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Intelligent Machines 827: Marco Rubio on Line 1
2025/07/09
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Interview with Mike Masnick
Stop Begging Billionaires To Fix Software — Build Your Own
The one secret to using genAI to boost your brain
Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk's X
How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI
As an M.D, here's my 100% honest opinion and observations/advices about using ChatGPT : r/ChatGPT
(21) Josh Woodward on X: "The wait is over. @GeminiApp is now shipping Veo 3 *globally* for all Pro members! That means India, Indonesia, all of Europe, and more are starting to get access to create videos right now. As a member, you'll get 3 video generations per day, and that credit will replenish https://t.co/uPa0p0KQZu" / X
Chinese robot dog nears Usain Bolt speed, breaks global record
Vibe Coder' Who Doesn't Know How to Code Keeps Winning Hackathons in San Francisco
A.I.'s Hidden Layer (And Why I Joined Puck)
A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials
Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
Hertz and Other Rental Car Agencies Turn to AI for Damage Detection
Zitron: OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially
Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots
Grammarly Authorship
CalMatters Digital Democracy
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Mike Elgan
Guest: Mike Masnick
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Windows Weekly 940: The Donkey Always Wins
2025/07/09
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It's been a big year for Windows 11 updates. This month is at least semi-manageable! Also, a few more bits from the layoffs. Plus, Amiga Forever 11 and C64 11 Forever help you live in the past!
Patch Tuesday
Copilot+ PC only: Ask Copilot action for Click to Do
24H2 only: Show smaller Taskbar icons. Screen curtain feature in Narrator. Settings home page for commercial customer
23H2 and 24H2: Windows Share shows preview when sharing web content. Beginning of PC migration feature in Windows Backup. More changes for EU users to meet DMA requirements, mostly Edge related
Windows 10: EU/DMA updates as above
More Windows 11
WE DID IT! Windows 11 is now in use on more PCs than Windows 10. It's time for Windows 12!
No new Insider features but some bug fixes in Canary
Microsoft Edge keeps getting more responsive
Microsoft 365 and AI
Teams gets threading in Channels about three years later than needed
Google brought its Veo 3 video generation model to all AI Pro subscribers last week, and now it's bringing that and two other big AI features to Pixel
Perplexity just launched its AI web browser
Xbox and gaming
No, Phil Spencer is not retiring
Romero Games forced to cancel Xbox shooter, lay off 100 employees
Warcraft Rumble Mobile won't get any more updates
Xbox angst in the wake of last week's layoffs is mostly undeserved
Xbox fans keep finding new ways to complain - Most of the game/studio closures we know about were well-deserved. If anything, Microsoft let these things continue for too long with no viable deliverables
But what is Xbox? Looking at the platform and what Microsoft has done under Phil Spencer paints a very different picture than all the moaning we see on social media
Game Pass was key to getting Satya Nadella to keep Xbox going, but after the Activision acquisition, the day and date promise was unworkable. After the changes and price hikes, it's possible that Game Pass has peaked.
Microsoft uploaded an out of date version of Call of Duty: WWII to the Store and hilarity ensues
Sony to publish a game for Xbox for the first time
Epic Games quietly settled with Samsung ahead of today's Unpacked event - but not with Google
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: Office 365 for IT Pros 2026 Edition is now available
App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge
RunAs Radio this week: Building Real Software using PowerApps with Luise Freese
Brown liquor pick of the week: Bolster Road Maple Rye Whiskey
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Paul Thurrott , and Richard Campbell
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Security Now 1033: Going on the Offensive
2025/07/08
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Another Israeli spyware vendor surfaces.
Win11 to delete restore points more quickly.
The EU accelerates its plans to abandon Microsoft Azure.
The EU sets timelines for Post-Quantum crypto adoption.
Russia to create a massive IMEI database.
Canada and the UK create the "Common Good Cyber Fund".
U.S. states crack down on Bitcoin ATMs amid growing scams.
Congressional staffers cannot use WhatsApp on gov devices.
