MacBreak Weekly 922: Crossing the Snell Line

Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee Spotify says it will refund Car Thing purchases VC Says "Chaos" Coming for Startups, Ads, and Online Business as Generative AI Eats Web Perplexity AI's new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages Who's having kids? The panel discusses Ticketmaster T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal; U.S. Cellular shares surge Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users. Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack 'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good? Inside the scramble to 'prebunk' election misinformation before it takes hold TikTok Pins Its Hopes on Trump to Avoid Ban How a Self-Published Book, 'The Shadow Work Journal,' Became a Best Seller Twitch streamers host a fundraiser for Palestinians. The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent Tribeca to Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created by OpenAI's Sora North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Nicholas De Leon, and Emily Dreibelbis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: IntouchCX.com/twit wix.com/studio eufy.com mintmobile.com/twit lookout.com

Alex Lindsay joins Leo Laporte this week for Ask The Tech Guys. What's the best way to start podcasting? Which iPad and Apple Pencil is great for drawing? Why is my iPad lagging when using a certain application? Plus, Scott Wilkinson talks about some of the technology demonstrated at Display Week 2024, and Johnny Jet talks about how you shouldn't share your itinerary information on social media. Data of 560 million Ticketmaster customers for sale after alleged breach. Tribeca to screen AI-generated short films created by OpenAI's Sora. How can I start podcasting? What's the easiest way to pull a plethora of photos off your iPhone and to store these photos? Scott Wilkinson and Display Week 2024. What apps are available to listen to radio stations on a vehicle with an infotainment system running Android Automotive OS? What's the best iPad & pencil for drawing? Johnny Jet and why you shouldn't share pictures of your itinerary online. I have a telestration setup at home with my iPad and Video Pencil, but how can I reduce the lag on my iPad when using the software? Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2027 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo Sponsors: wix.com/studio HP.com - ATG - https://bit.ly/3K4ax9W cachefly.com/twit

Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter OpenAI researcher who resigned over safety concerns joins Anthropic UN statement on risks from generative AI We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet Everything Google announced at its big Chromebook showcase Google adds AI-powered features to Chromebook Here's the Google Home app 'Favorites' widget Google Ads Now Being Mixed In With Organic Results YouTube's free games catalog 'Playables' rolls out to all users How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon BuzzFeed Clashes With Vivek Ramaswamy, Its New Activist Investor Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm TikTok offered an extraordinary deal. The U.S. government took a pass Parents Dance Like It's the '80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House Meta's white, male advisory group My weekend plans: Ren Faire on HBO Canva meets Hamilton Top 50 podcasts Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit YahooFinance.com cachefly.com/twit

Bing outage, NVIDIA's record Q1 FY25, WPF's rebirth Windows 11 A quick look back at the Copilot+ PC launch Paul did end up making a video of each MacBook Air reference during last week's launch The Copilot+ PC event was also notable for its many references to the past: Paul counted at least 7 in the first 7 minutes alone After some soul-searching, Paul went all-in on Surface Laptop by canceling the first preorder and bulking it up with more RAM and storage Release Preview (last week): 24H2 comes to RP, suggesting it hits stable on Tuesday, June 11 (in preview), one week before the first Copilot+ PCs arrive with this build preinstalled Beta (last week): 23H2 build with no new features (arriving after 24H2 in Release Preview, of course) Microsoft Edge is getting more responsive thanks to a "WebUI 2.0" initiative Lenovo earnings up 9 percent in quarter, down 8 percent for the year. The future? AI PCs, duh AI There was a massive Bing outage late last week. Press hold on all the obvious jokes, this impacted Copilot everywhere, DuckDuckGo, other services Cue the Chicken Little "this is why I'll never use AI" crowd, which used to be the "this is why I'll never use the cloud" crowd Copilot comes to Telegram for some reason Google goes live with AI overviews in Search and the world grinds to a halt Google adds Gemini to Chromebook Plus, gives one free year of Google One AI Premium to new device buyers WWDC is coming soon and we're seeing hints of how Apple will add more AI to its products Opera partners with Google Cloud on Gemini in Aria AI and image understanding/image generation in browser And it now plans to make 2000 SLMs available in the browser NVIDIA revenues were a record in Q1, up 262 percent YOY Dev Last week, we learned that WPF is making a comeback. This week, Paul revived his .NETpad project and is going to modernize it using the new features Xbox We finally have some news about Activision Blizzard games and Game Pass!!! But it's only one game, and it doesn't happen until November Atari buys the Intellivision brand. I wish we knew more about this Tips & Picks Tip of the week: Beware the dark patterns App pick of the week: Windows 11 version 24H2 RunAs Radio this week: PowerApp Extensibility with Christina Wheeler Brown liquor pick of the week: Glen Garioch 1797 Founder's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30

The bigger problem with AI Overview https://udm14.com/ -and- https://tenbluelinks.org/ The horses have left the barn VPNs and Firewalls Email @ GRC Extension to fix Google search Passwords and SPAM Fixing motherboard components Vertical tabs in Firefox FritzBox routers Too many PINs More Google search fixes Testing Windows XP The 50 Gigabyte Privacy Bomb Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-976-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit 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. Sponsors: kolide.com/securitynow joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit 1bigthink.com

