The TWiT idea began at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco when Patrick, Mrs. Norton, Kevin, Roger, Prager and I gathered at the 21st Ammendment Brew Pub for a reunion. Listen to how it all began.
It's a 56kbps MP3Pro file weighing in at around 14MB. Join Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, Robert Heron, and me for 34 minutes of Skyping fun as we discuss driving in the dust, cell phones, Kevin's new webcast, systm, and the demise of TechTV. We plan to do this weekly with a rotating cast of characters. Your input is welcome.
We discuss journalistic credibility, car stereo support for iPods, LAN Party addiction, and more. Also enter our contest to win a box of Patrick's crap - all you have to do is come up with a new name for the show. Runners-up receive web hosting from Vizaweb and Jinx Hackwear.
We come up with a new name and new URL, (I'll give you a hint; you're soaking in it.) Patrick reviews WinHEC. John C. Dvorak visits from beyond the grave. We answer listener questions about Tiger. And Kevin picks our site of the week: http://boxedthoughts.com.
In this week's episode we welcome our 1000th subscriber (in under one week) and give him a BitHead headphone amp from the great folks at HeadRoom as a way of saying thanks. We take a look at spyware for kids, discuss a significant exploit on Mac OS X Tiger, give you the lowdown on WiMax, cheer the demise of the broadcast flag, run down a pair of Google gaffes, pick our favorite solid state MP3 players, and Yoshi makes a big announcement.
I've posted Episode 5 and I can feel the bandwidth thrumming. Toronto awaits.
On this week's episode we talk about My Google, Yahoo's $5 subscription (and predict Apple's response), Xbox vs. PS3 vs Nintendo, WiMax, 3G networks, Star Wars big weekend and a pessimistic vision of the future. Yoshi makes another big announcement. Kevin makes a really big announcement. Then we all go home.
On this week's episode we discuss using our new high fidelity recording technique and the Sharp Aquos 45" 1080p LCD TV. Patrick Shoots for a Darwin Award. We talk about Bad Caps? http://badcaps.net and the best recall ever. Leo buys a tablet PC (HP tc4200) and he likes it. Robert says he prefers the IBM T40. We talk about ideal screen resolutions, DSL price wars and DSL versus Cable modem. Kevin talk about the madness of the systm launch, 800 people in IRC, Prolexic to the rescue, How DDoS attacks work and how NTT swallowed Verio. Kevin estimates 60,000 downloads - that's about six terabytes. Batman Begins looks better than Star Wars. Kevin's Blog moves back to Typepad. Kevin's last day at G4, Hacker blackmail, Viagra, Trackerless BitTorrent, Hiding your IP on BT, and iPhantom versus Anonymizer for anonymity is discussed. Dan Huard says hello. Dan and Kevin are coming home. Yoshi has a new job doing special effects. We ponder TWiT Action Figures on ThinkGeek. Microsoft's newest Longhorn feature may spell "bye bye My" PC Gaming, Pentium D vs AMDs X2, the Latitude keyboard, IBM notebooks and Lenovo takeover. MPAA puts video cameras up in downtown LA. and finally we talk hacking security cams, Star Wars, and Kevin on Call for Help
I wanted to get this out before Steve Jobs WWDC speech on Monday, just in case we're all wrong. Please excuse the sound quality, but to expedite delivery I used the plain Skype track, not our high quality tracks (that takes a lot more editing and mixing). We discuss Apple moving to Intel, WiMax, .XXX, and more.
Patrick and I recorded this Tuesday at the Thirsty Bear Brewery, next door to Moscone Center where the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference was in full swing. We spoke with iPodderX developers August Trometer and Ray Slakinski (who met each other for the first time two days ago) to talk about the developers' reactions to the MacIntel announcement, and how they feel about Apple moving in on their territory with the new podcatching capabilities of iTunes 4.9.
Windows Updates - should they be daily or monthly? Burning in Gaming Machines. To Update or Not to Update Drivers. OEM bloatware on Windows machines. Backing up to network drives. Patrick recommends Server Elements open source NAS. Leo says don't buy Iomega's BOSS. Using Gmail to backup your files. Is OS X for Intel on the warez sites? The merits of live CD's like Knoppix. The FCC advances the move to digital broadcast TV to 2006. The TWiTs debate digital TV. The best way to get HD. Kevin admits to watching women's tennis. Robert says NASCAR in HD is the way to go. Leo says life sucks. AMD Quadcore chips are on the way. The limitations of multi-processor systems. The end of the processor clock speed race. Robert admits to building a Prescott-based system, it's fast... and hot: 75° C. Processors will get faster, but we're in a transition period. Sony hard drive add-on for PS/3 will come with Linux. ATI Crossfire vs. SLI. The benefits of nVidia's SLI dual card gaming. The 1080p format. Patrick and Leo ask Robert for TV buying advice. Robert likes the Sharp 45-inch Aquos, but plasma is better for video. Wait until the end of the year to buy 37-inch LCDs with 1080p resolution for under $2000, should appear soon. Thanks to Textamerica for The TechTV-On This Date moblog. Patrick is sticking with CRT displays. Winbook's new HD LCD has some problems but it's very affordable. LCD TVs are poised to replace CRT and rear-projection at the low end. DVD Decrypter ceases and desists. Kevin prefers DVD Shrink and it's not dead yet. Was it because Decrypter broke Sony's copy protection? Canada is about to go down the DMCA road. Cory Doctorow says WIPO's membership is the problem. Patrick defends copy protection but says theonline music store experience stinks. Kevin and Leo love JHymn for iTunes Music Store decryption. Kevin will print the Free Leo Bumper Stickers. Robert's off to play Battlefield 2. Kevin's newest SYSTM is out: learn how to build your own Myth DVR using KnoppM
I'm breaking format to bring you a special edition of this WEEK in TECH, to introduce you to IPac, the first geek political action committee. Today a special edition to talk about a new US political action committee (PAC) organized to put geek principals into action in US politics. I believe it's time we geeks asserted our interests in issues like copy protection, patents, and the DMCA.
Today Jake brings us updates on: *The Intellectual Property Protection Act, aka DMCA II *Dianne Feinstein's Perform Act *Orrin Hatch's failed INDUCE Act *Fire Hatch.com *The Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act *The Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act Visit IPac to sign their statement of principles and learn more about how geeks can fight for their rights. The time has come for us to stand up and be counted.
The inside story on the Crunch Pad, mandatory ISP filtering in Australia, and the 3D tech in Avatar...
A few special friends of TWiT drop in for our holiday episode.
We end the year, and decade, with a look at the most important stories of the 2000s.
The Google phone, the Apple tablet, and the future of tech...
Live from the CES floor, we talk about the Nexus One, 3D TVs, the Boxee Box, the Entourage Edge, Natal, and more.
Google threatens China, Kodak sues Apple and RIM, and the Internet's most hated software...
The most important thing Steve Jobs has ever done, did the US government enable the Chinese Google hack, and why Comscore should be no more...
iPad thoughts, Jobs says Google is evil, and Amazon backs down...
Resignation haikus, Apple and Google in a cage match, and why there are no cheerleaders in England...
Kevin Smith throws his weight around, Google buzzes the Internet, and the end of Macworld Expo.
Apple bans boobs, Steve Jobs makes the rounds, and pigs on wheels...
Secret Twitter desktop client, Facebook's news feed patent, Foursquare goes mainstream, Wal-Mart now streaming live, and more.
John's porn detection stick, Marc Andreessen's advice to old media, a lucky iPad winner chosen from Twitter, and more.
This Week in Tech comes to you Live from South By Southwest in Austin Texas.
Twitter's birthday, Sprint iPhone 4G, Palm goes down, Piracy too sexy, remote car disabling, and more.
Release of iPad imminent, French Twitter hacker, Walt Mossberg embargo dust-up, News Corp. paywalls, and more.
Ten years of tech, hacker branding, Bartz, the TechCrunch difference, awful T-Mobile, and more.
Windows 8 and the end of the desktop, Le Web preview, following on Facebook, COPPA confusion, and more.
Facebook: private to public, HP auction, Apple and Amazon announcements, PR petitions, and more.
Fire and Silk, new iPhone(s), patent bullies, exploiting nostalgia, and more.
Steve Jobs and the future of Apple, Samsung/Google cancel, X-Box TV, and more.
Siri's problems, fit geeks, interfaces for everything, keeping it sticky, and more.
Steve Jobs biography, Galaxy Nexus phone, iPod 10th anniversary, and more.
New media model, Google Transparency Report, Microsoft tablet tribulation, HP's u-turn, the huge milieu, and more.
New Nook, Kindle lending library, new media agility, tech fragility/cost/impact, and more.
Nook vs Fire, digital music, G+ brands, Siri's threat to Google, hateful innovation, Twitter and privacy, big dumb pipes, and more.
SOPA, cameras everywhere, Google music, heavy Fire, Twilight tech, Netflix development, and more.
AT&T/T-Mobile, on-line spending surge, Siri vs Tellme, epic bros, hipster line cred, thanksgiving meme, and more.
Cell phone data tracking, AT&T T-Mobile fight on, Verizon's spectrum grab, terrestrial/mobile caps and tiers, disposable music, Siri etiquette, and more.
Lightsquared politics, Win8 app store, blogger journalism ruling, Firefox funding, browser security, simpler Twitter, Schmidt says, and more.
SOPA/PIPA, UMG/Megaupload, UI designer shortage, chip tweaking, driving distractions, and more.
Fire stokers, box moving, the running of the baristas, the deranged millionaire, and more Christmas miracles.
Memorable TWiT moments from 2011.
CES secrets, self publishing, AppleTV strategy, Kodak's decline, walking safely, and more.
The Google+ advantage, CES stories, LTE for iPhone 5, eggs for iPhone 4S, surfing movies, and more.
iBook restrictions, TV shelf life, CES over-coverage, Megaupload take down, the invisible web, Kodak Chapter 11, and more.
April trolling, Google privacy unification, anti-poaching agreements, Facebook IPO, crony capitalism, future loved ones, Twitter takedowns, and more.
The perfect system, Facebook value, implications of data aggregation, mobile device privacy act, AT&T unlimited throttling, Super Bowl streaming, and more.
Facebook vs Twitter in real time, link skimming, Path problems, iPad 3, 3D cameras, Windows on ARM, and more.
Google cookie kerfuffle, disclose and apologize, the state of tech journalism, iPad 3 facts, data mining/analysis, and more.
The data aggregation business, to track or not to track, executive cheese, encryption incrimination rulings, 'shopping and Office on iPad, and more.
iPad predictions, one OS for all, the tick-tock cycle, Windows kill switch, the right way to throttle, and more.
Anti-social apps, price of data, OpenStreetMaps, make/buy, the "other", and more.
The New iPad, AT&T loses $850, Google got Mi.lk, copyright math, and an after show interview with Ryan Block from gdgt.
Draw Something, Tweeting from below the sea, Leo the Pinner, Google background noise, and the oatmeal effect.
Tech foolishness, Foxconn overtime, CEO pals, celebrity hacker, credit card insecurity, RIM morale, and more.
Peep tech, Lumia 900, end of innocence, invention of wifi, revenue extraction gateways, brogrammers, and more.
Instant billion, Skyping the Pope, one Sony, eBook collusion, breast recognition tech, and more.
What's wrong with Microsoft, the FBI and DNS Changer, smartphone herds, liquid metal ingredients, domain name generator, TV in a hutch, and more.
Earnings-orama, Fire takes off, Nintendo tanks, paper sidewalks, privileged psychic chat, Klout bombing and Klouchebag, and more.
Revision3 is Discovered, resume fudge, Note hotcakes, OMG pops, tapping Skype, email stress, FPSTD, and more.
