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- 9948 - Tech News Weekly 462: SpaceX Wants to Be Your Phone Carrier
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 Musk is seeking a way for network access to start a phone service with SpaceX and is reportedly pursuing EchoStar, Boost Mobile's parent company, after being rejected by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Taking a look at how Binance survived the biggest crypto theft on record, about $6.3 billion, which its incident report traces to a month-long North Korean campaign that included a tampered Homebrew installer and a fake job interview. And MIT Technology Review took a look at the "agentic web," showing AI agents from Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic being welcomed by some sites and blocked by others, such as Amazon shutting out Meta's Muse.Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti
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trustedtech.team/twit framer.com/tnw tanium.com/mythos-twitThu, 05 Nov 2026 - 53min - 9947 - Hands-On Windows 214: Create a Lean Windows 11 ISO
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
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threatlocker.com/twitThu, 05 Nov 2026 - 16min - 9946 - iOS Today 827: Apps Worth Unfolding For
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 guides highlight iPhone Duo poses and folding features Discussion of Duo productivity boosts: Split View, multitasking, app pairing Early third-party Duo-optimized apps showcased, major developers lag behind Fantastical, Things 3, OmniFocus, and other productivity apps get Duo upgrades Concerns about durability, foldables in daily life, and preciousness of new Duo Standout Duo apps: NYT Cooking, Sky Guide, Wakeout!, TypeDraw, Fineliner Skeuomorphic design returns: vinyl, cassette, and Polaroid-style apps for Duo News: iOS 27.2 update with Siri AI improvements and new TV/Music app changes. Plus, unoptimized apps on Duo display awkwardly Feedback: Private podcast RSS feeds and tvOS 27 compatibility issues addressed Shortcuts Corner: iPhone Duo adds automation triggers for open/close actions App Caps: Tiny Computers museum app and 3D printing slicer toolsHosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 - 41min - 9945 - Hands-On AI 6: Will AI Tell You When You're Wrong?
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 habits for questioning the answer.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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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
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 - 1h 39min - 9943 - Intelligent Machines 895: Unsustainably High
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, Polluting Jet Engines Are Being Scavenged to Power Data Centers Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big Anthropic warns that it's very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI Sam Altman wants YOUR RAM in HIS cloud Elon Musk had his Mean Girls Moment Chatbots Are Leading Hikers Astray, With Dangerous Consequences Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search Google has a Data Center in Space... and it's writing poetry! OpenAI plans a post-midterms policy and PR blitz, pushing mandatory "speed limits" for powerful AI and rebranding its data centers as "AI compute campuses" AI Spenders Get Spooked Musk says Grok bot's costs were 'unsustainably high' weeks after touting rapid growth He got a religious exemption from using AI at work. Maybe you can too The best coffee is back at PERC Padre's Cofeemaker CupertinoHosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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outshift.com monarch.com with code IM namecheap.promo use code TWIT originhq.com/intelligentmachinesWed, 04 Nov 2026 - 2h 29min - 9942 - Windows Weekly 1008: The Thurrottification of Tech
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 get the right app.
Microsoft Earnings
Microsoft earned a net income of 36.6 billion on revenues of $92.3 billion in the quarter ending September 30, 2026 Those are both double-digit gains over the year-ago quarter, or 32 percent and 19 percent growth, respectively, year-over-year (YOY) We were promised more transparency, but what we got is a mixed bag Microsoft is too complicated a business for only two top-level business segments Windows revenues from PC makers down 27 percent (!) XBOX gets a hard revenue number, and it's not bad Microsoft spent $45.2 billion on capex (AI) expenses, up 30 percent - this is not the real number - and it will get bigger No paid Copilot numbers, weird Microsoft "earned" $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI - OpenAI still owes Microsoft money - MS stake in OpenAI is down; no one said whyWindows
We talked about this last week, but I now have two sources at Microsoft confirming that Microsoft's AI strategy is the reason it's fixing Windows 11 Microsoft discusses its work to make Windows 11 fit in 8 GB of RAM Microsoft Edge is the first Windows browser to support accelerated app launches Experimental and Experimental 26H1 get new inline actions for the new Windows SearchHardware
It's been weird watching other reviewers try to figure out RTX Spark, but this much is clear: This platform is not ready Baby steps: A few minor victories after weeks of defeatsMore earnings
AMD up 45 percent to $13.4 billion Intel up 21 percent to $16.5 billion Google/Alphabet up 25 percent to $127.6 billion Apple up 12 percent to $114.5 billion Amazon up 12 percent to $202 billionAI/dev
Three and a half years after it should have happened, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI agree to let sites opt out of scraping OpenAI to unify chat and Work but not Codex Google says schools that disable AI will lose access to Google Search - They're integrated. It's nice to see Google channeling Microsoft again .NET Conf is next week, and Microsoft just posted the scheduleXBOX and gaming
