TWiT 1011: The Year in Review - A Look at the Top Stories of 2024

• What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR • Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date | WIRED • Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows • PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. • Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help • The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Architecture Deep Dive: Getting To Know Oryon and Adreno X1 • Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip • Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming • Bluesky emerges • The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates • Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla • SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms • U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction • Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal • U.S. Accuses Chinese Hackers of Targeting Critical Infrastructure in America • U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack • AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach • National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers • Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No. • New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids • GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts) • Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges • Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference • Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and TicketmasterThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending • Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon • OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever • Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million • Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event • Infowars Sale to The Onion Rejected by Federal Bankruptcy Judge • Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban • So You Want to Solve the NJ Drone Mystery? Our Expert Has Some Ideas • Beeper's push for iMessage on Android is really over • The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams • Japan finally ends mandatory form submission on floppy disks • We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years • Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold • Game Informer to Shut Down After 33 Years • In Memoriam

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