A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious.

• Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
• NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids
• Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age
• Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
• It's not just you, many websites are not working this morning amid Cloudflare outage
• Cloudflare-related variation on the classic XKCD
• Trump's DOGE Is Dead and We Won't Miss It
• Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals
• Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
• Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
• 780,000 Windows Users Downloaded Linux Distro Zorin OS in the Last 5 Weeks
• Fortnite is getting Unity games
• Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
• SEC Dismisses Case Against SolarWinds, Top Security Officer
• Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode
• A decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon
• Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream
• White House Tries to axe the GAIN act (Act that would have prevented AI tech from being sold to other nations.)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner

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Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses steal the spotlight on a Rome trip, triggering debates about privacy, wearable tech etiquette, and the uncomfortable power of recording the world through your eyewear. Plus, gadgets scanning your urine, bots shaping your inbox, and the future of Disney+!

• Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display
• Jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M for patent infringement
• Google ordered to pay $665 million for anticompetitive practices in Germany
• Disney and YouTube TV reach deal to end blackout
• The future of Disney Plus could involve AI-generated videos
• X is finally rolling out Chat, its DM replacement with encryption and video calling
• Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'
• iPhone Pocket revealed in hands-on videos of new Apple accessory
• AMD continues to chip away at Intel's X86 market share — company now sells over 25% of all x86 chips and powers 33% of all desktop systems
• Google DeepMind is using Gemini to train agents inside Goat Simulator 3
• George Lucas' narrative art museum opens next year in LA
• Spotify's new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far
• PNG is back!
• 3 SeatGuru alternatives for finding the best airline seats
• What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies?
• Withings Beamo

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Victoria Song and Christina Warren

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Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect).

• Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion dollar man
• SpaceX to Buy Another $2.6 Billion of Echostar Spectrum
• Chinese Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft
• YouTube's Goes Bonkers, Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
• Scammy Ads Generated an Estimated 10% of Meta's Revenue in 2024
• Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform
• YouTube TV responds to Disney memo with no deal in sight
• YouTube TV exec calls Disney 'unnecessarily aggressive'
• Sports streaming is a fragmented hot mess
• Denmark's Government Aims To Ban Access To Social Media For Children Under 15
• The Department Of Defense Wants Less Proof Its Software Works
• China suspends export restrictions for a year on five critical minerals to the US, including gallium and germanium, used to make certain types of semiconductors
• Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
• Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
• FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
• Trump AI Czar Says 'No Federal Bailout For AI' After OpenAI CFO's Comments
• Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
• Take-Two delays 'GTA VI' for second time to November next year
• Apple TV's new Pluribus show might be its best sci-fi series yet
• After more than 200 years, the 'Farmers' Almanac' is shutting down for good

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Ashley Esqueda, and Janko Roettgers

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