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Interview with Gary Marcus Turing Award Goes to 2 Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence Meta Discusses AI Data Center Project That Could Cost $200 Billion Satya Nadella Argues AI's True Value Will Come When It Finds Killer App Akin To Email or Excel Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? - Slashdot Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice What to know about deepfakes bill backed by Melania Trump Digg is getting another revival, this time with an injection of AI Google lets Americans delete their search results 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Alexis Ohanian Joins Project Liberty's TikTok Bid YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content Skype is shutting down after two decades LATimes insights page PDF example from the LATimes Gebru: "🔇🔇🔇 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AGI AND ATTEMPTING TO BUILD IT IS A EUGENICIST, POWER CENTRALIZATION PROJECT THAT NO ONE SHOULD SUPPORT." The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects Masnick: Announcing Otherwise Objectionable: A Podcast Series About The Most Misunderstood Law On The Internet 18F demolished AI.com Is for Sale. Asking Price? $100 Million Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new 'AI Phone' priced at under $1K Vintage Computer Festival East Mimeartist is watching us on the big tv Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Grounded. The Birds and Dogs of This Texas Town Are Grateful Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Dr. Gary Marcus Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit uscloud.com zscaler.com/security

Skype to EOL in May, replaced by the consumer Teams client, which is surprisingly good now. There are three possible responses to this: "They still make Skype?" The 13 people who rely on Skype for calling landlines come out of the woodwork. "Come on, Microsoft telegraphed this two years ago" Plus, Opera previews what an AI agent in a browser can be used for. Firefox 136 now comes with vertical tabs (again), updated sidebar, AI chatbots, and more. And a Google-related tip that lets one see what it's like to live in the EU, minus the universal health care and other social safety nets. Windows Microsoft FINALLY updates the Copilot app in Windows 11 for the 127th time - What Microsoft didn't tell anyone. Arrives just after the release of a native Mac client Three months of Recall, and it IS controversial, just not for the reasons you think Dev and Beta (last week): lock screen widget customizing (finally), Windows Share updates (again), Task Manager CPU usage calculation change (seriously), more It may be controversial at Linux, but not at Microsoft, which is all-in on Rust Intel delays Ohio fabs until after the earth careens into the sun Dell up 7 percent to $23.9 billion ($11.9 billion from PCs) HP up 2.4 percent to $13.5 billion ($9.2 billion from PCs) Intel brings Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" chips to commercial market Microsoft 365 Microsoft finally puts Skype out of its misery A look back at 22 years of Skype Outlook Mobile gets delivery and read receipts AI USA! USA! USA! Microsoft makes AI export changes easy to understand for our stupid government OpenAI announces GPT-4.5, its final non-reasoning model Microsoft brings new local distilled DeepSeek models to Copilot+ PCs, starting with Snapdragon X - a little hands-on Microsoft announces Dragon Copilot for clinical workflow Stability AI + Arm Holdings = generative AI audio, more to come Scam Detection in Messages for Pixel and Android Gemini improvements including upcoming features Apple's struggles with AI are real. Just ask Siri. Kidding, no one asks Siri anything Xbox New Game Pass titles for first half of March Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 coming to all platforms including Game Pass on July 11 Sony slashes prices on VR2 months after it stopped building it Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Remove yourself from Google Search results App pick of the week: Mo' browsers! RunAs Radio this week: Secure by Design with Karinne Bessette Brown liquor pick of the week: Knappogue Castle 16 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com zscaler.com/security

Firefox amends their privacy policy -- the world melts down. Signal threatens to leave Sweden. Aftermath of the massive $1.5 billion Bybit ETH heist. It turns out that it wasn't actually Bybit's fault. "The Lazarus Bounty" monitoring and management site. Mozilla's commitment to Manifest V2 (and the uBlock Origin). What does the ACM's plea for memory-safe languages mean for developers? What exactly are memory-safe languages? Australia joins the Kaspersky ban. Gmail plans to switch from SMS to QR code authentication. A SpinRite success and some fun feedback. An astonishing new technology for targeted radio jamming Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1015-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: legatosecurity.com bitwarden.com/twit veeam.com threatlocker.com for Security Now