LibXML2 and the problems with commercial use of OSS.
A(nother) remote code execution vulnerability in WinRAR.
Have-I-Been-Pwned gets a cool data visualization site.
How is ransomware getting in?
Windows to offer "safe" non-kernel endpoint security?
Proactive age verification coming to porn sites. How?
Canada (also) says "bye bye" to Hikvision.
Germany will be banning DeekSeek. The whole EU may follow.
Cloudflare throttled in Russia?
What must the U.S. do to compete in global exploit acquisition?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1033-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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MacBreak Weekly 980: I Have Never Ate Tomato Ketchup Onions
2025/07/08
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iOS 26 Beta 3 dials back its liquid glass look in this current beta. Which Apple devices could be affected by Trump's planned August tariffs? Is Apple planning to launch its own Public Cloud model? And an Apple AI executive leaves the company, lured by Meta's AI hiring spree backed by big bucks.
iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass.
Apple seeds third developer betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 release date: When to expect the new model.
Foxconn tells hundreds of Chinese staff to return from its Indian iPhone factories.
Trump advisor Navarro rips Apple's Tim Cook, saying he's not moving production out of China fast enough.
Macs and Apple Watch to be hit by Trump tariffs starting on August 1.
Apple considers launching public cloud.
Apple just released an interesting coding language model.
Apple loses top AI models executive to Meta's hiring spree.
iPhone 17 Pro to reverse iPhone X design decision.
iPhone 17 models rumored to feature redesigned Dynamic Island.
Apple puases work on foldable iPad.
Apple acquires digital avatar company TrueMeeting to bolster Vision Pro personas.
Ed Sheeran, Drake, the Weeknd lead Apple Music's top 500 streamed songs of the past decade.
'F1' is Apple's highest-grossing theatrical film ever.
Two years in, Apple is now officially on Threads.
Apple's 5th Ave store spray-painted to protest 'climate hypocrisy'.
You can use sous vide to help iPhone repairs, but please don't.
Picks of the Week:
Leo's Pick: Arteck iPad Mini Keyboard Case
Andy's Pick: Anker 548 Power Bank
Jason's Pick: Suika Game+
Alex's Pick: Turtle AV Downtown
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This Week in Tech 1039: Mmmm Ham Shack
2025/07/06
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SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to May
SCOTUS granting cert to Cox v. Sony
Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case
Kadrey v. Meta AI copyright case
Microsoft layoffs hit 9,000 employees in new wave of cuts
Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban
Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams
Everyone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's Starlink Adds $750 Congestion Charge
Mystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple's plans
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cathy Gellis and Nicholas De Leon
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Intelligent Machines 826: Cusp of Noodles
2025/07/02
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Interview with Board Member of Cloudflare, John Graham-Cumming
My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
Two Judges, Same District, Opposite Conclusions: The Messy Reality Of AI Training Copyright Cases
How I Use AI To Help With Techdirt (And, No, It's Not Writing Articles)
Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
The Internet Needs Sex
Senate drops plan to ban state AI laws
Adam Thierer reacts
Denmark To Tackle Deepfakes By Giving People Copyright To Their Own Features - Slashdot
The Velvet Sundown are a seemingly AI-generated band with 325k Spotify listeners
People are using AI to 'sit' with them while they trip on psychedelics
China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match
AI virtual personality YouTubers, or 'VTubers,' are earning millions
AI helps find formula for paint to keep buildings cooler
Microsoft's New AI Tool Outperforms Doctors 4-to-1 in Diagnostic Accuracy - Slashdot
It's Known as 'The List'—and It's a Secret File of AI Geniuses
The AI Company Zuckerberg Just Poured $14 Billion Into Is Reportedly a Clown Show of Ludicrous Incompetence
We used Veo to animate archive photography from the Harley-Davidson Museum
G/O Media Winds Down by Selling Kotaku, One of Its Last Sites
Roadside America Dot Com
Cluely pitches itself as undectable AI
Lorde's new album: Virgin
AI recipe creation
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Guest: John Graham-Cumming
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Windows Weekly 939: The House Hippo
2025/07/02
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Microsoft's latest round of layoffs hits Xbox Gaming hard as the company cuts approximately 9,000 jobs despite record profits. This week, Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell discuss the impact of these layoffs, Windows 11's new version naming, Microsoft Copilot coming to Mac, and dive deep into passkey security.
