TWiT 1086: The Great Beagle Migration - Pope Leo XIV's 1st Encyclical & Ferrari's 1st EV
This Week in Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
3.9 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2026
⏱️ 179 minutes
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Summary
Explore everything from explosive technology for space to electric technology for the road. Leo, Molly, Gary, and Sam have deep discussions on Magnifica Humanitas takeaways, Wikipedia drama, Peter Thiel's mvoe to Argentina, and more!
- US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network
- The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
- What Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Says About the Power of AI
- Google's search overhaul has social media users baiting the 'AI Overview' to prove a point
- Apple to Overhaul iOS 27 Siri, AI Features: Here's a First Peek
- Someone wrote a fake EULA into Bitcoin. Two hours later, they revoked it.
- Wikipedia editor is threatening to go on strike
- Ferrari reveals its first EV, with design help from Jony Ive
- In Argentina, U.S. Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds An Escape
- Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Gary Rivlin, Sam Abuelsamid, and Molly White
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Twitter this week at Tech. |
| 0:01.8 | Great panel for you. |
| 0:03.0 | Pulitzer Prize winning author Gary Rivlin is here, the author of AI Valley. |
| 0:06.7 | Molly White from Web 3 is going great. |
| 0:10.3 | And Sam a Bullseman, my car guy. |
| 0:12.6 | We will talk about cars, a brand new Luce from Ferrari. |
| 0:16.7 | Sam has opinions. |
| 0:18.4 | Google's changing its search page. |
| 0:20.7 | Molly's mom has opinions. |
| 0:22.9 | And what did the Pope say about AI? |
| 0:25.1 | And why is Gary in agreement? |
| 0:26.9 | All of that and more. |
| 0:27.8 | Coming up on Twit. |
| 0:29.4 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:32.9 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:34.2 | From people you trust. |
| 0:37.1 | This is Twit this is twit this week at tech episode |
| 0:46.8 | one thousand eighty six recorded Sunday May 31st 2026 the great beagle migration |
| 0:55.5 | it's time for twit this week in tech, the show where we cover the week's tech news. |
| 0:59.7 | There's quite a bit of tech news this week and good news. |
| 1:03.1 | We have a fabulous panel to cover it. |
| 1:05.3 | Samable. Sam, it is here, my car guy from Wheelbearings Media and the VP of Research at |
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