• The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
• Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
• Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight
• Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'
• America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
• Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it
• NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools
• Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
• AI's impact on elections is being overblown
• AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
• Anil Dash: How Oprah will screw up the AI story
• The winners of Michigan's 2024 "I voted" sticker contest
• Diggnation 2.0
• Android Has Five New Features Out Today
• Google Removing Poor-Quality Android Apps From Play Store to Boost Engagement
• Google Clock rolling out new Timer Starter widget
• Google renames TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT, TensorFlow brand remains
• YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens
• The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes
• Carbonara in a can? Chefs get shirty but Heinz is unrepentant

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In this week's episode, Paul is in Germany in preparation for IFA 2024. Some of the big PC players have made timely hardware announcements, including Intel launching their Core Ultra 200V series processors, Qualcomm revealing an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip, and Dell listing a new XPS 13 laptop for preorder. Plus, does the Wall Street Journal have something for Intel? A suspiciously-timed gaming article might suggest so. Tune in for more news on all the related companies, from HP and NVIDIA to Proton and Google!

IFA begins (just kidding)

• Microsoft comes clean on Copilot+ PC features on non-Snapdragon X PCs: Next-gen AMD and Intel systems will get Copilot+ PC features in November, but will not be called Copilot+ PCs
• Intel formally launches Lunar Lake as Core Ultra processor Series 2
• Dell announces Lunar Lake-based XPS 13, pre-order now
• Qualcomm launches 8-core Snapdragon X Plus processor
• Google Drive is going native on Arm - And ExpressVPN and NordVPN are live on Arm now!
• Richard got an email from Arrow Electronics about his Snapdragon Dev Kit (and what happens next will shock you!)
• Surface Pro 11, Surface Pro 7 for Business - plus 5G coming to Surface Pro 10 for Business
• Is the recent WSJ piece an Intel hit job?

Windows

• Windows 11 version 24H2 - Some clarity? Come on!
• Everyone announces that you'll be able to remove Recall from Windows 11. You won't
• New Canary and Beta builds (last week) - lots of things in both, for a change
• Vivaldi is fully optimized for Windows 11 on Arm
• HP earnings: Slim growth, thanks to PCs

AI

• Copilot Wave 2 event is coming soon. The great rebrandening?
• UK CMA OK's Microsoft "acqui-hire" of Inflection. Oh, and it's a merger
• ChatGPT now has 200 million active users
• Firefox 130 offers third-party AI chatbots
• More Apple Intelligence in latest betas
• Proton Scribe is available to consumers now too

Antitrust

• Microsoft complains to UK CMA about Apple App Store fees, licensing
• Plus, Apple keeps getting passive aggressive with those that complain about its business practices
• Yelp finally sues Google
• Intel is considering breaking itself up to survive - will likely take baby steps first
• NVIDIA seems to be OK, but next year will be interesting. Oh wait, the stock just cratered

Xbox

• Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Early access is here
• More Game Pass titles appear, none from Activision Blizzard
• PlayStation 5 Pro design leaks
• Sony has its Redfall moment, launches and then kills Concord

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Looking for a cheap gaming laptop?
• App pick of the week: Windows App
• RunAs Radio this week: Evolving Generative AI with Alison Cossette
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Cley Whisky Palo Cortado

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• Telegram puts End-to-End Privacy in the Crosshairs
• Free security logging is good for everyone
• CrowdStrike hemorrhaging customers
• Microsoft to meet privately with EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) vendors
• Yelp's Unhappy with Google
• Telegram as the hotbed for DDoSass – DDoS as a Service
• Chrome grows more difficult to exploit
• Cox Media Group's "Active Listening" has apparently not ended
• Cascading Bloom Filter follow-up
• Closing the Loop
• Is Telegram an encrypted app?

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Could the next Mac Mini lose all of its USB-A ports? Did Apple shape a part of a Child Safety Bill? Will a new iPhone SE with an OLED display be announced? Plus, is there an actual rule with Apple that disallows villains in movies or TV shows from using an iPhone?