LAYOFFS
As expected, Microsoft began a massive round of layoffs across Xbox/Microsoft Gaming on Wednesday.
The fiscal year started on Tuesday.
These were originally going to happen a week or two earlier.
9,000 employees impacted across Microsoft - about 4 percent of workforce, Xbox/MSGaming was NOT hit hardest, Microsoft now says (on top of 6,000 in May).
10 percent of King being laid off.
Carefully worded email from Phil Spencer requires some parsing.
It's Finally Official: 25H2 Is Next!
Microsoft finally admits that the Dev channel is testing Windows 11 version 25H2, which will arrive, as expected, around October
This news came as part of another set of commingled Dev and Beta channel builds.
25H2 will be delivered as an enablement package, so it's a minor release technically.
Dev and Beta are linked because 25H2 and 24H2 are linked: Each will get the same features, as started with 22H2/23H2 in late 2023.
Windows 11
Last week was Week D, but we didn't get preview updates per usual before WW
That finally happened last Thursday - new preview updates for 24H2 and 23H2/22H2
24H2: Click to Do improvements, start of PC migration in Windows Backup, small icons in Taskbar, more.
Windows Insider Preview: Those Dev/Beta builds noted above have the first implementation of third-party passkey. Microsoft Edge 138 is a pretty big update, with AI-enhanced history search and Copilot integration into the search box and new tab page.
AI
Microsoft 365 Copilot is available on the Mac.
Apple may cave and adopt Anthropic Claude and/or OpenAI ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence.
After Coda's acquisition and $1 billion in funding, Grammarly acquires Superhuman to build an "AI-native" productivity suite that will take on Big Tech (Microsoft, Google) and Little Tech (Notion, Proton) alike.
Xbox and Gaming
Xbox 360 dashboard is getting its first update in years.
Halo Studios teases an October tease of the next Halo from the studio.
New Game Pass titles for the first half of July - plus, COD: WWII turns up in Game Pass for the first time.
Cursor sort of comes to the web and mobile - like Adobe Firefly on mobile, but for devs when "the mood strikes".
Tips and Picks
Tip/App picks of the week: Cure Mac envy.
The Mac is about to get even prettier. But Windows 11 can rise to this challenge.
The PC matters: Paul recommends Surface Laptop 7 as a MacBook Air alternative.
Software? It's all free.
Full screen apps: Hide the Taskbar and touchpad gestures - also, use DS Clock if you need to see the time.
Transparent system menu? You can make the Taskbar transparent too.
Want Spotlight? No problem, we have Command Palette (an updated, more extensible PowerToys Run) in PowerToys.
Bonus app pick: Inoreader for RSS feeds (and read later if you want).
RunAs Radio This Week: More Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
Brown Liquor Pick of the Week: Alberta Distillers 23 Year Old Rare Batch No. 1
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Security Now 1032: Pervasive Web Fingerprinting
2025/07/01
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• Let's Encrypt drops its long-running email notifications.
• Microsoft's new "Unexpected Restart Experience".
• Microsoft's response to last year's massive CrowdStrike outage.
• Windows 10's extended service updates will sort of be free.
• Russia-sold iPhones MUST include the RuStore app.
• Lyon, in France, says bye-bye to Windows. Hello to Linux.
• The US Gov gets more serious about memory-safe languages.
• A new unbelievable AI malware scanner evaSion technique.
• A new pair of Cisco 9.8 and 10.0 vulnerabilities.
• The current state of post-Elon government cybersecurity.
• PNGv3, Swift on Android, and the Samsung email purge.
• Andy Weir's "Hail Mary" movie trailer.
• And a close look at the pervasiveness of web browser tracking fingerprinting.
