TWiT 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset - Why Your Favorite Site Went Dark This Week
This Week in Tech (Audio)
This Week in Tech, episode 1059, features a panel discussion with Robert Ballecer, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner, covering a range of tech news. Key topics include Australia's impending social media ban for children and the challenges of age verification, the unmasking of foreign trolls on X (formerly Twitter) and the platform's bot problem, and the implications of Cloudflare's recent outage. The panel also discusses potential regulations on AI, the decline of Doge, Meta's court victory, and the increasing adoption of Linux among Windows users, as well as potential dangers of AI-driven technology. The episode also includes segments on cryptocurrency, a discussion on the ethics and practicalities of AI, and the future of work.
Part 1: Introductions and Social Media Landscape
Part 2: Tech Failures and Centralization
Part 3: AI Regulation and Political Influence
Part 4: Power, Security, and Crypto
Part 5: AI, Robots, and Future Tech
Part 6: Remote Work, Drones, and Healthcare
Part 7: Thanksgiving and Closing
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