver who helps rescue 12 kids a "pedo" just because he didn't use your submarine.Fortnite takes the World Cup Final by storm.Balance is restored to Reddit.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Jessica Conditt, Brian X. Chen, and Brian McCulloughDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:LastPass.com/twitFreshBooks.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2Ziprecruiter.com/Twit

TWiT 675: This Show Does Not Care About Humans

2018-07-1502:03:361

TWiT 674: Go Dung Beetles!
Billionaires prepare for the coming apocalypse: have you bought your missile silo condo yet? London police's facial recognition fail: pilot program results in 98% false positive rate, zero arrests.Amazon expanding its cashierless Amazon Go stores.Celebrity impersonators, mob justice, and more reasons to stay off social media. Prime Day coming on July 16th. Netflix's 2018 content budget expands to $13 billion.Thanos inspires Reddit's biggest ban ever.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Iain Thomson, Lisa Schmeiser, and Jason HinerDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:WordPress.com/twitRING.COM/TWITuber.com/movingforwardslack.com

TWiT 674: Go Dung Beetles!

2018-07-0802:09:151

TWiT 673: The Prozac Dash Button
Apple vs Samsung settled: our long international nightmare is over.A proposed US law has patent trolls jumping for joy.Amazon jumps into the healthcare business by buying online pharmacy PillPack.Foxcon's new Wisconsin plant breaks ground.Yet another Facebook security breach, but this time a bug bounty program catches the leak.Twitter's new Ad Transparency Center opens new avenues for journalists.The sky is falling in Fortnite.WPA3 could make Wi-Fi a lot more secure.California follows Europe down the data privacy road.Christina Warren knows all the Andromeda secrets, but she's not talking.AOL Instant Messenger is reborn!StumbleUpon is not. :(Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Wesley Faulkner, Dwight Silverman, and Christina WarrenDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:RocketMortgage.com/TWiT2Moogsoft.com casper.com/savingsBLUEAPRON.COM/TWIT

TWiT 673: The Prozac Dash Button

2018-07-0102:09:132

TWiT 672: Meme the Queen
The US Supreme Court kills warrantless cell phone location fishing and okays state sales taxes on internet purchases. Apple offers refunds on MacBook butterfly keyboard repairs and wants to let you use your iPhone to unlock your car. Amazon wants to put Alexa in your hotel room, and everywhere else. Professional videogames are going mainstream, with huge stadiums and $100 million prizes. A proposed European Union copyright law will declare war on memes. IGTV is Instagram's attempt to jump on the online video bandwagon. Plus: transhumanism, Domino's as an infrastructure company, and IBM's new debate robot!Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Mikah Sargent, Ben Johnson, and Devindra HardawarDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:Stamps.com promo code TWiTbetterment.com/twiteero.com code TWITgetquip.com/twit

TWiT 672: Meme the Queen

2018-06-2402:08:553

TWiT 671: A Bad Day for the Internet
Social media is still destroying the world. Top trends at E3. The end of Net Neutrality and the AT&T/ Time Warner Merger are a 1-2 punch against consumers. Automation is taking jobs in China and at Amazon. White house hacked. GDPR is killing email marketing. Theranos founder up on charges.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Brianna Wu, Jeff Cannata, and Dan PattersonDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:texture.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2Moogsoft.com LastPass.com/twit

TWiT 671: A Bad Day for the Internet

2018-06-1702:11:113

TWiT 670: Go Theranos or Go Home
A New Tech Manifesto by Baratunde: how to reinvent social media to improve all our lives.Apple's WWDC announcements: Screen Time restores balance to your life, memojis avoid the uncanny valley, ARKit 2 might (might) actually have usefull apps, Siri Shortcuts might (might) make Siri useful, macOS Mojave makes much-needed improvements to the Finder, tvOS gets Dolby Atmos.Gmail's improved design is headed your way.Microsoft buys GitHub: how MS went from a Windows monolith to an open-source champion.Computex's big announcements: Intel fudges some numbers, AMD's new Threadripper 2, and ASUS put a computer in your computer so you can compute while you compute.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Alex Wilhelm, and Baratunde ThurstonDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:uber.com/movingforwardWordPress.com/twitaudible.com/twitRING.COM/TWIT

