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Robots have, and always will, be the first to go to the dark and scary places in space. For many years, Dr. Jim Green oversaw these missions for NASA as their Chief Scientist. He joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of planetary exploration. Jim has always been passionate about NASA's science programs and believes we're quite likely to find life off-Earth in the near future. Join u...

Google's new policy for the use of its AI products with K-12 accounts. A SpaceX phone service? The aftermath of the largest crypto theft at Binance. And how the "agentic web" is being welcomed by some websites. Google is switching off its AI tools for K-12 accounts unless schools opt in, but schools that opt out will lose access to Google Search. A report from The Washington Post shows that Elon M...

Tiny11 Builder just got a sleek WinUI overhaul, giving Windows 11 users unprecedented control to strip out bloat, forced accounts, and unwanted apps right from the installation. Explore the tools and tactics for building your own ideal Windows experience. Host: Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Hands-On Windows at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-windows Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Sup...

After 17 years and 556 episodes, Home Theater Geeks has been canceled. Industry consultant and journalist Mike Heiss joins Scott Wilkinson to walk down memory lane and reminisce about how much the audio/video industry has changed over nearly two decades. Host: Scott Wilkinson Guest: Michael Heiss Download or subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Join Club TWiT...

The iPhone Duo is changing how apps, productivity, and even daily habits fit in your hand. Get a firsthand look at which apps are ready to transform with Apple's newest foldable, and what features might make you rethink your tech routine. Join the conversation on cutting-edge folding devices and where form meets function. iPhone Duo shipping delays and ordering frustrations shared Apple support gu...

Chatbots have a reputation for telling you what you want to hear. Mikah Sargent tests that by telling ChatGPT it's wrong when it's right. Then he tells one made-up argument twice, with the same facts and only the teller changed, and pushes back on the verdict. He explains what researchers call sycophancy, one way training can encourage the habit, and why it can be easy to miss. Then he shares four...

This episode unpacks how an unprecedented anti-data center backlash swept the 2026 elections, leaving tech giants scrambling and upending the future of AI infrastructure. Find out why voters everywhere said "no" and what it means for the next wave of artificial intelligence. Data Centers lose BIGLY in the 2026 Elections Campaign texts, now powered by AI: How new tech is shaping voter outreach Old,...

Microsoft's business unit shuffle and shrouded AI spending spark a sharp conversation on whether shareholders and users can trust what's hidden behind new financial reports. Also, Start11 v3 adds Start widgets and menu sharing, plus Taskbar Islands, app groups, and more. Finally, LM Studio is the obvious place to start with local AI, and it works on any PC (not just an RTX Spark). Just be sure to...

What happens when a 27-year-old gets handed the keys to completely refactor nearly all of Cisco's code? This week's episode dives into tech's strangest management bets and the friction brewing inside one of the industry's giants. Cisco gives a 27-year old the task of recoding 98% of their software with AI. A serious but not earth shaking vulnerability found in PXE booting. The largest ($6.3 BILLIO...

Apple unveiled the MacBook Pro with touchscreen capabilities at its LA event last week. Apple shared its fourth-quarter results on Monday. And Siri Recap and Live Rewind debuted in the latest watchOS beta. Apple unveils groundbreaking MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch for the first time on Mac. The inside story of why Apple finally brought a touch display to the Mac. Apple reports four...

Are we headed for a slow-motion collapse of the AI bubble, or is this just the next phase of tech's endless hype cycle? The panel digs into Apple's hardware bets, the latest in self-driving cars, and what a more human-centered tech future might look like. Binance says 90% of its $6.3 billion hack losses are now covered FBI says North Korea was responsible for the Binance hack Apple unveils its fir...

This week we're contemplating an Untitled Ginux Show -- or at least that's the bit, based on the completely vibe-coded Linux replacement we talk about. Then CachyOS has a surprisingly underwhelming benchmark performance, with some details to unpack. OpenEuler keeps the AI hype train running, System76 has an impressive desktop announcement, and it looks like a new Raspberry Pi is finally coming. Fl...

On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Bill writes in to ask what cookies actually do, whether rejecting them on every site's banner accomplishes anything real, and whether there's a way to stop being asked dozens of times a day. Send in your questions for Mikah to hot@twit.tv, and he'll answer them in a future episode! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows...

