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This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 183 minutes

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Summary

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban
Trumpcoin
Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data
Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higher
Behind the Curtain — Coming soon: Ph.D.-level super-agents
4 surprise products we could see at Samsung Unpacked 2025
Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts
US Finalizes Rule Banning Smart Cars With Russian, Chinese Tech
Natrium 'advanced nuclear' power plant wins Wyoming permit - WyoFile
Cash App parent fined $175 million for 'woefully incomplete' response to fraud
FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Hiner, Paris Martineau, and Molly White

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit this week in tech.
0:01.9	Jason Heiner is here, editor-in-chief of ZDNet.
0:05.3	Molly White of the Web 3 is going just great website.
0:09.6	And from this week in Google, Paris, Martin.
0:11.8	We're going to talk about, of course, the Trump coin.
0:15.1	And now the competing Melania coin.
0:17.1	I kid you not.
0:18.8	Molly will explain a little bit about the technology behind meme coins.
0:22.8	We'll also talk about insurance spying on you. Isn't that a good way to bring down premiums?
0:29.4	Maybe not. And what Apple's going to do with its AI-based news alerts. I'll give you a hint.
0:37.8	Bye-bye.
0:38.6	It's all coming up next on This Week in Tech.
0:44.0	Podcasts you love.
0:45.8	From people you trust.
0:48.3	This is Twit.
0:58.1	This is Twit. This is Twit. This Week in Tech.
1:03.9	Episode 1,015, recorded Sunday, January 19th, 2025.
1:06.2	Smarter than a house cat. It's time for Twit this week in Tick.
1:16.1	What a week and what a week it is!
1:18.7	If you're not interested in TikTok, this might not be the show for you.
1:24.5	What a saga.
1:25.9	Let me introduce our panel.
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