TWiT 1018: Self-Driving Government - Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 170 minutes

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Summary

UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data
Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals
Brits Want to Ban 'Smarter Than Human' AI
Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl 'Trades' Pit State Regulators Against Feds
Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad
"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed
Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling
Google starts testing new Search 'AI Mode' internally – Here's an early look at it
In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment
TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app
In Other SCOTUS First Amendment News, It Also Just Heard Oral Argument Over Yet Another Texas Law Censoring The Internet
Teen on Musk's DOGE Team Graduated from 'The Com'
CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears
Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First' Is the Future of Key Government Agency
German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
Trump Ends Legal Challenge Over Twitter Ban After Jan. 6 Riot
Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
Apple's Long-Awaited Overhaul of iPhone SE Nears Release
Former iOS engineer sued by Apple issues apology as lawsuit is dismissed
PS5 sales more than twice Xbox Series X/S reveals Take-Two by accident

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino, Cathy Gellis, and Lisa Schmeiser

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit this week in tech. Lisa Schmeiser is here from No Jitter. Daniel Rubino from Windows Central attorney Kathy Gellis. We just learned the United Kingdom is asking Apple for a backdoor into its end-to-end encryption. What will Apple do? We're going to talk about the Cosma Bill, which is a plan by congress to ban social media for
0:24.4	all people under 13 and we'll talk a little bit about what doge is doing and whether it's legal
0:32.5	that and a whole lot more coming up next on Twit.
0:39.4	Podcasts you love.
0:41.0	From people you trust.
0:43.8	This is Twit.
0:50.9	This is Twit. This Week in Tech.
0:52.2	Episode 1018 recorded Sunday, February 9th, 2025. Self-F Twit. This Week in Tech, episode 118 recorded Sunday, February 9th, 2025, self-driving government.
1:05.9	It's time for Twit this week in Tech. The show will we cover the week's tech news? Doing it a little early this week.
1:13.1	Apologies to people who like to watch the stream live.
1:15.4	I hope you got the message.
1:16.7	The memo arrived because there's apparently a football game on later in the day.
1:22.0	Alicia Schmeisser, Schmeisser, are you all excited about the big Super Bowl?
1:25.6	I like it better when the 49ers play.
1:28.0	And the reason I like it better is because the road's empty out and I can go anywhere in the
1:31.9	Bay Area without traffic.
1:32.8	It's true.
1:33.7	This one is going to be so low rated, I think, because it's a replay of two years ago that I
1:37.8	think your hike is off.
1:40.3	Editor-in-chief at No Jitter.
1:41.9	It's great to see you. And I see more and more people using the blue-sky handle nowadays, El Schmeiser at the blue at the blue sky. Also here, Daniel Rubino. He's editor-in-chief of Windows Central. Hi, Daniel. Hello. Good to see you. God, your hair looks good. Are you, have you been uh what's your conditioning uh routine
2:03.2	like i don't know um it is a complicated is it um oh yeah you got to you got to have a regime right
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