TWiT 1005: $125,000 in Baguettes - iPod Turns 23, The $1.1M AI Painting, Roblox

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2024

⏱️ 166 minutes

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Summary

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

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Dan Patterson, and Lisa Eadicicco

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit this week in tech.
0:02.0	Abrar Alhidi, Lisa Dedecico, and Dan Patterson join me to talk about the 23rd birthday.
0:09.0	Yes, it was today, 23 years ago that the iPod was born.
0:14.0	We'll also talk about the big winners in the 2004 presidential election.
0:19.0	I'll give you a hint. It wasn't the president.
0:21.1	It was cryptocurrency.
0:23.6	And Roblox.
0:24.9	Is it a threat to our children?
0:27.3	Or a great way to learn to program.
0:28.9	All that and more coming up next.
0:30.7	On Twit.
0:34.4	Podcasts you love.
0:36.0	From people you trust.
0:38.5	This is Twit.
0:45.4	This is Twit.
0:47.2	This week at Tech, episode 1005, recorded Sunday, November 10th, 204,
0:53.1	$125,000 in baguettes.
1:02.6	It's time for Twit this week in tech, the show that covers the week's tech news.
1:08.8	And I love this panel.
1:13.9	This panel, all of us have either worked for or currently worked for C-Net completely by accident a bra Rale Hidi is here she
1:20.4	reports on technology for C-Nat hi Abraar hello how are you I'm well as well as one
1:26.6	could expect I'm you know I'm doing all right.
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