• Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations
• What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
• Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks
• Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep
• The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
• Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says
• EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior
• Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
• Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations
• Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming
• Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing
• The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
• Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All
• Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll

Host: Leo Laporte

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• Microsoft delays Recall after security concerns, and asks Windows Insiders for help
• I just ordered the cheapest Surface Pro option - why I (probably) won't regret it
• Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
• The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf*ck
• Surgeon General: Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
• The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels
• LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom calls for statewide action
• EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control
• US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions
• Apple Won't Roll Out AI Tech In EU Market Over Regulatory Concerns
• AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules
• Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
• What Game of Thrones did to the media
• Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing
• This Old House' Pays Tribute to Creator Russell Morash

Host: Leo Laporte

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• MS Recall and Apple AI
• Congress grills Microsoft boss Brad Smith after 'cascade' of security errors
• Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack
• Exclusive: MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft's AI laptops
• Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law
• Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
• Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
• Successful phishing attack at LA County Department of Public Health exposes PID of 200k + people
• Bot Farm that attacked Ukrainian phones is shut down
• Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
• Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
• Talking about Mark Zuckerberg
• The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
• T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
• Games that the panel members are playing
• Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86

Host: Leo Laporte

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• Spotify says it will refund Car Thing purchases
• VC Says "Chaos" Coming for Startups, Ads, and Online Business as Generative AI Eats Web
• Perplexity AI's new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages
• Who's having kids?
• The panel discusses Ticketmaster
• T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal; U.S. Cellular shares surge
• Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.
• Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack
• 'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?
• Inside the scramble to 'prebunk' election misinformation before it takes hold
• TikTok Pins Its Hopes on Trump to Avoid Ban
• How a Self-Published Book, 'The Shadow Work Journal,' Became a Best Seller
• Twitch streamers host a fundraiser for Palestinians.
• The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent
• Tribeca to Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created by OpenAI's Sora
• North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation
• Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified
• Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter

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• OpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show
• China's latest answer to OpenAI is 'Chat Xi PT'
• Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in
• Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
• Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
• Rabbit Holed
• Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs
• A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision
• Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand
• Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet
• Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
• Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18
• Bitcoin pizza day
• C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89

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• GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
• It's Time to Believe the AI Hype
• The panel discusses their experiences with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude
• OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT
• OpenAI Superalignment team is gone
• 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds
• Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
• French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn
• Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
• Vermont's data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists
• How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal
• Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it
• Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91

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• The panel grapples with the potential risks and benefits of AI-powered therapists and priests, stressing the need for human empathy and discernment in these emotionally charged roles.

• They confront the harsh realities of the internet's "heat death," as the relentless pursuit of profits and engagement leads to a glut of low-quality content and erodes user trust.

• The group reflects on the double-edged sword of democratized media, celebrating the value of supporting emerging voices while acknowledging the importance of professional standards.

• As Twitter faces existential challenges, the panel surveys the social media horizon, evaluating alternative platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky, and weighing the implications of Jack Dorsey's departure from the Bluesky board.

• Elon Musk's reckless tweets about taking Tesla private have come back to haunt him, with the Supreme Court upholding an SEC settlement requiring his Tesla-related posts to be vetted by a lawyer.

• The FCC has cracked down on major telecom companies for the illegal sale of location data, while legislators push for reforms to prevent the government from exploiting privacy loopholes.

• Congress continues its misguided crusade to protect children online, with ill-conceived age verification mandates and privacy-eroding measures that threaten the very foundations of digital security. The panel offers an impassioned critique of these shortsighted efforts.

• The once-beloved video game Helldivers 2 serves as a cautionary tale of platform overreach, as a heavy-handed PlayStation Network login requirement sparks a massive player revolt and torpedoes the game's reputation.

• Apple's quarterly results are analyzed, and all eyes are on Apple's upcoming event, where new iPads and an enhanced Apple Pencil are expected to take center stage. But the real buzz surrounds the rumored M4 chip and its tantalizing AI capabilities, hinting at a potential game-changer for the iconic brand.

• The group geeks out over Disney+'s radical revival of X-Men '97 and Amazon's ambitious Fallout adaptation, complete with an immersive easter egg phone experience

• The freewheeling discussion also touches on Shoshana's ingenious Alexa hacks for Sabbath TV viewing, a UK council's apostrophe apocalypse, the looming cicada invasion, and Fr. Robert's role as a guardian angel for the Vatican's feral felines.

Host: Leo Laporte

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