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Intelligent Machines 866: I'm Bonkers for Yonkers

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:30:06 PDT

When renowned photographer Craig Mod coded his own AI-powered Twitter, the lines between art, tech, and community blur in surprising ways. This episode explores what happens when creative minds take AI into their own hands—and why the next wave of software might feel more like a home-cooked meal.

Sam Altman's Blog About Firebombing
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
Federal agencies skirt Trump's Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model
Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview's cyber capabilities | AISI Work
OpenAI rips Anthropic, distances itself from Microsoft
The tiny disclosure at the bottom of OpenAI's tax day post is all you need to read
Exclusive: Anthropic Preps Opus 4.7 Model, AI Design Tool
Federal Court Denies Anthropic's Motion to Lift 'Supply Chain Risk' Label
Anthropic Asks Christian Leaders for Help Steering Claude's Spiritual Development
Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use Amid Compute Crunch
Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators
Mark Zuckerberg Is Reportedly Building an AI Clone To Replace Him In Meetings
Chrome Now Lets You Turn AI Prompts Into Repeatable 'Skills'
Adobe's new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface
After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Even more good news for the future of neurosymbolic AI
'The Audacity' Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For
AI influencers are 'everywhere' at Coachella
I don't see images in my head. Can training give me a mind's eye?
Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI as AI drug discovery hopes mount
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
Ukraine captures enemy Russian position using only robots, no humans: 'The future is already on the front line'
I/O schedule
Haunted Paper Toys
Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now
DNS & Network Tools — Mr.DNS
TRAIN JAZZ
The hottest college major hit a wall. What happened?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Craig Mod

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Windows Weekly 979: The Nespresso of the PC World

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:37:14 PDT

With Microsoft finally doing right by Windows 11 and the Windows Insider Program, it's time to start testing and provide some feedback. And then we'll see if we can really trust these people. Also, Stardock's Connection Explorer 1.0 is here! And if you want one of macOS's dumbest features on Windows 11, you can get it now.

Windows

Yesterday was Patch Tuesday - Another month in paradise
26H1 - Eh, 24H2/25H2 - Narrator, File Explorer, display, Pen settings, WRE, Remote Desktop improvements
Microsoft reveals how it will simplify the Windows Insider Program
Two top-level channels, but really three
A way to enable all features in new builds, finally, and easy channel switching. But there are complexities, of course
New builds for Canary, Beta, and Dev - Two for Canary, but nothing new, Beta and Dev get Storage, networking, Windows Security, and Feedback Hub improvements
The first Snapdragon X2-based PC is out, and Paul has that waiting in PA, and two more PCs are coming to Mexico
PC sales were somehow up 2.5 percent in Q1, but the rest of 2026 will be a bloodbath
Also, smartphone sales are doing even worse
NVIDIA reportedly wants to buy Dell or HP ahead of a big PC chipset push. Interesting

Surface/Microsoft 365

Microsoft is forced to hike Surface prices dramatically
Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Hub
Microsoft College Offer: 12 months of Microsoft 365 Premium, 12 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a custom Xbox controller when students in the U.S. purchase a PC

AI/Dev

Microsoft AI releases a faster and more efficient image model
Amazon CEO tries to explain the AI spending
Google app for Windows rolls out worldwide, but the Mac gets a Gemini app
Claude for Microsoft Word arrives in Beta
Claude for Desktop gets a major redesign for multiple AI agents
Microsoft's reported plans to charge for AI agents
.NET 11 Preview 3 arrives right on schedule, but there's nothing to see here
Build session catalog is up - joking, but the new Windows native app strategy should just be vibe coding
Google I/O registration is open, and you are never going to believe what the main topics will be - number five will shock you

Xbox & gaming

New Xbox CEO says Game Pass is too expensive, also that the sky is blue
Xbox will show off the next Metro game soon
Starfield for PS5 is getting a fix
Amazon Luna is stripping down to the basics e.g. "pulling a Stadia"

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: It's time to get involved
App pick of the week: Stardock Connection Explorer
RunAs Radio this week: Internal Corporate Communications in 2026 with Emily Mancini
Brown liquor pick of the week: ScapeGrace Vanguard

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1074: What Mythos Means

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:26:43 PDT

We may already be living through the most consequential hundred days in cyber history, and the arrival of AI that can autonomously chain zero-day vulnerabilities into working exploits means the software industry's long-standing "ship it and patch it later" era is officially over.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1074-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1020: AirPods for Your Face

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:24:00 PDT

There's strong demand for the MacBook Neo as Apple ramps up production on the budget-friendly laptop. A fake crypto wallet app was recently removed from Apple's App Store. And Apple is testing AI glasses that could come out sometime next year.

