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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Adds Office Space, This Time in New York : Plus, Google threatens to stop linking to news in New Zealand if a bill aimed at making digital platforms pay media outlets is passed. And the EU moves ahead with plans to put a 45% tariff on EVs made in China. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ubisoft Jumps on Buyout Reports, EU Tariffs on Chinese EVs : Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down Ubisoft’s stock jump following buyout reports as Tencent and its founders eye taking it private. Plus, the EU votes to impose tariffs of up to 45% on Chinese-made electric vehicles, and Meta unveils its own AI video generator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TWiT 999: Bananas and Browsers - CA AI Bill Veto, Meta's Orion, FTC Vs. Fake Reviews : CA AI Bill Veto, Meta’s Orion, FTC Vs. Fake Reviews Sam Altman’s AI Manifesto News from Meta Connect Gavin Newsom vetoes sweeping AI safety bill, siding with Silicon Valley The Panel discusses CoPilot The Panel debates AGI James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against ’League of Legends’ Rabbit says only 5,000 people use the R1 daily Orion: True AR Glasses Have Arrived AI smackdown: How a new FTC ruling just protected the free press DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says Firefox Review Checker - Ensure review authenticity in your online shopping New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules Some Mad Genius Put ChatGPT on a TI-84 Graphing Calculator 23andMe troubles, company recently settled data insecurity suit for $30 mil Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Denise Howell, Parmy Olson, Daniel Rubino, and Henry Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwitSponsors:lookout.com1password.com/twitshopify.com/twitveeam.comflashpoint.io

WW 901: 75% Corn - Copilot Vision, Office 2024 release, Bundeskartellamt : After a flurry of last-second pre-release activity, Microsoft shipped 24H2 a week earlier than expected! Copilot also gets a major update for individuals too, and Copilot+ PCs get more features. 24H2 is here! Last week’s Week D updates did finally go out, first to 22H2/23H2 and then to 24H2 That 22H2/23H2 preview update was apparently a hot mess Now Microsoft has issued a fix Windows 11 version 24H2 is fully available. Arm64 ISOs are coming soon The first LTSC version(s) of Windows 11 is now available - Windows 11 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 24H2 + Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024) New Dev and Beta builds, not much new, but new Snipping Tools spreads further Canary build today Copilot Copilot morphs into an AI companion or something Copilot+ PCs are getting new features, including one with a serious Recall vibe Microsoft is trying a different tact with the new AI features - explaining why they can be trusted. Can they be trusted? Microsoft belatedly explains why you can trust Recall As expected, Microsoft does a song and dance on changes to Recall, but notably never thanks the feedback it got from the security community. Good. But this is still a win-win, if just for opt-in and, now, uninstall Google pushes Gemini more in ChromeOS Microsoft 365, More Microsoft finally kills HoloLens 2 Germany has a plan for regulating all of Microsoft, not just the products that fall under the DMA Office 2024 is here for individuals too Intel rejects buyout offer... from Arm? Xbox Xbox announces new games at Tokyo Game Show First Game Pass titles of October reveal a bonanza of Activision titles, is what I wish we could discuss Starfield expansion arrives on Xbox, PC J Allard joins Amazon for some reason Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Get the 24H2, refresh your recovery drivers/setup media App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2025 are here RunAs Radio this week: Data Sec