TWiT 1056: The Big Sleep - The Great Router Ban

This Week in Tech (Audio)

From AI-powered code generation boosting productivity to adversaries using the same tools to hunt zero-days, the panel exposes the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks—and why most companies aren't ready for it.

• Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent
• The End of Cybersecurity
• Amazon says it didn't cut 14,000 people because of money. It cut them because of 'culture'
• Here's How the AI Crash Happens
• US government is getting closer to banning TP-Link routers
• Neato cloud shutdown sees robocleaners robbed of their smarts
• FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements
• Trump FCC Votes To Make It Easier For Your Broadband ISP To Rip You Off
• Swedish Death Cleaning But for Your Digital Life
• The F5 Hack is a Big Deal
• OpenAI Releases Agentic Security Researcher
• 'Do not trust your eyes': AI generates surge in expense fraud
• Proton Data Breach Observatory aims to alert you in near real-time
• Using a Security Key on X? Re-Enroll Now or Your Account Will Be Locked
• YouTube denies AI was involved with odd removals of tech tutorials
• 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
• Samsung's $2000 smart fridges are getting ads - gHacks Tech News
• ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels go dark on YouTube TV

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jill Duffy, Alex Stamos, and Stacey Higginbotham

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