November 23, 2025

This Week in Tech 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset

2 hours 57 minutes

A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious.

Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls

NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids

Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age

Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet

It's not just you, many websites are not working this morning amid Cloudflare outage

Cloudflare-related variation on the classic XKCD

Trump's DOGE Is Dead and We Won't Miss It

Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws

Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

780,000 Windows Users Downloaded Linux Distro Zorin OS in the Last 5 Weeks

Fortnite is getting Unity games

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

SEC Dismisses Case Against SolarWinds, Top Security Officer

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

A decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon

Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream

White House Tries to axe the GAIN act (Act that would have prevented AI tech from being sold to other nations.)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner

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November 23, 2025

This Week in Tech 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset

2 hours 57 minutes

Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls

NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids

Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age

Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet

It's not just you, many websites are not working this morning amid Cloudflare outage

Cloudflare-related variation on the classic XKCD

Trump's DOGE Is Dead and We Won't Miss It

Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws

Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

780,000 Windows Users Downloaded Linux Distro Zorin OS in the Last 5 Weeks

Fortnite is getting Unity games

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

SEC Dismisses Case Against SolarWinds, Top Security Officer

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

A decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon

Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream

White House Tries to axe the GAIN act (Act that would have prevented AI tech from being sold to other nations.)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner

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

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

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spaceship.com/twit

helixsleep.com/twit

expressvpn.com/twit

zscaler.com/security

deel.com/twit

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