Rene Ritchie discusses the major hardware announcements from Apple's Unleashed event including the new AirPods 3 and new MacBook Pros with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Ben Schoon from 9to5Google walks through Google's Pixel 6 event to reveal some details that weren't covered during the announcement. Mikah asks whether hardcore gamers will be interested in a higher monthly cost for Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service powered by the high-powered RTX 3080 GPU. Jason walks through the history of Google's Stadia cloud gaming service and whether their white-label service offering to AT&T could be the beginning of a lucrative second life for the technology. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Rene Ritchie and Ben Schoon Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: stripe.com Compiler - TNW plextrac.com/twit

Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica walks through HTC's Vive Flow announcement and tries to determine who this new VR headset is actually for. Steve Stecklow from Reuters discusses his special report on how Amazon created knock-off products and promoted them in search over competitors. Jason and Mikah preview next week's cavalcade of major hardware events from Apple, Google, and Samsung. Mikah discusses a Wall Street Journal report that details how Apple is making AirPods compatible with medical applications like hearing aids and postural awareness. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Sam Machkovech and Steve Stecklow Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Command Line Heroes - FLOSS itpro.tv/tnw promo code TNW30 CrowdStrike.com/twit

Dan Ackerman from CNET shares his review of Windows 11. Is it more than a centered Start menu? Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai from Vice walks through the details of the massive Twitch data leak. Mikah details Paddle's plans to be first to iOS with its 3rd party in-app payment system. Jason shares the story of a valued drive that met an untimely death and what it means for digital memories. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Ackerman and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: barracuda.com/tnw userway.org/twit checkout.com/tnw

Facebook testified at a Senate hearing about the safety of Instagram for teens after a bombshell report by the Wall Street Journal. Heather Kelly from the Washington Post details her favorite products from Amazon's cavalcade of announcements this week. Brian Atchley, CEO of The R&D Lab, walks through the challenges facing broad adoption of solar and details their unique solution. Twitch is finally making changes to its service in an attempt to crack down on hate raids that plague streamers on the platform. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Heather Kelly and Brian Atchley Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: udacity.com/TWiT offer code TWIT75 Melissa.com/twit Compiler - TNW

John Rogers from Northwestern University talks about the creation of tiny microchips that can fly and sample the environment. Cherlynn Low from Engadget shares her hands-on thoughts of the latest Microsoft Surface hardware announced this week. Mikah talks about what happens when Square's payment services go down at peak time on a Saturday morning. Jason and Mikah discuss files, folders, directories, and how all of these things are taken for granted in modern day computing. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: John Rogers and Cherlynn Low Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Command Line Heroes - TNW plextrac.com/twit akamai.com/tnw