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Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech news. Join the top tech journalists and pundits in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in tech. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
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The future of finance, Web3, NASA Webb Telescope, synthetic biology, CES 2022

  • Amy introduces the Futurist episode.
  • The Future Today Institute's 14th Annual Tech Trends Report.
  • Moxie Marlinspike - My first impressions of web3.
  • Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it).
  • Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to - Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs.
  • The rise of the alt-coins.
  • Oh look, it's a Tesla traffic jam in Las Vegas' Boring Company tunnel.
  • NASA's Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds.
  • CES attendance down more than 75%, organizers say.
  • LG Display brought a reclining curved OLED throne to CES this year.
  • Change your car's colour with an app: BMW unveils color-changing car.
  • CES 2022: The humanoid robot, Ameca, revealed at CES show.
  • Abbott tells CES it's getting into consumer biowearables.
  • The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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01/09/22 • 139 min

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  • Microsoft's completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
  • How political tension in Israel affects the tech sector.
  • Debating disinformation and First Amendment rights.
  • The influence of articles posted on social media.
  • Legal implications of AI-generated content and copyright.
  • Using AI to scan ancient scrolls and unlock texts.
  • The potential of nuclear power and fusion reactors.
  • Genetic data privacy breach and ethical concerns.
  • Massive botnet DDoS attack on Google.
  • Social media addiction lawsuits.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louis Maresca, Reed Albergotti, and Denise Howell

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10/15/23 • 157 min

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Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware

  • COVID-19's impact on tech.
  • Elon Musk in 2021.
  • The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.
  • GM's heated seats and steering wheels are the latest casualties of the chip shortage.
  • Baby Driver: Philadelphia woman gives birth in the front seat of Tesla on autopilot.
  • The tangled history of mRNA vaccines.
  • Ransomware Jerks Helped Cause the Cream Cheese Shortage.
  • The Harvard Job Offer No One at Harvard Ever Heard Of.
  • Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline.
  • Log4j: The 'most serious' security breach ever is unfolding right now.
  • REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward.
  • Billionaires in space.
  • FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launching.
  • Fact check: Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket launch didn't emit carbon.
  • Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon's C.E.O., handing the reins to Andy Jassy.
  • In a surprise tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he's stepping down.
  • Square is changing its name to Block.
  • The Metaverse Is Mark Zuckerberg's Escape Hatch.
  • A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived.
  • Lina Khan's Battle to Rein in Big Tech.
  • Top trend of 2021: The Metaverse.
  • 2021 ends with a question: Are NFTs here to stay?
  • Android 12: Everything you need to know about Google's new big update to the popular OS!
  • Colonial Pipeline: How a major oil pipeline got held for ransom.
  • Sinclair Confirms Ransomware Attack That Disrupted TV Stations.
  • A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple Ruling.
  • Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled.
  • Ever Given container ship leaves Suez Canal 106 days after getting stuck.
  • VW rebrand turns out to be April Fool's joke.
  • Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV.
  • Don't be fooled — Amazon's Astro isn't a home robot, it's a camera on wheels.
  • I swallowed one of my AirPods.
  • Woman swallows AirPods accidentally; claims device recorded audio from her stomach.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Jason Howell

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12/26/21 • 144 min

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AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

  • The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb.
  • Google IO saw the introduction of many of the company's AI efforts.
  • A Charge of Bots — The Tech World As We Know It Is About To Be Rewritten.
  • BS Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber.
  • ChatGPT Plugins And Web Browsing Beta Rollout For Plus Users.
  • What about "The Singularity"?
  • Google is changing up Search. What does that mean for news publishers?
  • What is the best-case scenario of where AI is headed in 5-10 years?
  • Absci: Biologics Drug Discovery.
  • Why Linda Yaccarino was picked as Twitter CEO by Elon Musk.
  • Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss.
  • An influencer's AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute.
  • Replika: The AI companion who cares.
  • Has Meta given up on the Metaverse?
  • Checking in on some of the latest shows on Apple+ and HBO.
  • End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars.
  • Groundbreaking Pilot of New FriendlyTM Mosquitoes Demonstrates 96% Suppression of Dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti in Urban Communities in Brazil.
  • Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb and Phil Libin

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05/14/23 • 148 min

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This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and chokepoint capitalism.

  • Cory Doctorow discusses his upcoming appearance in a Futurama episode inspired by his book Chokepoint Capitalism
  • The downsides of Twitter under Elon Musk as an example of chokepoint capitalism unwinding
  • Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive's copyright disputes over digitized books in its Emergency Library
  • Canada's law requiring Big Tech to pay news publishers, and Meta's ban on news sharing in response
  • The CFPB cracking down on predatory data brokers
  • Google's "topics" proposal for interest-based ads on Chrome and privacy concerns
  • The threats AI poses to creative professions like writing, and the implications of copyright
  • The misleading hype around AI and job loss statistics from companies like IBM
  • The importance of interoperability for technology platforms and digital rights
  • How copyright law views AI-generated art and content
  • The issues around copyrighted content being used to train AI systems by companies like OpenAI
  • The concept of "open washing" and whether companies like OpenAI really embody openness
  • The America COMPETES Act, proposed antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech's ad market power
  • The role of users and tool creators in establishing boundaries on things like advertising
  • Rebecca Giblin's experience publishing out-of-print Australian books as the non-profit publisher Untapped
  • The podcast IP Provocations and its discussions relating to AI and intellectual property

