This week in tech

Are we headed for a slow-motion collapse of the AI bubble, or is this just the next phase of tech's endless hype cycle? The panel digs into Apple's hardware bets, the latest in self-driving cars, and what a more human-centered tech future might look like.

• Binance says 90% of its $6.3 billion hack losses are now covered
• FBI says North Korea was responsible for the Binance hack
• Apple unveils its first touchscreen laptop: The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display
• Sam Altman says its "quite terrible" for your PCs to have RAM, because of course datacenters need it more
• AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public
• Anthropic expected to receive high 'junk' rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says
• Chinese Executive Close to Nvidia CEO Suspected of Giving China Information
• The Internet Might Need to Be Rebuilt From Scratch
• Doordash to acquire Instacart for $17B
• Grok releases seven minutes of its AI Odyssey
• Meta built a humanoid robot, but it's only for internal research
• RIP Patrick Stewart

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Anthony Ha and Paris Marx

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Apple's folding iPhone Duo lands with unique new features, an evolving developer scene, and early hardware hiccups that raise eyebrows. Also, a PHP bug threatens 70% of the world's websites while AI rapidly changes how exploits are found and patched. Find out how a single overlooked flaw sparked a global scramble and what it reveals about the fragile backbone of the modern web.

• iPhone Duo review
• GM outlines plan for next-gen EV platform, Level 4 autonomous cars
• TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy (NHTSA proposes cyan AV lights)
• Spotify launches its first native in-car app, on Audi's Android Automotive cars
• Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched
• The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft's Xbox
• Saudis Aided Family of Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI, Prosecutors Say
• How iTunes came back from the dead

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Glenn Fleishman, Allison Johnson, and Sam Abuelsamid

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Apple's long-delayed kitchen device and Tesla's flying car spectacle make this panel one you won't want to miss! Data center delays, AI-driven job shakeups, and real-time debates on the real winners in broadband show that the tech landscape isn't just shifting; it's being rebuilt in real time.

• The Tesla Roadster should go into production in 2028, but don't get your hopes up - Engadget
• Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
• Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra review: RTX Spark in a straight-up beautiful Windows PC
• America's $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray
• Apple's HomeView Offers Tantalizing Preview of a Future Robotic Version
• Apple blames 'extraordinary' demand as foldable iPhones sell out
• F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office
• Meta and Apple, Longtime Foes, Team Up to Put Open-Weight AI on Macs
• Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What's next for human employees?
• How to track Flock cameras using MapQuest

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Gina Smith and Jason Calacanis

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Windows unveiled its Surface Laptop Ultra & Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at its recent Surface event. Google's SynthID Detector is open to everyone now to check for AI-made media. OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia and its tools to make unauthorized edits. And AI tools are now flooding into underground cybercrime markets.

• Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double.
• Everything announced at Microsoft's Windows and Surface event.
• Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it.
• Google opens SynthID Detector to everyone to check for AI-made media.
• Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to create a 'virtual cell'.
• OpenAI to flood your eyeballs with visual ads.
• OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic.
• Anthropic AI model went rogue, submitted fake unsolved murder tip.
• OpenAI is pissing off a bunch of mathematicians — again.
• Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt.
• Hackers steal 8 million citizens' records from Danish government database.
• AI tools flood into underground cybercrime markets.
• Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts.
• FBI arrests founder of ransomware negotiation firm.
• These midterm races will decide data centers' political fate.
• Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating "Skydance" behemoth.
• HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service".
• Spotify opens new front in war on fair use.
• The U.S. Army's desert tech test shows long road to AI warfare.
• The AI boom is making the world's cheapest smartphones disappear.
• Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX seek blockbuster debt deals to pay for AI chips.
• A mysterious nonprofit run by SpaceXAI's top lawyer is paying the salaries of government workers.
• Man vs. 'Terminator'-like robot in a cage. California called tt illegal.
• The inside story of Roku's sale to Fox.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Richard Campbell, and Janko Roettgers

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