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Our interviews with:

 
 • Ray Kurzweil
 
 • Alex Hanna
 
 • Emily Bender
 
 • Mike Masnick
 
 • Pliny the Liberator
 
 • Kevin Kelly
 

Host: Leo Laporte
 

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Intelligent Machines 851: Intelligent Machines Best of 2025

This isn't your usual Windows Weekly. Pour a glass and settle in as Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell ditch the headlines for whisky-soaked tech stories, behind-the-scenes Microsoft confessions, and the unexpected joys (and disasters) of vintage hardware. These are the tales you only hear when the mics are (almost) off.
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
 

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Windows Weekly 964: Happy New Year!

In this special holiday episode, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte revisit their classic conversation about vitamin D—diving into the science, surprising updates, and practical tips for your health. Whether you've heard it before or are tuning in for the first time, this "blast from the past" is the perfect way to kick off 2026 with wisdom, laughs, and a little bit of eggnog recovery.
 

Read more at https://www.grc.com/health
 

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
 

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Security Now 1058: A Gift for the New Year

Join us again as we take a look back at some of MacBreak Weekly's favorite stories and moments from 2025:

 
 • The unveiling of the iPhone 16e.
 
 • The UK's effort to keep Apple Encryption fight secret is block & White House blames iPhone's auto-correct contact for Signal scandal.
 
 • Apple's fairly underwhelming, and hilarious, 'Celebrity Snapshot' page.
 
 • Another new product announcement from Apple: the iPhone Air!
 
 • MacBreak Weekly celebrates its 1000th episode!
 
 • And the departure of one of the original panelists of MacBreak Weekly...
 

Host: Leo Laporte
 

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MacBreak Weekly 1005: Best of 2025

• AI video generation
 
 • TWiT turns 20
 
 • Harper Reed on vibe-coding
 
 • Job loss and AI
 
 • Apple's iPhone 16 event
 
 • Amy Webb's crazy husband talks about his anonymous computer
 

Host: Leo Laporte
 

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This Week in Tech 1064: TWiT Best 0f 2025

What if your smart TV and Firefox extensions were secretly hijacking your security and privacy? This episode reveals the jaw-dropping discovery of a massive TV botnet and the surprisingly clever malware lurking behind innocent browser icons.

 
 • North Korea's profitable fixation on cryptocurrency.
 
 • Amazon uncovers a cryptomining sneaking into customer clouds.
 
 • Insecure Docker API servers are also hosting cryptominers.
 
 • A new and truly massive SmartTV-based botnet discovery.
 
 • DNS Benchmark's 4th release.
 
 • Who, besides Let's Encrypt, offers free automated certs.
 
 • Some interesting listener feedback.
 
 • And how a PNG Icon was used to infect 50,000 Firefox users
 

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1057-Notes.pdf
 

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
 

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Security Now 1057: GhostPoster

An update on the story about an Apple developer who lost access to their Apple ID. Apple receives clearance to activate the Apple Watch hypertension detection feature in Australia. Italy fines Apple $115 million over App Tracking Transparency. And we say goodbye to one of the original MacBreak Weekly panelists.

 
 • Apple developer's account restored after compromised gift card incident.
 
 • Apple receives clearance to activate Apple Watch hypertension detection/notification feature in Australia.
 
 • Apple agrees to third-party App Store alternatives in Brazil.
 
 • Apple's iOS 26.3 will introduce proximity pairing to third-party devices in the EU.
 
 • Free two-hour delivery from Apple Stores now available for a limited time.
 
 • 1.5 TB of VRAM on Mac Studio - RDMA over Thunderbolt 5.
 
 • Italy fines Apple $115 million over App Tracking Transparency.
 
 • Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results
 
 • Apple quietly discontinued flyover city tours in Apple Maps.
 
 • Why Apple's foldable iPhone may be smaller than expected.
 
 • Apple TV releasing Pluribus season finale early.
 

Picks of the Week

 
 • Alex's Pick: Homey Pro
 
 • Andy's Pick: Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas & Patrick Stewart's 'A Christmas Carol'
 
 • Jason's Pick: Some of his favorite books, TV shows, and podcasts from the past year.
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
 

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MacBreak Weekly 1004: A Sad Farewell

After a year tangled in political drama, AI hype, and regulation battles, the TWiT crew explains how many of tech's "biggest stories" simply fizzled into nothing or left us with new headaches by year's end.

