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Here's what to know</li> <li>Microdramas are TikTok turned up to 11, and they're coming for your time and money</li> <li>Tiny Vinyl is a new pocketable record format for the Spotify age</li> <li>Kodak's mini camera fits on your keyring and is smaller than an AirPods case</li> <li>Geek News Central Mourns the Loss of Todd Cochrane</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://www.danpatterson.com/" target="_blank">Dan Patterson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/vicmsong" target="_blank">Victoria Song</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/jasonhiner" target="_blank">Jason Hiner</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.<br /> </p><ul> <li>Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling</li> <li>Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business</li> <li>Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine</li> <li>iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event</li> <li>Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years</li> <li>Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims</li> <li>Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books</li> <li>Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden</li> <li>Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says</li> <li>Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky</li> <li>Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables</li> <li>Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years</li> <li>Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app</li> <li>First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice</li> <li>NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble</li> <li>Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise</li> <li>Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million</li> <li>Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/alex" target="_blank">Alex Wilhelm</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com" target="_blank">Harry McCracken</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li></ul></p>]]></description> <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Google walks away from another monopoly ruling with barely a scratch, while tech giants gather at the White House to praise a president who holds their futures in the balance. Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.<br /> </p><ul> <li>Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling</li> <li>Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business</li> <li>Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine</li> <li>iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event</li> <li>Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years</li> <li>Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims</li> <li>Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books</li> <li>Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden</li> <li>Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says</li> <li>Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky</li> <li>Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables</li> <li>Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years</li> <li>Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app</li> <li>First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice</li> <li>NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble</li> <li>Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise</li> <li>Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million</li> <li>Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/alex" target="_blank">Alex Wilhelm</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com" target="_blank">Harry McCracken</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li></ul></p>]]></itunes:summary> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google walks away from another monopoly ruling with barely a scratch, while tech giants gather at the White House to praise a president who holds their futures in the balance. Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.<br /> </p><ul> <li>Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling</li> <li>Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business</li> <li>Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine</li> <li>iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event</li> <li>Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years</li> <li>Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims</li> <li>Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books</li> <li>Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden</li> <li>Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says</li> <li>Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky</li> <li>Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables</li> <li>Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years</li> <li>Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app</li> <li>First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice</li> <li>NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble</li> <li>Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise</li> <li>Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million</li> <li>Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/alex" target="_blank">Alex Wilhelm</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com" target="_blank">Harry McCracken</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li></ul></p>]]></content:encoded> <itunes:image href="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_thumb_720x405/public/images/episodes/2025/09/858113/hero/TWIT1048_thumbnail%21.jpg"/> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/audio/twit/twit1048/twit1048.mp3</guid> <itunes:duration>2:47:21</itunes:duration> <enclosure url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1048/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1048.mp3" length="160788357" type="audio/mpeg"/> <media:content url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1048/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1048.mp3" fileSize="160788357" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio"> <media:title type="plain">TWiT 1048: Tiny Steering Wheel - Unpacking Google's Antitrust Ruling & AI's Impact</media:title> <media:description type="plain">Unpacking Google's Antitrust Ruling & AI's Impact</media:description> <media:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, google antitrust, Judge Amit Mehta decision, Monopoly ruling, Google search penalties, Data sharing, DOJ lawsuit, microsoft antitrust, AI in search, generative ai, Chrome market share, Apple default search</media:keywords> <media:thumbnail