This Week in Tech 1011: The Year in Review

12/22/24 • 200 min

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What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR
Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED
Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows
PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.
Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1
Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip
Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
Bluesky emerges
The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms
U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction
Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America
U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack
AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and TicketmasterThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever
Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event
Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas
Beeper's push for iMessage on Android is really over
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams
Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks
We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years
In Memoriam

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR
Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED
Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows
PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.
Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1
Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip
Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
Bluesky emerges
The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms
U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction
Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal
U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America
U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack
AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and TicketmasterThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever
Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event
Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas
Beeper's push for iMessage on Android is really over
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams
Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks
We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years
In Memoriam

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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The guys are back, this time with Intel news, Microsoft's new open source tool, and the dust-up between bottles and OpenSuse. We finally cover the Pi 500 and Pi monitor, review the latest Framework laptops, and take a look at Microsoft's new Open Source MarkItDown tool. For tips we have comm for comparing files, a tip on bash expansion, fbi for displaying images right on the frame buffer, and abcde for super simple audio CD extraction. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4gtMyQ0

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MacBreak Weekly 953: Best of 2024

Join us as we take a look back at some of MacBreak Weekly's best moments from 2024:

The Vision Pro finally arrives, but someone on the panel is less than enthuastic about it.
The Apple Car is suddenly no more!
Department of Justice files an Antitrust Lawsuit against Apple.
Apple announces the M4 chip.
Apple's finally makes its foray into AI with Apple Intelligence.
The Vision Pro Jingle is born.
People finally started receiving their settlement payments over the butterfly keyboard lawsuit. Plus, the last recording of MacBreak Weekly in the Eastside Studio and the retirement of Jammer B.
Why is Apple waiting to release Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1.
Apple announces the new M4 Mac mini with a much smaller form factor.

Host: Leo Laporte

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