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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MacBreak Weekly 979: Matt Baloney
2025/07/01
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Are people furious about the F1 Movie Apple Wallet ad? Apple could look to using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri AI features. The EU could miss out on new iOS 26 features when it rolls out later this year. And Pixelmator Pro gets new updates that integrate Apple Intelligence features!
More on Apple's trust-eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet ad.
Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal.
iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6 and visionOS 2.6 get second betas
Apple tells EU to forget about getting all the new iOS 26 features.
Germany asks Apple and Google to pull DeepSeek app.
Brazil wants its piece of the App Store anti-competition fines Apple faces worldwide.
Senior Vision Pro engineer allegedly took a 'massive volume' of secret plans to Snap.
Apple surveys Vision Pro users about competing headsets and smart glasses.
Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive powers Apple Vision Pro's next leap.
The eight reasons people upgrade Mac or PC, as shipments surge.
Apple plans low-cost MacBook based on iPhone processor.
Pixelmator Pro gains better RAW images, Accessibility — and Apple Intelligence.
Apple loses bid to dismiss US smartphone monopoly case.
Apple finally has a box office hit with 'F1.' What's next for the studio's movie strategy?
Apple's Swift working to support Android app development.
Picks of the Week:
Leo's Pick: ICE Block
Jason's Pick: MacWhisper
Andy's Pick: Neon Ichiban
Alex's Pick: Lingo
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Alex Lindsay , Andy Ihnatko , and Jason Snell
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This Week in Tech 1038: Wu Wei Meets Wu Tang
2025/06/29
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The panel discusses the current gaming environment
More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad
Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions
Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
Meta says it's winning the talent war with OpenAI
Android phones could soon warn you of "Stingrays" snooping on your communications
Tesla Ordered to Stop 'Deceptive Practices' on Cars' Self-Driving Capabilities in France or Face Thousands in Fines
Trump's 'big beautiful bill' could mean slower Wi-Fi for you
Future of States' AI Laws Hinges on Senate Rules for Tax Bill
The NO FAKES Act Has Changed – and It's So Much Worse
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Dan Patterson , Patrick Beja , and Daniel Rubino
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Intelligent Machines 825: The Evil Clown of Middletown
2025/06/25
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Interview with Richard Gingras
Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
Authors Are Posting TikToks to Protest AI Use in Writing—and to Prove They Aren't Doing It
Meta, Amazon, and more want 10-year ban on states regulating AI
Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue | TechCrunch
OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and says it is stepping up testing of such models
My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts
Is AI the End of Dating Apps?
Can You Really Have a Romantic Relationship With AI?
gist.ai
Jeff talks about the new AI Chromebook
Veo sinkhole videos
Wiki Radio 📻
Tennis robot
The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003
Zuck's new specs
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Paris Martineau
Guest: Richard Gingras
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Windows Weekly 938: When Will Then Be Now?
2025/06/25
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Windows 10 EOL update
Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 EOL is a go for October. But...
Consumers can now get a free year of extra security updates instead of paying(!)
Businesses can now enroll in extended security updates program
Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 to get security updates through October 2028
Windows 11
A few new features via the Insider Program
Recall gets a new home page and some nice updates to hardware indicators in Dev and Beta
We know there's a Settings AI agent coming to Windows 11. Apparently, it needs its own local AI model. And why this might be problematic
Canary gets features we've seen elsewhere, plus an ISO - plus a new 24H2 build in Release Preview with features we can expect on June 8, Patch Tuesday
Microsoft launches AI-powered learning app for Copilot+ PCs
First Arm-based Chromebook Plus arrives with 50+ TOPS NPU, local AI features - using the chip that would make for a nice Copilot+ PC. But what's going on with Chrome OS?
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Ignite registration is open
Android users can now open shared Office documents without a Microsoft account
AI
Copilot is struggling against ChatGPT, even in the enterprise
Alexa+ is now available to over one million testers in the U.S. - but have you met even one of them?
