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On this episode:

• Larry Summers bails after Epstein emails hit the fan.
• Meta spies on your work with AI performance reviews.
• WhatsApp mess: 3.5B accounts exposed, oops.
• TikTok gives badges for good behavior.
• Bezos launches secret AI beast “Prometheus”.
• AI Pretends It’s Human. Spoiler: Not Great.
• Crypto Thief Finally Loses His Bitcoin.

The bubble pops, we cover.

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On this episode:

• Zuck runs an illegal daycare because… sure, why not.
• Startup pivots from grief-bots to cloning you for overtime.
• Google sues the “Netflix of phishing.”
• Meta quietly profits off scam ads. Classy.
• The UK launches its own bargain-bin LLM.
• Data centers now outspend oil.
• Argentina builds a “green-ish” megacenter.
• AI starts reading your brain. Yikes.

Tech melts down, we narrate.

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On this episode:

• Musk wants $1T, because apparently robot armies need pensions.
• Nvidia hits the stratosphere ($5T) while chips rule AI infrastructure.
• OpenAI’s $25B data-center plan raises every eyebrow in tech.
• The U.S. bans greenwashing AI, no more fake “eco” claims.
• Extropic throws a challenger hat at Nvidia’s GPU throne.
• Space junk hits deadly levels.
• "Stream Ring" bets smart rings will replace screens...and your last shred of privacy.
• MoviePass returns as “Mogul,”. Gambling on movies is now a thing?

Tech news you can trust, until it falls from orbit.

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On this episode:

• WSJ tests 1X Neo humanoid robot, turns out a human in VR is doing the chores.
• Grokpedia launches 885,000 AI-written articles, accuracy questionable.
• OpenAI officially for-profit; now partnered with PayPal for in-chat shopping.
• AI therapy apps: more accessible, but risk of AI sycophancy and emotional attachment.
• Landmark California trial targets social media design, not just content, for harm to minors.
• Amazon layoffs hit 30,000 corporate employees, blame it on AI.

Welcome to the future.

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On this episode:

• Atlas: your next browser… or your next babysitter.
• New research: AI summaries make people trust headlines over original news.
• OpenAI may enable “adult mode” and monetize AI companionship.
• Casio’s Moflin AI pet senses emotions — real pet energy.
• Lithuanian AI sorts Legos for you — creativity optional.
• Anthropic’s AI “nuclear safeguards” learns bomb recipes so it can refuse you.
• YouTube adds a shorts timer — social media use down 10%.

Your weekly survival guide for reality.

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On this episode:

• Sora becomes the #1 app as people hand over their faces for fun.
• Meta’s “Vibes” feature makes employees cringe harder than the metaverse.
• Snapchat now charges to keep your Memories...forget?
• Instagram swaps payouts for rings.

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On this episode:

• Meta will use your AI chats for ads. No opt-out. LOL.
• China rolls out AI tutors, robot pets, and therapy booths for K–12. Kids trust AI more than themselves.
• Apple yanks ICE-tracking apps. “Security concerns,” they say. Sure.
• Musk launches Grokpedia. Wikipedia, his way.

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On this episode:

• Sora 2 drops and the internet instantly deepfakes Sam Altman.
• Instagram swears it’s not listening to you… which somehow sounds worse.
• Amazon tests self-driving cars in D.C. Human drivers not included!
• Spotify’s Daniel Ek “steps up” to step back, leaving two CEOs to figure it out.

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On this episode:

• Trump OKs $14B TikTok buyout, Americans now hold 80% stake.
• One in five U.S. adults now gets their news from TikTok.
• Hackers hide behind a fake Farmville to spam NYC with 30M texts a minute.
• Palantir pivots from surveillance state to selling $119 tote bags and merch.
• Peter Thiel gets called the Antichrist (it's a Joke… kinda)

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On this episode

• Meme coins like Doge and Shiba get stockbroker approval — Wall Street becomes Vegas with better suits.
• Y Combinator now prefers founders to finish college before joining.
• Spotify finally cracks down on AI tracks — maybe your top artist won’t be Nvidia next year.
• Amazon slapped with $2.5B Prime settlement, would Bezos notice?
• Elon’s Grok chatbot lands a government deal — $0.42 per agency, politics included free of charge.

Another story, another jaw drop.