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TWiT 1001: The Anti-Force Entruster - Tesla's Cybercab, Hacked Robovacs, Mario Alarm Clock

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 198 minutes

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Summary

  • Elon Musk makes bold claims about Tesla robotaxi in Hollywood backlot
  • The Optimus robots at Tesla's Cybercab event were humans in disguise
  • How to send messages via satellite on your iPhone or Pixel
  • US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case
  • Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs
  • More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them
  • A Whole Bunch Of States File Garbage Grandstanding Lawsuits Against TikTok With The Main
    Complaint Being 'Kids Like It'
  • Two Scientists Share Physics Nobel for Machine Learning
  • Three Scientists Get Chemistry Nobel for Research Into Proteins
  • This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat
  • Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again
  • How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain
  • A closer look at Nintendo's adorable Alarmo alarm clock
  • Samsung is turning your Galaxy phone into a smart door key

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

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0:00.0

It's time for Twit this week in tech. Oh, I love it. This is going to be fun Jennifer Patterson Tui is here.

0:06.7

We'll talk about home automation with her Sammables Sammit. Our car guy is here. We'll talk about Elon Musk's bold claims this week for Tesla.

0:16.8

An amazing feat for SpaceX. And if you're gonna break up Google, how do you do it?

0:22.9

Plus, have we finally learned the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto?

0:27.0

It's all coming up next on Twitter.

0:29.2

Podcasts you love from people you trust.

0:35.0

This is Twit.

0:37.0

This is Twit.

0:40.0

This is

0:45.0

This is Twit this week in Tech. Episode 1,001 recorded Sunday, October 13, 2024.

0:51.0

The Anti-Forceintruster. It's time for Twix, this week in tech, the show we get together with some of the best minds in the business to talk about

1:04.4

the Weeks Tech News and of course after the Tesla event this week I had to bring in Sam

1:09.9

a Bulls Samid our car guy host of Wheel bearings, the Wheel bearings Podcast at Wheel bearings

1:15.6

Media. He also is an analyst for Guidehouse Insights where he writes about automotive technology.

1:22.6

Hello, Sam.

1:23.7

Hello Leo, how are you today?

1:25.7

I am well.

1:26.9

It's great to have you on the show.

1:28.8

Always good to be back.

1:30.1

Also with us, somebody who is new to the show. let's say let's consider that and be nice okay

1:36.8

Jennifer Patterson toy you know her because of course she's on tech news weekly every month

1:41.7

But it's great to have her. She's the

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