Facebook hoodie, Digg engineers, Kutcher tries Jobs, Potter on Kindle, iOS maps, and more.
Future of multi-media content, IPOs on the bubble, social porn, knowledge graph, entrapping technology, big Air, 802.11ac, and more.
AOL squatter, four wheel motorcycle conversion, the cat signal, Hopper skips, Facebook fallout, non-story non-quotes, Apple's vibrating pen, and more.
Windows 8 secret moves, cyberwarfare, Jobs domination of All Things D, bad Facebook ads, maps wars, Muppet market, return of Dragon, and more.
E3, next year's convergence box, the summer of Tim, oatmealing, LinkedIn leak, Flame suicide, CLANG, and more.
Mystery Microsoft event, transitional Mac, antisocial obsolescence, Vizio PCs, Draw Something TV, and more.
Surface, RT, Windows Phone 8 and Microsoft's mojo, going Retina, tapping into NFC, Facebook kids, Nike tweet trouble, iPhone port problems, and more.
Living social, opt-in then apologize, Sergey's stunt, Revision3 story, Amazon's cascade, and more.
DNS Malware, Apple sues Samsung, Galaxy Nexus banned, Nexus Q, and more
Stacked ranking, Amazon's distribution, WalmartLabs, deconstructing Digg, the fetishization of failure, Hudsons, and more.
Yahoo's clues, in-app purchase hack, Sparrow, new BYOD Office, Microsoft's quarter, Murdoch's tweets, Apple's thin rounded corners, and more.
Hacking for good, Olympic ignorance, Apple/Twitter speculation, Google's gigabits, dark fiber rises, and more.
A cautionary cloud tale, email evolution, Samsung/Apple revelations, Metro mess, ebook anonymity, and more.
Digg past and future, search sanctions, digital signatures, the new company town, aap.net pivot, Facebookless concerns, Curiosity wins Internet, and more.
Fake followers, Kenny the Clown, record Apple value, declining Facebook value, Zombocom, and more.
Neil Armstrong, Apple/Samsung implications, NFC confetti, value in scarcity, Facebook's billion, audience engagement, and more.
Filthy money, Kindle leads reads, Instaporn, skinny rhesus, browser addiction, sleeping on the runway, and more.
Geek olympics, the long game, biometric privacy, Bing It On, out of control takedowns, and more.
Google's dark fiber, autocomplete liability, a high speed tube, end of Variety, Facebook and iOS, Brickhouse street view, helium hard drives, and more.
Maturing smart phones, microSIM surgery, evil Ninjago, wearable devices, Iran-net, on-line education, and more.
Map choices, Pono fidelity, Yahoo spying, Bing Bing, spam scams, talking with pictures, streams on Mars, and more.
Perspective on Steve Jobs , new TV paradigm, pop-up Microsoft stores, great games, ultrabook undefined, and more.
Near space ad, iPhone gripe hype, EULA avoidance, data estates, Sprint sale, 3-D DRM, and more.
iPad Mini, camera phone etiquette, Microsoft Surface, throw-away computer, easier blackmail, 20" tablet, and more.
Apple's updates, owning e-books, Microsoft's innovation, virtual donuts, self-publishing growth, and more.
Social storm, skeuomorphic schism, Ballotpedia, channelled consumerism, Lucasfilm/Disney, the new philanthropy, the social digital nervous system, and more.
ARM expansion, Microsoft speech translator, iOS Office, election tweets, e-voting, Xbox SmartGlass, Yahoo redesign, and more.
Sinofsky sayonara, gaming gangbusters, Wii U sales, trolling the trolls, leaky cloud, Hostess munchies, new life for car batteries, and more.
The new Microsoft, FB's droidfooding, rage shake, Wii U, Apple stock, Twitter's value, UN takeover rumor, and more.
Third world cloud, PR $, Chromebook push, fly-touch, vacuum-packed gadgets, and more.
Tim Cook talks, G4 Esquire, assassins everywhere, Ingress data mine, badge lust, and more.
Tweets released, Google Maps for iOS, brains in jars, fear of hacking, text-to-911, and more.
Evolution of geek culture, musical alums, big lies, huge lies, and marshmallow infused liquid fueled holiday cheer.
Take a look back at the year's best TWiT moments of 2012.
Last year's CES, this year's winners, portrait videos, resources in space, Apple/Waze, and more.
Aaron Swartz, CBS/CNET/Dish and other CES issues, toothpaste power, Schmidt's travels, valetbot, and more.
Mega launch, Facebook's Graph Search, Glee pirates, SSID wars, two girls and a puppy, and more.
End of an era, how big is too big?, sexting tips, editorial independence, and more.
Super wireless, Blackberry 10, router vulnerability, China hacks?, and more.
A stage for Windows, event data recorders and privacy, shake break, super #hashtags, and more.
The quantified self, revolution des sitzens, PS4, technopanic, democratized journalism, and more.
Glass, Chromebook, the value of knowledge, Mobile World Congress, Copyright Alert System, and more.
People and processes, augmented life, smart connectors, app leaks, pizza portal, and more.
FOMO, idea bath, saving daylight, Marissa's data, browser ballot, and more.
Galaxy S4 launch, Rubin moves from Android, Google Now for iOS leaked, the future of TV, and more.
Apple security hole allows password reset, Google Fiber Expands, FBI crowd sources for 23 year old art heist, Jeff Bezos the Apollo Rocket Hunter, and more.
Doodle talk, art of Bioshock, Comedy Hack Day, Glass report, difficulty of discovery, and more.
Roger Ebert, Facebook Home, gesture interfaces, the next big thing, Mark's Home Page, and more.
Bitcoin trust, Facebook Home, Petaluma Batman, Gmail postmortem, and more.
Video surveillance, CISPA fascism, smart watches, lame recommendations, and more.
Glass gag, nanoseconds to Haswell, the "Start" botch, Luciferin plants, First GIFs, and more.
Glass in house, consoles vs. mobile, waiting for Haswell, I/O, WWDC, and more.
The state of ISPs, app ecosystems, Adobe subscriptions, pay YouTube, and more.
Yahoo and Tumblr, unification of Google services, Larry's aspiration, Jeri's glasses, and more.
Xbox One, Glass moral panic, talking to Google, safekids.com, the beginning of history, and more.
New news gathering, Notch, Musk, National Security Letters, UHDTVs, and more.
How much security?, smart spy phones, patent troll wars, Snapchat mofos, and more.
Loon balloons, E3, Mac Pro puck, iOS ugly, phone competition, and more.
Snowden opinions, Instagram video, Jobs' vision of legacy, the last telegram, fixing ET, and more.
Windows 8.1, Facebook shadow profiles, NSA slideshow, 3D printer DRM, fruiting, and more.
News breaking socially, security tradeoffs, disaster mentality, smart hats, and more.
Download.com wrappers, defining "Do Not Track", tyranny of the default, Dropbox backend, and more.
Raccoonercise, UK porn block, Yahoo Survivor, Hyperloop hype, 8-track clunk, and more.
HDMI sticks, UK porn switch, Google's growth, human chow, and more.
Chromecast, freemium paradigm, vine stars, XKeyscore, war on leaks, and more.
Spying consequences, Lavabit, chicken vision, Bezos' old media, vat meat, and more.
Social fragmentation, gold finger print reader, spinning with the techno set, and more.
Ballmer quit-fired, robo-taxis, science vs. entertainment, fabulous bum wipes, and more.
Wearable tech, Yahoo's used usernames, iPhone surprise, self-driving future, and more.
Microsoft/Nokia, Galaxy Gear, antisocial YouTube, NSA subversion, and more.
New iPhones, NFC vs. iBeacons, meaning of 64 bit, the next Dell, and more.
Cook tweets, iOS 7 tears and fears, GTA's billion, students' social media spies, and more.
Kindle Mayday, tale of two Surfaces, Balmer raw, YouTube comments plus, and more.
Silk Road, identity and anonymity, consensual hallucinations, swarm bots, and more.
Privacy policies, shilling for Facebook and Google, writing on a computer, and more.
Apple speculation, two worlds of Windows, fashionable tech, Google grand, and more.
Retro tech, CryptoLocker, streaming scarcity, a series of patterns, and more.
Inside the iPad Air, Google party boat, The Verge life, air-gap virus, and more.
TWTR story, NSA smiley, Oprah’s first nontweet, money for math, and more.
Console updates, virtual credit cards, savvy assassins, malware on the ISS, and more.
Xbox One launch, choosing between the Internet and plumbing, the best selfie ever, and more.
Bitcoin hits $1000, music on YouTube, Microsoft leadership, Yahoo celebs, and more.
Rubin’s robots, scary Ingress, iBeacon everywhere, federal floppies, and more.
Google robots, Bezos’ genius, Ballmer’s tenure, the trivialization of culture, and more.
Top stories of the year, the NSA and bad journalism, 2013 Zeitgeist, happy slapping, and more.
Memorable TWiT moments from 2013.
Computational photography, transcendental meatsacks, Snapchat hack, Kanye coins, and more.
Baby wearables, Taft’s tub, Yahoo Tech, Coinye, Target leak, diaper tech, and more.
Spying life, the real John Legere, net neutrality ruling, Amazon pre-delivery, and more.
Introducing the Macintosh, native advertising, deletable bloatware, and more.
Motorola sale, Google’s plans, Yahoo’s secret search, Facebook’s Paper, and more.
Sochi hacking scare, Chip and PIN coming to US, Bitcoin liquidity, secret quibble, and more.
Comcast/Time Warner, throttling Netflix, Google unease, amplification attacks, and more.
Netflix to pay Comcast, Samsung Gear 2, Project Tango, router malware, and more.
Nokia Android phones, Apple’s politics, buying “likes,” Uber secrets, and more.
The real Satoshi Nakamoto?, Android malware, bingling, DRM’d coffee, and more.
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight, US to give up DNS, anonymity apps, and more.
Turkey and Twitter, NSA hypocrisy, Netflix neutrality, Android Wear, and more.
Facebook and Oculus, Office for iPad, the new One, XPmageddon, and more.
Fire TV, ersatz anarchists, Cortana, EU net neutrality, wearable wane, and more
Heartbleed, Facebook’s evil plan, kinder gentler Microsoft, Gogo Wi-Fi spies, and more.
Wearable market, working Coachella, maglev for all, real fake blood, and more.
Proposed FCC rules, appification, belfies, kids’ screen time, and more.
Hi-res audio, identity players, privacy costs, fear of regulation, and more.
Paying for bits, Apple and Beats, API copyright, review libel, and more.
Lawsuit truce, being forgotten, robotic car dilemma, 5 year antici... , and more.
Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3, rumored Apple-Beats deal delayed, Amazon fights big publishers but hurts authors, Metafilter gets crushed by Google, Google+ generates interactive photo albums with Stories, eBay advises users to change passwords after data breach, what to expect at Apple's WWDC 2014, a big win for patent trolls in Congress, and more.
Google rolls out a self-driving car, Apple is said to be prepping a smart home software platform at WWDC, NSA is harvesting millions of web images for facial recognition, TrueCrypt closes doors in odd circumstances, Microsoft maybe working on a smartwatch, Amazon’s war with Hachette, Comcast CEO has an explanation for why everyone hates his company, and more.
Creating the PC, competing with Google, WWDC, dreaming Tetris, and more.
Comcast turns Houston home routers into public hotspots, Tesla is allowing other people to use its patents in hopes to establish the company's technology as the industry standard, Netflix and Verizon feud over internet congestion, AT&T says they need to buy DirecTV because U-verse TV is a failure, and more.
Amazon announces the Fire Phone, self replicating machines, legislation may force FCC to ban Internet fast lanes, nano tech, and more.