There was a bit of drama when XBOX COO left after only a few months on the job, and now there's more New titles coming to Game Pass in early November The next Elder Scrolls game is ES VI Sentinel GTA VI to rival Call of Duty - in the amount of disk space it requiresTips and picks
App pick of the week: Start11 v3 App pick of the week #2: LM Studio RunAs Radio this week: PowerShell 7.7 and DSC 3.3 with Jason Helmick Brown liquor pick of the week: Caol Ila 12*Thumbnail courtesy of Joe Esposito in Club TWiT
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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 BILLION) financial heist in history (with crypto). 710 Polymarket gambling wallets emptied of $2.7 million. A new robots.txt control for AI bots, and agreement to obey it. Google generates haiku from the first orbital AI. From our listeners: Does stealth updating make sense, how to move web servers off the Internet, books don't contain knowledge, a small company attacked by powerful AI, how would an "AI kill switch" be implemented. Another new and worrisome application of reverse-engineering AIShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1103-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent
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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 fourth quarter results. Siri Recap and Live Rewind debut in watchOS beta. Safari update brings vertical tabs, adaptive dark mode, AI integration.Picks of the Week
Christina's Pick: PopSocket Low-Pro Grip Andy's Pick: Snapseed 4.2 Stephen's Pick: Baseus AM72 iPhone Duo MagSafe BatteryHosts: Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and Christina Warren
Guest: Stephen Robles
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trustedtech.team/twit Simplify.us/NestEggTue, 03 Nov 2026 - 1h 55min - 9939 - This Week in Tech 1108: Bad AI Vibes
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 first touchscreen laptop: The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display Sam Altman says its "quite terrible" for your PCs to have RAM, because of course datacenters need it more AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public Anthropic expected to receive high 'junk' rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says Chinese Executive Close to Nvidia CEO Suspected of Giving China Information The Internet Might Need to Be Rebuilt From Scratch Doordash to acquire Instacart for $17B Grok releases seven minutes of its AI Odyssey Meta built a humanoid robot, but it's only for internal research RIP Patrick StewartHost: Devindra Hardawar
Guests: Anthony Ha and Paris Marx
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canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT PaloAltoNetworks.com/Idira helixsleep.com/twitSun, 01 Nov 2026 - 2h 44min - 9938 - Untitled Linux Show 277: Very Spooky
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. Floorp is an interesting take on the browser, Omarchy is coming for BSD, and Ubuntu has lots planned for Tenacious T-Rex. For tips, we have kernwatch and filelight for system monitoring, ebook-meta for more library management, and vt-cli for Virus Total access without the browser. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4sCpoh9 and Happy Halloween!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie
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PaloAltoNetworks.com/Idira bitwarden.com/twitSun, 01 Nov 2026 - 1h 47min - 9937 - Hands-On Tech 291: Internet Cookies
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
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joindeleteme.com/twit-bizSun, 01 Nov 2026 - 26min - 9936 - This Week in Space 234: Living in Lunar Caves
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 lead into a lunar lava tube to gather more data about these formations on the Moon and the possibility of these lunar caves becoming the Moon's first living habitats for humans. Putzig explains how geophysical instruments on a rover could detect hidden voids beneath the surface and measure the size of these lava tubes. We also ask Than how these lava tubes form, what a follow-up robotic explorer could reveal, and how this research fits alongside NASA's Artemis plans for a south polar moon base. Join us!
Clear Images Emerge of China's Secretive Shenzhou Space Plane Virgin Galactic Unveils New Delta Class Spaceplane for Tourism Remembering Star Trek Legends Walter Koenig and Sir Patrick Stewart
Headlines:Main Topic: Exploring Lunar Caves and the Gimli Mission
Introduction to Lunar Caves, Pits, and the Quest for Lava Tubes NASA's Gimli Mission and Selection to Explore Marius Hills Pit Science Goals: Detecting and Mapping Lunar Lava Tubes for Potential Habitats Details on Geophysical Instruments and Survey Techniques Potential Benefits of Lava Tubes for Lunar Habitat Planning Technical and Logistical Challenges for Accessing and Using Lunar Lava Tubes Parallels with Lava Tubes on Mars and Planetary Science Collaboration Building Teams and Proposals at the Planetary Science Institute Future Steps for the Gimli Mission and Outreach EffortsHost: Tariq Malik
Co-Host: Mike Wall
Guest: Than Putzig
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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 aggressive AI push, including employee re-interviews about AI use and a CEO who called pen-testing concerns "loser thinking." TechCrunch's Zack Whittaker talks about the recent PHP2Shell critical vulnerability that was discovered last week and how the coordinated patch rollout largely held, why a mass-hacking wave seems to have been avoided, and why millions of sites may still be vulnerable. And D. Griffin Jones breaks down Apple's announcements of new hardware this past week, including the first touchscreen MacBook Pro and a new iPad mini.Host: Mikah Sargent
Guests: Joseph Cox, Zack Whittaker, and D. Griffin Jones
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PaloAltoNetworks.com/IdiraThu, 29 Oct 2026 - 1h 04min - 9934 - Hands-On Windows 213: Automatic Super Resolution for Everyone?
