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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

🗓️ 23 February 2025

⏱️ 166 minutes

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Summary

Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange
Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order
iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple Home, but no smarter siri
Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
OpenAI now serves 400M users every week
The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom
Amazon Appstore for Android is shutting down in August
Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI
California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
Donald Trump Is Turning CISA Into The Embodiment Of His Election Conspiracy Theories
Asus Continues Fragrant Device Trend With an Aromatic Mouse - Slashdot
iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone
Smart ring tracks health, fitness data with long battery life

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Larry Magid

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0:00.0	It's time for twit this week in tech. We got a great panel. Jennifer Patterson-Tui is here from The Verge.
0:05.7	Abraal-Alii from CNET from Connect Safely. My old friend Larry Magid, we will talk about, well, many things.
0:12.8	The new iPhone, for one, Amazon's revamped Echo may not have its intelligence built in.
0:20.1	And a massive lawsuit to find the national public
0:24.9	data broker that leaked all our social security numbers. California wants $46,000. All that
0:32.5	more coming up on Twitter.
0:38.9	Podcasts you love love from people you trust
0:40.6	this is twit
0:43.4	this is twit
0:45.5	this is twit
0:51.2	this week in tech
0:52.1	episode 10020 recorded Sunday, February 23rd, 2025.
0:58.6	Smell my mouse.
1:05.0	It's time for Twit this week in tech, the show where we get together with the smartest, most interesting and best-looking
1:12.2	people in technology to talk about the week's news. Larry Magid, President and CEO of Connect
1:19.8	Safely. Larry, you and I are the grandpa's on this show. Yeah, I must be the smartest or the most
1:26.3	interesting because I know I'm not the best-looking. Yeah, nobody's all free. Yeah, I must be the smartest or the most interesting because I know I'm not
1:27.5	the best looking. Yeah, it wasn't all. Nobody's all free. Yeah, okay, good to know. Yeah, no, it's been a while,
1:33.0	Leo. Yeah, it's great to have you. President of ConnectSafely.org, which is all about protecting
1:38.8	families on the internet, God knows they need it. Thanks for joining us. Are you, wait a minute, are you wearing your meta glasses?
1:47.1	I am wearing my metaglasses, so be careful.
1:49.1	I can take your picture.
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