Apple ramps up MacBook Neo production to 10 million units amid strong demand.
Apple removes fake crypto wallet app that stole $9.5 million from Mac users.
Why you can't trust Privacy & Security.
Apple AI glasses will rival Meta's with several styles, oval cameras.
How the "AI Loser" may end up winning.
Blackmagic's camera for Apple Vision Pro content is now available for $30K.
The space between by C&S app.
A fake Ledger App on the Appl App Store drained $9.5 million in crypto.
Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo satellite network.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Pick: PureMac
Christina's Picks: DaVinci Resolve Photo & Glider
Andy's Pick: Google AI Edge Eloquent
Jason's Pick: Strawpoll

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This Week in Tech 1079: Fans. Only Fans.

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:20:46 PDT

Anthropic has built an AI model so sharp it's being withheld from the public, sparking debate over who gets access to world-changing tech and who's left behind. Hear how this "too dangerous" AI could tip the balance for the world's most powerful players. This episode unpacks the fresh moral minefields created when cutting-edge tech collides with politics, security, and human lives.

Anthropic says its most powerful AI cyber model is too dangerous to release publicly — so it built Project Glasswing
Sam Altman Fire Bombing Response
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
Samsung flags eightfold jump in quarterly profit as AI chip demand pumps prices
SpaceX Posted Nearly $5 Billion Loss Last Year from AI Spending
Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency's budget by $700 million
CPUID hijacked to serve malware as HWMonitor downloads
GTA 6 Developer Rockstar Reportedly Hacked, Data Being Ransomed
FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages - 9to5Mac
ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
Helium Is Hard to Replace
John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement
France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, calling US tech dependence a strategic risk
The disturbing white paper Red Hat is trying to erase from the internet
DOJ Top Antitrust Litigators Exit After Ticketmaster Settlement
My Quest to Solve Bitcoin's Great Mystery
Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%
'Abhorrent': the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock, Jason Hiner, and Mike Elgan

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Intelligent Machines 865: Mythic

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:38:14 PDT

A secretive AI called Mythos is already finding zero-day exploits that humans missed for decades, but Anthropic claims it is too risky for public release. Hear what leading security experts think could happen if this technology escapes the lab.

Claude Mythos Preview System Card - Claude Mythos Preview System Card.pdf
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
Meta Employees Vie for AI 'Token Legend' Status
Meta releases new model for Social Media "Muse Spark"
Why OpenAI's Purchase of a Big Tech Podcast Is So Sleazy
How Accurate Are Google's A.I. Overviews?
Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour
Google's AI Overviews are correct nine out of ten times, study finds
How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company
The back story behind the first "$1.8 Billion" dollar "AI Company"
It's Called Silicon Sampling, and It's Going to Ruin Public Opinion Polling
Cloudflare builds what it calls the successor to WordPress
JuliusBrussee/caveman: 🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 75% of tokens by talking like caveman
Mvidia
Old NYC records
Basketball is.... good?
QVC, HSN cable networks face Chapter 11, insolvency
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalism

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Daniel Miessler

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Windows Weekly 978: Pre-Peated

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:19:23 PDT

Julia Liuson is leaving Microsoft. Liuson joined Microsoft in 1992, the same year as CEO Satya Nadella (she worked on Access at first). She helped build the first version of Visual Studio and was the first female corporate vice president at Microsoft. Liuson has been president of Microsoft's Developer Division since 2021. Also, curious about life on the other side of the fence? Paul has a tip for finding games that are optimized for Linux. Plus, Chrome joins the 21st century with vertical tabs and a real reading view. Just be sure to install those anti-tracking extensions.

Windows

Microsoft promises more native apps for Windows 11, but... which apps? New apps? Replacements for existing apps?
Thanks for making us revisit the web app vs. native app thing yet again, Microsoft
Windows 11 version 25H2 is now being pushed to all compatible PCs
Compatibility milestone, not a big deal because 24H2/25H2 features are identical, same underlying codebase - but some will complain that Microsoft is "forcing" 25H2 on them
Secure Boot certificate notifications are now available so you can see where your PC is at
Another month, another emergency Windows Update patch
New Dev/Beta builds add Xbox Mode, new haptic effects, etc., plus a new Canary build with features we've seen before
Microsoft is taking the Insider Program on the road
Component shortages trigger another Raspberry Pi price hike, but also a promise for the future
The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor will be available from leading retailers starting Apr. 22 with a retail price of $899

Microsoft's terms of service for Copilot say it's for entertainment purposes only. Yes, really.
Microsoft AI releases new foundational models for transcription, voice, and images
Word on iPhone gets Copilot co-create capabilities - used to be AI Mode, you need a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription
Anthropic has hired away a key AI executive from Microsoft, and what he has to say about the opportunity is interesting
Anthropic brings Computer Use to Windows
Google: Seriously, we are not training AI with your Gmail
Google AI Pro plans now offer 5 TB of cloud storage, yikes