Aereo loses in Supreme Court fight, warrantless cellphone tracking found unconstitutional, Google I/O and Android L, Facebook's psychology experiment on 689,000 users, and a new world record for playing the entire Super Mario Bros.
The EU's "Right To Be Forgotten," Apple may not call patent troll a "patent troll" before jury, Uber and Lyft ordered to cease operations in Pittsburgh, the Blackphone, Android might be broadcasting your location history, NY court says cyberbullying law violates free speech, Google Buys Songza, T-Mobile has been hiding bogus charges in phone bills, and Microsoft's smartband said to come in October.
Apple iPhone 6 leaks, how the NSA's surveillance programs are undermining Internet security, Twitter releases an Analytics Dashboard for regular tweets, London firm creates a way to control Google Glass by thinking, the TSA won't let you board some flights unless your devices turn on, and more.
Microsoft's cloudy future, the Comcast call heard around the world, Amazon testing ebook subscription service “Kindle Unlimited,” and more.
Larry Niven, emoji life, judgmental media, ticket fixing, and more.
Specious click bait, scrapping the barge, Twitter anxiety, and more.
Facebook Messenger controversy, USB security problems with BadUSB, Apple to announce a wrist wearable in September, why fiction readers are the best people, and more.
Apple's style and their secretive internal training program, podcasting's anniversary, OnePlus' 'Ladies First' contest, Moto 360's feature set, Facebook to flag satirical articles, Twitter elitism, a hamburger-making robot, Samsung buys SmartThings for $200M, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and more.
Cultivating your Facebook feed, Burning Man, redesigned iPhone 6 display panel might have delayed production, Coin gets delayed, Google's driverless cars are designed to exceed the speed limit, YouTube's new subscription service Music Key, why bother remembering anything with Google, and more.
Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple, Apple confirms event on September 9 and is building a massive side stage for it, Samsung is unpacking new products September 3, Samsung outs the Gear S, a curved smartwatch that doesn't require a smartphone, a look at Samsung's virtual reality headset, what to expect from the Moto X+1, Instagram's new Hyperlapse app, World's first government-backed digital currency to launch in December, Lyft says Uber's recruitment efforts are hurting drivers, and more.
Lessons from the celebrity iCloud photo breach, iWatch speculation, IFA 2014 coverage, Samsung announcements, Twitpic to shut down over trademark dispute with Twitter, Microsoft defies court order by not giving emails to US government, and more.
Apple Watch and iPhone 6 revealed, why Apple Pay could lead in mobile-payment, problems plague Apple's iPhone 6 preorders, the Motorola Moto X, Facebook Messenger tracks more info than you think, Microsoft to buy Minecraft maker Mojang, Macworld ends print publication, U.S. threatened Yahoo with massive fine to release data, and more.
The iPhone 6 is out, Apple's "warrant canary" dies, Amazon announces new Kindles and pays $4.6M for domain name ".buy", Android's browser flaw, Larry Ellison steps down as Oracle CEO, ride services kill S.F. taxi traditional business, Japanese company Obayashi plans to have a space elevator by 2050, and more.
Shellshock bug exploited in web attacks, the 'anti-Facebook' network Ello, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 'BendGate,' the Moto X, Blackberry Passport, and more.
Microsoft reveals Windows 10, reflecting on third anniversary of Steve Jobs' death, Tony Hsieh steps down from Downtown Project after 30 person layoff, why Apple can't decrypt your iPhone, UK just legalized CD ripping, and more.
Speculation on Apple's October 16th iPad and Mac event, sapphire crystal supplier GT Advanced files for bankruptcy, NFL's deal with Bose causes friction with Beats by Dre, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives awful career advice to women, Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition now costs $22 billion, how social media turned against women with GamerGate, and more.
Apple announces iPad Air 2 with Touch ID and iMac with Retina 5K display, Apple Pay launches Monday, how Apple SIM will change the wireless industry, Google announces Nexus 6 and Android 5.0 Lollipop, and more.
Tim Cook talks user data protection with Chinese Vice Premier, CVS and Rite Aid disabling NFC in stores to block Apple Pay and Google Wallet, Apple iTunes' music sales take a dive, Roku, considers an IPO, Ello raises $5.5 million, and more.
Apple Pay rival CurrentC gets hacked, Apple confirms decline in iTunes music sales, Amazon announces Fire TV Stick, Andy Rubin is leaving Google, Fitbit announces new wearables, Microsoft unveils a fitness band, HP to enter the 3D printer market, the end of the plasma TV, how Verizon and AT&T's ‘Perma-Cookie' is tracking your mobile web activity, and more.
Amazon announces a $199 Siri-like speaker called Echo, Microsoft Office goes free for iOS and Android, Google reveals Gmail 5.0, breach fatigue leaves users vulnerable, Google Wallet usage up after Apple Pay launch, Silk Road 2.0 seized by FBI, Taylor Swift wants no part of the 'experiment' that is music streaming, and more.
Net neutrality debate, 'Dirtbox' spy planes targeted Americans' cellphones, YouTube announces plans for a subscription music service, Google Glass future in question, Spotify CEO and Taylor Swift butt heads, and more.
Uber investigates one of it's executives for privacy violations, Google is experimenting with removing ads for a price, LA Auto Show shows off new third-party Android Auto apps and fuel cell vehicles, Apple-backed Rockstar ends patent war on Android, Aereo files for bankruptcy, CastAR ships, Jolla's crowdfunded tablet raises more than $1M in two days, and more.
Another big state sponsored malware program is discovered, Firefox drops Google as default search engine for Yahoo, Europe wants to extend right to be forgotten worldwide, Uber takes 'disciplinary actions' against executive over privacy violations, Twitter to start tracking what apps you download, Flickr is about to sell your Creative Commons photos, music publishers sue an ISP over piracy, and more.
Sony's new movies leaked after big hack, Apple's iPod lawsuit is now down to one plaintiff, UberX launches in Portland without the city's approval, Google can now tell if you're not a robot, judge rules that banks can sue Target for 2013 credit card hack, bill introduced to ban FBI 'backdoors' in tech products, and more.
YouTube Rewind, Sony document dump, protected hate speech, and more.
Cyber vandalism, the 'Year in Search,' Yahoo story time, and more.
Memorable 'This Week in Tech' moments from 2014.
Relevance of CES, robot wars at home, trending trends, and more.
CES 2015, self-driving cars, UltraHD TVs, Google insurance, and more.
Requiring backdoors, digital arms race, Xiaomi's opportunity, and more.
Windows 10 everywhere, App Neutrality, HoloLens, space net, and more.
Silk Road trial, tech-neck, micro-celebrity, dead web, and more.
Meaning of privacy, Title II for broadband, learning to think, and more.
Apple cars, Pinterest profit, Apple Watch predictions, seeds, and more.
Apple car rumors, Superfish fiasco, Komodia, and more.
Mobile World Congress preview, Apple Watch speculation, Title II, and more.
MWC 2015 recap, augmented vs. virtual reality, watch bands, Google Wireless, and more.
Meerkat makes a big splash on Twitter, Apple announces new MacBook and more, Google releases a new Chromebook Pixel, the security of Hillary Clinton's private email server, and more.
Windows 10 is launching this summer for free, Microsoft is developing software to convert Android Phones to Windows 10, Sling TV comes to Xbox One, Sony launches PlayStation Vue, Apple is planning a Web TV service for the fall, Facebook introduces payments to Messenger, all major browsers hacked in Pwn2Own contest, Oculus VR to host VR keynote at Facebook Developer Conference, and more.
Ellen Pao loses in a historic discrimination lawsuit, Apple's Tim Cook to give away all his money, new Barbie doll with Siri-like technology, Facebook F8 recap, Google demoted competing shopping sites according to FTC report, and more.
Forty years of Microsoft, narcissistic streaming, house batteries, and more.
Apple Watch pre-orders sell out, the new Apple MacBook and Samsung Galaxy S6 are released, critical security flaw in OS X 10.10.3 gets patched, Twitter is pushing for celebs to stop using Meerkat, Hillary Clinton hires Google executive to be CTO, how the Russians might have hacked the White House, Mark Pincus returns as Zynga's CEO, Lynda.com gets purchased by LinkedIn, self-driving car makes it across the country, EFF busts podcasting patent, and more.
On this special episode, Leo is joined by the early members of 'This Week in Tech' to reminisce and celebrate the last 10 years of the show.
Hands on the Apple Watch, Tesla battery, tractor EULAs, and more.
Apple Watch, Tesla's home battery, Hyperloop, Microsoft Build 2015, Hololens, and more.
Music streaming choices, surveillance math, adult VR, SSD wear, and more.
LG G4, Windows 10 editions, self-driving car PR, plane hacker, and more.
Uses of VR, Key FOB security, new Spotify, @POTUS, and more.
Photos everywhere, paranoia of sharing, producing VR, watch radar, and more.
WWDC preview, new Apple music service, smartwatch debate, VR competition, and more.
Apple Music, Twitter turnovers, Reddit bans, OPM hack, and more.
Censoring search, Twitter leadership, crowd-funding experiments, Microsoft re-org, and more.
Apple and indie labels, Facebook’s one-room office, battery innovations, and more.
Reddit mods revolt, Apple Music and Beats 1 launches, Blackberry may come to Android, NSA's XKEYSCORE, and more.
Apple’s mono-marketing, turning off comments, case for the Internet of Things, and more.
Hi-res music debate, cleaning up Reddit, ending Flash, and more.
Apple Music dream/nightmare, adultery breach, car hack, and more.
Windows 10 FUD, VR Neck, Obama’s supercomputer, Hitchbot, and more.
Future of messaging, Verizon drops contracts, Nokia Here maps sold, and more.
Alphabet, ROKU private channels, AT&T and the NSA, Amazon's brutal workplace, and more.
Ashley Madison, re-inventing the road, hoverboard crime, Amazon labor story, and more.
Upcoming Apple event, end of contract phones, “Netflix and chill”, and more.
d blocking, Apple’s inertia, Spiralizer madness, The Wassenaar Arrangement, and more.
iPhone 6s, Surface vs. iPad Pro, touch-first computing, emojis vs. stickers, and more.
Ad-blocking backlash, Ahmed’s clock, iOS 9, empathy button, and more.
New iPhones, 360 videos, Buffalos, diesel deception, and more.
Tesla X, Twitter’s challenges, more Stagefright bugs, good malware, and more.
'Steve Jobs' movie, AR expectation problems, Surface Book, Amazon as disruptor, and more.
Tech earnings, YouTube Red, viral bacon, Hilary GIFs, and more.
New Apple TV, iPad shelf life, Twitch Creative, Crandroid, and more.
Transforming journalism, Amazon brick and mortar, Comcast caps, and more.
Facebook Safety Check, encryption backlash, uncloaking TOR, and more.
ISIS vs. Anonymous, app streaming, 30 years of Windows, love stock, and more.
Internet anonymity, watch watching, Star Wars marketing, Facebook culture, and more.
Blockchain speculation, AI ethics, Yahoo spin, usurper YouTube, and more.
Back door CISA, love thy selfie, Tim Cook’s 60 Minutes, and more.
A few special friends drop by for some holiday cheer, with live music by the Dean-O-Holics.
Memorable 'This Week in Tech' moments from 2015.
Cars of the future, Peach, Broadway tweets, Binge On throttling, and more.
New car technologies, Bitcoin warning, Twitter anonymity, and more.
Facebook’s internet.org, journalistic orthodoxy, Twitter upheaval, and more.
Earnings week, end of Twitter, Amazon’s monk rental, and more.
Echo evolution, social media campaigning, verified Jiffpom, and more.
Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Jason Hiner and Owen J.J. Stone get together to talk about the FBI/DHS hack, Google Self Driving Cars, Twitter's future, Apple's Error 53, Rocky 1-7 and more...
Leo Laporte, Ben Thompson, Ed Bott, and Christina Warren discuss the Apple DOJ case further, hospital ransomeware, and Mobile World Congress announcements from Samsung, HTC, and, LG. That and more...
Host: Leo Laporte Leo Laporte, Roberto Baldwin, Peter Cohen, and Will Oremus talk about the biggest news stories in the tech world this week: Decryption by update, customer service hacks, people chow, and more...
Host: Leo Laporte Leo Laporte is joined in-studio by Becky Worley, Jason Snell, and Harry McCracken to discuss Google's self-driving car hitting a bus, Apple's new campus, the future of journalists, the smartphone as an extension of the mind, and more...
Host: Leo Laporte Leo Laporte, David Pogue, Mark Milian, and Nathan Olivarez-Giles discuss the big tech news stories of the week including President Obama's encryption speech at SXSW, AlphaGo leads 3-1 against Lee Se-dol, Apple announcement rumors, Android N preview highlights, and more...
Host: Leo Laporte Apple event preview, iPhone hearing, the surveillance society, and more.
Host: Leo Laporte Apple/DOJ case stalls, the new iPhone SE and iPad Pro, Amazon Echo as a platform, lesson's from Tay, effects of streaming on the music industry, and more...
Tesla Model 3, FBI iPhone cracking, VR gaming, new platforms, and more.
Decryption bill, the Melatonin blues, selfie inflicted, looking at nothing, and more.
The 'Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016,' the future of encryption in the US, Tesla's future, Yahoo for sale, Facebook bots, and more...
Apple’s recycled gold, Kindle book scam, Uber tips, Magic Leap questions, and more.
Apple’s quarter, Black Twitter, Rule 41, Nintendo NX, and more.
The truth about podcasting, the power of Facebook Live and Periscope, Apple Music issues, Youtube Unplugged, and more...
Facebook scrutiny, Google vs Oracle, iTunes missing music, Alexa’s skills, and more.
Google Home, technology as a lifestyle, Facebook and conservatives, and more.
Google beats Oracle, Peter Thiel shows that billionaires can beat the 1st Amendment, and Microsoft tricks people into upgrading to Windows 10.
Elon Musk thinks we are living in a computer simulation, and that one AI company will plunge us into despotism. Also, Mary Meeker's 2016 Internet Trends, Snapchat passes Twitter, and the FBI is tracking tattoos.
Gawker bankruptcy, IoT job market, remote access trojans, cost of convenience, and more.
WWDC news, emoji lobby, the 4K difference, Lonely Linux Girl, and more.
Brexit fallout, Google's machine learning revolution, Apple headphone jack controversy, and more.
Smart noise filters, Apple vs Spotify, building a better user, Tesla fatality, and more.
Facebook Live in a dangerous world, Dallas Police's lethal robot, Pokemon Go, Yahoo sale, and more.
Pokemon Go is the most popular mobile game ever, watching the Republican convention on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Consumer Reports thinks Tesla should rename Autopilot, the FBI says their Malware is not Malware because they are the good guys, free Windows 10 update ends July 29th, Galaxy Note 7 coming August 2nd.
Verizon will reportedly pay $4.8 billion for Yahoo, Elon Musk unveils his "Master Plan, Part Deux," why you need to update your Apple products now, Milo Yiannopoulis banned from Twitter, Softbank buys ARM, and the end of free Windows 10 is July 29th.
Jason Calacanis brings us news from the Tesla Gigafactory opening as we debate what "Autopilot" means. Apple's 3rd quarter profits beat the predictions, but is their Irish tax arrangement fraud? In other 3rd quarter results, Twitter is down, Amazon is up, and Mark Zuckerberg just made $3.4 billion in one hour.
Apple should be working on new computers instead of creating reality television, Amazon gets its own fleet of cargo jets, Comcast turns its cable boxes into Olympics machines while selling "near-worthless" service plans, and Slingbox creator Blake Krikorian has died at 48.
In the final TWiT at the Brickhouse, we talk about Google's mysterious new operating system Fuchsia, Walmart's Jet.com purchase, concern over the iPhone 7's potential lack of a headphone port, Adblock Plus vs. Facebook, Microsoft's 'Golden Key' leak, and more!
An all-TWiT panel for the 1st episode from the new TWiT Eastside Studio. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus - but not Pro - are coming out in September. Android Nougat might be here by the time you read this, and Gawker might not.
AI from Google, Facebook, and Apple, iPhone 6 Plus suffering from a mysterious lack of touch response, and Google Allo could change messaging as we know it.
Apple will unveil the iPhone 7 this Wednesday, September 7th. Google will announce its Pixel phones and Google Home October 4th. Samsung recalls the Galaxy Note 7 due to exploding batteries.
It's official - the iPhone 7 has no headphone jack. But at least it doesn't explode, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Also, Google and Chipotle team up to deliver burritos via drone to students at Virginia Tech.
The new jet black iPhone 7 Plus, Samsung officially recalls the Note 7, and the FBI will be able to legally hack anyone soon.
Is Apple late to the VR/AR game? Has Palmer Luckey's support of Trump trolls hurt Oculus? Who will buy Twitter? Snapchat announces $130 camera Spectacles. And Yahoo has possibly the largest data breach ever.
With Leo on vacation, Becky Worley takes the big chair. We discuss predictions about Google's big event next week, Samsung's exploding washing machines, Elon Musk's plans for getting to Mars, women in tech, who should buy Twitter, and the next wave in DDOS attacks.
Leo is back, and ready to discuss the latest tech topics with our favorite TWiT regulars!
The Note 7 is officially dead - Samsung stops production and the CPSC issues an official recall. Will Google's new Pixel Phones benefit? Is Google Assistant going to be a big draw? Also, Facebook tries to take over the enterprise with Workplace. Fallout from the Yahoo hack and surveilance debacle - Verizon may back out of their purchase deal. And nobody wants to buy Twitter at all. What would it take to make Twitter a functional business?
A massive botnet of IoT devices took down Dyne DNS, knocking several major US websites off line in a DDOS attack Friday. Hackers were able to break into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail accounts via a simple phishing scheme. Both Microsoft and Apple will hold events next week announcing new hardware - rumors predict an all-in-one Surface PC and new MacBook Pro laptops, respectively. Google's Pixel phones are out, and with Samsung damaged by Note 7 explosions, their timing couldn't be better. AT&T acquires Time-Warner. And Tesla announces full self-driving hardware will be in all new Tesla cars.
Apple announces the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Microsoft announces the Surface Studio and Windows 10 Creators Update, Twitter kills Vine and lays off almost 10% of its workforce, Google Home arriving next week, DirecTV Now gives 100 channels for $35, and Uber delivers 50,000 Budweisers with their Otto self-driving semi.
Days before the US elections, we discuss the preeminence of social media, the difficulty of fact checking, and the loss of trust in the media that has occured this year. Is Apple's recent MacBook announcement an acknowledgement that they are no longer a Macintosh company? Samsung has received 85% of its recalled Note 7 phones - now they just have to get the 2.8 million potentially explosive diswashers they just recalled. Google home is out - how does it stack up against the Amazon Echo?
Did Facebook help Donald Trump win the US Presidential Election? Apple's new MacBook Pro is selling better than last year's model. Google's Daydream View VR headsets are out, and they are hot. Literally. Twitter's COO leaves - is Twitter in trouble? Snapchat's new Spectacles go on sale - if you can find them. The Unicode Consortium approves 56 new emojis. Sadly, not Finland's suggested emojis - "sauna" and "heavy metal headbanger."
British Parliament passes the Snoopers Charter. Fake news is on the rise. Snapchat files for a secret IPO. Selfie deaths have more than doubled each year for the past three years. Apple charges $300 for a book of pictures of Apple products.
We discuss the UK's Investigatory Powers Act, which give sweeping new powers to British intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Will automation take all our jobs? What then? Black Friday sales online hit a new record, with a third of online sales happenning on mobile devices. Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Silicon Valley's empathy vacuum. FCC says AT&T's zero rating of its new DirecTV Now service violates Net Neutrality. Fitbit buys Pebble. CNN buys Casey Neistat's Beme. 1 million Google accounts under attack by Gooligan malware.
Samsung pushes out an "update" that kills the Note 7 once and for all - unless you're on Verizon. Tech heavyweights meet with Trump this week. CIA determines that Russians hacked the DNC and RNC. Amazon creates a cashierless store with Amazon Go. Why are the AirPods delayed? PewDiePie trolls us all. Wearables are dead.
Tech summit at Trump Tower. Why fake news appeals to your lizard brain. 1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked. Why Pebble had to sell to Fitbit. Uber refuses to stop testing self-driving cars in San Francisco. Google creates a new self-driving company, Waymo. Apple's new emoji in iOS 10.2.
Our special holiday episode with a look back on some of the most influential tech stories of the year. Happy Holidays!
With your help we've put together the best clips from 2016 on This Week in Tech!
CES 2017: The year of Alexa. Apple has "a great holiday," but misses 2016 sales targets. Mark Zuckerberg could run for President and still run Facebook. Samsung gets a fourth-quarter profit, even after Note 7 recall. Russia demands that Google and Apple pull LinkedIn from their stores. Phillip Elmer-DeWitt thinks the best reporting out of CES was one woman's Hunter S. Thompson-esque acid trip. Clayton Morris thinks President of the USA would be a big step DOWN for Zuckerberg Leo's New Year's resolution: no more saying the "A word" on air.
Elon Musk: Tesla's market cap goes up in smoke Apple vs Trump on tarrifs Apple's big announcement September 12th: what we expect Facebook and Twitter go to Capitol Hill, Google sits it out Twitter gives Alex Jones the boot Should Facebook be broken up? The FBI knows who hacked Sony and created WannaCry Space duct tape Theranos is finally, finally dead - are blockchain companies next? Chrome is 10, Google is 20 Pixel 3 coming October 9th
•How to tell if your Facebook account is one of the 50 million that were hacked this week •Why the founder of Instagram left Facebook •"Funding secured" tweet costs Elon Musk his chairmanship and $40 million •Google turns 20 •More leaks from Google's upcoming October 9th event •Amazon gives $1 million to Wikimedia •FCC fines robo-caller $37.5 million •Did you register to vote on Snapchat? •Web creator Tim Berners-Lee has a plan to fix the Internet
Bloomberg reports that China used tiny chips to spy on Apple, Amazon, and the US government. Apple and Amazon deny it. How do we know who is right? All the news from the Microsoft Surface event, plus some rumors of what was supposed to be there but wasn't. Windows 10 update deletes people's files. What we expect this Tuesday at Google's Pixel 3 Event. Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hr, kills stock options and bonuses. Facebook hacked by "odorless and weightless hackers." CA passes new laws restoring Net Neutrality and banning bots that pretend to be human. Presidential Alert hits phones nationwide.
•Defending Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story Google+ killed by a breach that wasn't a breach. •Facebook breach that WAS a breach hits 30 million users. In related news, Facebook now sells a video chat device with a camera that can follow your every move. •Made by Google event: what we think of the Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub. •Apple's TV content will be free for everyone who owns an Apple device.
•Cognitive hacking with scale and co-ordination. •Will the newest iPad have 2 connectors? •Should keynotes for product launches go away? •Some speculation about what to expect from the upcoming Apple event. •Morgan on Twitter and his thoughts on Google+. •Google in the EU and something that isn't getting as much press. •The discussion continues around Bloomberg's article and Tim Cook's demand for a retraction.
IBM buys Red Hat, worst Windows 10 ever, Right to Repair wins, and more.
