This Week in Tech (Audio)
215 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsThis Week in Tech is the top-ranked flagship tech podcast from TWiT.tv. Every Sunday, Leo Laporte and a roundtable of insiders explore the week's hottest tech news from AI to robots, and PCs to privacy. When it comes to tech, TWiT is IT.
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TWiT 788: Seems Like a Nice Young Man - Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review
September 14, 2020 01:01 - 2 hours - 73.3 MBMicrosoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review Microsoft out of the running for TikTok Will the TikTok sale go through before Trump's deadline? Nvidia buys ARM Microsoft Surface Duo review: twice the screens, half as good Microsoft Surface Neo: when is the next two screen Microsoft device coming? Apple event: Apple Watch 6, iPad Air, maybe Apple Silicon? TWiT finally got invited to an Apple event after our ten-year ban Viacom wants to sell CNET The Office of Techn...
TWiT 787: Dreamliner - TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple Announcement
September 06, 2020 23:42 - 2 hours - 62.4 MBTikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple Announcement Rob Reid's Ted Talk on synthetic biology and pandemics from 2019 The Privileged Have Entered their Escape Pods Microsoft Duo reviews coming September 10th A guy in a jetpack sited by planes near LAX Facebook bans political ads the week before the election Pinterest bans political ads Trump stops advertising on TV, switches to YouTube Cable TV is the rotary phone of the 21st century Political polling has utterly changed in the past...
TWiT 786: The Chickenization of America - Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation
August 31, 2020 00:49 - 2 hours - 71.2 MBRemembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation Remembering Chadwick Boseman Elon Musk demonstrates Neurallink: trepanning a Pig What is Palantir doing? Apple vs Epic: how anti-competitive is Apple, and what should the government do about this? TikTok This Week: Walmart Enters the Fray; why TikTok is Dangerous Amazon announces Halo, a subscription fitness wearable and platform that can tell when you are angry Cory Doctorow on Shoshanna Zuboff: how to destroy ...
TWiT 785: Vote Before the Asteroid Hits - Apple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod
August 24, 2020 00:34 - 2 hours - 68 MBApple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod Apple vs WordPress Apple vs Epic 2020 is the end of the techlash Zuckerberg is the unelected king of the world Trump tries to ban TikTok Facebook funnels people toward misinformation Microsoft Duo review: this is the foldable to get The Democratic National Convention is the best Zoom meeting ever How do you hold your phone? What kind of earbuds do you use? Phishing is so 2019. Vishing is the new threat hotness. Micro...
TWiT 784: Karsten Has Pictures - Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China
August 17, 2020 03:54 - 2 hours - 73 MBFortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China Fortnite removed from App Store and Google Play Apple also kicks Microsoft xCloud off the App Store At what point does a company become too big? Should we punish billionaires for being successful? Is there any solution? Google demonetizes TechDirt for dangerous or derogatory content- WTF? Uber and Lyft may leave California due to the gig worker law. What's a freelancer to do? The Surface Duo is the perfect extension of Microsoft's eth...
TWiT 783: The Galaxy Jaffle - Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap
August 10, 2020 00:57 - 2 hours - 73.5 MBTrump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 20, Z Fold 2, Watch 3, Buds Live, and more DEFCON / Black Hat 2020: What if they held a security conference and nobody came? Snapdragon flaw makes half of all Android phones hackable We learned to hack any satellite at Black Hat 2020. Here's how! Tencent taught us how to hack printers at Black Hat Smart light bulbs are mini servers that anyone can hack Jackpotting AT...
TWiT 782: Mainframes Not MaryJane - Tik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested
August 03, 2020 00:25 - 2 hours - 67.5 MBTik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested Trump threatens to ban Tik Tok Trump wants Microsoft to buy Tik Tok Mr. Cook, Zuck, Bezos, and Pichai go to Washington What should the government do to Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple? Twitter hackers arrested Our Covid year: CES will be all-virtual in 2021 Huawei is the #1 phone maker in the world Need a job? The US Digital Service is hiring! Microsoft will end mobile support for Cortana in 2010 Election Cyb...
TWiT 781: Slightly Firmer Denim Soft Serve - Xbox Game Pass, TikTok vs Quibi, The End of Intel
July 27, 2020 01:17 - 2 hours - 65.9 MBMicrosoft focuses on games as a service with Xbox Game Pass Game console makers play chicken overpricing announcements What kind of person does Tik Tok think you are? Android 11 is red velvet cake Google's ATAP lab wants to bring you the smart home future Are we at the end of the Intel Era? Norsk Hydro and Garmin hit by a ransomware attack Building the Quantum Internet Woz sues YouTube over Bitcoin scam Garmin hit by a ransomware attack Tik Tok tries to stay alive G4 ...
TWiT 780: The Great Firewall of America - Twitter Hack, Tik Tok hysteria, World Emoji Day
July 20, 2020 02:23 - 2 hours - 73.2 MBHere's how the Twitter hack happened Tik Tok hysteria - xenophobia or common sense? EARN IT and LAED acts want to eliminate encryption Cloudflare outage takes down a huge swath of the internet "Master," "Slave," "Blacklist" terms on the outs at Apple, Linux, and others Trump expands the CIA's cyberwarfare authority Google spends $10 billion on India, half of that in Jio Amazon Dash Cart checks your groceries out for you World Emoji Day celebrates the new Emoji coming in 2020 ...
TWiT 779: No Future for Green Pants
July 12, 2020 23:33 - 2 hours - 69.6 MBTikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm mmhmm is a fun new way to use meeting software US might ban TikTok, India already has. What is the future for the embattled platform? Is TikTok safe to use? Apple Glass on the way: Foxconn is making thousands of semi-transparent lenses for Apple glasses Amazon wants to rule the world. Is that really all that bad? Is there any hope for Quibi? (Nope) Google's "Works With Google" virtual event demonstrated Android 11's new IoT features and their Smar...
TWiT 779: No Future for Green Pants - TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm
July 12, 2020 23:33 - 2 hours - 69.6 MBTikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm mmhmm is a fun new way to use meeting software US might ban TikTok, India already has. What is the future for the embattled platform? Is TikTok safe to use? Apple Glass on the way: Foxconn is making thousands of semi-transparent lenses for Apple glasses Amazon wants to rule the world. Is that really all that bad? Is there any hope for Quibi? (Nope) Google's "Works With Google" virtual event demonstrated Android 11's new IoT features and their Smar...
TWiT 778: In the Zoom Where It Happens - Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+
July 06, 2020 00:58 - 2 hours - 81.8 MBApple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+ Is Apple pulling away from the competition? Is Intel dying? Snap Spectacles third edition arrives in India Google buys North, makers of Focals smart glasses Where are Alexis Ohanian and Pete Cashmore? Mark Gurman has the scoop on Apple Glasses Lidar technology could drive Apple business for the next decade The Race After Technology and holography Is technology making life too fast? iOS 14 highlights ad tracking - advertisers a...
TWiT 778: In the Zoom Where It Happens
July 06, 2020 00:58 - 2 hours - 81.8 MBApple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+ Is Apple pulling away from the competition? Is Intel dying? Snap Spectacles third edition arrives in India Google buys North, makers of Focals smart glasses Where are Alexis Ohanian and Pete Cashmore? Mark Gurman has the scoop on Apple Glasses Lidar technology could drive Apple business for the next decade The Race After Technology and holography Is technology making life too fast? iOS 14 highlights ad tracking - advertisers a...
TWiT 777: Apple's RISCy Move - Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14
June 29, 2020 01:21 - 2 hours - 72.6 MBApple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14 Mac moves from Intel to Apple Silicon What happens to Intel? Microsoft? iOS apps will run on Macs Will Macs still run Windows on Boot Camp? Microsoft closes all retail stores - are PCs moving to the cloud? PC gaming - the biggest reason you need a PC Can x86 die already? What could go wrong with the shift to Apple Silicon? Should you buy an Intel Mac now? Should you buy the first version of the ARM Mac? The fastest supercomputer i...
TWiT 777: Apple's RISCy Move
June 29, 2020 01:21 - 2 hours - 72.6 MBApple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14 Mac moves from Intel to Apple Silicon What happens to Intel? Microsoft? iOS apps will run on Macs Will Macs still run Windows on Boot Camp? Microsoft closes all retail stores - are PCs moving to the cloud? PC gaming - the biggest reason you need a PC Can x86 die already? What could go wrong with the shift to Apple Silicon? Should you buy an Intel Mac now? Should you buy the first version of the ARM Mac? The fastest supercomputer i...
TWiT 776: Phat Boyin' It All Day
June 22, 2020 00:52 - 2 hours - 66 MBWWDC Preview: no new hardware will be announced Apple re-closing some US Stores due to Covid-19 WWDC Preview: Apple transitions to ARM WWDC Preview: here's the jacket and pins that the Swift Student Challenge winners won WWDC Preview: iOS 14 improvements - can they please fix Siri? Apple vs Hey - Apple kicks Hey app out of the App Store iOS App Store brings in $519 Billion in 2019 Apple facing anti-trust investigations in the EU Talking about grilling Twitter starts offering 1...
TWiT 776: Phat Boyin' It All Day - WWDC Preview, Twitter Voice Chat, Prescription Video Game
June 22, 2020 00:52 - 2 hours - 66 MBWWDC Preview: no new hardware will be announced Apple re-closing some US Stores due to Covid-19 WWDC Preview: Apple transitions to ARM WWDC Preview: here's the jacket and pins that the Swift Student Challenge winners won WWDC Preview: iOS 14 improvements - can they please fix Siri? Apple vs Hey - Apple kicks Hey app out of the App Store iOS App Store brings in $519 Billion in 2019 Apple facing anti-trust investigations in the EU Talking about grilling Twitter starts offering 1...
TWiT 775: Bacon Buddies - Zoom's Fail of the Week, Police Face Recognition, Apple at $1.5T
June 14, 2020 23:15 - 2 hours - 82 MBZoom bans an American's account at China's request, won't have real end-to-end encryption IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft stop selling face recognition software to the police Clearview and Palantir continue to sell face recognition to the police Apple is the world's first $1.5 trillion company Apple WWDC 2020 coming June 22. Here's what Apple will announce. How quickly will Apple transition Macs to ARM? Refrigerator DRM is catching up with printer DRM ZFS cuts "slave" out of OpenZ...
TWiT 775: Bacon Buddies
June 14, 2020 23:15 - 2 hours - 82 MBZoom bans an American's account at China's request, won't have real end-to-end encryption IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft stop selling face recognition software to the police Clearview and Palantir continue to sell face recognition to the police Apple is the world's first $1.5 trillion company Apple WWDC 2020 coming June 22. Here's what Apple will announce. How quickly will Apple transition Macs to ARM? Refrigerator DRM is catching up with printer DRM ZFS cuts "slave" out of OpenZ...
TWiT 774: The Mafia is Zooming - Big Tech and Racism, Trump and Biden Phished
June 08, 2020 00:10 - 2 hours - 61.1 MBTim Cook and Satya Nadella speaking up on racism - what should Big Tech do? Amazon says they are against racism, but sells racist facial recognition tech to police Can tech improve policing? Social and Organizational barriers to change Should social networks fact-check Trump? James Bennet resigns as Opinion Editor of NYT after letting Tom Cotton post-inflammatory editorial YouTube is a bigger problem than Facebook and Twitter How do we fix Google, Facebook, and Twitter withou...
TWiT 774: The Mafia is Zooming
June 08, 2020 00:10 - 2 hours - 61.1 MBTim Cook and Satya Nadella speaking up on racism - what should Big Tech do? Amazon says they are against racism, but sells racist facial recognition tech to police Can tech improve policing? Social and Organizational barriers to change Should social networks fact-check Trump? James Bennet resigns as Opinion Editor of NYT after letting Tom Cotton post-inflammatory editorial YouTube is a bigger problem than Facebook and Twitter How do we fix Google, Facebook, and Twitter withou...
TWiT 773: The Duchess of Sealand - Trump vs Twitter, SpaceX, George Floyd Protests
June 01, 2020 00:41 - 2 hours - 70.8 MBTrump vs Twitter, SpaceX, George Floyd Protests Trump vs Twitter: what is Section 230? Trump vs Twitter: what does Trump's executive order say? Trump vs Twitter: who would be hurt most by Trump's executive order? Trump vs Twitter: who gets to determine "truth"? Trump vs Twitter: France passes a law that platforms must remove illegal content within 24 hours SpaceX launches humans into space from American soil for the first time in 9 years Google postpones Android 11 beta launch due t...
TWiT 773: The Duchess of Sealand
June 01, 2020 00:41 - 2 hours - 70.8 MBTrump vs Twitter, SpaceX, George Floyd Protests Trump vs Twitter: what is Section 230? Trump vs Twitter: what does Trump's executive order say? Trump vs Twitter: who would be hurt most by Trump's executive order? Trump vs Twitter: who gets to determine "truth"? Trump vs Twitter: France passes a law that platforms must remove illegal content within 24 hours SpaceX launches humans into space from American soil for the first time in 9 years Google postpones Android 11 beta launch due t...
TWiT 772: 52 Cents & a Bag of Pop Chips - Microsoft Build Highlights, Surface Earbuds Review, Minecraft's Biggest Month
May 25, 2020 02:05 - 2 hours - 68.1 MBMicrosoft Build Highlights, Surface Earbuds Review, Minecraft's Biggest Month College Board sued over flawed online AP tests Minecraft Dungeons Review Minecraft hits 162 Million users/month Former TWiT Producer OMGChad's OMGCraft hits 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers! Satya Nadella's "RGV2cw" Easter Egg spells "Devs" in Base 64 All the easter eggs in the Microsoft Build 2020 livestream Microsoft Build 2020 highlights: Project Reunion and Fluid Framework Microsoft embraces open source: ...
TWiT 772: 52 Cents & a Bag of Pop Chips
May 25, 2020 02:05 - 2 hours - 68.1 MBMicrosoft Build Highlights, Surface Earbuds Review, Minecraft's Biggest Month College Board sued over flawed online AP tests Minecraft Dungeons Review Minecraft hits 162 Million users/month Former TWiT Producer OMGChad's OMGCraft hits 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers! Satya Nadella's "RGV2cw" Easter Egg spells "Devs" in Base 64 All the easter eggs in the Microsoft Build 2020 livestream Microsoft Build 2020 highlights: Project Reunion and Fluid Framework Microsoft embraces open source: ...
TWiT 771: Ferment All the Things - Facebook Buys Giphy, Apple AR Glasses, Unreal Engine 5
May 18, 2020 04:42 - 2 hours - 58.9 MBFacebook Buys Giphy, Apple AR Glasses, Unreal Engine 5 Facebook buys Giphy for $400 million Facebook setting up a political advocacy group for big tech US Government going to sue Google for monopolizing online ads Trump tweets that Google, Facebook, and Twitter are controlled by the "Radical Left" Facebook has half of its oversight board in place already Zoom fatigue is real: is avatar-based chat the cure? Apple AR glasses coming in 2021 Unreal Engine 5 will push game development to...
TWiT 771: Ferment All the Things
May 18, 2020 04:42 - 2 hours - 58.9 MBFacebook Buys Giphy, Apple AR Glasses, Unreal Engine 5 Facebook buys Giphy for $400 million Facebook setting up a political advocacy group for big tech US Government going to sue Google for monopolizing online ads Trump tweets that Google, Facebook, and Twitter are controlled by the "Radical Left" Facebook has half of its oversight board in place already Zoom fatigue is real: is avatar-based chat the cure? Apple AR glasses coming in 2021 Unreal Engine 5 will push game development to...
TWiT 770: The Vanna White Effect
May 11, 2020 00:04 - 2 hours - 56 MBZoom Fixes Encryption, Elon Musk and X Æ A-12 Elon Musk names his child X Æ A-12: here's how to pronounce it Zoom buys Keybase to fix encryption Google Meet, Facebook Rooms, and Microsoft Teams desperately try to catch up with Zoom Zoom is much more secure now but how did it win the video calling race, to begin with? Leo won't give up on jitsi even though it sounds like a mold Rich DeMuro says Zoom is like slime Teslas now stop automatically at red lights (and green) Google abandons...
TWiT 769: Me? I'm On Unhinged
May 04, 2020 00:20 - 2 hours - 62.2 MBElon Musk Goes Crazy, Tik Tok Takes Over Elon Musk loses Tesla $14 Billion with one reckless tweet TikTok gets more than 2 billion downloads in record time Apple/Google contact tracing approved by the CDC - will you install it? Apple makes it easier to unlock your iPhone while wearing a mask Google Buds 2 is a huge improvement over the original Microsoft announcing Xbox Series X game son May 7th John Legere is sad he no longer runs T-Mobile Starlink launches 422 satellites ...
TWiT 768: Steer Into the Skid
April 27, 2020 02:03 - 2 hours - 81.9 MBContact Tracing, Synthetic Biology Ask a futurist: how do we get from now to the Covid-19 free future? Steer into the slide. The future of synthetic biology is sticking viruses into our systems as medication Apple-Google contact tracing vs Palantir: who do you trust? France bans Amazon from selling non-essential items: should America follow? Should Amazon be doing more with automation? The best videoconferencing etiquette Why are people tearing down 5g towers to fight coronaviru...
TWiT 767: Fifteen Years Later
April 20, 2020 00:31 - 2 hours - 58.4 MBTWiT's 15th Anniversary, iPhone SE, Best Audio Equipment You Can Buy iPhone SE vs Sidekick 2 EARN IT will kill end-to-end encryption. Call your senator now! AMD is kicking Intel's butt The best speakers you can buy The best DACs you can buy The best headphones and headphone amplifiers you can buy The story of the first TWiT Catching up with Scott Herriott Catching up with Kevin Rose Catching up with Patrick Norton Catching up with Robert Heron Why Kevin Rose Doesn't ...
TWiT 766: Zoom, But Use Protection
April 13, 2020 01:15 - 2 hours - 75.5 MBApple+Google COVID tracking app, 5G towers burning, Zoom tips Get Glycerin Melt at https://amzn.to/2JX9Ujt via affiliate link! 5G towers are being burned in England and the Netherlands to stop coronavirus. We have officially hit maximum techno panic. Apple and Google are building a coronavirus phone tracking app. Do you want a cyberpunk dystopia? Because this is how you get a cyberpunk dystopia! Zoom is the best option for group video chat, but only if you use it right, and only if y...
TWiT 765: Holds Each Cheek Separately
April 06, 2020 03:26 - 2 hours - 75.7 MBZoom Security Issues, iPhone SE Zoom goes from 10 million to 250 million daily users, struggles with zoombombing and security issues Where is the iPhone SE? The budget iPhone could be launched any day. Can Apple maintain its famed secrecy with employees working from home? Apple buys Dark Sky Weather App, shuts down Android App iOS 14 may add widgets, live wallpaper Who controls the weather? NOAA, Weather Channel, IBM, Apple? Nations are tracking their citizens' location to sto...
TWiT 764: Tech Support in Tights
March 30, 2020 00:27 - 2 hours - 62.9 MBFever tracking maps show the spread of coronavirus Instacart workers will go on strike on Monday Hackers are sending out malicious teddy bears and Best Buy rewards cards Snopes has had to scale back fact-checking in the age of coronavirus misinformation China and Russia sending waves of coronavirus misinformation and phishing attacks Zeynep Tufecki is a light of reason in the fog of coronavirus information US Government is using cell phone location data to track coronavirus I...
TWiT 763: Ghost Finger
March 23, 2020 04:39 - 2 hours - 67.1 MBThis week's stories: Study proves that using CarPlay and Android Auto is worse than driving drunk Focus on security - cybercriminals are taking advantage of coronavirus Sam Abuelsamid explains LiDAR What to expect from Apple's AR future "Your next computer is not a computer" Apple's iPad Pro vs MacBook Air MacBook Air - useable keyboard, updated processors Steven Sinofsky on the iPad - "part of convergent evolution of PC hardware" Microsoft Neo and Windows 10X: a much-needed...
TWiT 762: Synthetic Chris Evans
March 16, 2020 01:08 - 2 hours - 64.3 MBThis Week's Stories Father Robert Ballecer talks about the Vatican's response to the Coronavirus in Italy. Father Robert Ballecer shows off this live broadcasting/podcasting setup MKBHD's 8k setup - RED cameras, multiple Mac Pros, LUTS, and motion tracking The Escobar Phone is a scam! The beginning of the end of smartphones Magic Leap in Crisis Leo wears the COVID-19 mask Foldable phones - why? How to cope with panic attacks - futurism in an accelerating world MKBHD's da...
TWiT 761: The Esperanto of Time
March 09, 2020 00:20 - 2 hours - 63.2 MBCoronavirus Craziness: The Pope is OK, SXSW canceled, contractors can't get n95 masks, Chinese carmakers shut down The response to Coronavirus - big tech sends workers home, but restaurant workers have to keep the slinging hash Woz is NOT Patient Zero Countries respond to Coronavirus: stay on that cruise ship, China forces people to quarantine, US doubles down on the Patriot Act, Italy shuts down Lombardi Stock up on Soylent for your Coronavirus quarantine needs Apple rejects cor...
TWiT 760: A Perfect Time to Panic
March 02, 2020 02:28 - 2 hours - 58.4 MBThis Week's Stories Coronavirus: GDC postponed, F8 canceled, Chinese factory shortages, mask shortages, CDC test shortages, preppers prepping, fear, uncertainty, and denial Your AirPods are on a two-year timer Safari snubs two-year certificates Some might call it a patent troll - Apple must pay VirnetX $440 million NTSB blames CalTrans, Tesla, and Apple for autopilot fatality Amazon Go Grocery Review Intuit pays $7 Billion for Credit Karma's data Activist investor attacking Twitter ...
TWiT 759: Never Gonna Give You Up
February 24, 2020 00:44 - 1 hour - 55 MBThis Week's Stories: COVID-19 coronavirus causing tech conference chaos Should Apple investors be worried about COVID-19? Samsung Galaxy Z Flip - does it live up to the hype? COVID-19 coronavirus will crash the tech economy for a while Apple iPhone 9 / SE 2 likely for March launch Samsung Galaxy Z Flip factory closed due to COVID-19 Target leaks inventory listings for 'AirPods X Generation,' 'Apple TV Gen X' and 'Apple Watch Series X' bands, and 'Apple iPod Touch X Generation'...
TWiT 758: Facemasks and Fear
February 17, 2020 02:27 - 2 hours - 69.2 MBThis week's stories: Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled over COVID-19 fears China virtually shut down due to COVID-19. Foxconn's iPhone plant closed; making face masks instead. RSA Conference (Feb 24th in San Francisco) is next - IBM has already dropped out. Is this the end of conferences? China's response to COVID-19 includes increased surveillance and the "Close Contact" app. Is America next? Focals by North AR glasses could be the answer to COVID-19. Are we ready for AR+databases? ...
TWiT 757: My Fridge Killed My Apple TV
February 10, 2020 00:55 - 2 hours - 57.9 MBThis Week's Stories: Chaos, confusion, and disinformation define the 2020 US election Motorola Razr fails the fold test NYPD drops notebooks for iPhone app Don't charge at public USB chargers: "Juice Jacking" hackers will steal your data Hackers break into your network via Phillips Hue lightbulbs Sonos bricks old speakers Tesla remotely removes autopilot from used Model S Big shakeup at Microsoft - Panos Pinay gets a huge promotion Microsoft xCloud vs Nvidia GeForceNow vs ...
TWiT 756: Don't Doubt ur Vibe
February 03, 2020 01:35 - 2 hours - 59.5 MBThis Week's Stories: Apple hits 1.5B users, Facebook hits 2.5B, Amazon hits $1 Trillion - is Big Tech too big? Russia vs Apple: new Russian law will force Apple to install Kremlin-friendly apps Coronavirus shuts down Apple and Google in China EU passes common charger resolution - say goodbye to your lightning jack Amazon wants you to know that they pay a lot of taxes and employ a lot of people 10 years later, the iPad is the only successful tablet Split-screen or folding scree...
TWiT 755: Somebody Stole My Tim Tams!
January 27, 2020 01:29 - 2 hours - 70.3 MBThis Week's Stories: Was Jeff Bezos really hacked by Saudi Arabia? Welcome to the post-fact era. Embrace the power of ignorance! Sonos backs off threat to brick old speakers Apple pushes back against EU common charging standard Sundar Pichai calls for regulation of AI Why banning face recognition is just the first step One good thing about Brexit The tech angle of "Megxit" Biden calls game developers "little creeps" Tech execs are being SWATted Alan Turing's OBE medal,...
TWiT 754: I Dream of Wiki
January 20, 2020 01:12 - 2 hours - 61.4 MBThis Week's Stories: Mojo Vision: Augmented Reality contact lenses The face recognition company that will end privacy FBI vs Apple 2: Pensacola Boogaloo NOBUS: why the NSA's "NObody But US" theory of exploits fail Cable Haunt: critical vulnerability in many cable modems Apple and Google are cracking down on location privacy, and ad tech companies are unhappy Don't worry about your kids' phone use so much Google will kill 3rd-party cookies by 2022 Verizon's "private" search...
TWiT 753: I Got Waylaid in Switzerland
January 12, 2020 21:54 - 2 hours - 65.4 MBCES 2020 wrap-up Sex tech at CES 2020 Apple, Amazon, and others talk privacy at CES 2020 Tech Giants at CES 2020 The Sands: all the weirdest stuff at CES 2020 The best TVs at CES 2020 Future Concepts at CES 2020 The Charmin Rollbot Biggest CES 2020 trends: vegetable-based meat, driverless cars, and bendable computers Our favorite gadgets from CES 2020: from 8k TVs to electronic rosaries Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Ant Pruitt, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Jason Hiner Downl...
TWiT 752: More Seam than Bezel
January 06, 2020 01:25 - 2 hours - 63.5 MBThis Week's Stories: CES Preview: what to expect at the 2020 show Segway's new Wall-E pod chair 8k TVs take over CES - what about bandwidth caps? 3D is back at CES - get ready for Star Wars holograms Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak: 68 countries targeted 5G in 2020: hype or happening? How to fix California' gig worker law California Consumer Privacy Act hits January 1 Wyze Camera breach response: quick and decisive 1924 belongs to us all now TRACED Act passes, robocalle...
TWiT 751: The Year's Best
December 29, 2019 16:15 - 2 hours - 58 MBLeo Laporte takes us through the past year in tech. 2019 highlights include Chinese CRISPR Babies, San Francisco's facial recognition surveillance ban, Grumpy Cat's sad death, the United States versus Huawei, Facebook's $5 billion FTC fine, the debut of Apple TV+, and more! Happy New Year from Leo and the TWiT crew! Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: HealthIQ.com/twit LastPass.com/twit mackweldon.com promo code TW...
TWiT 750: Another Decade is in the Can
December 22, 2019 23:44 - 2 hours - 78.2 MBOn This Week in Tech's 2019 Holiday Special, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Mary Jo Foley, and Mikah Sargent run down the top Tech News stories of 2010 - 2019. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Stacey Higginbotham, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT do.co/twit masterclass.com/twit mackweldon.com promo code TWIT
TWiT 749: At Least She Double Bagged It
December 16, 2019 04:49 - 2 hours - 70.4 MBThis Week's Stories Mac Pro: only 1/3rd the cost of a banana duct-taped to a wall Apple TV+ gets its first Golden Globe award nomination AirPods make Apple $4 billion/quarter Here's how to get Samuel L. Jackson on your Amazon Echo Ring camera hacked to tell child to destroy their room Google gives US ATF location info on 1500 users Ask a Millennial: what's the deal with Tik Tok? Jack Dorsey wants an open standard Twitter Facebook wants end-to-end encryption. AG Barr is not so happy...
TWiT 748: The BAT FAANGs
December 09, 2019 01:42 - 2 hours - 74.3 MBStories this Week Mac Pro is only for Pros Apple's pivot to services plays on our trust of Apple How amoral should companies be? Silicon Valley Finale Larry and Sergei ride off into the sunset - what happens next? How worried should companies be about government regulation? Why we're watching Watchmen Amazon comes to New York, without tax benefits Stadiums as a metaphor for tech Amazon's re:Invent is all about AI Huawei makes "America-free" Phones What is the future ...