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TWiT 1028: Some Had Leashes - Google's Monopoly, Yap Score, Robot Marathon
Manage episode 478159267 series 66912
- Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup
- AI-hallucinated code dependencies become new supply chain risk
- OpenAI's secret Yap score
- 4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack
- FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the "personal social networking" market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe
- Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming 'Very Soon'
- Tariffs making it impossible to shop for tech, applicances
- Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live on April 24, for real this time; fans still mad at $80 games
- Is this a Bad Therapist? Real Therapist Reacts to Adolescence
- Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers
- Hacked Crosswalks In Bay Area Play Deepfake-Style Messages From Tech Billionaires
- China's First Robot Marathon Runners Trip, Emit Smoke, Fall Apart
- OpenAI is building a social network
- Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People
- New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
- Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Nicholas De Leon, and Paris Martineau
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288 episodes
Manage episode 478159267 series 66912
- Judge rules Google illegally monopolized ad tech, opening door to potential breakup
- AI-hallucinated code dependencies become new supply chain risk
- OpenAI's secret Yap score
- 4chan, the internet's most infamous forum, is down following an alleged hack
- FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the "personal social networking" market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe
- Trump Signals Semiconductor Tariffs Are Coming 'Very Soon'
- Tariffs making it impossible to shop for tech, applicances
- Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live on April 24, for real this time; fans still mad at $80 games
- Is this a Bad Therapist? Real Therapist Reacts to Adolescence
- Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers
- Hacked Crosswalks In Bay Area Play Deepfake-Style Messages From Tech Billionaires
- China's First Robot Marathon Runners Trip, Emit Smoke, Fall Apart
- OpenAI is building a social network
- Leaked: Palantir's Plan to Help ICE Deport People
- New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
- Scientists Find Promising Indication of Extraterrestrial Life—124 Light-Years Away
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Nicholas De Leon, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
288 episodes
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