Android Studio gets Gemini-based Agent Mode in preview
Xbox and games
First, the bad news: Yes, there are massive layoffs coming to Xbox next week - this is in addition to the sales org-related layoffs that are also coming, and probably more
It's happening! Microsoft begins testing Steam integration with the Xbox app on Windows 11
AMD expands a bit on the news that it's working with Microsoft on next-gen Xbox silicon
June Xbox update arrives with more home screen customization, more mouse and keyboard support for more games, more "Stream your own games" titles (over 200 now)
There's a limited edition Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition - move quick if you want one
Hellblade II: Senua's Saga Enhanced arrives on PlayStation on August 12 - but there's more going on here, including "Xbox on PC" language
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Don't pay for Windows 10 extended security
App pick of the week: Discord for Windows 11 on Arm
RunAs Radio this week: Getting More from GitHub with April Yoho
Brown liquor pick of the week: Drayman's Highveld
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Security Now 1031: How Salt Typhoon Gets In
2025/06/24
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China's Salt Typhoon claims another victim (or two).
State healthcare portals are tracking and leaking. No kidding.
Apple adopts FIDO's Passkeys and other credentials transport.
Facebook gets Passkey logon.
TikTok continues ticking for at least another 90 days.
Canadian telco admits they were infiltrated by Salt Typhoon.
Microsoft to remove unwanted (and hopefully unneeded) hardware drivers.
The Austrian government legislates court-warranted message decryption.
I (Steve) finally get full clarity on what today's "AI" means.
A deep dive into the Salt Typhoon's operation and how they got in
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MacBreak Weekly 978: Half-Baked Bread Is Still Dough
2025/06/24
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Apple silicon was announced five years ago this week. Apple held internal talks about purchasing AI startup Perplexity. New camera features could be coming to the iPhone 17 Pro later this fall. And why did Apple pull its recent ad campaign video after just one day?
Intel to Apple silicon transition for Mac was announced five years ago.
The infamous Apple typewriter memo is 40 years old.
RIP Mickey Mouse glove: macOS Tahoe has a new set of cursors.
FireWire may finally be dead in macOS 26 & Apple isn't looking back.
Apple executives have held internal talks about buying AI startup Perplexity.
A few notes on iPadOS 26 audio and video capture.
Apple pulls ad campaign fronted by SNL star just one day after its debut.
Apple read your mean tweets about Liquid Glass and Finder.
iPhone 17 Pro: Four new camera features are coming this fall.
NFC Release 15 protocol announced, next-gen devices could see quadruple the operating range.
Creative clash halts production of Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson Apple TV+ show.
Apple wins appeal to overturn $300 mln US patent verdict.
Feds wise up and ban WhatsApp, might shift to Apple Messages.
EU ecodesign for smartphones including right to repair now In effect.
F1' immersive video takes you around the track with Brad Pitt on Apple Vision Pro.
Fly around Vast's Haven-1 space station using the Apple Vision Pro.
Picks of the Week:
Andy's Pick: Project Indigo
Alex's Pick: F1 Movie
Jason's Pick: AI Shortcuts on macOS 26
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This Week in Tech 1037: Teach Amanda Fish
2025/06/22
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Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue
Why We Don't Talk About Job Destruction
Israel-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Financial System
Iran restricts internet access to ward off Israeli cyberattacks
The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel
It's Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV
AI search finds publishers starved of referral traffic
Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training
For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans' top news source
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time
The People Search Sites in the Suspected Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of Congress
40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet
Pavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI — and the fight for Telegram
WhatsApp's rollout of ads will change the app forever
Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Calacanis , Amanda Silberling , and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
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Intelligent Machines 824: Full-Body Air-Quotes
2025/06/18
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Interview with Matthew Kirschenbaum
Chatterbox TTS - a Hugging Face Space by ResembleAI
Here's the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals
Boston Dynamics robots dance to 'Don't Stop Me Now' for 'America's Got Talent' audition
Oracle CEO Says OpenAI's Stargate Venture 'Not Formed Yet'
OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder
They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
Smart Lamp Keeps Students On Track With Image Recognition
Google's Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon
Inside the AI Party at the End of the World
AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games
L'Oréal Taps Nvidia Tech to Supercharge Its AI Efforts
They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
Brooklyn TK
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Paris Martineau
Guest: Matthew Kirschenbaum
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Windows Weekly 937: Vexed by Perturbations
2025/06/18
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No, it's not you. Windows Hello doesn't work in the dark anymore. For reasons. Say "Hello" to the Windows Hello controversy of the month!