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
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bitwarden.com/twitThu, 29 Oct 2026 - 14min - 9933 - Hands-On AI 5: Why Does AI Sound So Generic?
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 the blanks and adds examples to show what prompt engineering really means, with four habits for getting answers you'd actually use.
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threatlocker.com/twitThu, 29 Oct 2026 - 31min - 9932 - iOS Today 826: De-Distract Your Devices
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 Focus status and syncing settings across devices
• Letting important contacts break through Focus barriers
• When to create custom Focus modes beyond Apple's defaults
• Vacation Focus workaround to silence Microsoft Teams notifications
• Experiences and pros/cons with Apple Intelligence Reduce Interruptions
• Tiered approach to notifications across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Notification Center
• How to triage and silence notifications for sanity
• Screen Time insights for adjusting Focus and habits
• News: Focus features boost automation and Siri Shortcut integration
• iOS 27 gesture changes—Siri AI vs Notification Center in Control Center
• App Caps: Apple's Invites app and Brick device for strong app blockingHosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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PaloAltoNetworks.com/IdiraThu, 29 Oct 2026 - 40min - 9931 - Home Theater Geeks 555: Dark Matter
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
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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 Share Links Disclosed All Sorts Of Super-Sensitive User Data Everybody is freaking out over the NYTimes adding AI to the Cooking app Wikipedia but only for things a half hour walk away from you Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down "WSJ: The Bull Case for AI Armageddon For investors mulling the Anthropic share offering, a 10% chance of extinction may be a 90% win for your portfolio"Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau
Co-Host: Jason Hiner
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framer.com/machines gusto.com/machines PaloAltoNetworks.com/Idira doppel.comWed, 28 Oct 2026 - 2h 19min - 9929 - Windows Weekly 1007: A Sea of Blues and Greens
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 controls in Quick Settings, native Internet speed test.
Corporate Microsoft offers buyout offers to almost 25 percent of its global workforce.Hardware
This week in Paulʼs RTX Spark local AI coding fails - plus, the first step is realizing itʼs not you, itʼs the technology. Some advice for using AI.Software
Microsoft fixes major Authenticator flaw on Android. PowerToys adds two new utilities, so many other updates. The Browser Company announces the inevitable end of Arc browser.AI
Anthropic files for IPO, warns that its work could end humanity. Canva releases its first AI model, for images. Opera brings local AI to its desktop web browsers with WebAI standard-to-be. Apple is bringing AI assistant to its iWorks apps - Apple copies Microsoft again!XBOX and Gaming
No real news this week, which is rare, but a few thoughts about the new Call of Duty.Tips and Picks
Tip of the Week: Yes, the Windows Setup workarounds still work in 26H2. Windows 11 version 26H2 arrived recently and Iʼve now tested the installer on multiple Arm64 and x64 PCs and the local account workarounds we all know and love still work. My advice: Use Rufus to create install media. App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox With a year or so of major improvements to its web browser, Mozilla has launched a big ad campaign to get Firefox users back. RunAs Radio this week: PostgreSQL with Elizabeth Christensen Brown liquor pick of the week: Vardberg BornHosts: Mikah Sargent, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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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 it happened. Why it happened. How it could have been prevented. How it impacted many of our listeners. We consider the implications of what is said to be coming next and the idea of temporary "strategic disconnection" from the InternetShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1102-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Steve Gibson
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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 iPhone Duo draws early complaints of the screen cracking. iPhone Duo teardown: the most repairable foldable has a huge screen problem. Novelty apps for the iPhone Duo: Toastie, Duo-Man, Tiny Computers, Delta, and RadPad. Building for iPhone Duo, in app developers' own words. Apple gives iPad mini its biggest update ever. Apple introduces the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6. Apple unveils new iMac with M6. Hello again, ten years later.Picks of the Week
Andy's Pick: ChicagoFLF Regular Stephen's Pick: Check the Weather v2 Shelly's Pick: Metal Braided USB-C CablesHosts: Jason Snell and Andy Ihnatko
Guests: Shelly Brisbin and Stephen Hackett
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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 GM outlines plan for next-gen EV platform, Level 4 autonomous cars TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy (NHTSA proposes cyan AV lights) Spotify launches its first native in-car app, on Audi's Android Automotive cars Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft's Xbox Saudis Aided Family of Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI, Prosecutors Say How iTunes came back from the deadHost: Mikah Sargent
Guests: Glenn Fleishman, Allison Johnson, and Sam Abuelsamid
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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 security week brought to you by PHP and the number 4. For tips, we have calibredb for managing your library, network-doctor for an all-in-one network toolkit, wipefs for an easy solution for a few specific disk problems, and the we-have-a-problem tool for auditing your CA bundle. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4BFQtnY and don't miss the fun!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
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Sun, 25 Oct 2026 - 2h 03min - 9924 - Hands-On Tech 290: Protecting Yourself From Sim Swapping
On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a question from Otis, who relies on the 6-digit text-message codes his bank sends at sign-in but has started to worry about SIM swap attacks, and wants to know whether those codes are still worth anything and whether he can lock down his number at the carrier.
