TWiT 646: 2017 Year in Review

Update: 2017-12-24

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Leave Elon alone! Tesla tumbles after Musk laments his "most difficult and painful year."Google employees revolt over China rumors; town hall meeting shut down due to "kerfuffle" tweets.Apple thinks that its headquarter buildings are worth 1/6th of an iPhone XS+.Australian teen Hacky Hack Hacks Apple's main computer network.MoviePass is failing miserably, but the French version is great!Google clarifies how constantly it tracks your location.US government wants to wiretap Facebook MessengerFacebook is not responsible for mews media's continued existence.Ajit Pai finally admits to congress that the FCC wasn't hacked.10 nanometer transistors? Try 1/10th nanometer. German researchers develop a 1 atom transistor switch.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Patrick Beja, Michael Nuñez, and Harry McCrackenDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techSponsors:audible.com/twituber.com/movingforwardRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT

TWiT 680: Hacky Hack Hack

2018-08-1902:22:051

Samsung Announces the Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Watch, and Galaxy Home musical cauldron.What is AI?Self-driving roll-out is increasing.Amazon wants you to pick up groceries at Whole Foods, and wishes you would shop more using Alexa.Twitter refuses to drop Alex Jones and InfoWars.Microsoft preserves Skype Classic.11-year-old hacks Florida voting systems at DefCon and other voting security woes.Boston Dynamics is pumping out SpotMinis.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Matt Cutts, Florence Ion, and Sam AbuelsamidDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techSponsors:RocketMortgage.com/TWiT2Ziprecruiter.com/TwitRING.COM/TWITWordPress.com/twit

TWiT 679: Hotbox the Waymo

2018-08-1202:17:043

Apple is the first trillion dollar company ever.Is Universal Basic Income the fix for poverty in America?Alexa is Now the Ultimate in Home SecurityWhy you should avoid Chinese phones.Facebook Dating is coming soon - will this make you spend too much time on Facebook?People still don't understand blockchain.Maybe you just shouldn't tweet.Ed Bott thinks the Surface Go is great!MoviePass is going out of business, and it's Owen JJ Stone's fault.Fortnight doesn't want to pay the Google Play store.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ed Bott, Owen JJ Stone, and Ant PruittDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techSponsors:casper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT www.stamps.com - promo code: TWITLastPass.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2

TWiT 678: Popcorn and Brown Liquor

2018-08-0502:15:39

Jason Calacanis tells us what's going on with his buddy Elon Musk. Apple fixes the MacBook Pro's throttling issue. Facebook and Twitter stock takes a dive over poor growth numbers, but Google is doing just fine. Russian hackers in MY energy grid? It's more likely than you think. Slack eats HipChat. • Spectrum Internet gets kicked out of New York. Get a Tesla surfboard to go with your Boring flamethrower.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Jason Calacanis and Mike ElganDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:BLUEAPRON.COM/TWITbetterment.com/twitMoogsoft.com uber.com/movingforward

TWiT 677: To Serve Cat

2018-07-2902:21:356

The future is flying cars! (Or not-flying cars, perhaps holes in the ground.)Apple's new MacBooks suffering from thermal throttling - is it the end for Intel?Google hit with $5 billion fine by EU for Android shenanigans.Will Fuschia be Google's one OS to rule them all?EU works on new laws of robotics.Google Translate starts spouting prophesy.Jeff Bezos is the richest man in history, but still gets his own hoagies.Elon Musk settles his farting unicorn feud.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Amy Webb 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:getquip.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2www.stamps.com - promo code: TWITRING.COM/TWIT

TWiT 676: Falling Asleep as the Robots Wake Up

2018-07-2202:29:472

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

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!