In our ongoing quest to develop a moon base, could we possibly utilize the area beneath the surface of the moon in order to make the moon habitable? In this episode of This Week in Space , Tariq Malik and guest host Mike Wall of Space.com talk with Than Putzig of the Planetary Science Institute about a NASA-backed payload bound for the Marius Hills Pit, a roughly 50-meter-wide opening that may lea...

Amazon unveiled a new Echo device lineup. Proton's AI manifesto. Understanding the PHP2Shell flaws, and Apple unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro! Mikah looks at Amazon's new Echo lineup the company unveiled earlier this week, including the Echo Show 16, Echo Studio, and Amazon's first digital photo frame. 404 Media's Joseph Cox joins the show to discuss his reporting on Proton's aggre...

Microsoft's AutoSR tech is no longer just for ARM: find out how automatic super resolution is leveling up game graphics and performance on Intel's latest Core Ultra Series 3 laptops. Host: Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Hands-On Windows at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-windows Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only...

Ask a chatbot the same thing twice, and you might expect two different answers. Mikah Sargent runs one everyday request through ChatGPT five times and gets back the same basic text, two of them word for word. He explains where differences come from, what research says about why tuned chatbots can narrow the range of their answers, and why these replies left out what only he knew. Then he fills in...

Are you drowning in notifications before you even finish your morning coffee? This episode explores clever Focus tweaks and next-level notification controls that can reclaim your sanity and protect your attention. • Managing device distractions: Do Not Disturb and Focus basics • Apple Watch and iPhone notification mirroring explained • Customizing Focus modes for work, sleep, and driving • Sharing...

Scott Wilkinson is way into Dark Matter, a streaming series on Apple TV+ starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. Based on a novel by Blake Crouch, it explores the notion of parallel universes and one physicist's invention that allows travel between them. Unlike many depictions of this idea, Dark Matter is much more character-driven and thoughtful. Highly recommended! Host: Scott Wilkinson Do...

Is the AI gold rush running on shaky ground? Get the inside story on Anthropic's blockbuster IPO, massive compute bets, and why some insiders think the industry's economics just don't add up. Anthropic's IPO S-1 Spells Out a Future of Promise and Peril DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans (Marissa Meyer) Maybe We All Need an A.I. Wife Whoops: Meta's Muse...

Microsoft released new Windows 11 Experimental builds. A new round of buyout offers has been presented to 25% of Microsoft's global workforce. Microsoft fixed a major Authenticator flaw for Android. And... no major XBOX news? Windows Paul has confirmed a theory weʼve discussed about why Microsoft is really improving Windows 11 this year. Windows Insider Program Four new builds - Mobile device cont...

A newly uncovered PHP vulnerability put nearly 70% of the internet at risk, sending governments and enterprises into a frenzy as AI-powered attackers raced to exploit a flaw that had lurked unnoticed for 14 years. Hear why this could be just the start of an unrelenting wave of security crises. We take a detailed look at the many facets and aspects of last week's wild PHP ride: What happened. How i...

People are starting to get their iPhone Duo in hand! Are the reports of the iPhone Duo's screen cracking a concern for the product's viability? And Apple unveils a new iPad Mini and updated MacBook Pro and iMac with the M6 chip! Phone Duo review: The future is foldable. iPhone Duo: 24 hours in the Splash Zone. Some iPhone Duo displays are cracking, seemingly all in the same way. Apple's foldable i...

Apple's folding iPhone Duo lands with unique new features, an evolving developer scene, and early hardware hiccups that raise eyebrows. Also, a PHP bug threatens 70% of the world's websites while AI rapidly changes how exploits are found and patched. Find out how a single overlooked flaw sparked a global scramble and what it reveals about the fragile backbone of the modern web. iPhone Duo review G...

We're back, and we're forking OBS! Then there's a KDE fork for continued X11 support. We have filesystem schenanigans, including live swapping EXT4 for ZFS and the BeamNG resilient filesystem proposal. Kernel 7.3 is out with the normal slew of fixes and new features, though we're still excited for 7.4, which already has interesting patches landing in the merge window. Then there's the insane secur...