Apple updates the iPad Air with the M3 chipset. iFixit does a teardown of the iPhone 16e. A new documentary film about Bono will be released later this year, with an immersive version of the film for Apple Vision Pro. And Apple has launched a legal challenge to UK's "back door" order. Apple updates iPad Air with faster M3 processor. New M4 MacBook Air could debut on Wednesday. Apple Park rainbow arches gone, but reportedly being rebuilt. Apple's artificial intelligence efforts reach a make-or-break point. iPhone 16e Teardown: Never before has skipping the upgrade made more sense. Skype is shutting down after two decades. Apple sets premiere of "Bono: Stories Of Surrender". Apple just released two brand new apps in iOS 18.4 and visionOS 2.4 beta 2. Introducing ADIB spatial banking on Apple Vision Pro. Apple Park in 8K 3D 180 HDR. Apple faces likely French antitrust fine for privacy tool, sources say. US examining whether UK's encryption demand on Apple broke data treaty. Apple launches legal challenge to UK "back door" order. Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: Peak Design - Roller Pro Carry-On Luggage Mikah's Pick: WiFiMan Wizard Alex's Pick: Neat Video Noise Removal Andy's Pick: Zen Browser Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko Guest: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zocdoc.com/macbreak zscaler.com/security Melissa.com/twit get.stash.com/macbreak

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI Skype is shutting down after two decades Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door' "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twit zscaler.com/security expressvpn.com/twit

Interview with Stephen Wolfram OpenAI now serves 400M users every week Nvidia's Profit Jumps 80 Percent as Company Rides Tech's A.I. Boom Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work AI 'inspo' is everywhere. It's driving your hair stylist crazy. Nvidia launches Signs, a new AI platform to teach American Sign Language and create a validated dataset for sign language learners and ASL app developers Here's How Four Major Newsrooms Are Using AI Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue Perplexity wants to reinvent the web browser with AI—but there's fierce competition Perplexity releases a censorship-free variant of Deepseek R1 To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's "AI for sweatshops" demo goes viral Grok 3's "sexy mode" Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works Nebraska Man Struggles to Change Daughter's Name From 'Unakite Thirteen Hotel' Touch grass Bracket City Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Stephen Wolfram Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT get.stash.com/machines canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT expressvpn.com/twit

Week D - If a preview update falls in the woods and no one downloads it, did it really happen? Plus, what is going on with AI for free? Isn't this stuff expensive? Windows 23H2/24H2: Taskbar share, Spotlight updates, Windows Backup snooze in File Explorer, etc. Dev and Beta - Semantic search adds OneDrive photo search to Search (was in File Explorer previously), plus the Recall reboot no one is explaining. And Trim comes to Snipping Tool (Canary and Dev) Beta (23H2) - Share gets a drag tray and Start All apps gets new Grid and Category views Lenovo revenues surge 20 percent Framework announces Ryzen AI-based Laptop 13, plus Laptop 12 and Desktop Opera adds Bluesky, Discord, and Slack to the sidebar Microsoft 365 Microsoft confuses us with a test of a free, ad-supported core Office suite for Windows Amazon kills Chime, will use Zoom, Teams, and more Amazon kills Appstore for Android Google to drop SMS-based 2FA, move to QR codes Paul continues with his SSO removals, an update on whether this impacts account availability AI/Dev Following up the previous discussion with an interesting way to use an AI chatbot Alexa enters the AI era OpenAI now has 400 million weekly active users Microsoft cancels some AI datacenter leases, but it's not done spending billions on AI Anthropic releases first reasoning model, with a twist Gemini Code Assist is now free for individuals! ThinkDeeper and Voice in Copilot no longer have usage restrictions OpenAI makes Deep Research available to all paid customers Apple delays biggest Siri advances past iOS 18.4 - Math is hard, but AI is even harder Spotify expands into AI-narrated audiobooks NVIDIA partners to bring free ASL training to everyone .NET 10 Preview 1 arrives with the promise of LTS and not much else Xbox Xbox Cloud Gaming gets its first update in a while, and it's a big one Microsoft delays Fable reboot to 2026 Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can view the source code for the oldest machine-readable version of Unix App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop for iPhone RunAs Radio this week: Exchange Server in 2025 with Michel de Rooij Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenrothes 15 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly cachefly.com/twit

