AI is getting a lot more personal and a whole lot messier. On Tech News Weekly @jp2e.bsky.social & @mikahsargent.com talk AI & older adults independence, a report on app stores pointing to deepfake image apps, & @vicmsong.bsky.social's story behind a $399 AI plush companion: twit.tv/tnw/433
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NASA hands Apple the best Shot on iPhone ad ever, AMD & Nvidia eGPUs are working on Apple Silicon Macs, & the foldable iPhone is already hitting snags on MacBreak Weekly with @leolaporte.me, @ihnatko.bsky.social, @snell.zone, & @filmgirl.bsky.social! twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/1019
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Social media addiction lawsuits reshape how courts view app design, NASA solves its Outlook glitch, & OpenAI acquires a tech talk show as @leolaporte.me, @notpatrick.com, @abraralheeti.bsky.social, & @iainthomson.bsky.social cover This Week in Tech! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1078
AI leaks, platform accountability, and new pressure on Big Tech. On Tech News Weekly, @abraralheeti.bsky.social joins @mikahsargent.com to break down Meta’s dispute with the MPA, Claude Code's leak, Apple’s DarkSword exploit, and major rulings against Meta and YouTube: twit.tv/tnw/431
A newsletter turned AI lab is challenging what journalism even means, OpenAI closes a $122 billion round, & California sets new AI guardrails as @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @paris.nyc, & Kate Lee break it all down on Intelligent Machines! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/864
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With Apple turning 50, iOS 26.4 dropping 35 security fixes, and the Mac Pro officially discontinued, @davidpogue.bsky.social joins @leolaporte.me, @ihnatko.bsky.social, @snell.zone, & @filmgirl.bsky.social to talk about his new book on MacBreak Weekly! twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/1018
Meta & Google just got hit with a huge liability verdict over platform addictiveness that could unleash a wave of lawsuits, & that's just the beginning of what @leolaporte.me, @harper.lol, @brianmc.bsky.social, & @cathygellis.bsky.social discuss on TWiT! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1077
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On Tech News Weekly, @dmoren.com joins @mikahsargent.com to break down iOS 27 rumors and Apple’s AI reboot, the Halide co-founder lawsuit, a dissection of the US ban on foreign-made routers with special guest Sean Hollister, and more! Watch: twit.tv/tnw/430
Learn about the AI tool that thinks like a journalist, Meta losing its child exploitation trial, Sora shutting down, and more on this week's Intelligent Machines with @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @paris.nyc, & @marshallk.bsky.social! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/863
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A California jury handed Elon Musk a $1B+ verdict over misleading Twitter shareholders, CBS kills its legendary radio news service after nearly a century, & @leolaporte.me, @jank0.bsky.social, @danpatterson.com, & @lschmeiser.bsky.social discuss on TWiT! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1076
Tech News Weekly: @mikahsargent.com & @jp2e.bsky.social dig into IKEA's smart home shortcomings, and NVIDIA's DLSS 5 controversy. Special guest, Andy Greenberg, covers a serious iOS 18 hacking threat called DarkSword, & federal scrutiny of Tesla & Ford's hands-free driving tech: twit.tv/tnw/429
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From AI facial recognition landing a grandmother in jail to gainfully employed robots, Meta layoffs, & plug-in solar finally coming home, @leolaporte.me, @iainthomson.bsky.social, @richcampbell.bsky.social, & @jp2e.bsky.social get into it on TWiT! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1075
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In case you missed the Oscars last night. 😂 Conan rocked! youtu.be/XjvnclCos_0?...
On Tech News Weekly: @dmoren.com joins @mikahsargent.com to unpack the DOJ’s puzzling settlement with Live Nation, highlights from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with CNET’s @abraralheeti.bsky.social, and why China is suddenly obsessed with the OpenClaw AI agent.
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Apple's legendary evangelist @guykawasaki.bsky.social joins @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, & @paris.nyc to discuss how Signal & open-source AI are rewriting the rules on privacy, IPO skepticism, & a cringe crackdown on Intelligent Machines! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/861
Privacy is under siege as data brokers fuel billions in identity theft, the government moves to blacklist Anthropic, and @doctorow.pluralistic.net explains why AI may be headed for a crash with @leolaporte.me & @accordionguy.bsky.social on TWiT! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1074
The iPhone 17e, M5 MacBook Air, M5 Pro and Max chips, and an accidental leak of the MacBook Neo keep @mikahsargent.com, @ihnatko.bsky.social, @filmgirl.bsky.social, & @shelly.brisbin.net busy this week on MacBreak Weekly! twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/1014
I had to run and get an ethernet adapter because our online recording failed. We had to upload from our hard drive. I came right back but I missed the first 15 minutes.