- Apple's succession strategy; M4 Mac Mini; cheaper iPad Magic Keyboard.
- Who is John Ternus, the Apple exec tipped to take over from Tim Cook?
- Apple helped nix part of a child safety bill. More fights are expected.
- iPhone SE 4 will finally ditch LCD for OLED in early 2025.
- Rumor: Apple developing updated Magic Keyboard for entry-level iPad, iPad Air units.
- Jennifer in paradise: the story of the first Photoshopped image.
- Apple and Nvidia in talks to invest in OpenAI.
- Is Apple's 'No Villain Clause' for iPhones on-screen real? The truth about the tech company's rule for movies and TV shows.
- Today in Apple history: Woz stages an epic concert

Picks of the Week:
- Alex Pick: Streamvoodoo Camera
- Andy's Pick: Raindrop.io Bookmark Manager
- Jason's Pick: LaMetric Time

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AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp

• Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
• Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App
• Telegram founder Pavel Durov transferred from police custody to court after arrest in France
• Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk's X
• Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'
• End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
• Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke
• Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know
• Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of 'fraudulent' ads using his likeness through AI
• China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips
• 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Review: A Search for a Black Luminary

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Rock, Louis Maresca, and Wesley Faulkner

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• Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
• TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules
• Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service
• Also: New York's Largest Hospital System Is Setting Its Sights on the Entertainment Business
• RE Fast Co new town story" The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down
• How activists derailed Big Tech billionaire's dream city in California
• Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case
• Google Keep rolling out AI-powered 'Help me create a list' on Android
• Pixel 9 demo
• Google Wallet now works for California driver's licenses
• Google TV has added a few more new free channels
• Google Chat adds support for IFTTT integrations
• Google finally lets you record phone call audio in the US, but only on the Pixel 9
• Google Pixel 9 launches 'Adaptive Touch,' improves screen sensitivity while wet, etc
• 'Megalopolis' Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI
• OpenAI Shows 'Strawberry' AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop 'Orion'
• Printful for hats
• wyze birdfeeder
• The Unbearable Slowness of Being

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It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are?

Windows 11

• Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update
• Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time
• Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more
• Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage
• Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you

M$FT

• Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.)
• Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units
• Microsoft: It's all about transparency!
• Paul: Nope

Hardware

• Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet
• ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes
• Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts
• Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame
• Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things
• Apple announces launch event
• Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives

Magic of Software

• Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet
• LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm!
• Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP
• Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage)
• Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile
• Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more
• Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts
• Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October
• Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some

Xbox

• Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features
• Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft
• Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now
• App pick of the week: Win11Debloat
• RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt
  

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• CrowdStrike Exec's "Most Epic Fail" Award
• Hardware backdoors discovered in Chinese-made key cards
• Counterfeit CISCO networking gear
• SpinRite
• Errata
• NPD breach updates from listeners
• Looking back at old SN episodes
• Cascading Bloom Filters

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We finally have a date for Apple's September Event. Will M4-based Macs be released in October? A rare announcement of a transition in a key Apple role. Apple makes a statement about the browser choice screen for EU users. And can you really dry off your wet phone with the power of bass?

• Apple event announced for September 9: "It's Glowtime".
• Here's everything to expect at next month's Apple event.
• Rumor: Apple has begun testing four M4-based Macs, will release the new models in October.
• Apple announces Chief Financial Officer transition.
• Meta cancels high-end mixed reality headset after Apple Vision Pro struggles.
• "Ted Lasso" heads toward Season 4 greenlight with options pickup for 3 core cast members.
• Apple rethinks its movie strategy after a string of misses.
• Typing these four characters could crash your iPhone.
• Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?

Picks of the Week:

• Mikah's Picks: Jewelers Loupe & Plebs
• Andy's Pick: Capt. Grace Hopper
• Alex's Pick: Polycam

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

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Pavel Durov Arrested, Hacking Bikes, Apple Event Rumors

• Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies
• Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
• Elon Musk to the Rescue
• Tesla purging old blog posts claiming all cars have level 5 automated driving hardware
• National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords – Krebs on Security
• Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster -
• Olympics talk
• Black Myth: Wukong Makes Gaming History in Launch Day Frenzy
• Bicycles Can Be Hacked Now
• American Radio Relay League confirms $1 million ransom payment
• When Is Apple Announcing the iPhone 16? Apple Planning Event on Sept. 10, 2024
• Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case

Host: Leo Laporte

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• Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly
• Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die
• OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast
• Deal in california
• xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes
• Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel
• The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews
• Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future
• Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can't It Make a Profit (And How Can It)?
• Looks and Gaming: Who and Why?
• 2024 Winners | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
• Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster
• Google went public 20 years ago—what your $1000 investment would be worth today
• Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city
• More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary.
• Russia's AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says
• Gmail can turn 'rough notes' into a full draft with Gemini 'Polish'
• Google's Stunning New Android AI Feature Instantly Locks Phone Thieves Out
• I tried Google's Pixel Screenshots and it's everything I'd want an AI feature to be
• Early hands-on with Google Pixel 9's AI Call Notes reveals disappointing restrictions
• Google Play will no longer pay to discover vulnerabilities in popular Android apps
• Trap
• Where have all the Burners gone? Shops catering to Burning Man brace for slow season
• Inside the opulent world of six-figure kids birthday parties in Silicon Valley
• TikTok Parrot is 'attention hog' and smart as human toddler, owners say
• Paris 'n' pals need this

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