Apple’s new Macs and iPads, CIA’s not-so-secret websites, Twitter voter suppression, and more.
The future of Apple, the tech doomsayer, nobody trusts Facebook, and more.
Facebook is still horrid, Amazon's new headquarters(s), Google’s smart city, and more
China's technological totalitarianism, Black Friday winners and losers, social media backlash, and more.
•Black Friday was Amazon's biggest sales day ever •Marriott Hack hit half a billion Starwood guests for 4 years •Indian Microsoft scammers busted •Amazon's new machine learning racecar, quantum blockchain, and more from re:Invent •When is Amazon rolling out Prime Health? •UK grabs thousands of Facebook emails from bikini app company •Google's China woes continue •Apple at the Supreme Court •Microsoft tops Apple as world's most valuable company
•What role did Facebook play in the French riots? •Tumblr bans porn, Facebook bans vague hints that sex might be a thing that exists. •Meanwhile in the UK, Parliament releases sensitive internal Facebook memos and emails. •Tik Tok is where all the youngs are at. •And then there were 5: Google tries to make sense of its Messaging platforms. Meanwhile, Apple's iMessage is the one app that could rule them all. •Microsoft puts some Chromium in their Edge. •Canada arrests Huawei's CFO for allegedly violating sanctions on Iran. •Australia passes a dangerously vague anti-encryption law.
Taylor Swift is Watching You, Spy Chip Audit, Australian Encryption Law, and More. •Elon Musk is a terrible person to work for. •The internet is a garbage fire of hate. •It is not Google's fault that searching for "idiot" results in pictures of Donald Trump. •The Chinese are not spying on you with secret spy chips on Super Micro servers. •The Chinese are spying on you by hacking Marriott. •The Chinese may or may not be spying on you with Huawei phones and 5G infrastructure. •Taylor Swift is most definitely spying on you at her concerts. •The Australian government really, really wants to spy on you. •YouTube Rewind 2018 is awful.
The Best Stories of 2018 •Mark Zuckerberg promised to fix Facebook in 2018. How'd that go? •Apple hits $1 Trillion; Jeff Bezos hits $150 Billion; Amazon warhouse workers hit $15/hr. •Elon Musk's ups and downs •The biggest mergers of 2018 •Net neutrality ends, SESTA/FOSTA, and more legal news •Bloomberg's big blunder •China's social credit system and CRISPR babies •Those we lost in 2018
The Best of TWiT from 2018!
Don't Go to CES, Apple's Earnings Warning, Amazon's Great Holiday, and More!
Impossible Burger • Health and wearables • Amazon vs Google • Smart products and "Smart" products • Laptops • 5G • Wireless power • Toilet tech and ultrasonic bladder monitoring
773 Million Password Megabreach, Tim Cook Wants Privacy, Alexa Board Games, and more.
2019 Tech Predictions, CRISPR Babies, Amazon Scout, Foldable Phones, and More!
FaceTime Flaw, Apple Spanks Facebook and Google, Huawei Suspicions, FBI Wants Your DNA, and more.
Improving government websites, blocking the big five, Spotify’s podcast move, and more.
Amazon Cancels NY HQ2 Plans, Our 5G Augmented Reality Future, Fortnite Carlton Dance Legal Battle, and more.
Folding phones at MWC, Hololens 2, conspiracies on YouTube, and more.
The end of smart-phones, AI fake people, Elon in the ditch again, and more.
Location Tracking, Facebook Privacy, Breaking Up Big Tech, and More!
Facebook Outage, Tesla Model Y, 5G: do we need it?, and more!
•What's Wrong with Google Stadia? •Google Stadia: Built for Youtube •Apple Event: What to Expect •Microsoft Pivoted to Services. Can Apple? •Devin Nunez' Cow Gains Half a Million Followers •The World of Hate on Twitter and Instagram •Facebox Stored Your Password in Plain Text •Google Kills off G+, Allo, Inbox, etc. Is Google Phone next? •DARPA's Open Source Voting System •Pwn2Own 2019: Safari, Firefox, & Edge Cracked •The Luxury of Screenless Life •Coding with the Pope
Apple's Celebrity Event • Apple and Fashion • Apple Credit Card • Apple News+ • Airpower is dead • Lyft IPO • Gig Economy and IPOs • Apple's Persistent Butterfly Keyboard Problem • Hacker Dupes FB and Google Out of $122 Million • Jeff Bezos and the Saudis • ASUS Security Flaw • Vulnerabilities in Supply-Chains • New Regulations in the EU • Elizabeth Warren and the Right to Repair • Facebook and Live • Huawei's Revenue • FTC Fines Robocall Companies • Swatter Gets 20 Years
•Ice Tea, Sandwiches, and Cybersecurity •Teslas Hacked by Stickers •Australia Bans Violent Material on Social Media •Apple News+: Dead Tree Media's Savior or Annihilator? •Facebook Wants Real News •Apple's 5G Quandary •Apple and Amazon "Hearables" •The Google Graveyard •Fake Cancer Hack •Mar-A-Lago Chinese Malware Attack •US DOJ Loves Netflix, Hates Spielberg
Privacy tax on the poor, baby’s first internet, technical literacy gulf, and more.
Galaxy Fold Fail, Qualcomm Crushes Apple, Guess Who Hates Hates Facebook Now, and more.
•Galaxy Fold Recalled After Screen Failures •Inside the Fake World of Influencers •Apple vs Apps vs iPhone Addiction •Growing Up Online: The Always-Connected Generation •Don't Forget to Cancel Apple News+! •Amazon Prime to Offer One-Day Delivery •Amazon Invests in Electric Vehicles •Amazon Doubles its Profits •Microsoft hits $1 Trillion •Which Tech Company has the Best Reputation? •Facebook Stole Your Email Contacts, Ready for Massive Fines •Hertz Sues Accenture for Terrible, Horrible Website •Netflix Wins Right to be in the Oscars •AI Writes the Best Country Song About Doors Ever •$16K Laundry Folding Robot Goes Bankrupt •Podcasts vs Luminary •Thanos Easter Egg Snaps Your Google Search
•Microsoft Build Preview •Microsoft's Privacy Reputation: How Deserved Is It? •Surface Studio Pros and Cons •Facebook's Privacy Problems on Display at F8 •Tik Tok: Facebook Killer or Just the Next Vine? •The Broken World of Social Media •Is Instagram Spying on Me? •Should Mark Zuckerberg be Personally Punished for Facebook's Failings? •Google Down on Earnings Report •Google I/O Preview •Attack of the Voice Assistants •Apple App Store Insanity •Apple Up on Earnings Reports •Surface vs MacBook vs Chromebook •Folding Phones are Still the Future: How Far in the Future Remains to be Seen •Who Wants Wearables? •How to Auto-delete your Google Location Info •2020 Presidential Candidates' Email is Surprisingly Easy to Hack •ACLU Sues US over Warrantless Border Phone Searches •Video Game Hall of Fame Adds Solitaire and Mario Kart •RIP Anki and Jibo :( •Screaming Roomba •Verizon Wants to Sell Tumblr After Destroying It •The Internet vs Sonic the Hedgehog •AR Brings 5 Madonnas to Life •Firefox Extensions Down After Glitch •Visit NAMI.org for National Mental Health Awareness Month
•The Failed Microsoft Build Hololens Demo • Microsoft's Build Keynote May Have Been a Bit Too Geeky • Microsoft Adds Linux Kernel to Windows: Is this the Beginning of the End for Windows? • Microsoft Word gets PC (Politically Correct, not the Other PC) • Should Facebook Be Broken Up? Its Co-Founder Says Yes • How Much Should Facebook be Fined by the FTC? • Snapchat Can Turn You from a Man to a Woman • Google I/O Keynote: Google Lens, Shrinking Machine Learning, and a Focus on Privacy • Google Promises Searchable Podcasts and AR in Search • Pixel 3a is a Flagship Phone at a Budget Price • How Long Will We Wait for Real 5G? • Google I/O: Incognito Maps, Project Mainline, and the End of Nest • One Broken Chip Can Brick Your Tesla • Uber IPO Makes a Few People Very Rich, but Still Loses Billions of Dollars • Bezos Shows off his Lunar Lander, Musk Teases Him • Jeff Bezos Really Doesn't Like Homeless People • The History and Future of Amazon Prime • Alexa is Listening • Hamas Cyber Attacks Israel, Israel Bombs Hamas • US DOJ Indicts Chinese Hackers for Anthem Attack • US Govt. Wants to Ban Loot Boxes • Samsung's Next Phone Could Have a 64 Megapixel Camera • Singapore Makes Fake News Illegal • Arya Stark's App for Creatives • Worldwide Helium Shortage Forces Party City to Close 45 Stores
The US vs Huawei • San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition • Chinese Owners Must Sell Grindr • FCC: Carriers Should Block Robocalls • Do You Know if Your iPhone has Been Hacked? • Big Tech's Problems Are Sociological, Not Psychological - Just Like Game of Thrones • Silicon Valley Millionaires: Silicon Valley is Bad • Get Off My Lawn! Is Tech Still Great? • Fake Joe Rogan • Is Medium Killing Blogs? • Hit By Ransomware? Just Pay the Ransom • ZombieLoad Fix Could Slow down Computers 40% • Hacking School Lunch • Google Knows What You Buy • RIP Grumpy Cat
Baltimore City Government held for Ransom by Hackers Using NSA tools • Own a House? Hackers Probably have your Social Security Number. • PlayDate: The Gaming Handheld with a Crank • Is Huawei Spying on Us? • Intel Breaks the 5.0GHz Barrier • Chinese Owner of Grindr Leaked User Data to Employees • US Air Force Being Cyber Attacked by US Navy • AMD Brings Ray Tracing to Computex • GDPR: One Year Later • Assange Charged under the Espionage Act • AI Deepfake Brings Mona Lisa to Life • Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Delayed Due to Disturbing GGI • SpaceX Launches Starlink Internet Satellites • The United States vs Lootboxes
Google Down! Is it 768K Day? • Huawei Stops Making Phones • WWDC Preview: Is iTunes Doomed? • WWDC Preview: Is the Mac Pro Doomed? • WWDC 2019 Preview: Is Intel Doomed? • WWDC Preview: Is Non-mobile Computing Doomed? • WWDC Preview: Will Apple Free the Watch? • WWDC Preview: Is your Eyesight Doomed? • WWDC Preview: iPhone Privacy Ruined by 3rd Party Apps • The Final iPod Touch Just Launched • Apple's Monopoly Propaganda Push • Foxconn: Tariffs in China and Mexico, Nothing Going in Wisconsin • Alexa, Delete What I Said Today • DOJ "Investigating" Google • Will Amazon Buy Boost Mobile? Will Microsoft? • BlueKeep Still Threatening 1M Windows Computers • Microsoft's Modern OS Manifesto • The US Requires All Immigrants to Provide Social Media Details • The UK Wants in on Your Encrypted Chats • Australian Cops Spy on You in McDonald's • North Face Gets Busted Spamming Wikipedia • RIP BBM • T-Series Beats PewDiePie to 100 Million • Play Cuphead on your Tesla
The Mac Pro is Only for the People Who Need It • The iPad Grows Up with iPadOS • Where is Apple Headed? • iTunes is Dead! Hurrah! • Apple Triples Down on Privacy • Memoji Makeup is a Minefield • SwiftUI is the Future of Coding • 3D Touch is Almost Officially a Failure • Cyberpunk 2077 is Going to be the Best Keanu Reeves Game Ever • Who is Google Stadia For? • Google's Outage Last Week Shows that We are Not Ready for Google Stadia • YouTube's Biggest Problem: The Recommendation Engine • Jeff Bezoz Interrupted By Animal Rights Protestor • Fed Ex to Cut Ties with Amazon • Amazon Drones Are Still A Ways Off • 68 Percent of Facebook Investors Vote to Fire Mark Zuckerberg • Facebook's Bitcoin Alternative is a Solution in Search of a Problem • Microsoft Thinks Gamers Stink • RIP Maker Faire
• Sony and EA MIA at E3 - does E3 matter anymore? • Computex, on the other hand, was huge this year • What is a Gamer? • E3 2019 was the year streaming gaming broke big • E3 2019: The Keanussaince • Why are games announced so far in advance? • Stadia, xCloud, and the future of streaming games • Think VR is Over? Oculus Quest would like a word with you. • Xbox Scarlett announcement • What will games look like in 10 years? • How Nintendo Won E3 2019 • Pixel 4 Leaked - by Google! • The Ethics of video game journalism • Huawei stops making Matebooks, blames Trump • Apple doubles down on privacy, but Celebrite says it can crack any iPhone • Pax > E3 • Microsoft buys Double Fine • Target cash registers fail nationwide • Argentina loses power • US attacks Russian power stations: the cyber Cold War escalates • US Border Patrol leaks 100,000 licence plate photos • La Liga app spied on users to try to stop piracy • Telegram DDoSed by China over Hong Kong protests • Facebook to launch "Zuck Bucks" cryptocurrency next week • Huawei delays the Mate X foldable phone, but it's not Trump's fault.