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Sun, 25 Oct 2026 - 21min - 9923 - This Week in Space 233: The Artemis Generation
Newspace is hiring! With the major powers heading to the moon, low-Earth orbit becoming busier than ever, and countless new companies entering the space marketplace, the hiring pipeline is more critical than ever. We spoke with Dr. Amanda Smith-Hackler, the Director of Education for the Universities Space Research Association and Principal Investigator for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Scholars and STEM Workforce Development Programs, about the new and exciting opportunities available to young people seeking to enter the space workforce.
Host: Tariq Malik
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Guest: Dr. Amanda Smith-Hackler
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The big AI apps now have research modes that make you wait for a report full of sources. Is the wait worth it? Mikah Sargent gives ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity the same complicated question, plus ChatGPT with regular web search as a control, and compares how long they take, where they look, what they miss, and how much cleanup each report needs. Then he checks every answer against a rebate and tax-credit answer key built from official sources.
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Meta Muse's security flaw. Reviews of the iPhone Duo are starting to come out. Microsoft's plans to overhaul the Xbox department. And Meta is ordered to pay $25 billion in a New Mexico court ruling.
Mikah shares a PSA on Meta's new Muse AI agent: A security firm found that Muse's share button put conversation titles in the subdomain of public share links! Allison Johnson of The Verge joins the show to talk about her time with the iPhone Duo so far and things that she misses on the device so far compared to the Pro lineup. Sebastian Herrera of Fortune stops by to talk about how Xbox has lost its focus over the years and what new CEO Asha Sharma, who has no gaming background, is doing to fix it. And Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law breaks down the verdict made in a New Mexico court that orders Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties to the state, related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.Host: Mikah Sargent
Guests: Allison Johnson, Sebastian Herrera, and Isaiah Poritz
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Bredt Westley wants to stream lossless audio from his iPhone to a Denon AVR using a Chromecast Audio or AirPlay 2, and wonders which method delivers the highest fidelity. Scott Wilkinson has the answer.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Thu, 22 Oct 2026 - 9min - 9919 - Hands-On Windows 212: Copilot Evolves Some More
Copilot in Windows 11 isn't just getting a fresh look; Microsoft is quietly laying the foundation for an AI-powered "super app" that could redefine how you interact with your PC.
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Is your digital life a scattered mess or a finely tuned "second brain"? This episode reveals how Rosemary and Mikah may organize everything from 3D printer hacks to family chaos using iOS power tools and apps you've never tried.
Building a "second brain" for knowledge management on iOS Comparing digital note-taking systems: OmniFocus, Notion, Craft, Obsidian Importance of cross-referencing and linking between apps Notion deep dive: databases, AI features, and integration tips Craft as an alternative for flexible, visual note organization Drafts as a staging ground for notes and quick capture Daily journaling and agenda apps: Parchment and Kan Do highlights Community discussion: Using TextEdit, Notes, and minimal scratchpad workflows iPhone Duo preorder chaos: launch supply snags and shipping delays News: iOS 27 Reminders and Notes app updates App Caps: Scrappy digital scrapbook and Everlog journaling app picksHosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Thu, 22 Oct 2026 - 50min - 9917 - Intelligent Machines 893: It All Comes Back to Cats
From AI-generated Halloween scares to personal assistants that just won't quit, the age of at-home intelligence is here. But with each new feature, your privacy, security, and digital autonomy hang in the balance.
