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MacBreak Weekly: iPhone 17e: The "Enough" Phone | TWiT.TV New iPhone 17e! M5 Pro M5 Max chips are here! The New M5 MacBook Air! And the budget MacBook's name may have been accidentally revealed ahead of its expected announcement

The iPhone 17e, M5 MacBook Air, M5 Pro and Max chips, and an accidental leak of the MacBook Neo keep @mikahsargent.com, @ihnatko.bsky.social, @filmgirl.bsky.social, & @shelly.brisbin.net busy this week on MacBreak Weekly! twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/1014

05.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had to run and get an ethernet adapter because our online recording failed. We had to upload from our hard drive. I came right back but I missed the first 15 minutes.

05.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Week in Tech: Broetry in Motion | TWiT.TV Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon pits tech ethics against government demands, raising explosive questions about AI’s role in surveillance and weaponry. If you care about

The fight over who controls AI's future heats up as Anthropic battles the Pentagon and OpenAI opens the door to NSA surveillance. Catch @leolaporte.me, @molly.wiki, @ditherati.bsky.social, & @harrymccracken.com on This Week in Tech! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1073

04.03.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech News Weekly: Samsung Galaxy S26: AI, Privacy, and New Buds | TWiT.TV Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A look into a program that trains dogs to detect hidden tech. How AI is impacting learning for kids

Tech News Weekly: @emilyforlini.bsky.social covers a story on an FBI program that trains dogs to find hidden electronics. @mikahsargent.com dives into a new agentic AI that can do homework, and @jasonhowell.bsky.social goes over everything announced at 2026 Galaxy Unpacked.

Watch: twit.tv/tnw/426

27.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intelligent Machines: What's Behind the Fox? | TWiT.TV What happens when the creator of Stack Overflow decides he's going to take on rural poverty with a guaranteed minimum incomeβ€”and bankrolls it himself? Find out why Jeff Atwood

Stack Overflow's creator is bankrolling rural America's minimum income while AI agents delete inboxes and recommend nuclear strikes on Intelligent Machines with @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @paris.nyc, & @codinghorror.bsky.social! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/859

26.02.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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26.02.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 there's only about 8 billion people on earth. So if we're reaching 10 trillion, we must be reaching new galaxies. πŸ˜†πŸ₯³

26.02.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't miss @leolaporte.me & Steve Gibson in Orlando for a special Security Now on March 4th! This is your last chance to save $200 off ThreatLocker's Zero Trust World for 2026!

26.02.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Week in Tech: The Devil's Advocate | TWiT.TV What do jailbreaking fighter jets, lost Amazon vans, and swapping your phone’s smart features for a handful of mud have in common? TWiT dives into the wild, occasionally

Jailbroken fighter jets, lost Amazon vans, Tesla robotaxis crash rate, & audiophiles unable to tell copper wire from wet mud are just some of what @leolaporte.me, @sam.abuelsamid.com, @padresj.bsky.social, & @nicholasadeleon.bsky.social get into on TWiT! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1072

25.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Please, you're acting like he gives two fucks about what happens to other people.

21.02.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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20.02.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech News Weekly: Ring's Lost Dog Ad Was Never About Dogs | TWiT.TV Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week! Amazon's Ring product had a Super Bowl ad that generated a lot of discussion and backlash following its

On Tech News Weekly: It was never about the dogs! A Super Bowl Ring ad sparks surveillance fears, Lego's Smart Brick gets seriously intelligent, and NASA's Perseverance rover completes its first AI-planned drive on Mars: twit.tv/tnw/425

20.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intelligent Machines: The Itinerant Salt Miner from Buffalo | TWiT.TV OpenClaw’s creator makes headlines by joining OpenAI after GitHub fame and a whirlwind of VC and big tech offers, redefining what’s possible for independent developers in the

From OpenClaw creator ditching offers to join OpenAI to agentic AI hitting the mainstream, GPT-5 outperforming judges, & AI reshaping newsrooms, @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, & @emilyforlini.bsky.social cover it all on Intelligent Machines! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/858

19.02.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MacBreak Weekly: Joining the YOLO Club | TWiT.TV Apple has announced a special experience event occurring in New York, London, and Shanghai. Apple Podcasts is launching new video features. iOS 26.3 is out now. And Apple