Facebook's Cryptocurrency Libra and Congress' response • The appalling working conditions of Facebook's moderators exposed • More conversation on the distinction between a "platform" and a "publisher" • Ravelry, a site for knitting enthusiasts, has taken a stand against white supremacists • Google was just caught red-handed • Pandora is being sued for showing Tom Petty song lyrics • Netflix is petitioned to cancel an Amazon show • Apple is recalling selected MacBook Pro laptops because of a fire danger • Apple is considering moving up to 30% of production out of China • The system designed to verify age in the UK for porn has been delayed • A horror story involving a phone hack, a SIM card and what Google isn't doing • Apple has approved over 1,000 Best Buy locations as official repair centers • Is Google Chrome spying on us? • Facebook, Google, and The New Wilderness • Philips Hue's new light Trulifi is announced • GE's smart lightbulb update is maybe not so smart • A city in Florida pays $600K to a hacker to get its data back
•The iPhone turns 12 today •Jony Ive is leaving Apple •Can AirPods actually harm your ears? •Apple is going to manufacture Mac Pros in China •Say goodbye to your Microsoft eBooks •Another city just got hacked! •Boeing's $9 an hour solution to a shortage of engineers working on the 737 Max •Verizon will lock cell phones to networks for up to 60 days •It looks like Huawei is back in business •White Hats are helping hotels find vulnerabilities •Cloudflare was offline for a few hours this week •Are Huawei phones more vulnerable to hacks than other smartphones? •A potential hacked was averted with 7 words! •Why is GrubHub is buying up web addresses? •Want to fit in in Silicon Valley? You must learn "Bro Talk" then •Hans Zimmer has composed the sound of BMW's new concept car •Is Twitter finally getting serious about harmful tweets? •Some drivers in Colorado find themselves in a muddy field after following Googles Maps
HQ Trivia Lays off Staff, Pivots to HQ Words • Fortnite is an Advertising Machine • The Fragmented Nature of Gaming: Fortnite vs CoD BLOPS vs Dream Daddy • Gaming's Streaming Future Might Make Microsoft and Sony Buddies • Apple TV Focuses on Quality Over Quantity (Except When It Comes to the Remote) • MacBook Keyboard Might No Longer Be Crap Soon • Facetime Will Force You to Make Eye Contact via AR Magic • Can Apple Design Without Jony Ive? • Amazon: 25 Years of the Commodification of Our Existence • Soon Your Car Will Tell You Where the Nearest Parking Spot Is • Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Hits a Congress-Sized Speed Bump • Amazon Wants to Launch 3,000 Internet Satellites • Facebook Image Tags Revealed in Outage • Superhuman Email is (No Longer) Spying on You • Chinese Border Patrol Installing Malware on Visitors' Phones
• Facebook fined $5 billion, the stock goes up $6 billion • The dark side of Facebook's pivot to privacy • Trump vs anti-conservative bias on social media • Instagram vs bullies • Prime Day deals and dilemmas • Amazon is building a robot to judge your couch • Palantir cameras are watching you, and police are using them • Your car is watching you • Area 51 attack plan involves furries, Naruto runners • RIP MacBook • Mac update kills Zoom hack • Apple Watch Walkie Talkie hack • Hong Kong protestors use Apple AirDrop to bust the Great Firewall of China • Apple tossing $millions/episode at Apple TV • Stranger Things AR ad in the New York Times • Amazon Lord of the Rings MMO • Netflix Cuphead Show • Prime Day phishing scams • HBO Max get Friends, Riverdale, Dune • France's Tech Tax • Niantic kills its first app • Google's new hyper-local social network Shoelace is being created just to be shut down • Google's privacy policy changes are a testament to internet history • Google is listening to you in Flanders • Twitter will test "Hide Replies" in Canada • A eulogy for the father of the password • Chatterbox will teach children robotics
• Is FaceApp safe? As safe as any other photo app. • Russian Intelligence Service hacked • Apollo 11 helped launch computer programming • Elon Musk wants to sew a chip in your brain • Equifax fined $700 million • TikTok takes over • Celebrate World Emoji Day • New MacBook Air have slower SSD • Apple Pushes Exclusive Podcasts • Trump threatens Google • Congressional hearings on Big Tech • Google kicks Chinese app developer off Play Store • Tinder removes itself from the Play Store • Oakland Bans Facial Recognition • Amazon has record sales on Prime Day • How should Facebook Libra be regulated? • Influencers are taking over the world • Boston Dynamics Spot Mini is coming
Apple buys Intel's modem business • House passes anti-robocall bill • Samsung Galaxy Fold finally coming in September • As T-Mobile/Sprint merger approved by DoJ, Dish launches a new mobile carrier • iPadOS is the Future of Apple • iPhone 11 is all about the camera • Note 10 - no headphone jack, no buttons • How Apple fights factory thefts • Apple Card coming in August • Google will buy your face for $5 • Facebook founder wants to break up Facebook • Google bans repair business search ads • Big government vs big tech • Do not install PremierOpinion software from VoiceFive • Pampers develops "smart" diapers
Apple Earnings: services up, iPhone down - Phone season starts this week - Apple gearing up on R&D - Amazon takes over - RIP Amazon Dash button - Your Assistant is listening - Apple Card won't let you bet on the ponies - Capital One hack - Apple Bluetooth security hack - Facial recognition for drunks - Chinese smile to pay - Elon Musk is boring holes in Las Vegas - AI customer service hell - Amazon partnering with police - Turkey cracks down on internet - Instagram from Facebook - Livestreaming Funerals - Spotify takes off - US Govt Vs social media addiction - Locast gets sued - Ninja moves to Mixer
• Video games don't cause mass shootings, but toxic gamer culture doesn't help • White House proposes social media censorship • Apple wants as many people as possible to get the Apple Card • Are Teslas reliable? • Chase forgives Canadian customers' debt • Apple locks out DIY battery repairs • FedEx splits with Amazon • Amazon's PillPack fighting with CVS and Walgreens • Woz wants you off Facebook • Teenagers work overnight to make Amazon Echo • Samsung Note 10 kills headphone jack and Bixby button, embraces Microsoft • FBI, NSA want hackers, even if they used to smoke pot • Defcon takes on voting machine security • Elizabeth Warren's plan for rural broadband • US Navy ditching touchscreen controllers
•Amazon's paid tweeters program backfires •Telus email out for the past 4 days •$3 Million Fortnite winner SWATted •How Gamergate launched a culture war •Esports is officially mainstream - how to get an esports scholarship to college •Verizon sells Tumblr for about 2% of what Yahoo bought it for 6 years ago •iPhone 11 coming September 10 - how private will it be? •Apple sues Corellium for virtualization service •Google's challenging past 3 years •Google forces Nest to leave recording lights on •iPhone 11 Pro Max? •Pixel 3a's faux 20x zoom •Rival search engines drop out of Google's search engine ballot auction •Amazon's Rekognition face recognition system can't tell the difference between congressmen and criminals •"NULL" vanity plate garners man $12,000+ in parking violations •3 simple ways to defeat face recognition •Update your Windows 10 system NOW. Seriously. •New Bluetooth KNOB attack •Huawei gets a break •Georgia required to use paper ballots •FTC willing to break up big tech •IKEA gets serious about smart tech •Disney after account sharers •Don't use Kaspersky anti-virus •Tesla owner implants her key in her arm •Apple shuts down 3rd-party WebKit anti-tracking abusers
•Hacking the US Military at DEF CON •Voting machine hacks at DEF CON •GDPR is a hacker's delight •Company sues DEF CON because their presentation was booed •Will the T-Mobile/Sprint merger go through? •Android Q is not a dessert •New phone season is here •Using mice to detect deepfakes •Navigating our increasingly fakeable world •Is computational photography more or less "real"? •Human connection in an online world •Apple TV+, Disney +, where does it end? •Apple Card and its various stains •Don't wash titanium with tap water •5G is as carcinogenic as coffee and pickles •WeWork IPO chicanery •Pokemon Go trespassing is still a problem •No, Instagram is not going to steal your photos
Apple Event September 10th: iPhone. Which phone will be better, iPhone 11 or Pixel 4? • Apple Event September 10th: Apple Watch. What health features should we expect, and how will they save Christina Warren's life this time? • Jack Hacked! Twitter CEO's Twitter account hacked by white supremacists. (Again.) Can Twitter ever be properly secured? (No.) Will someone hack Trump's account next? (Maybe they already have, we just don't know it.) • Trump proposes tracking US citizens with Fitbits to prevent mass shootings. • Reddit detectives figure out which satellite Trump uses to track Iranian space launch facilities after he tweets a picture of one. • 15% tariffs on Apple Watch, AirPods and HomePod start today! Apple vows to move all production back to America immediately. Just kidding - they're moving to Vietnam. So is Google Pixel. Coming soon: Iraqi-made Microsoft Surface Pro and Afghani HP laptops! • Project Zero at Google discovered a very interesting iPhone hack that went on for years. China used those hacks to target Uyghur Muslim Chinese citizens. • Black Hat attendees infected with a real-life virus: Measles! • Google doubles down on third-party trackers, arguing that eliminating them will break the web. Why this is a big fat lie. • Microsoft Surface event coming October 2nd. Greg Ferro wants to know why Windows still sucks. •Apple turns 180 degrees, allows 3rd-party repairs. • Microsoft gives ExFat to Linux. Can we please have NTFS next?
