This week's episode confronts the mounting legal battles over addictive social apps, questioning whether court rulings should reshape Instagram and YouTube's design. Explore the heated clash between user autonomy, scientific uncertainty, and the next wave of regulation.

• NASA: Artemis II
• Artemis II Live Tracker – Real-Time Orion Spacecraft Position, Speed & Trajectory
• NASA did eventually solve Artemis II's Outlook glitch
• How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'? I mapped every one
• Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S.
• Claude Code's Source Didn't Leak. It Was Already Public for Years. | AfterPack Blog
• Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra
• OpenAI acquires popular tech talk show for 'low hundreds of millions'
• The latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are more customizable and expensive
• After 16 Years and $8 Billion, the Military's New GPS Software Still Doesn't Work - Slashdot
• Why the Pentagon loves Xbox controllers for laser weapons
• Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones
• Iran's hackers go to war
• Breaking down the government's bizarre router ban
• How to turn anything into a router
• You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television
• Tech Companies Are Trying To Neuter Colorado's Landmark Right-to-Repair Law - Slashdot
• Delta to Tap Amazon Satellite-Internet Service for In-Flight Wi-Fi
• The IBM scientist who rewrote the rules of information just won computing's highest prize
• Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
• ZomboCom was stolen by hacker, put up for sale, and has now been...

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Iain Thomson

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What happens when a thriving newsletter-turned-AI lab lets artificial intelligence shape writing, editing, and even entire products? Find out how Every is challenging the boundaries between tech and culture and why even seasoned journalists are wrestling with these tools.

• Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked: here's what we know
• (Il)Legal Python Port
• Claude Code Unpacked
• Spinner Verbs
• RANK SPECULATION: Capybara cost - AI haves and have nots. And whither spud?
• Another supply chain attack on NPM
• OpenAI closes $122B round at $852B valuation, opens door to retail investors
• SpaceX Has Filed Confidentially for IPO Ahead of AI Rivals
• Gmail rolling out AI Inbox beta for AI Ultra subscribers
• You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago
• Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
• EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a first-of-its-kind executive order requiring safety and privacy guardrails from AI companies that contract with the state
• Inside David Sacks' new role shaping Trump's AI agenda
• 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll
• More Than Half of US Says AI Likely to Harm Them, Poll Finds
• The largest AI survey ever reveals what humans actually want
• 'Most People Don't Enjoy Their Jobs:' Perplexity CEO Says AI Layoffs Are Chance To Launch AI-Powered Ventures
• Biggest AI conference traps researchers, presuming AI as cheating
• An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In.
• Obsolete Sounds
• The oldest job in journalism: New York Post 'runners' defy AI
• A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Kate Lee

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Microsoft's AI ambitions overflowed into GitHub, sparking backlash when ads appeared in pull requests and raising new concerns about where your code is really going. GitHub is going to automatically use your data to train AI, so Paul tells how to opt-out if you don't want that. Plus, there's a new Microsoft 365 alternative in town, and this one is from a little tech company you can trust.

Windows

• Week D updates go live last Thursday - Smart App Control, many other minor changes
• And here we go again: Microsoft issues emergency patch for March Week D optional update
• Microsoft says it will replace web-based in-box apps and experiences with native apps ... somehow
• Four builds across three channels - Canary with opt-in gets a huge Windows Console upgrade, Dev/Beta get Administrator Protection (again), more
• AMD has a new flagship gaming processor

AI/Dev

• Microsoft Research AI has a new Critique feature that uses ChatGPT and Claude together in an unholy Frankenstein's monster of orchestration
• A week of Siri AI rumors/leaks - This is Apple's version of Microsoft trying to buy TikTok
• Google makes it easier to switch to Gemini - This is like Mac vs. PC, but for AI
• Mozilla's approach to AI in Firefox is both right and correct
• The plan to the save the open web from Big Tech
• The future of Firefox includes a Smart Window mode that works like Private window but for AI
• SwiftUI SDK for Android is now available

Xbox and gaming

• New Xbox chief seeks to reset Xbox brand image - reminder, that's not the same as changing anything
• Xbox announces 14 Day One Game Pass titles coming soon
• Xbox Games Showcase 2026 and Gears of War E-Day Direct are coming in June
• Sony to raise PS5 prices soon
• Nintendo to raise prices for physical Switch 2 games soon

Tips & picks

• Tip of the week: Opt-out of training AI on GitHub
• App pick of the week: Proton Workspace with Meet
• RunAs Radio this week: My Home Lab
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Jeptha Creed Six Year Old Wheated Bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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