# TWIT 1063: The Year's End

**URL:** <https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457>\
**Category:** This Week In Tech\
**Tags:** episode\
**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457 "2025-12-22T06:47:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Leo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/leo/32/16203_2.png) [@Leo](https://www.twit.community/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457/1 "2025-12-22T06:47:38Z")

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Beep boop - this is a robot. A new show has been posted to TWiT…

> **[This Week in Tech: The Year's End | TWiT.TV](https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1063)**
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> After a year tangled in political drama, AI hype, and regulation battles, the TWiT crew explains how many of tech’s “biggest stories” simply fizzled into nothing or left us

What are your thoughts about today’s show? We’d love to hear from you!

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**Author:** ![iFish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/ifish/32/19986_2.png) [@iFish](https://www.twit.community/u/iFish)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457/2 "2025-12-22T07:09:12Z")

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Great episode! I watched live while building my PC. Happy new year & happy holidays everyone!!

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**Author:** ![big\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/big_d/32/1023_2.png) [@big\_D](https://www.twit.community/u/big_D)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457/3 "2025-12-22T09:28:57Z")

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Great show.

A lot of us want to protect ourselves. I’ve used PiHole for years, although I switched to NextDNS this year, so that I could have the same protection when I am out and about. I block most tracking domains, which makes some sites unusable, but I just find other, less egregious sites instead.

I also switched my private domain to Proton this year, as Paul Thurrott has been talking it up all year. I am currently in the process of moving all the site registrations that I had on Microsoft and Google over to my private domain, or deleting older accounts that I don’t need any more, like FitBit or old mobile providers that I no longer use.

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**Author:** ![MichaelMartinez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/michaelmartinez/32/22129_2.png) [@MichaelMartinez](https://www.twit.community/u/MichaelMartinez)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457/4 "2025-12-27T12:45:13Z")

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This was such a great episode! A wonderful encapsulation of the news of the year, and we all likely predict that 2026 will be a speedrun of 2025 with respects to AI and the facets of such.

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**Author:** ![iFish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/ifish/32/19986_2.png) [@iFish](https://www.twit.community/u/iFish)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457/5 "2025-12-27T21:02:43Z")

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Welcome to the forums!

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/www.twit.community/leo/32/16203_2.png) [@Leo](https://www.twit.community/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/twit-1063-the-years-end/19457/6 "2025-12-28T17:56:25Z")

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Thanks! And a special thanks to the team that puts this together - it’s a lot of work! Benito, Kevin, John A., and Anthony. I’m very very fortunate to have such hardworking and talented colleagues!