url="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_slideshow_400x300/public/images/episodes/2025/09/858113/hero/TWIT1048_thumbnail%21.jpg" width="400" height="225" /> <media:rating scheme="urn:simple">nonadult</media:rating> <media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">tv-g</media:rating> <media:category scheme="urn:iab:categories" label="Technology & Computing">IAB19</media:category> <media:credit role="host">Leo Laporte</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Alex Wilhelm</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Harry McCracken</media:credit> </media:content> <podcast:person role="host" href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/21/pictures/leo_1.jpg">Leo Laporte</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twitter.com/alex">Alex Wilhelm</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://bsky.app/profile/harrymccracken.com" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/63631/pictures/38B04AE4-4728-4D64-8134-B355948F4228-280x300_0.jpeg">Harry McCracken</podcast:person> </item> <item> <title>TWiT 1047: Nerd Harder! - From Cloudflare's Internet Gatekeeping to AI's Labor Threat</title> <itunes:title>Nerd Harder! - From Cloudflare's Internet Gatekeeping to AI's Labor Threat</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:57:41 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1047</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1047</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1047</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1047</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>From Cloudflare's Internet Gatekeeping to AI's Labor Threat</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/tech/cloudflares-internet-gatekeeping-open-web-risk" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, microsoft copilot, Excel AI, Lou Maresca, Shoshana Weissman, Cory Doctorow, R Street Institute, Mastodon, bluesky, openAI, ai chatbots, Anthropic, AI copyright, AI Automation, cloudflare, google antitrust, DRM, EFF</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<p>Cloudflare's latest moves to police who can access the internet and governments' push for age verification set off alarms for the future of the open web, as panelists debate the hidden costs of centralization and regulation.</p><ul> <li>Microsoft fires four workers for on-site protests over company's ties to Israel</li> <li>Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 water</li> <li>Nvidia says two mystery customers accounted for 39% of Q2 revenue</li> <li>FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American</li> <li>Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification law</li> <li>UK's Online Safety Act censors the internet — a preview of US proposal</li> <li>Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen user</li> <li>Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its service</li> <li>UK's demand for Apple backdoor may have been broader than previously though</li> <li>Bluesky now platform of choice for science community</li> <li>SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight in stunning comeback</li> <li>FCC rejects calls for cable-like fees on broadband providers</li> <li>The web does not need gatekeepers</li> <li>Intel warns a US equity stake could trigger "adverse reactions"</li> <li>US firms are racing through a $1 trillion buyback spree in record time</li> <li>Microsoft reveals two in-house AI models</li> <li>Authors celebrate "historic" settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action</li> <li>A rule exempting small packages from tariffs is ending today</li> <li>Framework is working on a giant haptic touchpad, Trackpoint nub, and eGPU for its laptops</li> <li>Germany fines economist Thomas Vierhaus €16,100 for sarcastic X posts</li> <li>Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers' identities</li> <li>South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/shoshana-weissmann">Shoshana Weissmann</a>, <a href="http://craphound.com/" target="_blank">Cory Doctorow</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/louis-maresca">Louis Maresca</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://shopify.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">shopify.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://NetSuite.com/TWIT" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">NetSuite.com/TWIT</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li></ul></p>]]></description> <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Cloudflare's latest moves to police who can access the internet and governments' push for age verification set off alarms for the future of the open web, as panelists debate the hidden costs of centralization and regulation.</p><ul> <li>Microsoft fires four workers for on-site protests over company's ties to Israel</li> <li>Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 water</li> <li>Nvidia says two mystery customers accounted for 39% of Q2 revenue</li> <li>FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American</li> <li>Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification law</li> <li>UK's Online Safety Act censors the internet — a preview of US proposal</li> <li>Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen user</li> <li>Meta reportedly allowed unauthorized celebrity AI chatbots on its service</li> <li>UK's demand for Apple backdoor may have been broader than previously though</li> <li>Bluesky now platform of choice for science community</li> <li>SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight in stunning comeback</li> <li>FCC rejects calls for cable-like fees on broadband providers</li> <li>The web does not need gatekeepers</li> <li>Intel warns a US equity stake could trigger "adverse reactions"</li> <li>US firms are racing through a $1 trillion buyback spree in record time</li> <li>Microsoft reveals two in-house AI models</li> <li>Authors celebrate "historic" settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action</li> <li>A rule exempting small packages from tariffs is ending today</li> <li>Framework is working on a giant haptic touchpad, Trackpoint nub, and eGPU for its laptops</li> <li>Germany fines economist Thomas Vierhaus €16,100 for sarcastic X posts</li> <li>Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers' identities</li> <li>South Korea bans smartphones in all middle and elementary school classrooms</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/shoshana-weissmann">Shoshana Weissmann</a>, <a href="http://craphound.com/" target="_blank">Cory Doctorow</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/louis-maresca">Louis