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It's the holidays! This week, we are joined by producer Anthony and our old pal Ant Pruitt to celebrate and discuss a wide variety of topics, from first space memories to our favorite space toys to what spaceflight means to each of us. It's a warm "family reunion" you won't want to miss! Join us for some holiday cheer, and Tariq's "Tiny Tim" moment... Headlines: • NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make...

Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money. Craig Newmark stops by Galaxy fold unboxing We know almost everything about the Google Pixel 9 series already A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money Friend in a box US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules The gymnastics world braces for an AI future NASA will shut down...

Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass Reflecting on 18 years at Google Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies Does Black Friday and Cyber Mo...

Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update Veracrypt password security Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features Do-Not-Track is back on track "ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ? CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability Bypassing fingerprint authentication ApacheMQ TransUnion & Experian both hacked Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibs...

From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company." Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member...

OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains. Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection. GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes. The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replac...

DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2 Online interactions and social media...

Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here 51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop cult...

Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and we demonstrate the new ChatGPT voice features. • Ant Pruitt stops by Tech News Weekly to give us a rundown of what Adobe announced at its annual Adobe MAX conference....

Google's "enshittification" memos A Note From WIRED Leadership Moonlighting comes to Hulu... starring Jeff Jarvis! Elon Musk's X Strips Article Headlines on Shared Links Did Elon Musk Endorse Biden, Come Out as Transgender and Die of Suicide? Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation Sure, There's Disinfo On ExTwitter, But The EU Should Not Be Demandin...

Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy? Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights Movies released on TikTok by studios High production costs of Masterclass Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices Supreme Court case in...

Google's 25th birthday Google killing off Google Podcasts Next week's Pixel hardware event Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions Meta adding AI bots everywhere Books scanned to train AI models in searc...

Apple has quietly removed support for Postscript in macOS Ventura over security concerns with the outdated interpreter language. China has formally accused the NSA of hacking and maintaining access to Huawei servers since 2009, based on documents from Edward Snowden. A misconfigured Azure Shared Access Signature token resulted in 38TB of sensitive internal Microsoft data being exposed, including e...

The group discusses the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's search dominance. The hosts debate whether AI will help or harm the fight against online disinformation. Leo and Joan discuss the challenges of internet safety and regulation in the UK. Google news includes: Chromebook lifespan extended to 10 years, Android 14 QPR beta, Google Calendar appointment booking, Nest speaker groups limited, a...

Google pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says Google's cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone Google teaser previews Pixel Watch 2 and both Pixel 8 phones NFL Sunda...

Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill When Tech Says "No" Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR The Department of Defense Launches the...

Google announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tourn...

Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process Elon Musk's Shadow Rule How is Spotify doing with its podcast bus...

We still love us some space conspiracies! This week, Tariq and I discuss more of our favorites--from the "the Earth is flat!" to the deadly Planet X (or "Planet 9," as self-avowed Pluto-Killer Mike Brown calls it--though he may end up with naming rights), we'll look at, discuss, and debunk more of the wackiest conspiracies ever... because, "the truth is out there--or maybe, just maybe, it's in our...

Google's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and more Linear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first time Streaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs rising Congressional inquiry into harmful data broker practices Google using AI to generate key points in web pages Google considering allowing AI summaries directly in search...

Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5. Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims. Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records. Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book. BlueJ...

Shift Happens is about to ship! Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers. Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain. The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel. Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV. A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line. Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized A...

Beyerdynamic has launched the Blue Byrd ANC 2 earbuds. Ant Pruitt takes a look at these wireless earbuds with a quick review. Get the Blue Byrd ANC: https://amzn.to/4795Vtm Host: Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Find more products we recommend at https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetca...

Twitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon. Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud. YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates. Google's CFO just got a promotion. Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts. Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt. Jeff talks about his...

The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan. Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open. Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023). Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company "Unstable". Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama. Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it. Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models....