August 24, 2025

This Week in Tech 1046: Shrimpspiracy

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Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11

Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri

Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law

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Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City

Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree

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Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online

Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet

New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone

YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series

German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers

Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision

More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau

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August 24, 2025

This Week in Tech 1046: Shrimpspiracy

Listen Later

2 hours 45 minutes

You should buy a faster CPU

The Trump-Intel deal is official

Trump signals fourth delay of TikTok ban

Trump to tap Airbnb co-founder as first government design chief

Meet Macrohard, Elon Musk's AI simulation of Microsoft

Google announces Pixel 10 lineup with heavy AI integration

Gemini for Home is Google's biggest smart home play in years

Copilot app gets a glowup, new features, for Windows 11

Apple explores using Google Gemini AI to power revamped Siri

Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law

4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

Sports streaming enters a bold new era

Waymo can now test its self-driving vehicles in New York City

Oura secures decisive legal victory with ITC patent ruling

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal—judges disagree

Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer's network with a 'kill switch'

Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome

Perplexity's Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online

Agentic browser security: indirect prompt injection in Perplexity Comet

New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone

YouTuber Mark Rober is getting a Netflix series

German court revives case that could threaten ad blockers

Satya Nadella says Microsoft must move beyond Bill Gates' software factory vision

More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Daniel Rubino and Paris Martineau

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