this WEEK in TECH

Elon Musk Biography, Google Anti-trust, Clubhouse

Clubhouse is BACK
Book Review: 'Elon Musk' by Walter Isaacson
Elon Musk biographer moves to 'clarify' details about Ukraine and Starlink after backlash
Senate votes to approve Anna Gomez as 5th FCC Commissioner
Margrethe Vestager is Stepping Aside to Bid on a New Job
Meta May Allow Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe to Pay to Avoid Ads
In Its First Monopoly Trial of Modern Internet Era, U.S. Sets Sights on Google
FTC Antitrust Suit Against Amazon Set for Later This Month After Meeting Fails to Resolve Impasse
UK backs down from nonsensical law after threats from Apple, WhatsApp
NFTs, Once Hyped as the Next Big Thing, Now Face 'Worst Moment'
Elon Musk Threatens to Sue The Anti Defamation League
Elon Musk's X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill
Google CEO Sundar Pichai reflects on Google's 25th birthday
YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says
I Tried It: Working Aboard an Amtrak Train
PowerPoint co-creator Dennis Austin is dead at 76

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Taylor Lorenz , Amy Webb , and Jill Duffy

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Thousands stuck in mud at Burning Man festival
Australia and Texas overturn laws requiring age verification for adult websites
Right to repair advocates score victory in California with Apple now supporting it
NFT sales and prices plummeting showing the downfall of the once-hyped digital assets
Twitter to lift ban on political ads ahead of 2024 election
Social media companies failing to curb Russian propaganda says EU report
Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors' social media accounts blocked by judge
Congress working on protecting minors on social media but raises privacy concerns
Barbie film leaks online ahead of official release showing persistence of piracy
NFL, NBA, UFC want faster DMCA takedowns to combat live streaming of games
Gannett admits AI-written local sports stories were "hilariously terrible"
Department of Defense launches website for tracking UFOs/UAPs
Georgia election interference trial for Trump to be livestreamed on YouTube
Google killing Pixel Pass after just 22 months despite promise of ongoing new phones
Microsoft retiring WordPad after 28 years
Cruise self-driving cars causing problems by blocking emergency vehicles in San Francisco

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas Deleon , Dan Moren , and Iain Thomson

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Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons
Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
Elon Musk's Shadow Rule
Exclusive: Tesla wins as Texas requires state-backed charging stations to include its plug
Mike Moritz, Reid Hoffman and Other Silicon Valley Titans Said to Be Behind Mysterious Land Deals
We're Winning': Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
A Young Congressman Is Sounding Alarms About Election Security. We Should Listen to Him.
Government Contractors Keep Getting Hacked. A GOP Congresswoman Is Proposing a Solution.
Brianna talks all about Baldur's Gate
Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval
The Reactions To Call Of Duty's Nicki Minaj Operator Are Priceless
Enter the Gungeon
AOC will stream on Twitch again this weekend
Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn't Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border
Whats on the horizon for the guests in the coming months?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Eric Geller , Jason Koebler , and Brianna Wu

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This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and chokepoint capitalism.

Cory Doctorow discusses his upcoming appearance in a Futurama episode inspired by his book Chokepoint Capitalism
The downsides of Twitter under Elon Musk as an example of chokepoint capitalism unwinding
Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive's copyright disputes over digitized books in its Emergency Library
Canada's law requiring Big Tech to pay news publishers, and Meta's ban on news sharing in response
The CFPB cracking down on predatory data brokers
Google's "topics" proposal for interest-based ads on Chrome and privacy concerns
The threats AI poses to creative professions like writing, and the implications of copyright
The misleading hype around AI and job loss statistics from companies like IBM
The importance of interoperability for technology platforms and digital rights
How copyright law views AI-generated art and content
The issues around copyrighted content being used to train AI systems by companies like OpenAI
The concept of "open washing" and whether companies like OpenAI really embody openness
The America COMPETES Act, proposed antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech's ad market power
The role of users and tool creators in establishing boundaries on things like advertising
Rebecca Giblin's experience publishing out-of-print Australian books as the non-profit publisher Untapped
The podcast IP Provocations and its discussions relating to AI and intellectual property

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow

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Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter

Oppenheimer and IMAX.
AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype.
Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.
The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat.
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide .
America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security.
Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data.
AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.
New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips.
An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass.
Maui Wildfire Relief Fund.
Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy.
CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes.
Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say.
From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy.
I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).
BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down.
Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.
Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud.
E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations.
Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.
Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.
MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.
Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America.
Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren , Iain Thomson , and Rob Pegoraro

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AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR

An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
'Barbie' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors.
Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans.
Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain.
Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers.
Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2023.
Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) to Face Slimmed-Down Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search.
Brave Search Breaks Free Of Bing With Standalone Image Index.
Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine.
Apple Services Salvage a Blah Quarter.
Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short.
NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence.
Fortnite's adding a museum about the Holocaust.
Exclusive: Inside Meta's Horizon Worlds reboot.
The Exorcist: Legion VR on Oculus Quest 2.
Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.
Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line.
U.S. ban on popular lightbulb goes into effect Aug. 1.
Is that a TV in your pocket? Rokid is making a TV dongle for its AR glasses.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow , Mike Masnick , and Janko Roettgers

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Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+

Elon Musk's New Flashing X Sign Is Infuriating Neighbors: 'It's Hard to Describe How Bright It Is.'
Is anyone still using Threads?
With Starlink, Elon Musk's Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms.
Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: We Must Regulate Big Tech.
Licensing Social Media Companies Makes No Sense.
Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb.
The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'.
Facebook passed 3 billion users for the first time.
NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform.
Uber's Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Saga Ends With the Operator Avoiding Prison.
Tesla's secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints.
Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Up 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates.
Microsoft earnings: FY23 Q4.
FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon.
How Blind Became the App Silicon Valley Bosses Love to Hate.

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Guests: Paris Martineau , Louis Maresca , and Shoshana Weissmann

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Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick

Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'.
Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day.
Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system.
Microsoft-Activision $69B Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned.
Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023).
Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million.
Apple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court plea.
Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama.
Self driving in SF with Alex.
G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics.
The Biden administration announces its new smart home cybersecurity label.
Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data.
Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity.
The Screen Savers - Kevin Mitnick Is Free.

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Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Ranjan Roy

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Microsoft Activision victory, Amazon Prime Day, writer's strike, Taylor Swift

FTC loses appeals court bid to temporarily block Microsoft-Activision deal.
Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard.
Amazon Prime Day Drives Online Sales Up 6.1%, Lags Estimate.
Here's what shoppers bought on Amazon Prime Day 2023.
Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act.
Elon Musk says Twitter cash flow is still negative amid 50% drop in ad revenue.
Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies "Recklessly" Shared Taxpayers' Data.
Can AI solve the problems with social media?
Kathy Baxter: Here's what could go wrong if we don't take AI safety seriously.
Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training.
Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights 'for the rest of eternity'.
Fran Drescher Slams Bob Iger's 'Repugnant' and 'Tone Deaf' Strike Comments: If I Were Disney, 'I Would Lock Him Behind Doors'.
Oppenheimer actors walk out of UK premiere as Hollywood stars join writer strike.
How is TikTok doing right now?
That dangerous TikTok trend on the Today Show ? It was fake.
First Amendment org challenges restrictions on TikTok at Texas universities.
Taylor Swift's Re-Recorded 'Speak Now' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2023's Biggest Week.

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Guests: Dan Patterson , Daniel Rubino , and Abrar Al-Heeti

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Threads by Meta, TweetDeck returns, Causal AI, thumbs-up emoji lawsuit

What to know about Threads.
Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads.
Elon Musk Is Making Mark Zuckerberg Seem Cool Again.
The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long?
Why We Don't Recommend Ring Cameras.
Your School's Next Security Guard May Be an AI-Enabled Robot.
Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones.
Gizmodo used AI to write a Star Wars story. It was filled with errors.
The next artificial intelligence frontier: Causal AI.
A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled.
Bay Area tech company Evernote lays off most staff, relocating to Europe.
Farmer owes $82,000 in a contract dispute over the use of a 'thumbs-up' emoji, judge says.
Here's the deal with the giant sphere causing a buzz in Las Vegas.
Pokémon Sleep gameplay and pre-registration for Android revealed.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ben Parr , Reed Albergotti , and Seth Weintraub

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