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A compendium of podcasts from the Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. This feed includes all of Leo's audio or video releases and sometimes includes his appearances on other podcasts. One feed to serve them all.
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Security Now 1070: CISA's Free Internet Scanning
Mar 1802:46:12Tap to summarizeMeta quietly ditches encryption for Instagram chats while TikTok also backpedals on privacy, shaking up assumptions about how much big tech really values your secrets. Meanwhile, Steve Gibson reveals why CISA's free government security scans are an absolute must for businesses—plus what he learned when GRC took the plunge. The Security Now "Caption That Photo" contest. A mega social media company says "no" to strong encryption. WhatsApp to give parents more control, Consumer bandwidth proxying is becoming a big deal. Meta buys the Moltbook duo. The EU gives up and settles upon the status quo. When a ransomware negotiation is not what it seems. CISA compels federal agencies to submit their logs. Is that a VPN in your pocket or something more malicious. Be careful what you download, thinking it's AI. A super-clever and super-simple A/V scanner bypass. Will AI write code for me? Another listener discovers the Joy of AI. Steve's CISA Internet scanning experience Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1070-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT material.security canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT adaptivesecurity.com meter.com/securitynow
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MacBreak Weekly 1016: An Orca, a Trombone and a Treasure Chest
Mar 1802:35:59Tap to summarizeSomeone is appearing on Jeopardy this week... Apple announces the AirPods Max 2. The MacBook Neo is its most repairable MacBook in 14 years. And are new colors coming to the next-gen iMacs later this year? I'll take 'beach reading' for $1000, Ken. Apple introduces AirPods Max 2. 2026 Apple Studio Display review: The smallest of upgrades. MacBook Neo is the most repairable MacBook in 14 years. Apple paying a premium to move iPhone production outside China as it hits milestone. Should keycaps use text or glyphs for delete, return, tab, caps lock, and shift? macOS Tahoe 26.4 beta 4, iOS 26.4 beta 4, and iPadOS 26.4 beta 4 distributions highlight nine upcoming emoji characters. Rumor: Apple to debut "new colors" for next-gen iMacs this year. Apple's Liquid Glass interface isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Gone (Almost) Phishin'. Mac on-screen camera indicator light. How to survive the loss of Rosetta. First footage shows X-Plane 12 on Vision Pro, including an ARKit trick in action. F1: The Stream - how the launch leveraged Apple's entire ecosystem. 'F1: the Movie' is now an Oscar-winning hit. Severance season 3 gets timing update, new characters teased. Picks of the Week Leo's Pick: Lil Finder 5K Wallpapers Christina's Pick: 3D Print Lil' Finder Guy Andy's Pick: Stickies for Mac\ Jason's Pick: Delcom USB HID Handheld Programmable Button Switch Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zocdoc.com/macbreak hipebl.ai
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This Week in Tech 1075: The Commonwealth Club
Mar 1602:55:46Tap to summarizeFrom "gainfully employed robots" to AI that accidentally ruins lives, this week's conversation unpacks the real-world fallout of futuristic promises. Leo, JPT, Iain, and Richard tackle energy sources, social media effects, tech layoffs, and the algorithms quietly taking charge. Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount Meta Said to Push Back Launch of Avocado Model Social media addiction trial: the plaintiff, Meta, and YouTube make closing arguments; jurors begin deliberations Friday on liability for harm to children Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam X says it suspended 800 million accounts in 2024 over spam and manipulation Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X Musk admits xAI 'not built right' — weeks after Tesla invested $2 billion Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots Social Security watchdog investigating claims that DOGE engineer copied its databases DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them EcoFlow brings its plug-in solar power plant to US homes (related to the plug-in solar story) TerraPower gets permit to build reactor Ex-Uber CEO Kalanick Debuts Plan for 'Gainfully Employed Robots' Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud Justice Department and Live Nation Reach Settlement Terms in Antitrust Case Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power Palantir's lethal AI weaponry deployed to find chairs for US government staff How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world 'Flying Cars' Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue Ig Nobel Prize flees US for Switzerland after 35 years over safety concerns Swiss e-voting can't count 2,048 ballots after USB keys fail to decrypt them Tony Hoare, Turing Award-Winning Computer Scientist Behind QuickSort, Dies At 92 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Iain Thomson, Richard Campbell, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: expressvpn.com/twit preview.modulate.ai monarch.com with code TWIT spaceship.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit
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Intelligent Machines 861: We Have Computer At Home
