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TWiT 1019: Nickel for Your Thoughts - DOGE Hacked, IRS Supercomputer, Alexa Delayed
TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S.
Elon Musk's DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer
Elon's bid for OpenAI is about making the for-profit transition as painful as possible for Altman,
Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business
Broadcom Joins TSMC In Considering Deals For Parts of Intel
Arm to start making server CPUs in-house
Thomson Reuters wins the first major US AI copyright ruling against fair use, in a case filed in May 2020 against legal research AI startup Ross Intelligence
Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap—what that means for the industry
YouTube Surprise: CEO Says TV Overtakes Mobile as "Primary Device" for Viewing
Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'
Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral
Google CEO Sees 'Useful' Quantum Computers 5 to 10 Years Away
Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy's still screwed
Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
Meta's Brain-to-Text AI
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TWiT 1018: Self-Driving Government - Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales
UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data
Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals
Brits Want to Ban 'Smarter Than Human' AI
Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl 'Trades' Pit State Regulators Against Feds
Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad
"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed
Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling
Google starts testing new Search 'AI Mode' internally – Here's an early look at it
In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment
TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app
In Other SCOTUS First Amendment News, It Also Just Heard Oral Argument Over Yet Another Texas Law Censoring The Internet
Teen on Musk's DOGE Team Graduated from 'The Com'
CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears
Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency
German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
Trump Ends Legal Challenge Over Twitter Ban After Jan. 6 Riot
Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
Apple's Long-Awaited Overhaul of iPhone SE Nears Release
Former iOS engineer sued by Apple issues apology as lawsuit is dismissed
PS5 sales more than twice Xbox Series X/S reveals Take-Two by accident
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2:49:57
TWiT 1017: Yellow-Bellied Marmots - Return of Pebble, O3-Mini, Apple AI
Takeaways From a Monumental Week for AI
Sam Altman: OpenAI has been on the 'wrong side of history' concerning open source | TechCrunch
DeepSeek's AI success is overshadowed by a serious security breac
AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU | TechCrunch
OpenAI partners with U.S. National Laboratories on scientific research, nuclear weapons security
The NTSB chooses Elon Musk's X to update the press on plane crashes
OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest 'reasoning' model | TechCrunch
Rabbit R1 and Pebble
Apple's AI and AR Struggles Show It Has Lost Some of Its Product Edge
Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems
Elon Musk seizes computer system, locks out senior government officials
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection
23andMe might sell itself as it runs out of money
Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates
Super Bowl Sundays are really noisy everywhere in the US
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TWiT 1016: Marc or Marx? - Copilot Launch Disaster, DeepSeek, Sir Paul vs. AI
The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster
Satya Nadella says he's 'good for $80 billion' after Elon Musk claims Stargate Project doesn't have the cash
How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI
Tesla brand value drops $15B in 2024
Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans
Mark Zuckerberg post re: Llama 4
Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Crypto czar David Sacks says NFTs and memecoins are collectibles, not securities
Trump's Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support
Paul McCartney calls on UK government to protect artists from AI | TechCrunch
Sony Japan ends production of recordable Blu-rays with 'no successor' planned
Startups are built on dreams. This one is just more literal about it.
When S.F. fought 'Pac-Man'
Interview with Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz
Bill Gates: Trump, Musk and how my neurodiversity made me
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2:52:53
TWiT 1015: Smarter Than a House Cat - TikTok, Trumpcoin, Samsung Unpacked 2025
Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban
Trumpcoin
Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data
Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higher
Behind the Curtain — Coming soon: Ph.D.-level super-agents
4 surprise products we could see at Samsung Unpacked 2025
Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts
US Finalizes Rule Banning Smart Cars With Russian, Chinese Tech
Natrium 'advanced nuclear' power plant wins Wyoming permit - WyoFile
Cash App parent fined $175 million for 'woefully incomplete' response to fraud
FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products
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