2018-07-0802:09:152

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

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

2018-06-2402:08:554

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

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

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

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

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

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

Apple has its best Q2 ever, despite analyst predictions. 20 years of iMac. Cambridge Analytica must give US voter his data. Unroll.me foiled by GDPR. NPR buys PocketCasts. Change your Twitter password. Sprint/T-Mobile merger. Net Neutrality vote in the Senate May 9th. Cyber Command gets a promotion. Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Ashley EsquedaDownload 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/TWiT2FreshBooks.com/twitcasper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT WordPress.com/twit

TWiT 665: Konnichihuahua

2018-05-0602:14:472

Sprint and T-Mobile make it official. Amazon, Google, and Facebook all have amazing quarterly earnings reports. Amazon's home robot and the battle for smart home supremacy. Facebook's community guidelines. Golden Gate Killer found with open source DNA site. Who wants Snap's second generation Spectacles? Apple's rumored AR/VR headset. What tech brings you joy?Host: Becky WorleyGuests: Georgia Dow, Ben Brock Johnson, and Brianna WuDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:Moogsoft.com getquip.com/twitwww.stamps.com - promo code: TWITaaptiv.com/twit

TWiT 664: Warm Tushie Tech

2018-04-2902:10:031

Security conference season in full swing. iPhone X takes over a third of ALL smartphone profits. Google tries to fix messaging again. Who do you trust with your data? IRS servers down on Tax Day. SCOTUS dismisses DOJ vs Microsoft: CLOUD Act makes it moot. Twitter bans ads from Kaspersky.Host: Iain ThomsonGuests: Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro, and Dwight SilvermanDownload 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/twitZiprecruiter.com/Twitbetterment.com/twiteero.com code TWIT

TWiT 663: Reasonably Miserable

2018-04-2202:10:251

Mark Zuckerberg comes out of his Congressional testimony unscathed. China will dominate AI in the coming decade. HomePods are not selling like HotCakes. Apple leaks leakers leaking leaks. Waymo wants to test truly driverless cars in California. Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Amy Webb, Lindsey Turrentine, 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:aaptiv.com/twitMolekule.com promo code TWITRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2audible.com/twit

TWiT 662: Scraped On the Back End

2018-04-1502:40:31

Facebook issues the latest in a long string of apologies.YouTube shooter and the lure of fame. Apple plans its own chips for 2020, Mac Pro for 2019. Is Amazon spending too much on video? Terry Myerson out at Microsoft - the end of the Windows era. FBI seizes Backpage.com.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Brianna Wu, Lisa Schmeiser, and Mark MilianDownload 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/twitBLUEAPRON.COM/TWITFreshBooks.com/twitRING.COM/TWIT

TWiT 661: The Ant Man Canon

2018-04-0802:21:54

Best April Fools Tech Jokes. Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS service. Apple's Education Event. US wants visa applicants' social media accounts. Tim Cook talks privacy. Ready Player One review. SpaceX's satellite internet plans. Fatal Tesla crash.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Wesley Faulkner, Alex Wilhelm, and Andy IhnatkoDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:ITPro.TV/twit - use code: TWIT30trywinc.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2casper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT

TWiT 660: Bankwupt

2018-04-0102:34:344

More revelations in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal. Congress sneaks the CLOUD Act into the omnibus spending bill. Craigslist takes down personal ads in first of many unintended consequences of SESTA/FOSTA Act. Uber may be at fault for self-driving death. Child porn in the Bitcoin blockchain.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Harry McCracken, Denise Howell, and Iain ThomsonDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:g.co/getgkeLastPass.com/twitBLUEAPRON.COM/TWITZiprecruiter.com/Twit

TWiT 659: A Game of Hold My Beer

2018-03-2502:14:383

Controversial RyzenFall AMD flaws revealed. Leo gives up Facebook for good over Cambridge Analytica scandal. Broadcom gives up its Qualcomm takeover. Apple announces an education-themed event on March 27th. Farewell Adrian Lamo. Theranos officially charged with fraud. Bitcoin mining will drain the world's energy.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Georgia Dow, Greg Ferro, 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:eero.com code TWITGetRoman.com/twitgetquip.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2

