Is strapping notifications to your face the next frontier, or just tech gone too far? Dive into a lively, sometimes skeptical discussion on Meta's AR glasses, social media's shifting power, the fate of TikTok, and how AI is quietly rewriting the rules, whether we like it or not. • Seeing Through the Reality of Meta’s Smart Glasses • I regret to inform you Meta’s new smart glasses are the best I’ve ever tried • Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man • Windows 10 EOL coming soon • Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos • 4Chan, MAGAs unite in 'clog the toilet' op to block H-1B workers flying back • iPhone Air review: Thinness with a point • Phone batteries are getting more compact, but the US is missing out • A MacBook Pro touchscreen? About damn time • TikTok deal will be signed soon, with U.S. control of algorithm, White House says • By some measures, TikTok has grown bigger than Facebook or Instagram in the US • Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks • Teen Suspect Surrenders in 2023 Las Vegas Casino Cyberattack Case - Casino.org • Jaguar Land Rover extends its production shutdown after a cyberattack discovered in late August, and says efforts to reboot production safely “will take time" • ctrl/tinycolor and 40+ NPM Packages Compromised - StepSecurity • Never steal a hacker’s girlfriend’s phone: How an expert exposed a global network of thieves • Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people • Pope Leo XIV Rejects a proposal by a Catholic organization to create an "AI Pope Leo" avatar • Ig Winners Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Nicholas De Leon This Week in Tech episode 1050 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1050 Sponsors: • uscloud.com • smarty.com/twit • ZipRecruiter.com/twit • helixsleep.com/twit • zscaler.com/security Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc #metaglasses #zuckerberg #iphone17air About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.

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