TWiT 1021: Benito On High - Alexa Plus, Goodbye Skype, YouTube on TV

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 173 minutes

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Summary

Amazon Alexa event live blog: all the news from the keynote
Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus
An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027
Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products
'I want him to be prepared': why parents are teaching their gen Alpha kids to use AI
Skype is shutting down after two decades
Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist
House Democrats take aim at $TRUMP crypto meme coin
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking
Apple to build iCloud backdoor
Biden Justice Department downplayed U.K. demand for Apple 'back door'
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cybercommand to "stand down" on Russia
Meta Apologizes for Error That Flooded Instagram With Violent Content
YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content
'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash
Netflix is building an anti-Disneyland
An small microbial ecosystem has formed on the International Space Station
All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Emily Forlini, Doc Rock, and Janko Roettgers

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0:00.0	It's time for Twitter this week at Tech. Emily Forlini for PC Magazine joins us.
0:04.4	Doc Rock is here, Yanko Wreckers, and lots to talk about.
0:09.0	Yanko and Emily both wrote about Amazon's new AI A-word.
0:15.6	We'll talk about that and why Siri may not get smart until 2027.
0:22.3	Plus it's the end of the line for an old favorite.
0:25.4	All of that and more.
0:26.2	Coming up next on Twit.
0:30.6	Podcasts you love.
0:32.5	From people you trust.
0:34.9	This is Twit.
0:36.4	This is Twit.
0:41.9	Music This is Twit. This is Twit.
0:44.0	This week in Tech, episode 1021, recorded Sunday, March 2nd, 2025.
0:50.8	Benito on High.
0:58.8	Yeah. Benito on High. It's time for Twit this week at Tech, the show we come up for the week's tech news.
1:03.0	I have assembled a fabulous panel for you today.
1:06.3	Doc Rock is here, our friend from Aloha, Doc Rock, from YouTube and eCams. Good to see you. Thank you,
1:14.7	good to see you as well. Wonderful to see you. Always is. Is it beautiful in right now in Honolulu?
1:21.5	Yeah, today is good. The last couple weeks have been a little weird, but today is flawless outside.
1:26.9	So I'm so jealous.
1:28.4	I'm so jealous.
1:30.4	Emily Forlini is also here from PC Magazine, and you're in beautiful New Jersey.
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