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When you’re the biggest target...Searching for SearchHow long will a Windows XP machine survive unprotected on the Internet?Free LaundryVPNs and FirewallsNetgate SG1100Ad Industry vs. Google Privacy SandboxBitwarden and passkeysToken2 passkey dongle312 Scientists & Researchers RespondShow Notes…

Expected follow-up on CVE-2024-30078From Russia with LoveAn EU privacy agency complains about Google’s Privacy Sandbox?Email @ GRCSecurity Now SPAM?Orange Tsai needs help!Recall and 3rd Party LeakageErrataThe Mixed Blessing of a Crappy PRNGShow Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-980-Notes.pdf

Meta launches Threads, a competitor to Twitter.Is there software to alter photos in large batches?Sam Abuelsamid and the autonomous self-driving vehicles.An update to Leo's six rules of security.Why can't I open my Lightroom Classic application and access my current catalog?Could Apple's Vision Pro…

On this episode of AI Inside, Jason Howell welcomes back AI developer Mike Wolfson to unpack the role of transformers in artificial intelligence.The Techno-Optimist Manifesto from VC Mark Andreessen draws skepticism, seen as dismissing AI's downsidesMajor music industry lawsuit against Anthropic's…

This week, Microsoft has Linux recommendations, The X.org Developer's Conference -- all about Wayland, and the latest release of the impressive-lookng ONLYOFFICE. Then System76 has another monthly update on Cosmic, KDE has a release date for Plasma 6, and AMD is asking for feedback on Linux support…

Kyle Kiang, VP of North America for the Nothing brand, joins the show to discuss the Nothing company and the Nothing Phone 2.Mikah Sargent talks about Captcha boxes and how Captcha's may soon be going away with new technology slowly being introduced that won't have you trying to figure out what…

James Thomson joins the show to talk about the Vision Pro and gives a developers' look at what happened at WWDC. Apple's secret weapon to getting PC games on Mac. Japan pushes for Apple and Google to allow sideloading. EU: smartphones must have user-replaceable batteries by 2027…

Meta has officially launched its answer to Twitter called Threads. Richard Lawler from The Verge talks about what Threads is about.Mikah Sargent talked about Apple's gaming porting tool for macOS, discovered by Christina Warren a couple of episodes ago, that aims to bring real gaming to Macs. She…

ValiDrive release follow-upPasskeys exportability and phishing riskPasskeys for device verification like SSH keysPossibility of hobby browsers vs. production browsersAvailability of SpinRite 6.1 pre-releaseFilling drives with crypto noise using VeraCryptSteve and Leo's favorite OTP appsGoogle Docs…

Cellebrite unlocks Trump’s would-be assassin’s phone.Cisco reported on a CVSS of 10.0Entrust drops the other shoeGoogle gives up on removing 3rd-party cookiesMiscellanySnowflake and data warehouse applicationsCDK auto dealership outagePolyfill.io and resource hashesMITMBlocking CopilotBlocking…

Microsoft to officially abandon passwords and support their deletion.Meta's RayBan smart glasses weaken their privacy terms.30% of Microsoft code is now being written by AI.Google says prying Chrome from it will damage its security.Nearly 1,000 six-year-old eCommerce backdoors spring to life.eM…

Picture of the Week.Tracker Follow-Up.Automatic IoT device updating.HP 9020e - error code 83C0000B.Section 230 Stands.The KeePass Vulnerability.Apple joins Samsung, Amazon and Verizon in banning ChatGPT.Google's Privacy Sandbox moves forward.The FBI heavily misused FISA powers.Supply Chain…

Picture of the Week.HP = “Huge Pile”The “.ZIP” TLD — What could possibly go wrong?PyPI gets more serious about security AND privacy.“No logs saved anywhere”???Twitter in the EU?Bitwarden's support for Passkeys.A €1.2 billion fine will grab your attention.Editing WhatsApp messages.A new Google Bug…

More on Apple’s hardware backdoorRussian Hacking of Ukranian camerasRussian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for monthsThings are still a mess at 23andMeCoinsPaid was the victim of another cyberattackCrypto Hacking in 2023Mandiant Twitter scamDefining "cyber warfare"LastPass is making…