TWiT 670: Go Theranos or Go Home

2018-06-1002:17:021

TWiT 669: 15 Minutes of Fun
Apple's WWDC this week looks like it may be a disappointment for anyone hoping for new hardware.Facebook is killing its "Trending Topics" section.Teens prefer Instagram and Snapchat to Facebook; close to half are "almost constantly" online.The Atari VCS is coming soon for expensive retro gaming.Scooters and bikes are becoming a problem for San Francisco.The new emoji are coming!A Canadian Hacker gets 5 years for his part in the Russin-linked Yahoo breach.Microsoft is worth more than Google.Self-driving technology picks up speed as California ok's free autonomous taxis.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Seth Weintraub, Larry Magid, and Greg FerroDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:casper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT RocketMortgage.com/TWiT2BLUEAPRON.COM/TWITMoogsoft.com

TWiT 669: 15 Minutes of Fun

2018-06-0302:14:513

TWiT 668: How Many Cups in a Stone?
The FBI wants you to reboot your router right now. FBI agents have gained control of a huge Russian botnet. If your router is affected you just need to reboot it.Facebook and Russian ads - how should government react in the age of cyber warfare?Amazon sells facial recognition software to law enforcement officials. Is this an invasion of privacy, or a good example of public/private cooperation?Alexa records a couple's conversation and sends it to a friend. Amazon has a convoluted explanation, but it may just come down to odds.Google's AI can order you food, but Microsoft's can check in on your feelings, at least in China.GDPR confusion takes news sites offline and sparks billions of dollars worth of lawsuits.Disney's bid to buy Fox gets some competition from Comcast. Does this mean that Hulu is doomed?Senators call for investigation into fake pro-net neutrality commentsThree charged in swatting deathHost: Leo LaporteGuests: Iain Thomson, Matt Cutts, and Brian FordeDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:betterment.com/twitgetquip.com/twitwww.stamps.com - promo code: TWITMolekule.com promo code TWIT

TWiT 668: How Many Cups in a Stone?

2018-05-2702:20:562

TWiT 667: Give Me your History Hat
Microsoft's new Surface Hub 2. Google Duplex freaks everyone out. GDPR shouldn't freak people out - unless you work in adtech. Fortnite is coming to Android. Apple caves in to China again, pays some Irish taxes, and goes shopping for a new campus. Washington D.C is full of Stingray spy devices. Yanny or Laurel: depends on your speakers. US Copyright laws may be extended to protect Mickey Mouse for 144 years. Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Christina Warren, Patrick Beja, and Brian McCulloughDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:Ziprecruiter.com/TwitLastPass.com/twittrywinc.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2

TWiT 667: Give Me your History Hat

2018-05-2002:27:331

TWiT 666: Leave John Legend, Um, Alone!
ZTE shuts down, but help is on the way from an unlikely tweet. Google I/O shows off creepy robocallers and helpful directions. Microsoft Build brings Cortana/Alexa integration and the return of Kinect. Congress releases over 3500 Russian Facebook election ads. Cambridge Analytica "dies," is reborn as Emerdata. Robocaller gets $120 million fine. Tesla hits a firetruck and sheds execs. You will be able to buy a Boston Dynamics robodog in 2019.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Harry McCracken, Florence Ion, and Sam AbuelsamidDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:RING.COM/TWITBLUEAPRON.COM/TWITlegalzoom.com - offer code: TWITtexture.com/twit

TWiT 666: Leave John Legend, Um, Alone!

2018-05-1302:12:353

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Comments (6)

Elliot McDonell

Ooh, @MattCutts is on, looking forward to the listen!

May 30th
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Sergio Durán

i love this podcast

Mar 12th
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iTunes User

Is it just me, or are the TWITs getting a little self-indulgent? If I want comedy, I'll get a Podcast from Comedy Central. I was really looking forward to the TWIT episode on Macworld, for example, and what I heard was an hour of bad humor, four people talking at once, and very little of substance. These guys can great, but lately it seems to have slipped.

Aug 30th
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iTunes User

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!

Aug 30th
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iTunes User

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.

Aug 30th
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Amit Kumar

iTunes User pawansonge

Nov 24th
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