Apple disables Advanced Data Protection for new UK users. Paying ransoms is not as cut and dried as we might imagine. Elon Musk's "X" social media blocks "Signal.me" links. Spain's soccer league blocks Cloudflare and causes a mess. Two new (and rare) vulnerabilities discovered in OpenSSH. The U.S. seems unable to evict Chinese attackers from its Telecom systems. What are those Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hackers doing to get in? The largest (by far) cryptocurrency heist in history occurred Friday. Ex-NSA head says the U.S. is falling behind on the cyber front lines. We have the winner (and a good one) replacement term for "backdoor". A look at a pathetic access control system that begs to be hacked (and will be). Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1014-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT uscloud.com canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

It's not surprising that Apple announced the iPhone 16e the day after last week's MacBreak Weekly. Already, some information about the upcoming iPhone 17 is being leaked, including some information about the rumored slim iPhone 17. And Apple is removing encrypted security features for your cloud data within the UK following the UK government ordering Apple to leave backdoor access to users' data. iPhone 16e: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone. Apple officially bids farewell to the Lightning port after 13 years. Per Ming-chi Kuo: all iPhone 17 models will use Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips, enhancing connectivity and cutting costs; only the slim iPhone 17 will use the C1 modem chip. Apple removes cloud encryption feature from UK after backdoor order. Apple currently only able to detect Pegasus spyware in half of infected iPhones. Apple to invest $500 billion in U.S. as Trump tariffs loom. MacBook Air stocks start to dwindle ahead of M4 update. Apple Vision Pro immersive video 'Arctic Surfing' available now. Apple Intelligence comes to Apple Vision Pro in April. Apple prepares to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence. Steve Jobs Archive marks Apple co-founder's 70th birthday. The new Beeper app combines all of Automattic's messaging systems. Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: Hyperspace Jason's Pick: Framous Alex's Pick: Blackmagic 2110 Andy's Pick: Desert Island Discs, with Johnny Ive. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit get.stash.com/macbreak zscaler.com/security

Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple Home, but no smarter siri Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event OpenAI now serves 400M users every week The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom Amazon Appstore for Android is shutting down in August Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers Donald Trump Is Turning CISA Into The Embodiment Of His Election Conspiracy Theories Asus Continues Fragrant Device Trend With an Aromatic Mouse - Slashdot iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone Smart ring tracks health, fitness data with long battery life Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: expressvpn.com/twit ziprecruiter.com/twit uscloud.com threatlocker.com for This Week in Tech Melissa.com/twit

Interview with the founders of Bee.computer Would Paris or Jeff get a Bee? Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip A 'Teleportation' Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here Google's AI Efforts Marred by Turf Disputes Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3 Marcus: Elon Musk's terrifying vision for AI Richard Feynman: Can Machines Think? The Humane AI Pin: A $700 Brick of E-Waste AI Notetakers In Meetings Are Making Me Queasy - Bloomberg AI Designs Plastic-Digesting Enzyme Nikola, Electric Truck Maker, Files for Bankruptcy Google Lens powering new 'Screen Search' in Chrome for iOS Extra Finger ring On Probabilism and Determinism in AI My Life in Weeks by Gina Trapani A delightful look into the Murdochs' Succession Drama James Murdoch interview Roasted Chicken Thighs With Hot Honey and Lime Leobait: Thermomix cult Australian lamb video with comments section Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guests: Ethan Sutin and Maria de Lourdes Zollo Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: zscaler.com/security