 
 • Year-end tech trends: AI, politics, and security dominated 2025
 
 • Major stories faded fast: TikTok saga, political tech drama, DOGE scandal
 
 • TikTok's ownership battle—Oracle, Trump donors, and US-China tensions
 
 • China tech fears: banned drones, IoT vulnerabilities, secret radios in buses
 
 • Rising political pressure for internet privacy and media literacy reform
 
 • Surveillance and kill switch concerns in US grid and port infrastructure
 
 • Convenience vs. privacy: Americans trade data for discounts and ease
 
 • Age verification, surveillance, and flawed facial recognition across countries
 
 • Discord's ID leak highlights risks of rushed compliance with privacy laws
 
 • Social media's impact on kids pushes age-gating and verification laws
 
 • ISPs monetize customer data, VPNs pitched for personal privacy
 
 • Global government crackdowns: UK bans VPN advertising, mandates age checks
 
 • The illusion of absolute privacy: flawed age gates and persistent tracking
 
 • AI takes over: explosive growth, but profits elusive for big players
 
 • Arms race in LLMs: DeepSeek's breakthrough, OpenAI/Meta talent bidding war
 
 • Ad-driven models still rule; Amazon's playbook repeated in AI
 
 • Humanoid robots and AGI hype: skepticism vs. Silicon Valley optimism
 
 • AI-generated art, media, and the challenge of deepfake detection
 
 • Social platforms falter: Instagram and X swamped by fake or low-value content
 
 • Google's legal, regulatory, and technical woes: ad tech trial, Manifest V3 backlash
 
 • RAM price spikes and hardware shortages blamed on AI data center demand
 
 • YouTube overtakes mobile for podcast and video viewing, Oscars move online
 
 • The internet's growth: Cloudflare stats, X vs. Reddit, spam domain trends
 
 • Weird tech stories: hacked crosswalks, Nintendo Switch 2 Staplegate, LEGO theft ring
 
 • Sad farewell: Lamar Wilson's passing and mental health awareness in tech
 
 • Reflections on the year's turbulence and hopes for a better 2026
 

Host: Leo Laporte
 

Guests: Mikah Sargent, Paris Martineau, and Steve Gibson
 

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This Week in Tech 1063: The Year's End

We were inundated with new Windows features in 2025, but which ones actually moved the needle? Fortnite isn't just back on iPhone and Android, it's available on Windows 11 on Arm, and it works great! Plus, 2 big mobile wins for Epic Games and some thoughts on the "right" way to roll out AI features.

Windows 11

 
 • Best Windows 11 updates of 2025, in no particular order...
 
 • Dark mode improvements to File Explorer
 
 • Widgets major overhaul with separate widgets and Discovery feed
 
 • Xbox Full Screen experience - especially good on handhelds, of course, but also any PC you use for gaming with a controller
 
 • Click to Do (Copilot+ PC only)
 
 • External fingerprint reader support for Windows Hello ESS 

 • 

 • -External/USB webcams supported by Windows Studio Effects (Copilot+ PC only)
 
 • Quick Machine Recovery is the tip of a wave of new foundational features like Admin Protection, Smart App Control (updates), and more that go beyond surface-level look and feel
 
 • Redesigned Start menu isn't perfect but it's a nice improvement
 
 • Copilot Vision, though this type of thing may make more sense on phones
 
 • AI features in Paint, Photos, Notepad, and Snipping Tool
 
 • Natural language interactions like the agent in Settings, file search, and more (mostly Copilot+ PC only, but you can do this in Copilot as well)
 
 • Bluetooth LE support for improved audio quality in game chat, voice calls
 
 • Gaming on Windows 11 on Arm and Snapdragon X: Major steps forward, but the same issue as always
 
 • Looking ahead to 2026: 26H1, Agentic features that work, potential Windows 12, and AI PCs
 

AI

 
 • An extensive new interview with Mustafa Suleyman confirms why this guy is special and how confusing it is that Copilot is so disrespected
 
 • Microsoft Copilot is auto-installing on LG smart TVs and there's no way to remove it
 
