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TWiT 857: New World Disorder - The future of finance, Web3, NASA Webb Telescope, synthetic biology, CES 2022

This Week in Tech (Audio)

01/09/22 • 139 min

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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TWiT 949: Security Spatula - Microsoft Activision Deal, AI Deciphers Scrolls, OpenAI Core Values

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10/15/23 • 157 min

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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TWiT 855: Smitten by 2021 - Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware

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12/26/21 • 144 min

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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TWiT 927: The Cheese Tax - AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

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05/14/23 • 148 min

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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TWiT 941: Hurriquake! - Chokepoint Capitalism, America COMPETES Act, Google Topics, Internet Archive

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08/20/23 • 155 min

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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TWiT 942: Dark Brandon's Twitch - Right to Repair, Tesla wins in Texas, Instagram drug ads, Baldur's Gate

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08/27/23 • 166 min

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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TWiT 887: Chorizo in Spaaaaaaaaace! - Amazon buys iRobot, Mofi vinyl controversy, Cybertruck cost increase

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08/07/22 • 147 min

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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TWiT 938: Shifting the Ovaltine Window - Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+

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07/30/23 • 171 min

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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TWiT 913: Impractical Shorts - Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive

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02/05/23 • 153 min

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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TWiT 951: Cali Sober - Cruise suspended in California, UK's Online Safety Bill, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

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10/29/23 • 155 min

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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