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An explosive supply chain hack in Light LLM nearly unleashed catastrophic malware across millions of AI systems, and it took a coder's quick thinking to catch it before it snowballed into disaster.

Will California require Linux to verify its user's age. • Apple's iOS 26.4 requires UK users to prove their age.

Russia chooses to use home grown 5G mobile encryption.

Ukraine knew the webcam was installed by Russian spies.

Google moves quantum computing "Q Day" to 2029.

At RSA, UK's NCSC CEO warns of vibe-coded SaaS replacements.

More information about nasty ClickFix campaigns.

More than one in seven Reddit postings are an AI-bot.

The story behind the LiteLLM disaster that was averted.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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David Pogue joins the show to talk about his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years. iOS 26.4 is out with new features & security fixes. And Apple officially discontinues the Mac Pro.

Apple: The First 50 Years.

Apple at 50: Some great Apple history books.

Between Jobs: The triumphs and failures of Apple without Steve Jobs.

Macs of unusual size.

9th Circuit denies Apple's rehearing requests in Epic Games case.

iOS 26.4 has fixes for 35+ security issues on iPhone, details here.

iOS 26.4 now available: Here are all the new features for your iPhone.

macOS 26.4 introduces new security feature for Terminal commands.

Windows PCs crash three times as often as Macs, report says.

iOS 26.5 adds new Apple Maps feature for trending places.

iOS 26.5's Messages app has RCS end-to-end encryption in beta.

iOS 26.5 adds Live Activities support for third-party accessories.

Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware.

iRacing on Vision Pro bringing 'immersion and fidelity never before seen in sim racing'.

GeForce Now streams Apple Vision Pro faster & better than to Meta headsets.

Watch a full BBC Proms concert in immersive video on Apple Vision Pro.

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: Ollama

Andy's Pick: "Collected Peanuts" Humble Bundle

Jason's Pick: Coax

Leo's Pick: Ghostmoon.app

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

Guest: David Pogue

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Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could unleash a tidal wave of lawsuits. Find out why attorneys, entrepreneurs, and everyday users are suddenly on edge.

• Social media addiction lawsuits hit Meta, Google, YouTube

• Section 230 and First Amendment implications debated after court verdicts

• Supreme Court sides with Cox; ISPs not liable for user piracy

• Elon Musk's lawsuit over X (Twitter) ad boycotts thrown out

• Anthropic versus Department of Defense: AI contracting dispute and retaliation claims

• FCC's confusing foreign-made router ban and consumer tech fallout

• Major supply chain attack: LiteLLM malware infects AI devs

• The rise (and risks) of AI agents with voice, identity, and personification

• Turing Award honors pioneers of quantum cryptography

• Antimatter on the move: CERN's oddball truck experiment

• Sci-fi and reality blur as Neal Stephenson walks away from the metaverse

• Privacy and consent worries escalate with AI-powered recordings and surveillance

• Digital shelf pricing arrives at Walmart and Kroger

• Flipper Zero: voice-controlled hacking gadget gets an AI upgrade

• Age verification laws create headaches for OS and app developers

• Official White House app called out for surveillance and security blunders

• Is AI progress barreling toward a dystopian tech future?

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Guests: Harper Reed, Brian McCullough, and Cathy Gellis

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Leo Laporte takes to the expo floor at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco's Moscone Center for a rapid-fire series of conversations with leading security vendors and thinkers. From Thinkst Canary's honeypot deception tactics to Bitwarden's new Agent Access SDK, Tailscale's AI gateway, and Aikido Security's fully autonomous AI pen testers, the dominant theme is clear: the AI agent era has arrived and security hasn't caught up. Plus, a surprise meeting with WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins.

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00:00:00 Intro – Leo Laporte at RSAC 2026, Moscone Center

00:00:29 Haroon Meer | Thinkst Canary – Honeypots & Deception Tech

00:06:35 Bob Boyle | Torq – AI-Powered Security Automation

00:09:50 Juan Quesada | Yubico – FIDO2, Passkeys & Pre-Registered YubiKeys

00:12:33 Rob Allen | ThreatLocker – Zero Trust & Deny by Default

00:25:53 Arun Singh | Drata – Trust Management & Compliance

00:27:34 Jelmer Snoeck | Keycard Labs – Ephemeral Tokens for AI Agents

00:35:26 Kasey Babcock | Bitwarden – Agent Access SDK

00:41:52 Roeland Delrue | Aikido Security – Autonomous AI Pen Testing

00:48:56 Bill Keeler | Semperis – Identity Security & "Midnight in the War Room"

00:52:08 MalwareTech Marcus Hutchins & Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian

00:54:30 Chris Hughes | Zenity – Securing AI Agents at Runtime

01:01:35 Jillian Murphy | Tailscale – Networking, Aperture & Free Forever

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Haroon Meer, Rob Allen, Bob Boyle, Juan Quesada, Arun Signh, Kasey Babcock, Roeland Delrue, Bill Keeler, Marcus Hutchins, Caitlin Sarian, Chris Hughes, and Jillian Murphy

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Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick joins the panel to showcase a new AI-powered tool that doesn't just summarize articles—it thinks like a journalist, flagging what's truly new and revealing the patterns that matter. If you want to stay several steps ahead in the AI race, this episode is a must-listen.

Malware autodownloaded by AI agents

Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was "inevitable" on its apps

We're saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.

TurboQuant: Redefining AI efficiency with extreme compression

Apple Can 'Distill' Google's Big Gemini Model

Apple Plans AI Reboot With Siri App, New Look and 'Ask Siri' Button in iOS 27

Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic

A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace

A look at "tokenmaxxing", a status game where employees at a number of companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using

Elon Musk Announces $20B 'Terafab' Chip Plant in Texas To Supply His Companies

Jury finds Elon Musk guilty of defrauding Twitter investors [U]

Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine,' Dies at 80

AI Doc trailer

reflect — Time-Travel Reflection for Obsidian

Esoteric Ebb

Butthole

Regex Blaster

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Marshall Kirkpatrick

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