Maresca</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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From Cloudflare's Internet Gatekeeping to AI's Labor Threat</media:title> <media:description type="plain">From Cloudflare's Internet Gatekeeping to AI's Labor Threat</media:description> <media:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, microsoft copilot, Excel AI, Lou Maresca, Shoshana Weissman, Cory Doctorow, R Street Institute, Mastodon, bluesky, openAI, ai chatbots, Anthropic, AI copyright, AI Automation, cloudflare, google antitrust, DRM, EFF</media:keywords> <media:thumbnail url="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_slideshow_400x300/public/images/episodes/2025/08/858016/hero/TWIT1047_thumbnail.jpg" width="400" height="225" /> <media:rating scheme="urn:simple">nonadult</media:rating> <media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">tv-g</media:rating> <media:category scheme="urn:iab:categories" label="Technology & Computing">IAB19</media:category> <media:credit role="host">Leo Laporte</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Shoshana Weissmann</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Cory Doctorow</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Louis Maresca</media:credit> </media:content> <podcast:person role="host" href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/21/pictures/leo_1.jpg">Leo Laporte</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/shoshana-weissmann" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/835815/pictures/shoshana-profile-pic-BIG.jpg">Shoshana Weissmann</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="http://craphound.com/">Cory Doctorow</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/louis-maresca" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/50091/pictures/lmaresca.jpg">Louis Maresca</podcast:person> </item> <item> <title>TWiT 1046: Shrimpspiracy - Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard</title> <itunes:title>Shrimpspiracy - Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:01:11 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1046</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1046</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1046</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1046</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/tech/should-you-buy-faster-cpu-2025" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>Daniel Rubino, Paris Martineau, windows central, consumer reports, PC CPUs, AMD Ryzen 9950, intel, Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite, Windows on ARM, ai, copilot, NPU, US government investment in Intel, CHIPS act, TikTok ban, government stake in Intel</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>You should buy a faster CPU</li> <li>The Trump-Intel deal is official</li> <li>Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban</li> <li>Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief</li> <li>Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft</li> <li>Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration</li> <li>Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years</li> <li>Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11</li> <li>Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri</li> <li>Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law</li> <li>4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC</li> <li>Sports streaming enters a bold new era</li> <li>Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City</li> <li>Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling</li> <li>T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree</li> <li>Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch'</li> <li>Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome</li> <li>Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online</li> <li>Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet</li> <li>New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone</li> <li>YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series</li> <li>German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers</li> <li>Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision</li> <li>More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/daniel-rubino">Daniel Rubino</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau">Paris Martineau</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard</media:title> <media:description type="plain">Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard</media:description> <media:keywords>Daniel Rubino, Paris Martineau, windows central, consumer reports, PC CPUs, AMD Ryzen 9950, intel, Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite, Windows on ARM, ai, copilot, NPU, US government investment in Intel, CHIPS act, TikTok ban, government stake in Intel</media:keywords> <media:thumbnail url="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_slideshow_400x300/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857919/hero/TWIT1046_thumbnail.jpg" width="400" height="225" /> <media:rating scheme="urn:simple">nonadult</media:rating> <media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">tv-g</media:rating> <media:category scheme="urn:iab:categories" label="Technology & Computing">IAB19</media:category> <media:credit role="host">Leo Laporte</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Daniel Rubino</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Paris Martineau</media:credit> </media:content> <podcast:person role="host" href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/21/pictures/leo_1.jpg">Leo Laporte</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/daniel-rubino" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/70481/pictures/Daniel-Rubino-profile-2025.jpg">Daniel Rubino</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/663891/pictures/parismartineau.jpg">Paris Martineau</podcast:person> </item> <item> <title>TWiT 1045: The Juice Ain't Worth the Squeeze - Meta's Flirty Chatbot</title> <itunes:title>The Juice Ain't Worth the Squeeze - Meta's Flirty Chatbot</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:12:41 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1045</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1045</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1045</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1045</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>Meta's Flirty Chatbot</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/tech/how-digital-age-verification-became-privacy-crisis" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>Technology, online age verification, uk online safety, privacy, supreme court, Meta, big sis billie, ai data center, China, ford, evs, Apple, elliQ, world humanoid robot games, SMS, starlink, kryptos, pacer, media matters, ftc, google ai overviews</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>Privacy preserving age verification is bullsh!t</li> <li>The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect</li> <li>Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.