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL Meta's Muse AI agent hits 10.9 million downloads as ChatGPT slides 25% Released This Week : Flux 3 Image Klein (Open Weights) "Introducing Muse Spark Open, The Most Capable US Open‑Weight Model to Date" Video on the DSX Pod starting at 30:40 What if we've misunderstood how AI thinks? First large‑scale agentic cyberattack on OpenCode AI Just Found a Bug That Puts up to 70% of the World's Websites at Risk The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs German Court Rules Google Earth is "Spying" on People by Publishing Aerial Photos of Their Homes Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers Musk, Anthropic outline dueling approaches to AI-era philanthropy Anthropic S-1 Larry Ellison Went on Borrowing Spree to Bankroll His Son's Warner Bros. Bid Bill Gross's AI Tool Could Supercharge the Number of Startups Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests Craig Newmark AMA A new SubwayTakes star rises: Debbie How SubwayTakes's First Spinoff Star Outwitted Conan Some final words on Foursquare. SquadEditors Note: Jason Hiner's site is The Deep View, not the Deep Think. Sorry Jason!
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Paul Thurrott gets hands-on with NVIDIA's new RTX Spark AI PCs and reveals why all that power isn't translating into practical results for certain users. Expect strong opinions and a few surprises about the state of local AI on computers. Plus, Tolaria is a free, open source, vibe-coded replacement for Notion that's based on Markdown files. And now it's on mobile too! Llama Windows is also free/open source and natively supports Windows 11 on Arm and RTX Spark. It may be the easiest way to interact with local AI on Windows.
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Microsoft discusses second round of pain points updates for Windows 11, starting with a new Photos app plus the ability to work well with just 8 GB of RAM Six (!) new builds, including two to the Release Preview Channel Microsoft Edge is working towards no-reboot updates Opera Air gets a nice refresh The Proton roadmap is spectacular RTX Spark: HP OmniBook Ultra 16 RTX Spark: Lenovo Pro 9n 15 RTX Spark: ASUS ProArt P16 arrives with 128 GB of RAMMicrosoft 365
OneDrive is getting a Copilot-infused upgrade for files and photos in the AI eraAI/dev
RTX Spark hands-on: Local AI is more frustrating than useful Microsoft is working on a comprehensive strategy to secure AI agents OpenAI releases an AI coding model for Visual Basic, other older programming languagesXBOX and gaming
Report: Project Helix starts with a gaming handheld in 2027, not a console, with a new console in 2028 Microsoft reveals standalone Cloud Gaming costs - 10 hours for $3.99, 25 for $7.99, 50 for $11.99 ASUS ROG XBOX Ally X20 is here for $1300 and up ASUS ROG XBOX Ally X20 is here for $1300 and up AMD is bringing FSR Upscaling 4.1 to XBOX consoles, ROG XBOX Ally Final Fantasy VII Remake is the star of the late October Game Pass releases NVIDIA touts games already optimized for RTX Spark XBOX highlights new indie titles coming to PC, console, and Game Pass over the next year EA is shutting down BioWareTips and picks
App pick of the week: Tolaria App pick of the week #2: Llama Windows RunAs Radio this week: OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications with Will Velida Brown liquor pick of the week: Ardnahoe Inaugural Release 5 Year OldHosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent
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An unreleased AI solved a 26-year-old cryptographic secret in less than half an hour, exposing the origins of a widely used standard. Discover what this jaw-dropping breakthrough means for the future of trust and transparency in cybersecurity.
Another record smashing Patch Tuesday. But again, all those updates were not without consequences. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 reports on an agentic attack. A mass-compromised hardware cryptocurrency wallet attack. How to create your own known-safe crypto wallet. Feedback about AI, coding and SpinRite from a listener. What the reverse-engineering of the ECDSA curves means for securityShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1101-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent
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Apple is holding its "Pro and Tell" event on October 28th in Los Angeles. If you ordered the iPhone Duo, will you be getting yours in 2027, like a lot of people? And how will Apple's HomeView handle loading new apps onto the device?
Apple announces October 28 "Pro and Tell" event. Apple to launch touch-screen MacBook, new iPad Mini at October event. Apple calls iPhone Duo pre-order demand 'extraordinary' as shipping dates slip. iPhone Duo is sold out for Christmas as shipping estimates slip to 2027. Apple retail staff told to warn against iPhone Duo walk-in purchases. Apple TV price history. Third-party HomeView apps? Think CarPlay. Apple and Meta team up to make Muse AI model run on Mac computers.Picks of the Week
Glenn's Pick: Vevor Automatic Tape Cutter Andy's Pick: Tom Bihn Small Cafe Bag Christina's Pick: You Can See EverythingHosts: Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and Christina Warren
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Apple's long-delayed kitchen device and Tesla's flying car spectacle make this panel one you won't want to miss! Data center delays, AI-driven job shakeups, and real-time debates on the real winners in broadband show that the tech landscape isn't just shifting; it's being rebuilt in real time.
