Feb 9th 2025
This Week in Tech 1018
Self-Driving Government
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Meta Torrents Books, Sideloading TikTok, Xbox Sales
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- UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data
- Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals
- Brits Want to Ban ‘Smarter Than Human’ AI
- Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl ‘Trades’ Pit State Regulators Against Feds
- Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad
- “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
- Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling
- Google starts testing new Search 'AI Mode' internally – Here’s an early look at it
- In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment
- TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app
- In Other SCOTUS First Amendment News, It Also Just Heard Oral Argument Over Yet Another Texas Law Censoring The Internet
- Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’
- CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears
- Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency
- German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
- Trump Ends Legal Challenge Over Twitter Ban After Jan. 6 Riot
- Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
- Apple’s Long-Awaited Overhaul of iPhone SE Nears Release
- Former iOS engineer sued by Apple issues apology as lawsuit is dismissed
- PS5 sales more than twice Xbox Series X/S reveals Take-Two by accident
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- UK orders Apple to give it access to encrypted cloud data
- Google rolls back DEI efforts, including hiring goals
- Exclusive: Brits Want to Ban ‘Smarter Than Human’ AI
- Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl ‘Trades’ Pit State Regulators Against Feds
- Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad
- “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
- Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling
- Google starts testing new Search 'AI Mode' internally – Here’s an early look at it
- In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment
- TikTok advises Android users in the US to sideload the app
- In Other SCOTUS First Amendment News, It Also Just Heard Oral Argument Over Yet Another Texas Law Censoring The Internet
- Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’
- CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears
- Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency
- German civil activists win victory in election case against Musk's X
- Trump Ends Legal Challenge Over Twitter Ban After Jan. 6 Riot
- Crypto-stealing apps found in Apple App Store for the first time
- Apple’s Long-Awaited Overhaul of iPhone SE Nears Release
- Former iOS engineer sued by Apple issues apology as lawsuit is dismissed - 9to5Mac
- PS5 sales more than twice Xbox Series X/S reveals Take-Two by accident