TWiT 1019: Nickel for Your Thoughts - DOGE Hacked, IRS Supercomputer, Alexa Delayed

02/16/25 • 164 min

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TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S.
Elon Musk's DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer
Elon's bid for OpenAI is about making the for-profit transition as painful as possible for Altman,
Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business
Broadcom Joins TSMC In Considering Deals For Parts of Intel
Arm to start making server CPUs in-house
Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 against legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence
Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap—what that means for the industry
YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as "Primary Device" for Viewing
Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'
Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral
Google CEO Sees 'Useful' Quantum Computers 5 to 10 Years Away
Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy's still screwed
Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
Meta's Brain-to-Text AI

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Iain Thomson, and Brian McCullough

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TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S.
Elon Musk's DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer
Elon's bid for OpenAI is about making the for-profit transition as painful as possible for Altman,
Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business
Broadcom Joins TSMC In Considering Deals For Parts of Intel
Arm to start making server CPUs in-house
Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 against legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence
Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap—what that means for the industry
YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as "Primary Device" for Viewing
Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'
Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral
Google CEO Sees 'Useful' Quantum Computers 5 to 10 Years Away
Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy's still screwed
Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
Meta's Brain-to-Text AI

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Iain Thomson, and Brian McCullough

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TWiT 1018: Self-Driving Government - Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales

UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data
Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals
Brits Want to Ban 'Smarter Than Human' AI
Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl 'Trades' Pit State Regulators Against Feds
Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad
"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed
Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling
Google starts testing new Search 'AI Mode' internally – Here's an early look at it
In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment
TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app
In Other SCOTUS First Amendment News, It Also Just Heard Oral Argument Over Yet Another Texas Law Censoring The Internet
Teen on Musk's DOGE Team Graduated from 'The Com'
CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears
Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency
German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
Trump Ends Legal Challenge Over Twitter Ban After Jan. 6 Riot
Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
Apple's Long-Awaited Overhaul of iPhone SE Nears Release
Former iOS engineer sued by Apple issues apology as lawsuit is dismissed
PS5 sales more than twice Xbox Series X/S reveals Take-Two by accident

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Cathy Gellis, and Lisa Schmeiser

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TWiT 1020: Smell My Mouse - Biggest Crypto Heist, iPhone 16e, Alexa Revamp

Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange
Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order
iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple Home, but no smarter siri
Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
OpenAI now serves 400M users every week
The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom
Amazon Appstore for Android is shutting down in August
Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI
California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
Donald Trump Is Turning CISA Into The Embodiment Of His Election Conspiracy Theories
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iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone
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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Larry Magid

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