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Can one developer's breakthrough double or even quadruple local AI performance on your own hardware? Explore how TensorFold could make cloud-based models look slow and why giants like Apple and Nvidia are taking notice. Nvidia is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang The Nvidia capital atlas: really good graphics (12) Fireside Alpha on X: "Dario Amodei says cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be relics of the past in less than a decade, and that "we can create an age of miracles" "You know, if today we look at things like cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, mental illness, these will be https://t.co/quRQbixDSu" / X AMD Zen 6 EPYC 'Venice' deep dive and benchmarking – 9686F outclasses Nvidia's Vera, dual EPYC 9996 with 1,024 threads delivers up to 93% performance gain gen-on-gen Anthropic to Seek $1.3 Trillion Valuation in IPO Anthropic to Proceed With IPO Roadshow Next Week 3 takeaways from the big AI report on Anthropic everyone is talking about Anthropic lets Claude read your bank accounts, but not move money OpenAI Completes $11 Billion Portion of Funding at $1.25 Trillion Value Gemini 4 Carbon is now available DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark "ASIMOV-jailbreak" Google touts AI breakthrough, path to "unhackable" software Google: Schools can keep search while skipping Gemini, but AI search is non-negotiable Google Won't Give Schools the One Thing They Want AI teddy for three-year-olds gave unprompted self-harm reply, BBC finds United Airlines Is Banning AI Bots From Booking Flights Alex Karp says he's a lifelong Democrat — and Palantir's products are 'essentially progressive' I Used NYT Cooking's New AI-Powered Recipe Modifier, and It's Actually Pretty Good Spelunkr - cable TV but weirder danah boyd: No one paid me to disagree with Jonathan Haidt. It was teenagers who taught me that he was wrong. remember the world bollard association Munich's Alguth Stone Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Ash Hart Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. 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: namecheap.promo use code TWIT outshift.com helixsleep.com/machines incogni.com/machines code MACHINES

Leo is back! From Patch Tuesday's 1000+ vulnerabilities to the relentless updates and evolving Windows features, the conversation lays bare how quickly the desktop is being reinvented, with hybrid AI and hardware hiccups included! Local AI does not rise to the challenge, hampering RTX Spark. Plus, Paul has finally started incorporating AI into his work. Windows Patch Tuesday: Minor improvements across 25H2/26H2 and 26H1 Five new builds on Friday, just one notable feature change Clipchamp is still the reigning king of easy-to-use but powerful video editors Microsoft Edge and Widgets in Windows 11 get a new Discover feed Opera now has over 100 million users on desktop Vivaldi completely rewrites its tracker and ad blockers on desktop and mobile Qualcomm earnings: Waiting on the datacenter to save the company HP OmniBook Ultra 16 review - RTX Spark is here AI and dev No one expected Jensen Huang to be the problem with Big AI After a powerful set of updates, now you can use Google Antigravity for productivity, too Adobe opens up to third-party AI assistants, expands partnerships with Microsoft and Google New Linux distribution promises to out-AI Windows 11 - a few thoughts about how AI will benefit Linux .NET 11 arrives at .NET Conf 2026 Discord is rewriting its app in Rust and you're not going to believe what happens next XBOX and gaming The new XBOX Nano Controller comes with an awesome surprise The new XBOX app is here on Windows 11, mobile, and cloud, and it's much faster AutoSR comes to AMD-based Copilot+ PCs, ROG XBOX Ally gaming handhelds You can preload GTA VI now EA remasters classic games in Ultima and Wing Commander series, more Nintendo: 6.49 million Switch units Sony: 2.6 million PS5 units - now over 100 million units cumulatively Tips and picks Tip of the week: Do it for free App pick of the week: AI Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. 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: incogni.com/windows code WINDOWS threatlocker.com/twit

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From hacked French refrigerators igniting fires to a massive OpenSSH authentication bug hiding in plain sight for a decade, this week's stories expose how lapses in basic security ripple into chaos—and why AI is now both a weapon and shield. TA surprising announcement regarding SpinRite. What is being "AI-pilled" and how does it happen. OpenAI just released GPT-6 Cyber. What does that mean. An irresponsible hacker published 30+ N-Able 0-days. 700 French refrigerators hacked. What's next. Lots of listener feedback about the Cloudflare tunneling solution, Voyager 1, true hardware drive encryption, the random number 4 and the amount of debris in orbit Then we look at a 10-year old serious SSH authentication bug (that's kinda wonderful) Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1104-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. 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: guardsquare.com trustedtech.team/twit originhq.com/securitynow joindeleteme.com/twit-biz

Siri AI is now accessible for developers. The quality issues with the iPhone Duo may actually come down to bad parts. And the original iPod went on sale 25 years ago today. Apple begins opening Siri AI to developers. Apple CEO presses software chief to pursue more ambitious AI strategy. iPhone Duo hinge issue down to bad parts, not bad design. iPhone 18 Pro review: Camera quality and other upgrades mean I can't go back to the cheaper iPhones after this. 2026 iPad mini review: Maximizing the mini. The original iPod went on sale 25 years ago today. About the illuminated Apple logo on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display. Fake Homebrew installer linked to record-breaking $6.3 billion Binance heist. Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is getting a LEGO set. Picks of the Week Andy's Pick: Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol" Doc's Pick: RigMap Matthew's Picks: Xbox Nano Controller, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, and the ESP32 powered Mac 128k Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko Guests: Doc Rock and Matthew Cassinelli Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. 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: Simplify.us/NestEgg zocdoc.com/macbreak

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 MapQuest Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Gina Smith and Jason Calacanis 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: PaloAltoNetworks.com/Idira coveron.com/thisweekintech and use code thisweekintech NetSuite.com/TWIT cachefly.com/twit

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 face Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Martin Woodward Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. 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: originhq.com/intelligentmachines outshift.com helixsleep.com/machines

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. Windows 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 makeover AI/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 line XBOX 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 Linux Tips 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 12 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. 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: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT PaloAltoNetworks.com/Idira originhq.com/windowsweekly cachefly.com/twit

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 AI Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1100-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. 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: threatlocker.com/twit hoxhunt.com/securitynow originhq.com/securitynow trustedtech.team/twit

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 Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. 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: zocdoc.com/macbreak coveron.com/macbreakweekly and use code macbreakweekly Simplify.us/NestEgg