It's apparently not always safe to apply to Canonical, Nvidia pushes drivers to go with its new hardware, and apparently Linux now runs inside PDFs. Then there's a bit of a flame war to cover over Rust in the kernel, at least one maintainer leaves, and there's the normal churn of application…

A near-Universal (Local) Linux Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilityTechCrunch informed AT&T of a 5 year old data breachSignal to get very useful cloud backupsTelegram to allow restricted incomingHP exits Russia ahead of scheduleAdvertisers are heavier users of Ad Blockers than average Americans…

We're talking about Google's layoffs and how it affects Flutter and Dart, then AMD is working to push AMF code into FFMPEG, and it's time for Open Source to grow up. RHEL has an AI offering, NVidia is suggesting Open Source kernel drivers, and Zed is coming to Linux. Then there's Pi Connect pulling…

Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting SeasonApple Closes in on Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhoneApple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot CompetitorsGoogle is getting even worse for independent sitesMusk Plans More Layoffs as Two Senior Tesla…

Telegram puts End-to-End Privacy in the CrosshairsFree security logging is good for everyoneCrowdStrike hemorrhaging customersMicrosoft to meet privately with EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) vendorsYelp’s Unhappy with GoogleTelegram as the hotbed for DDoSass – DDoS as a ServiceChrome grows…

Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok as of Wednesday officially. Caroline Mimbs Nyce of The Atlantic stops by the show to discuss what happens next. How does a free TV sound? Mikah talks about the company Telly, which is looking to give away its line of TVs to thousands of people…

"Right to Repair for Your Body": The Rise of DIY, Pirated MedicineThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lendingGoogle will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search resultsAI and transportationWayMo safety dataWhat Kermit the Frog Showed Me About AIKermit…

Leo Laporte: It's time for Windows Weekly. Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley are in Redmond. They have just come out of briefings on the latest from Microsoft Windows 10, the new browser, HoloLens, they even tried it. We will find out what they think next on Windows Weekly. Netcasts you love…

Please be mindful, this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for MacBreak Weekly, Alex, Andy, Rene, and me. We're all here with lots to talk about, including what some say is the worst security vulnerability in a decade. And yes, it hit…

Have you heard of the new hit song by Drake & The Weeknd, Heart on My Sleeve? Well if you did, it wasn't actually sung by Drake & The Weeknd. Mia Soto from The Verge explains how that song was generated using AI and what happened after that song got sprung online to the world.AI is really…

This episode of This Week in Enterprise Tech packs in analysis on Cisco's shocking $25 billion acquisition of Splunk and what it means for the cybersecurity ecosystem. Plus, Intel VP of Sales & Marketing Jason Kimrey joins to decode the company's groundbreaking new neural processors and…

Google's Pixel hardware event and new devicesDebate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy?Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rightsMovies released on TikTok by studiosHigh production costs of MasterclassStreaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open webSpotify's attempts to…

Vidcon was this past week.Why am I getting a mix of different languages in my Windows applications?Can you use a Bluetooth transmitter with an old record turntable?How can I put the latest version of the Android operating system on my old smartphones?Dick DeBartolo and the 132-hole bubble machine…

Picture of the Week.Catching Leo up to speed from last week.DuckDuckBrowse.And an updated Tor Browser.Opera, now enhanced with “AI”.The KasperskyOS Phone.The cost of doing business in Russia.Slowly turn the wheels of justice.The US to create a new “Cyber Force”.Apple.com now supports Passkeys…

Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce botsVC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifestoMeta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wildAmazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX StarlinkPeter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here51%…

Justice Kagan Acknowledges Bluesky, And Other Notes From The TikTok Oral ArgumentAlito and PlayboyA Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office JargonMeta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor PixelfedFree our feeds fundraisingThe people should own the town squareLemley's…

MS on Recall changesThanks for the “Memory”New York Times (and Wordle) leakApple’s own password manager appDJI drones on the defensiveSlashData reveals some interesting developer statisticsAre we going to turn programming over to AIs?The Linux Kernel Project goes CVE crazyEmail @ GRCPizza in…

The panel gives their thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro Online safety hearing gets skeptical response from kids, advocates Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs …

TWiT wishes all listeners and viewers a Happy New Year and peaceful 2025!Padre's CES 2024 haulCory Doctorow's infamous ensh*ttification termTesla teases a robotaxiLast in-studio audience for TWiTPadre on the AI priestGoogle Search gets worseChristina Warren's Rabbit R1Snowflake and the AT&T…