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow

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08/20/23 • 155 min

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  • Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons
  • Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
  • Elon Musk's Shadow Rule
  • Exclusive: Tesla wins as Texas requires state-backed charging stations to include its plug
  • Mike Moritz, Reid Hoffman and Other Silicon Valley Titans Said to Be Behind Mysterious Land Deals
  • We're Winning': Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
  • A Young Congressman Is Sounding Alarms About Election Security. We Should Listen to Him.
  • Government Contractors Keep Getting Hacked. A GOP Congresswoman Is Proposing a Solution.
  • Brianna talks all about Baldur's Gate
  • Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval
  • The Reactions To Call Of Duty's Nicki Minaj Operator Are Priceless
  • Enter the Gungeon
  • AOC will stream on Twitch again this weekend
  • Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn't Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border
  • Whats on the horizon for the guests in the coming months?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Eric Geller, Jason Koebler, and Brianna Wu

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08/27/23 • 166 min

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Amazon buys iRobot, Mofi vinyl controversy, Cybertruck cost increase

  • Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.
  • Amazon's iRobot Deal Would Give It Maps Inside Millions of Homes.
  • Ring, Google, and the Police: What to Know About Emergency Requests for Video Footage.
  • Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK.
  • Disney could soon lose exclusive rights to Mickey Mouse.
  • California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot.
  • U.S. Senate passes major $430 billion bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs.
  • Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.
  • Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.
  • Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.
  • Tesla's Cybertruck is going to be more expensive than originally planned.
  • How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire.
  • Citing Danger of "Ink Spills" Epson Programs End of Life for Some Printers.
  • Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour.
  • Pearson (LON:PSON) Sees NFT, Blockchain Helping Making Money From E-Books Sales.
  • Samsung Unpacked Date Is Aug. 10: This Is What To Expect.
  • Tinder scales back its plans for dating in the metaverse.
  • HBO Max, Discovery+ to Launch as Merged Product in Summer 2023.
  • Why HBO Max Spent $130 Million to Shelve 'Batgirl' and 'Scoob 2'.
  • French Scientist's Photo of 'Distant Star' Was Actually Chorizo.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Georgia Dow

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08/07/22 • 147 min

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Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+

  • Elon Musk's New Flashing X Sign Is Infuriating Neighbors: 'It's Hard to Describe How Bright It Is.'
  • Is anyone still using Threads?
  • With Starlink, Elon Musk's Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms.
  • Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: We Must Regulate Big Tech.
  • Licensing Social Media Companies Makes No Sense.
  • Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb.
  • The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'.
  • Facebook passed 3 billion users for the first time.
  • NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform.
  • Uber's Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Saga Ends With the Operator Avoiding Prison.
  • Tesla's secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints.
  • Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
  • YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Up 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates.
  • Microsoft earnings: FY23 Q4.
  • FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon.
  • How Blind Became the App Silicon Valley Bosses Love to Hate.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Paris Martineau, Louis Maresca, and Shoshana Weissmann

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07/30/23 • 171 min

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Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive

  • Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.
  • Safer Internet Day USA.
  • Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be Enforced.
  • Alphabet Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, YouTube Ad Revenue Down 8%.
  • Facebook's VR Division Lost $13.72 Billion In 2022.
  • Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants.
  • Apple Decides to Drop Role of Industrial Design Chief in Post-Jony Ive Era.
  • Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and iPod, just designed a 'clown nose' for a British charity.
  • Tesla increases Model Y, cuts Model 3 prices in the U.S.
  • Twitter Is Killing Off The Fun Bots.
  • Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
  • Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q4 2022.
  • Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple's App Store and Google Play.
  • ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
  • Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
  • CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say.
  • Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow.
  • Hogwarts Legacy releases this week for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S - but April for PS4 and XBO and June for Switch.
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge Prepping 'Tomb Raider' TV Series for Amazon.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wil Harris, Denise Howell, and Larry Magid

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02/05/23 • 153 min

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Cruise suspended in California, UK's Online Safety Bill, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

  • Debate around self-driving car standards and implications after recent SF accident
  • Controversy over Mark Andreessen's anti-regulation manifesto and risks of stifling progress
  • Taxes paid by tech moguls vs. average people and Microsoft's $29B IRS bill
  • Generational differences in tech use and changes in media landscape
  • Bug bounty programs incentivizing ethical hacking, payouts by Intel and others
  • Social media regulation and protecting children online with First Amendment restrictions
  • UK online safety bill's provisions on child pornography and age verification
  • Media junkets and ethical questions around lavish press events
  • Qualcomm's plans for 30% faster ARM chip to compete with Apple silicon
  • Quarterly earnings from Microsoft, Intel, Google, Meta, and Apple event preview

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ryan Shrout, Larry Magid, and Alex Wilhelm

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10/29/23 • 155 min

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The episode title 'TWiT 857: New World Disorder - The future of finance, Web3, NASA Webb Telescope, synthetic biology, CES 2022' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on This Week in Tech (Audio) is 154 minutes.

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