Apple testily responds to Google's Project Zero discovery of China's iOS hack against Uyghur Muslims. • Avoiding FUD: how secure is too secure? • Facebook leaks 420 Million users' phone numbers. In a related story, until recently, AT&T stored users' phone numbers in unencrypted paper files and delivered them directly to all US citizens. • Apple Event this Tuesday! Which new phone will win the 2019 Fall Challenge? • Phone Photography of the Phuture! • Apple Watch 5 is all about sleep. • Apple Tile, Apple Glasses, Apple TV, Apple Arcade, what else will happen on Tuesday? • Harry is excited about the 16 Inch MacBook coming soon. • Samsung Fold released in South Korea. It's not perfect, but it is a necessary step towards a cyberpunk future. • An AI beat an 8th-grade science test. My 8th grader spends most of his time in the backyard blowing up stuff. Should we be scared? • Joi Ito resigns over Epstein ties. Let's make sure we punish all the tech people who worked with Epstein and ignore all the bankers and politicians. • Bill Gates has spent the past 10 years rehabilitating his image. Will his ties to Jeffrey Epstein remind everyone what a jerk he used to be? • Verizon's 5G rollout to NFL stadiums only covers some seats. • DOJ demands Apple and Google give them data on everyone who downloaded a gun scope tuning app. • Supermicro flaw - no, not that Supermicro flaw, the other one. • Huawei says the US is cyber-attacking it. Um, Duh. • Biohacking is here. Stick a server in your thigh!
iPhone 11 vs iPhone 11 Pro • iPhone 11 Pro Max: the end of the Thinner Era • No High refresh rate for iPhone Pro • New iPhone colors: corpse purple, baby poop green • How durable is the iPhone 11 Pro? • Night mode, 3 lenses, high key: is iPhone 11 Pro the best phone camera you can buy? • iPhone 11 will be unlocked on day one • Apple seems ever so slightly more price sensitive this year • iPhone 11 camera bump: why not just make the phone thicker? • Apple Watch 5: always on • Apple Watch 5: aluminum vs titanium vs ceramic • Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ • Apple can't get JJ Abrams, even for a half-billion $$$ • 48 States coming after Google • Tech backlash? What tech backlash? • Are we building our own surveillance state? • Google's $995 Project Jacquard backpack • Where do we go after GDPR? • Want $125 from Equifax? Please jump through these flaming hoops. • Pixel 4: is there anything that hasn't leaked yet? • Which voice assistant is the best, and how can we make it better? • Microsoft Surface Event October 2 • Minecraft hits 112 million users a month • MoviePass finally folds
TWO AND A HALF DOZEN people invade Area 51 • iPhone 11 vs iPhone 7: is it worth the upgrade? • Apple Arcade is the best 5 bucks a month you can spend on games • Apple Watch 5 is the best computer you can wear on your wrist. • Taking cat pictures in the dark with iPhone 11 - which phone takes the best picture? How about video? • How many monthly fees to Apple are too many? • Apple wins its 2nd Emmy before Apple TV+ even comes out. • Who owns Slofie.com? How about Slophie.net? • Apple changes the update cycle • RIP 3D Touch. We won't miss you. • Apple's ultrawideband U1 Chip: what does it do? • iPhone 11 teardown • What to expect from Google's big October event • What to expect from Microsoft's big October event • Has Google achieved quantum supremacy? • How many bitcoin are lost forever? • When Zuck met Trump • Facebook creates Oversight Board: here's how it will work • Facebook Portal wants to watch you watch TV • Richard Stallman out at MIT and Free Software Foundation • Edward Snowden still wants to come home
What we expect at Wednesday's big Microsoft Surface event • Gemmy the Twerking Alexa Bear demo • Echo Loop and Echo Frames will take Alexa with you • Facebook Horizon: is this the VR future we signed up for? • Tesla's Smart Summon feature makes us a little nervous • Do we really trust all these voice assistants? • Amazon is throwing Alexa spaghetti at the wall • Google wins major Right to Be Forgotten ruling • Amazon Sidewalk is Amazon's proprietary mesh network for pet tracking and more - will they sell it to the police? Will this and Amazon's Ring Neighbors app lead to a police state? • Amazon pushes voice agent interoperability - Cortana jumps at the chance, Siri and Google Assistant play coy • Checkm8 is an unstoppable jailbreak that works on any iPhone from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone X • Apple will release AppleTV+ movies in theaters as Oscar bait • Mac Pro to be made in Texas • Google will stop showing news snippets in France • QuestLove is moving from Pandora. Is Pandora dead? What is the state of the streaming music world? • Snapchat's 'Project Voldemort' tracks all the ways Facebook steals from them • Elizabeth Warren wants to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment so congress will know what they are talking about on tech • Listen to TWiT's new show Smart Tech Today starting Monday, October 7th!
Microsoft surprises us all with the two-screen Surface Duo phone • Apple's Deep Fusion poised to trump Google's Pixel 4 announcement • More than 500 ransomware attacks on US schools so far in 2019 • More red flags than a Chinese parade: WeWork's failed IPO • Apple loves freedom - except in China • US, UK, and Australian governments vs encryption • Lexy Savvides's Memoji secrets • Tim Cook can woo Trump all he wants, but Apple still has to pay 25% tariffs • CNET folds the Samsung Galaxy Fold until it breaks • Why did Windows Phone fail? Iain Thomson: "It was a thousand cuts of stupidity." • Microsoft's new Surface line is aimed straight at Apple • Will there be an October Apple event? All signs point to yes. • Google Seattle makes a literal product graveyard • Levis' Jacquard jean jackets • PayPal backs out of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency • Facebook vs Elizabeth Warren • Facebook says it's ok for political ads to lie • Twitter says it's ok for Trump to advocate civil war • Should Zuckerberg step down? Would that change anything? • Elon Musk's new Starship and its competition • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is concerned about Tesla's Smart Summon feature • Hundreds of millions of "Words with Friends" accounts hacked • Japan turns off pagers after 50 years of honorable service
The Chinese propaganda app that spies on all Chinese citizens • Chinese influence in video games, social media, and other industries - where do we draw the line? • What is Tencent? How much influence do they have over the world? Here's how to keep them from watching your iPhone • Can we still trust Apple? Can we trust anyone? • At what point do we admit that we are in a multi-state information war? • Is there any way to fine Facebook fairly? Bring back the Office of Technology Assesment! • Remember: the answer to bad politics is not "no politics". It is good politics. • Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is falling apart • There is a very good reason why politicians can lie on Facebook • How Boris Johnson games Google • There are no political ads in France. Could we do that in America? • Which weird phone stands a better chance: the Essential Gem or Microsoft Duo? • Apple Arcade is still wonderful. • How much do Americans know about tech? Not a lot. What should we do about that? • SCOTUS decides websites must be accessible to blind people • Lithium-ion battery inventors win Nobel Prize
•California passes law to kill the gig economy •Facebook refuses to ban lying in political adsWhy does internet access in America suck so much? •Pixel 4 event: kinda dull •Pixel 4 review: camera zoom not that great, face unlock works even if you are asleep or dead •Law enforcement face recognition banned in California for 3 years •Google focuses on "ambient computing" •Technopanic and social media •Zuckerberg is amoral, Facebook should just ban political ads •Google is great at everything but selling hardware •Pixelbook Go: perfect for college kids, but not for us •Google Nest Wifi sounds good •Air Force stops using 8-inch floppies to control missile launches •Malware makes ATMs spit out all their cash •Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber coming to a TV near you •RIP Yahoo Groups •Huawei is doing great! •Virgin Galactic shows of its spacesuits •Cobol turns 60 •Fortnite is down! Technical error or marketing genius? •Is TikTok China's entry into our children's minds? Or is Mike Elgan just paranoid?
•Facebook Launches News Section to Compensate Publishers •Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke." •Fake Facebook ad claiming Lindsey Graham backs the Green New Deal is actually a test for Zuckerberg •Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: more than the sum of its sensors •Night Sight fight: The iPhone 11 kinda destroys the Pixel 4 with low light camera shots •AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard •Google is delivering some Pixel 4 phones in fun cereal boxes •Google Cereal review: Feature-packed but lacking in basic nutrition [Gallery] •Google will replace Home devices bricked due to latest firmware update •LOFT Portable Battery Base for Google Home •Amazon is spending billions on shipping as it makes Prime one-day delivery a reality •After Briefly Falling To Number Two, Jeff Bezos Is Back As The Richest Man In The World •Apple Pay overtakes Starbucks as the most popular mobile payment platform in the US •Gov't bill could see Emergency Alerts broadcast over streaming services like Apple Music •Microsoft's Over-the-Top VR Rig Lets You Explore a Virtual World While Walking IRL •TikTok could threaten national security, senators say •Motorola teases its foldable RAZR phone reveal for November 13th •The Huawei Mate X is set to ship next month for $2,400, but only in China •Elvis hands-on •Ant talks about his new show
•Google Buys Fitbit. Will this be like Google buying HTC, or like Fitbit buying Pebble? •Apple hires a new smart home team. Can they catch up with Amazon and Google? Can they fix what is wrong with HomeKit? •AirPods Pro review - the best earbuds we've ever worn. However, they are pricy, and they're still earbuds, with all the issues that come with that. •AppleTV+ launches. Can an Aaron Sorkin wanna-be, wacky Emily Dickinson, and sexy blind people win the streaming wars? •NBC's Peacock TV may be free with ads when it launches in April. •HBO Max launches in May for $15. Will it finally kill cable? •Twitter bans political ads. Facebook thinks they are just fine, even if they lie. How will Twitter figure out what is a political issue? Does Mark Zuckerberg really think "Lying is bad?" •PG&E cuts power to millions but still manages to start a 77,000-acre fire. Cell service also fails. So does Comcast. Is this the harbinger of all of America's aging infrastructure finally collapsing? •National Weather Service tweets out some useful tools to track wildfires and smoke. •It's the emoji season! The controversy this year: non-gendered emoji.
• Big Tech is trying to fix California's housing crisis by throwing $billions at it. Here's what they should do instead. • How can we fix the mess that is video conferencing? • Delivering drugs via drone: what could possibly go wrong? • Google open sources Cardboard, instead of just killing it as we expected. • The FBI is secretly using face recognition to track us. The ACLU thinks this is bad for some reason. • Apple is slowly tightening its privacy system. • Saudi spies infiltrate Twitter. Is Big Tech security-conscious enough? • FACEBOOK changes its logo. WHY? • Facebook and political ads • Photoshop for iPad is finally here. • Here are the best tools for vertical video. • Is Adobe's subscription model fair to consumers?
Apple's November Surprise: 16-Inch Macbook Pro brings back the scissor-switch keyboard and physical ESC key • Surface Book 3 Rumors, Surface Laptop 3 and Surface Pro X Reviews • Microsoft's Project xCloud launches in early 2020 as the odds-on favorite to dominate game streaming • Google Stadia launches tomorrow as a failure • Goldman Sachs re-evaluating Apple Card credit limits after sexism accusations • Google will offer checking accounts to anyone who wants Google to know absolutely everything they pay money for. • Google's secret "Nightingale" health-care project and Fitbit purchase: Google wants to own your health data • Apple's Research App: do we trust Apple with our health data more than Google? • Disney+, Apple+, Peacock TV, etc - when will the streaming bubble burst? • YouTube creators: are you a kids' channel or an adult channel? • Is YouTube fracturing the world? Should we go back to all reading the same newspaper? • Apple kicks vaping apps out of the App Store, Canadian pot stocks crash - legal marijuana's bad week • Minecraft Earth launches in the US - the perfect demo for Azure Anchors • Hololens is still the future • So is the Oculus Quest • Are Apple Glasses? • British Labor Party offers free broadband - could this work in the US? • AI can tell if you are going to die - doctors baffled
Tesla’s unveils its new Cybertruck, watch out for shotputs! • NTSB says a fatal crash involving Uber’s Robocar was due to human error • Tesla tries to SWAT a whistleblower • Jack Dorsey’s hacker has been arrested • Google Stadia and what the future of gaming might look like • Can’t seem to print using Cloud, we’ll tell you why • Apple is building a new campus in Austin, guess who was there to help celebrate? • Apple tells Congress you shouldn’t be able to fix your iPhone because you could hurt yourself. Really Apple? • And they claim they are losing money when they do repair your iPhone for you. • SpaceX is serious about its Starlink satellites • Who gets to see and keep your Ring video doorbell footage? You might not be happy when you find out! • A new type of AI can predict seizures before they happen, and it’s amazingly accurate • PayPal just bought the coupon-finding browser extension Honey for $4 Billion! • Need a lawyer? Your next call might be a robot • Fox has plans for a new show, and the 50+ crowd might not like the name • A court has ruled that police can’t force a suspect to reveal his cellphone's password
Alexa sounds disappointed, Apple complies with Russian demands . Panel: Lisa Schmeiser, Iain Thomson, Alex Lindsay .