TWiT 658: The Matador Defense

2018-03-1802:16:211

SXSW features killer robots and killer barbeque. Alexa's spontaneous laugh makes us afraid of an AI takeover. Amazon wants to take over your checking account. Can blockchain reinvent fintech? Android users more loyal than iOS users. Is AI really all that smart? Apple hires M. Night Shyamalan. Millennials love Apple more than anything. Mario takes over Google Maps. Facebook asks if pedophilia is ok. On Twitter, fake news spreads faster than the truth. China's new Department of PreCrime.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ant Pruitt, Ben Johnson, 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:FreshBooks.com/twit23andMe.com/twitRING.COM/TWITWordPress.com/twit

TWiT 657: DadGum Cell Phone

2018-03-1102:04:201

Surprise: young people use social more than the oldsters. Some of them even use Vero. Samsung Galaxy S9 takes top marks for display and camera. Google Fiber didn't go quite as planned. Feds in your iPhone? It's more likely than you think. Amazon buys Ring, can now see and hear everything. US vs Microsoft II: The Revenge of the Irish. GitHub gets gotten by the biggest DDoS EVER.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Dwight Silverman, Mike Elgan, and Larry MagidDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:BLUEAPRON.COM/TWITRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2casper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT

TWiT 656: A Camel With Your Name on It

2018-03-0401:52:233

Samsung announces 2 new phones as Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona. iCloud keys are stored in China. All 150 new emojis for 2018 revealed. Nokia's newest phone is a nod to The Matrix. GDPR and H.R. 1865 and their implications. Intel knew about flaws in chips but didn't mention it. Dropbox announces its IPO. Kylie Jenner's tweet takes down Snapchat and AT&T is taking advantage of the end of Net Neutraility.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Amy Webb, Brianna Wu, and Michael NuñezDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:audible.com/twit2legalzoom.com - offer code: TWITZiprecruiter.com/Twitg.co/getspanner

TWiT 655: Banana Is Phone

2018-02-2502:18:244

News publishers violated copyright by embedding a tweet. Are video games to blame for the Florida school shooting? A drone causes a helicopter to crash. Are we seeing the end of Facebook? Apple isn't making as much money on the HomePod compared to other products. The controversial Snapchat update. What to expect from Mobile World Congress. An amazing $300M deal for a showrunner at Netflix, and more.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Owen JJ Stone, Christina Warren, and Iain ThomsonDownload 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/twitBLUEAPRON.COM/TWITRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2

TWiT 654: Bye, Bye Mr. Ajit Pai

2018-02-1802:15:47

HomePod should have been delayed longer. Elon Musk's rollercoaster week: Falcon Heavy sends a Tesla to Mars just as Tesla has its worst quarter ever. iPhone boot code leaked online. Chrome will shame insecure websites. YouTube suspends Logan Paul for generally being a horrible human being. Rethinking Facebook and Google. T-Mobile warns of phone hacking scam. Uber settles with Waymo. ESPN's new streaming service will not show ESPN.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ed Bott, Brian X. Chen, 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:texture.com/twitRING.COM/TWITFreshBooks.com/twitgetquip.com/twit

TWiT 653: X Stands for Nothing

2018-02-1102:18:543

Tech ads in the Superbowl. Elon Musk's "Not-a-Flamethrower." Apple, Google, and Amazon quarterly results. What are Amazon's health plans? What game company will Microsoft buy next?Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ashley Esqueda, Mike Elgan, and Sam MachkovechDownload 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/TWiT2casper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT Molekule.com promo code TWITBLUEAPRON.COM/TWIT

TWiT 652: We're All Out of Kidneys

2018-02-0402:20:171

Elon Musk's great ideas: Tesla, SpaceX, flamethrowers. Apple HomePod arrives next week. Google Clips camera is not at all creepy, we swear. Nobody won the Lunar X Prize. Amazon Go officially opens. Montana, New York, AT&T, John Deere, and Burger King take up the Net Neutrality battle. Intel's Spectre patch is a garbage fire.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Greg Ferro and Iain ThomsonDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:www.stamps.com - promo code: TWITaudible.com/twit2WordPress.com/twit23andMe.com/twit

