From internet service providers facing billion-dollar lawsuits for their users' file sharing to Amazon's smart displays turning into ad machines, the future of your connected life is up for grabs. If you want to know who's really pulling the strings in tech and where the battle lines are being drawn, this is the episode you can't miss.

• October Term 2025
• Supreme Court denies Google's request to pause Play Store changes while it appeals Epic case
• I Want A New Drug. A Vaccine Even. And A Functioning FDA, CDC, NIH, Etc...
• AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families
• Amazon's giant ads have ruined the Echo Show
• Chat Control: Germany says NEIN
• Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
• China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw.
• Taiwan sees no significant impact on chip sector from China rare earths curbs
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr says major US online retailers have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of the agency's crackdown
• Windows 10 support ends October 14, but here's how to get an extra year for free
• California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services
• Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet
• TiVo Exiting Legacy DVR Business - Media Play News
• Introducing Figure 03

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, and Gary Rivlin

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As AI-generated clip content upends trust and creativity, this week's panel members join forces to unravel whether we're facing a cultural disaster or just the next leap forward (and what anyone online needs to watch out for next). Is the world ready for AI-generated video slop flooding the internet, legal headaches over deepfakes, and million-dollar tech maneuvering?

• Sora 2 is here
• We need to stop the slop of OpenAI's Sora and Meta's Vibes AI video apps before it's too late
• Yahoo nears deal to sell AOL to Italy's Bending Spoons for $1.4 billion, sources say
• One in five Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020
• YouTube Bends the Knee
• Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal
• ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: 'We Are Determined to Fight This'
• How ICE Is Using Your Data — and What You Can Do About It | KQED
• CISA, the key law that helps the federal government guard against cyber threats to US critical systems, expired when the government shut down
• ByteDance to Maintain Control Of TikTok's U.S. Advertising, E-Commerce
• German government must reject chat control
• Swiss government looks to undercut privacy tech, stoking fears of mass surveillance
• Swiss voters back electronic identity cards in close vote
• Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses
• Microsoft revamps Xbox Game Pass plans and hikes Ultimate to $29.99 a month
• No suds for you! Asahi brewery attack leaves Japanese drinkers dry
• Revenge of the nerds: Inside the Microsoft Excel UK Championships

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Georgia Dow, and Iain Thomson

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With Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion over time in OpenAI, is this type of investment in other competitors healthy for AI? Can LLMs actually handle enterprise tools and tasks? Meta launches a new AI short-form video feed. Apple is testing a new internal chatbot called Veritas as part of its efforts to revamp Siri.

• Nvidia (intends to) invest (up to) $100B in OpenAI (over time).
• Spending on AI is at epic levels. Will it ever pay off?.
• Jensen Huang: "We're already seeing trillion-dollar AI investments".
• How Anthropic and OpenAI are developing AI 'co-workers'.
• OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs.
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs.
• Meta launches 'Vibes,' a short-form video feed of AI slop.
• Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership.
• Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement over allegations it misled Prime users.
• Is GenZ unemployable?
• Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z's hiring nightmare is real—and it's not about AI eating entry-level jobs.
• AI startup friend bets on foes with $1M NYC subway campaign.
• Peter Thiel wants everyone to think more about the Antichrist.
• Apple builds a ChatGPT-like App to help test the revamped Siri.

Host: Alex Kantrowitz

Guests: Brian McCullough, Dan Shipper, and Ari Paparo

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