Mac Pro, Google's End of an Era, the Future of War Guests: Christina Warren, Amy Webb
Mac Pro, Ring Hacked, Tik Tok Top 100 Guests: Rosemary Orchard, Paris Martineau, Owen JJ Stone
Top Tech News of the Decade Guests: Mary Jo Foley, Stacey Higginbotham, Mikah Sargent
Leo 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!
CES Preview, 2020's New Tech Laws
The Best Tech from CES 2020
FBI vs Apple, Google vs Cookies, Biden vs CDA 230
Jeff Bezos Hack, Apple vs EU, face recognition
Is Big Tech Too Big? Folding phones, Elon Musk, and 62 new emoji
2020 Election Chaos, Motorola Razr Failure
Samung Galaxy Flip Review, MWC 2020 Cancelled, Windows 10X Explained
COVID-19 Tech Fallout, Star Trek Deepfake
Coronavirus, Amazon Go Grocery, Reddit vs Tik Tok
Coronavirus Hits Big Tech, What to Do While You Are Quarantined
MKBHD's 8k setup, Future Today Institute 2020 Tech Trends Report
Don't CarPlay and Drive, iPad Pro with LiDAR
Tracking Coronavirus, Instacart on Strike, Free e-Books
Zoom Security Issues, iPhone SE
Apple+Google Covid tracking app, 5G towers burning, Zoom tips
TWiT's 15th Anniversary, iPhone SE, Best Audio Equipment You Can Buy
Contact Tracing, Synthetic Biology
Elon Musk Goes Crazy, Tik Tok Takes Over
Zoom Fixes Encryption, Elon Musk and XÆA-12
Facebook Buys Giphy, Apple AR Glasses, Unreal Engine 5
Microsoft Build Highlights, Surface Earbuds Review, Minecraft's Biggest Month
Trump vs Twitter, SpaceX, George Floyd Protests
Big Tech and Racism, Trump and Biden Phished
Zoom's Fail of the Week, Police Face Recognition, Apple at $1.5T
WWDC Preview, Twitter Voice Chat, Prescription Video Game
Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14
Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+
TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm
Twitter Hack, Tik Tok hysteria, World Emoji Day
Xbox Game Pass, TikTok vs Quibi, The End of Intel
Tik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested
Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap
Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China
Apple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod
Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation
TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple Announcement
Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review
Trump OKs TikTok, Apple Watch & iPad Air, Oculus Quest 2
TikTok Ban, Amazon Drone Camera, Pixel 5
Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+
iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google
Amy Webb and Cory Doctorow Fix All the Problems of Big Tech
Highlights
CES 2021 preview, streaming video in 2020, goodbye FarmVille
Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba
CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy S21, Section 230, escaping big tech, Clubhouse
Biden and big tech, the end of Loon, Apple stock soaring, Clubhouse
GameStop stock, Apple's blowout quarter, Apple Watch growth opportunity
Clubhouse, a Kia + Apple car, Section 230
Crypto legitimacy, Facebook wearable, Twitter's Bluesky, Supermicro hack
Facebook abandons Australia, pictures from Mars, Salesforce and work from home
Super Follows, TikTok Success Secrets, Pandemic Baby Bust, Stadia's Failure
Fighting Zoom fatigue, major Microsoft hack, ending 3rd party cookies
$69 Million JPG, rural internet gets a boost, Netflix password sharing crackdown
Twitter hacker sentenced, a sting Apple event, Instagram for kids.
CruptoPunks and NFTs, Chrissy Teigan quits Twitter, Microsoft buing Discord?
MS Build 2021, Hololens & US Army, ACLU's privacy letdown, Google's Pixel 6 chip
Google vs Oracle, Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel, Google IO 2021
Apple's Spring event, Jeff Bezos letter to shareholders, Elon Musk and NASA
Apple event roundup, Big Tech Antitrust action, Signal CEO hacked Cellebrite device
Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun
Facebook Oversight Board, Google vs Roku, Epic vs Apple, Musk on SNL
Colonial Pipeline ransom, Pixel 6 leaks, Biden's Venmo, Twitter Blue
Google IO recap, Windows 10X gets dumped, Bitcoin collapse, Twitter verified
Rideshare surges, Ford F-150 Lightning, Amazon antitrust
WWDC preview, hacking Tamagotchi, Nigeria suspends Twitter
WWDC highlights, Big Tech regulation, flying cars
Five Anti-Big Tech bills, Windows 11 leak, WWW as an NFT, Rigt to repair
Windows 11 unveiled, China bans Bitcoin mining, gig app for intel gathering
Amazon and the FTC, REvil ransomware, GitHub Copilot, Pokemon Go
Branson in Space, Amazon, Kaseya Hack
Windows 365, Windows on iPad
Billionaires in space, Right to Repair, Akamai outage, NSO Spyware
Apple's proposed CSAM protections, Google Pixel 6, Firefox decline
IBM's PC turns 40, Senate plan to open Apple's App Store, where Countach got its name
T-Mobile hack, OnlyFans policy change, Cloudflare DDoS, Tesla's humanoid robot
OnlyFans about-face, Tim Cook 10th anniversary, Elizabeth Holmes trial
Apple's CSAM reversal, Big Tech pushback in Texas, a spying Lightning cable
Apple event preview, Apple vs. Epic, Proton gets Tim Berners-Lee
iPhone 13, iPad Mini, Microsoft Surface preview, Inspiration4
Crackdown in China, Surface Duo 2, end of magazines, Peter Thiel
Facebook meets 60 Minutes, what Finsta is, Rivian R1T first look, Holmes trial
FB's Horrible Week, Surface Laptop Studio Review, TikTok Masters the Algorithm
Hardware event preview, HTC Vive Flow, Squid Game success
New Mac chips, new Pixel 6, Proton Mail's big win, Squid Game rakes it in
Facebook is Meta, MacBook Pro impressions, Orbital Reef, Windows XP is 20!
Meta trademark filing, NYC crypto, the Great Resignation, Daylight saving time
Twitter Blue, The Golem Network, The Genesis Machine, GitHub Copilot, Rivian IPO
pple's self-repair program, space debris, Constitution NFT, Xbox 20 years old
Black Friday, Apple sues NSO group, rats play Doom, MicroClimate AIR2
Jack leaves Twitter, what is Web3, Bitcoin crashes again, Cyber Monday
Worst 0-day in a decade, Amazon outage, Assange extradition, Birds Aren't Real
Log4j vulnerability, YouTube and Disney make up, Tardigrades, Anti-5G necklace
Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware
The best TWiT highlights of the year!
The future of finance, Web3, NASA Webb Telescope, synthetic biology, CES 2022
E3 goes virtual, microdosing in the metaverse
Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal, 5G improvements, Intel's Ohio factory
Nvidia done with ARM, Spotify controversy, Google kills FLoC, FBI and Pegasus
Meta earnings flop, Amazon Prime price hike, NFT celebrity complex
Galaxy S22 Ultra, Mainstreaming of crypto, Meta in France, James Webb Telescope
Android Privacy Sandbox, Truth Social, Cyber Warfare, NUDGE Act
Russian/Ukraine War, Steam Deck
ICANN in Russia, Nuclear vs Solar power, Elden Ring, Audiblegate, Chonky Palmtop
M1 Ultra, Mac Studio, DuckDuckGo's neutrality, TikTok's Oracle deal
Mac Studio review, Netflix password sharing, Amazon Project Iliad
Kaspersky on Security Risk List, Lapsus$ hackers caught, EU's messaging law.
Wyze camera flaw, E3 is over again, Dorsey apologizes for centralized web
Elon Musk's Twitter stake, Unreal Engine 5, WWDC predictions
Elon Musk, Bill Gates' Metaverse, Zuckerberg security detail
Netflix declines, CNN+ folds, Pixel Watch rumors, Moonbirds NFT, salty chopsticks
Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens
Tech stocks are crumbling, NFTs losing steam, SafeGraph, Google IO preview
Texas HB 20, Crypto crash, Google IO, Goodbye iPod, Netflix ads
NY goes after Twitch, Musk's real plan, Apple's DeepMind defection
Seth Green's NFT stolen, DuckDuckGo and Microsoft, Apple Union battle
Sheryl Sandberg steps down, WWDC preview, Texas social media law, right to repair
Musk and Ye, chatting with ChatGPT, SF killer robots, Apple China protests
Microsoft's Activision deal, Esports fading, Twitter Files, Apple car delays
Twitter Trust and Safety Council firing, TikTok ban, FTX SBF arrested
2022 year in review, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine, Elon Musk
Highlights Throughout the Year
CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot
CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter
Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP
AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet
Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive
Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard
AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA
Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban
AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry
Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple headset
GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympic Esports
Apple VR Goggles, TikTok Ban, Twitter Source Code Leak
Apple Pay Later, Twitter Alternative, April Fool's
Bloomberg's large language model, Twitter open source code, E3 Cancelled, Sony Q Lite Hosted by Devindra Hardawar
Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp Hosted by Jason Howell
Musk risk intensifies, UK emergency alert, Google AI panic, Parrots on Zoom
Bluesky, the end of Twitter, Flipper Zero, Supreme Court and AI
AI chatbots, Writer's Guild strike, Pluto ad-supported TV
AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs
TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom
AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis
WWDC preview, AI scientist statement, virtual kidnapping
Apple Vision Pro, Reddit API fallout, Tesla Autopilot casualties, UFOs
Reddit CEO, Diablo 4, Esports struggle, "Hey Disney!", Twitter eviction
Amazon vs Walmart, Prime dark patterns, Canadian link tax, Zuck+Musk cage match
Twitter self-DDoS, Flipper, Ethernet 50 years old, SCOTUS cyberstalking
Threads by Meta, TweetDeck returns, Causal AI, thumbs-up emoji lawsuit
Microsoft Activision victory, Amazon Prime Day, writer's strike, Taylor Swift
Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Ranjan Roy
Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+ Guests: Paris Martineau, Louis Maresca, Shoshana Weissmann
AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR Guests: Georgia Dow, Mike Masnick, Janko Roettgers
Black Hat, DEF CON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, Rob Pegoraro
Chokepoint Capitalism, America COMPETES Act, Google Topics, Internet Archive Guests: Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow
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Cruise suspended in California, UK's Online Safety Bill, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Guests: Ryan Shrout, Larry Magid, Alex Wilhelm
AI Executive Order, Epic vs. Google, Goodbye Mint, Meta Ray-bans Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Christina Warren, Mike Elgan
OpenAI GPTs, Humane AI Pin, privacy in cars, Amazon ditching Android Guests: Brianna Wu, Dan Patterson, Janko Roettgers
Hosted by Devindra Hardawar OpenAI fires Altman, Apple RCS support, PlayStation Portal, The Abyss 4K Guests: Paris Martineau, Alex Lindsay, Anthony Ha
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Hosted by Jason Howell Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop Guests: Rich DeMuro, Tim Stevens, Abrar Al-Heeti
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AI Math, Zuck's Lair, E3's Demise Guests: Brianna Wu, Nate Lanxon, David Spark
Hosted by Leo Laporte A Retrospective Journey through 2023 and Beyond Guests: Jeff Jarvis, Doc Searls, Steve Gibson, Rod Pyle
This Week in Tech's Best Moments in 2023
Guests: Amy Webb, Christina Warren, and Devindra Hardawar
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Anthony Ha and Sam Abuelsamid
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