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

• 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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