This Week in Tech
Stagione 2016
Join the top technology journalists and pundits in a round-table discussion of the latest trends in high tech.
Dove guardare This Week in Tech • Stagione 2016
52 Episodi
- Then They Came for the Oatmeal
E10Then They Came for the OatmealHost: Leo Laporte Leo Laporte is joined in-studio by Becky Worley, Jason Snell, and Harry McCracken to discuss Google's self-driving car hitting a bus, Apple's new campus, the future of journalists, the smartphone as an extension of the mind, and more... - Android Nutroll
E11Android NutrollHost: Leo Laporte Leo Laporte, David Pogue, Mark Milian, and Nathan Olivarez-Giles discuss the big tech news stories of the week including President Obama's encryption speech at SXSW, AlphaGo leads 3-1 against Lee Se-dol, Apple announcement rumors, Android N preview highlights, and more... - Fauxmented Reality
E29Fauxmented RealityPokemon Go is the most popular mobile game ever, watching the Republican convention on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. Consumer Reports thinks Tesla should rename Autopilot, the FBI says their Malware is not Malware because they are the good guys, free Windows 10 update ends July 29th, Galaxy Note 7 coming August 2nd. - A Surplus of Bobbleheads
E30A Surplus of BobbleheadsVerizon will reportedly pay $4.8 billion for Yahoo, Elon Musk unveils his "Master Plan, Part Deux," why you need to update your Apple products now, Milo Yiannopoulis banned from Twitter, Softbank buys ARM, and the end of free Windows 10 is July 29th. - A Very Vindictive Bulldog
E31A Very Vindictive BulldogJason Calacanis brings us news from the Tesla Gigafactory opening as we debate what "Autopilot" means. Apple's 3rd quarter profits beat the predictions, but is their Irish tax arrangement fraud? In other 3rd quarter results, Twitter is down, Amazon is up, and Mark Zuckerberg just made $3.4 billion in one hour. - Headless Body in a Topless Bar
E32Headless Body in a Topless BarApple should be working on new computers instead of creating reality television, Amazon gets its own fleet of cargo jets, Comcast turns its cable boxes into Olympics machines while selling "near-worthless" service plans, and Slingbox creator Blake Krikorian has died at 48. - Goodbye, Brickhouse
E33Goodbye, BrickhouseIn the final TWiT at the Brickhouse, we talk about Google's mysterious new operating system Fuchsia, Walmart's Jet.com purchase, concern over the iPhone 7's potential lack of a headphone port, Adblock Plus vs. Facebook, Microsoft's 'Golden Key' leak, and more! - Who's Capping Who?E40
Who's Capping Who?With Leo on vacation, Becky Worley takes the big chair. We discuss predictions about Google's big event next week, Samsung's exploding washing machines, Elon Musk's plans for getting to Mars, women in tech, who should buy Twitter, and the next wave in DDOS attacks. - It's Not a Fact, but It Is TrendingE42
It's Not a Fact, but It Is TrendingThe Note 7 is officially dead - Samsung stops production and the CPSC issues an official recall. Will Google's new Pixel Phones benefit? Is Google Assistant going to be a big draw? Also, Facebook tries to take over the enterprise with Workplace. Fallout from the Yahoo hack and surveilance debacle - Verizon may back out of their purchase deal. And nobody wants to buy Twitter at all. What would it take to make Twitter a functional business? - I Can't Wait Till 2021E43
I Can't Wait Till 2021A massive botnet of IoT devices took down Dyne DNS, knocking several major US websites off line in a DDOS attack Friday. Hackers were able to break into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail accounts via a simple phishing scheme. Both Microsoft and Apple will hold events next week announcing new hardware - rumors predict an all-in-one Surface PC and new MacBook Pro laptops, respectively. Google's Pixel phones are out, and with Samsung damaged by Note 7 explosions, their timing couldn't be better. AT&T acquires Time-Warner. And Tesla announces full self-driving hardware will be in all new Tesla cars. - The AIs are TalkingE44
The AIs are TalkingApple announces the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Microsoft announces the Surface Studio and Windows 10 Creators Update, Twitter kills Vine and lays off almost 10% of its workforce, Google Home arriving next week, DirecTV Now gives 100 channels for $35, and Uber delivers 50,000 Budweisers with their Otto self-driving semi. - Leaving the Apple CultE45
Leaving the Apple CultDays before the US elections, we discuss the preeminence of social media, the difficulty of fact checking, and the loss of trust in the media that has occured this year. Is Apple's recent MacBook announcement an acknowledgement that they are no longer a Macintosh company? Samsung has received 85% of its recalled Note 7 phones - now they just have to get the 2.8 million potentially explosive diswashers they just recalled. Google home is out - how does it stack up against the Amazon Echo? - New Phone, Who Dis?E46
New Phone, Who Dis?Did Facebook help Donald Trump win the US Presidential Election? Apple's new MacBook Pro is selling better than last year's model. Google's Daydream View VR headsets are out, and they are hot. Literally. Twitter's COO leaves - is Twitter in trouble? Snapchat's new Spectacles go on sale - if you can find them. The Unicode Consortium approves 56 new emojis. Sadly, not Finland's suggested emojis - "sauna" and "heavy metal headbanger." - Save it for St. Patrick's DayE47
Save it for St. Patrick's DayBritish Parliament passes the Snoopers Charter. Fake news is on the rise. Snapchat files for a secret IPO. Selfie deaths have more than doubled each year for the past three years. Apple charges $300 for a book of pictures of Apple products. - The Lady in the CanisterE48
The Lady in the CanisterWe discuss the UK's Investigatory Powers Act, which give sweeping new powers to British intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Will automation take all our jobs? What then? Black Friday sales online hit a new record, with a third of online sales happenning on mobile devices. Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. - McAfee for CyberE50
McAfee for CyberSamsung pushes out an "update" that kills the Note 7 once and for all - unless you're on Verizon. Tech heavyweights meet with Trump this week. CIA determines that Russians hacked the DNC and RNC. Amazon creates a cashierless store with Amazon Go. Why are the AirPods delayed? PewDiePie trolls us all. Wearables are dead. - CoulrophobiaE51
CoulrophobiaTech summit at Trump Tower. Why fake news appeals to your lizard brain. 1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked. Why Pebble had to sell to Fitbit. Uber refuses to stop testing self-driving cars in San Francisco. Google creates a new self-driving company, Waymo. Apple's new emoji in iOS 10.2.
