TWiT 1020: Smell My Mouse - Biggest Crypto Heist, iPhone 16e, Alexa Revamp


Feb 23 2025 165 mins   172

  • Over $1.4 billion taken from Bybit crypto exchange

  • Apple Removes Cloud Encryption Feature From UK After Backdoor Order

  • iOS18.4 Beta adds priority notifications, support for robot vacs in Apple Home, but no smarter siri

  • Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event

  • OpenAI now serves 400M users every week

  • The New York Times adopts AI tools in the newsroom

  • Amazon Appstore for Android is shutting down in August

  • Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI

  • California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers

  • Donald Trump Is Turning CISA Into The Embodiment Of His Election Conspiracy Theories

  • Asus Continues Fragrant Device Trend With an Aromatic Mouse - Slashdot

  • iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple's new $599 phone

  • Smart ring tracks health, fitness data with long battery life

Host: Leo Laporte


Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Larry Magid


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