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This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 991: This Show is Securities Fraud - Intel Layoffs, KOSA, Don Lemon

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2024

⏱️ 172 minutes

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Summary

  • Existential thoughts about Apple services revenue.
  • Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors.
  • Intel plans to lay off 15% of workforce -- at least 15,000 people.
  • Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake in Apple by nearly 50%.
  • Amazon paid almost $1 billion for Twitch in 2014. It's still losing money.
  • Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled.
  • Artist and musician sue SEC over its NFT regulatory jurisdiction.
  • Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act.
  • Ding dong KOSA's dead (for now).
  • A senate bill would radically improve voting machine security.
  • Jailed cybercriminals returned to Russia in historic prisoner swap.
  • US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules.
  • Posing as 'Alicia,' this man scammed hundreds online. He was also a victim.
  • Broadcasters fly in TikTokers and YouTubers to generate Olympic buzz.
  • Disney, Fox and Warner Sports streamer Venu to launch at $42.99/ Month.
  • Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal.
  • Meta talks With Judi Dench, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key for AI voice projects.
  • Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney.'

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Howell, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Snell

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0:00.0

It's time for Twit this week at Tech the very last Twit in the East Side studio.

0:06.0

So we thought we'd do it out in style.

0:08.2

Everybody in person from Alex Lindsay to Jason Howell

0:13.4

and we're shooting this in Vision Pro Spatial,

0:17.8

which means a few of you will be able to watch it

0:20.5

as if you're here in the studio.

0:24.0

What are we talking about?

0:25.0

Well, there's a lot of news.

0:27.0

We'll talk about the Olympics and how it's changing,

0:30.0

thanks to creators.

0:32.0

Is Apple at the end of the line?

0:34.1

We know Intel for sure is.

0:36.5

And we'll talk about the Song of the Day Guy

0:39.6

suing the SEC over NFTs. It's all coming up next on Twit.

0:45.0

Podcasts you love from people you trust.

0:50.0

This is Twit. This is Twit.

0:55.0

This is Twit.

1:00.0

This week in Tech, episode 991, recorded Sunday, August 4, 2024.

1:06.0

This show is securities fraud. It's time for Twit this week at Tech, we cover the week's Tech.

1:15.0

The show we cover the week's Tech News.

1:18.0

Our last in-studio show in the East Side Studio.

1:22.0

We're moving out this week. So we thought we do something kind of fun and special. Thanks to Alex Lindsay. We can.

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