The Tesla Roadster should go into production in 2028, but don't get your hopes up - Engadget Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra review: RTX Spark in a straight-up beautiful Windows PC America's $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray Apple's HomeView Offers Tantalizing Preview of a Future Robotic Version Apple blames 'extraordinary' demand as foldable iPhones sell out F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office Meta and Apple, Longtime Foes, Team Up to Put Open-Weight AI on Macs Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What's next for human employees? How to track Flock cameras using MapQuestHost: Leo Laporte
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Microsoft is bringing Defender to Linux, and that's not even the biggest news of the week. Valve is going 64-bit for the Linux Steam client, and KDE turns 30 with 6.8. Epic has announced that Fortniteis officially coming to Linux. Linus is an AI enthusiast, Framework is supporting CachyOS, and we have questions about RTX Spark. For tips, we have the Convey email client, psutils for PDF manipulation, and tshark for capturing packets on the command line. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4ytjXm3 and enjoy!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 - 1h 46min - 9910 - Hands-On Tech 289: Understanding Email Tracking Pixels
On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a question from Lyle who wants to know whether a coworker can really tell when he has opened her emails.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 - 17min - 9909 - This Week in Space 232: The Lunar Dump
In this week's episode we turned to Chelsea Gohd, former writer for NASA/JPL and now with Space.com, to talk about the recent large data dump from the Artemis II mission. What was included? Why is this new data important? What observations were made, and what discoveries might result from them? What kind of annotations and notes did the astronauts include that make these observations uniquely valuable? And finally, we talk about Artemis III - what is the mission profile and what are the stakes for SpaceX and Blue Origin?
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SpaceX Seeks Approval for 450 Starship Launches Per Year Flying Tesla Roadster Demo Features SpaceX Thrusters and Suction Fan Astronomers Spot Possible First Green Star – the Cosmic Zombie Perseverance Rover Breaks Martian Distance RecordMain Topic: Artemis II Mission Data Dump and Lunar Science
NASA Releases 800GB of Artemis II Lunar Mission Data Science, Images, Audio, and Annotations Collected by Astronauts Crew's Training to Make Detailed Lunar Observations Importance of Human Eyes on the Moon Versus Remote Sensing Astronauts Witness Spectacular Impact Flashes on Lunar Surface Firsthand Descriptions of Moon's Subtle Colors and Terrain Insights Into Crew Experience and Data Collection Process Astronauts' Career Moves Following Artemis II Mission Artemis III Plans: Docking, Landers, and Science Objectives Challenges Facing SpaceX Starship and Blue Origin Blue Moon Lander The Role and Status of New Axiom-Prada EVA/Mobility Suits for Artemis III Reflections on Historical and Current Lunar Exploration ApproachesHosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Chelsea Gohd
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What happens when AI stops talking and starts doing? Mikah Sargent puts Meta's Muse agent to work on simple jobs, hard ones, and a couple of weird ones: a weekly news brief, a day trip, a shopping cart that stops for his approval, a web page it builds itself, and a podcast about whether a hot dog is a sandwich. Along the way, he explains what makes an agent different from a chatbot, what Muse can and can't touch, and the settings to check before you hand any AI the keys.
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Apple recently unveiled its Apple HomeView, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy got a first-hand look at Apple's foray into the smart home market! Apple also unveiled its Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2. And some US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI.
Jennifer shares her hands-on impressions of Apple's HomeView, the company's first smart display that she describes as a cross between a HomePod mini and a giant Apple Watch. She also talks about how the device uses Siri AI and facial recognition to show different calendars and messages for different users. Also, Apple unveiled a new Apple TV 4k at a $299 price point, and a new lineup of what they call the Apple Home Collection of LG and Schneider smart home accessories as part of its Smart Home lineup. And Mikah talks about how eight US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, claiming that ChatGPT was built to be easily agreeable and to feign human compassion in ways that can harm users.Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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Apple finally steps into the smart home display race with HomeView, shakes up its HomeKit lineup, and partners with major brands for "second-party" devices. Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard break down what these big changes mean for everyday users and power tinkerers alike.
