Total Leo (Audio)

Matt Levine chats with Leo Laporte, a podcasting legend and founder of TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology. They discuss the early days of podcasting, how tech media has shift…

• Interview with Anil Dash
• egirl Grok x Claude
• Zuckerberg announces Meta's new AI data centers for superintelligence
• Meta Hires Two More OpenAI Researchers
• Reflections on OpenAI
• RSS is (not) dea…

Microsoft just made a major change to the Windows 11 install media, and you're not going to believe what happens next! Plus, the AI spelling and grammar checking app/service that Paul relies on. And …

• A glorious takedown of quantum factorization.
• Notepad++ signs its own code signing certificate.
• Dennis Taylor has Bobiverse Book 6 on his lap.
• Crypto/ATM machines flat out outlawed.
• Signal vs W…

Apple has reportedly offered $150 million for exclusive streaming rights for F1, Apple executive shake-ups are looming within the company, Apple is committing $500 million to a rare earth recycling f…

• A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin
• Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
• Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
• House "crypto week…

• Interview with Mike Masnick
• Stop Begging Billionaires To Fix Software — Build Your Own
• The one secret to using genAI to boost your brain
• Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk's X
• How t…

It's been a big year for Windows 11 updates. This month is at least semi-manageable! Also, a few more bits from the layoffs. Plus, Amiga Forever 11 and C64 11 Forever help you live in the past!

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• Another Israeli spyware vendor surfaces.
• Win11 to delete restore points more quickly.
• The EU accelerates its plans to abandon Microsoft Azure.
• The EU sets timelines for Post-Quantum crypto adopt…

iOS 26 Beta 3 dials back its liquid glass look in this current beta. Which Apple devices could be affected by Trump's planned August tariffs? Is Apple planning to launch its own Public Cloud model? A…

• SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
• Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to Ma…

• Interview with Board Member of Cloudflare, John Graham-Cumming
• My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
• Two Judges, Same District, Opposite Conclusions: The Messy Realit…

Microsoft's latest round of layoffs hits Xbox Gaming hard as the company cuts approximately 9,000 jobs despite record profits. This week, Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell discuss the impact of thes…

• Let's Encrypt drops its long-running email notifications.
• Microsoft's new "Unexpected Restart Experience".
• Microsoft's response to last year's massive CrowdStrike outage.
• Windows 10's exte…

Are people furious about the F1 Movie Apple Wallet ad? Apple could look to using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri AI features. The EU could miss out on new iOS 26 features when it rolls out later th…

• The panel discusses the current gaming environment
• More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad
• Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court
• The Supreme Court just up…

• Interview with Richard Gingras
• Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
• Authors Are Posting TikToks to Protest AI Use in Writing—and to Prove They Aren't Doing It
• Meta, Amazon, and more…

Windows 10 EOL update

• Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 EOL is a go for October. But...
• Consumers can now get a free year of extra security updates instead of paying(!)
• Businesses can now enroll …

• China's Salt Typhoon claims another victim (or two).
• State healthcare portals are tracking and leaking. No kidding.
• Apple adopts FIDO's Passkeys and other credentials transport.
• Facebook gets Pa…

Apple silicon was announced five years ago this week. Apple held internal talks about purchasing AI startup Perplexity. New camera features could be coming to the iPhone 17 Pro later this fall. And w…