TWiT Newsletter August 18, 2025

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Google Unveils, We React
Join Leo Laporte this Wednesday at 10 AM PT for our exclusive Club TWiT Live Reaction stream as Google reveals their newest hardware and AI innovations. Get unfiltered commentary, expert takes, and behind-the-scenes reactions that you won’t hear anywhere else. Available only in the Club TWiT Discord. Start your 14-day free trial today: Club TWiT
Privacy Fails, AI News, and More
On This Week in Tech episode 1045, Leo Laporte hosts Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Sam Abuelsamid, and Lisa Schmeiser to tackle the week's tech stories. The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law move forward, while privacy-preserving age checks are being called nonsense. Meta's flirty AI chatbot caused an unusual stir with a retiree in New York. Apple pushes deeper into AI-powered robots and smart home devices, China launches a three-day Robot Olympics, and new Google AI overviews are linked to a 25% drop in publisher referral traffic.
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SharePoint Threats and Malicious Libraries
In Security Now episode 1038, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte break down critical security developments, including malicious repository libraries, CISA's emergency directive to all federal agencies regarding SharePoint, and NVIDIA's firm rejection of embedded chip gimmicks. They also cover Dashlane ending its free tier, which has frustrated many users.
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