TWiT 651: Occupy Fiber

2018-01-2902:20:26

EVs and self-driving cars at CES and the Detroit Auto Show. The first cashierless Amazon Go shop opens January 22nd. Apple HomePod is nearly here. Apple hands out $2500 employee stock bonuses as part of its huge cash repatriation plan. Google wants your selfies. Facebook wants you to tell it what "high quality" news is. Twitter emails 677,775 users to tell them that they shared Russian scams.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Lindsey Turrentine, Tim Stevens, and Georgia DowDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:getquip.com/twitZiprecruiter.com/TwitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2thetrackr.com/twit

TWiT 650: Frumpy Rump

2018-01-2102:23:40

Florence Ion, Jason Hiner, and Larry Magid and Leo talk about CES and much more. Voice assistants are everywhere and IoT devices are getting smarter. Innovations in Sleep Tech that will improve your health. Elon Musk's Hyperloop is moving forward. Facebook is changing the Newsfeed feature and you might be shocked how. Some new brands might be popping up on Instagram feed and Stephen Colbert's app, Scripto, is being used by nearly everyone in late night new comedy.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Florence Ion, Jason Hiner, and Larry MagidDownload 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/TWITFreshBooks.com/twitbombfell.com/twittexture.com/twit

TWiT 649: Aging in Place

2018-01-1402:21:09

The best explanation for the Meltdown and Spectre computer flaws comes from a comic strip. Apple eats crow over slowing iPhones. Magic Leap might not be vaporware after all - will this lead to the death of smartphones? CES 2018 predictions. Prediction #1: no Ajit Pai. SWATting death: who is to blame? Border agents phone searches are way up just as new rules limiting searches are drafted. Please stop giving this man money: Juicero founder now hawking bacteria-filled "raw water."Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Mike Elgan, Mikah Sargent, and Amy WebbDownload 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/TWiT2ITPro.TV/twit - use code: TWIT30eero.com code TWIT

TWiT 648: Distracted by the Sex Robots

2018-01-0702:40:223

Our best moments of 2017. Silicon Valley's reaction to Trump's immigration ban. Snapchat's IPO makes one high school $24 million. The Dark Overlord. Is Zuck running for president? Google I/O highlights. Amazon buys Whole Foods. Travis Kalanick out as Uber CEO. Google's viral anti-diversity memo. Jerry Pournelle, 8/7/1933 - 9/8/2017. KFC follows 11 herbs and spices. iPhone X: best launch in history. Animoji karaoke. The life lessons from Grandpa that made Jeff Bezos the richest man in the world. Happy Holidays!Host: Leo LaporteDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsor:GoToWebinar.com/podcast

TWiT 647: The Year's Best

2017-12-3101:44:153

Mark Zuckerberg tours the country - but he isn't running for president. Amazon puts Alexa everywhere. Silicon Valley's toxic bro culture. Twitter gets political. YouTube Kids gets algorithmically weird. CIA and NSA zero days revealed. Apple Park opens for business. Google's bad hardware year. Bitcoin madness. Uber's many many many many problems. Apple releases iPhone X, iMac Pro. Amazon buys Whole foods. Equifax hack.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Jason Howell, and Megan MorroneDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:bluebottlecoffee.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2GoToWebinar.com/podcast

TWiT 646: 2017 Year in Review

2017-12-2402:56:176

FCC cancels Net Neutrality and Ajit Pai mocks protesters. Apple's new iMac Pro costs a minimum of $4999 and goes up from there. Disney buys 21st Century Fox, gaining X-Men, Fantastic Four, and A New Hope, along with a 60% share of Hulu. Google cancels Tango as ARCore picks up steam. As public sentiment against it grows, even Facebook admits that Facebook is bad for you. Uber spies on everybody. Tweet storms made easy. Mirai botnet that took down huge swathes of the internet was built by college kids to cheat at Minecraft. Patreon apologizes. Secret Pentagon UFO program revealed.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Harry McCracken, Owen JJ Stone, and Dan GillmorDownload 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/TWiT2mymotiv.com enter TWITRING.COM/TWITWordPress.com/twit

