TWiT 1029: Never Lick a Badger Twice - Selling Chrome, Modular Cars, Switch 2 Sold Out
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously?
Microsoft finally ships controversial Windows 11 'Recall' feature after year-long delay â now rolling out to all Copilot+ PCs
Sam Altman says OpenAI is no longer "compute-constrained" â after Microsoft lost its exclusive cloud provider status
Only Google Can Run Chrome, Company's Browser Chief Tells Judge
What Happens When You Pay People Not to Use Google Search?
4chan Is Back Online, Days After The Infamous Hack That Leaked Its 'Janitors' Emails
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over
Google is scrapping its planned changes for third-party cookies in Chrome
Google's revenue tops Wall Street's expectations â and the stock climbs
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
PC shipments spike as Windows 10's end and U.S. tariffs loom
Apple Aims To Source All US iPhones From India in Pivot Away From China
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders: Sold out at most retailers including GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others
The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
Tesla whistleblower says Musk wanted to deport her team for raising brake issue
In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving
Enter The Fourth Amendment, Yet One More Reason DOGE Is Such A Constitutional Nightmare
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TWiT 1028: Some Had Leashes - Google's Monopoly, Yap Score, Robot Marathon
Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup
AI-hallucinated code dependencies become new supply chain risk
OpenAI's secret Yap score
4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack
FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the "personal social networking" market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe
Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming 'Very Soon'
Tariffs making it impossible to shop for tech, applicances
Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live on April 24, for real this time; fans still mad at $80 games
Is this a Bad Therapist? Real Therapist Reacts to Adolescence
Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers
Hacked Crosswalks In Bay Area Play Deepfake-Style Messages From Tech Billionaires
China's First Robot Marathon Runners Trip, Emit Smoke, Fall Apart
OpenAI is building a social network
Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People
New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Lifeâ124 Light-Years Away
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TWiT 1027: 20 Years in the Can - Delete IP Law?, Recall Roll Out, Not Dire Wolves
Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions
Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE
Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to 'delete all IP law'
5 things to know about Meta's upcoming FTC trial
Meta's New Tech Wants You Using Phones in Theaters
Trump Orders Investigation into Former Cybersecurity Chief
Beyond Showerheads: Trump's Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos
Microsoft rolls out Recall AI in preview to Copilot+ PCs, after delaying the feature twice, from
June 2024 and October 2024, over security and privacy concerns
The Dire Wolf Isn't BackâBut Here's What 'De-Extinction' Tech Can Actually Do
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
Linda McMahon just handed A.1. steak sauce an unbelievable opportunity
Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs
Vizio Shows What Happens When U.S. Fascism And TV Ensh*ttification Meet
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TWiT 1026: I Know of BigBalls - TWIST Takeover
Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead
Trump delays TikTok ban again
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
China is Already Testing AI-Powered Humanoid Robots in Factories - Slashdot
Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots
Starliner's flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military's top launch provider
Eric Raymond, John Carmack Mourn Death of 'Bufferbloat' Fighter Dave Taut
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Leaked Signal group chat, xAI x X merger, Studio ChatGhibli-T
Hayao Miyazaki's AI Nightmare
Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style
No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation
Okay, I'm Starting to Think AI Can Do My Job After All
Clearly we're talking about the WH Signal Leak
Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
Musk shuffles $80 billion in assets, reshapes gov't â just another week at the office
23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and CEO Anne Wojcicki has stepped down
Replit CEO Amjad Masad says learning to code is a waste of time, citing Dario Amodei's prediction that AI may generate essentially all code by next year
As AI Takes His Readers, A Leading History Publisher Wonders What's Next
Madison Square Garden's surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
China bans facial recognition without consent; where's US law on this?
Google's new experimental AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, is now available to free users too
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