TNW 423: Streaming Piracy Goes Mainstream - The Samsung Z Galaxy TriFold Phone is Here!
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent on Tech News Weekly this week! Abrar has her hands on the new Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold phone! More people are pirating TV through rogue streaming boxes. The newest social media platform has launched, but it's only for AI bots. And Apple's Lockdown Mode prevented the FBI from accessing a reporter's iPhone.
- Abrar got her hands on the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold phone and shares her initial thoughts on the device so far.
- Mikah talks about how more people are straying away from streaming services and looking towards streaming boxes that allow one to access pirated content that mirrors live TV.
- Mikah and Abrar chat about Moltbook, a new social media platform that is just for AI bots.
- And Mikah shares how Apple's Lockdown Mode helped a Washington Post reporter stop the FBI from accessing their seized iPhone.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, Abraar Al-Hiti is here, and we kick things off by talking about a device in Abraar's hand. |
| 0:08.0 | It's the Trifold from Samsung. Yes, the Samsung Galaxy Z trifold, and what Abra thinks of it thus far. |
| 0:16.0 | Then I talk about a story of the week about how everyone seems to be stealing TV. |
| 0:24.0 | And not a lot of people seem to care that that's going on. |
| 0:29.2 | Afterwards, we talk about a social media network that's just for the bots. |
| 0:32.6 | Yes, AI and social media together again. |
| 0:36.8 | Before, I round things out by talking about how, well, it turns out lockdown mode can be helpful in many |
| 0:38.4 | situations, including an FBI raid. All of that coming up on Tech News Weekly. |
| 0:45.4 | Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Twitter. |
| 0:53.5 | This is Tech News Weekly, episode 423, with Abar Al-Hiti and me, Micah Sargent. |
| 0:59.9 | Recorded Thursday, February 5th, 2026. |
| 1:03.3 | Streaming piracy goes mainstream. |
| 1:06.9 | Hello and welcome to Tech News Weekly, the show where every week we talk to and about the people making and breaking the tech news. |
| 1:13.4 | I am your host, Micah Sargent. |
| 1:15.5 | And this week on the first Thursday of February, I am very excited to be joined by the wonderful Abraar Al-Hiti. |
| 1:23.3 | Welcome back, Abra. |
| 1:24.8 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:25.4 | When you said it's February, I realize that I can pretend like our pink outfits are on |
| 1:29.5 | theme, and we totally thought about what month it is. |
| 1:31.5 | And that was all my design. |
| 1:32.5 | Yep. |
| 1:33.5 | It's exactly what happened, and we are living in this world now, and I love it. |
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