This Week in Tech 1045: The Juice Ain't Worth the Squeeze

• Privacy preserving age verification is bullsh!t
• The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect
• Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.
• AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher
• AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
• Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs
• More thoughts from Sam on the Ford EV platform
• Popular car brand wants you to pay monthly to unlock more horsepower
• Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays
• Elli-q
• After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake
• Starlink tries to block Virginia's plan to bring fiber Internet to residents
• China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis
• The Key to Crack the CIA's Mysterious 'Kryptos' Sculpture Is Up for Sale
• PACER Hacked By Malicious Entities, Briefly Turning It Into A Useful Source For Federal Court Documents
• Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X
• Google AI Overviews linked to 25% drop in publisher referral traffic, new data shows

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Sam Abuelsamid, and Lisa Schmeiser

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