 • GPT-5.2 is OpenAI's answer to Gemini 3
 
 • ChatGPT Images is OpenAI's answer to Nano Banana Pro
 
 • Disney invests $1 billion OpenAI, sues Google
 
 • Opera Neon is now generally available for $20 per month
 
 • AI is moving quick as we all know but the bigger issue may be the incessant marketing about features like agents that don't even work now
 
 • Microsoft is getting pushback on forced Copilot usage, price hikes
 
 • Google is expanding its use of "experiments" outside of mainstream products with things like NotebookLM, Mixboard, CC, and much more. Maybe this is the better approach: Test separately and then integrate it into existing products
 
 • Oddly enough, Microsoft does have a Windows AI Lab for this kind of experimentation
 
 • Many small models vs. one big LLM in the cloud
 

Mobile

 
Fortnite • is back in the Google Play Store in the U.S. as Google plays nice
 
 • Apple loses its contempt appeal, the end of "junk fees" (Apple Tax) is in sight
 

Xbox and gaming

 
 • Xbox December Update has one big update for the mobile app and one big update for Xbox Wireless Headphones
 
 • There's a new Xbox Developer Direct coming in January
 
Half-Life 3 • may really be happening, but it will be a Steam Machine launch title so it could be a while
 

Tips & picks

 
 • Tip of the year: De-enshittify Windows 11
 
 • App pick of the year: 
Fortnite 
 • RunAs Radio this week: Zero Trust in 2026 with Michele Bustamante
 
 • Brown liquor pick of the week: Lark Symphony No. 1

 

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Windows Weekly 963: I've Got an Apple Guy

Forget the "AI is killing the planet" panic—this episode unpacks what's actually driving tech's power grab, the financial bubble no one wants to talk about, and why the big models are starting to look eerily similar.
 

CJ Trowbridge - cjtrowbridge.com - https://www.tiktok.com/@cjtrowbridge

 
 • Gemini 3 Flash: frontier intelligence built for speed
 
 • The new ChatGPT Images is here | OpenAI
 
 • Last Week on My Mac: How good is AI at solving Mac problems?
 
 • Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI - Slashdot
 
 • OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
 
 • "I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
 
 • Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control
 
 • Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training
 
 • Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
 
 • It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas
 
 • Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal
 
 • This major cruise line just banned Meta Ray-Ban and other smart glasses — is this category already doomed?
 
 • Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
 
 • Oscars Bolts from ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
 
 • When AI Takes the Couch: Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models
 
 • Simulating Life Paths with Digital Twins: AI-Generated Future Selves Influence Decision-Making and Expand Human Choice
 
 • The worst person in tech bracket
 
 • Banned fonts
 
 • Subway bagel rats
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
 

Guest: CJ Trowbridge
 

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Intelligent Machines 850: Bagel Rats

Can the AI boom survive its own hype? This episode takes on the future of OpenAI, tech's subscription fatigue, and why "Made with AI" labels might be the new scarlet letter. Plus, Microsoft's ugly sweaters are back for some reason.
 

Windows 11

 
 • Week D comes a week late and in the wrong month, but it's a big one, and a preview of what to expect next week in Patch Tuesday
 
 • More pervasive dark mode
 
 • Copilot+ PC exclusives: Improvements to Click to Do, Windows Search, Windows Studio Effects, Agent in Settings
 
 • Expansion of FSE availability
 
 • Improvements across Settings, Share, File Explorer, Desktop Spotlight, more
 
 • Aluminium OS is the name of the ChromeOS/Android Frankenstein that will take on Windows
 
 • Android 16 QPR2 is here with about 1,000 new features and maybe a saner approach to OS updating than what we see on Windows
 

AI

 
 • AI slop is no enshittification: Human error is still a much bigger issue
 
 • Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is right: The "Made with AI" label is silly and needs to go
 
 • OpenAI declares a "code red" after Google finally figured out AI
 
 • Opera quietly does an about-face on AI in its browsers
 
 • Opera Neon gets one-minute deep research, Gemini 3, and Nano Banana
 

Xbox and gaming

 
Mortal Kombat 1 • , more coming to Game Pass in first half of December
 
 • Valve is quietly bringing SteamOS, Windows games to Arm
 

Tips & picks

 
 • Tip of the week: Time to cull
 
 • Tip of the week #2: Time to look back
 
 • RunAs Radio this week: The M365 Copilot Data Readiness Checklist with Nikki Chapple
 
 • Brown liquor pick of the week: Stumbras Starka
 

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
 

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