November 09, 2025

This Week in Tech 1057: Ferret Trousering

3 hours 3 minutes

Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect).

Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion dollar man

SpaceX to Buy Another $2.6 Billion of Echostar Spectrum

Chinese Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft

YouTube's Goes Bonkers, Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'

Scammy Ads Generated an Estimated 10% of Meta's Revenue in 2024

Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform

YouTube TV responds to Disney memo with no deal in sight

YouTube TV exec calls Disney 'unnecessarily aggressive'

Sports streaming is a fragmented hot mess

Denmark's Government Aims To Ban Access To Social Media For Children Under 15

The Department Of Defense Wants Less Proof Its Software Works

China suspends export restrictions for a year on five critical minerals to the US, including gallium and germanium, used to make certain types of semiconductors

Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost

FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is

Trump AI Czar Says 'No Federal Bailout For AI' After OpenAI CFO's Comments

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

Take-Two delays 'GTA VI' for second time to November next year

Apple TV's new Pluribus show might be its best sci-fi series yet

After more than 200 years, the 'Farmers' Almanac' is shutting down for good

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Ashley Esqueda, and Janko Roettgers

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