</li> <li>AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher</li> <li>AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over</li> <li>Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs</li> <li>More thoughts from Sam on the Ford EV platform</li> <li>Popular car brand wants you to pay monthly to unlock more horsepower</li> <li>Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays</li> <li>Elli-q</li> <li>After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake</li> <li>Starlink tries to block Virginia's plan to bring fiber Internet to residents</li> <li>China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis</li> <li>The Key to Crack the CIA's Mysterious 'Kryptos' Sculpture Is Up for Sale</li> <li>PACER Hacked By Malicious Entities, Briefly Turning It Into A Useful Source For Federal Court Documents</li> <li>Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X</li> <li>Google AI Overviews linked to 25% drop in publisher referral traffic, new data shows</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jennifer-pattison-tuohy">Jennifer Pattison Tuohy</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/sam-abuelsamid">Sam Abuelsamid</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lschmeiser.bsky.social" target="_blank">Lisa Schmeiser</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="https://storyblok.com/twittv-25" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">storyblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li></ul></p>]]></content:encoded> <itunes:image href="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_thumb_720x405/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857815/hero/TWIT1045_thumbnail.jpg"/> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/294/cdn.twit.tv/audio/twit/twit1045/twit1045.mp3</guid> <itunes:duration>3:06:57</itunes:duration> <enclosure url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1045/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1045.mp3" length="180509361" type="audio/mpeg"/> <media:content url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1045/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1045.mp3" fileSize="180509361" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio"> <media:title type="plain">TWiT 1045: The Juice Ain't Worth the Squeeze - Meta's Flirty Chatbot</media:title> <media:description type="plain">Meta's Flirty Chatbot</media:description> <media:keywords>Technology, online age verification, uk online safety, privacy, supreme court, Meta, big sis billie, ai data center, China, ford, evs, Apple, elliQ, world humanoid robot games, SMS, starlink, kryptos, pacer, media matters, ftc, google ai overviews</media:keywords> <media:thumbnail url="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_slideshow_400x300/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857815/hero/TWIT1045_thumbnail.jpg" width="400" height="225" /> <media:rating scheme="urn:simple">nonadult</media:rating> <media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">tv-g</media:rating> <media:category scheme="urn:iab:categories" label="Technology & Computing">IAB19</media:category> <media:credit role="host">Leo Laporte</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Jennifer Pattison Tuohy</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Sam Abuelsamid</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Lisa Schmeiser</media:credit> </media:content> <podcast:person role="host" href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/21/pictures/leo_1.jpg">Leo Laporte</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/jennifer-pattison-tuohy" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/846865/pictures/akrales_220906_5191_3741.jpg">Jennifer Pattison Tuohy</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/sam-abuelsamid" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/147111/pictures/sam.jpg">Sam Abuelsamid</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://bsky.app/profile/lschmeiser.bsky.social" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/482691/pictures/1516291375251.jpeg">Lisa Schmeiser</podcast:person> </item> <item> <title>TWiT 1044: Elephants on the Moon - Apple and the AI Race</title> <itunes:title>Elephants on the Moon - Apple and the AI Race</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:33:01 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1044</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1044</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1044</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1044</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>Apple and the AI Race</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/transcripts/week-tech-1044-transcript" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, owen thomas, Wesley Faulkner, Doc Rock, openAI, chatgpt 5, sodium bromide, disney, deepfake the rock, dwayne johnson, perplexity, Apple, tim cook, trump, tariffs, TSMC, corning, gorilla glass, samsung, iPhone, amazon,</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that's not the worst of it.</li> <li>Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT</li> <li>Disney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain</li> <li>Perplexity gives Apple new reason not to acquire the AI company</li> <li>Trump's Threat to Hit Chips With 100% Tariffs Raises Big Questions</li> <li>Apple chipmaker TSMC says it too is exempt from US tariffs - 9to5Mac</li> <li>Oracle 21 Better Faster Cheaper</li> <li>Apple is reportedly working with Samsung to build iPhone image sensors in Texas</li> <li>Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain</li> <li>Didn't Take Long To Reveal The UK's Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About</li> <li>Amazon Cuts 100 Wondery Jobs Amid Podcast Strategy Shift</li> <li>Nuclear reactor on the moon is actually kind of doable?</li> <li>Hubble Network plans massive satellite upgrade to create global Bluetooth layer</li> <li>San Francisco metro area's unemployment hits highest level since 2024</li> <li>Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash</li> <li>Dial-up Internet to be discontinued</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/owenthomas" target="_blank">Owen Thomas</a>, <a href="https://www.createbetter.life/" target="_blank">Doc Rock</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/wesley-faulkner">Wesley Faulkner</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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And that's not the worst of it.</li> <li>Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT</li> <li>Disney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain</li> <li>Perplexity gives Apple new reason not to acquire the AI company</li> <li>Trump's Threat to Hit Chips With 100% Tariffs Raises Big Questions</li> <li>Apple chipmaker TSMC says it too is exempt from US tariffs - 9to5Mac</li> <li>Oracle 21 Better Faster Cheaper</li> <li>Apple is reportedly working with Samsung to build iPhone image sensors in Texas</li> <li>Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain</li> <li>Didn't Take Long To Reveal The UK's Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About</li> <li>Amazon Cuts 100 Wondery Jobs Amid Podcast Strategy Shift</li> <li>Nuclear reactor on the moon is actually kind of doable?</li> <li>Hubble Network plans massive satellite upgrade to create global Bluetooth layer</li> <li>San Francisco metro area's unemployment hits highest level since 2024</li> <li>Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash</li> <li>Dial-up Internet to be discontinued</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/owenthomas" target="_blank">Owen Thomas</a>, <a href="https://www.createbetter.life/" target="_blank">Doc Rock</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/wesley-faulkner">Wesley Faulkner</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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And that's not the worst of it.</li> <li>Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT</li> <li>Disney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain</li> <li>Perplexity gives Apple new reason not to acquire the AI company</li> <li>Trump's Threat to Hit Chips With 100% Tariffs Raises Big Questions</li> <li>Apple chipmaker TSMC says it too is exempt from US tariffs - 9to5Mac</li> <li>Oracle 21 Better Faster Cheaper</li> <li>Apple is reportedly working with Samsung to build iPhone image sensors in Texas</li> <li>Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain</li> <li>Didn't Take Long To Reveal The UK's Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About</li> <li>Amazon Cuts 100 Wondery Jobs Amid Podcast Strategy Shift</li> <li>Nuclear reactor on the moon is actually kind of doable?</li> <li>Hubble Network plans massive satellite upgrade to create global Bluetooth layer</li> <li>San Francisco metro area's unemployment hits highest level since 2024</li> <li>Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash</li> <li>Dial-up Internet to be discontinued</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/owenthomas" target="_blank">Owen Thomas</a>, <a href="https://www.createbetter.life/" target="_blank">Doc Rock</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/wesley-faulkner">Wesley Faulkner</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://bitwarden.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">bitwarden.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://oracle.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">oracle.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://NetSuite.com/TWIT" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">NetSuite.com/TWIT</a></li><li><a href="http://shopify.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">shopify.com/twit</a></li></ul></p>]]></content:encoded> <itunes:image href="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_thumb_720x405/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857724/hero/TWIT1044_thumbnail.jpg"/> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/audio/twit/twit1044/twit1044.mp3</guid> <itunes:duration>2:43:39</itunes:duration> <enclosure url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1044/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1044.mp3" length="158125793" type="audio/mpeg"/> <media:content url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1044/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1044.mp3" fileSize="158125793" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio"> <media:title type="plain">TWiT 1044: Elephants on the Moon - Apple and the AI Race</media:title> <media:description type="plain">Apple and the AI Race</media:description> <media:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, owen thomas, Wesley Faulkner, Doc Rock, openAI, chatgpt 5, sodium bromide, disney, deepfake the rock, dwayne johnson, perplexity, Apple, tim cook, trump, tariffs, TSMC, corning, gorilla glass, samsung, iPhone, amazon,</media:keywords> <media:thumbnail url="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_slideshow_400x300/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857724/hero/TWIT1044_thumbnail.jpg" width="400" height="225" /> <media:rating scheme="urn:simple">nonadult</media:rating> <media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">tv-g</media:rating> <media:category scheme="urn:iab:categories" label="Technology & Computing">IAB19</media:category> <media:credit role="host">Leo Laporte</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Owen Thomas</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Doc Rock</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Wesley Faulkner</media:credit> </media:content> <podcast:person role="host" href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/21/pictures/leo_1.jpg">Leo Laporte</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://x.com/owenthomas">Owen Thomas</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://www.createbetter.life/">Doc Rock</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/wesley-faulkner" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/608311/pictures/WesleyF.jpg">Wesley Faulkner</podcast:person> </item> <item> <title>TWiT 1043: It All Starts With Baby Shark - Tesla's $240 Million Bill for FSD Crash</title> <itunes:title>It All Starts With Baby Shark - Tesla's $240 Million Bill for FSD Crash</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:25:59 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1043</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1043</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1043</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1043</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>Tesla's $240 Million Bill for FSD Crash</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/transcripts/week-tech-1043-transcript" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, tesla, fsd, Apple, chatgpt, openAI, DOJ, alphabet, Google, YouTube, Australia, Anthropic, LG, sean cairncross, y2k38, Linux, debian, Lina Kahn, adobe, Figma, ftc</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash</li> <li>Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021</li> <li>Apple's New 'Answers' Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push</li> <li>Apple says DOJ's antitrust lawsuit would 'reduce consumer choice'</li> <li>Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast</li> <li>Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption</li> <li>YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections</li> <li>Amazon to Pay New York Times $20 Million a Year in AI Deal</li> <li>A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars.</li> <li>Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its 'personality' — and what makes it 'evil'</li> <li>AI Capex is Eating the Economy</li> <li>Will data centers crash the economy?</li> <li>What content strategy looks like in the age of AI</li> <li>Inside the LG G5's shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout</li> <li>Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump</li> <li>How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry</li> <li>Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything</li> <li>Lina Kahn Takes a Victory Lap for Figma IPO</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/richard-campbell">Richard Campbell</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brianmc.bsky.social" target="_blank">Brian McCullough</a>, and <a href="https://mikeelgan.substack.com/" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="http://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</a></li></ul></p>]]></description> <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<ul> <li>A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash</li> <li>Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021</li> <li>Apple's New 'Answers' Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push</li> <li>Apple says DOJ's antitrust lawsuit would 'reduce consumer choice'</li> <li>Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast</li> <li>Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption</li> <li>YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections</li> <li>Amazon to Pay New York Times $20 Million a Year in AI Deal</li> <li>A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars.</li> <li>Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its 'personality' — and what makes it 'evil'</li> <li>AI Capex is Eating the Economy</li> <li>Will data centers crash the economy?</li> <li>What content strategy looks like in the age of AI</li> <li>Inside the LG G5's shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout</li> <li>Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump</li> <li>How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry</li> <li>Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything</li> <li>Lina Kahn Takes a Victory Lap for Figma IPO</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/richard-campbell">Richard Campbell</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brianmc.bsky.social" target="_blank">Brian McCullough</a>, and <a href="https://mikeelgan.substack.com/" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="http://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</a></li></ul></p>]]></itunes:summary> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<ul> <li>A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash</li> <li>Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021</li> <li>Apple's New 'Answers' Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push</li> <li>Apple says DOJ's antitrust lawsuit would 'reduce consumer choice'</li> <li>Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast</li> <li>Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption</li> <li>YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections</li> <li>Amazon to Pay New York Times $20 Million a Year in AI Deal</li> <li>A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars.</li> <li>Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its 'personality' — and what makes it 'evil'</li> <li>AI Capex is Eating the Economy</li> <li>Will data centers crash the economy?</li> <li>What content strategy looks like in the age of AI</li> <li>Inside the LG G5's shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout</li> <li>Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump</li> <li>How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry</li> <li>Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything</li> <li>Lina Kahn Takes a Victory Lap for Figma IPO</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/richard-campbell">Richard Campbell</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brianmc.bsky.social" target="_blank">Brian McCullough</a>, and <a href="https://mikeelgan.substack.com/" target="_blank">Mike Elgan</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://canary.tools/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT</a></li><li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">ZipRecruiter.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://miro.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">miro.com</a></li><li><a href="http://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</a></li></ul></p>]]></content:encoded> <itunes:image href="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_thumb_720x405/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857623/hero/TWIT1043_thumbnail.jpg"/> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/audio/twit/twit1043/twit1043.mp3</guid> <itunes:duration>2:54:04</itunes:duration> <enclosure url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1043/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1043.mp3" length="167280223" type="audio/mpeg"/> <media:content url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1043/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1043.mp3" fileSize="167280223" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio"> <media:title type="plain">TWiT 1043: It All Starts With Baby Shark - Tesla's $240 Million Bill for FSD Crash</media:title> <media:description type="plain">Tesla's $240 Million Bill for FSD Crash</media:description> <media:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, tesla, fsd, Apple, chatgpt, openAI, DOJ, alphabet, Google, YouTube, Australia, Anthropic, LG, sean cairncross, y2k38, Linux, debian, Lina Kahn, adobe, Figma, ftc</media:keywords> <media:thumbnail url="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_slideshow_400x300/public/images/episodes/2025/08/857623/hero/TWIT1043_thumbnail.jpg" width="400" height="225" /> <media:rating scheme="urn:simple">nonadult</media:rating> <media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">tv-g</media:rating> <media:category scheme="urn:iab:categories" label="Technology & Computing">IAB19</media:category> <media:credit role="host">Leo Laporte</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Richard Campbell</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Brian McCullough</media:credit> <media:credit role="guest">Mike Elgan</media:credit> </media:content> <podcast:person role="host" href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/21/pictures/leo_1.jpg">Leo Laporte</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://twit.tv/people/richard-campbell" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/114471/pictures/rc_headshot_1600.jpg">Richard Campbell</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://bsky.app/profile/brianmc.bsky.social">Brian McCullough</podcast:person> <podcast:person role="guest" href="https://mikeelgan.substack.com/" img="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_album_art_600x600/public/people/61/pictures/mike-elgan_0.png">Mike Elgan</podcast:person> </item> <item> <title>TWiT 1042: Well Played Astronomer - The Stats Behind Google's AI Mode Search</title> <itunes:title>Well Played Astronomer - The Stats Behind Google's AI Mode Search</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:19:10 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1042</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1042</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1042</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1042</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>The Stats Behind Google's AI Mode Search</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/tech/trumps-ai-action-plan" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, openAI, chatgpt 5, trump, un, AI Regulation, tiktok, google ai, FDA, tesla, DMV, Microsoft, sharpoint, intel, amd, spotify, dji, fcc, astonomer, Gwyneth Paltrow, julian lefay, elder scrolls, tom lehrer</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August</li> <li>Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation</li> <li>UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation </li> <li>Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok</li> <li>Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out</li> <li>FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report</li> <li>Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial</li> <li>Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day</li> <li>A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups</li> <li>People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online</li> <li>Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories </li> <li>AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More </li> <li>Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission</li> <li>DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban</li> <li>FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger</li> <li>Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal</li> <li>Julian LeFay, 'Father of <em>The Elder Scrolls</em>,' Has Died Aged 59</li> <li>Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://www.mollywhite.net/" target="_blank">Molly White</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/@jank0" target="_blank">Janko Roettgers</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/byjacobward.bsky.social" target="_blank">Jacob Ward</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</a></li><li><a href="http://spaceship.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">spaceship.com/twit</a></li></ul></p>]]></description> <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<ul> <li>OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August</li> <li>Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation</li> <li>UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation </li> <li>Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok</li> <li>Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out</li> <li>FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report</li> <li>Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial</li> <li>Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day</li> <li>A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups</li> <li>People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online</li> <li>Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories </li> <li>AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More </li> <li>Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission</li> <li>DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban</li> <li>FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger</li> <li>Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal</li> <li>Julian LeFay, 'Father of <em>The Elder Scrolls</em>,' Has Died Aged 59</li> <li>Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://www.mollywhite.net/" target="_blank">Molly White</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/@jank0" target="_blank">Janko Roettgers</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/byjacobward.bsky.social" target="_blank">Jacob Ward</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</a></li><li><a href="http://spaceship.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">spaceship.com/twit</a></li></ul></p>]]></itunes:summary> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<ul> <li>OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August</li> <li>Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation</li> <li>UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation </li> <li>Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok</li> <li>Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out</li> <li>FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report</li> <li>Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial</li> <li>Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day</li> <li>A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups</li> <li>People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online</li> <li>Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories </li> <li>AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More </li> <li>Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission</li> <li>DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban</li> <li>FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger</li> <li>Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal</li> <li>Julian LeFay, 'Father of <em>The Elder Scrolls</em>,' Has Died Aged 59</li> <li>Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://www.mollywhite.net/" target="_blank">Molly White</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/@jank0" target="_blank">Janko Roettgers</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/byjacobward.bsky.social" target="_blank">Jacob Ward</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://smarty.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">smarty.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li><li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://uscloud.com" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">uscloud.com</a></li><li><a href="http://spaceship.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">spaceship.com/twit</a></li></ul></p>]]></content:encoded> <itunes:image href="https://elroy.twit.tv/sites/default/files/styles/twit_thumb_720x405/public/images/episodes/2025/07/857536/hero/TWIT1042_thumbnail.jpg"/> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/audio/twit/twit1042/twit1042.mp3</guid> <itunes:duration>2:20:03</itunes:duration> <enclosure url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1042/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1042.mp3" length="135538733" type="audio/mpeg"/> <media:content url="https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cdn.twit.tv/libsyn/twit_1042/b26992aa-b1b1-4f90-a2b7-efc6a7d4b42a/R1_twit1042.mp3" fileSize="135538733" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio"> <media:title type="plain">TWiT 1042: Well Played Astronomer - 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DOGE Kills Free Tax Tool</title> <itunes:title>A $4 Bill - DOGE Kills Free Tax Tool</itunes:title> <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType> <itunes:author>TWiT</itunes:author> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:55:20 PDT</pubDate> <itunes:episode>1041</itunes:episode> <podcast:episode>1041</podcast:episode> <link>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1041</link> <comments>https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1041</comments> <category>News</category> <category>Tech News</category> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:subtitle>DOGE Kills Free Tax Tool</itunes:subtitle> <podcast:transcript url="http://twit.tv/posts/tech/breaking-down-genius-act-and-skepticism-about-stablecoin-regulations" type="text/html" /> <itunes:keywords>TWiT, This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, coldplay, kisscam, meta openai, Mark Zuckerberg, sam altman, trump, stablecoin, ancestra, eliza mcnitt, darren aronovsky, Doge, irs, reddit, Roblox, Microsoft, uber, lucid, nuro, iOS, Apple, samsung</itunes:keywords> <description><![CDATA[<ul> <li>Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we're already our own surveillance state</li> <li>Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance</li> <li>OpenAI LLM's gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition</li> <li>Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion Valuation</li> <li>The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears</li> <li>Trump Signs Stablecoin Bill, Delivering Win for Crypto Industry</li> <li>Engadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative tool</li> <li>DOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API key</li> <li>DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists</li> <li>EU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade deal</li> <li>Reddit begins age verification checks for UK users</li> <li>Roblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chats</li> <li>EU to test age-check app under new child safety rules - 9to5Mac</li> <li>Trump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunch</li> <li>A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers</li> <li>Uber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal</li> <li>YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims</li> <li>This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It</li> <li>I Tested the Galaxy Z Fold 7: It's Slim, Powerful and Surprisingly Practical</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/abrar-al-heeti">Abrar Al-Heeti</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/iainthomson.bsky.social" target="_blank">Iain Thomson</a>, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/devindra.bsky.social" target="_blank">Devindra Hardawar</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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Systems</li> <li>Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3</li> <li>Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features</li> <li>Belkin shutting down these Wemo smart home products in 2026</li> <li>It's YouTube vs. Netflix as the Streaming Wars Come Down to 2</li> <li>Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth</li> <li>GameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishap</li> <li>Professor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://harperreed.com/" target="_blank">Harper Reed</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/amy-webb">Amy Webb</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://NetSuite.com/TWIT" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">NetSuite.com/TWIT</a></li><li><a href="http://bitwarden.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">bitwarden.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://shopify.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">shopify.com/twit</a></li><li><a href="http://oracle.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">oracle.com/twit</a></li></ul></p>]]></description> <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<ul> <li>A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin</li> <li>Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google</li> <li>Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK</li> <li>House "crypto week" could change how Americans use, save money</li> <li>Latest stablecoin bill addresses foreign issuers, national security safeguards</li> <li>Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update</li> <li>Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions</li> <li>European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. Systems</li> <li>Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3</li> <li>Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features</li> <li>Belkin shutting down these Wemo smart home products in 2026</li> <li>It's YouTube vs. Netflix as the Streaming Wars Come Down to 2</li> <li>Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth</li> <li>GameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishap</li> <li>Professor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://harperreed.com/" target="_blank">Harper Reed</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/amy-webb">Amy Webb</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>This Week in Tech</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. 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