this WEEK in TECH

AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry

Bing Chat has a secret 'Celebrity' mode to impersonate celebrities.
@emollick: Bing, write the first chapter of Genesis as a corporate memo.
CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
Father Robert defines the Singularity.
LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach.
Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say.
Amazon Illegally Fired NYC Union Organizer, Labor Board Says.
50 Years Later, We're Still Living in the Xerox Alto's World.
Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer.
Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, software liability reform.
Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state.
U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
White House: Federal agencies have 30 days to remove TikTok from devices.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louis Maresca , Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ , and Dan Moren

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Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban

U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance.
Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption.
Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
It's Time to Tear Up Big Tech's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card.
Section 230 Won't Protect ChatGPT.
Twitter lays off another 50 employees as cost cutting continues under Elon Musk: report.
FreshRSS: A free, self-hostable feed aggregator.
Sumi.news.
Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator.
Calckey: A greatly enhanced fork of Misskey with better UI/UX, security, features, and more!
Mammoth is a new free Mastodon client for iOS and macOS.
Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers.
SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches.
Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify's Podcast Colonization Flops.
YouTube tests adding podcasts to 'Create' button alongside other new podcast tools & analytics.
Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama.
Apple Orders Entire Supply of TSMC's 3nm Chips for iPhone 15 Pro and M3 Macs.
Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit.
Apple Watch ban: Biden will make decision next week.
OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Masnick , Alex Lindsay , and Owen Thomas

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AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA

Parallels Desktop for Mac: The Solution for Running Windows 11 on Apple M-series Macs.
Microsoft will limit Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird.
From Bing to Sydney.
Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing.
There's an AI for that.
Is AI a commodity?
Amateur balloonist group from Illinois says small balloon last reported over Alaska 'missing in action'.
White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake.
Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication.
Meta verification, only $12 a month!
The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... by Praveen Seshadri.
First Look: New Emojis in iOS 16.4.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.
Microsoft February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 exploited zero-days, 77 flaws.
OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT.
Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court.
Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge.
Sam Bankman-Fried's Prosecutors Raise New Concerns Over Internet Use.
BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI.
Data brokers are now selling your mental health status.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino , Owen JJ Stone , and Ben Parr

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Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard

US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China
U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist
Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing-Google employees are apparently very unhappy with Bard and Sundar Pichai
Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo
Dan O'Dowd Funding Superbowl Ad Opposing Tesla Full Self Driving
PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years
The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video
iOS Access For All book
'Disrespectful to the Craft:' Actors Say They're Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI
ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why
A Google Co-Founder Is Building a Massive 400-Foot Airship for Humanitarian Missions

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brian McCullough , Sam Abuelsamid , and Shelly Brisbin

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Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive

Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.
Safer Internet Day USA.
Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be Enforced.
Alphabet Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, YouTube Ad Revenue Down 8%.
Facebook's VR Division Lost $13.72 Billion In 2022.
Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants.
Apple Decides to Drop Role of Industrial Design Chief in Post-Jony Ive Era.
Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and iPod, just designed a 'clown nose' for a British charity.
Tesla increases Model Y, cuts Model 3 prices in the U.S.
Twitter Is Killing Off The Fun Bots.
Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q4 2022.
Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple's App Store and Google Play.
ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say.
Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow.
Hogwarts Legacy releases this week for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S - but April for PS4 and XBO and June for Switch.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Prepping 'Tomb Raider' TV Series for Amazon.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wil Harris , Denise Howell , and Larry Magid

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AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet

Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023).
Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
If ChatGPT doesn't get a better grasp of facts, nothing else matters.
Move over ChatGPT, Microsoft's new AI tool is helping developers code faster.
ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
OPWNAI: Cybercriminals starting to use ChatGPT.
MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
AI-powered "robot" lawyer won't argue in court after jail threats.
More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun calls ChatGPT "not particularly innovative".
Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent.
GitHub: 100 million developers and counting.
To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
Why Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition at Concerts.
James Dolan gives fiery interview defending facial recognition tech at MSG.
AI makes Ariana Grande sing a Billie Eilish song.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harry McCracken , Tim Stevens , and Christina Warren

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Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP

Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
Twitterrific: End of an Era.
In Memory of Tweetbot.
Extremely Hardcore.
Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.
Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.
Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.
R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.
Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.
India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.
As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.
TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.
How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.
Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.
Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.
Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).
How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.
Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs.
Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.
The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.
T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
Former Exec explains why on Reddit.

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Guests: Patrick Beja , Brianna Wu , and Shoshana Weissmann

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CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter

CES 2023 Recap
A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes
Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here's Why
A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What?
Acer 516 Gaming Chromebook
Neeva Ad-free Search Engine
NFL Playoffs 2023: Fox Sports Details 1080p/HDR Production Efforts
Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League football streaming rights
YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Lost $1.2 Billion in Just Nine Months in Newest Division - Bloomberg
iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late
YouTube may fix controversial policy to demonetize videos with swearing | Engadget
New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt

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Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ , Paris Martineau , and Connie Guglielmo

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CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot

Adorable Rice Balls Reimagine Japan's Cutest Bird as Anime-Style Delinquents.
Yo-Kai To Debut Desktop Ramen Robot For Space-Constrained Retail Formats at CES 2023.
Stacey sets the stage for CES 2022.
CES 2023 kicks off with more than 112,000 attendees.
There was a lot of pee on the CES 2023 show floor.
The tech that went too far at CES 2023.
Surprise: Samsung is making SmartThings hardware again!
M-Pwr By Masonite.
Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices.
Nanoleaf's latest smart lights boast Matter support and learning automation.
GE Profile Smart Stand Mixer.
Lastpass: Hackers stole customer vault data in cloud storage breach.
Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
FCC proposes record $300 million fine against auto warranty robocall campaign.
Ana de Armas Fans Can Sue Over Deceptive Movie Trailer, Court Rules.
Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
The importance of communite for creators.
About the founder of Sound Blaster

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Guests: Stacey Higginbotham , Iain Thomson , and Doc Rock

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Highlights from throughout the year

Remember SECOND LIFE? Its Founder is Back For The METAVERSE!
Neil Young's Spotify Ultimatum.
Fidonet vs. the Internet.
Apple Studio Display Doesn't Cut It.
How To Remove Personally Identifiable Info From Google Search.
Apple Supports FIDO Passkey.
Google's LAMDA AI "Sentient"?
Attorney's iPhone Seized in January 6th Investigation.
Audiophiles Fall For MoFi's Digital Tricks.
Why Did Cable Lose Broadband Market Share?
LastPass hack.
How Do You Really Feel About the Dynamic Island?

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