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Claude isn't just the hottest name in AI right now—it's quietly ushering in a wave of ultra-personalized, vibe-coded software that could transform how we build and use tech in 2026. Find out why coders and normies alike are obsessed and what's coming next.

Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files

Behind the Curtain: The AI future has arrived

Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World

Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune

Elon Musk's Grok 'Undressing' Problem Isn't Fixed

I asked Grok's AI to undress me after X's new limits. It's still easy on the app.

Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

Instagram says it fixed the issue that sent password reset emails

Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals

French Court Orders Popular VPNs to Block More Pirate Sites, Despite Opposition

Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia's New Social Media Ban

TikTok has quietly launched a new micro drama app called PineDrama as the category picks up steam in the US

Creator income inequality is rising as top influencers rake in big paydays from brands

Managers on alert for "launch fever" as pressure builds for NASA's Moon mission

Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump's proposed cuts

Pentagon Device Linked To Havana Syndrome

Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers

'Are You Dead?' is now the top paid App Store app in China

Danish dev delights kid by turning floppy drive into easy TV remote

Cinemark will fill almost anything with popcorn this weekend—but there's a catch

Happy Birthday, Wikipedia: We need you now more than ever

Pluralistic: The world needs an Ireland for disenshittification (17 Jan 2026)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Abrar Al-Heeti

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Disinformation expert Craig Silverman joins the crew to break down why AI makes scams and fake news easier, faster, and nearly impossible to spot—while Big Tech quietly profits. If you think spotting digital deception is tough now, wait until you hear how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Claude Code

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Apple taps Google to power a new Siri and future AI tools

Introducing Cowork

"In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything. Nothing stops them." : r/SelfDrivingCars

Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

Creepy Link

Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use

Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue

X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis

Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California

J.R.R. Tolkien, Using a Tape Recorder for the First Time, Reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) | Open Culture

Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public

Postal Arbitrage

New protein tests

The Traitors Season 4

WikiFlix

MTV REWIND - 33,000+ Music Videos • Zero Ads • Zero Algorithms

'A bombshell': doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Craig Silverman

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Satya Nadella gave up much of his CEO duties in 2025. Are we on the cusp of a new CEO? And does some money manager/political duo like Amy Hood and Brad Smith actually make more sense in this role than an engineer-type for the modern Microsoft?

Microsoft is trying to win our hearts and minds on AI

After spending three years trying to jam AI down our collective throats, Microsoft has only met resistance. Now, the real marketing begins

Governments and regulators: Microsoft will build out its AI infrastructure by actually paying for it and respecting the communities in which this happens

Customers: Satya Nadella is blogging, and he wants us to stop complaining about AI. He's the wrong messenger

Windows 11

First Patch Tuesday of 2026 brings security and bug fixes but no new features

First update of 2026 brings Copilot-powered image descriptions in Narrator, new IT policies for Copilot, other changes to Dev & Beta

Dev is about to switch to 26H1

IDC says that PC sales rose 8.1 percent in 2025, warns again about 2026

The good & bad of Paul's Panther Lake laptop

Dell doesn't sell any PCs to consumers so it obviously has opinions about why consumers don't buy PCs for AI

Microsoft will soon retire its Lens mobile app

AI

Apple predictably partners with Google to bring Gemini to Siri

Samsung correctly points out we're all using AI already so there's no reason to complain about it

We can't trust AI, so Microsoft is letting Copilot go shopping with our credit cards

We can't trust AI, so OpenAI is giving ChatGPT access to our private health data

Gmail is getting more AI because email is the low-hanging fruit of data collection

Xbox and gaming

Developer Direct returns on January 22 with Fable and Forza 6 gameplay

Microsoft to bring Avowed to PS5 in February

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Kick off 2026 with a security checkup

App pick of the week: Microsoft Local Foundry

RunAs Radio this week: Azure in 2026 with Jeremy Winter

Brown liquor pick of the week: Don Julio 70

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Why are code signing certificates suddenly so expensive, short-lived, and tangled in red tape? Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson dig into Microsoft's "three-day certificates," the hidden costs for developers, and the security tradeoffs no one saw coming.

A look at Microsoft's Azure cloud code signing.

California implements DROP, global data broker opt-out.

Where's the town of "Whata Bod" Idaho.

iOS built-in Mail app worked itself out of a job.

A 30-minute tutorial for non-coders about AI coding.

Claude Code appears to be winning over the AI coding world.

Various listener musings on code signing.

A bit of Magnesium feedback.

What use are 3-day code signing certs?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1060-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Why are code signing certificates suddenly so expensive, short-lived, and tangled in red tape? Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson dig into Microsoft's "three-day certificates," the hidden costs for developers, and the security tradeoffs no one saw coming.

A look at Microsoft's Azure cloud code signing.

California implements DROP, global data broker opt-out.

Where's the town of "Whata Bod" Idaho.

iOS built-in Mail app worked itself out of a job.

A 30-minute tutorial for non-coders about AI coding.

Claude Code appears to be winning over the AI coding world.

Various listener musings on code signing.

A bit of Magnesium feedback.

What use are 3-day code signing certs?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1060-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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