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Total Leo (Audio)

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Summary

 A compendium of podcasts from the Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. This feed includes all of Leo's audio or video releases and sometimes includes his appearances on other podcasts. One feed to serve them all.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Episodes
  • Intelligent Machines 869: My Sentience is Going Up

    Intelligent Machines 869: My Sentience is Going Up
    May 7 2026

    Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt reveals how a homegrown AI sidekick helps manage billions of hacked credentials, but even the smartest bots aren't immune to hallucinations and headaches.

    • White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
    • Elon Musk admits xAI distilled OpenAI models
    • Introducing SubQ - a major breakthrough in LLM intelligence.
    • OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant update to make ChatGPT smarter with fewer emoji
    • Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic
    • Starting today, agents can now be Cloudflare customers. They can create a Cloudflare account, start a paid subscription, register a domain, and get back an API token to deploy code right away. https://t.co/qFgCivQTTi
    • We just launched the @Link CLI: https://t.co/nAjPpC2lbb. Tell your friendly neighborhood agent about it -- agents can use the Link CLI to create single-use credentials that you get to synchronously approve each time.
    • When Daawkins met Claude - UnHerd
    • I am one of those whose research points to the conclusion that the mind is computable.
    • Say Hello to the Internet of AI
    • The greatest capital misallocation in history?
    • AI Water Use Distractions and Lessons for California - California WaterBlog
    • China has decided that firing a worker because an AI can do their job is illegal. No Western country has done the same.
    • Academy announces major overhaul to rules
    • AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses
    • The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs
    • Have LLMs improved patient outcomes?
    • As workers worry about AI, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI is 'creating an enormous number of jobs'
    • Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores
    • California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws
    • Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
    • 'This is fine' creator says AI startup stole his art
    • Google DeepMind Takes Minority Stake in Maker of 'Eve Online'
    • He Couldn't Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
    • Empty Screenings
    • Furwall by Ollie Wagner
    • DataCenter.FM 🤖🔊 The sound of AI
    • So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday's Internet
    • The Python Hunt
    • News Publishers Demand Accountability from Common Crawl Over Unauthorized Use of Content
    • Vanishing Culture from the Internet Archive
    • Gigantic Gutenberg Bible page
    • Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Troy Hunt

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    2 hrs and 29 mins
  • Windows Weekly 982: Don't Lick the Manta Rays

    Windows Weekly 982: Don't Lick the Manta Rays
    May 7 2026
    Microsoft's earnings report went out last week, and the company spent a lot on AI in the quarter. Microsoft updates its customers on what it's done to address Windows 11 problems. And Xbox kills Copilot plans for the console. Microsoft EarningsMicrosoft announced that it earned a net income of $31.8 billion on revenues of $82.9 billion in the previous quarter.Windows: 1.6 billion monthly active devices, a focus on quality after years of enshittification - but revenues from PC makers were down 2 percent YOY.Microsoft Edge "has taken share for 20 consecutive quarters," which isn't supported by the evidence.Bing "monthly active users reached one billion for the first time," raising questions about how Microsoft defines the term "user."Xbox: "The team is recommitting to our core fans and players, and shaping the future of play," new records for monthly active Xbox users and game streaming hours.AI: Capex spending in the quarter was $32 billion, down from previous quarter as previously described, but up 49 percent YOY. More earningsApple, Google/Alphabet, and Amazon.AMD - Up because of AI datacenter.Qualcomm - Plus, Intel just hired away a key Qualcomm exec. WindowsMicrosoft shares an update about what it's done to address Windows 11 pain points so far.Marcus Ash is one of the good guys.Some of this is happening in Insider, some is rolling out to retail.Windows Insider Program and Windows Update improvements we discussed last week - two primary channels in WIP now.Simplifying AI experiences - fewer Copilot icons (Notepad, etc.).File Explorer improvements - performance, fewer hangs, better polish and consistency.Widgets - Feed will be off by default, fewer interruptions, no hover activate.System performance - Smaller memory footprint, more aggressive RAM restoration, and more.Soon: Taskbar updates, Start updates, and more to share at Build in June.Week D update arrives with a peek at May's Patch Tuesday.Major: Xbox Mode, AI agents on the Taskbar are the first two big features of 2026.Minor: Also adds File Explorer improvements, new haptic feedback effects, touch keyboard improvements, and more.Shocking new report that Microsoft Edge is incredibly insecure should surprise no one. AIMicrosoft Agent 365 Platform is out of preview, supports local AI agents and Copilot Cowork Agent arrives on mobile with plugin support.Microsoft launches a Legal AI Agent in Word.Apple's plan to open up to multiple third-party AIs is a good one.Canonical's plan to add AI to Ubuntu is also good, but you're never going to believe what happened next. Xbox and GamingAsha Sharma reorgs Xbox, kills Copilot on the console.Forza Horizon 6, more coming to Game Pass in May.Xbox April Update is out with updates for all platforms.Next Call of Duty will not ship on Xbox One, PS4.Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is coming to the Mac for some reason.And finally, with the Supreme Court refusing to block the implementation of the ruling in Epic v. Apple, Microsoft's Xbox game store for mobile is one step closer to happening. Tips and picksTip of the week: Embrace inconvenience.App pick of the week: Windows Defender.RunAs Radio this week: Securing Active Directory with Spencer Alessi.Brown liquor pick of the week: Stalk & Barrel Whisky. These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/982 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Sponsors:outsystems.com/twitthreatlocker.com/twitjoindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIThelixsleep.com/windowscachefly.com/twit
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    2 hrs and 47 mins
  • Security Now 1077: A Browser AI API?

    Security Now 1077: A Browser AI API?
    May 6 2026

    Google is sneaking a massive 4.7GB AI model into Chrome, and Mozilla is fighting back as the future of browsers threatens to turn into an AI arms race. Find out what's really happening behind this push and why it's setting off alarm bells across the web.

    • Hackers AI-code a portal, forget to add authentication.
    • The UK's NCSC issues a Mythos warning. Where's CISA?
    • Another (of many) Linux local privilege escalations.
    • AI may be spelling the end of bug bounties.
    • Anthropic releases "Claude Security" mini-Mythos.
    • ChatGPT gets very serious about login security.
    • Syncthing's SyncTrayzor v1 abandoned; v2 created.
    • Google drops an AI API into Chrome; Mozilla objects

    Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1077-Notes.pdf

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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    2 hrs and 35 mins
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