This Week in Tech

Nov 10th 2024

This Week in Tech 1005

$125,000 in Baguettes

Hosted by Leo Laporte

iPod Turns 23, The $1.1M AI Painting, Roblox

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Category: News
  • Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world 
  • Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops 
  • How the 2024 US presidential election will determine tech's future 
  • Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win 
  • AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide 
  • YouTube dominated Election Day as viewers guzzled 84 million hours of presidential news 
  • The other election night winner: Perplexity 
  • Dogecoin and other memecoins surge as Trump wins presidential election 
  • Detroit to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments in Bid to Spur Tech Innovation, Fuel Economic Growth 
  • Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million 
  • OpenAI defeats news outlets' copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now 
  • Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers 
  • OpenAI acquired Chat.com 
  • Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now 
  • Roblox is banning kids from ‘social hangout’ spaces 
  • Reddit Passes Snap 
  • Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue

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