TWiT 645: Not a Bright Guy

2017-12-1702:22:333

Bitcoin hits $20,000, then drops back to $15,000. San Francisco to ban robots. DeepMindAI teaches itself to be a chess grandmaster in 4 hours. Net Neutrality dies in 4 days. Qualcomm and Microsoft announce Windows on ARM computers. Facebook Messenger for Kids targets 6-year-olds. 2017's top 10 YouTube videos and earners. Jony Ive is back in charge at Apple design.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Serenity Caldwell, Dwight Silverman, and Iain ThomsonDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:fracture.me with code TWIT15thetrackr.com/twitCapterra.com/twittexture.com/twit

TWiT 644: This Is Fine

2017-12-1002:33:574

Cyber Monday was Amazon's biggest day ever, but Jeff Bezos still lost his $100 Billion dollar crown. Apple fixes an ugly macOS security flaw, but then immediately breaks the fix. Google finally figures out how to make hamburgers and beer. Uber is still incredibly crooked. Bitcoin clears $10,000. Elon Musk is sending a Roadster to Mars and discovering a sunken city in Chicago. The US Supreme Court will decide if the Fourth Amendment applies to your phone.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Christina Warren, Sam Abuelsamid, and Brianna WuDownload 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 www.stamps.com - promo code: TWITjamf.com/twitITPro.TV/twit - use code: TWIT30

TWiT 643: Ambien Tech

2017-12-0302:31:361

Net Neutrality's demise set for December 14th - lawsuits to follow. Black Friday breaks mobile records. Time's top 10 gadgets of the year. Jeff Bezos, now worth $100 billion, credits his grandpa's hairy thumb as inspiration. How to tell if you liked a Russia-sponsored Facebook page. Elon Musk tests the bounds of credibility with his latest battery claims. Uber confesses to hiding a 2016 data breach and paying off the hackers.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Devindra Hardawar, Jill Duffy, and Mark SpoonauerDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:BLUEAPRON.COM/TWITRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2Molekule.com promo code TWITfracture.me with code TWIT15

TWiT 642: Grandpa's Hairy Thumb

2017-11-2602:25:371

Tesla unveils a semi and a $200,000 Roadster. The first church of artificial intelligence. Apple delays the HomePod until 2018. Amazon is close to launching their cashierless store, and just paid a quarter of a million dollars for the rights to produce Lord of the Rings TV shows. Who is tracking you this Thanksgiving? TechShop goes Bankrupt.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Lisa Schmeiser, Iain Thomson, and Phil LibinDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:Capterra.com/twitscottevest.com/twit promo code CYBERTWITWordPress.com/twitbetterment.com/twit

TWiT 641: The Tesla Zamboni

2017-11-1902:08:36

DOJ suggests that phone encryption kills people. Facebook wants to see you naked. Apple gets ready for its best holiday ever. Twitter gets 50 character names to go with its 280 character tweets. XBox One X is the best game system out there. Bill Gates will build his own city. Car ownership will be a thing of the past in 5 years. Intel and AMD team up. Alibaba sells $25 billion worth of stuff in one day while America's retail sector is tanking.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ben Johnson, Jason Snell, and Sam MachkovechDownload 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/TWITWordPress.com/twitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2thetrackr.com/twit

TWiT 640: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

2017-11-1202:17:172

The iPhone X is the best phone a huge pile of money can buy. Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, cashes out $1 billion in Amazon stock. Congress has some words with Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Can Facebook be fixed? Can Twitter? Animoji, poop emoji, and burger emoji continue to be news.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Georgia Dow, Brian X. Chen, and Ed BottDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:FreshBooks.com/twitZiprecruiter.com/Twitcasper.com/twit - promo code: TWIT www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT

TWiT 639: Anywhere but Albany

2017-11-0502:31:44

Ordering the iPhone X. The Essential phone and its lack of press coverage. Who owns your face, malicious face recogntion and the lack of face case law. The splintered internet explained. The iPhone calulator flaw. Burn-in problems reproted for the Pixel 2. AI dominating companies and the Frightful 5 identififed. Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft earnings beat expectations. The consequence of monopolies. The General Data Protection Regulation and its implication for your personal data. Amazon delivering inside your house now. Roger Stone has been banned from Twitter. Facebook might start charging publishers to promote their stories in the main news feed and of course the controversary surrounding the cheeseburger emoji.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Patrick Beja, Michael Nuñez, and Amy WebbDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:scottevest.com/twitjamf.com/twitcarbonite.com - offer code: TWITBLUEAPRON.COM/TWITWINE

TWiT 638: The Frightful 5 on the Splinternet

2017-10-2902:26:582

Pixel 2 first look. Apple innovation. Twitter will end hate speech next week. Bixby in the kitchen, Cortana in the living room. KRACK is bad, ROCA is worse. Netflix will spend $8 million on original content. Magic Leap gets another $500 million.Host: Leo LaporteDownload 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/TWiT2WordPress.com/twitbetterment.com/twitaudible.com/twit2

TWiT 637: 11 Verified Herbs and Spices

2017-10-2202:16:30

The New York Times clamps down on social media. Twitter will clamp down on hate. Qualcomm drags China into its fight with Apple. Google drags Target into its fight with Amazon. TransUnion drags itself into everyone's fight with Equifax. Oculus announces a wire-free VR headset. Shell buys into electric charging. Atari 2600 turns 40. US vs Japan giant robot fight go!Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Erin Griffith, Dan Patterson, and Brianna WuDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:carbonite.com - offer code: TWITeero.com code TWITITPro.TV/twit - use code: TWIT30RING.COM/TWIT

TWiT 636: A Fat Suit for Your Phone

2017-10-1501:59:003

The guy who created the like button now says it's dangerously addictive. Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos says press doesn't understand how hard it is to prevent voter manipulation. Yahoo admits that hack perpetrated under Yahoo Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos impacted all 3 billion Yahoo users. Google heats up the home voice assistant war, but can it catch up with Alexa? And does Apple even have a chance as Siri turns 6? Google puts another stake in the headphone jack. Equifax gets a $7.5 million contract with the IRS. Kaspersky antivirus, the NSA, and the Russian government. Slashdot turns 20. AOL Instant Messenger is finally dead.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Ben Parr, Christina Warren, and Mikah SargentDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.Sponsors:thetrackr.com promo code: TWITfracture.me with code TWIT15Ziprecruiter.com/TwitRocketMortgage.com/TWiT2

TWiT 635: Benji's Bag of Dongles

2017-10-0802:16:07

Is the iPhone X killing iPhone 8 sales? How do you turn on the FM chip in the iPhone 8? (You can't.) How do you turn off the Bluetooth in the Apple Watch (You can , but it's harder than you think.) How do you turn off Wi-Fi and LTE on the Apple Watch 3? (Just walk into a Starbucks.) Google is about to announce a whole slew of Pixel products. Amazon just announces a whole slew of Echo products. Microsoft and Facebook just laid a 160TB slew of transatlantic cable. Are tech companies' tax-avoiding ways about to get them in real trouble?Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Iain Thomson 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.

TWiT 634: An Apple Watch Walks Into a Bar

2017-10-0102:31:481

Uber's new CEO says that there is a "high cost to a bad reputation" after London kicks it to the curb. Apple's iPhone 8 comes out to less fanfare than usual; Apple Watch has LTE issues. ARKit's first wave of apps is out, and Robert Scoble is severely underwhelmed. Google aqui-hires HTC's Pixel team for over a billion dollars. Equifax: what now? CCleaner malware: who was it targeting? Facebook, Google, and Twitter allow ad targeting for racist terms - has the algorithm gone amok? What is the best thing for a nine-year-old to start learning now to keep from being one of the billion people who lose their jobs in the coming decades?Host: Becky WorleyGuests: Rob Reid, Robert Scoble, and Bob SullivanDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.

TWiT 633: Future Proof This Kid

2017-09-2402:16:001

Apple's new iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X don't win over the TWiT panel. Will Google's Pixel 2? Facebook's election-rigging issues won't go away. Google appeals a record fine from the EU just as it gets a new pay discrimination suit here at home. Bodega is in the news for the first and only time. The cryptocurrency bubble starts to pop. Equifax is the security story that keeps on giving... your data away.Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJGuests: Jeff Jarvis, Owen JJ Stone, and Mark MilianDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.

TWiT 632: Smartest Dumb People in the World

2017-09-1702:20:071

Apple will release the new iPhones on Tuesday. Thanks to leaks, we already know most of the details - does this spoil Apple's big day? Red Sox busted for using Apple Watch to steal signals from the Yankees. Moto X4 will be an Android One phone. Google may buy HTC. Equifax leaks 143 million records, wait more than a month to tell anyone. Facebook finally admits that Russians bought $100,000 worth of election ads. Solaris employees laid off from Oracle. Farewell, Jerry Pournelle.Host: Leo LaporteGuests: Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Ant Pruitt, and Ben JohnsonDownload or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-techBandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by CacheFly.

TWiT 631: This One's for Jerry

2017-09-1002:15:11

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TWiT 680: Hacky Hack Hack

TWiT 679: Hotbox the Waymo

TWiT 678: Popcorn and Brown Liquor

TWiT 677: To Serve Cat

TWiT 676: Falling Asleep as the Robots Wake Up

TWiT 675: This Show Does Not Care About Humans

TWiT 674: Go Dung Beetles!

TWiT 673: The Prozac Dash Button

TWiT 672: Meme the Queen

TWiT 671: A Bad Day for the Internet

TWiT 670: Go Theranos or Go Home

TWiT 669: 15 Minutes of Fun

TWiT 668: How Many Cups in a Stone?

TWiT 667: Give Me your History Hat

TWiT 666: Leave John Legend, Um, Alone!

TWiT 665: Konnichihuahua

TWiT 664: Warm Tushie Tech

TWiT 663: Reasonably Miserable

TWiT 662: Scraped On the Back End

TWiT 661: The Ant Man Canon

TWiT 660: Bankwupt

TWiT 659: A Game of Hold My Beer

TWiT 658: The Matador Defense

TWiT 657: DadGum Cell Phone

TWiT 656: A Camel With Your Name on It

TWiT 655: Banana Is Phone

TWiT 654: Bye, Bye Mr. Ajit Pai

TWiT 653: X Stands for Nothing

TWiT 652: We're All Out of Kidneys

TWiT 651: Occupy Fiber

TWiT 650: Frumpy Rump

TWiT 649: Aging in Place

TWiT 648: Distracted by the Sex Robots

TWiT 647: The Year's Best

TWiT 646: 2017 Year in Review

TWiT 645: Not a Bright Guy

TWiT 644: This Is Fine

TWiT 643: Ambien Tech

TWiT 642: Grandpa's Hairy Thumb

TWiT 641: The Tesla Zamboni

TWiT 640: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

TWiT 639: Anywhere but Albany

TWiT 638: The Frightful 5 on the Splinternet

TWiT 637: 11 Verified Herbs and Spices

TWiT 636: A Fat Suit for Your Phone

TWiT 635: Benji's Bag of Dongles

TWiT 634: An Apple Watch Walks Into a Bar

TWiT 633: Future Proof This Kid

TWiT 632: Smartest Dumb People in the World

TWiT 631: This One's for Jerry

TWiT 646: 2017 Year in Review

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TWiT 646: 2017 Year in Review