Xbox & gaming

Xbox is refreshing the look of achievements on the console
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, more coming to Game Pass this month
Was this the best COD ever? In search of greatness
Also: Forza Horizon 6 launches May 19 and will be available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Xbox Cloud as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, and playable day one with Xbox Game Pass
Xbox will hold FanFest events around the world

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: So you want to try gaming on Linux
App pick of the week: Google Chrome
RunAs Radio this week: Securing AI Agents with Niall Merrigan
Brown liquor pick of the week: Corowa Peated Single Barrel 521

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1073: The FCC Bans New Consumer Routers

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:37:55 PDT

The FCC has banned all new consumer routers made outside the US, leaving networks stuck with aging, insecure hardware while blocking innovation. Find out why this sweeping move is raising eyebrows and lawsuits—and why it makes zero sense for cybersecurity.

Apple's 26.4 age queries catches many by surprise.
LinkedIn's 2.7 MB of privacy-invading javascript.
Microsoft starts forcing Win11 24H2 to 25H2.
Cisco loses source code to the Trivy supply-chain mess.
Proton introduces privacy-first voice and video "Meet."
GitHub to fix lagging security of its Actions feature.
Cloudflare reaffirms the privacy of its 1.1.1.1 DNS.
Cloudflare uses AI to re-code better secure Wordpress.
The FCC drops a ban on all new consumer-grade routers.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1073-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1019: Furious, Eloquent, and Unrestrained

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:14:00 PDT

New images of the Earth have been captured on an iPhone! AMD & Nvidia eGPU's can work on Apple Silicon Macs! It hasn't been officially announced yet, but the rumored Foldable iPhone could be facing shipment delays. And Apple's App Store saw a 84% jump in new apps this past quarter thanks to vibe coding.

Timeline of every iPhone model in chronological order.
NASA just gave Apple the best Shot on iPhone ad ever.
iPhone 17 Pro Max isn't the only Apple product being used in space recently.
Apple AirPods Max 2 review: Better late than never.
AMD or Nvidia eGPUs can work on Apple Silicon Macs, but not for graphic acceleration.
Foldable iPhone hits engineering snags, shipment delays possible.
New AirPods Pro are coming this year: Here are three rumored upgrades.
Developer behind controversial AI apps sues Apple over App Store takedowns.
Jack Dorsey's decentralized Bitchat app removed from China App Store.
The vibe coding effect? Apple's App Store saw 84% jump in new apps in quarter.
Paul McCartney rocks Apple HQ with lengthy set of classic tunes.
Epic Earth: 3D Adventure Films app.
How the Vision Pro rollout inflamed tensions at Apple.
AR tech prepares patients for endometriosis surgery.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Picks: Artemis Wallpapers, Gemma for iPhone, and apfel.
Christina's Pick: Hannah Montana Linux Reborn
Andy's Pick: Heynote
Jason's Pick: Dropzone 5

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This Week in Tech 1078: The Great British Marmalade Scandal

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:48:50 PDT

This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation.

NASA: Artemis II
Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory
NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch
How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one
Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S.
Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog
Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra
OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions'
The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive
After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot
Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons
Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones
Iran's hackers go to war
Breaking down the government's bizarre router ban
How to turn anything into a router
You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television
Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law - Slashdot
Delta to Tap Amazon Satellite-Internet Service for In-Flight Wi-Fi
The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing's highest prize
Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
ZomboCom was stolen by hacker, put up for sale, and has now been...

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Iain Thomson

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Intelligent Machines 864: And Artemis Too

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:40:40 PDT

What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even seasoned journalists are wrestling with these tools.

Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
(Il)Legal Python Port
Claude Code Unpacked
Spinner Verbs
RANK SPECULATION: Capybara cost - AI haves and have nots. And whither spud?
Another supply chain attack on NPM
OpenAI closes $122B round at $852B valuation, opens door to retail investors
SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals
Gmail rolling out AI Inbox beta for AI Ultra subscribers
You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago
Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state
Inside David Sacks' new role shaping Trump's AI agenda
15% of Americans say they'd be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll
More Than Half of US Says AI Likely to Harm Them, Poll Finds
The largest AI survey ever reveals what humans actually want
'Most People Don't Enjoy Their Jobs:' Perplexity CEO Says AI Layoffs Are Chance To Launch AI-Powered Ventures
Biggest AI conference traps researchers, presuming AI as cheating
An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In.
Obsolete Sounds
The oldest job in journalism: New York Post 'runners' defy AI
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Kate Lee

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Windows Weekly 977: Moonshine University

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:16:24 PDT

Microsoft's AI ambitions overflowed into GitHub, sparking backlash when ads appeared in pull requests and raising new concerns about where your code is really going. GitHub is going to automatically use your data to train AI, so Paul tells how to opt-out if you don't want that. Plus, there's a new Microsoft 365 alternative in town, and this one is from a little tech company you can trust.

