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Leo Laporte brings some of the most interesting personalities in technology together to talk about the most important issues. Fun, relaxed, informative and always entertaining, count on TWiT for the best tech podcasts in the world.
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English
Episodes
Tech News Weekly 406: iFixit's Take on iPhone 17 'Scratchgate'
9/25/2025
Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week! The EU is considering ending the cookie consent banners. Amazon reaches a $2.5 billion settlement with the FTC. Some insight into why the new iPhone 17 Pros are more prone to scratches and dings. And is TechWoven truly better than FineWoven?
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini
Guest: Liz Chamberlain
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Duration:00:56:55
Home Theater Geeks 501: Chatroom Q&A Special 2!
9/25/2025
From high frame rate movies to Bluetooth lossless technology, Scott answers audience questions and throws a bit of shade at industry trends. Get the unfiltered truth about what matters and what doesn't in this 2nd live chatroom special of 2025!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Duration:00:34:46
Hands-On Windows 159: Microsoft's Silent Security Updates
9/25/2025
Why does Microsoft quietly ship important new protections without enabling them, and should you trust the defaults? Join us as we unpack Windows 11's quiet security secrets and what they mean for your digital life.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Duration:00:11:06
Hands-On Apple 201: Meet the New macOS Phone App
9/25/2025
Apple created a dedicated phone app for macOS Tahoe, standing apart from FaceTime and bringing live voicemail transcripts, call screening, and real-time translation to your Mac.
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Duration:00:11:58
iOS Today 771: Hands On With the New iPhone
9/25/2025
Mikah and Rosemary share candid reactions to Apple's latest iPhone, revealing why features like the vapor cooling, revamped cameras, and an unexpectedly handy crossbody strap might change how you use your phone day to day.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Duration:00:52:59
Intelligent Machines 838: Fat Bears Live Now!
9/24/2025
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Steven Levy
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Duration:02:49:16
Windows Weekly 951: The ODBC of AI
9/24/2025
Paul Thurrott reports live from Maui with exciting details on Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon X2 Elite chip and how it could shake up the PC world, while behind the scenes, Microsoft quietly drifts further from OpenAI just as an NVIDIA mega-deal makes headlines. Is Windows about to get its biggest reboot in years, and can ARM finally topple Intel?
Windows
AI
Snapdragon Summit 2025
Xbox
Tips and Picks
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
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Duration:02:55:25
Security Now 1044: The EU's Online Age Verification
9/23/2025
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
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Duration:03:02:02
MacBreak Weekly 991: The Naughty List
9/23/2025
Is the new iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max susceptible to scratches? iFixit tears down the new iPhone Air! New immersive films are coming to the Apple Vision Pro. And is TechWoven better than its predecessor, FineWoven?
Picks of the Week
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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Duration:02:27:05
This Week in Tech 1050: Live Demo, Good Luck
9/21/2025
Is strapping notifications to your face the next frontier, or just tech gone too far? Dive into a lively, sometimes skeptical discussion on Meta's AR glasses, social media's shifting power, the fate of TikTok, and how AI is quietly rewriting the rules, whether we like it or not.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Nicholas De Leon
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Duration:02:46:54
Untitled Linux Show 221: Cooperative Socialist Paradise
9/21/2025
Redox is embracing Wayland, Ubuntu is supporting CUDA, and Fedora is introducing Fedora Forge. The eBPF foundation has $100,000 worth of grant money to award, BcacheFS works out DKMS packaging, and Mesa moves towards guidelines for AI code. Fedora 43 and Plasma 6.5 both hit beta this week, with releases coming soon. For tips, we have Semaphore UI for managing ansible and other DevOps tools, wpctl set-profile for more WirePlumber management, and Terminus for gamifying command line learning. You can catch the show notes at https://bit.ly/3KdSukS and enjoy!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Rob Campbell
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Duration:01:10:28
Hands-On Tech 234: iPhone 17 Pro Max First Impressions
9/21/2025
On Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent got his hands on the new iPhone 17 Pro Max and shares his initial thoughts on the device and some of the new accessories Apple released!
Send in your question for Mikah to answer! hot@twit.tv
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Duration:00:49:14
This Week in Space 178: Tell It to the Mountain
9/19/2025
There's a very elite club in astronaut circles, one in which former astronauts go on to political careers. The most elite are senators, and so far, John Glenn, Harrison Schmitt, and Mark Kelly have been members, and may soon be joined by Terry Virts, a former shuttle and ISS astronaut. He's got a lot to say about today's NASA, the budget, the Artemis program (he was the astronaut embedded with the SLS rocket program back in 2011), and much more. Col. Virts is also an author and filmmaker, among his other pursuits. Join us for the enlightening episode.
Headlines:
• Ukraine Destroys Russian Military-Used Radio Telescope in Crimea
• China's Surge in Spaceflight Triggers New Warnings About U.S. Competitiveness
• Stunning New Black Hole Images Revealed by Event Horizon Telescope
• Partial Solar Eclipse Coming, Visible Most Spectacularly to Penguins
Main Topic: Interview with Colonel Terry Virts—Astronaut and Senate Candidate
• Highlights of Terry Virts' Career: Air Force, Shuttle & Soyuz Missions, Space Station Command
• Motivation Behind Virts' Run for U.S. Senate in Texas
• Threats to American Democracy, Middle-Class Issues, and Human Rights Priorities
• How Astronaut and Military Experience Prepares Him for Political Office
• Views on the U.S. Space Program: Budget Cuts, Program Delays, and China's Lunar Ambitions
• Specific Critiques of Artemis, SLS, and Lunar Lander Strategies
• Advice for Aspiring Astronauts and Reflections on NASA's Challenges
• The ISS at 25: Collaboration, Science Achievements, and Personal Lessons Learned
• Space, Star Trek, and Geek Culture Moments from Virts' NASA Years
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Terry Virts
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Duration:01:01:11
Tech News Weekly 405: Inside Meta's New $799 Smart Glasses
9/18/2025
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! Amazon has announced its upcoming fall hardware event. OpenAI is working towards implementing security features for teens using ChatGPT. A look into SMS blasters as a way to target you with scam texts. And Scott Stein of CNET spent some time with Meta's newest Ray-Ban Display Glasses and Neural Band.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Guest: Scott Stein
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Duration:01:20:28
Hands-On Windows 158: Semantic Search
9/18/2025
After decades of broken promises, semantic search arrives on Windows 11—but is this the breakthrough we've been waiting for, or just another half-step? Hear Paul's honest verdict and what matters for power users.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Duration:00:14:04
Hands-On Apple 200: New Messages Features in iOS 26
9/18/2025
iOS 26 just dropped, and Hands-On Apple reveals the surprising new features you'll notice first, such as custom message backgrounds and built-in polls that change how you chat with friends. Get the scoop on the subtle details and settings that will likely impact how you use your phone every day.
• Messages app gets refreshed info page and easier contact editing
• Custom conversation backgrounds debut in Messages with photos and colors
• Built-in polling feature launches for group decision-making in Messages
• New message filtering, unknown sender screening, and notification controls explained
• Conversation backgrounds, photo visibility, and contact photo options in Messages settings
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Duration:00:11:54
Home Theater Geeks 500: CEDIA 2025 Part 2
9/18/2025
This year's CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) Expo was chock full of interesting audio and video products, though very few made their world debut at the show. Still, there's plenty to talk about with special guest Michael Heiss, industry journalist, consultant, and jolly good CEDIA Fellow. In Part 2, we talk about all the audio goodies he saw there, as well as some of the mega-demos.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guest: Michael Heiss
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Duration:00:41:44
iOS Today 770: 2025 iPhones: Which Should You Buy?
9/18/2025
Apple shook up its 2025 iPhone lineup and Mikah and Rosemary break down which model actually fits your life, budget, and hands! Plus, the under-the-radar launch day surprises that could change your pre-order strategy.
• iPhone 17 lineup explained: 17, 17 Pro, Pro Max, and Air
• iPhone preorder experiences, successes, and snags
• Choosing between iPhone 17, Air, and Pro: key differences and who should buy
• iPhone 17: colors, display, aluminum build, and dual cameras overview
• Who should skip the iPhone 17 for screen size or accessibility needs
• iPhone Air: larger, thinner, titanium, single camera, and new MagSafe battery
• Trade-offs of Air's lightweight design vs. camera features and battery life
• Pro and Pro Max: aluminum unibody, thermal improvements, and triple lenses
• Updated camera system, optical zoom, and thermal management in Pro models
• Carrier SIM slot impacts battery life on non-US iPhones
• Tips for iPhone declutter, storage management, and accessory costs
• Shortcuts Corner: iOS 26 Home app adaptive temperature and thermostat updates
• App Caps: Art of Fauna app and $15 JETech slim iPhone case recommendation
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Duration:00:54:30
Intelligent Machines 837: Could Should Might Don't
9/17/2025
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Nick Foster
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Duration:02:26:43
Windows Weekly 950: Coding Makes Me Cry
9/17/2025
With Windows 10's end-of-life looming, Paul and Leo dissect the real risks, questionable hardware requirements, and whether dumping old PCs in landfills is an acceptable trade-off for modern security. Plus, why is Apple finally buying up touchscreen displays for MacBooks after years of resistance, and what could that mean for the future of both Mac and Windows hardware?
Windows
Microsoft 365
AI
Hardware
Xbox & games
Tips & Picks
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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Duration:02:32:55