On this episode, Paul Thurrott, Leo Laporte, and Richard Campbell explore the Windows KB5052086 update, the new Linux kernel drama, quantum computing, and more. Microsoft has announced the very first QPU, powered by topological qubits! Can the hosts possibly comprehend how this works? Later, Paul strongly emphasizes how AI can save users lots of time. Finally, Richard features a whisky that was recently brought to his 30th wedding anniversary! Windows Dev channel: "Important" update because of the coming change to Recall soon, so here's an update that will wipe out all your data. One guess about what that means. Plus, a nice change to the Recall pop-up Release Preview (24H2): A preview of the preview that we'll preview next time Release Preview (23H2): Basically the same features as above, keeping the two aligned Microsoft deprecates location history in Windows 11 - depreciation junction, what's your function? Microsoft Edge gets more WebUI 2-based performance improvements Clipchamp just keeps getting better Microsoft 365 Microsoft: Just kidding about that MSA and Entra ID sign-in experience change Outlook mobile is getting a new font picker, a recall email feature (finally), and a minimize email message feature. ExpressVPN (TWiT sponsor) rewrote its VPN protocol in Rust AI Microsoft announces a Quantum computing breakthrough, first quantum processor Flareup in Linux kernel management maps directly to what we see with AI - Two extremes but a clear middle ground Long story short, AI is all about saving you time - this is the "many small things, not one big thing" argument Copilot gets new voice capabilities In case you were worried, OpenAI formally rejects buyout offer OpenAI will also simplify its model offerings Google Gemini now remembers what you said, unlike your husband xAI launches Grok3 model but only for X Premium subscribers Xbox Avowed launches, with many other Game Pass titles coming through the end of February Microsoft announced a generative AI model for video games Sony just had its best-ever PS5 sales quarter Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Find your AI "ah-ha" moment App pick of the week: Notion. And iA Writer 2 for Windows is here RunAs Radio this week: Managed DevOps Pools with Eliza Tarasila Brown liquor pick of the week: Signal Hill Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com zscaler.com/security 1password.com/windowsweekly

US lawmakers respond to the UK's outrageous demand about Apple's encryption. What, exactly, is a "backdoor", and can a "backdoor" NOT be secret? Highlights from last week's Windows' Patch Tuesday. A look into RansomHub: The latest king of the Ransomware hill. "TOAD": Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery. The state of Texas -versus- DeepSeek. Disabling Apple's "Restricted Mode". Where did I put that $800 million in Bitcoin? A Sci-Fi author update. And a deep dive into the misoperation of Chrome's critically important Web Extension Store Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1013-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: veeam.com legatosecurity.com threatlocker.com for Security Now bitwarden.com/twit vanta.com/SECURITYNOW

The MacBreak Weekly crew discusses the latest Apple rumors and news, including the impending iPhone SE release, a potential new M4 MacBook, and the brief integration of Netflix with Apple TV. The panel also debates Apple Intelligence's importance in the overall Apple ecosystem. Rumors suggest Apple may soon release an updated iPhone SE, possibly called the iPhone 16E, with an A18 chip to support Apple Intelligence Speculation about a redesigned iPhone 17 with a camera bar similar to Google Pixel phones Apple's progress in Apple Intelligence and its potential impact on various aspects of the ecosystem. The brief integration of Netflix with the Apple TV app, which was quickly pulled back, possibly due to ongoing negotiations or a planned rollout A potential new 27-inch mini-LED backlit Studio Display and updates to the MacBook Air with an M4 chip. China's efforts to hamper iPhone production in India by tightening control over key technologies and limiting engineer travel TikTok is back on app stores after a letter from the US Attorney General, though the hosts question if the letter provides sufficient reassurance Apple is finally letting users merge two Apple IDs to consolidate purchases, though the process has many caveats and limitations The panel's perspective on the iPad vs. Mac debate, inspired by Matt Gemmell's article detailing his switch back to the Mac after 8 years of iPad-only use The NBA's updated Apple Vision Pro app features a 3D tabletop view, offering an immersive experience for fans Apple Intelligence, a new Spatial showcase app, and an enhanced Guest mode are rumored to be coming to the Vision Pro with the visionOS 2.4 update as soon as April Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: Tom Bihn Synapse 25 Backpack Jason's Pick: Bellroy Transit Workpack Leo's Pick: TUMI Backpacks Alex's Pick: Tactical 5.11 Rush24 Backpack Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security 1password.com/macbreak cachefly.com/twit

TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S. Elon Musk's DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer Elon's bid for OpenAI is about making the for-profit transition as painful as possible for Altman, Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business Broadcom Joins TSMC In Considering Deals For Parts of Intel Arm to start making server CPUs in-house Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 against legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap—what that means for the industry YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as "Primary Device" for Viewing Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America' Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral Google CEO Sees 'Useful' Quantum Computers 5 to 10 Years Away Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy's still screwed Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event Meta's Brain-to-Text AI Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Iain Thomson, and Brian McCullough Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: shopify.com/twit oracle.com/twit zscaler.com/security ziprecruiter.com/twit joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT