Twit: This Week in Tech

This 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. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.

  • TWiT 1036: Apple Reflux - Progress in Quantum Computing!

    • Opinionated Design: Early Reactions to Apple's Liquid Glass Design Language
    • Big Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death Blow
    • Apple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new era
    • Apple Targets Spring 2026 for Release of Delayed Siri AI Upgrade
    • Apple's de-chatbot-ification of AI is nearly complete
    • Google launches Android 16, rolling out now to Pixel
    • Google offers voluntary buyouts to US staff across several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organization
    • IBM aims to build the world's first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028
    • Blue Origin Delays Second New Glenn Launch
    • Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe
    • Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
    • YouTube says its ecosystem created 490K jobs and added $55B to the US GDP in 2024
    • God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro
    • Army reserve tech executives meta palantir
    • Nintendo Switch 2 Is Fastest-Selling Game Console of All Time - Slashdot
    • An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
    • Anker recalls 1.1 million power banks due to fire hazard risk
    • Local Malls Are Sitting Empty, and Becoming a Headache for Small Towns
    • Bald eagle live cam update: Babies are leaving nest. What's next?

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Jason Hiner, Harry McCracken, and Jason Snell

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  • TWiT 1035: The Droids Are in the Escape Pod - You Can't Copyright Eleanor

    • Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
    • Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere!
    • OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
    • A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails
    • Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues
    • TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back
    • Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data
    • The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
    • The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
    • AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot
    • Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly
    • Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules
    • Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot
    • Ending USB-C® Port Confusion
    • Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores
    • Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot
    • Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All
    • California county accused of using drones to spy on residents

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid

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  • TWiT 1034: Two I's and No P - Network Layer Parenting

    • YouTube Is Swallowing TV Whole, and It's Coming for the Sitcom
    • Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
    • Trump makes a last-minute backtrack on his pick to lead NASA
    • Xbox co-founder J Allard is working on 'breakthrough' devices at Amazon
    • GitHub Users Angry at the Prospect of AI-Written Issues From Copilot
    • Using technology may sharpen aging brains, not harm them
    • We Bought a 'Peeing' Robot Attack Dog From Temu. It Was Even Weirder Than Expected
    • Humanoid Robots for $3000, Hugging Face

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Louis Maresca, Doc Rock, and Iain Thomson

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  • TWiT 1033: Our Friend Zinc - Apple's $900 Million Tariff Nightmare

    In this jam-packed episode celebrating Towel Day, the TWiT crew dives into Apple's terrible week with Trump's tariff threats, Google and Microsoft's latest AI advances, the death of CAPTCHAs, and some wild new tech including laser-powered smart homes and sock-picking robot vacuums.

    • Trump's Phone Tariff Ultimatum - President threatens 25% tariffs on iPhones and Samsung devices unless manufacturing moves to the US, putting Apple in an impossible position between economics and politics
    • The Sock-Stealing Robot Revolution - Jennifer tests a $2,600 Roborock vacuum with an arm that picks up socks and occasionally tries to grab cats
    • Microsoft's AI Science Breakthrough - Microsoft Build showcases agentic AI platform that helped create new coolant liquids by analyzing scientific journals and generating novel molecular compounds
    • Windows Goes Agentic - Microsoft announces MCP protocol integration into Windows, raising both excitement about AI capabilities and concerns about data security
    • Gaming Industry Consolidation - FTC finally drops its challenge to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition after three years of failed legal battles
    • Meta's Monopoly Defense Strategy - Company argues that Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were beneficial rather than anti-competitive, as antitrust trial concludes
    • Google's Hyper-Realistic AI Videos - Veo 3 generates convincing fake videos that blur the line between reality and AI creation, raising concerns about misinformation
    • Revenge Porn Legislation Concerns - New "Take It Down" Act passes with bipartisan support but raises censorship worries about its 48-hour removal requirements
    • Smart Glasses Make a Comeback - Google announces Android XR partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, signaling the return of consumer AR eyewear
    • The $6.5 Billion AI Hardware Gamble - OpenAI's record-breaking acquisition of Jony Ive's design firm sparks debate about whether AI needs dedicated hardware devices
    • Amazon's Smart Speaker Surveillance - Investigation reveals how much personal data Echo devices collect and store, highlighting the privacy costs of convenient AI assistants
    • The Death of CAPTCHAs - AI now solves visual puzzles better than humans, making traditional bot-detection methods obsolete and forcing a rethink of online security
    • America Abandons the Penny - The US will stop minting pennies due to production costs exceeding face value, ending a century-old currency tradition
    • Air Traffic Control Crisis Exposed - Newark Airport's radar failures reveal America's dangerously outdated aviation infrastructure held together by 1990s technology and hope
    • Fortnite's App Store Victory - Epic Games successfully returns to iOS after Apple quickly capitulates under legal pressure, ending years of bitter disputes
    • Brain-Computer Interface Competition - Valve's Gabe Newell announces Neuralink competitor, expanding the race to connect human brains directly to computers
    • Infrared Contact Lenses Enable Night Vision - Researchers develop contacts that let wearers see heat signatures even with eyes closed, promising superhuman vision capabilities
    • 23andMe's Genetic Data Gold Rush - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals acquires the DNA testing company for $256 million, raising questions about genetic privacy and
    • Stolen

    These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1033

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan

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  • TWiT 1032: Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape - What's Going on in Montana?

    • GTA 6trailer 2 and anticipation
    • Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust
    • Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
    • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains How He's Making Himself Obsolete With AI
    • How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project in Kirkkonummi will be the largest in the world when completed
    • OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
    • China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
    • NASA engineers revive Voyager 1's dead thrusters from 15 billion miles away
    • 25% of steam playeres play Blue Prince
    • Jamie Lee Curtis publicly shamed Mark Zuckerberg to remove a deepfaked ad
    • Fortnite players can speak with Darth Vader through a James Earl Jones-voiced AI
    • Epic Games says Apple is blocking Fortnite from the US and EU App Stores
    • Epic wants the court to compel Apple to approve Fortnite's return to the US App Store
    • Nextcloud accuses Google of "Big Tech gatekeeping" over Android app permissions
    • Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge starts off the super thin phone era
    • Square's $399 Handheld accepts tap-to-pay at your table
    • Montana Becomes First State To Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker Loophole - Slashdot
    • Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
    • The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming
    • The US Army is getting in on right-to-repair
    • They're just giving up and calling it HBO Max again

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Wil Harris, Devindra Hardawar, and Harper Reed

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