Windows

Week D updates go live last Thursday - Smart App Control, many other minor changes
And here we go again: Microsoft issues emergency patch for March Week D optional update
Microsoft says it will replace web-based in-box apps and experiences with native apps ... somehow
Four builds across three channels - Canary with opt-in gets a huge Windows Console upgrade, Dev/Beta get Administrator Protection (again), more
AMD has a new flagship gaming processor

AI/Dev

Microsoft Research AI has a new Critique feature that uses ChatGPT and Claude together in an unholy Frankenstein's monster of orchestration
A week of Siri AI rumors/leaks - This is Apple's version of Microsoft trying to buy TikTok
Google makes it easier to switch to Gemini - This is like Mac vs. PC, but for AI
Mozilla's approach to AI in Firefox is both right and correct
The plan to the save the open web from Big Tech
The future of Firefox includes a Smart Window mode that works like Private window but for AI
SwiftUI SDK for Android is now available

Xbox and gaming

New Xbox chief seeks to reset Xbox brand image - reminder, that's not the same as changing anything
Xbox announces 14 Day One Game Pass titles coming soon
Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and Gears of War E-Day Direct are coming in June
Sony to raise PS5 prices soon
Nintendo to raise prices for physical Switch 2 games soon

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: Opt-out of training AI on GitHub
App pick of the week: Proton Workspace with Meet
RunAs Radio this week: My Home Lab
Brown liquor pick of the week: Jeptha Creed Six Year Old Wheated Bourbon

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Security Now 1072: LiteLLM

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:22:56 PDT

An explosive supply chain hack in Light LLM nearly unleashed catastrophic malware across millions of AI systems, and it took a coder's quick thinking to catch it before it snowballed into disaster.

Will California require Linux to verify its user's age.
Apple's iOS 26.4 requires UK users to prove their age.
Russia chooses to use home grown 5G mobile encryption.
Ukraine knew the webcam was installed by Russian spies.
Google moves quantum computing "Q Day" to 2029.
At RSA, UK's NCSC CEO warns of vibe-coded SaaS replacements.
More information about nasty ClickFix campaigns.
More than one in seven Reddit postings are an AI-bot.
The story behind the LiteLLM disaster that was averted.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1072-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1018: 50 Years and Still Going Strong

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:29:00 PDT

David Pogue joins the show to talk about his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years. iOS 26.4 is out with new features & security fixes. And Apple officially discontinues the Mac Pro.

Apple: The First 50 Years.
Apple at 50: Some great Apple history books.
Between Jobs: The triumphs and failures of Apple without Steve Jobs.
Macs of unusual size.
9th Circuit denies Apple's rehearing requests in Epic Games case.
iOS 26.4 has fixes for 35+ security issues on iPhone, details here.
iOS 26.4 now available: Here are all the new features for your iPhone.
macOS 26.4 introduces new security feature for Terminal commands.
Windows PCs crash three times as often as Macs, report says.
iOS 26.5 adds new Apple Maps feature for trending places.
iOS 26.5's Messages app has RCS end-to-end encryption in beta.
iOS 26.5 adds Live Activities support for third-party accessories.
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware.
iRacing on Vision Pro bringing 'immersion and fidelity never before seen in sim racing'.
GeForce Now streams Apple Vision Pro faster & better than to Meta headsets.
Watch a full BBC Proms concert in immersive video on Apple Vision Pro.

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: Ollama
Andy's Pick: "Collected Peanuts" Humble Bundle
Jason's Pick: Coax
Leo's Pick: Ghostmoon.app

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

Guest: David Pogue

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This Week in Tech 1077: I Would Download a Car

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:19:33 PDT

Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could unleash a tidal wave of lawsuits. Find out why attorneys, entrepreneurs, and everyday users are suddenly on edge.

