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What happens when a 27-year-old gets handed the keys to completely refactor nearly all of Cisco's code? This week's episode dives into tech's strangest management bets and the friction brewing inside one of the industry's giants.

• Cisco gives a 27-year old the task of recoding 98% of their software with AI.
• A serious but not earth shaking vulnerability found in PXE booting.
• The largest ($6.3 BILLION) financial heist in history (with crypto).
• 710 Polymarket gambling wallets emptied of $2.7 million.
• A new robots.txt control for AI bots, and agreement to obey it.
• Google generates haiku from the first orbital AI.
• From our listeners: Does stealth updating make sense, how to move web servers off the Internet, books don't contain knowledge, a small company attacked by powerful AI, how would an "AI kill switch" be implemented.
• Another new and worrisome application of reverse-engineering AI

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent

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Apple unveiled the MacBook Pro with touchscreen capabilities at its LA event last week. Apple shared its fourth-quarter results on Monday. And Siri Recap and Live Rewind debuted in the latest watchOS beta.

• Apple unveils groundbreaking MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch for the first time on Mac.
• The inside story of why Apple finally brought a touch display to the Mac.
• Apple reports fourth quarter results.
• Siri Recap and Live Rewind debut in watchOS beta.
• Safari update brings vertical tabs, adaptive dark mode, AI integration.

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• Stephen's Pick: Baseus AM72 iPhone Duo MagSafe Battery

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Guest: Stephen Robles

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Are we headed for a slow-motion collapse of the AI bubble, or is this just the next phase of tech's endless hype cycle? The panel digs into Apple's hardware bets, the latest in self-driving cars, and what a more human-centered tech future might look like.

• Binance says 90% of its $6.3 billion hack losses are now covered
• FBI says North Korea was responsible for the Binance hack
• Apple unveils its first touchscreen laptop: The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display
• Sam Altman says its "quite terrible" for your PCs to have RAM, because of course datacenters need it more
• AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public
• Anthropic expected to receive high 'junk' rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says
• Chinese Executive Close to Nvidia CEO Suspected of Giving China Information
• The Internet Might Need to Be Rebuilt From Scratch
• Doordash to acquire Instacart for $17B
• Grok releases seven minutes of its AI Odyssey
• Meta built a humanoid robot, but it's only for internal research
• RIP Patrick Stewart

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Anthony Ha and Paris Marx

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This week we're contemplating an Untitled Ginux Show -- or at least that's the bit, based on the completely vibe-coded Linux replacement we talk about. Then CachyOS has a surprisingly underwhelming benchmark performance, with some details to unpack. OpenEuler keeps the AI hype train running, System76 has an impressive desktop announcement, and it looks like a new Raspberry Pi is finally coming. Floorp is an interesting take on the browser, Omarchy is coming for BSD, and Ubuntu has lots planned for Tenacious T-Rex. For tips, we have kernwatch and filelight for system monitoring, ebook-meta for more library management, and vt-cli for Virus Total access without the browser. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4sCpoh9 and Happy Halloween!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

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On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Bill writes in to ask what cookies actually do, whether rejecting them on every site's banner accomplishes anything real, and whether there's a way to stop being asked dozens of times a day.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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In our ongoing quest to develop a moon base, could we possibly utilize the area beneath the surface of the moon in order to make the moon habitable? In this episode of This Week in Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Mike Wall of Space.com talk with Than Putzig of the Planetary Science Institute about a NASA-backed payload bound for the Marius Hills Pit, a roughly 50-meter-wide opening that may lead into a lunar lava tube to gather more data about these formations on the Moon and the possibility of these lunar caves becoming the Moon's first living habitats for humans. Putzig explains how geophysical instruments on a rover could detect hidden voids beneath the surface and measure the size of these lava tubes. We also ask Than how these lava tubes form, what a follow-up robotic explorer could reveal, and how this research fits alongside NASA's Artemis plans for a south polar moon base. Join us!

Headlines:

• Clear Images Emerge of China's Secretive Shenzhou Space Plane
• Virgin Galactic Unveils New Delta Class Spaceplane for Tourism
• Remembering Star Trek Legends Walter Koenig and Sir Patrick Stewart

Main Topic: Exploring Lunar Caves and the Gimli Mission

• Introduction to Lunar Caves, Pits, and the Quest for Lava Tubes
• NASA's Gimli Mission and Selection to Explore Marius Hills Pit
• Science Goals: Detecting and Mapping Lunar Lava Tubes for Potential Habitats
• Details on Geophysical Instruments and Survey Techniques
• Potential Benefits of Lava Tubes for Lunar Habitat Planning
• Technical and Logistical Challenges for Accessing and Using Lunar Lava Tubes
• Parallels with Lava Tubes on Mars and Planetary Science Collaboration
• Building Teams and Proposals at the Planetary Science Institute
• Future Steps for the Gimli Mission and Outreach Efforts

Host: Tariq Malik

Co-Host: Mike Wall

Guest: Than Putzig

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Amazon unveiled a new Echo device lineup. Proton's AI manifesto. Understanding the PHP2Shell flaws, and Apple unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro!

