September 07, 2025

This Week in Tech 1048: Tiny Steering Wheel

2 hours 47 minutes

Google walks away from another monopoly ruling with barely a scratch, while tech giants gather at the White House to praise a president who holds their futures in the balance. Inside, our panel questions whether "playing the game on the field" is killing tech innovation and U.S. privacy for good.

Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling

Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business

Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine

iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event

Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years

Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims

Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books

Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden

Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says

Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky

Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables

Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years

Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app

First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice

NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble

Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise

Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million

Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Wilhelm and Harry McCracken

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September 07, 2025

This Week in Tech 1048: Tiny Steering Wheel

2 hours 47 minutes

Google avoids harshest penalties in landmark search monopoly ruling

Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over ad-tech business

Probe finds Houston police using surveillance tool like a search engine

iPhone 17 specifications leak, 'Air' model rumors, and what to expect at Apple's Awe Dropping' event

Instagram coming to iPad after 15 years

Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to settle author copyright claims

Apple accused of training AI models on pirated books

Trump hosts tech CEOs at first event in newly renovated Rose Garden

Postal traffic to the US down over 80% amid tariffs, UN says

Satellite companies like SpaceX ignore astronomers' calls to save the night sky

Microsoft says Azure service affected by damaged Red Sea cables

Meta still hasn't given up on the Facebook poke after 21 years

Fake celebrity chatbots send risqué messages to teens on top AI app

First brain-wide map of decision-making charted in mice

NVIDIA's sale-and-leaseback chip schemes raise questions about AI bubble

Tesla changes meaning of 'full self-driving' and gives up on autonomy promise

Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million

Warner Bros. Discovery sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement in major legal battle

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Wilhelm and Harry McCracken

Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

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ZipRecruiter.com/twit

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