Apple debuts major Home app updates in iOS 27 HomeKit Secure Video gets AI-powered descriptions, smarter notifications, and search New HomeKit features: Thread, Matter support, energy monitoring, 4K streaming Apple reveals HomeView: smart display for the home with speaker or wall-mount options HomeView's features, FaceTime, and multi-user support Apple TV 4K updated with better Siri AI, microphones, and Find My remote Four-speaker HomePod/HomePod mini surround sound with latest Apple TV HomePod mini 2 announced: new sounds, color-matched features, and Siri AI caveats Apple's "second-party" Home accessories line launches with LG, Schneider Electric Overview of new cameras, video doorbell, floodlight, thermostat, and smart lock Matter support in Apple Home devices: features, pitfalls, and real-world advice Shortcuts Corner: Advanced HomeKit automations, weather integration, and triggers App Caps: HomePass for HomeKit and Signals for HomeKit automate and simplify smart homesHosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 - 58min - 9905 - Hands-On Windows 211: Task Manager OG
What happens when the original creator of Task Manager decides to outdo Microsoft at its own game? Discover TMOG, a feature-packed, cross-platform tool built by Dave Plummer that transforms how you monitor and manage your system.
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A YouTube channel called Gamers Nexus recently took a deep dive into how much data LG collects from its TVs about your viewing habits and even ambient conversations in the room. This has sparked a fierce debate about privacy and exactly how LG and other TV and so-called "smart" device manufacturers use the data they collect. Scott Wilkinson talks about the issue and the best ways for you to limit the amount of data that corporations collect from you.
Gamers Nexus video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA Gamers Nexus Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToP9xfLDSME Caleb's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MnwRj5lx9w PCMag article: https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/is-your-tv-spying-on-you-hidden-setting-watching-everything-how-to-stop ZDNET article: https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-disable-acr-tv/Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 - 13min - 9903 - Windows Weekly 1005: Nicely Frosted
Microsoft's latest Windows event left even diehard enthusiasts scratching their heads, with new AI-powered hardware and "RTX Spark" PCs getting top billing but little clear reason for anyone to buy them. If you're wondering what actually matters in the world of AI PCs. or why no one can explain it, you're not alone.
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We need to talk about last week's Windows event... what the heck was this? Lots of Windows, lots of Surface, a little bit of ecosystem, confusing local AI story, no major new end user features that are unique to RTX Spark, a weird Osborne Effect for RTX Spark, and a stunning lack of self-awareness combine for one of the weirder Microsoft events in memory The RTX Spark era begins this week. How is this different from Copilot+ PC? Patch Tuesday is here and it's a big milestone Minor changes for 24H2, 25H2, 26H2 Big changes for 26H1 This is the first Patch Tuesday for 26H2, the last one for 24H2 (Home, Pro) 1400+ security fixes, a new record(!!) - This is almost 15x the normal number of patches ASUS allows reviewers to show unboxing, so here's the RTX Spark-based ASUS ProArt P16 PC market fell over 20 percent in Q3 as component crisis takes its toll Googlebooks suck, and everyone is finally noticing what I reported last week. But there is another, and it's an unexpected option Tiny11 Builder gets a major update with a WinUI makeoverAI/dev
This has been the most exciting week in AI advances since this era kicked off in February 2023 ArtCraft releases impressive clones of the top 7 Adobe Creative Cloud apps ArtCraft is also working at replacing Microsoft Office, with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint clones so far - Also clones of AutoCAD and Audacity(?)/audio editor Google Playground lets anyone create a game that you can share with anyone Google AI Studio now lets anyone vibe-code Android and web apps, and you will soon be able to put them in the Google Play Store Big changes to Microsoft 365 for consumers - Family/Premium loses 1 TB per user, goes to a single pool of 2 TB, but all users now share the same Copilot rights Apple makes a long-overdue smart home push thanks to Siri AI finally making sense - New HomeView smart display is the star .NET 11 heads to the finish lineXBOX and gaming
XBOX creates an XP division for non-game entertainment. They should have called it XBOX One, cough Asha Sharma creates XBOX LABS team to explore how vibe coding changes gaming Microsoft announces an XBOX Nano Controller Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PS5 in January GTA VI coming to the PC in early 2027 Epic Games vibe-coded its new launcher, and it's available in preview for Windows, Mac, and LinuxTips and picks
Tip of the week: Just make it App pick of the week: ArtCraft for the win RunAs Radio this week: Choosing Tools in M365 with Joy Apple Brown liquor pick of the week: Bunnahabhain 12Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT PaloAltoNetworks.com/Idira originhq.com/windowsweekly cachefly.com/twitWed, 14 Oct 2026 - 2h 52min - 9902 - Intelligent Machines 892: Pants-based Benchmarks
GitHub's developer relations VP, Martin Woodward, reveals just how dramatically AI agents are reshaping who codes, what gets built, and why open source maintainers are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of pull requests. If you thought Copilot was disruptive, wait until you hear what's coming next.
