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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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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  • This Week in Tech 1082: Hanging by a Thread

    This Week in Tech 1082: Hanging by a Thread
    May 4 2026
    Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions into AI, but with rising signs of an industry bubble and some real-world fallout, this week's episode digs into who actually wins, who stands to lose, and whether Apple's patient strategy may outsmart the hype.Big Tech firms beat earnings expectations amid AI spending questionsRIP the $599 Mac Mini, you were too beautiful for this worldMicrosoft lifts 2026 AI spend by $25 billion to cover component price risesMicrosoft speeds up in Big Tech's data center spend-offCrosswording the SituationMeta's historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 millionUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checksAustralia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTokMeta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off Facebook and InstagramMeta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from spaceMusk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI's modelsOpenAI-backed 1X opens California factory targeting 10,000 home humanoid robots in year oneSam Altman asked GPT-5.5 to plan its own launch party. Its requests were 'beautiful' but 'strange.'Sam Altman says Elon Musk can come to his GPT 5.5 party: 'World needs more love'The US Senate unanimously passed a rule barring senators from trading on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, amid rising concern over insider trading'We Know You Live Right Here': No Secrets in America's New Surveillance DragnetCalifornia to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic lawsChina Suspends New Autonomous Driving Permits After Baidu OutageChina has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery StoresThe most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footedHackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websitesThe Hottest Anti-AI Gadget Is a CyberdeckJack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the publicGameStop eyes eBay takeover in audacious $46 billion bet on Ryan Cohen's e-commerce visionAI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for OscarsUkraine says it's training drone pilots in 'Grand Theft Auto V'This free website is like Wikipedia meets the CIALight Phone III Is a Delightfully Minimalist Smartphone AlternativeValve Steam Controller is here, it's a gamepad in search of a consoleBluetooth Connected - The Voices Behind the ConnectionSpirit Airlines shuts down after Trump's war on Iran doubled jet fuel pricesAsk.com has shut down, marking the official farewell to the Internet's favorite butlerPioneering geneticist and decoder of the human genome J. Craig Venter dies at age 79 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Devindra Hardawar, and Mikah Sargent 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:helixsleep.com/twitcanary.tools/twit - use code: TWITMelissa.com/twitexpressvpn.com/twitbox.com/AI
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    3 hrs and 10 mins
  • Intelligent Machines 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea

    Intelligent Machines 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea
    Apr 30 2026

    Are you ready for a world where true personal computing is under threat? This week's candid conversation with Framework CEO Nirav Patel tackles why owning your own AI hardware matters more than ever—and what's at risk if we don't.

    • Alphabet tops Q1 estimates on strong Google Cloud growth
    • Is OpenAI Falling Further Behind in the A.I. Race?
    • OpenAI Releases 'Spud' GPT-5.5 Model
    • OpenAI Breaks Free From Exclusive AI Pact With Microsoft
    • Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for 'any lawful government purpose'
    • Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared
    • OpenAI Set to Redefine Smartphones; MediaTek, Qualcomm & Luxshare Key to Its AI Agent Phone
    • Why Manus has become a crucial prize in the global AI race - Fast Company
    • Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok
    • The Man Behind AlphaGo Thinks AI Is Taking the Wrong Path
    • Amateur armed with ChatGPT 'vibe-maths' a 60-year-old problem
    • Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930
    • Cursor-Opus agent snuffs out startup's production database
    • OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins
    • Now we know who paid $100,000 to unlock a Sam Altman podcast interview
    • Study Finds A Third of New Websites are AI-Generated
    • The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover, Like It or Not
    • Generative AI vegetarianism
    • To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity | TechCrunch
    • * Chloe vs. History
    • Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public | TechCrunch
    • noscroll
    • Felvidek
    • Amazon's AI product podcasts
    • 64″D Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber
    • Timmy's rescue

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Nirav Patel

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    2 hrs and 37 mins
  • Windows Weekly 981: Semi-Sophisticated

    Windows Weekly 981: Semi-Sophisticated
    Apr 29 2026

    This episode dives into early MS-DOS/PC-DOS source code, Snapdragon X2 gaming, and the "We are Xbox" messaging. Plus, Paul details 2 big changes in the Windows Insider Program. The latest PowerToys adds 2 useful new utilities and many improvements. And a TWiT listener asked about buying Windows 11 on Arm to virtualize it on a Mac. You're not going to believe what happened next.

    Windows

    • Microsoft announces big changes to Windows Update
    • Microsoft announces Windows Insider Program changes, with Experimental channel
    • Hands-on with both predictably shows some nice improvements
    • Hands-on with Snapdragon X2 gaming - more wins, but still some losses
    • Microsoft open sources some of the earliest MS-DOS source code and related materials
    • Intel loses $3.7 billion and Wall Street could not be happier. WTF is happening - Paul has a theory and its called collusion

    AI

    • Microsoft and OpenAI revise partnership again and wait for it...
    • OpenAI immediately signs on with AWS
    • Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agentic AI features
    • Copilot in Outlook can manage your inbox and calendar, but seriously stop using Outloook
    • GitHub Copilot's switch to usage-based billing starts June 1
    • OpenAI is reportedly working on a phone because of course it is
    • Adobe Firefly AI Assistant is now available in preview
    • And then Anthropic goes deeper into the creator market

    Xbox and gaming

    • Microsoft Gaming is being (re)rebranded to Xbox!
    • New Xbox leadership can't stop explaining its plans and it's glorious
    • Microsoft still plans a mobile game store, waiting on Apple to stop being so f'ing terrible
    • Valve's Steam Controller will cost $99 and launches next week

    Tips and picks

    • Tip of the week: Windows licenses, $, and you
    • App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.99
    • RunAs Radio this week: M365 Copilot vs Claude Cowork with Sharon Weaver
    • Brown liquor pick of the week: Reifel Rye

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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    Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

    The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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    2 hrs and 44 mins
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