Think you know the story of AI's rise and fall? This episode upends conventional wisdom with guest historian Thomas Haigh, who reveals why the infamous "AI winter" might just be a myth and why the field’s biggest failures fueled today's breakthroughs.Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving…

SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. PaxtonAdalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to MaySCOTUS granting cert to Cox v. SonyBartz v. Anthropic AI copyright caseKadrey v. Meta AI copyright…

Verizon Fees, AI Translations, Microsoft HackThe panel talks about the Apple Vision pro The Apple Google Duopoly Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement Javier Milei Special Address WITH AI Sam Altman says ChatGPT will evolve in “uncomfortable”…

Picture of the Week. Google & Passkeys. TP-Link routers DO auto-update. US Marshals Service: Where’s the backup?? T-Mobile keeps getting breached. Chrome: No more LOCK icon. Apple's new “Rapid Security Response” system. Elon Musk, making friends wherever he…

What could go wrong with Gemini AI being used in live coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics? A new study using Fitbit data shows connections between sleep and diseases. What Samsung Galaxy AI features are worth using? And how AI's use in video game development is impacting the industry.The Paris…

CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft's Antitrust ProblemsTrump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin ConferenceAn AI-built vegan cheese went viral. Here's what happened nextAT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency saysSecure Boot is…

Gmail turns 20, AI PC definition, xz Utils backdoor20 years of Gmail Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections An Accidental Discovery of a Backdoor Likely Prevented Thousands of Infections EU probes Apple, Meta and Alphabet under landmark new law…

Like Google, Amazon has a list of products the tech company discontinued. Is one of your favorites on the list? What Apple announced this past "Mac Week." What GitHub announced at its GitHub Universe 2024 event. And how Apple's Genmoji generator will operate when it's released with the future iOS…

Interview with Matthew KirschenbaumChatterbox TTS - a Hugging Face Space by ResembleAIHere’s the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA FinalsBoston Dynamics robots dance to 'Don't Stop Me Now' for 'America's Got Talent' auditionOracle CEO Says OpenAI’s Stargate Venture ‘Not Formed…

Alarm bells are ringing over a supposed browser zero-day, but is the threat as bad as it sounds? Steve reveals why “clickjacking” might be more whac-a-mole than breaking news, and what that really means for your passwords.• Germany may soon outlaw ad blockers• What's happening in the courts over AI…

New "SparkCat" secret-stealing AI image scanner discovered in App and Play stores.The UK demands that Apple does the impossible: decrypting ADP cloud data.France moves forward on legislation to require backdoors to encryption.Firefox moves to 135 with a bunch of useful new features.The Five Eyes…

Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes ThemDon’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our KidsSports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass LayoffsIs it time to give up on old news?Instagram’s new ‘nighttime nudges’ aim to reduce teens’ time on the appThe Quiet Death of Ello's Big…

Google's record-breaking fine by Russia. (How many 0's is that?)RT's editor-in-chief admits that their TV hosts are AI-generated.Windows 10 security updates set to end next October... or are they?When a good Chrome extension goes bad.Windows .RDP launch config files. What could possibly go wrong…

Spotlight is getting a serious upgrade in macOS Tahoe, surfacing your files, windows, and even cloud content with smarter, faster results. Allow Mikah to walk you through the surprising shortcuts and hidden tricks that will change how you find everything on your Mac.Quick access to Spotlight via…

Think your mouse is harmless? Steve and Leo uncover how modern optical mice might be secretly “listening” in, and reveal why satellite data pouring down on us is almost entirely unsecured.The long awaited lawsuit to block Texas SB2420.Embattled Texas SB2420 also impacts Google Play.At long last,…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show. Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for MacBreak Weekly. Andy, Rene, Alex are all here. Lots to talk about. Well, not, not really, but…

Leo LaPorte: It’s time for MacBreak Weekly. We’ll be talking about new iWatch rumors, the 30th of Macintosh and a beautiful movie Apple just made. You can do it too for a few million bucks; plus a lot more. Stay Tuned! – MacBreak Weekly is next.Net Casts you love, from people you trust. This is…