TWiT 1005: $125,000 in Baguettes - iPod Turns 23, The $1.1M AI Painting, Roblox

TWiT 1005: $125,000 in Baguettes – iPod Turns 23, The $1.1M AI Painting, Roblox

  • Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world
  • Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
  • How the 2024 US presidential election will determine tech’s future
  • Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win
  • AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
  • YouTube dominated Election Day as viewers guzzled 84 million hours of presidential news
  • The other election night winner: Perplexity
  • Dogecoin and other memecoins surge as Trump wins presidential election
  • Detroit to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments in Bid to Spur Tech Innovation, Fuel Economic Growth
  • Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
  • OpenAI defeats news outlets’ copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now
  • Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers
  • OpenAI acquired Chat.com
  • Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
  • Roblox is banning kids from ‘social hangout’ spaces
  • Reddit Passes Snap
  • Canada orders shutdown of TikTok’s Canadian business, app access to continue

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Dan Patterson, and Lisa Eadicicco

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