Leo Laporte

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Host, Founder and Owner at This Week in Tech (Audio)

Host, Founder and Owner at This Week in Tech

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Device Bound Session Credentials

1 week ago | twit.tv | Steve Gibson |Leo Laporte

Android to get "Lockdown Mode". What's in the new editions of Chrome and Firefox? Why did Apple silently re-enable automatic updates? My new iPhone 16, Chinese tariffs and electronics. Dynamic "hotpatching" coming to Win11 Enterprise & Edu. Why is it so difficult for Oracle to fess up? Another multi-year breach inside US Treasury. An Apple -vs- the UK update. "Thundermail" (Can't someone come up with a better name?)The (in)Security of Programmable Logic Controllers.
Fire In the Hole!

1 week ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Jeff Jarvis |Paris Martineau

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Can't Call It Chocolate

1 week ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Alex Lindsay |Andy Ihnatko

Apple gets a break from the Trump tariffs. What's going on with Apple? France is planning country-wide digital IDs on iPhones. Could Instagram be finally coming to the iPad after 15 years? And could Apple be working on two versions of the next Vision Pro headset? Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions. Trump touts how he ‘helped’ Tim Cook with US tariff pivots. Trump signals semiconductor tariffs are coming ‘very soon’. What's wrong with Apple?
20 Years in the Can

1 week ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte

Trump gives Apple a giant break with wide-ranging tariff exemptions Car safety experts at NHTSA, which regulates Tesla, axed by DOGE Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ 5 things to know about Meta’s upcoming FTC trial Meta's New Tech Wants You Using Phones in Theaters Trump Orders Investigation into Former Cybersecurity Chief Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos Microsoft rolls out Recall AI in preview to Copilot+ PCs, after...
Up to Stuff

2 weeks ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Paul Thurrott |Richard Campbell

Category: News Introducing the Windows 11 Feature Tracker"From the 'I should have done this two years ago' files, the 'I have wasted my life' files, and the, 'great, I needed more work to do' files … There is a need for this. So I made one. But it will evolve. Maybe into a web app/wiki/something else...
Chesterton's Fence

2 weeks ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Paris Martineau

Interview with Cory DoctorowAI hasn’t killed radiology, but it is changing itMeta got caught gaming AI benchmarksMan Employs A.I. Avatar in Legal Appeal, and Judge Isn’t AmusedShopify Says No New Hires Unless AI Can’t Do the JobThe (artificial intelligence) therapist can see you nowThe 35th anniversary of Twin PeaksEddy VarekampDownload or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines.
Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration

2 weeks ago | twit.tv | Steve Gibson |Leo Laporte

Canon printer driver vulnerabilities enable Windows kernel exploitation. Astonishing cyber-security awareness from a household appliance manufacturer. France tries to hook 2.5 million school children with a Phishing test. Wordpress added an abuse prone feature in 2022. Guess what happened? Oracle? Is there something you'd like to tell us? Utah's governor just signed the App Store Accountability Act. Now what? AI bots hungry for new data are DDoSing FOSS projects. No Microsoft Account?
Breathy, But Not In a Ditch

2 weeks ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Andy Ihnatko |Jason Snell

Sales of Apple devices spike heavily as tariffs and potential price hikes drive customers to a shopping frenzy for Apple goods. Apple, alongside Google, is given permission to keep TikTok in its App Store until the US deal is finalized. Could the iPhone's auto-suggested contact be to blame for the Signal scandal? And even though Severance is a big hit, it isn't enough to give Apple TV+ a boost in subscribers. Apple stock bloodbath continues after China applies retaliatory tariffs.
I Know of BigBalls

2 weeks ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte

Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration.
You're Ugly When You Cry

3 weeks ago | twit.tv | Leo Laporte |Paul Thurrott |Richard Campbell

Category: News Bill Gates celebrates the 50th anniversary of Microsoft with the release of the source code for Altair BASIC 1.0. Plus, Paul celebrates with 99 cent books: The Windows 10 Field Guide, Windows 11 Field Guide, and Windows Everywhere are all 99 cents for 24 hours! Also available: Eternal Spring: Our Guide to Mexico City in preview!WindowsThe plot thickens.