Learn more about Apple's March 4th event, iOS 26.3's new privacy features, a $70M Severance acquisition, & Apple Podcasts taking on YouTube & Spotify with @leolaporte.me, @ihnatko.bsky.social, @snell.zone, & @davehamilton.com on MacBreak Weekly! twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly/episodes/1012

19.02.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@twit.tv's 2026 audience survey shows 88% of listeners have made a purchase based on a TWiT ad. 99% listen to most or all of a podcast episode. Messages are not skipped. They are heard in context. If you want engaged attention from tech pros who act on recommendations, email advertise@twit.tv

18.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Week in Tech: Image Pickles | TWiT.TV Is social media addictive by design or just irresistible entertainment? The panel tackles the lawsuit that’s dragging tech giants onto the witness stand and how surveillance

A landmark trial puts Meta & Google on the stand, surveillance tech creeps into everyday life, & Section 230 turns 30 as @leolaporte.me, @wesley83.bsky.social, @gigastacey.bsky.social, & @thomasgermain.bsky.social dig in on This Week in Tech! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1071

17.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Tech News Weekly: Face Scans on Discord? | TWiT.TV Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A Stanford graduate built a matchmaking algorithm that's sweeping across the Stanford

Is social media "clinically" addictive? Tech News Weekly discusses Instagram's trial, Discord's new age verification mandate, and Nintendo's revival of a replica accessory. Download, subscribe, support independent journalism: twit.tv/tnw/424

13.02.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intelligent Machines: Taskrabbit Arbitrage | TWiT.TV Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau go head-to-head over whether today’s AI breakthroughs are truly unprecedented or history repeating itself. Hear what happens when the show’s

Amazon invests $61 billion in Anthropic as @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, & @paris.nyc debate AI breakthroughs on Intelligent Machines, covering Google doubling capex to outspend Big Tech and AI agents violating ethics 30–50% of time! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/857

12.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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11.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Week in Tech: A Yacht for Your Yacht | TWiT.TV Will Elon Musk really launch a million data centers into orbit, and why is McDonald's so worried about you using 'McNuggets' as your password? This week’s tech roundtable

SpaceX acquires xAI to launch satellites as @leolaporte.me, @larrymagid.bsky.social, @mikeelgan.bsky.social, & @loumm.bsky.social discuss orbital data centers on TWiT, covering Anthropic's Claude finding 500 zero-days and Amazon's $200 billion AI plan! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1070

11.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No. I always root for the NFC team. So go Seahawks. Weird to say that out loud. 🀣

05.02.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech News Weekly: Oracle's TikTok Takeover Starts With Outage | TWiT.TV Jacob Ward joins the show this week! Big Tech is brewing up a battle for your kids. Scientists are using AI to identify dinosaur footprints. Looking into Apple's Creator

@byjacobward.bsky.social joins Tech News Weekly this week! Big Tech is brewing up a battle for your kids. Scientists are using AI to identify dinosaur footprints. Looking into Apple's Creator Studio. And TikTok USDS blames Sunday's outages on a power outage: twit.tv/tnw/422

30.01.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Intelligent Machines: When You're Right, You're Right | TWiT.TV Can AI stay open, ethical, and for the people? Mozilla’s president joins the show to reveal their game planβ€”and $650 million war chestβ€”for taking on Big Tech’s monoculture

Mozilla's president reveals their $650 million war chest for taking on Big Tech as @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @paris.nyc, & Mark Surman discuss the "Rebel Alliance" approach on IM, covering China's AI progress & Claude's new constitution! twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/855

29.01.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯³ looking forward to meeting you Henry!

29.01.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Week in Tech: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck | TWiT.TV Microsoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok’s new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital

Microsoft hands BitLocker keys to the government as @leolaporte.me, @stamos.org, @docrock.bsky.social, & @notpatrick.com discuss TikTok's privacy panic on TWiT, covering Europe's secret tech backups & Grok making millions of sexualized images! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1068

28.01.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Long-form podcasts drive long-term B2B value. On @twit.tv , 90% of listeners influence IT purchases, 99% listen to most or all episodes, and 88% have bought from an ad.

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28.01.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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28.01.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Stand up Americans! Protest! Abolish ICE! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’ͺ🏻

25.01.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0