• Social media addiction lawsuits hit Meta, Google, YouTube
• Section 230 and First Amendment implications debated after court verdicts
• Supreme Court sides with Cox; ISPs not liable for user piracy
• Elon Musk's lawsuit over X (Twitter) ad boycotts thrown out
• Anthropic versus Department of Defense: AI contracting dispute and retaliation claims
• FCC's confusing foreign-made router ban and consumer tech fallout
• Major supply chain attack: LiteLLM malware infects AI devs
• The rise (and risks) of AI agents with voice, identity, and personification
• Turing Award honors pioneers of quantum cryptography
• Antimatter on the move: CERN's oddball truck experiment
• Sci-fi and reality blur as Neal Stephenson walks away from the metaverse
• Privacy and consent worries escalate with AI-powered recordings and surveillance
• Digital shelf pricing arrives at Walmart and Kroger
• Flipper Zero: voice-controlled hacking gadget gets an AI upgrade
• Age verification laws create headaches for OS and app developers
• Official White House app called out for surveillance and security blunders
• Is AI progress barreling toward a dystopian tech future?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed, Brian McCullough, and Cathy Gellis

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TWiT Events 19: RSAC 2026: Securing the Agentic Era

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:59:00 PDT

Leo Laporte takes to the expo floor at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco's Moscone Center for a rapid-fire series of conversations with leading security vendors and thinkers. From Thinkst Canary's honeypot deception tactics to Bitwarden's new Agent Access SDK, Tailscale's AI gateway, and Aikido Security's fully autonomous AI pen testers, the dominant theme is clear: the AI agent era has arrived and security hasn't caught up. Plus, a surprise meeting with WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins.

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00:00:00 Intro – Leo Laporte at RSAC 2026, Moscone Center
00:00:29 Haroon Meer | Thinkst Canary – Honeypots & Deception Tech
00:06:35 Bob Boyle | Torq – AI-Powered Security Automation
00:09:50 Juan Quesada | Yubico – FIDO2, Passkeys & Pre-Registered YubiKeys
00:12:33 Rob Allen | ThreatLocker – Zero Trust & Deny by Default
00:25:53 Arun Singh | Drata – Trust Management & Compliance
00:27:34 Jelmer Snoeck | Keycard Labs – Ephemeral Tokens for AI Agents
00:35:26 Kasey Babcock | Bitwarden – Agent Access SDK
00:41:52 Roeland Delrue | Aikido Security – Autonomous AI Pen Testing
00:48:56 Bill Keeler | Semperis – Identity Security & "Midnight in the War Room"
00:52:08 MalwareTech Marcus Hutchins & Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian
00:54:30 Chris Hughes | Zenity – Securing AI Agents at Runtime
01:01:35 Jillian Murphy | Tailscale – Networking, Aperture & Free Forever

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Haroon Meer, Rob Allen, Bob Boyle, Juan Quesada, Arun Signh, Kasey Babcock, Roeland Delrue, Bill Keeler, Marcus Hutchins, Caitlin Sarian, Chris Hughes, and Jillian Murphy

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Intelligent Machines 863: Fire and Ash

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:21:54 PDT

Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick joins the panel to showcase a new AI-powered tool that doesn't just summarize articles—it thinks like a journalist, flagging what's truly new and revealing the patterns that matter. If you want to stay several steps ahead in the AI race, this episode is a must-listen.

Malware autodownloaded by AI agents
Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was "inevitable" on its apps
We're saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.
TurboQuant: Redefining AI efficiency with extreme compression
Apple Can 'Distill' Google's Big Gemini Model
Apple Plans AI Reboot With Siri App, New Look and 'Ask Siri' Button in iOS 27
Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic
A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace
A look at "tokenmaxxing", a status game where employees at a number of companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using
Elon Musk Announces $20B 'Terafab' Chip Plant in Texas To Supply His Companies
Jury finds Elon Musk guilty of defrauding Twitter investors [U]
Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine,' Dies at 80
AI Doc trailer
reflect — Time-Travel Reflection for Obsidian
Esoteric Ebb
Butthole
Regex Blaster

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Guest: Marshall Kirkpatrick

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Windows Weekly 976: Full Thurrottle

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:20:33 PDT

In 2015, Satya Nadella said that he wanted users to love Windows. But Microsoft has only enshittified Windows more aggressively since then. Paul wrote a book. And now Microsoft says it's changed, baby, and it's serious this time. Here's what was said ... and what was not said.