• Mikah looks at Amazon's new Echo lineup the company unveiled earlier this week, including the Echo Show 16, Echo Studio, and Amazon's first digital photo frame.
• 404 Media's Joseph Cox joins the show to discuss his reporting on Proton's aggressive AI push, including employee re-interviews about AI use and a CEO who called pen-testing concerns "loser thinking."
• TechCrunch's Zack Whittaker talks about the recent PHP2Shell critical vulnerability that was discovered last week and how the coordinated patch rollout largely held, why a mass-hacking wave seems to have been avoided, and why millions of sites may still be vulnerable.
• And D. Griffin Jones breaks down Apple's announcements of new hardware this past week, including the first touchscreen MacBook Pro and a new iPad mini.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Joseph Cox, Zack Whittaker, and D. Griffin Jones

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Microsoft's AutoSR tech is no longer just for ARM: find out how automatic super resolution is leveling up game graphics and performance on Intel's latest Core Ultra Series 3 laptops.

Host: Paul Thurrott

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Ask a chatbot the same thing twice, and you might expect two different answers. Mikah Sargent runs one everyday request through ChatGPT five times and gets back the same basic text, two of them word for word. He explains where differences come from, what research says about why tuned chatbots can narrow the range of their answers, and why these replies left out what only he knew. Then he fills in the blanks and adds examples to show what prompt engineering really means, with four habits for getting answers you'd actually use.

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Are you drowning in notifications before you even finish your morning coffee? This episode explores clever Focus tweaks and next-level notification controls that can reclaim your sanity and protect your attention.

• Managing device distractions: Do Not Disturb and Focus basics
• Apple Watch and iPhone notification mirroring explained
• Customizing Focus modes for work, sleep, and driving
• Sharing Focus status and syncing settings across devices
• Letting important contacts break through Focus barriers
• When to create custom Focus modes beyond Apple's defaults
• Vacation Focus workaround to silence Microsoft Teams notifications
• Experiences and pros/cons with Apple Intelligence Reduce Interruptions
• Tiered approach to notifications across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Notification Center
• How to triage and silence notifications for sanity
• Screen Time insights for adjusting Focus and habits
• News: Focus features boost automation and Siri Shortcut integration
• iOS 27 gesture changes—Siri AI vs Notification Center in Control Center
• App Caps: Apple's Invites app and Brick device for strong app blocking

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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Scott Wilkinson is way into Dark Matter, a streaming series on Apple TV+ starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. Based on a novel by Blake Crouch, it explores the notion of parallel universes and one physicist's invention that allows travel between them. Unlike many depictions of this idea, Dark Matter is much more character-driven and thoughtful. Highly recommended!

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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Is the AI gold rush running on shaky ground? Get the inside story on Anthropic's blockbuster IPO, massive compute bets, and why some insiders think the industry's economics just don't add up.

• Anthropic's IPO S-1 Spells Out a Future of Promise and Peril
• DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans
• (Marissa Meyer) Maybe We All Need an A.I. Wife
• Whoops: Meta's Muse Share Links Disclosed All Sorts Of Super-Sensitive User Data
• Everybody is freaking out over the NYTimes adding AI to the Cooking app
• Wikipedia but only for things a half hour walk away from you
• Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down
• "WSJ: The Bull Case for AI Armageddon
• For investors mulling the Anthropic share offering, a 10% chance of extinction may be a 90% win for your portfolio"

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau

Co-Host: Jason Hiner

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Microsoft released new Windows 11 Experimental builds. A new round of buyout offers has been presented to 25% of Microsoft's global workforce. Microsoft fixed a major Authenticator flaw for Android. And... no major XBOX news?

Windows

• Paul has confirmed a theory weʼve discussed about why Microsoft is really improving Windows 11 this year.
Windows Insider Program
• Four new builds - Mobile device controls in Quick Settings, native Internet speed test.
Corporate
• Microsoft offers buyout offers to almost 25 percent of its global workforce.
Hardware
• This week in Paulʼs RTX Spark local AI coding fails - plus, the first step is realizing itʼs not you, itʼs the technology.
• Some advice for using AI.
Software
• Microsoft fixes major Authenticator flaw on Android.
• PowerToys adds two new utilities, so many other updates.
• The Browser Company announces the inevitable end of Arc browser.

