TWiT 1032: Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape - What's Going on in Montana?

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 159 minutes

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Summary

GTA 6 trailer 2 and anticipation
Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust
Elon Musk's apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Explains How He's Making Himself Obsolete With AI
How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project in Kirkkonummi will be the largest in the world when completed
OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
NASA engineers revive Voyager 1's dead thrusters from 15 billion miles away
25% of steam playeres play Blue Prince
Jamie Lee Curtis publicly shamed Mark Zuckerberg to remove a deepfaked ad
Fortnite players can speak with Darth Vader through a James Earl Jones-voiced AI
Epic Games says Apple is blocking Fortnite from the US and EU App Stores
Epic wants the court to compel Apple to approve Fortnite's return to the US App Store
Nextcloud accuses Google of "Big Tech gatekeeping" over Android app permissions
Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge starts off the super thin phone era
Square's $399 Handheld accepts tap-to-pay at your table
Montana Becomes First State To Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker Loophole - Slashdot
Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming
The US Army is getting in on right-to-repair
They're just giving up and calling it HBO Max again

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wil Harris, Devindra Hardawar, and Harper Reed

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0:00.0	It's time for twit this week in tech. Wow, what a fun show. Some kind of classic twit cast members.
0:06.9	Will Harris is back, Harper Reed, and Devendra Hardinwar. We will talk about so many things.
0:14.5	Grand Theft Auto 6th. The new trailer is out, but the game won't be out for some time.
0:20.0	How Finland is using AI to heat its houses.
0:25.2	And are thones getting thinner for a good reason?
0:29.4	All of that and more.
0:30.3	Coming up next on Twit.
0:35.2	Podcasts you love.
0:36.5	From people you trust.
0:39.4	This is Twit.
0:45.6	This is Twit.
0:47.6	This week in Tech, episode 1032, recorded Sunday, May 18th, 2025, cardboard plastic bags and duct tape.
1:04.6	It's time for Twit, the show where we cover the week's tech news.
1:08.3	We are going to have some fun this week. Let me introduce our panel from the
1:12.5	UK. Are you in Oxford still? Will Harris? Not in Oxford, but in London. London calling,
1:19.6	London calling. It's 10.30 at night. We're tired, but we're excited for the week's tech news.
1:30.0	Say, this is London speaking.
1:32.8	Instagram's Will Harris.
1:34.1	Will, it's been so long.
1:35.0	It's good to see you again.
1:36.0	Wonderful to have you.
1:37.3	It's a pleasure to be here.
	...

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