A Timeline

Early signs of positive change: Rust in the Windows kernel, numerous new security features in Windows 11 - "two sides" of Windows, the engineering side and the "let's push AI at all costs/UX" side - more recently, Baseline Security Mode and User Transparency and Consent announcement
Last September, Pavan Davuluri took over Windows and reorganized the business immediately, bringing Server/Core back in-house
In December, Paul saw the first signs of positive changes in OneDrive, while not perfect, a major step back from the enshittification there. It took a few months to understand exactly what changed.
In January, there are over one billion Windows 11 users. Davuluri first mentions a push for quality in 2026 - "pain points"
In February, Nadella announced leadership changes that included people directly in charge of security and engineering quality
Now, Microsoft has announced that it will address (some of) the complaints about Windows 11, and this includes performance and reliability improvements across the board

Microsoft said it will

Let you move the Taskbar to other screen edges, finally
Improve File Explorer performance
Make changes to how users to skip Windows Updates (vaguely)
Make improvements to Widgets (but what about the quality problem?)
Remove unnecessary Copilot entry points
Make the Windows Insider Program more transparent
More relevant recommendations in Start - ??
Reduce resource usage across the board, give more resources to what you're doing (good for gaming, especially)
Reduce interaction latency - WInUI3
Reduce search latency throughout - also context menus and navigation (which is WinUI3, I guess)
Make improvements to Windows Subsystem for Linux
OS, drive, and in-box app reliability improvements
Windows Hello improvements - Wonders if this is tied to the complaint about speed here

What Microsoft didn't discuss

Of the several items in the Windows 11 Enshittification Checklist, only one was addressed by Davuluri's post, Windows Update chaos, and then only partially. Not mentioned: Forced telemetry, bundled crapware, forced Microsoft account sign-ins, forced Microsoft Edge usage and configuration harassment, hardware requirements (less relevant today), OneDrive behaviors (partially addressed already).
Recall is rare in that it's opt-in, but most of the AI and unwanted features are opt-out or worse
Controlled Feature Releases are not controlled, but they do suck
Microsoft has monthly Security Updates that include new features. Security and Feature updates should be separate and have different pausing rules
Microsoft is not removing Copilot from Windows, nor is it doing less AI; it is just removing Copilot icons from most places and trying to be more thoughtful about how it deploys AI in Windows 11
The Windows Insider Program makes 0 sense right now, and this was only partially addressed; it's not clear what's changing yet
Davuluri says that WinUI3 UIs are the solution to many performance problems, but just using an old

Mor

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

This Week in Tech 1076: I'm Monitoring the Situation

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:28:45 PDT

Elon Musk faces a multi-billion dollar verdict after a California jury finds his tweets misled Twitter shareholders, raising the stakes for tech CEOs with unchecked social media influence. Plus, CBS kills its legendary radio news service while podcasting explodes, signaling a dramatic shift in how America consumes, trusts, and pays for news.

CBS News Shutters Radio Service After Nearly a Century
A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace
FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms
The 49MB Web Page
Microsoft unveils MAJOR improvements coming to Windows 11 this year — movable Taskbar, reduced RAM usage, less AI and ads, and much more CONFIRMED: "We are evolving how Windows is built behind the scenes to raise the quality bar"
Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June
Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down
Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups
Jury agrees that Musk's tweets during Twitter takeover misled investors
After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold
200,000 Devices Erased? Pro-Iran Hackers Hit US Firm With Data-Wiping Attack
Japan to allow 'proactive cyber-defense' from October 1st
Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Arizona AG files criminal charges against Kalshi over 'illegal gambling'
Major League Baseball Steps Into the Prediction Markets, Strikes Deal With Polymarket
Polymarket is opening a bar where you can drink and watch the world unravel in real time
It's been 20 years since the first tweet
Project Hail Mary is movie medicine
The futurist who helped define tech trend reports just killed them (literally)
This new cassette player has USB-C and Bluetooth, in case you want to ditch Spotify

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Intelligent Machines 862: Ménage à Claude

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:19:03 PDT

Who gets to define what intelligence means in the age of AI, and why are tech companies so keen to shift blame onto their creations? This episode digs into moral outsourcing, agency, and the urgent need for independent oversight in the world of artificial intelligence.

Nvidia Unveils NemoClaw Agent Software
Nvidia's NemoClaw is OpenClaw with guardrails
Jensen just put Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere
Nvidia Unveils Groq-Based Chip System to Speed Up AI Tasks Like Coding
Nvidia's DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse
Zuckerberg has "finished" with Alexandr Wang, worth US$14 billion
Meta didn't buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web
Meta's Manus AI agent arrives on your desktop to take on OpenClaw
Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano | OpenAI
Sources: OpenAI signed a deal with AWS to sell its AI services to US government agencies for
both classified and unclassified work, amid the Anthropic-DOD spat
Inside OpenAI's Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
OpenAI, Musk and Focus
A mystery 1T-parameter AI model called Hunter Alpha, which appeared on OpenRouter on March 11, sparks speculation that DeepSeek is quietly testing its V4 model
Hustlers are cashing in on China's OpenClaw AI craze
Baidu is integrating OpenClaw with its Xiaodu devices to work as voice-controlled remotes, as it seeks to catch up with Tencent and Alibaba in the AI race
Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud
Judges Find AI Doesn't Have Human Intelligence in Two New Court Cases - Slashdot
AI Agent Hacks McKinsey
A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause "AI brain fry", a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity
AI companies want to harvest improv actors' skills to train AI on human emotion
A Reddit Post, An AI Hallucination, And Two Lawyers Who Never Checked Citations Walk Into A Dog Custody Case
Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
EchoPrime – Cedars-Sinai’s AI system can read echocardiograms and write the report
Robotic Surgery Performed Remotely on Patient 1,500 Miles Away - Slashdot
Ex-Uber CEO Kalanick Debuts Plan for 'Gainfully Employed Robots'
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies at 96
CanIRun.ai — Can your machine run AI models?
We tried White Castle from an airport vending machine. It was bleak.
I tried BigArch. A big mess.