AI

• Anthropic files for IPO, warns that its work could end humanity.
• Canva releases its first AI model, for images.
• Opera brings local AI to its desktop web browsers with WebAI standard-to-be.
• Apple is bringing AI assistant to its iWorks apps - Apple copies Microsoft again!

XBOX and Gaming

• No real news this week, which is rare, but a few thoughts about the new Call of Duty.

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the Week: Yes, the Windows Setup workarounds still work in 26H2.
• Windows 11 version 26H2 arrived recently and Iʼve now tested the installer on multiple Arm64 and x64 PCs and the local account workarounds we all know and love still work. My advice: Use Rufus to create install media.
• App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
• With a year or so of major improvements to its web browser, Mozilla has launched a big ad campaign to get Firefox users back.
• RunAs Radio this week: PostgreSQL with Elizabeth Christensen
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Vardberg Born

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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A newly uncovered PHP vulnerability put nearly 70% of the internet at risk, sending governments and enterprises into a frenzy as AI-powered attackers raced to exploit a flaw that had lurked unnoticed for 14 years. Hear why this could be just the start of an unrelenting wave of security crises.

• We take a detailed look at the many facets and aspects of last week's wild PHP ride:
• What happened.
• How it happened.
• Why it happened.
• How it could have been prevented.
• How it impacted many of our listeners.
• We consider the implications of what is said to be coming next and the idea of temporary "strategic disconnection" from the Internet

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Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Steve Gibson

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People are starting to get their iPhone Duo in hand! Are the reports of the iPhone Duo's screen cracking a concern for the product's viability? And Apple unveils a new iPad Mini and updated MacBook Pro and iMac with the M6 chip!

• Phone Duo review: The future is foldable.
• iPhone Duo: 24 hours in the Splash Zone.
• Some iPhone Duo displays are cracking, seemingly all in the same way.
• Apple's foldable iPhone Duo draws early complaints of the screen cracking.
• iPhone Duo teardown: the most repairable foldable has a huge screen problem.
• Novelty apps for the iPhone Duo: Toastie, Duo-Man, Tiny Computers, Delta, and RadPad.
• Building for iPhone Duo, in app developers' own words.
• Apple gives iPad mini its biggest update ever.
• Apple introduces the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6.
• Apple unveils new iMac with M6.
• Hello again, ten years later.

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• Stephen's Pick: Check the Weather v2
• Shelly's Pick: Metal Braided USB-C Cables

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Apple's folding iPhone Duo lands with unique new features, an evolving developer scene, and early hardware hiccups that raise eyebrows. Also, a PHP bug threatens 70% of the world's websites while AI rapidly changes how exploits are found and patched. Find out how a single overlooked flaw sparked a global scramble and what it reveals about the fragile backbone of the modern web.

• iPhone Duo review
• GM outlines plan for next-gen EV platform, Level 4 autonomous cars
• TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy (NHTSA proposes cyan AV lights)
• Spotify launches its first native in-car app, on Audi's Android Automotive cars
• Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched
• The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft's Xbox
• Saudis Aided Family of Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI, Prosecutors Say
• How iTunes came back from the dead

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Glenn Fleishman, Allison Johnson, and Sam Abuelsamid

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We're back, and we're forking OBS! Then there's a KDE fork for continued X11 support. We have filesystem schenanigans, including live swapping EXT4 for ZFS and the BeamNG resilient filesystem proposal. Kernel 7.3 is out with the normal slew of fixes and new features, though we're still excited for 7.4, which already has interesting patches landing in the merge window. Then there's the insane security week brought to you by PHP and the number 4. For tips, we have calibredb for managing your library, network-doctor for an all-in-one network toolkit, wipefs for an easy solution for a few specific disk problems, and the we-have-a-problem tool for auditing your CA bundle. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4BFQtnY and don't miss the fun!

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On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a question from Otis, who relies on the 6-digit text-message codes his bank sends at sign-in but has started to worry about SIM swap attacks, and wants to know whether those codes are still worth anything and whether he can lock down his number at the carrier.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Newspace is hiring! With the major powers heading to the moon, low-Earth orbit becoming busier than ever, and countless new companies entering the space marketplace, the hiring pipeline is more critical than ever. We spoke with Dr. Amanda Smith-Hackler, the Director of Education for the Universities Space Research Association and Principal Investigator for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Scholars and STEM Workforce Development Programs, about the new and exciting opportunities available to young people seeking to enter the space workforce.

Host: Tariq Malik

Co-Host: Fredrick (Rick) Jenet

Guest: Dr. Amanda Smith-Hackler

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The big AI apps now have research modes that make you wait for a report full of sources. Is the wait worth it? Mikah Sargent gives ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity the same complicated question, plus ChatGPT with regular web search as a control, and compares how long they take, where they look, what they miss, and how much cleanup each report needs. Then he checks every answer against a rebate and tax-credit answer key built from official sources.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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