This Week in Tech

Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop
ChatGPT's 1st birthday and mainstream AI adoption
Microsoft joins OpenAI's board as a non-voting observer
Pika raises...

Sam Altman returns as CEO after staff threatened mass resignation
Microsoft's role and attempts to hire OpenAI staff
Concerns over OpenAI's technology and capabilities
Speculation over what...

Discussion of the surprise firing of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI by the board
Explanation of the complicated structure of OpenAI as a nonprofit with a for-profit subsidiary
Debate around the...

OpenAI GPTs, Humane AI Pin, privacy in cars, Amazon ditching Android
OpenAI allowing independent developers to create their own GPTs ("little agents")
Agreement between Writers Guild and motion...

AI Executive Order, Epic vs. Google, Goodbye Mint, Meta Ray-bans
Ray-Ban Meta audio quality, cost, battery life, and polarized vs transition lenses
Exploring Elon Musk's XAI concept GROK AI
How...

Cruise suspended in California, UK's Online Safety Bill, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
Debate around self-driving car standards and implications after recent SF accident
Controversy over Mark...

Net Neutrality, AI Homer Simpson, Meta Glassholes, Jon Stewart Cancelled by Apple        
Mark Andreson's manifesto and tech accelerationism
Political consequences of facial recognition
Social...

Microsoft's completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
How political tension in Israel affects the tech sector.
Debating disinformation and First Amendment rights.
The influence of articles...

Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines
Elon Musk removing headlines from Twitter posts and how that enables fake news
Concerns about Twitter misinformation affecting...

The end of Netflix's DVD mailing service
Meta's new AI avatars and the uncanny valley
Microsoft's massive certificate breach
FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon
X CEO Linda Yaccarino not...

iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks    
Discussion on hype cycle of AI; evaluating current state
Defining artificial intelligence vs regular computation
AI...

New Apple iPhone 15 Announced, Google Antitrust Trial
 iPhone 15 event: all the news on Apple's new phone
 Apple iPhone 15 hands-on: New features left me with no Pro model envy at all
 The...

Elon Musk Biography, Google Anti-trust, Clubhouse
Clubhouse is BACK
Book Review: 'Elon Musk' by Walter Isaacson
Elon Musk biographer moves to 'clarify' details about Ukraine and Starlink after...

Thousands stuck in mud at Burning Man festival
Australia and Texas overturn laws requiring age verification for adult websites
Right to repair advocates score victory in California with Apple now...

Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons
Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
Elon Musk's...

This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and...

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter
Oppenheimer and IMAX.
AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype.
Blueprint for...

AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR
An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
'Barbie' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for...

Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+
Elon Musk's New Flashing X Sign Is Infuriating Neighbors: 'It's Hard to Describe How Bright It Is.'
Is anyone still using Threads?
With...

Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'. 
Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day. 
 Fed...