Could Apple change the orientation of its logo on future iPads? An OLED iPad mini is allegedly in development for a 2026 release. Would you buy a Lego model of an Apple Store? And why did Apple Music even bother releasing a top 100 list of the best albums on Apple Music? Apple might change the orientation of its logo on the back of future iPads. When are AirPods Max 2 coming? Here's the latest reporting... Apple iOS 18, macOS 15 AI features: Project Greymatter, Privacy, OpenAI deal. Three new games are now available for the Apple Vision Pro. New parkour Apple immersive video out now on Apple Vision Pro. This Lego Apple Store model needs votes for a slim chance of getting made. Apple Music 100 best albums. Apple Pencil Pro casts a fake shadow based on which tool you're using. Apple reportedly developing OLED iPad mini for 2026. All-screen M5 MacBook with foldable display and Vision Pro price now rumored for 2026. Prototype 3rd-gen iPod reveals that Apple built a Tetris clone for the iPod but never released it. Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: MapleRead Jason's Pick: Lex.Games Andy's Pick: Tactiq YouTube Transcript Generator Alex's Picks: Kewpie Mayonaise & Merlin Bird ID Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/macbreak wix.com/studio YahooFinance.com cachefly.com/twit

Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation OpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show China's latest answer to OpenAI is 'Chat Xi PT' Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Rabbit Holed Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18 Bitcoin pizza day C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: expressvpn.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT NetSuite.com/TWIT bitwarden.com/twit IntouchCX.com/twit

Congress recently made it nearly impossible to track private jets. Is WiFi 7 worth buying into right now? What resources are out there to help with the process of building a computer? How can I tag and organize photos based on the date taken? Plus, Dick DeBartolo stops by to share some LED lights that he loves and can magnetically stick to metal surfaces! Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18. Congress just made it basically impossible to track Taylor Swift's private jet. U.S. screens record 2.95 million airline passengers in single day. Is there a way to pinpoint an issue causing my Safari browser not to work? Is WiFi 7 a worthwhile upgrade for better data transfer between my NAS and computer? Are there AI note-taking tools that can effectively summarize notes from a meeting and are not as costly? Dick DeBartolo and the motion sensor LED light pucks! Can I tag photos based on dates? Leo shows off the mini Bluetooth keyboard he recommended for a viewer last week to use with your iPad. What does Leo think of the device? Are there tools out there that can organize photos of one person by date of older to newer? What resources are out there to help with the process of building a computer? How can I determine which custom ringtones are set to my contacts on my cellphone? Why are my Edge browser profiles not syncing across my various devices? How can I make a searchable database for my podcast? What's the easiest way to create annotations for my videos on my iPad? Could the Framework laptops be a good choice for running AI models locally? Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Dick DeBartolo Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2026 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo Sponsors: eufy.com HP.com - ATG - https://bit.ly/3K4ax9W

Scarlett Johansson was 'shocked, angered' by ChatGPT voice that sounded like her It's Time to Believe the AI Hype Steven Levy's Extremely Stupid AI Piece Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments Congress Shouldn't End the Internet's Sunrise With a Section 230 "Sunset" Repeal Buy This Legislation or We'll Kill the Internet Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds Microsoft unveils 'Copilot + PC' initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI jacking Wendy's ai Google is bringing back classic search, with no AI – and I couldn't be happier about that Does One Line Fix Google? Google's AI Overviews are getting ads soon Google rolls out immersive, AI-powered Shopping Ads Google's new 'Add to Chromebook' badge makes web apps easier to find and install After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls Magic Editor for older Pixel phones starts rolling out Google Pay will show your card benefits, Autofill with PIN/face unlock over security code YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign New: OpenAI, Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Strike Content Deal Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 Let Bions Be Bygones United flight because of passengers stuck laptop Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Ed Zitron Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: YahooFinance.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT kolide.com/twig

Windows 11 and the Copilot+ PC Microsoft announces Copilot+ PC and our world collapses Microsoft announces new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop 13/15 as expected What the heck is this new bifurcation of features in Windows? Why? Paul ordered a Surface Laptop 15 the second Yusuf Mehdi said he could The other shoe finally drops: Every Copilot+ Pro PC has a fan. Is this a problem? Sorry, Chicken Little, Microsoft Recall is not a privacy concern Windows 11 is getting a lot of new security features Qualcomm is offering a $899 Copilot+ PC Mini and it looks awesome Windows 11 24H2 just entered the Release Preview channel Inside baseball Everyone is mad at Microsoft about Monday's event Intel had people on-site to attend and present, Microsoft took their badges away and asked them to leave (AMD seemingly placated by Build keynote mentions). Intel countered with its own pissy announcement Qualcomm, the darling of the event, would like to know why it took Microsoft 40 minutes to say the word "Snapdragon" PC makers were told they would get equal billing with Surface, but they were afterthoughts during the event and at the showcase Microsoft 365 Microsoft Announces Team Copilot Microsoft adds new features to Microsoft Teams Microsoft Edge is getting a real-time translation feature AI Microsoft adds a multimodal model to its Phi family of on-device SLMs Microsoft brings Copilots to developers, updates Power Platform Microsoft partners with Khan Academy on AI training Dev Microsoft announces Windows Copilot runtime, but it's not a runtime Also, WTFF WPF is BACK with WinUI support too! Visual Studio 2022 17.10 adds integrated GitHub Copilot Plus some .NET 9 updates in pre-release Windows 11 24H2 is getting a bunch of new features for developers Tips & Picks Tip of the Week: Windows 11 Security Book & Surface Laptop Report RunAs Radio This Week: The End of Windows 10 with Paul Thurrott Brown Liquor: Eagle Rare 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: kolide.com/ww HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko