This Week in Tech (Audio)

GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that's not the worst of it.Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPTDisney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public DomainPerplexity gives Apple new reason not to acquire the AI companyTrump's Threat to Hit Chips With 100% Tariffs Raises Big QuestionsApple chipmaker TSMC says it too is exempt from US tariffs - 9to5MacOracle 21 Better Faster CheaperApple is reportedly working with Samsung to build iPhone image sensors in TexasApple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drainDidn't Take Long To Reveal The UK's Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned AboutAmazon Cuts 100 Wondery Jobs Amid Podcast Strategy ShiftNuclear reactor on the moon is actually kind of doable?Hubble Network plans massive satellite upgrade to create global Bluetooth layerSan Francisco metro area's unemployment hits highest level since 2024Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crashDial-up Internet to be discontinued Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Owen Thomas, Doc Rock, and Wesley Faulkner Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:bitwarden.com/twitoracle.com/twitexpressvpn.com/twitNetSuite.com/TWITshopify.com/twit

A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crashApple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021Apple's New 'Answers' Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI PushApple says DOJ's antitrust lawsuit would 'reduce consumer choice'Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecastAustralia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemptionYouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protectionsAmazon to Pay New York Times $20 Million a Year in AI DealA.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars.Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its 'personality' — and what makes it 'evil'AI Capex is Eating the EconomyWill data centers crash the economy?What content strategy looks like in the age of AIInside the LG G5's shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV ShootoutSenate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under TrumpHow Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media IndustryY2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everythingLina Kahn Takes a Victory Lap for Figma IPO Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Richard Campbell, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:canary.tools/twit - use code: TWITZipRecruiter.com/Twitzscaler.com/securitymiro.comuscloud.com

OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in AugustTrump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and RegulationUN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTokGoogle AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls outFDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: ReportTesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trialGoogle, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-dayA look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signupsPeople in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn onlineIntel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without PermissionDJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US banFCC approves Skydance-Paramount mergerGwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandalJulian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Molly White, Janko Roettgers, and Jacob Ward Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:smarty.com/twitzscaler.com/securityexpressvpn.com/twituscloud.comspaceship.com/twit

Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we're already our own surveillance stateAmazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass SurveillanceOpenAI LLM's gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competitionThinking Machines Lab Raises $2 Billion at $10 Billion ValuationThe Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and TearsTrump Signs Stablecoin Bill, Delivering Win for Crypto IndustryEngadget Podcast: Ancestra director Eliza McNitt defends AI as a creative toolDOGE staffer with access to Americans' personal data leaked private xAI API keyDOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With LobbyistsEU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade dealReddit begins age verification checks for UK usersRoblox will require a facial scan or government ID to have unfiltered chatsEU to test age-check app under new child safety rules - 9to5MacTrump administration to spend $1 billion on 'offensive' hacking operations | TechCrunchA Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese HackersUber to invest in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi dealYouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claimsThis Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against ItI Tested the Galaxy Z Fold 7: It's Slim, Powerful and Surprisingly Practical Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Iain Thomson, and Devindra Hardawar Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:ZipRecruiter.com/Twithelixsleep.com/twituscloud.comzscaler.com/securitystoryblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25

A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to BeginAustralia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like GoogleBluesky is rolling out age verification in the UKHouse "crypto week" could change how Americans use, save moneyLatest stablecoin bill addresses foreign issuers, national security safeguardsGrok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad updateGrok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questionsEuropean Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. SystemsGemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own featuresBelkin shutting down these Wemo smart home products in 2026It's YouTube vs. Netflix as the Streaming Wars Come Down to 2Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on BluetoothGameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishapProfessor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Harper Reed and Amy Webb Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:expressvpn.com/twitNetSuite.com/TWITbitwarden.com/twitshopify.com/twitoracle.com/twit

SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. PaxtonAdalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to MaySCOTUS granting cert to Cox v. SonyBartz v. Anthropic AI copyright caseKadrey v. Meta AI copyright caseMicrosoft layoffs hit 9,000 employees in new wave of cutsHere are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok banIdentities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker ScamsEveryone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh | TechCrunchElon Musk's Starlink Adds $750 Congestion ChargeMystery recall of iPhone engineers may be Chinese interference in Apple's plans Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Cathy Gellis and Nicholas De Leon Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:storyblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25zscaler.com/securitymiro.comoracle.com/twitcanary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

The panel discusses the current gaming environmentMore on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet AdLow-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questionsMeta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyrightICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails ShowMeta says it's winning the talent war with OpenAIAndroid phones could soon warn you of "Stingrays" snooping on your communicationsTesla Ordered to Stop 'Deceptive Practices' on Cars' Self-Driving Capabilities in France or Face Thousands in FinesTrump's 'big beautiful bill' could mean slower Wi-Fi for youFuture of States' AI Laws Hinges on Senate Rules for Tax BillThe NO FAKES Act Has Changed – and It's So Much Worse Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Dan Patterson, Patrick Beja, and Daniel Rubino Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:NetSuite.com/TWITshopify.com/twitzscaler.com/securityoutsystems.com/twitexpressvpn.com/twit

Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issueWhy We Don't Talk About Job DestructionIsrael-Tied Predatory Sparrow Hackers Are Waging Cyberwar on Iran's Financial SystemIran restricts internet access to ward off Israeli cyberattacksThe AI Slop Fight Between Iran and IsraelIt's Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TVAI search finds publishers starved of referral trafficMastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model trainingFor the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans' top news sourceTrump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third timeThe People Search Sites in the Suspected Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of Congress40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the InternetPavel Durov on his arrest in France, Macron, Russia, the FBI — and the fight for TelegramWhatsApp's rollout of ads will change the app foreverHere's your first look at the rebooted Digg Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jason Calacanis, Amanda Silberling, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:spaceship.com/twituscloud.comcanary.tools/twit - use code: TWITstoryblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25ZipRecruiter.com/Twit

Opinionated Design: Early Reactions to Apple's Liquid Glass Design LanguageBig Tech Is Dealing Flat Design a Death BlowApple gets over its hang-ups, and the iPad enters a new eraApple Targets Spring 2026 for Release of Delayed Siri AI UpgradeApple's de-chatbot-ification of AI is nearly completeGoogle launches Android 16, rolling out now to PixelGoogle offers voluntary buyouts to US staff across several businesses and units, including the one housing its core search team and much of the ads organizationIBM aims to build the world's first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028Blue Origin Delays Second New Glenn LaunchAnne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMeTwenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consentYouTube says its ecosystem created 490K jobs and added $55B to the US GDP in 2024God is hungry for Context: First thoughts on o3 proArmy reserve tech executives meta palantirNintendo Switch 2 Is Fastest-Selling Game Console of All Time - SlashdotAn Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser HistoriesAnker recalls 1.1 million power banks due to fire hazard riskLocal Malls Are Sitting Empty, and Becoming a Headache for Small TownsBald eagle live cam update: Babies are leaving nest. What's next? Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jason Hiner, Harry McCracken, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:oracle.com/twitMelissa.com/twitdrata.com/weekintechexpressvpn.com/twitzscaler.com/security

Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74Folklore.org: Round Rects Are Everywhere!OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chatsA ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech's legal guardrailsFederal judge blocks Florida from enforcing social media ban for kids while lawsuit continuesTikTok dodges U.S. ban — again — as Trump administration pushes deadline backSupreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security DataThe IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open SourcedThe hidden time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffsAI Startup Revealed To Be 700 Indian Employees Pretending To Be Chatbots - SlashdotGoogle's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publiclyHolding your cellphone while driving for navigation is illegal, California court rulesVolvo Debuts New IoT Seatbelt Design - SlashdotEnding USB-C® Port ConfusionWalmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 StoresNintendo Switch 2 Has Record-Breaking Launch, Selling Over 3 Million Units - SlashdotCalling All Cars Named Eleanor! The Ninth Circuit Has Decided You're Not Copyrightable After AllCalifornia county accused of using drones to spy on residents Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Cathy Gellis, and Larry Magid Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:bitwarden.com/twitshopify.com/twitZipRecruiter.com/Twitthreatlocker.com/twitNetSuite.com/TWIT