TWiT 1040: The $100,000 Stapler - Veo 3 and Deepfakes

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 189 minutes

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Summary

A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin
Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
House "crypto week" could change how Americans use, save money
Latest stablecoin bill addresses foreign issuers, national security safeguards
Grok team apologizes for the chatbot's 'horrific behavior' and blames 'MechaHitler' on a bad update
Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions
European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. Systems
Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Belkin shutting down these Wemo smart home products in 2026
It's YouTube vs. Netflix as the Streaming Wars Come Down to 2
Jack Dorsey launches a WhatsApp messaging rival built on Bluetooth
GameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishap
Professor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Amy Webb

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit this week at Tech. Great panel for you. In fact, one of the chat room folks said
0:05.0	this one is a banger and I would agree. Harper Reed and Amy Weber here. A quick program note before
0:12.2	we get started. Both Harper and Amy are passionate and occasionally adult expletives slip from
0:19.8	their mouths. We've decided this time not to bleep them out.
0:24.0	So if you're offended by strong language,
0:26.5	this might not be the show to listen to.
0:28.7	If, on the other hand,
0:29.8	you're interested in deep conversation
0:32.6	about important issues of the day,
0:35.0	including AI,
0:37.0	I think I would stay tuned because this one's a great one.
0:40.0	Twit is next.
0:43.4	Podcasts you love.
0:45.0	From people you trust.
0:47.5	This is Twit.
1:02.0	It's time for Twit this Week in Tech, episode 1040, recorded Sunday, July 13th, 2025, the $100,000 stapler.
1:07.1	It's time for Twit this week in tech, the show we covered the week's tech news you're going to be
1:12.2	very glad you're here today because we have two of my favorite panelists well we always have my
1:18.0	favorite people because we don't book my not favorite people but i'm always pleased to welcome
1:22.1	harper read to our microphones technologist entrepreneur hacker at harper dot blog and his company
1:27.4	2389 dot a, which is not the
1:31.3	line number of you're not expected to understand this in the Unix code. We know that now,
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