Windows
AI agent in Settings and Recall export experience in Dev/Beta channels - plus the old clock is back, baby
July Patch Tuesday preview: App defaults (EEA only), Share images with visual preview, and some fixes for Windows 11 (The first one is coming to Windows 10 too - tied to the DMA news from last week.)
Commentary: What Apple gets right in macOS 26 (and otherwise)
Surface
One year with Surface Laptop 7
Microsoft issues its first firmware updates for Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 in several months, sort of
Microsoft 365
BBB complains about how Microsoft promotes Microsoft 365; Microsoft disagrees but will change the way it communicates about these features
AI
OpenAI, Microsoft, and... the nuclear option??
The Open AI Files provides an insider view of the company and finds it lacking
Copilot Vision is GA in the United States - It's also free to try on mobile
The Browser Company starts explaining Dia, finally
Xbox and Games
Microsoft announces (extends?) partnership with AMD on future Xbox hardware - a one minute video with plenty to parse
Next-gen hardware
Multi-year partnership with AMD on Xbox consoles and gaming handhelds
Compatibility with existing game libraries
Working closely with the Windows team, ensure Windows is the number one games platform
Microsoft shares Xbox Ally details with devs, a hint at the coming Windows-based Xbox platform requirements?
More Game Pass titles for June, including an old favorite
Minecraft gets three great updates
Steam will run natively on Apple Silicon soon. Unlike all the games.
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Don't give in
App pick of the week: Camtasia online
RunAs Radio this week: SQL Server 2025 with Bob Ward
Brown liquor pick of the week: The Macallan 18 Sherry Oak Cask
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Paul Thurrott , and Richard Campbell
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Security Now 1030: Internet Foreground Radiation
2025/06/17
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An exploited iOS iMessage vulnerability Apple denies?
The NPM repository is under siege with no end in sight.
Were Comcast and Digital Realty compromised? Don't ask them.
Matthew Green agrees: XChat does not offer true security.
We may know how Russia is convicting Telegram users.
Microsoft finally decides to block two insane Outlook file types.
40,000 openly available video camera are online. Who owns them?
Running SpinRite on encrypted drives.
An LLM describes Steve's (my) evolution on Microsoft security.
What do we know about the bots that are scanning the Internet?
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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MacBreak Weekly 977: A Slab of Ham on a Box
2025/06/17
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This week's episode dives deep into the post-WWDC hangover, exploring Apple's remarkable software improvements across platforms. The hosts examine the first third-party immersive video production using Blackmagic's new camera, celebrate major Vision Pro persona upgrades, and discuss Apple's complete re-architecture of iPad windowing. The conversation reveals how Apple's software teams seem to have hit their stride after years of criticism, delivering substantial improvements from terminal apps to AI integration.
