Total Leo (Audio)

This Week in Tech 1048: Tiny Steering Wheel

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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

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    Guests: Alex Wilhelm and Harry McCracken

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