Mar 1203:12:44Tap to summarizeApple's legendary evangelist Guy Kawasaki reveals how signal messaging and open-source AI are rewriting playbooks for privacy, immortality, and activism. Hear candid stories and sharp opinions from someone who has shaped—and challenged—today's tech giants. OpenAI robotics hardware lead resigns ChatGPT returns to the top of the App Store after DoD controversy OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Anthropic Made Pitch in Drone Swarm Contest During Pentagon Feud Anthropic chief back in talks with Pentagon about AI deal OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about Pentagon AI deal BREAKING: Sam Altman's greed and dishonesty are finally catching up to him ChatGPT update curbs 'cringe,' cuts down on answer refusals OpenAI's GPT-5.4 sets new records on professional benchmarks OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Model For Working In Excel and Google Sheets - Slashdot OpenAI delays ChatGPT's 'adult mode' again OpenAI's IPO Hopes Face Skeptical Investor Community Sources: Meta has signed a multiyear AI content licensing deal with News Corp worth $50M per year; the deal will run for at least three years Zuckerberg has "finished" with Alexandr Wang, worth US$14 billion Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion To Build AI That Understands the Physical World Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW+ of next-gen Vera Rubin chips Meta didn't buy Moltbook for bots — it bought into the agentic web Where did you think the training data was coming from? You could be an influencer without even realizing it Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity's AI Shopping Bots Amazon's Health AI is now open to all US customers After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis' Tiiny AI Pocket Lab: The First Pocket-Size AI Supercomputer A lot of journalism folks are offering editing advice as Grammarly's AI "experts" AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule Judges Find AI Doesn't Have Human Intelligence in Two New Court Cases Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes Start Up No.2624: Canadian journal retracts 25 years of studies, the AI writing question, Netflix buys Affleck AI firm, and more William Shatner says he turned a $42 money transfer from Elon Musk into nearly $200,000 for his charity YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World's Largest Media Company ET Fall Preview 1994 Payphone Go This company wants to pay you $800 to bully AI for a day Tweakbench - your favorite producer's favorite plugins lol Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Guy Kawasaki Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: helixsleep.com/machines monarch.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit get.stash.com/im
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Windows Weekly 974: DIY Crocs
Mar 1102:46:57Tap to summarizeFrom bug-busting AI that's transforming Firefox to personal coding breakthroughs, the team breaks down how practical applications are cutting through skepticism and reshaping developer workflows. Plus, hear why lighter Patch Tuesdays are refreshing from time to time! Windows 11 Patch Tuesday's familiar list of updates: Network speed test, Camera tilt and pan controls, sysmon, RSAT improvements, Quick Machine Recovery improvements, WEBP support for desktop wallpaper, Emoji 16.0, etc. It's been a light year so far for Patch Tuesday features - that's a good thing New builds for Canary, Dev, and Beta late last week. Canary is nothing, Dev/Beta get Administrator Protection, Drag Tray refinements, File Explorer improvements, and fixes Android 16 QPR3 brings Desktop Mode to Android devices - and a hands-on with Pixel phones and tablets shows the way forward for Android-based laptops later this year Intel has new gaming processors for creators and gamers and they look excellent and are inexpensive AI and dev Copilot Cowork is literally Claude Cowork in Microsoft 365 - "Wave 3" for Microsoft 365 Copilot begins with a lot of agentic features, in private preview at first Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive get big Gemini updates for consumers and Workspace customers Mozilla partners with Anthropic to use AI to find bugs, and it's paying off nicely Visual Studio Code moves to a weekly update schedule The .NET 11 Preview 2 is here Xbox and gaming Microsoft starts talking up next Xbox console! It's called Project Helix and, yes, it will run Windows games New Xbox Mode is on the way Project Helix dev kits to game makers in 2027 Satya Nadella explains why he/Microsoft are "long" on gaming Gaming is a core identity for Microsoft alongside platforms, developers, and knowledge workers Tips and picks Tip of the week: Nostalgia with a purpose App pick of the week: Stardock Clairvoyance RunAs Radio this week: SQL Server in 2026 with Bob Ward Brown liquor pick of the week: Canadian Centennial Rye Whisky Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: helixsleep.com/windows cachefly.com/twit
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Security Now 1069: You can't hide from LLMs
Mar 1102:43:34Tap to summarizeThink your online alias keeps you safe? This episode reveals how advanced language models are making it trivial to de-anonymize users at scale, challenging everything we thought we knew about internet privacy. Anthropic & Mozilla improve Firefox's security. Apple & Google begin testing cross-platform RCS encryption. Ubuntu's SUDO starts echoing asterisks. Inviting a web proxy into your home. Apple devices cleared by Germany for NATO's use. A serious remote takeover of OpenClaw. TokTok won't encrypt messaging for visibility. Microsoft bans the term "Microslop" on Discord. Lot's of great listener feedback. LLMs could make Orwell's 1984 seem optimistic. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1069-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit zscaler.com/security guardsquare.com hoxhunt.com/securitynow
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MacBreak Weekly 1015: Who Shot Apple Intelligence?
Mar 1102:29:23Tap to summarizeApple unveiled the MacBook Neo, the company's foray into a low-cost laptop. The iPhone Fold's supposed design has leaked through 3D CAD rendering files. And a toolkit for hacking iPhones has leaked. 18 years later, Apple ships a $599 computer. Apple's TikTok ads for the MacBook Neo are the right kind of weird. Apple creates adorable little Finder guy to promote its adorable little Mac. The new Apple begins to emerge. Apple 'Ultra' products expansion is up next after MacBook Neo launch. iPhone Fold design leaks in purported 3D CAD rendering files. Apple's 'HomePad' gets launch timing update via leaker. Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage. Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report. Apple ran a test on the App Store to see if AI could improve search result rankings. Apple geoblocking downloads of ByteDance-owned apps in the US. A toolkit for hacking iPhones, possibly created for the U.S. Government, has leaked. F1: The Stream - how the launch leveraged Apple's entire ecosystem. 'Apple' Review: Reinvention Incorporated. Picks of the Week Christina's Pick: What's Your JND Game Andy's Pick: Kids, Wait Till You Hear This Jason's Pick: Cloth Pro Max Leo's Pick: Art Bits from HyperCard Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hipebl.ai helixsleep.com/macbreak
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This Week in Tech 1074: Chicken Mating Harnesses
Mar 903:06:55Tap to summarizeBetween copyright-free AI art, government blacklists, and data brokers run amok, this episode spotlights the fierce new battles for privacy, agency, and control in our digital lives. Plus, hear Cory Doctorow break down why the AI gold rush may be headed for a colossal crash. Pentagon Officially Tells Anthropic It Is a Supply Chain Risk Trump moves to blacklist Anthropic AI from all government work If AI is a weapon, why don't we regulate it like one? Sam Altman's greed and dishonesty are finally catching up to him ChatGPT user base surges 350% in 18 months as it nears 1 billion weekly active users AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after the Supreme Court declines to review the rule Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens Grammarly is using our identities without permission Alphabet Grants Sundar Pichai Stock Awards Worth Up to $686 Million Google vs Epic Games ends with Android app stores, lower fees Google Ends Its 30% App Store Fee, Welcomes Third-Party App Stores - Slashdot Xbox CEO confirms next-gen 'Project Helix' console will play PC games Motorola Partners With GrapheneOS - Slashdot Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples' Movements Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time South Korean Police Lose Seized Crypto By Posting Password Online Iranian drone strikes at Amazon sites raise alarms over protecting data centers Charter Gets FCC Permission To Buy Cox, Become Largest ISP In the US How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents Anne Wojcicki's Plan to Revive 23andMe: Rich Donors, Improved Tests—and Maybe Even MAHA Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom 10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips Seagate Just Unleashed 44TB Hard Drives Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Joey de Villa and Cory Doctorow Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT meter.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT bitwarden.com/twit
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Security Now 1068: The Call Is Coming From Inside the House
Mar 500:51:55Tap to summarizeSteve Gibson and Leo Laporte host a special episode of Security Now live from ThreatLocker's Zero Trust World 2026 in Orlando, Florida. The final frontier of security is internal. Today, we have the tools, techniques and technologies to thwart attacks originating from outside our perimeter. We're now good at protecting our borders. But major high profile breaches occurring over the past several years have revealed that insufficient attention has been given to the security of our internal systems and networks. Today's greatest security weaknesses result from decades of system design, deployment and policy that have placed far too much trust on the conduct of those on the inside, behind our borders. Whether deliberate, inadvertent, or externally penetrating, the greatest challenge we now face is that of designing and deploying our internal security with strict adherence to the principles of least privilege and zero trust. Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: threatlocker.com/twit
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Security Now 1067: KongTuke's CrashFix
Mar 302:53:08Tap to summarizeA crafty new breed of social engineering attack is tricking users into launching malware straight from their clipboard, exposing a fresh vulnerability in Windows that even tech pros could fall for. Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson break down how the latest ClickFix and CrashFix exploits are outsmarting traditional defenses. The lowdown on last week's "no turn" picture of the week. Is an AI-driven hacking campaign a big deal now. Clause used in multiple Mexican government attacks. Apple continues to be confronted with age restrictions. COPPA needs an exception to allow age collection. Meta swamps law enforcement with AI-slop CSAM reports. Roskomnadzor has been busy blocking VPNs. Guess how many. The UK tries to report their self-scanning success. Remember that hacker who extorted the psychotherapy patients. Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is actively recruiting women. Cisco lands another breathtakingly rare 10.0 CVSS. VulnCheck's report on 2025 vulnerabilities and exploits. Steve discovers a fabulous $72 Hardware Security Module. A listener shares an interesting AI service discovery. The very potent "ClickFix" exploit evolves Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1067-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meter.com/securitynow guardsquare.com threatlocker.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com outsystems.com/twit
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