Canal+ MotoGP Documentary for Vision Pro - First third-party Apple immersive video production shot entirely with new Blackmagic URSA camera, featuring French motorcycle racer Johann Zarco
Spatial Personas Get Major Upgrade - visionOS 26 delivers dramatically improved personas that actually look like real people, though beards still cause mouth-tracking issues
Geographic Persistence and Room Mapping - visionOS 26 features allow virtual objects to stay in place across reboots and sessions
Apple Home Hub Smart Display Discovery - Code found in iOS 26 dev beta reveals upcoming HomePod with screen, expected by the end of year
iPad Multitasking Revolution - Craig Federighi explains the complete re-architecture of iPadOS 26 windowing system, bringing full Mac-style window management to iPad
Background Task Processing - iPadOS 26 introduces finite background tasks for exports and file operations, finally allowing users to switch apps during long processes
Software Quality Renaissance - Discussion of Apple's apparent software turnaround, from improved backend infrastructure (40% improvement moving from Java to Swift/Rust) to new developer APIs
New Speech-to-Text APIs - Apple provides developers access to on-device transcription that's twice as fast as Whisper, though slightly less accurate
Third-Party App Integration Improvements - Apple now allows music apps to show animated artwork on lock screen and provides access to various ML models
Terminal and Spotlight Updates - macOS 26 features the first meaningful Terminal app update in years, plus pro features added to Spotlight, including clipboard history
F1 Movie Marketing Blitz - Deep dive into Apple's $200+ million investment in the F1 film, including custom iPhone cameras built for race cars and haptic trailer experiences
Picks of the Week:
Leo's Pick: Classic Sega iOS games going free before delisting on the App Store, including Crazy Taxi, Sonic titles, and Super Monkey Ball
Jason's Pick: PlugShare app for electric vehicle owners to find compatible charging stations across all networks and plug types
Andy's Pick: Usagi Yojimbo comic collection Humble Bundle featuring Stan Sakai's acclaimed samurai rabbit series, with proceeds supporting the Hero Initiative
Alex's Pick: Perla iOS camera app designed to give iPhone footage an authentic 16mm film look and feel
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Alex Lindsay , Andy Ihnatko , and Jason Snell
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This Week in Tech 1036: Apple Reflux
2025/06/15
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Opinionated Design: Early Reactions to Apple's Liquid Glass Design Language
Big Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death Blow
Apple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new era
Apple Targets Spring 2026 for Release of Delayed Siri AI Upgrade
Apple's de-chatbot-ification of AI is nearly complete
Google launches Android 16, rolling out now to Pixel
Google offers voluntary buyouts to US staff across several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organization
IBM aims to build the world's first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028
Blue Origin Delays Second New Glenn Launch
Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe
Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent
YouTube says its ecosystem created 490K jobs and added $55B to the US GDP in 2024
God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 pro
Army reserve tech executives meta palantir
Nintendo Switch 2 Is Fastest-Selling Game Console of All Time - Slashdot
An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
Anker recalls 1.1 million power banks due to fire hazard risk
Local Malls Are Sitting Empty, and Becoming a Headache for Small Towns
Bald eagle live cam update: Babies are leaving nest. What's next?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner , Harry McCracken , and Jason Snell
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Intelligent Machines 823: Intelligent with Two G's
2025/06/11
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Interview with Stephen Witt
Altman's Gentle Singularity
Sutskever video: start at 5:50-6:40
Paris on Apple Glass
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm for Copyright Infringement
Apple paper: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
Futurism on the paper
Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky discuss
YouTube Loosens Rules Guiding the Moderation of Videos
Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue 'Superintelligence'
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users' web browsing identifiers
Amazon 'testing humanoid robots to deliver packages'
Google battling 'fox infestation' on roof of £1bn London office
23andMe's Former CEO Pushes Purchase Price Nearly $50 Million Higher
Code to control vocal production with hands
Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two public companies by next year
Social media creators to overtake traditional media in ad revenue this year
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Guest: Stephen Witt
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Windows Weekly 936: Liquid Aero
2025/06/11
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Get to know Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday updates and new features in Windows 11, such as improvements to the Start menu, File Explorer, and Copilot integration. They also cover new AI features coming to the Photos app for Copilot+ PCs and updates to the Microsoft Store. The discussion then shifts to developer conferences like Google I/O and Apple's WWDC, with a focus on their respective AI advancements and product strategies. Plus, the controversy surrounding Microsoft's decision to no longer host its Build conference in Seattle. Don't miss the discussion on the evolving role of the iPad as a potential threat to Surface devices due to recent software enhancements!