Gemini 4 Argon begins rolling out in Gemini app and Antigravity, but only if you pay (11) Andrej Karpathy on X: "Dusting off this tweet from April because this gap in shared understanding of LLM capability is *widening*. It's now less "two groups of people speaking past each other" and more a sharp funnel. - Napkin math somewhere around 6B people (~75% of the population) have barely come" / X AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter Zuckerberg called Muse ready despite the risks, New York Times reports Muse Wonder OpenAI's math breakthrough points beyond math GLM-Legal: Advancing Agentic Legal Intelligence Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response to Moscow's strikes on Kyiv data centers Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI Nicolas Cage Says He's 'Probably Not' Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for 'Spider-Noir' Fleeting — Sorry, I'm in a meeting REA — Reverse Engineering for Your Coding Agent Cupertino Zuck's beer faceHosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Martin Woodward
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originhq.com/intelligentmachines outshift.com helixsleep.com/machinesWed, 14 Oct 2026 - 2h 31min - 9901 - Security Now 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs
Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments.
Anthropic cuts live Internet access during testing. Will LLM technology turn out to be an uncontrollable dead end? What alternative AI technologies are underway? Anthropic offers free AI vulnerability scanning for open source. South Korean banks hit by Claude-driven cyberattacks. Japan declares a state of cyber-emergency due to attacks. For one listener, agentic coding has taken the joy out of coding. A listener is having way too much fun with AI and Halloween. Some listeners believe I'm downplaying the dangers of AI. We carefully examine the consequences of maliciously trained AIShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1100-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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threatlocker.com/twit hoxhunt.com/securitynow originhq.com/securitynow trustedtech.team/twitTue, 13 Oct 2026 - 2h 49min - 9900 - MacBreak Weekly 1046: Trust Agnes!
Apple held its "Welcome Home" event, debuting Apple HomeView and Apple Home Collection, a lineup of new smart home accessories in partnership with LG. Apple also unveiled its Apple TV 4K. And will Apple finally debut its Touchscreen MacBook Pro later this month?
Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to enjoy entertainment and manage the home. Introducing Apple Home Collection, a new lineup of smart home accessories. Apple unveils the new Apple TV 4K, supercharged by Siri AI. Apple set to debut touch-screen MacBook and new iPad Mini in late October. You can now start the iPhone Duo pre-order process. iPhone Duo has a book-like two-page Quick Look layout. Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe. Apple may have to officially support Apple Intelligence removal on Macs to protect sales. Tim Cook, Elton John, King Charles launch Apple x King's Trust Creative Labs. 'Remnants' – Ti West directed the first immersive horror movie for the Apple Vision Pro. After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad.Picks of the Week
Christina's Pick: Sprout Pi Jason's Pick: HA Green + Claude Leo's Pick deskflow/desktflow Andy's Pick: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren
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zocdoc.com/macbreak coveron.com/macbreakweekly and use code macbreakweekly Simplify.us/NestEggTue, 13 Oct 2026 - 2h 31min - 9899 - This Week in Tech 1105: Agents Gone Wild
Windows unveiled its Surface Laptop Ultra & Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at its recent Surface event. Google's SynthID Detector is open to everyone now to check for AI-made media. OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia and its tools to make unauthorized edits. And AI tools are now flooding into underground cybercrime markets.
Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double. Everything announced at Microsoft's Windows and Surface event. Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it. Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media. Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to create a 'virtual cell'. OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads. OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic. Anthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake unsolved murder tip. OpenAI is pissing off a bunch of mathematicians — again. Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt. Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database. AI tools flood into underground cybercrime markets. Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts. FBI arrests founder of ransomware negotiation firm. These midterm races will decide data centers' political fate. Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating "Skydance" behemoth. HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service". Spotify opens new front in war on fair use. The U.S. Army's desert tech test shows long road to AI warfare. The AI boom is making the world's cheapest smartphones disappear. Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX seek blockbuster debt deals to pay for AI chips. A mysterious nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's top lawyer is paying the salaries of government workers. Man vs. 'Terminator'-like robot in a cage. California called tt illegal. The inside story of Roku's sale to Fox.Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Richard Campbell, and Janko Roettgers
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Clyde, who is shopping for a new phone after his last one died in a sink full of dishwater, asks what an IP68 water resistance rating actually promises, whether it wears off as a phone ages, and what to do in the first few minutes after a phone gets wet.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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