Tech News Weekly 367: Best of 2024

12/26/24 • 106 min

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A look back at some of our favorite interviews from the past year:

Emily Forlini of PCMag and her story about the AI "dating scene" AI through ChatGPT Plus and AI boyfriends and her somewhat lackluster experience.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy and the breaking news that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Apple for claims that the company has an illegal monopoly over the smartphone market.
Amanda Silberlng and her story that she wrote about how how AI images have entered this year's Met Gala's online discourse through celebrities who "appeared" on the Met Gala carpet.
Abrar Al-Heeti and her story about how Harvard students created an app called I-XRAY that uses Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses and facial recognition to find personal data on people in real-time, raising privacy concerns.
Leah Nylen of Bloomberg talks with Mikah about the Google Antitrust Case and The Department of Justice's recommendations that could reshape the tech giant.
And Nick Steele and David Turner from the FIDO Alliance join Mikah to discuss the Alliance's new specifications involving passkeys and their portability.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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A look back at some of our favorite interviews from the past year:

Emily Forlini of PCMag and her story about the AI "dating scene" AI through ChatGPT Plus and AI boyfriends and her somewhat lackluster experience.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy and the breaking news that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Apple for claims that the company has an illegal monopoly over the smartphone market.
Amanda Silberlng and her story that she wrote about how how AI images have entered this year's Met Gala's online discourse through celebrities who "appeared" on the Met Gala carpet.
Abrar Al-Heeti and her story about how Harvard students created an app called I-XRAY that uses Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses and facial recognition to find personal data on people in real-time, raising privacy concerns.
Leah Nylen of Bloomberg talks with Mikah about the Google Antitrust Case and The Department of Justice's recommendations that could reshape the tech giant.
And Nick Steele and David Turner from the FIDO Alliance join Mikah to discuss the Alliance's new specifications involving passkeys and their portability.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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Ed Zitron's first appearance, elon's shady non-profits
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Paris and Cathy, tab hoarders
Paris digs into the source of the human cells used in a robotics experiment
Craig stops by to talk about pancakes and his philanthopy
Leo's audition for Megalopolis
AI Genereated podcast of Paris' stories
Paris getting her license to prune trees in NY