Windows 11
June Patch Tuesday is here! Big changes for Windows 11 versions 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2
New Start menu finally debuts in Dev and Beta - synchronized again for some reason
Copilot+ PCs get Relight feature and natural language search in the Photos app
The Microsoft Store gets a major update in the Beta channel
And Canary is still a thing, no one knows why
Developer conference season draws to a close
Build: Protests, problems, and more problems
Microsoft pulls out of Seattle permanently
Google I/O: Stunning array of AI announcements. But Android 16 is on a weird slow boil after a truncated development cycle
Apple WWDC: Apple Intelligence? Look, Liquid Glass! Also, some actual advances across its newly unified platforms
Look out Surface: The iPad is a real computer now - And it only took 15 years
Microsoft, Google, and Apple all played to their strengths
Between Windows 11 2xH2, Android 16, and iOS whatever - do the platform makers even know how to ship software anymore?
Xbox
Microsoft unveils the first Xbox-branded third-party gaming handheld as part of its Xbox Games Showcase 2025 event - a few interesting things there as well - COD: BO7, Gears remake, Gears v.next delayed to 2026
This heavily modified/optimized version of Windows 11 is coming to more gaming handhelds
Looking to the future: What if this is literally the model for future Xbox console hardware? What if the next Xbox was a NUC?
More Game Pass titles across platforms for the second half of June
You can add 4 TB of storage to your Xbox, but it will cost you dearly
Apple loses again in Epic v. Apple, Fortnite can stay in the App Store and developers can stop getting robbed by Apple
The Nintendo Switch 2 launched this past week and is apparently the best-selling console of all time at launch
PS5 controllers to support multiple Bluetooth connections
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Share Feature, image crunching
App pick of the week: Dia Browser
RunAs Radio this week: The Case for Telemetry with Liz Fong-Jones
Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenlossie 26
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Security Now 1029: The Illusion of Thinking
2025/06/10
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In memoriam: Bill Atkinson
Meta native apps & JavaScript collude for a localhost local mess.
The EU rolls out its own DNS4EU filtered DNS service.
Ukraine DDoS's Russia's Railway DNS ... and... so what?
The Linux Foundation creates an alternative Wordpress package manager.
Court tells OpenAI it must NOT delete ANYONE's chats. Period! :(
A CVSS 10.0 in Erlang/OTP's SSH library.
Can Russia intercept Telegram? Perhaps.
Spain's ISPs mistakenly block Google sites.
Reddit sues Anthropic.
Twitter's new encrypted DM's are as lame as the old ones.
The Login.gov site may not have any backups.
Apple explores the question of recent Large Reasoning Models "thinking"
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1029-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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MacBreak Weekly 976: Thanks For All the Round Rects
2025/06/10
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Apple unveiled many things at WWDC25 this year, including the newest versions of iPadOS and visionOS, with a new unified naming convention across its OS's. Apple Intelligence gets a slew of new capabilities across Apple devices. And the panel remembers Bill Atkinson.
iPadOS 26 introduces powerful new features that push the capabilities and versatility of iPad even further.
visionOS 26 introduces powerful new spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro.
Apple Intelligence gets even more powerful with new capabilities across Apple devices.
macOS Tahoe 26 makes the Mac more capable, productive, and intelligent than ever.
The iPad just got a lot more like a Mac thanks to these 20+ new features.
Bill Atkinson, hypercard creator and original Mac team member, dies at age 74.
Picks of the Week:
Mikah's Pick: Hidden Folks+
Andy's Pick: Astro Pinball by Kyle Sylvestre
Alex's Pick: Small Rig's Wireless Video Monitor for iPhone
Leo's Pick: Mitxela Clock
Hosts: Leo Laporte , Alex Lindsay , and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
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This Week in Tech 1035: The Droids Are in the Escape Pod
2025/06/08
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Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere!
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrails
Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continues
TikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline back
Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs
AI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - Slashdot
Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly
Holding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rules
Volvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - Slashdot
Ending USB-C® Port Confusion
Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores
Nintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - Slashdot
Calling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After All
California county accused of using drones to spy on residents
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Guests: Sam Abuelsamid , Cathy Gellis , and Larry Magid
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