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Guest: Rumman Chowdhury

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Windows Weekly 975: A Bubble of Knowledge

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:42:06 PDT

There's an ongoing narrative that Windows is worse than ever today and people are leaving in droves. Paul does not see that, and will simply point to Windows 8 and remind folks that it can be (and was) worse. Also, PowerToys 0.98 adds a major new feature to Command Palette, big changes to Keyboard Manager and CursorWrap, and about 100 other updates. This is a big one. Plus, Mozilla Firefox is staging a comeback and may be worth another look.

Windows

Rajesh Jha is retiring and Microsoft is reorging its Experiences + Devices team
Release Preview: A peek at next week's Week D update (and April's Patch Tuesday) shows we're getting improvements to Narrator, Settings, Smart App Control, Pen settings, Display, File Explorer, and the Windows Recovery Environment (WRE). The trend continues!
New Canary, Dev, and Beta builds - Nothing new in Canary. Dev/Beta: Drag Tray is being renamed to Drop Tray, you can change the user folder name during Setup, Restore points are getting a modern update finally
Intel goes nuts with new "Arrow Lake refresh" processors; these are not Copilot+ PC capable and it's unclear what the Panther Lake comparison looks like
IDC now expects 11.3 percent decline in PC market in 2026, 7.6 percent decline for tablets

Microsoft may sue OpenAI for contract breach - the best Microsoft divorce since IBM
Major reorg in Microsoft's AI businesses
Former Snap exec in charge of consolidated Copilot offerings across consumer and commercial
Mustafa Suleyman to focus on Microsoft's foundational models
There has been a lot of retiring and a lot of outside hires for top-level executive positions in Microsoft over the past year or more. Curious.
Rumors vs. reality in Microsoft scaling back AI ambitions in Windows
Rumor: Microsoft is backtracking on some Copilot features
Reality: Microsoft is not backtracking on its AI ambitions, it's just going to try to do a better job with branding and positioning
Microsoft launches Copilot Health in the U.S.
Google Personal Intelligence ships in the U.S.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 mini and nano models
GPT-5 mini is available as a reasoning model on Duck.ai

Xbox and gaming

Rumor vs. reality in Xbox strategy
Rumor: Microsoft removed "This is an Xbox" messaging from website so it must be focusing on consoles again
Reality: Literally nothing has changed
Xbox Insiders is testing per-game Quick Resume toggle
Also more groups on Home, custom colors, profile badges in guide
Big half month for Game Pass, with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, more coming
Starfield is coming to PS5 on April 7
NVIDIA launches DLSS 5, changes existing games, people are freaking out

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: The grass is always greener
App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.98
RunAs Radio this week: Sustainable AI with Darshna Shah
Brown liquor pick of the week: Teeling Small Batch Whiskey

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Security Now 1070: CISA's Free Internet Scanning

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:21:21 PDT

Meta quietly ditches encryption for Instagram chats while TikTok also backpedals on privacy, shaking up assumptions about how much big tech really values your secrets. Meanwhile, Steve Gibson reveals why CISA's free government security scans are an absolute must for businesses—plus what he learned when GRC took the plunge.

The Security Now "Caption That Photo" contest.
A mega social media company says "no" to strong encryption.
WhatsApp to give parents more control,
Consumer bandwidth proxying is becoming a big deal.
Meta buys the Moltbook duo.
The EU gives up and settles upon the status quo.
When a ransomware negotiation is not what it seems.
CISA compels federal agencies to submit their logs.
Is that a VPN in your pocket or something more malicious.
Be careful what you download, thinking it's AI.
A super-clever and super-simple A/V scanner bypass.
Will AI write code for me?
Another listener discovers the Joy of AI.
Steve's CISA Internet scanning experience

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1070-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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MacBreak Weekly 1016: An Orca, a Trombone, and a Treasure Chest

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:44:00 PDT

Someone is appearing on Jeopardy this week... Apple announces the AirPods Max 2. The MacBook Neo is its most repairable MacBook in 14 years. And are new colors coming to the next-gen iMacs later this year?

I'll take 'beach reading' for $1000, Ken.
Apple introduces AirPods Max 2.
2026 Apple Studio Display review: The smallest of upgrades.
MacBook Neo is the most repairable MacBook in 14 years.
Apple paying a premium to move iPhone production outside China as it hits milestone.
Should keycaps use text or glyphs for delete, return, tab, caps lock, and shift?
macOS Tahoe 26.4 beta 4, iOS 26.4 beta 4, and iPadOS 26.4 beta 4 distributions highlight nine upcoming emoji characters.
Rumor: Apple to debut "new colors" for next-gen iMacs this year.
Apple's Liquid Glass interface isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Gone (Almost) Phishin'.
Mac on-screen camera indicator light.
How to survive the loss of Rosetta.
First footage shows X-Plane 12 on Vision Pro, including an ARKit trick in action.
F1: The Stream - how the launch leveraged Apple's entire ecosystem.
'F1: the Movie' is now an Oscar-winning hit.
Severance season 3 gets timing update, new characters teased.

Picks of the Week

Leo's Pick: Lil Finder 5K Wallpapers
Christina's Pick: 3D Print Lil' Finder Guy
Andy's Pick: Stickies for Mac
Jason's Pick: Delcom USB HID Handheld Programmable Button Switch

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This Week in Tech 1075: The Commonwealth Club

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:23:58 PDT

From "gainfully employed robots" to AI that accidentally ruins lives, this week's conversation unpacks the real-world fallout of futuristic promises. Leo, JPT, Iain, and Richard tackle energy sources, social media effects, tech layoffs, and the algorithms quietly taking charge.

Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount
Meta Said to Push Back Launch of Avocado Model
Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations Friday on liability for harm to children
Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside
Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
X says it suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 over spam and manipulation
Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X
Musk admits xAI 'not built right' — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion
Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots
Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases
DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery
U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court
Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them
EcoFlow brings its plug-in solar power plant to US homes (related to the plug-in solar story)
TerraPower gets permit to build reactor
Ex-Uber CEO Kalanick Debuts Plan for 'Gainfully Employed Robots'
Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud
Justice Department and Live Nation Reach Settlement Terms in Antitrust Case
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
Palantir's lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff
How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world
'Flying Cars' Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer
YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue
Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns
Swiss e-voting can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them
Tony Hoare, Turing Award-Winning Computer Scientist Behind QuickSort, Dies At 92

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Intelligent Machines 861: We Have Computer At Home

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:17:51 PDT

Apple's legendary evangelist Guy Kawasaki reveals how signal messaging and open-source AI are rewriting playbooks for privacy, immortality, and activism. Hear candid stories and sharp opinions from someone who has shaped—and challenged—today's tech giants.

OpenAI robotics hardware lead resigns
ChatGPT returns to the top of the App Store after DoD controversy
OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway
Anthropic Made Pitch in Drone Swarm Contest During Pentagon Feud
Anthropic chief back in talks with Pentagon about AI deal
OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about Pentagon AI deal
BREAKING: Sam Altman's greed and dishonesty are finally catching up to him
ChatGPT update curbs 'cringe,' cuts down on answer refusals
OpenAI's GPT-5.4 sets new records on professional benchmarks
OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Model For Working In Excel and Google Sheets - Slashdot
OpenAI delays ChatGPT's 'adult mode' again
OpenAI's IPO Hopes Face Skeptical Investor Community
Sources: Meta has signed a multiyear AI content licensing deal with News Corp worth $50M per year; the deal will run for at least three years
Zuckerberg has "finished" with Alexandr Wang, worth US$14 billion
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion To Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW+ of next-gen Vera Rubin chips
Meta didn't buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web
Where did you think the training data was coming from?
You could be an influencer without even realizing it
Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots
Amazon's Health AI is now open to all US customers
After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes
Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai
Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform
How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'
Tiiny AI Pocket Lab: The First Pocket-Size AI Supercomputer
A lot of journalism folks are offering editing advice as Grammarly's AI "experts"
AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule
Judges Find AI Doesn't Have Human Intelligence in Two New Court Cases
Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
Start Up No.2624: Canadian journal retracts 25 years of studies, the AI writing question, Netflix buys Affleck AI firm, and more
William Shatner says he turned a $42 money transfer from Elon Musk into nearly $200,000 for his charity
YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World's Largest Media Company
ET Fall Preview 1994
Payphone Go
This company wants to pay you $800 to bully AI for a day
Tweakbench - your favorite producer's favorite plugins lol

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Guest: Guy Kawasaki

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