Total Leo (Audio)

• Interview with Anil Dash
• egirl Grok x Claude
• Zuckerberg announces Meta's new AI data centers for superintelligence
• Meta Hires Two More OpenAI Researchers
• Reflections on OpenAI
• RSS is (not) dead (yet) (NED #3) – audra mcnamee
• Perplexity AI browser
• Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads
• Stewart Holbrook: Portland Mythmaker
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying a...

Microsoft just made a major change to the Windows 11 install media, and you're not going to believe what happens next! Plus, the AI spelling and grammar checking app/service that Paul relies on. And yes, he does pay for it.

Windows 11

• Copilot Vision gets full Desktop support, Voice integration across all Insider channels
• Click to Do gets a "Describe image" action, Administrator protection, App permission dialog changes in D...

• A glorious takedown of quantum factorization.
• Notepad++ signs its own code signing certificate.
• Dennis Taylor has Bobiverse Book 6 on his lap.
• Crypto/ATM machines flat out outlawed.
• Signal vs WhatsApp: Encryption in flight and at rest.
• A close look at browser fingerprinting metrics.
• Rewriting interpreters in memory-safe languages.
• An introduction to zero-knowledge proofs

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-10...

Apple has reportedly offered $150 million for exclusive streaming rights for F1, Apple executive shake-ups are looming within the company, Apple is committing $500 million to a rare earth recycling firm, and more Apple products, including its infamous 'trash can' Mac Pro, have been added to its vintage products list.

• Apple is offering 150 million to stream F1.
• Tim Cook isn't going anywhere soon, but an Apple shake-up looms.
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• 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...

• Interview with Mike Masnick
• Stop Begging Billionaires To Fix Software — Build Your Own
• The one secret to using genAI to boost your brain
• Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk's X
• How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI
• As an M.D, here's my 100% honest opinion and observations/advices about using ChatGPT : r/ChatGPT
• (21) Josh Woodward on X: "The wait is over. @GeminiApp is now shipping Veo 3 *gl...

It's been a big year for Windows 11 updates. This month is at least semi-manageable! Also, a few more bits from the layoffs. Plus, Amiga Forever 11 and C64 11 Forever help you live in the past!

Patch Tuesday

• Copilot+ PC only: Ask Copilot action for Click to Do
• 24H2 only: Show smaller Taskbar icons. Screen curtain feature in Narrator. Settings home page for commercial customer
• 23H2 and 24H2: Windows Share shows preview when...

• Another Israeli spyware vendor surfaces.
• Win11 to delete restore points more quickly.
• The EU accelerates its plans to abandon Microsoft Azure.
• The EU sets timelines for Post-Quantum crypto adoption.
• Russia to create a massive IMEI database.
• Canada and the UK create the "Common Good Cyber Fund".
• U.S. states crack down on Bitcoin ATMs amid growing scams.
• Congressional staffers cannot use WhatsApp on gov devices.
• LibXML...

iOS 26 Beta 3 dials back its liquid glass look in this current beta. Which Apple devices could be affected by Trump's planned August tariffs? Is Apple planning to launch its own Public Cloud model? And an Apple AI executive leaves the company, lured by Meta's AI hiring spree backed by big bucks.

• iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass.
• Apple seeds third developer betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26.
• Apple Watch Ultra 3 rele...

• SCOTUS Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
• Adalytics finds 9,000+ pirated movies, including summer blockbusters, TV shows, and live sports on YouTube, amassing a collective 250M+ views from July to May
• SCOTUS granting cert to Cox v. Sony
• Bartz v. Anthropic AI copyright case
• Kadrey v. Meta AI copyright case
• Microsoft layoffs hit 9,000 employees in new wave of cuts
• Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the Ti...

• Interview with Board Member of Cloudflare, John Graham-Cumming
• My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
• Two Judges, Same District, Opposite Conclusions: The Messy Reality Of AI Training Copyright Cases
• How I Use AI To Help With Techdirt (And, No, It's Not Writing Articles)
• Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
• The Internet Needs Sex
• Senate dro...

Microsoft's latest round of layoffs hits Xbox Gaming hard as the company cuts approximately 9,000 jobs despite record profits. This week, Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell discuss the impact of these layoffs, Windows 11's new version naming, Microsoft Copilot coming to Mac, and dive deep into passkey security.

LAYOFFS

As expected, Microsoft began a massive round of layoffs across Xbox/Microsoft Gaming on Wednesday.

• Let's Encrypt drops its long-running email notifications.
• Microsoft's new "Unexpected Restart Experience".
• Microsoft's response to last year's massive CrowdStrike outage.
• Windows 10's extended service updates will sort of be free.
• Russia-sold iPhones MUST include the RuStore app.
• Lyon, in France, says bye-bye to Windows. Hello to Linux.
• The US Gov gets more serious about memory-safe languages.
• A new unbeliev...

Are people furious about the F1 Movie Apple Wallet ad? Apple could look to using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri AI features. The EU could miss out on new iOS 26 features when it rolls out later this year. And Pixelmator Pro gets new updates that integrate Apple Intelligence features!

• More on Apple's trust-eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet ad.
• Apple weighs using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri in major reversal.
• iOS 18.6, m...

• The panel discusses the current gaming environment
• More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 The Movie' Wallet Ad
• Low-income broadband fund can keep running, says Supreme Court
• The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions
• Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright
• ICE Is Using a New Facial Recogni...

Windows 10 EOL update

• Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 EOL is a go for October. But...
• Consumers can now get a free year of extra security updates instead of paying(!)
• Businesses can now enroll in extended security updates program
• Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 to get security updates through October 2028

Windows 11

• A few new features via the Insider Program
• Recall gets a new home page and some nice updates...

• Interview with Richard Gingras
• Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
• Authors Are Posting TikToks to Protest AI Use in Writing—and to Prove They Aren't Doing It
• Meta, Amazon, and more want 10-year ban on states regulating AI
• Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue | TechCrunch
• OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and say...

• China's Salt Typhoon claims another victim (or two).
• State healthcare portals are tracking and leaking. No kidding.
• Apple adopts FIDO's Passkeys and other credentials transport.
• Facebook gets Passkey logon.
• TikTok continues ticking for at least another 90 days.
• Canadian telco admits they were infiltrated by Salt Typhoon.
• Microsoft to remove unwanted (and hopefully unneeded) hardware drivers.
• The Austrian government le...

Apple silicon was announced five years ago this week. Apple held internal talks about purchasing AI startup Perplexity. New camera features could be coming to the iPhone 17 Pro later this fall. And why did Apple pull its recent ad campaign video after just one day?

• Intel to Apple silicon transition for Mac was announced five years ago.
• The infamous Apple typewriter memo is 40 years old.
• RIP Mickey Mouse glove: macOS Tahoe h...